*** This challenge is now closed – be sure to subscribe to our mailing list to be notified about the next!
*By the original closing date we felt that the entries we had received hadn’t quite hit the brief therefore we are extending this challenge to give people more time to enter. Those who have already submitted are free to give the challenge another go should they wish.
As well as extending the entry period, we are also expanding the prize pot. Think of it as a lottery rollover. The winning entry will receive the next 3 Crow Hill product releases.*
The year is 2001 and Thomas Newman’s seminal theme tune to the HBO TV series SIX FEET UNDER sets off a TV trope that has haunted us to this day. We were already being stalked by his Arvo-Part-esque piano track from American Beauty. But this trope would prove impossible to bury…. That trope being the impossible-for-an-orchestra-to-play pizzicato string score. Find ANY daytime reality TV show of this era and beyond. That moment of uncertainty. The moment when the proprietor of the restaurant establishment goes behind Gordon Ramsey’s back. The scheming, the bitching, the fumbling, the snitching. Roll out the pizzicato strings. And it’s all Thomas Newman’s fault.
Composing Challenge
About the challenge…
What is the current composer challenge?
We have released the first new Vault instrument of Crow Hill’s Season 2: Bridge Guitar and we are running a Composing Challenge.
We would like you to use the Bridge Guitar to recreate that classic noughties pizzicato underscore style but take it somewhere new: a fresh approach to the pluck!
We’re looking for a 30 – 60 seconds of ‘daytime/reality TV underscore’ using Bridge Guitar alone or in combination with pizzicato strings if you like.
What do I get for participating?
The winning entry will receive the next 3 Crow Hill product releases, be played on our ‘Fellowship of the Ring Pull‘ YouTube podcast and feature in the next Network Dispatch email.
How do I participate?
Add Bridge Guitar to your cart (it’s free!), check out, download then get composing.
How do I submit my entry?
Share your audio files with us (attached or via a download link) to demos@thecrowhillcompany.com
Don’t forget to include your name in the file name eg. My Name.wav
Alternately, you can share them with us on SoundCloud by messaging your track’s SoundCloud link to our account.
What happens after I submit?
You have until 11:59pm BST 17th August to create and send us your entries. ALL will be listened to. The winner will be announced on the Crow Hill livestream on 20th August.
- Don’t Forget…
• Use Bridge Guitar or a pizzicato/Bridge Guitar combination.
• Include your name in the audio file name
• One entry per person