[Fmpro] comedy scoring

[Christopher Alpiar]

Yea Hummie can we get your 5 or 6 cents? that would be awesome ;-)

Chris

On Mar 20, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Claude Castonguay wrote:

> Hi Hummie,
>
> great to see you on the list!
>
> As the original poster of this thread i, for one, would be really
> glad to have you go into as much detail as you would like.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Claude
> On 08-03-20, at 12:21, Hummie Mann wrote:
>
>> I have scored a number of comedies so I think I will weigh in here.
>> It is a discussion you need to have with the director - does he want
>> funny music or not?  Having scored 2 films for Mel Brooks (Robin  
>> Hood:
>> Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It), the usual approach
>> that Mel wanted was NOT to have funny music, however there are
>> examples in both scores where by doing "serious" music but "Mickey
>> Mousing" the action, you can actually have music that is not funny  
>> but
>> yet supports the silly antics on screen.  If you want specific
>> examples I can tell you what scenes in particular to look at where I
>> used this technique, but do not want to go into more detail unless  
>> you
>> want me to.  Ok, that's my 3 cents.
>>
>> Hummie Mann
>>
>> 206/230-0222
>> 800/546-8611
>>
>> www.hummiemann.com
>

Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
Cinematic Composer
www.alpiar.com