India's first Music Composers Lab
India’s first-ever Composers
Lab to launch at the
15th Mumbai Film Festival
It marks its birth in the 100th
year of Indian Cinema
Mumbai: India's first Music Composers Lab is being launched at the 15th Mumbai film
Festival. It will be held at the prestigious Yash Raj Film Studios, Andheri
(W), Mumbai, in their state-of-the-art Audio Wing. The lab is
being presented by UK’s Bohemia Junction Limited and Abbey Road
Studios in association with PRS for Music, UK. It will take place from 21st October to 23rd October, 2013 during the 15th Mumbai
Film Festival.
The first-of-its-kind Composers Lab will offer
a unique opportunity to emerging Indian composers to interact with successful
professionals in the field of music, to get a better understanding of what lies
at the heart of a music score in the arena of moving image.
Over two days, six composers will attend the
Mumbai Composers Lab to meet and interact with professional composers and a
team of music & film Industry specialists, from the UK and India, who will
share their knowledge and expertise with them. The composers will also be
advised about many aspects of music and the music industry. The lab is an
initiative to provide a hub for like-minded emerging film composers to network with
each other, as well as with industry professionals, to learn new skills in the
realms of film scoring.
The two-day film scoring
sessions will be followed with an interview and audience Q & A with award-winning
British Composer Ilan Eshkeri and a with the Lab’s Creative Advisors on 23rd
October at 1pm at Metro Cinema.
Special guest Ilan Eshkeri, best-known for his film scores of
47 Ronin, Coriolanus, Stardust, The
Young Victoria and Kick-Ass,
as well as his collaborations with Coldplay, Annie
Lennox and Take That, will lead the creative team of composers
that will be announced shortly.
Eshkeri learnt the art of film composition by
working closely with music maestros Michael Kamen, Edward Shearmur and Steve
McLaughlin. Over his decade-long career, he has been awarded ‘Best Original
Score’ for his work on the film Stardust at the International Film Music
Critics Association award and nominated three times for The World Soundtrack
Awards. Eshkeri's soundtrack to The Young Victoria topped the classical music
charts for several weeks and received a nomination at the Ivor Novello awards.
Applications for young composers
to take part in the workshop will open on Tuesday, September 17,
and close on Monday, October 7.
For further information, please visit
About
Mumbai Film Festival: The
15th Mumbai Film Festival, a Reliance Entertainment initiative andsupported by
the Dept. of Culture, Government of Maharashtra is organized by Mumbai Academy
of Moving Image (MAMI) - a Trust comprised of Indian film industry stalwarts,
which was founded in 1997 by late filmmaker Shri Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Noted
filmmaker Shri Shyam Benegal heads the body that consists of film directors
including: Ramesh Sippy, Sudhir Mishra, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Karan Johar, Anurag
Kashyap, renowned actresses Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bachchan, actor-director Amol
Palekar and Farhan Akhtar lyricist, writer and director Amit Khanna.
About Abbey
Road Studios: Abbey Road Studios, UK, is
considered the most famous recording studio in the world. It was opened in 1931
and is most famously associated with the Beatles, who recorded almost all their
albums and singles there. The iconic studio is also home to some of the most
famous film scores, including those of Aliens, Star Wars, Prometheus, Harry
Potter, Spiderman and Lord of the Rings.
About PRS for
Music: PRS for Music, based in the UK, was formed in 1914
and represents the rights of 100,000 songwriters, composers and music
publishers. They also represent over 2 million music creators, through 150
global agreements.
About Bohemia
Junction Limited: Bohemia Junction Limited was
started by British composer and co-founder of Bombay Dub Orchestra Andrew T.
Mackay in London, UK in 2012 as a meeting place for creatives in music, film
& the arts. Bohemia represents Abbey Road Studios in India and in
particular their online mastering services.
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