Grievous with vs without modulation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- A comparison of Matthew Wood’s original performance and the modulated Grievous voice.
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It's amazing how without the modulation it sounds like a fan's really bad impression but it's actually him.
That's exactly what I thought lmao
I personally cant hear a difference
@@fullnelson4986 Then you are a deaf man
@@semillakan6 I personally can't hear
@@TheAnimationStationTAS I personally can't
So that’s why nobody I know can do a good grievous voice on their own
I can do a half decent Grevious impression, well at least that is what my friends say
I can do the pitch of the voice but mine has zero rasp to it
@@ZomboidMania do you have a video of that pal? Would be cool to hear
How many people do you know?
you mean..you don't have an in-built voice modulator?
Somehow it never crossed my mind that the VA’s voice didn’t just sound like that.
Same, I am shook
Bruh
I imagine doing the movie voice for all the scenes Grievous has in the show is very damaging to vocal chords.
@@JimmyDean59 I don't think so. There are techniques to do that voice without hurting yourself. Many rock and metal singers sing for hours with that voice.
I honestly couldn't think of a human making a voice similar to that
The CGI for greivous was really good for its time, still holds up today
Definitely agree!
Honestly yeah, I don't know why, but out of all the CG in the prequels he looks real as heck.
Revenge of the sith remastered in 4K looks stunning. Looks better then 99% of CGI in movies today and no that's not nostalgia. If you think it is you need to go watch the 4K remaster.
@@TheEPICskwock Ngl agreed 😂
The CGI in all of the prequels is miles ahead of its time. TPM’s CGI does not look like it came out in 1999
Presumably, Grievous himself could've had a voice that sounded like this voice actor, before they added the cybernetic components to his body. Interesting.
@Wally Webbs if you go back to the old 2D Clone Wars cartoon you can kinda hear it, there’s still some modulation but he does sound more natural
@@mrcritical6751 that's wicked cool
Exactly my thoughts
When is matt wood suiting up to debut in his first live action role as a Kaleesh
1000th like, you're welcome
oh... so that’s why Grievous sounds like he’s voiced by a completely different person in Clone Wars they changed how the voice modulation sounded
Indeed they did. There was less of the effect present, which was unfortunate. Not to mention, Matthew toned down his accent a bit.
Plus he didn’t have the Russian accent :
Mace Windu crushed his lungs when Grievous was kidnapping Palpatine
@@tog9341 That's in the 2003 show, we are discussing the 2008 one.
@@opporancisis9661 I know
Without modulation: Pirate Dracula
With modulation: Robot Pirate Dracula
Pirate Dracula is too hilariously accurate for the unaffected voice.
No he still sounds stupid as is.
Are you suggesting a pirate Dracula wouldn't be intimidating or fearsome?
@@evanbelisle8464 Na
Don't forget Iconic
General Kenobi
You are a bold one
Hello there
So uncivilized
@@yaboyskythagoatman5425 this is where the fun begins
Hello there!
It's a shame Grievous wasn't in more movies. He was a really cool character
I agree! My newest video was actually a General Grievous Animated Fan Film so I hope I did him justice in that.
He was best in the original CW animation
Should have been in attack of the clones but he was created during revenge production
He was one of my favourite characters even when the only Star Wars I knew was the Lego game
I think he should of got his own series not Boba Fett.
To be completely honest, I didn’t even realize in the slightest that Grievous had slight accent. Caught me off guard.
The character is from Wild Space so it makes sense. Very little chance that Basic is his first language
the accent he has is around in the first 2 episodes in the clone wars then just dissappears after that
@@lol-un6nlcuz SJW thought it was racist like Trade Federation sounded like Japanese with broken accent
@@lol-un6nlprobably because the voice actor is American and was like gonna be canceled or something. It's hard to notice with the voice changer, but it is a bit of a bother
@@hiimjosh1655no he was not “going to get cancelled or something”. VA’s and directors alter their style earlier in production that is totally normal.
