{"id":39292,"date":"2018-08-22T14:07:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39292"},"modified":"2018-11-01T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:38:08","slug":"senior-luke-mullet-rises-to-the-challenge-at-nyu-film-scoring-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/senior-luke-mullet-rises-to-the-challenge-at-nyu-film-scoring-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Luke Mullet rises to the challenge at NYU Film Scoring Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

The words Luke Mullet uses to describe his two weeks at a film scoring workshop this summer say a lot: \u201cchallenged\u201d \u2013 \u201cabsolutely packed\u201d \u2013 \u201cmassive increase\u201d in understanding \u2013 \u201cvery stretched\u201d \u2013 \u201cextreme time crunch\u201d \u2013 and \u201c4 a.m.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how late the Eastern Mennonite University senior stayed up to meet a next-day deadline to score a two-minute movie clip during the New York University Film Scoring Workshop in May and June.<\/p>\n

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Luke Mullet and music professor Ryan Keebaugh at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mullet was one of just 20 participants in the chamber and soloist track of the workshop, which was headlined by such composers as 19-time Emmy nominee Mark Snow, best known for his wildly popular theme music to the TV hit series \u201cThe X-Files,\u201d and Michael Levine<\/a><\/u>, who has composed for film, television, games and advertising (his first major hit was the Kit Kat jingle<\/a><\/u>). Among the featured guests were veteran music editors Suzana Peric (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em>, The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>) and Todd Kasow (True Grit<\/em>, Wonderstruck<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Instruction topics included creative processes and composition, technology, editing, recording and mixing and more.<\/p>\n

Challenge and affirmation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

One component of the workshop was taking the studio control room \u201chot seat\u201d to direct and record percussion, hammer dulcimer and string quartet performers playing his clip composition, Mullet said. He then mixed those live recordings with electronic mock-ups, an experience that taught him \u201chow to respond under the extreme time crunch that comes with professional recording.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“X-Files” composer Mark Snow with Luke Mullet and a fellow participant in the workshop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In subsequent public critique sessions, the professional composers provided feedback and tips.<\/p>\n

Mullet was \u201cvery stretched by the general culture of the Hollywood-oriented composing world,\u201d he said. \u201cTo be honest, it\u2019s a tough atmosphere. You have to really have to be comfortable with showing off \u2013 and be able to take criticism in stride.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he also heard affirmation for his two-minute composition<\/a><\/u> for a chase scene in The Bourne Ultimatum<\/em>: NYU professor and professional composer \u201cMark Suazzo offered some encouragement \u2013 that I produced a solid piece of music,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hobby seeds professional goals<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Though Mullet has been creating electronic music as a hobby since he was in high school, he was \u201cnudged\u201d\u00a0 to take composition lessons with Professor Ryan Keebaugh<\/a><\/u>. Thanks to that supportive relationship and numerous ongoing projects with students in the visual and communication arts<\/a><\/u> (VACA) program, Mullet has reason to hope \u201cit might go somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

One collaboration that VACA Professor Jerry Holsopple<\/a><\/u> says has distribution potential appears in the trailer<\/a><\/u> for an upcoming documentary about the Dakota Access Pipeline protests: an animation<\/a><\/u> with Mullet\u2019s music. Another is an upcoming VACA-created documentary No Longer Theory<\/em> about MJ Sharp<\/a><\/u>, slated to include music Mullet will compose as part of his honors capstone project.<\/p>\n

His music is also featured in a behind-the-scenes video about that film\u2019s making, called \u201cNot Yet a Documentary<\/a><\/u>,\u201d another student\u2019s video about designing cars<\/a><\/u>, a timelapse video \u201cThe Process<\/a><\/u>,\u201d and more.<\/p>\n

Mullet said he also \u201ccan\u2019t stress enough\u201d the role that Keebaugh played in his preparation for the workshop through composition lessons, technology tips and encouragement.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though Ryan is a classical composer, lessons with him helped me develop a wide variety of composition skills that made this workshop possible,\u201d Mullet said. \u201cHe\u2019s an absolutely wonderful, thoughtful and inspiring instructor.\u201d<\/p>\n

The future<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mullet is set to graduate with a math degree, but on top of being a composer, too, he\u2019s also a writer and poet<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love creating music and would love to make a larger career out of classical, film or video game composition,\u201d he said. \u201cThat said, the values that I have been developing during my time at EMU might lead me towards some form of international service for a longer stretch of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music? Math? Sustainability? Service? They \u201cwill all be large components of my future work and studying,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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