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In this challenge, the movie you are scoring for is an imaginary one, perhaps a novel or short story you wish COULD be made into a film. Score a "scene" from the "movie," and try to employ a memorable melody or two (think John Williams more than Hans Zimmer ;) ). Use any instrumentation necessary, and keep the piece to about 10 mins max. Also, the judges will need a description of the scene you are scoring (ie. actions of the characters, setting, etc.) and you will be judged on: -how well you capture the essence of the scene (20) -strength of the melodic material (20) -inventive use of orchestration (10) Timeline: 3 weeks I am asking for 3-5 judges for this challenge. I will NOT be judging, since I feel like some potential contestants may find my judgements "unfair" or "biased." The prize is "bragging rights"...I guess...? And the fact that only ONE of you will be viewed as more talented than all the rest! I have posted this challenge mainly for those of you who call yourselves "film composers," but anyone can join. There has been an extreme lack of good, innovative melodic material on this site (in my humble, unimportant opinion), so I think this challenge may be a good thing. Hopefully some of you who have taken a back seat to more "prominent composers" on this site will finally have a chance to shine! Oh, and I will NOT be joining in the competition either (how unfair is that, if I were to be in my own challenge!). So good luck to all! Contestants: sparky Austenite Mr. Croates Judges: danishali903

- you should listen to this piano transcription too :)

Sure! Do the double major. But do it because it will help your music career AND give you a foot in the door for a part-time desk job while you get your music career off the ground. There is enough room in most school programs to do that without taking 8 courses a semester. It just means you will be taking two music courses and two business courses a semester when the rest of the music majors are taking two music courses and a philosophy course and badminton. Or if you don't do a double-major, choose your elective courses, on-campus jobs, and extra-curriculars very carefully so they are all giving you extra skills you want and need. Don't waste your time drinking beer and being hung-over. Do the math to figure out how many hundreds of dollars each 9:00 to 11:00 Tuesday class is costing you. You will never be late to class or unprepared again. You have 4 years to build a foundation. Use them wisely. I was an art major, not a music student, but my main gripe with majors in the arts is that they don't necessarily include courses in marketing and business as part of the major. If you go into any sort of arts career and aren't a professor, you will be an entrepreneur. You will need to know how to advertise yourself, identify the market for your work, do a cost-benefit analysis on any work that comes your way to be sure it is actually worth the money you will be paid... The people I know who had those skills, or got them, are still in the arts and doing well. The people who disdained that sort of business knowledge as unworthy of their attention have gone back to work for big faceless corporations as minor paper-pushers EVEN THOUGH THEY MADE WONDERFUL WORK. It doesn't matter how wonderful it is if you don't know how to get it out there to people who would like to pay you for it.