I met him before at Comic con, he sat there for a few hours and hardly anyone came up to talk to him or see him. I only realized he was there when he was packing up. My dad wanted to take a picture but he didn't seem in a good mood. I did manage to get to talk to him and he was telling me about how much he did enjoy doing the work for Grevious and the B1 battle droids. He did some voice samples for the B1's. I told him that I definitely enjoyed the clones wars because of the droids and it was one of my favorite parts. He said, "well if you enjoy Legos as well, you'll hear those B1's and more in the upcoming game ;)"
It's super dope to hear he is reprising his role again.
Edit: This was last year's comic con and two major WWE wrestlers were the focus. Which is mainly why it was held. Sting and JBL were there. (Both were awesome btw and took time to talk to each fan)
The Star Wars game he was referring to was the Lego Star Wars: Skywalker Saga coming out. I am definitely excited for it and again I'm super glad he is reprising his roles.
That's so sad
@Shia Lebeouf: Life Coach Yeah you’re right, I mean Josh Brolin’s Thanos has obvious works done but you can still kinda tell it’s Josh Brolin’s voice. In this case it’s a drastic difference. But I’d take a pic with him just wouldn’t pay for a picture or autograph lol
What year was this? I'm curious specifically which Lego game he was talking about.
Aw you should have taken the picture! If no one was visiting him then that’s probably why he wasn’t in a good mood
@Shia Lebeouf: Life Coach tbf a lot of those events are poorly organized, depending on the size. I went to a con once that was 90% anime voice actors. Also Jennifer Hale was there. It was her first con and her line was short or empty the whole weekend. Jennifer Hale is a great voice actor, but she was completely out of place for the audience there. Felt bad for her the whole time. Meanwhile people were lining up for the no name guy who voiced Alphonse in the first FMA series.
One of the few movie actors who reprises their roles in the CW, and he still killed it.
I don’t count actors like Mark Hamill voicing a different character(s) FYI.
I think he's a sound design/editing guy more than just a voice actor, so it kind of makes sense. Also, it's not like he's a "film actor" per se. Also, voice actors that do voice only roles even in movies tend to stick with their characters if included in a show
who did mark hamil voice in cw?
@@theroyle7098 darth bane, an ancient sith lord who created the rule of two. he showed up towards the end of yoda’s arc in season 6.
Then you suck
@@Icyfire25 Matthew Wood has actually done A LOT of voices, most of which people don't speak about. He's done commando droids, magna guards, Poggle The Lesser, Bib Fortuna (both voice and live action), Zyggerian guards, possibly (not confirmed but I STRONGLY suspect it) the magistrate's troops in Mandalorian, Seboca and Magaloof, Orn Free Taa's one line in episode 3, Kylo Ren in video games and shows, many stormtroopers, stand in voices for several characters, Wat Tambor, Captain Gray of Mandalore, Death Watch soldiers and more. As for voice actors, I have to strongly disagree, since Toby Longworth (original Lott Dod voice) was not brought back for the show, Anthony Phelan (Lama Su voice) was not brought back for the show, Peter Serafinowicz (Maul's voice over in episode 1) was replaced by Sam Witwer and several others were not in TCW either.
It’s crazy to see that Matthew Wood has worked on basically every Star Wars project since Episode III. He’s even in the credits for Book of Boba Fett
Both for sound editing and playing Bib Fortuna!
the book of boba fett is something we just dont talk about... nothing to be proud of.
@@friscofunksta7528 So anyway, the Book of Boba Fett was pretty cool. Pretty neat that Matthew Wood got to play Bib Fortuna and then worked on sound in BOBF.
@@Arn._. if escaping from the sarlacc by punching through a 16 feet layer of sand is "cool" then I rather not watch "cool" shows. Or "flying with the slave 1 into the sarlacc pit and dropping a seismic charge into the sarlacc pit that absolutely doesnt harm the slave 1 since its right infront of the weakest spot of the pit - the fucking opening" cool. Not to mention that the charge ofc fell right into the hole.
