Large sums made out of composing songs? (8)
I believe the answer is:
fortunes
'large sums' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'out of composing songs?' is the wordplay.
'out of composing' becomes 'for' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'songs?' becomes 'tunes' (I've seen this in another clue).
'for'+'tunes'='FORTUNES'
'made' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fortunes that I've seen before include "millions" , "Large sums" , "Large amounts of wealth" , "lots of money" , "Vast amounts of wealth" .)