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Brilliant !!!!

Good material brother. One thing I would suggest is to be more charismatic and enthusisatic infront of the camera and in your explanation of the analysis.

Fantastic observations - thank you for sharing! :)

dude how does this not have more views, this is a great analysis!

I've got it: You're going for Maximilian Schell in "The Black Hole." The Hans Reinhardt of film score analysts! Wonderful analysis of one of Williams' most amazing scores.

I doubt you are a robot!

I’m SO GLAD I found this video. This is my single favorite piece of music ever written. I need to find this score and dissect it all because right now it just feels like sorcery 😮‍💨

Definitely Dave Grusin's "Mountain Dance"

Thankyou

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John Williams was definitely going for a corporate soulless feel to the music to match the characters current situation. The original title of this track was called "Yuppie Sounds"

Interesting.

When can I found the Transciption? 😊

I just discovered your courses and they seem very interesting, especially this one and the Smart Orchestrator. What really keeps me from having a go is the total lack of infos about the courses' real content. It would be great to have a table of contents for each course, so one could avoid to buy it sight unseen.

Interesting also how he approaches the Eb major through a descending sequence of minor chords outlining an augmented triad, ala Slonimsky /Giant Steps

These videos are immensely interesting and educational! I too would love to see more videos like these regarding mock up techniques and mixing. Thank you so much, Barry and Stratisound for such valuable content! :)

Awesome!

It's funny because, what you described with regard to how you come up with a new template is exactly what I do. I eventually end up saving Templates with the date and subject header that best fits the template purpose. So for example I may do something like 11/23 _Fantasy Orch. or 12/23_Hybrid Orch. ... Your tip about recording MIDI a bit ahead of the click is also really spot on! Also I never thought to automate the reverb sends, that blew my mind. Love this episode. I can't say I love it more than your previous uploads without the fear that it may result in no more of the other types of videos .. I appreciate those too. Maybe we can get a little bit of both. Also, you mentioned going to USC, I'm a student at Berklee currently and would love to get my masters at USC, I'd love to ask your some questions about your experience while there.

Would love to see more of these kinds of videos! Very interesting to see and hear your process.

John Williams, the guy that wrote out all of his source cues and could do any style; what a gift and highly honed craft. Wonderful job at the transcription!

Wrong! The chord in the opening is not the same as the chord at the end.

I appreciate how much attention to detail you have put into this video, even going as far as sharing details on ho the music itself was recorded. Great work.

Where was the score found?

At the "solo" question I had no doubt that the passage was composed for a single cello, because 1. of its very high range and likely intonation problems when played by the ensemble and 2. because the character of that phrase agrees and would sound perfectly fine with the intimate sound of a single cello. I suppose it was played by the ensemble because 1. they were able to and 2. they managed to keep it intimate and expressive even in the ensemble. I have also noticed that when great orchestrators such as Albert Roussel use string soli as a colour, they try to remember the violas too, rather than just a violin solo and a cello solo. So maybe it is also a matter of, "if I commit to this language -- using string solos as a color -- it would be nice to do it at least three times".

Fantastic and so important for new composers to understand. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your expertise and virtuosity with us.

I love that you almost always choose to comment on relatively obscure (but still insightful) details. I've listened a lot of JW soundtracks and read many of his scores so it is rather difficult to find things I didn't know/think of, but you always manage to find several ones!

Really nice analysis! Kudos to you!

I love, love, love this content - I want to be very clear about that. Wonderfully thoughtful and interesting. But man, you look like you're making a hostage video! Maybe lighten up a tiny bit when you're speaking to the camera. 😅

Instant watch. Great analysis!!

awesome stuff!. Many thanks Mike this is sooo valuable !

Fantastic! Mike, you are killing it with these videos. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your insights. I love your approach of taking a master like John Williams, whom many like myself put on the top pedestal, and showcasing he may be human after all. Cheers!

Amazing transcription ! Randy Waldman is a beast, his voicings are awesome.

That was terrific Mike!!

John Williams is the most important composer of film music. I am absolutely his fan. How sad that this video is not translated into Spanish. Why the discrimination?

My comment could hardly do justice to what you've done here. The Empire Strikes Back has always been my favorite Star Wars film and the music is a huge factor in that... this particular section especially. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and learned so much from it. Thank you! Now, if you will excuse me, I have a movie I need to go watch.

Was not expecting this to be about music but I’ll watch nonetheless

Sweet! Thank you for the quick analysis. Makes me want to go re-watch this great film. Cheers!

I'd forgotten just how much I lvoe that track from Roger Rabbit. Even 30 years later, it still is a cool track. Thanks for the analysis

I love this track. It always reminds me of the Yellowjackets or the more melodic work of Pat Metheny

Love Rachmaninoff 's mood swings.

I think there's more going on than a willy nilly neat trick. Rachmaninoff is not so cheap.

My man, I promise you that blinking is free.

Technically, this is more than one cue. The Battle of Hoth is the combination of four cues... 1. Drawing The Battle Lines/Leia's Instructions (4,05) 2. The Battle In The Snow (3,47) 3. Luke's First Crash (4,14) 4. The Rebels Escape Again (3,01)

I bet John Williams loves getting to dust off his jazz chops

Beethoven also knew this trick, see his op 80

Such a great video! Thank you!

Thank you for this. I think it is arguable that the climax is not always "the point." in the Piano Concerto No. 3, I suggest the point is that breath-taking, quiet statement of the solo piano that precedes the gallop to the climax.

I always loved this song. Thanks for covering it up!

Hook is such an amazing score. The pianist in this cue is the late Mike Lang, who recorded on a thousands of scores.

It always fascinates me that all I hear is great music, yet it can be analyzed in scientific way that I’m not sure a genius composer like John Williams even thinks of when writing the music. But maybe he does. All I care about is how awesome the music sounds as a listening experience and how it makes me feel while listening to it.