@@friscofunksta7528 Yeah, but, it was cool that Matthew Wood worked on the show, which was cool.
0:20 "ACTIVE THE CRACKER BEAM" 🗣️🗣️
This guy is a ball of energy. He really enjoys being the voice of grievous and the droids.
Grevous is a lot younger than I expected.
you had the opportunity to say "I was expecting someone with his reputation to be a little... older" and you didn't take it. Shame on you.
Matthew Wood's still like 50
@@cyanimation1605 I thought I would leave it open for someone to reply with that...
Smelly boy
He's also shorter than I expected.....
And has even less Bronchitis than i expected!
Much love to Matt, but more love to the sound designer/engineer that really made Grevious' voice the way it was
That's actually Matt as well as he and Ben Burtt did the sound design for the films.
@@opporancisis9661 well then Matt gets all the heckin love
@@kingnothing2161 Matt for president
The way he was hired for the job was George Lucas couldn’t find a guy to do a good grievous voice do whist Matt was just messing around with voice modulation he did one that George heard and liked so he got the job
@@opporancisis9661 This reminds me of Mike Niederquell voicing The World Serpent in GoW, he isn't a VA but what forms the voice of the character was his sound engineering rather than his vocal cords alone
Mattew Wood never gets enough credit. He's an incredible VA who did a ton of voice work on so many Star Wars projects
I like to imagine Matt's voice is how Grievous initially sounded lol
Maybe a little deeper than what we actually hear, but aside from that, it would be badass to see Matt get to play a pre-transformation Grievous in some form of future media. Doubt they’ll ever do it, but one can hope.
Just like Jabba just used to be a fat guy in a coat.
Funny enough, I'm pretty sure Grievous' voice actor is portraying the character exactly how George Lucas imagined him. Mr. Lucas described his original vision for Grievous as a mustache-twirling villain that is intent on being the most intimidating figure in the room but is actually quite pathetic, and the only reason that they went with the final character design was because it was just too cool to pass up. Having the VA sound like a campy soap opera villain and then making them artificially intimidating is just genius.
Kinda meta, huh?
I still prefer the 2003 version
@@AntiSimpTrooper-175 2003 Grievous is boring, sorry
@@cooliostarstache5474 well.. I can see why lol
@@AntiSimpTrooper-175 bro imagine a version of grievous with the skill of his 2003 version and legends and Matthew wood voice
I had known that Matt Wood had done the voice of General Grievous, but I had only ever heard him doing the voice within Revenge Of The Sith and the the Clone Wars series.
It's so different and odd to him(and see him) do Grievous's voice with out the electronic modulation. I think the voice with the electronic modulation sounds way better!
He also does the battle droids. There’s some hysterical behind the scenes of him doing the voice unmodulated.
Obviously it sounds better haha, that goes without saying.
I'm flabbergasted by some people denigrating his voice acting here. Of course the modulation adds to his performance, but come on, he's giving his all and totally embodies the character! Some of you are crazy to say anyone can do this.
Not gonna lie i thought you said "fingerblasted"
the point is it is made with modulation in mind
Yeah. It's an interesting approach to come at it with as much character as possible, and then edit it to fit.
It works. And it's effective at making it very unique and having a lot of character.
Just not the way I wouldn't thought to do it.
Don't you mean Flabberghasted?
embodies the character? lmao
He would be a perfect metal singer!
Basically a metal scream but in a normal vocal range instead of using the false chords. If you listen to Rage by Atilla, the singer does a similar thing with his voice (the "lemme get a Newport *NOW!* " line in particular)
When you really pay attention you can hear the similarities between the two.
And can tell he's the real voice.
0:33 actually sounded impressively robotic even without the modulation
So damn funny how he got the part, too. (This is what I heard from Blind Wave, at least, but I definitely trust those guys about Star Wars trivia.)
