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The Universal Film Music Composer Initiative

Patrick de Caumette

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https://www.universaltalentdevelopment.com/composers

Even though i made sure i put in my application before posting this link (because i was too fucking busy going through all of the the requirements)
I did think of all of you and thought you may want to know...

I finally submitted, and was told "because of the high submission volume, don't expect to hear back from us" but...argggh, it feels good to have put the whole package together, sent it... which will be helpful in the future anyway...

Go for it and best of luck!

Music is my life. It is your life. ooommmmhhh


and since i am at it, here is my reel for this submission (wish i didn't have to mix my own projects all the time...)


Feel free to post yours!
 
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This smacks of Web 2.0 (“We ran out of ideas decades ago”) and some vague attempt to jump on the “promoting diversity” bandwagon. But hey...maybe something good will come of it. Good luck all!
 
This smacks of Web 2.0 (“We ran out of ideas decades ago”) and some vague attempt to jump on the “promoting diversity” bandwagon. But hey...maybe something good will come of it. Good luck all!
I think it is a major house fishing for talent, and trying to bypass the middle man, which is good news for us, regular, common folks...
 
Really nice reel though Patrick, I liked the piece at 2:12 the best!
Thank you Noam!
This was the main title for a documentary on breast cancer survivors. The director herself went through a horrendous ordeal and survived so far. I was grateful to have found a theme that she related to...
 
It's sad to see that composers are included in this competition, alongside writers and actors. It's one more sign that the profession has landed firmly in "100 rats in a bucket" territory.
We have been in that fuck$%g bucket for as long as we can remember.
Some decades we get a break and are comfortable, but the tide turns and we are right back where we came from...
 
Maybe good to know - not all composers:

  • Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
So the rest of the world is not in (If I understand it right, work authorization is a concrete document, not just general "does not come from a potential terrorist state" things, right?)
 
Maybe good to know - not all composers:

  • Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
So the rest of the world is not in (If I understand it right, work authorization is a concrete document, not just general "does not come from a potential terrorist state" things, right?)
That is correct. One must be lawfully able to work in the US.
Universal will not help a potential candidate get a working permit.
 
Thanks for the heads-up! Submitting mine tomorrow, seeing Daniel Hope perform Max Richter's Vivaldi score tonight :]


Here's my demo reel for it, though. Any thoughts?
 
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