Versatile composer available

[tonylombardi]

I’m a composer and I'm looking for more directors to work with. I've been composing music for over 10 years, and have scored some films. I can do a wide variety of styles, from full orchestral to solo piano to acoustic guitar to electronic. I'm interested in all film genres. I'm definitely interested in horror. Please check out my webpage for several samples in a variety of styles. I'm looking forward to working with you.

Anthony Lombardi, composer
http://www.anthonylombardi.com

[MisterSadistro]

Maybe you can compose an opera entitled 'Ode To The Spamming Noob' LOL
CK

[tonylombardi]

Nah, I'm not much into opera. Variations On The Spamming Noob would be more my thing. What's a noob?

[MisterSadistro]

A noob is a newbie, a new person to the forum. Bad form to spam on your first visits without going to the New Member area to introduce yourself and get customarily razzed by fellow members beforehand (esp if plugging something, which never goes over well around here). Just letting you know. My razzing is done. I'll check out your site later.
CK

[Angelakillsluts]

Wow, you're really good.

[tonylombardi]

Thanks for the info CK. I forget about the forum customs sometimes. I'll make an introduction after this.

Thanks for the compliment Angelakillsluts! If you're not too busy, which one(s) did you like?

[MisterSadistro]

No prob, Tony. There's not really a lot of filmmakers here to pitch to I've noticed. I'm working on a few things myself at the moment that I personally want to get filmed and have "retired" from taking on any more projects musically until I do so.
Angela never says anything nice about my tunes :mad:
CK

[The STE]

We've got a composer employed already, but if we need one I'll keep you in mind

here's our card:

[tonylombardi]

Thanks STE. I added you to my address book and I'll keep in touch.

[Angelakillsluts]

Originally posted by MisterSadistro
No prob, Tony. There's not really a lot of filmmakers here to pitch to I've noticed. I'm working on a few things myself at the moment that I personally want to get filmed and have "retired" from taking on any more projects musically until I do so.
Angela never says anything nice about my tunes :mad:
CK

tony: I really like "Fantasmagoria" "Nightmare" "Preparing for Battle" Nightmare made me think of Evil Dead.

CK: I tried to download some of your songs awhile ago but it didn't work. They're working for me now though, so I'm going to listen to them all.

Dead Forrest is awesome.

[tonylombardi]

Thanks Angela for the feedback. That's in line with some of my other feedback. Preparing for Battle has one of the most lyrical melodies I've thought of. Too bad I can't always get one that good.

By the way, is that really a pic of you or is that some famous horror actress I don't know of? Whoever it is, she's stunning.

[Angelakillsluts]

I got really lazy and just typed in "gothic avatars" This one was on the first page. Don't know anything about it, just thought it would make a good avatar.

I really love Nightmare though, that background music is so important in horror/suspense movies. I think it's important for all types of movies, but especially horror/suspense imo. Preparing for Battle did strike me as a song that most people would enjoy the most, its really well done.

btw how does the whole process work? (to either tony or CK) I mean how you get work and how payment works and all that? I'm just curious about pretty much all areas of film making.

[tonylombardi]

Well I have yet to be paid so far. I've actually only been scoring this past year, although I've been composing for several years. There's a whole mess of people trying to score films, so it's hard to get into.

Pretty much everything I've done has been through either direct emails to directors, or from postings like this that they respond to.

In the real world, people like James Newton Howard have an agent, and the music supervisor for the film corresponds with the agent first. The agent sells the composer. Once the composer is in, he works with the director. They usually get a fixed fee.. for him probably something like $200,000 or so. Then they get royalties from soundtracks. There's also director/composer partnerships like Tim Burton and Danny Elfman, Spielberg and Williiams.

What do you do? Are you just a fan or are you involved in any projects? Know any directors?

Thanks for your comments once again.

[orez]

Hey man listened to some of your stuff. Definitely not bad. So I'm going to throw out some hypotheticals, what software do you use and are you opposed to someon providing you with different samples? The reason I ask is the music does have some good composition to it, but it also sounds a little too synthy. by all means this is not a cut down on your abilities, not everyone (especially people getting started) can afford the latest and greatest, believe me I know this first hand.

But I can provide top notch samples/loops/misc sounds. I took a shot at doing music myself, and to be honest witih the project I have now I'm wearing so many hats composing is something I don't have time for.

I'm definitely not ready for a score anytime super soon, but its all about making contacts right?

[Angelakillsluts]

Originally posted by tonylombardi
Well I have yet to be paid so far. I've actually only been scoring this past year, although I've been composing for several years. There's a whole mess of people trying to score films, so it's hard to get into.

