u/Gss_1056

This is so very tiring.

After a very rough meeting with the directors and producer. I feel like I'm about to get burnout with this series. Or, maybe I AM burnt out cause the music I just presented was so fucking ass I would cry if I'm not sleep deprived.

It's just that the deadlines are so tight every day and there's so many cues per episode. I really do feel like it's unfair that I have to score an episode every day and have them expect the best music I can give with the amount of time I have. I can't even choose the sounds I want cause I'm always running out of time.

And then having to come up with a theme for a character in just a day is just crazy work. Now I'm not saying that we as composers shouldn't be able to make a theme in a day, but expecting it to be something you want without a peg is crazy work.

That's all, this is really just a rant of how hard it is in this industry. It won't stop me from pursuing this career but damn it is so hard. I also really regret not asking for more in compensation but I'm also still just starting out.

(Not sure if this is allowed here, tell me if it isn't)

So I'm scoring a dramedy right now and the first four episodes are very light, more comedic and less drama. Then comes episode 5 which has a lot more..... drama to it I guess? It takes on a more serious tone basically.

So since the first 4 episodes are comedic, witty and very light, I scored it the same way. Now, in episode 5 it's kind of hard to score it in a serious way because one thing that I really wanted was continuing the instrumentation and feel of the score throughout the series. I of course, thought immediately that I can use strings and maybe a bit of pads here in there since it kind of called for it as well.

I'm also not sure as to what the director and producer want as they also gave me vague answers to my questions so there's that. What do you guys think? Should I just go with my gut feeling and hope there are no revisions at the end of the day? Or should I keep doing what I do but try my best to match the feel of the episode.

I'm scoring a TV series right now and was wondering if it's ok for me to reuse stinger and transition cues that I used in older episodes. It feels a bit redundant for me to make a new one for each episode lol.

Any tips or advice on this?

Exactly that, how do you pitch to sync licensing companies? Where do I pitch my music to these companies? Is it better if I pitch to sync agents and music supervisors?

I already have a list of companies in mind that I would want to pitch to. The problem is, I don't really know how to. This is going to be my first time pitching so any help would be great!