[tonylombardi]

Well I have yet to be paid so far. I've actually only been scoring this past year, although I've been composing for several years. There's a whole mess of people trying to score films, so it's hard to get into.

Pretty much everything I've done has been through either direct emails to directors, or from postings like this that they respond to.

In the real world, people like James Newton Howard have an agent, and the music supervisor for the film corresponds with the agent first. The agent sells the composer. Once the composer is in, he works with the director. They usually get a fixed fee.. for him probably something like $200,000 or so. Then they get royalties from soundtracks. There's also director/composer partnerships like Tim Burton and Danny Elfman, Spielberg and Williiams.

What do you do? Are you just a fan or are you involved in any projects? Know any directors?

Thanks for your comments once again.