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Abstract
This paper describes the culminating experience of Berklee Valencia SFTV master's degree. Giving a deep and detailed analysis of the whole process of creating a rescore for Frozen Planet II, the introduction of the first episode. Disccusing from an introduction of the background and context, the reasons for choosing this specific clip and what could be learned from the project.
The main body of the paper is the compositional process, focusing on how the music is written and designed. From an academic, harmonic, orchestration, and idea development point of view, to eventually deconstruct the score, into pieces of smaller ideas. Using pictures of specific measures, then, understanding every step of the decision-making.
The paper's last section briefly explains the recording and post-production process, including score checking and preparing, recording in London Air Studios, and mixing and mastering in Berklee Valencia Campus.
Publication Date
7-1-2024
Campus
Valencia (Spain) Campus
Keywords
Rescore, Compositional Process, Harmony and Orchestration, Nature Documentary
Recommended Citation
Man, Shaocheng. “Culminating Experience: Frozen Planet II.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2024. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-scoring/263.