Free Scoring Technique
Learn how to "blueprint" cues and finish them in record time!
What is Free Scoring?
Free Scoring technique is a cue "blueprinting" method innovated by Film Composer Evan Evans, which unlocks your full creative potential and individuality. It evolves techniques originally utilized by Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams among others.
The processes of the Free Scoring technique can be broken down into three main areas:- Spotting,
- Mapping the Beats and Barlines, and
- Design.
Using this new 21st Century method, you can already be working on finishing your cues ... before you've even started them.
Learn how you can score a 3-minute action cue in 1 hour, how you can score as many as 20 cues, in just 1 day.
Course Curriculum
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StartCreate Timing Sheet or Beatmap (1:52)
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StartQUIZ: Create Timing Sheet or Beatmap
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StartExample - Free Scoring Beatmap 1 (1:29)
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StartExample - Old Method Timing Sheet (0:29)
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StartExample - Free Scoring Beatmap 2 (0:44)
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StartQUIZ: Example - Free Scoring Beatmap
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StartMath - Beatmap 1 (2:46)
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StartMath - Beatmap 2 (1:41)
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StartMath - Beatmap 3 (2:46)
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StartQUIZ: Math - Beatmap
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StartPrint - Beatmap 1 (1:12)
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StartPrint - Beatmap 2 (0:38)
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StartQUIZ: Print - Beatmap
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StartOverlay - Final Barlines 1 (1:35)
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StartOverlay - Final Barlines 2 (1:21)
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StartQUIZ: Overlay - Final Barlines
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StartOverlay - Significant Changes 1 (0:48)
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StartOverlay - Significant Changes 2 (0:47)
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StartQUIZ: Significant Changes
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StartDISCUSSION: Beatmap
Instructor
Film Composer of over 80 Feature Films, theorist on the Art & Craft of Film Music, founder of The Composer Collective a media scoring firm of over 3000 global composers, creator of CuePop™ the world's first fully automated online Music Library, and son of the legendary Jazz Pianist Bill Evans.
Evans studied with Jerry Goldsmith, Joey Rand (Music Editor, "Titanic"), Steven Scott Smalley (Orchestrator, "Batman","Conan The Barbarian"), Marco Beltrami, Don Ray, Clare Fischer, Elmer Bernstein, and Lalo Schifrin.
He has worked for and trained under iconic Film Composers Danny Elfman, Jeff Rona, David Newman, Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, and Basil Poledouris.
Free Scoring Technique
Learn how to "blueprint" cues and finish them in record time!
Frequently Asked Questions
"Bravo. Excellent course and clearly presented. I love it. I actually came up with a similar free hand sketch system out of necessity just a few days ago!! So this material of yours not only confirms the direction I was going but fleshes our the rest of the system I needed. I am inspired!"
- Aaron W., Composer