Re-Scoring of: McLintock Comanche Court Scene [Revised]
[2nd Place] The Indie Gathering 2020
I composed this trailer score for The Indie Gathering's 2020 Scene Scoring Competition. For the competition they gave out the original scene with the dialogue and asked us to re-score it with our own original music. For my re-scoring I received the 2nd place award and will be accepting it live in March of 2021.
When composing this score I thought a lot about creating something that felt genuine to the style. I took a lot of inspiration from Copeland's music, as he is the original founder of the American western sound. With this in mind, I used a lot of quartal harmony and an abstracted 20th century form of tonality. I also made sure I used a lot of brass and high strings combined with a lot of woodwind doubling.
The only changes between this revised version and the one I submitted are virtual instrument mic placements and MIDI editing (which I didn't have time to do when I was cramming for the deadline). Nothing too dramatic.