Table of Contents

Understanding Film Music Industry Standards

Understanding Film Scoring Terminology

Reviewing QuickTime Video and Video Components

Setting Up a Movie in Logic Pro

Syncing Logic Pro to Picture

Working with Hit Points and Scene Markers

Creating Tempo Maps

Working with Beat Mapping

Working with a Time Signature

Scoring a Commercial

Shaping the Score and Exporting to Video

Advanced Concepts for Dealing with Timing in Film Music

About the Author

Professor Chris Piorkowski is an award-winning composer, with a Masters in Music Technology from the University of Newcastle in Australia, an MFA majoring in Music Composition for Film, TV and Multimedia from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, a Diploma in Media Composition from Music for The Media in London, and another Diploma in Sound Engineering from the Audio Institute of America in San Francisco. He has also studied Film Scoring and Orchestration at Berklee College of Music in Boston as well as Film Music Orchestration Steven Scott Smalley and Jazz Piano with Walter Norris.
In his professional life, he has worked on countless projects at the legendary Sound City Studios in Los Angeles scoring over 50 projects for TBN, ShowTime, PBS, and Gene Roddenberry (the creator of Star Trek).