Matt was one of the lead sound designers for Revenge of the Sith, and when trying to make Grievous’ modulation, he used several different voices and played with various sound settings for each. One of the voices he used was his own, cuz he was just hanging out and working on it and threw his voice in as something to work on. He took them all to George and played them for him, and George said “That one! That’s the guy that needs to be Grievous!” Matt was like “You’re…you’re sure? You want, _specifically,_ this guy?” And George was like “Yes! Go! Make it happen! Why are you still here?” So Matt went off and recorded all of the Grievous lines of the movie, and apparently George didn’t even find out who the actor actually was until well after the movie released. I freaking love that story. 😆
Love stories like this!
@@KEYBLADE4BUY2 BOBSON! GET BACK TO THE BASEBALL GAME!
I don't believe stories as a general rule, but I do find them very enjoyable :D
Also becomes funnier when you realise Matt only ended up in this position because Gary Oldman was forced to drop out of voicing him at the last minuet. If it weren’t for SAG being so strict, Matt would’ve just stayed a sound designer
@@mrcritical6751 I think Matt still did the voices for the Battle Droids and played Bib Fortuna, right?
Fun fact. Matthew told me himself that some of his coughing during the revenge of the sith he had to do, was also George Lucas because George actually had a cough while they were recording it.
this is common knowledge
Omg that’s so funny lol
@@BloofyDawn not really
@@ichase8555 Yeah it is, it is well known that Lucas has bronchitis while filming
@@KaiserFranzJosefI not to the general public lol
Good to see what Matthew Woods really looks like. The man behind the cyborg grasshopper.
0:48 i appreciate him running in place to really get it accurate with what grievous is doing in scene
With or without modulation, getting that much voice gravel in conversational tone is impressive.
He’s awesome, he goes to tons of conventions in the US!! I met him at Cincinnati Comic Con, he autographed my General Grievous Funko Pop, and was amazing to talk to, so nice and energetic. When he got done signing, he handed it to me and said in character, “here is *another one for your collection!*”. Any Star Wars fan should meet him, one of my favorites
I’ve actually met mat wood in person. Super nice guy. He gave me acting advice :)
I am sure he is!
i read that as in prison
Matthew Wood is a legend!
0:00 R.I.P. headphone users
Well now I'm just imagining that doing that voice all day for recordings gave the actor one hell of a cough...so they decided to just make that cough part of Grevious' character
Lol another one of the comments on this vid there is a debate that "it's common knowledge/everyone already knows" that I guess GL had bronchitis during the movie process and I think they said it accidentally picked up and they kept it??
I have to look into this "common knowledge everyone knows " LOL but I did find that interesting
@@BreMue It is true, George’s coughs were recorded for Grievous when it came to Revenge Of The Sith.
The unmodulated voice could’ve been used as another villain and nobody would know the difference, excellent VA this guy
I love this. Grievous is a great character because he’s terrifying and comical at once, and his voice portrays those qualities perfectly.
This is a weird situation where the voice actor doesn't get enough recognition because it's impossible to 'do the voice' without effects. It's unfortunate really.
Officially convinced me to watch this again. Clone wars single handedly made me like starwars, love clone wars. Cant really say the same for the rest of the series which is odd. Its just so fleshed out
Interesting! The only way I’ve ever done a good Grievous impression is by talking right into a cup with a raspy voice; it sounds surprisingly similar
Matthew Wood is so talented
Talented and very professional too.🎉🎉🎉
Imagine not only having to record all the lines, but then do all the sound editing for the lines and the whole show. What a legend him and Ben Burt.
George Lucas, Ralph Macquarie, Ben Burt, Matthew Wood, and Dave Filoni are why we have what we have. Those guys are the life blood of Star Wars.
David W Collins is another great Star Wars sound designer and voice actor, for more of the minor characters.
