If you’ve seen any remotely creepy movie, you’ve heard a loon wail: that mournful, nearly human ooo-ooo-oooo. It pops up whenever a movie needs to convey melancholy or trepidation, often accompanied by a full moon or some fog. But for the most part, loons have no business being in the background of those scenes. With the help of some internet birders, we took a deep dive (pun intended) into the world of loons to explain how Hollywood misuses this bird call — and why the wail is so haunting in the first place.

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Should composers work for free? A - hopefully - nuanced discussion about a rather controversial topic.

Some of the topics covered by Anne-Kathrin Dern in this video: Charity & Education, Exchange of Services, Relationships, Credits, Passion projects, Unpaid Internships, and more!

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In this video Anne-Kathrin Dern go over the different team members of the music department and where in the process they come in with their own responsibilities. Topics covered in this video: Agents & Managers, Orchestrator, Recording Crew, Dub mixer, and more!