how much money do music composers make?

Question by waddle02: how much money do music composers make?
those that work on contract, making music for movies and such and how hard is it to get one of those job?

Best answer:

Answer by hellotherehappy21
Big time movie scores like movies in the theaters hundreds of thousands just for the score, then they make money off of royalties if their music is played elsewhere. But these jobs are really hard to get even if you are really good.

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