Ep. 21 Miriam Cutler - Scoring Documentaries, Co-Founder of the Alliance for Women Film Composers
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:11 - Composing for the circus
06:38 - "One Lucky Elephant"
13:55 - Singing Telegrams
21:08 - Thoughts on focusing genres
30:36 - How do you know what you do is worth it?
43:54 - What drew you into documentaries?
48:10 - Motifs
52:02 - How do you get inside the directors mind?
58:18 - Teaching
1:01:28 - Patreon Q: What do you do when you have a great idea but can't get it out?
1:02:30 - Copying other composers
1:03:44 - Patreon Q: How much of a modern movie genre's musical score might be derived from old classic?
1:13:32 - The Alliance for Women Film Composers
1:22:16 - What does making it mean to you?
1:32:03 - Social links/Outro
