Film Composer Pianists?

A funny thing happened on the way to the studio... well, sort of. When we first were given the instrumentation for our Jimmy Neutron cue, we were told that we could use piano. So, three of us incorporated piano into our cue. When the recording engineer arrived he decided that having a piano on stage would present too many recording and logistical problems. So he told us that rather than having the piano on stage we would record without it and lay the piano tracks in later in the studio. Of course this was decided without any thought as who would do this or when they would do it.

Sure enough I and the other two composers get a call late in the day yesterday asking if we would be able to play our own piano parts. Luckily mine was not extensive, so I was happy to do it. In fact, it was kind of fun to be playing again. I even played the part for my fellow composer Nick.

Once that was over, I got to once again sit with the engineer and splice, shift, and polish. I have to say the recordings turned out really well - there was minimal work to be done, which made the engineer very impressed. Now we await our showcase on Monday night!