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.
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