I'm curious, how does a person get into composing a musical score for a film or video game or other media

versus rating for a symphony orchestra?

The vast majority of game music is completely done on a computer by a person with sample libraries and tools that knows

how to use them. Technically you don't ever have to leave your computer to write music for

media in general. You just have to be obsessed and passionate a buff about it to just make it happen. Hi, I'm Cody Goth.

And I'm Ashley Hamer from Curiosity.com.

Today we're going to learn how music is made for film, games, and other media.

Every week we explore what we don't know because curiosity makes

you smarter. This is the Curiosity Podcast. Chances are that every day you're exposed to music from film or television or video games.

Today I want to get into where movie and game soundtracks come from and what goes into writing for them.

Elliot Kelligan is an independent composer and sound

designer and not only will he talk about what he does but you'll also hear some

samples. Yes we have music this week to make it really clear why a composer controls a lot more than just the audio

when it comes to your favorite media and hey if you're interested in composing music

for media I'll give you a couple pointers on where to get started.

You can follow along with an interactive transcript of this episode on Greta.com.

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I'm here with a composer and sound designer who has released a number of albums under the

electronic moniker Ramova as well as a faculty member at the Paul University in Chicago.

What do you teach?

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