When you love film and you love music, there’s a career for you. For film composer Oliver Schnee, there is nothing quite like writing music for the screen. The 28-year-old composer has written music of all genres for features films, documentaries, and shorts, from thoughtful and melancholic interludes to sweeping and dramatic orchestral scores. And for him, that variety is what it is all about.
In this sound portrait, Schnee explores his thought process and approach to work, revealing how the limitations of writing music for film can lead to unexpected and exciting results.