Ep. 21 Miriam Cutler - Scoring Documentaries, Co-Founder of the Alliance for Women Film Composers

Making It

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:11 - Composing for the circus

06:38 - "One Lucky Elephant"

13:55 - Singing Telegrams

21:08 - Thoughts on focusing genres

30:36 - How do you know what you do is worth it?

43:54 - What drew you into documentaries?

48:10 - Motifs

52:02 - How do you get inside the directors mind?

58:18 - Teaching

1:01:28 - Patreon Q: What do you do when you have a great idea but can't get it out?

1:02:30 - Copying other composers

1:03:44 - Patreon Q: How much of a modern movie genre's musical score might be derived from old classic?

1:13:32 - The Alliance for Women Film Composers

1:22:16 - What does making it mean to you?

1:32:03 - Social links/Outro