Pretty much everything I've done has been through either direct emails to directors, or from postings like this that they respond to.

In the real world, people like James Newton Howard have an agent, and the music supervisor for the film corresponds with the agent first. The agent sells the composer. Once the composer is in, he works with the director. They usually get a fixed fee.. for him probably something like $200,000 or so. Then they get royalties from soundtracks. There's also director/composer partnerships like Tim Burton and Danny Elfman, Spielberg and Williiams.

What do you do? Are you just a fan or are you involved in any projects? Know any directors?

Thanks for your comments once again.

I'm pretty much just a fan who fools around with a camera a lot with dreams of making a movie. I've written some screenplays, but that's about it.

I was supposed to meet a guy who has worked as an assistant director on a few movies (I think they were made for tv, I'm not sure) for coffee and he was going to get me working on some sets (I'm not sure what I'd be doing exactly, I'm sure getting everyone coffee would be a main thing. lol.) I'd really love to do that for both the experience and the contacts.

My aunt told me he would love to tell me everything he knows aswell, I just don't jump on these things like I should. I don't really know anyody in the business. I've met this guy once but it was just like "hi, how ya doin?" kind of meeting.

Right now, I'd like to just do a short with a few friends or something. If I do, of course I'll post it on here for all to ridicule. My bad acting and all :p

[orez]

Originally posted by Angelakillsluts


Right now, I'd like to just do a short with a few friends or something. If I do, of course I'll post it on here for all to ridicule. My bad acting and all :p


Thats the best way to get started, have fun with it. I'm sure after some time you'll look back and say "oh man that sucks I can so do better than that" so you do another and another and another and before you know you're making your own feature. because I mean really what do you have to lose? spending time with your friends, sounds like fun to me? sitting in front of a computer editing? sounds like fun to me. Putting it up on the forums here for everyone to give you shit about? maybe a few stings, but you might get some good criticism out of it.

Especially in the "filmmakers" area, there seems to be a lot less hate and immaturity in this section compared to the other areas of the forum.

Hell you don't even need a group of friends, you can do a total solo project just to try and take ideas from paper to video. I did this all by myself, just hit record then go get in front of the camera.
http://muthaship.cropcirclesystems.net/~orezcool/sschapter2.mov

never hurts to try shit out.

[tonylombardi]

Hey Orez,
Some of the stuff on my site does use outdated samples. I put a note in the description for those. I should probably redo them with better sounds. It's way more fun to create something new though, so I keep putting it off.

I have 3 computers I use simultaneously. I have GS3 on one and Kontakt on the other 2. Across the three I have 5.5GB of RAM. I use Cubase SX3 as my sequencer. The main sample libraries now are VSL Pro Edition and Project SAM Brass. For piano I have the PMI Bosendorfer, Gigapiano, and the east-west steinway. For synth stuff I own NI Komplete 2, which has quite a few different soft synths. For my controller keyboard I have a Kurzweil 2000. For MIDI control of the computers I use Midi Over LAN CP.

Angela, good luck with acting and writing! Do you have any scripts online? I've read some scripts that aren't so great. Sometimes I wonder if I could write a better one...

[MisterSadistro]

How did I find myself in the world of non-paying indie horror films ? Just lucky I guess LOL Nah, I personally do it because I love to do it, AKS. I have offers that will pay me very good money to do some stuff that I don't care for and won't touch. I'm doing a semi-horror/drama film lately that offered to pay me $1000 on release and that I did take since they are near Chicago based and I'm more interested in getting crew people together for my own films. How do I meet these people ? All over I guess. Do your thing and you can count on me to help you out in any way possible ( esp since I saw you listed me as one of the people you 'love' on HDC- which is one of the sweetest things anyone has ever said awwwww).
CK

[tonylombardi]

Hey CK.
I think I saw Midnight Snack a while ago. Was that a black and white short? I saw another thread that was a little confusing, but I deciphered that you scored it. I remember the music was pretty cool.

[MisterSadistro]

Yah, I did the music and ADR work for it since it arrived here completely silent. There was some sound problem with it apparently and it wasn't included with the film. I saw the director had posted elsewhere about getting someone to do it, I volunteered and it worked out (except they went back and replaced my voice with the original actor's LOL). I'm still waiting for the voice over work from the same company on their latest short 'A Spider Beside Her' to finish that. I'll be doing 'The Shrieking' (about some bloodthirsty Bigfoot like creatures) and 'Demoniac' (a giallo) features for them next year. I'm attempting to do 'The Shrieking' with all Native American percussion instruments if I can pull it off.
CK