Like many industries, there is a huge range of possibilities. Read on to see how much composers get paid for working on different types of projects. But, the true compensation ranges widely for different projects and different skill levels.
As in any creative field, it can be tough to break in. Therefore artists of all kinds frequently find themselves doing projects for free, with the hope that their hard work now will get in front of the right people and pay off in the future. This is known as working on spec. As long as you have a strategy going in, spec work can make a lot of sense.
If you have no samples to send out to prospective clients, you need to get some projects under your belt — hence, taking on a freebie to use for your reel.
Just make sure your spec projects are targeted, either for genre or clientele. Only take on projects for free that have a clear path to paying off in the future. Always make sure the producer and director know you are doing this in order to build a relationship and experience for the next paid gig.
They recently won a who slew of Emmys in , including Album of the Year. Elfman is one of the most famous movie composers of all time, though one of his most well known tracks is the theme to The Simpsons.
We move into the cream of the crop with Hans Zimmer, one of the most impressive composers, for movie scores or otherwise, living today. There is arguably no more respected, more talented movie score composer, living or dead, than John Williams. The man has created iconic scores for iconic films, including a host of Steven Spielberg classics.
The man is truly without equal, and has the financial wealth to match. In 10th place we have film composer Rachel Portman. While she was by no means the first woman to compose film music, Portman did make history in when she won an Oscar for Emma Maurice Jarre is ninth. His keen sense of melody was matched by an experimental streak, which often saw him integrate ethnic instrumentation and electronic sounds into his music.
Eighth is the British film composer John Barry. His music, and songs, for many of the original James Bond films are probably good enough reason alone to include him in this list, though he enjoyed a rich and varied career beyond and won five Oscars to boot.
In seventh place is Joe Hisaishi. He has won eight Japanese Academy Awards. Careers In Music. Careers In Film. Bureau of Labour Statistics. Career Explorer. Owl Guru. Circum Network. BBC Bitesize. If we take this data on face value and work out the averages of all the sites combined, we end up with average salaries of:. Mean average with highest and lowest outliers removed. But likewise, many of the composers making a full-time income from composition are earning much more annually than the data suggests.
These are broken down by project type, to give you some ballpark figures. Christian Henson. DIY Film Composer. Berklee College of Music's.
You'll also need to factor in whether the budget is for a "package deal" or a separate "composer fee" - something I'll cover in an upcoming article subscribe to be notified when it's released. If we take those annual salaries from before and break them into an hourly rate, we end up with average hourly salaries of:.
Mean averages divided by annual average work hours in the US hours. Instead, we might work intensely on one project for six weeks, followed by a few weeks or even months with nothing at all.
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