Score: A Film Music Documentary

Year: 2016
Country: USA
Director: Matt Schrader
Genre: documentary, music
Runtime: 93 min.
Age: 12+

A look at the cinematic art of the film musical score, and the artists who create them.

For a predominately visual medium like cinema, its musical component plays a vital role as well, especially its score. In that essential musical accompaniment, the soul of the film is expressed whether it be sweepingly majestic fanfares or delicate lyrical pieces. This documentary explores the artistic role of this special musical discipline that completes the cinematic artistic creation process and the artists who have devoted their careers to this contribution. We explore the form's history and examine the masters who defined it with their own distinctive artistic vision. In doing so, the various components of this delicate creative process are revealed as they create a musical compositional work that has inspired a popular appreciation of music in all its forms, which gave some old musical ways their own new lease on life.

Awards & Festivals:

Boulder International Film Festival — Best New Filmmaker
Cleveland International Film Festival — Music Movies Competition
Gasparilla International Film Festival — Audience Award Documentary
Nashville Film Festival — Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition
Newport Beach Film Festival — Feature Film
Sedona International Film Festival — Excellence in Filmmaking
Tacoma Film Festival — Best Feature