music editor

Audio track assembler

A music editor works in film, television, or other media production to select, arrange, and synchronize music with visual content.

They collaborate with composers and directors to ensure musical cues align with dramatic moments, handle licensing for existing tracks, and smooth transitions between pieces: The music editor spent hours getting the score to match the chase sequence.

Related
  • audioTransmitted sound content
  • mixerCombines ingredients or people
  • DAWAudio production software
  • soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
  • spliceJoin end to end

cut · tracks · waveform · studio · film · score · timeline · loop · fade · sync · postproduction · sequencer · arrange · master · final mix · recording · Pro Tools · overdub

Categories
Opposites
creative origination vs. curation/arrangement

music editorcomposer

Creator of musical works

film composer · songwriter · musician · recording artist · performer

post-production role specialization

music editorfilm editor

Assembles raw footage

colorist · cinematographer · director of photography

production phase

music editorsession musician

Hired studio performer

recording engineer · sound designer

Family

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G