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# Film & Series Background Scores

Cinematic scoring for feature film, web series, documentary, and long-form digital storytelling — built cue by cue against locked picture.

Scoring starts with a spotting session against your locked cut. We mark every emotional beat, dialogue handoff, and silence-by-design moment together with the director or showrunner before any musical decision gets made. The score serves the cut, not the other way around.

From there we work in a hybrid template — orchestral samples for the wide gestures, live instruments where the score needs to breathe, and synthesis where the storytelling pulls toward something more modern. The mix balances dialogue intelligibility from the start; the score should never fight the words on screen.

Themes get developed early so they can be re-orchestrated across the film or season. A theme that lands at minute eight should be recognisable when it returns at minute eighty, even when the orchestration has changed completely.

Final delivery includes the score in print-master form plus dialogue-friendly and music-only stems for your re-recording mixer.

## Deliverables

- Cue-by-cue print masters synchronised to picture
- Stems split for dialogue / music / effects (DME) handoff
- Theme + variations document for future episodes
- M&E (music + effects) version for international dubs
- Spotting notes and cue list for the rerecording stage

## Timeline

4–8 weeks for a feature; 1–2 weeks per episode for an episodic season

## Tools

- Pro Tools
- Logic Pro
- Spitfire Symphonic
- Heavyocity
- Soundtoys

## Best for

Film directors, series showrunners, documentary producers, and streaming platforms commissioning original score for a single project or a full season.

## Frequently asked questions

### What does a spotting session involve?

We watch the locked cut together with the director or showrunner, marking every moment where music enters, exits, or shifts emotionally. This becomes the cue list that drives the entire score. Typically 2–3 hours per feature.

### Do you use live musicians for the score?

Yes, selectively. Wide orchestral textures often start with samples and add live where a cue needs warmth — a solo cello, a live guitar phrase, or a small ensemble. Full live orchestral recording is coordinated separately when the budget supports it.

### Can you score multiple episodes of a series?

Yes. For episodics we build a theme bank and orchestration palette during the first episode that carries across the season, then adapt per episode. This is faster than scoring each episode from scratch and keeps the sonic identity consistent.

### What if the cut changes after I've approved a cue?

Reflows are normal in film. Minor recuts (a few seconds) are absorbed into the engagement. Major reshoots or restructures that require new musical material are scoped as additional cues.

## Related work

- [Raven Song — Raven Song — Official Trailer](https://elephantaudio.pk/portfolio/netflix/raw)
- [Rahim Pardesi — Inspector Bulla — Official Trailer](https://elephantaudio.pk/portfolio/pardesi-squad/raw)
- [Imagine Nation Pictures — Clickbait — Web Series Trailer](https://elephantaudio.pk/portfolio/clickbait/raw)

## Studio

- **Studio:** Elephant Audio — Lahore, Pakistan
- **Founder:** Abu Bakar Zahid — Founder, Managing Director & Music Producer at Elephant Audio
- **Website:** https://elephantaudio.pk
- **Contact:** abubakar@elephantaudio.pk