Pontifical university

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Bogota

Music Composition
for Cinema

Arts, Culture and Education Area

In-Person
Diploma

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HOURLYINTENSITY
120 hours

Value proposal

The film industry in Colombia is experiencing significant growth and foresees unparalleled
development for musical creators in the near future. This is how, within the cinematographic
world, music as a language plays a predominant role and it is imperative that musicians,
composers and creatives have the appropriate tools to strengthen the growth of this industry.

In this way, participants in the diploma course will gain in-depth knowledge of all the
processes carried out in the creation of original music for film; from when a work is
commissioned from the composer until the final delivery of the product. They will learn about
the songwriting process, the relationship with the film's director and producer, the workflow
within the industry, and the copyright of the musical work. Likewise, they will learn the legal
aspects of the business concerning the profession of the Musical Composer, with special
emphasis on the national industry and which are essential to work in optimal conditions. On
the other hand, they will have the opportunity to record their compositions with a symphony
orchestra, which gives a very important added value to this diploma and allows the participant
to come into contact with the reality of recording music for film.

To this end, the Diploma brings together a group of specialized lecturers and a program that
allows you to immerse yourself not only in a conceptual reflection on film music but also in the
practical and creative aspects that the profession demands.

Each of the professors who participate in the diploma course has extensive experience in the
field and remains current in the current cinema panorama in the country and internationally.
Oscar Olaya, Daniel Velasco, Jose Ricaurte, Gilberto
The speakers are:
Andrés Martínez, María Linares, Luis Guillermo Vicaría and Diego
Hoyos.

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Goals

General
Train participants in the creation of original music for film, understanding the multiple stages
in which a composer is involved, from reading the script to the post-production of the film.

Specific
• Understand cinematographic language as a starting point to develop the narrative of a
story through music.
• Know the different concepts of film music.
• Understand the stages and processes in which a composer is involved when working
on the music for a film.
• Recognize the importance of intellectual property and copyright

Addressed to

Composers, music producers, instrumentalists, students and musicians in general, who wish
to acquire the basic knowledge to develop within the film music industry.

Methodology

The diploma is designed so that participants know, in a practical way, each step of musical
composition for film, from commissioning it to final delivery. With creative workshops and
master classes, the compositional and technical processes carried out will be worked on,
carrying out an analysis of the cinematographic narrative through real projects and practical
sessions, which provide the participant with the development of initial material for their
portfolio.

Participants will develop workshops-seminars with access to audiovisual material from which
the different compositional proposals for the soundtrack will begin. So to complete the project
you must allocate some work time at home.

Academic Content

Module 1 “Context of Music in Cinema”

• General context of music in cinema

• Film Appreciation
• Historical context of music in Cinema

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• Music as part of Cinematographic Language

• Film music concepts
• Workflow and professionals in charge
• How a composer approaches a project
• Temp Tracks and how to work with them

Module 2 “Musical composition for cinema”

• Structure of a Soundtrack and Functions of Music in Cinema

• Preliminaries:
o Dialogues between Director – Composer – Producer
o Spotting Sessions
o Formats
• How to analyze a movie to know “what” it is about and thus define what its music
should be like
• Conceptualization by the composer
• Composition planning
• MIDI - DAW, Virtual Instruments and Templates
• Composition (Creative process of composition)
o Form Treatment
o Treatment of melody in film music
o Harmony treatment
o Rhythm treatment

Module 3 “Orchestration of music for film”

• General aspects of Orchestration in Film Music

• Orchestral textures in cinema
• Orchestration applied to different film genres
• Electronic Orchestration and Hybrid Orchestration
• Workflow between Composer, Orchestrator and Copyist

Module 4 “Soundtrack Recording”

• Production of a Soundtrack
• Musical preparation
• Synchronization Methods, Time Code
• Recording Preliminaries
o The role of the music editor and his relationship with the composer
o Click track
o Formats for recording a Soundtrack
• Recording, mixing, equipment and professionals in charge
• Deliverables (Stems)

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• Music in the final mix of the film

Module 5: “Legal aspects of the film music business”

• Soundtrack Budget
• Intellectual property and copyright
• Collective management companies
• Analysis of the terms of a film music contract
• Composers Associations
• Licenses
• Tips that every composer should know to work in the film industry

Diploma counselors

OSCAR OLAYA
Composer graduated from the Javeriana University and Specialist in Film Music
Orchestration from Berklee College of Music. President of the Colombian Association of Film
Music Composers (MUCINE). He has been a jury for the India Catalina Awards and the
SmartFilms festival. Recognized for his orchestrations for the music of Pope Francis' mass
during his visit to Colombia, a work composed by maestro Juan Antonio Cuellar. His portfolio
includes more than 30 Soundtracks for cinema, Television and video games, some of them
performed and recorded by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony
Orchestra of Colombia and the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra.

