The new music writing processes for cinema are increasingly characterized by software, which allow composing, mixing, and dubbing music. This fact has made the traditional composition practices obsolete and relegated them to the fringes of film music production. As Hans Florian Zimmer pointed at, the computer has nowadays become an essential musical instrument, “and then more virtuousistic you get on that, the better you can express your ideas”. However, despite the fact that a considerable number of composers use the computer as a real compositional instrument, a scientific in-depth study of basic techniques of the writing method and technological procedures has not been conducted yet. Most musicians, supported by this new computer environment, have moved the focus of the creative act from traditional compositional practice to the universe of sound design, as confirmed by countless interviews with Hollywood composers, including Hans Zimmer and Tom Holkenborg. Therefore, it is increasingly necessary to develop a scientific study, able to combine music composition with the use of software and apply it to moving images. Thereby it will be possible to create the conditions for a scientific debate and the following production of film music for new media.
