This Friday (20 May) sees the public debut of a new orchestra, one that aims to bring a decidedly diverse range of film music old and new to hopefully appreciative audiences. Paul F Cockburn speaks with Yati Durant, founder, musical director and conductor of the Edinburgh Film Music Orchestra.
Paul F Cockburn: When it comes to film music, how much of a challenge is it to even find suitable scores for an orchestra to play from?
Yati Durant: It’s actually very difficult; there’s very few resources where you can get a hold of this music. The best way is to actually contact the composers themselves. Most of it has never been published in sheet music form, which just shows you how film music has never really been thought of in a serious fashion. They’ll happily sell you the soundtrack on CD, but publishing the sheet music is the last thing that any film studio would consider doing…
First published by Reel Scotland, 18/05/2011; read more here.
