Musical Goal

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With the audio wing of Yash Raj Studios as the venue,the lab will be held over two days,October 21 and 22. The six “young and emerging composers” — selected from an online entry through the Mumbai Film Festival website that ended on October 7 — will be given separate rooms where they will be asked to compose a score for a short video clip. About 40 people applied for the lab,with links to either short films that they have scored for,or if they haven’t had previous film work,then Soundcloud links to the music they have composed.

Participants will be provided with a computer,required instruments and even live musicians for recording at the venue. Although it isn’t a competition,the best work will be sent for mastering to the London quarters of the iconic Abbey Road Studios,where legends such as The Beatles and Pink Floyd have recorded. It will then be screened at a Masterclass session at Metro Cinema,where a panel discussion of the lab’s creative advisors will be held.

The lab’s chief creative advisor is British composer Ilan Eshkeri,who has scored for movies such as Stardust,and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll for which he received a BAFTA nomination. As the special guest,he will also be a mentor throughout the workshop. Among Indian composers,Amit Trivedi and Ranjit Barot will interact with the participants. “We don’t want the composers to let go of the Indian ethos. Be it is folk or semi-classical,it’s about a more cinematic way of composing music,” says Mackay. The lab is looking at applications for two entries from Mumbai and the rest from across India.