NEW MUSIC ALBUM RELEASE - Science Fiction Movie Soundtrack Spiritus "When I created the soundtrack to Spiritus I was inspired by the film music of Stranger Things, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and classic sci-fi films. I wanted the film music to have character of its own, to have a life that impacted the protagonist of the film. I am excited to release this new music album and to premier the animated science fiction film Spiritus at the upcoming Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival in Buffalo, New York." - Composer and Filmmaker Sabrina Peña Young DOWNLOAD THE NEW MUSIC ALBUM SPIRITUS NOW AT AMAZON AND ITUNES ! Amazon New Music Download:   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VB248MF/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp Apple Music (iTunes) https://music.apple.com/us/album/science-fiction-original-movie-soundtrack-spiritus/1473072977 Sci fi music soundtrack from science fiction animated film Spiritus by award-winning composer and filmmaker Sabrina Pe...

Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival To Present Lois Weber Award To Sabrina PeÑa Young BUFFALO, N.Y. - June 30, 2019 - PRLog -- Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival will present this year's Lois Weber Award to local artist Sabrina Peña Young. The festival's mission is to bring the best independent genre films from around the world to Western New York, and to shine a spotlight on local film artists. Now in its seventh year, Buffalo Dreams is a multi-genre celebration of independent film which runs for one week, August 23rd – 29th, at the Dipson Theaters Eastern Hills Cinema, 4545 Transit Road, Williamsville, New York. The award is named in honor of Lois Weber (1879 – 1939), the first female film director in the United States, and recognizes the accomplishes of women who have distinguished themselves in the art of filmmaking. Weber pioneered the split screen framing technique, and was known as a "star maker" for her efforts on behalf of new actresses. A...

Hans Zimmer - interview about the Power of Film Music Very interesting interview with Hans Zimmer about the power of film music.

Brian Tyler: Being a Film Composer In this segment from www.artistshousemusic.org - Brian Tyler is a film composer who has composed scores for films such as The Fast and the Furious 3: Toyko Drift, Annapolis, Constantine and The Hunted. Tyler also has a background as a performing artist and pop songwriter.

Cycling74 Perspectives: Film Composer Jeff Rona Jeff discusses his studio setup, his film projects, and his practical solutions for improving his workflow with Max. Video by Jeff Rona, with additional editing by Ron MacLeod.

NMR Artist Spotlight: Eclectic Musician Seychal-Mills on the Pink Panther Theme Mashup Thoughts from the Artist The idea behind this album was to build music only with sounds taken from movies from the 1960's – noises, voices, and tiny bits of music (a piano sound here, a trumpet there, two notes played by a guitar...). The result is a blend of electronica, concrete music and, of course, cinematic music. Actually, I'm planning a few performances with this music, and already working on the next LP, which is not sample-based. About the artist Seychal-Mills A track entirely made of sound material coming from the movie "A shot in the dark" (Blake Edwards, 1964) – yes, it's one of the "Pink Panther" movies Film(is)music by Seychal-Mills

NMR Artist Spotlight Exclusive: Greek Classical Film Composer George Kalyvas What is your story? I was born and grew up in Athens Greece and musically I started with piano lessons at the age of 9 which lasted for four years as I didn’t like the environment where I had to study just for the annual exams. I thought at the time that music was more of a discovery from inside out rather than learning how to place your fingers at the keyboard and play what you see. Of course when I grew up and at the age of 19 I understood what is the meaning of a composition and I was intrigued, as I started guitar, music theory and music harmony lessons where I obtained my first degree in music, by the story of each composition and about the mechanics of it. I later decided to study on my own counterpoint, fugue and to start analysing scores from quartets to symphonies of the great classical composers. Now I am living in the UK and I am pursuing a career in th...

Jaws Theme by John Williams Scene set to different music for the Buffalo Video and Movie Makers FREE film Music workshop October 16th 2017 at the Screening Room and Cafe in Amherst New York, 7pm. Presented by Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young. Composer Boot Camp 101 Available at Amazon Kindle and Amazon

Cinematic Film Music Reel of Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young. Contact Young for all of your film, business, commercial, and production needs. Specializing in high quality cinematic music.

