Composer Brief by Mason Cooper
A Production and Distribution company is seeking a composer for current and future film scoring and trailer scoring opportunities. The current project brief is for a completed film in the genre and
style of the company’s broader production profiles. The competition winner will have their score cue played live by an orchestra at the Composer Summit Prague event in April 2025. The winner will also become connected to the project’s Music Supervisor (with the company executives
aware of the composer for future project considerations).

Opportunity

1. Specific to the information laid out in the Brief below, Composer’s must create a New Original Production of between 1 Minute to 1 ½ Minutes in length (timing can be approximate). The presented cue “demo” may be orchestrated in-the-box and/or utilizing live musicians at the composer’s discretion.
2. Additionally – the pitch should include 3-5 pre-existing sample of the composer’s work, in whatever they feel show’s their broader abilities and talents (the additional samples may be specific to the Brief or broader in examples – at the composer’s discretion).
   

Process

1. The submission folders must be completed and sent by 23:59 CET on January 3rd, 2025 via Google Forms.
2. Three “finalists” will be notified by January 8th, 2025
   Finalists will receive the full trailer (with specific spotting notes by Music Supervisor), and create an original full composition (may utilize the initial created pitch cue or something new),
   to be submitted by 23:59 CET on January 15th.
3. The 1st Place Winner will be notified by January 20th.

Prize
The Winner will have the opportunity to work with Music Supervisor on any final ‘notes’, and then conduct the final piece with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (with the trailer playing on
screen) in front of a live audience during the Composer Summit (Composers Summit can provide conductor).

Story Summary
Synopsis: Hiding off-the-grid on a romantic winter resort getaway after abandoning their careers as operative killers, rogue spies-in-love Joe and Lara witness a deadly plane crash and snatch a
top-secret flash drive from the downed aircraft before a brutal and well-trained mercenary can retrieve it. Joe and Lara realize the contents of the drive will bring every agency in the world after them, including a former intel agent associate, who is sent to recover the harddrive. When all sides don’t play by whatever rules that exist, the couple forsake their idyllic lifestyle and employ their formidable skills order to survive the impending onslaught.

General Style Comments
This is an Action Spy thriller, with personal drama and suspense built in. Overall, the supervisor is looking for energy – mostly fast paced exciting orchestration (may be a blend of traditional orchestrated score and electronic/modern elements). It is suggested to show the ebb and flow
ability of slower drama moments that build into full action excitement; varied pacing, full and minimal instrumental moments, and building throughout to showcase your ability to match a picture’s storyline. Additional style and genre ideas may range from Traditional Film Scores (i.e. Tenet, Tomb Raider, Iron Man, John Wick) to blending in modern edgy rock elements (industrial, metal, electronica).

Submission
Submit your work by 23:59 CET on January 3rd, 2025 as a zip archive containing:

• The cue (WAV 48kHz 24bit)
• A folder “Reel” containing 3-5 pre-existing samples of your work (MP3)
  Name the zip archive: SURNAME_NAME.zip
  Submit the archive via Google form: https://forms.gle/iWja3zy3mG6PWdXw8