The Art and Craft of Creating Engaging Soundtrack Albums: A Guide for Media Composers Their Teams

Written by veteran composer and music editor Shie Rozow, The Art and Craft of Creating Engaging Soundtrack Albums is a practical handbook that provides an in-depths overview of Shie's personal approach to creating soundtrack albums. The book breaks down the process from both technical and creative aspects giving readers insights into everything from how to choose which tracks make it into the soundtrack album and in what order they should appear, to the ins & outs of preparing and delivering the materials to mastering and distribution.Featuring a wealth of information, advice, and personal anecdotes, the book distills over 25 years of experience working on more than 80 soundtrack albums with composers like Danny Elfman, Pinar Toprak, Heitor Pereira, John Ottman and others ranging from feature film scores to TV Series scores to video game scores into a handy guide to all aspects of the process.Perfect for media composers, assistants, music editors, music supervisors, music executives or anyone involved with creating soundtrack albums, The Art and Craft of Creating Engaging Soundtrack Albums will quickly become a valuable companion guide that helps you streamline the process and create the best possible soundtrack albums.