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ArcticWind7 wrote:I know that typically, a composer writes a two piano score with additional information. I.e. telling the orchestrator that strings here, trumpet, etc. short hand really.

Depends on the composer. In a case like Williams, it's usually more than that. In cases like Zimmer, yeah it's probably like that. In cases like Clint Eastwood, it's probably less...


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Hi, you mean composing in short score, where a composer puts in the essential details of orchestration and leave out the less important ones? I recall Mahler composed some of his symphonies in short score, his unfinished 10th being one.

Depends on the composer. In a case like Williams, it's usually more than that. In cases like Zimmer, yeah it's probably like that. In cases like Clint Eastwood, it's probably less...

I was just generalizing.

I recall Mahler composed some of his symphonies in short score, his unfinished 10th being one.

A lot of composers write like that. Elgar didn't mostly, I don't think Berlioz did either. I don't. But even Mozart did.

Oh.... Closed.... become off topic.