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Creating music for Shaun the Sheep

Creating music for Shaun the Sheep
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  • Creating music for Shaun the Sheep
  • Duration: 06:23
  • A composer demonstrates how he creates orchestral sounds using the computer to produce soundtracks for Shaun the Sheep. The composer invites us into his studio and immediately introduces us to the 'big orchestra' which is really his computer. He demonstrates the individual instrument sounds - the banjo, a tam tam, a French horn and a bass, with close-ups of the configurations of the computer. The composer explains how to create different moods to accompany the visuals and how music can affect the way the audience interprets what is happening in the scene. One scene is played without any sound, then with two different interpretations. The music used for this scene is broken down into individual strands and then put back together so we hear the total effect.
  • Subject:

    Music

       Topic:

    Composing and Performing

  • Keywords: tempo, pace, soundtrack, tension, melody, line, solo, piano, rhythm, keyboard, instrumentation, mood, primarycreativearts,computer, i.t., composer
Ideas for use in class
  • Opportunity for a creative arts – drama/video-making/music – project. Pupils could devise their own short scenario, video this and then create and compose their own soundtrack to accompany it. This might be with words or better still a silent scenario. Small group composition work for pupils to create 'sound pictures' which tell a story/suggest a 'mood' or simply paint a picture in music. Related listening activities to pieces of music such as 'Night on a Bare Mountain' by Mussorgsky or 'Carnival of the Animals' by Saint-Saens. This provides excellent advice for pupils to engage in their own composition activity.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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