About this Master Class
Music and sound design are two of the most powerful tools for storytellers. In this Master Class we will explore how sound design and music work together to communicate emotion, tone, and characters, and how music can be used to complement or counterpoint visual storytelling.
Join Peter Golub, composer and Director of Film Music at Sundance Institute and Glenn Kiser, Director of the Dolby Institute, and several guests in a live, three-hour online Master Class to investigate the creative process of Music and Sound in Film. This is an essential class for any writer, director, producer, composer, or sound artist seeking best practices and shared language to collaborate and serve the soundscape of a film.
Resources:
Download the list of resources from Peter Golub, Glenn Kiser and Sundance Co//ab
Topics presented will include:
- 00:00 - Welcome and Introductions from Sundance Co//ab
- 06:45 - Introduction from Peter Golub and Hildur Gu∂nadóttir
- 13:00 - How Music and Sound Design Work Together
- 36:00 - Composing From a Character’s State of Mind
- 01:01 - Q&A with Hildur Gu∂nadóttir
- 01:15 - Balancing Multiple Artistic Projects with Hildur Gu∂nadóttir and Tamar-kali
- 01:31 - Introduction to The Assistant Case Study with Moderator Glenn Kiser and Panelists Tamar-Kali, Leslie Shatz and Kitty Green
- 01:48 - Case Study in Music and Sound Design: The Assistant
- 02:40 - Q&A with Tamar-Kali, Leslie Shatz and Kitty Green
- 02:50 - Closing Remarks
Presented in partnership with the Dolby Institute.
Master ClassTeam
Peter Golub
Moderator
Peter Golub is the composer of numerous works for film, the concert hall, theatre and dance. His film scores include: Frozen River (directed by Courtney Hunt and nominated for 2 Academy Awards); The Laramie Project (for HBO); The Great Debaters (directed by Denzel Washington and co-composed with James Newton Howard); Wordplay (directed by Patrick Creadon); Countdown to Zero (dir by Lucy Walker); Sound of a Dream (dir by Zhang Wei); and Songs My Brothers Taught Me (dir by Chloe Zhao). Scores for Broadway include: The Country House (by Donald Marguiles, directed by Daniel Sullivan, with Blythe Danner), The Heiress (directed by Moises Kaufman, with Jessica Chastain) and Hedda Gabler (directed by Nicholas Martin, with Kate Burton).
In his early career he was Composer-in-Residence for Charles Ludlam's legendary Ridiculous Theatrical Company in Greenwich Village, along with considerable work composing music for the theatre with Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival (including numerous productions at the Delacorte in Central Park as well as at the Public downtown) and at La Mama, including work with Ethyl Eichelberger, Ellen Stewart, Jospeh Chaikin and others. His musical, Ampigorey, with book, lyrics and designs by Edward Gorey, was produced at the American Music Theater Festival (Philadelphia), as well as at the American Repertory Theatre (ART) in Cambridge, culminating in an off-Broadway run at the Perry Street Theatre in NY. Amphigorey was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Musical.
His ballet based on Gorey's The Gilded Bat, choreography by Peter Anastos, was commissioned by Ballet West and performed at the Kennedy Center and throughout the US. Other ballets were commissioned by the Miami City Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, and Atlanta Ballet. Recent concert music includes: Sleepwalking (a cello concerto), Ghost Songs (for voice and piano, to texts by Thomas Hardy), Six Dirty Limericks, Garden Paths (for flute, viola and Harp), Florestan & Eusebius (for saxophone quartet) and A Child of Children and Art (commissioned by pianist Anthony de Mare as part of a set of original piano pieces in tribute to Stephen Sondheim). He studied composition with Toru Takemitsu and Henry Brant.
Golub is the Director of the Sundance Film Music Program and teaches at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Glenn Kiser
Moderator
Glenn Kiser is the Director of the Dolby Creator Lab, Dolby’s initiative to bring education and inspiration to filmmakers and content creators about the creative use of sound and picture in storytelling. Previously, Kiser was the VP & General Manager of Lucasfilm’s Skywalker Sound, where he oversaw sound work on film projects such as Avatar, The Incredibles, the Star Wars prequels, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the Pirates of the Caribbean and Harry Potter films.
Before joining Skywalker, Kiser was a post-production executive at Propaganda Films, where he worked with directors including David Fincher, Spike Jonze, Jane Campion, and Neil LaBute. Fun facts: Glenn played a mean tuba in high school, and at one time Marlon Brando called him obsessively for two weeks.
He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.