Some current required listening composers?

[ChuckMott]

I was looking through the thread on the recent PMA get together and came across Robin Munson mentioning Jeff Beal, so I looked him up on Spotify, there is a pretty large playlist which includes most of what he’s done for House Of Cards. Any other composers people would recommend as good listening suggestions? And yes Jeff Beal’s stuff is stunning.

[MichaelL]

Hi Chuck, that really depends on what kind of music you’re talking about, what you want to accomplish, and your skill set.

If you’re talking about film music, the list is a mile long, starting with Thomas Newman, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Alexndre Desplat, James Newton Howard, Danny Elfman, Howard Shore, the list goes on…http://filmscoremonthly.com/daily/index.cfm

Jeff Beal has done some great work in TV. Other TV composers include Robert Duncan (Castle) http://duncanmusic.com
and Blake Neely (the Mentalist) see him and others here: http://www.vsl.co.at/en/211/1343/1348/2568/2186.vsl

If you’re talking about library composers, again it depends on your goals and skill set.

Some of the best:
http://donnwilkerson.com/The_Music_Of_Donn_Wilkerson/Welcome.html
http://www.darylgriffith.com
http://tomhedden.com
http://markpetrie.com/main/
http://www.scoredog.tv/music/music.html (covers a lot of bases styles)

Happy listening.

Edit: There are completely different lists for if you’re into country, beats, rock, etc., and then there’s the whole world of game composers.

[ChuckMott]

Thanks for the links Michael. Already added a bunch into Spotify playlist searches.

[ChuckMott]

I wanted to add, this string stuff is wonderful, and it’s a priority for me to pick up a quality string/orchestal library, and have picked up an orchestral writing course a little while back. That said, there are a bunch of composers/artists who focus less on strings and there music is more electronic , even guitar-centric (guitar being my primary instrument). Explosions In The Sky has had a really good run, music from Jimmy Lavalle (AKA the Album Leaf), lots of singer/songwriter stuff (if that’s what you are into, as I was for quite a long time). A good synth, drum beats/loop programs , a bass, a guitar….can all go a long way.

[Desire_Inspires]

Listen to John Fulford.

http://www.johnfulfordmusic.com/

[Chuck Mott]

Thanks DI will do .

[AaronM]

Some great stuff here! Whenever I hear quality music, such as what I’m hearing from some of these guys, I’m inspired to take my creations up a notch or two.

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