On Oct ,31, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Matthew Riley wrote: > Obviously the person you're dealing with does not understand music > composition, or the melding of image and sound. Then again, do not > fall completely blind to the posibility that some of the directors > ideas may have merit. This is good advice. Every time I have worked as a music editor, sitting with the director, I found their ideas to be unconventional - but usually with merit. They think outside the "box" because they don't really know the box. I always seem to end up looking at the cues from a different perspective afterwards and learn a little bit more each time about different ways of using them. > Step outsite of your ego (Isay that with respect only) and have a > look from the outside. Maybe this is an oportunity to reinvent your > score? I agree - it is a forced opportunity to try and shift your thinking a little about how the score can work. > Then again you may discover the director is just an ass. Yes, there can often be an element of this mixed into the equation too :-( > > I envy you not. Roger that....... good luck. -------- Eli Krantzberg http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com Almat Productions