JOSE H. RICAURTE ARDILA

Composer and producer with more than 10 years of experience in composing for audiovisual
media for different genres. He worked with the team of composer Heitor Pereira in Remote
Control, in the productions “My Favorite Villain” and “The Smurfs”. He was called to join
Trevor Morris' team in productions such as “Vikings”, “Dracula” and “The Orgies”. In
Colombia, her work stands out in different productions such as El Tesoro (Caracol TV), Laura
the Colombian Mother (Caracol TV), for which she received several nominations for different
awards. He currently collaborates with music for the Reality Guerreros on Channel 1 and
combines his work with music and advertising sound design for brands such as Audi,
Mercedes, Veolia, DB, Nutresa, among many others. His academic studies are Master of
Music from Universidad Javeriana, Master of Composition for the Screen (MFA) from
Columbia College Chicago.

DANIEL VELASCO
Colombian film music composer. He has worked on numerous film productions, including
“Nacimiento de Martín Mejía” (Winner of the Tridents First Features Competition -Best Film-,

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and the FIPRESCI Award for the best debut film in Tallinn), “Aislados” (Best Documentary in
The Colombian Film Festival in New York City),

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and “La Semilla del Silencio”, music for which he received the Macondo award from the
Colombian Film Academy in 2016. He also has experience recording with orchestras at Alfred
Neumann Studios (FOX) and The Bridge Recording in Los Angeles, and Babelsberg Studios
in Germany. Outside of Colombia he has worked on feature films produced in Germany
(“Zeche Is Nich”) and El Salvador (“La Palabra de Pablo”). Graduated from the master's
degree in Filmmusik at the Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf in Germany (2011), and received a
scholarship from the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis in Los Angeles
(2013). Graduated as a composer from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana with a
meritorious degree (2004).

MARÍA LINARES
Composer and Songwriter, graduated in music from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana,
postgraduate in Scoring for Film and Multimedia from New York University (NYU). Founder of
Fiona Records. He has created soundtracks for films, web series, commercials and television
shows. In addition to making music, she is passionate about creativity and dedicates part of
her time to organizing Creative Mornings /Bogotá.

ANDRÉS MARTÍNEZ OJEDA

Composer and Musical Producer graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2001).
He completed an M.A. in Composition and Music for Film from the Steinhardt School, New
York University (2006). He took Music for Film and Sound workshops with David Holmes and
Walter Murch as Talent Campus at the 54th Berlinale in 2004. He currently works as a music
composer for Film and Television with clients such as Sony Pictures, Teleset, MTV, Argos
México, Signal Colombia and PS FILMS. His chamber music catalog is published by the New
Jersey Guild Of Composers. The rest of his repertoire is managed by Kobalt Music
Publishing, Universal Music Publishing and Canciones Nacionales with whom he has
licensed music for Warner Brothers' "Pride And Glory" and for the TV series Chuck, Uggly
Betty and Longmire. He is a BMI member. He has obtained recognition in Composition
Stimuli from the Ministry of Culture and the French Alliance (2003), a Fulbright commission
scholarship (2004) and an Idartes scholarship for musical production for Featured Groups
(2013 and 2016). It recently won with Malta Cine SAS the Original Music Grant for Feature
Film 2017 from Idartes.

LUIS GUILLERMO VICARÍA

Born in Bogota. He studied at the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia and at
the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana where he received a master's degree in music with an
emphasis on double bass. He completed postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Music
in London and earned master's and doctorate degrees in conducting at Texas Christian
University and the University of Northern Colorado in the United States. He has studied
orchestra conducting with teachers Julián Lombana, Germán Gutiérrez, Russell Guyver and

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Matthew Hazelwood. Director of the Javeriana Symphony Orchestra, he has also served as
assistant conductor of the Colombian Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. He has conducted,
among others, the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, the Colombian Youth Philharmonic, the
UNC Symphony Orchestra, UNC Sinfonietta, Pergine Spettacolo Aperto Festival Orchestra,
Ibagué Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, TCU Symphony Orchestra and Fort Worth Youth
Orchestra. His interest in opera

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has led him to be director and assistant director of different productions, among which the
recent productions of Mozart's Finta Giardiniera with the opera ensemble of the Javeriana
University and the production of The Princess and the Pea by Luis Antonio Escobar with the
orchestra and children's choirs of the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also been
interested in new music by Colombian composers, supporting the recording and
dissemination of works. He participated as a conductor in the concerts and recordings of the
works of Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom and Fabián Roa within the series of monographic
concerts of the Luis Ángel Arango Library. Currently, in addition to his position as an
associate professor at the Javeriana University, he works as an advisor for the youth groups
of the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the
Music Section of the Bank of the Republic.

DIEGO HOYOS
He began his musical studies within a musical family and later at the Batuta Foundation.
Graduated with honors as a Master of Music with an emphasis in sound engineering from the
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, he decided to complement his student days by working at
the Javeriana Estéreo 91.9 FM Bogotá station, where he became production coordinator,
producer of the concert program Sonido En Vivo and to design and implement the station's
radio studio, which would lead him to his current job at the Ático Center of the Javeriana
University. There he has had the experience of implementing, configuring and maintaining
audio studios and laboratories in operation, in addition to working on different audiovisual and
musical projects. He has more than 7 years of teaching experience in courses related to
sound, radio and media production.

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