Film Music/Audio Editing Workshop Part 2 and Screenwriting Talk READ MORE HERE:  https://www.meetup.com/Buffalo-Movie-Video-Makers-BM-VM/events/244282776/?_cookie-check=3IaK_k-guMqGhNwl Local filmmaker and composer, Sabrina Pena Young (LIBERTARIA: THE VIRTUAL OPERA), continues her workshop on Film Music and Audio Editing which she started at our September meeting.  We also have the results of our Shorty Contest. Find out the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place vote getters and watch the 1st place winning entry again. In the second half, Thomas Doran will offer some guidelines on how to improve your screenplay writing. This is in anticipation of our first Screenwriting Challenge! More details to follow! BM-VM meets every third Monday night of the month (from Sept. to June) at the Screening Room at the Boulevard Mall in Amherst, NY.  BM-VM was formed EIGHT DECADES ago in 1934 in Buffalo and the first meetings at the Statler Hilton. It is one of the oldest film societies ...

5 Music libraries or companies that generate most of my tv and film placements. Definitely something producers (composers) & songwriters should look into (if you haven't already). Some of these libraries cost (I mention the ones that do), but most are free to join. It takes some time to reap the benefits (not an overnight cash machine).

Learn about pitch shift and equalization in this advanced audio techniques for films by award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young.

Learn about basicsound effects and sound editing for film in this workshop by Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young. Part of a free workshop hosted October 16th 2017 @7pm at the Screening Room in Amherst, New York.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE:  5 Ways to Make Your Songs Spooky for Halloween 5 Ways to Make Your Songs Spooky for Halloween by  Christopher Sutton  |  Oct 15, 2015  |  Halloween  | As Halloween approaches this year we’ll all be surrounded by spooky tunes, haunted melodies and scary soundtracks. As a musician you might find yourself wondering: what makes that music so Halloween-y? Wonder no more! Whether you’re a budding song-writer or film composer, want to improvise some suitably scary sounds during October, or just wish you understood why the music you hear does (or doesn’t) sound like a horror show, here are 5 tried-and-tested ways to add some spook to music.

DOWNLOAD THE  New track! \"Halloween Robo-Bop\" teaches Chord Progressions New track! "Halloween Robo-Bop" teaches Chord Progressions by  Christopher Sutton  |  Oct 26, 2012  |  Halloween  | Have you been joining in our  trick-or-treating ? Some dreadful delights await you! Today we have an  extra special  spooky gift for you… A new  Unravelling Music  to help you  hear more  in music! Who said that ear training couldn’t be fun? Enjoy learning while listening to great music on your iPod! The  Unravelling Music  series is designed to help you learn, wherever you are – just by listening to music. Spend a little time getting to know the track using the extra clips and track notes provided, and then simply listen to the track to reinforce what you’ve learned. For this Halloween special, the audio examples will help train your ears to hear chord progressions commonly used for pop songs – with...

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE :  8 Excellent Halloween Music Activities 8 Excellent Halloween Music Activities by  Stella Bautista  |  Oct 20, 2015  |  Halloween ,  Children ,  Teaching ,  Websites, Apps and Downloads  | It’s that time of the year again! Halloween costumes, crazy and freaky Halloween-themed food and parties — and none of it would ever be complete without some spooky, scary Halloween music… To help make your Halloween suitably musical we have compiled this list of 8 excellent Halloween music resources you can use to bring a terrifying twist to your kids’ (or your own) music learning this October. You can also use them during a party or while trick-or-treat-ing. Of course, these are all beginner friendly so that everyone can have a good, musical Halloween. So without further ado let’s indulge in these spook-tacular goodies!

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE:  Improvisation: How to Score Halloween Horror Improvisation: How to Score Halloween Horror by  Sabrina Peña Young  |  Oct 29, 2012  |  Halloween  | Learn how to improvise your own Halloween horror music. Before laptops and Logic, TV and and Technicolor, early horror film composers at the dawn of the 20th century used  improvisation  to enhance the silent silver screens. They composed hauntingly dramatic scores, freaky monster music, and thrilling moments of Halloween horror by combining improvisation and traditional classical music scores.