About the Competition

We know that most beginner composers don’t have great sample libraries or know how to orchestrate well and are therefore discouraged by most competitions to participate. However, we think there is nothing better than a competition to motivate aspiring composers to create. This is why we created the Indie Film Music Contest, we won’t judge by criteria like mixing and mastering or the quality of the sound. If you only have a piano and your phone to record it you stand the same chances as someone with thousand dollars worth of orchestra libraries and experience in orchestrating who can create an amazing sounding orchestra. We look only at the creative ideas you use to tell the story of this film with your music.

We are just a team of composers ourself and wanted to create something we would have loved to participate in. This contest is not meant to make us a big profit but to give composers an opportunity, which is why we put most of the registration fees in the prizepool and can therefore offer bigger cash prizes than similar competitions. (more about the contest)