[Fmpro] Fmpro] cooperation vs competition

[Christopher Alpiar]

Really? I thought Lost was composed score not library... kinda saddened 
to hear it

Michael S Patterson wrote:
> I would completely agree with Mark, especially when it comes to
> upper tier cable. As for larger paying gigs, word of mouth and
> credits are probably the biggest way that directors find composers
> if there isn¹t a relationship established.
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> I remember when I was an assistant and did a score to a network
> 2 hour golf special, within a year we did another golf special and two
> sports specials only because the producers wanted the guy who
> did that first gig.
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> I can string together the films that lead to my last film that was at
> Sundance. This film lead to that one that lead to....
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> There isn¹t really a need to consult the composer community if
> the editor know someone who did X project.
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> I would also divide Libraries into two groups...because you can
> argue that most network drama uses a library(Lost or Law & Order).
> But really they are just re-using cues from previous show and unless
> the composer signed a really bad deal still gets his per episode fee.
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> Michael
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