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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

DANNY ELFMAN: To students that are

tuning into this MasterClass, welcome to my studio.

If you're a student of film music,

I'm talking to you to try to show you,

how do you get through a project?

How do you approach a project?

How do you deal with it when you have it?

How do you work towards things?

How do you know when you have a good idea or a bad idea?

And I'm going to tell you, from my perspective,

how I do these things.

As a composer, I have a lot of gear.

I'm going to introduce you to my acoustic instruments.

We're going to talk about instrumentation.

We're going to talk about orchestration.

We're going to talk about melody.

We're going to talk about what makes a classical film score

and what makes a minimalist contemporary film score

and why they both work.

I call this "music out of chaos," and it's for a reason.

I plan nothing.

There is no right way--

there is no wrong way to approach a composition.

All you have is different point of views.

I want to let you know what my observations are and, mostly,

what my experiences have been.

I'm Danny Elfman, and this is my MasterClass.