Music Editors work with the Composer and Post-Audio Department of audio-visual mediums

Depending on the type and complexity of a Show or Film,  few or many of the tasks outlined below are part of the Music Editor’s responsibilites:

• spotting episodes  (working with the Composer and Director to determine where music is required in a program)
• creating a “temp” soundtrack from pre-existing score before a Composer is hired
• cataloguing delivered score from the Composer and keeping track of contracted minutes
• editing the Composer’s pre-existing library according to spotting notes to sound like it was scored (usually for animated programs)
• preparing click tracks and related Pro Tools sessions for any live recording (i.e.: Orchestra)
• logging takes at the recording sessions and later comping the best takes
• outputting screeners for client approvals
• inserting additional licensed music into a show/film
• conforming cues to picture changes
• conforming the full soundtrack for different broadcast markets (versioning)
• creating cue sheets

Music Editorial is a thankless job.  The work is invisible to the listener if done properly.   Basically,  the Music Editor is a Pro Tools ninja!