Score Relief’s scoring contest runs alongside our voluntary charity fundraiser, which brings the community together in support of an arts-related charity of our choice. We are honoured to have supported In Place of War and Backup Hardship Fund in the past.
For composers, taking part is already a success but we offer thousands of dollars’ worth of prizes, principal of which is the opportunity to have your music performed and recorded by session orchestra Northern Film Orchestra at the prestigious Stoller Hall in Manchester, England. Judges have included Guy Michelmore, Oscar winner Mychael Danna and other successful professional composers. For 2024 we also introduced orchestral sessions as prizes for four runners-up and you can also see their sessions on our YouTube channel.
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The Cue Tube, In Place of War, Backup Hardship Fund and the network of change-makers across the world are very grateful to our supporters and participants. Check out our previous iterations of Score Relief, the film scoring competition with a heart…
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2024
2024 saw the third iteration of Score Relief, once again supporting In Place of War, a global charity that helps with grassroots change-makers in music and across the arts to help communities rebuild by transforming a culture of violence and suffering into hope, opportunity and freedom.
Composers were challenged to re-score the superb animation Wing It! from Blender and were provided with a helpful pack of guides and instructions, including, for the first time, a spotting sheet that was created with help from Wing It’s official composer Mariana Calegari.
For the first time we awarded FIVE orchestral sessions as prizes and our Overall Winner composition was by Joseph Alexander. You can see the comparison of his original winning mockup and the final rendition by Northern Film Orchestra here:
You can see more from Score Relief 2024 here. Wing It! is available for composers and sound designers to download for re-working, from our library.
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2022
For 2022 we teamed up with, In Place of War, a global charity that helps with grassroots change-makers in music and across the arts to help communities rebuild by transforming a culture of violence and suffering into hope, opportunity and freedom.
The overall winner in our Orchestral Composition category, creating a re-score of a special edit of the Sprite Fright animation by Blender, was Philipp Von Hören. You can see his winning mockup alongside the final version performed by Northern Film Orchestra here:
Our special edit of Sprite Fright, and the FULL 10-minute film, are both available, un-scored, for composers and sound designers to download for re-working, from our library
Our 1st place winner for the general composition prize was Oliviero Forni.
If you want to see more from Score Relief 2022 watch here.
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2021
In 2021, alongside our free scoring competition, we raised funds for the Backup Hardship Fund, which supports workers from Film, TV and live events, along with their families, who have experienced difficulties as a result of the pandemic.
Our 1st place winner was Denizcan Aktaş.
If you want to see more from Score Relief 2022 watch here. This special edit of Spring, and the FULL 8-minute film, are both available, un-scored, for composers and sound designers to download for re-working, from our library
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