ManhatPro Issues Open Letter: “A Case for Making Music for Film in NYC”
With the TriBeCa Film Festival approaching this month, the Manhattan Producers Alliance (ManhatPro) – an NYC-based media education, professional mentoring and networking community for music professionals – recently issued an open letter to the global film industry.
ManhatPro is reminding the world about NYC's film music potential.
The message, entitled “A Case for Making Music for Film In NYC,” reads as follows:
“The NYC music scene is the most diverse and creative artistic environment in the world. From world class orchestral and broadway players to brilliant composers, arrangers and orchestrators, from Raga and Timba to jazz, hip hop and all flavors of indie, rock and pop musicians in between, NYC has the best talent in the world. We have excellent recording studios, top notch engineers, producers and film editors, superior post production facilities, and excellent dub stages. All of this is right around the corner, all in the five boroughs. Combine the talent and facilities with an improved tax incentive and it is clear that NYC has been transformed into the most creative and cost-effective place to record high quality, innovative music for film.
We intend to carry this message forward to filmmakers worldwide, and will kick off our efforts at the TriBeCa Film Festival in late April. We are planning one or more events (potentially mixers, studio tours, seminars and/or panel discussions) to promote Music in NYC during the festival. As a NYC-based working professional, we want your support in these activities, and would welcome your participation in these events if you have the time and interest.
There are 20 days to the TriBeCa Film Festival. Contact us as soon as you can at tribeca@manhatpro.com or our website at http://www.manhatpro.com/tribeca/.
Regards,
The Members of the Manhattan Producers Alliance and the film music community of New York
Twitter: @FilmMusicNY
Facebook: Film MusicNY
Phone: 212-465-8540”
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Danwriter
April 4, 2012 at 2:56 pm (13 years ago)The Coen Brothers and Spike Jones are among a handful of filmmakers who have regularly used New York talent and facilities to score their movies. I recall sitting in on the scoring for Intolerable Cruelty at Right Track’s West Side orchestral facility in 2002 for an article. The talent here is indeed substantial. However, Hollywood avoids NYC for orchestral work because AFofM contracts make it the most expensive place in the world to work, on the front end and the back end. The Prague Symphony doesn’t ask for a royalty on DVDs. Czeck, please!
Joe Carroll
April 6, 2012 at 12:07 am (13 years ago)Thanks for posting your comment. If our group had a motto, it would be something like: ” an eclectic ecosystem of talent, plus … a tax break”. we are interested in showcasing the incredible array of musical talent in NYC . Current Hollywood doctrine is as you have said: “Hollywood avoids NYC for orchestral work because AFofM contracts make it the most expensive place in the world to work” . Not certain this is factually accurate, but I am not an expert on AFM film contracts.
Two points to consider:- Modern film scoring , especially “non-hollywood” film scoring encompasses a lot of musical styles that go way beyond the “film orchestra” palette. – whatever it costs, it just got 10% cheaper to due recent changes to the NY post production tax credit Joe Carroll”a Case for Making Film Music In NYC”