Film Scoring Class Meets with Orchestrator Richard Davis

This week, Richard Davis joined Music Teacher Gustavo's Film Scoring class. Richard is the author of the book students are using in class, A Complete Guide to Film Scoring.

His film credits include orchestrations and transcriptions for many films including Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, and The Last Boy Scout. Richard is also an Associate Professor at Berklee a composer, orchestrator, record producer, and musician.

During his time with students he shared cues he uses with his own students from How To Train Your Dragon and The Hunger Games. Students enjoyed Richard's lesson and would love to have him back for another webinar. 

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