Don't forget John Williams, the soundtrack is a classic
John Williams, Mark Hamill, Ewan McGregor
@@mequana Frank Oz
Don’t forget Jon Favreau as well for Mando and BoBF!
Can we take a moment to appreciate how animated this guy got while voicing his lines?
He was so far in character that he was practically acting out the scene mid-recording.
Respect to him for putting so much dedication and personality into it.
Not that surprising really, since it IS acting.
But still easy to forget if we dont look into the recording booth. And it can be pretty awesomely entertaining when we do get the chance to see. 🙂
Legend has it that the animation of Ratigan (the Great Mouse Detective) was wholly based on Vincent Price, reading his lines in the studio.
And that was before motion capture.
@@Wavemaninawe I wish we got to see more of it though. It's so interesting to see them at work.
People in the comments are forgetting grevious is a four armed cyborg who’s bad at his job. The voice fits perfectly
General grievous’ voice actor is one of few who could show up to an impersonation competition, not win, and then terrify the judges by revealing he’s the og
0:53 watched this episode today lol 😂
He sounds like someone doing a bad impression
Unfortunately so. The difference between the voices when it comes to Mr. Wood is very drastic.
I love that you can see how much fun he is having while recording the lines
I’ve just realised Grievous has a Romanian accent and steals lightsabers
I love how he acts the scene out when recording voice lines.
thats what grievous canonixally sounded like before becoming a robot
Interesting theory
No it’s not dumb theory
@@borris3768 How we know accents in exist in Star wars the clones have accents the Twi'leks sound French. Who's not to say the Kaleesh sound like Russian Dracula pirates.
Man he's such a damn good voice actor. Look how he gets into it. Absolutly outstanding. He really EMBODIES and personifies General Grevious but ALSO he's having fun hahaha man that looks fun as heck.
He’s a horrible voice actor man
@@imafan6138 why
@@Nahkalenkki658
no explanation lmao
*Absolutely
He’s a terrible voice actor 😆 I’ve seen plenty of bad actors get into it and embody something, it doesn’t mean they’re good. The modulation is what makes it special.
the way he grasps an invisible lightsaber in his takes. LOVE IT!
I love it when a voice actor really gets into a role to better sell his character in motion. When he was jumping up and down to voice Grevious running was great
You mean he wasn’t voiced by a person with a tin voice box
What a great voice actor
To be honest that's probably is what grievous originally sounds like before he became a cyborg
no
Both are pretty amazing I have to admit, I'm not usually this overwhelmingly positive!
Matt's normal voice sounds very similar to Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz if he tried sounding scary. Lol
Grievous really has that typical power ranger villain energy 😂
This man has been nominated for 5 Oscars.
This is the only kind of auto-tune and voice changing I accept.
he's having so much fun :)
Grievous is back in Tales Of The Empire🎉
*This guy could be his own character without the voice modulation*
I wonder how he felt voicing a character that was made into a complete joke.
It's actually uncanny how the Spanish dub (The one from Spain) sounds IDENTICAL to his voice in English... It's like the original actor could speak Spanish, even though they are completely different people.
If you told me he'd done it himself I wouldn't bat an eyelash.
I once heard how Vin Diesel had offered to do the Groot voices in all the different languages for international release. I was really impressed... until I thought for a second and realized he would just be saying, "yo soy Groot" "je suis Groot" "ich bin Groot"...
WHOA unexpected appearance of my favorite local talk show growing up in that first clip.
Without editing is like an unseasoned chicken breast
Without the modulation, it sounds a lot like Triumph the Dog.
lmao this makes me feel like anyone can be a successful voice actor
I think it would be wonderful tbh (not to mention profitable) to have a short animated series detailing Grievous' antics as a fully biological being up until his ship crash, with Matt himself doing the voice acting in absence of sound effects. Something of an on-screen origin story for the hybrid droid monster we know and love. There's more than enough fans of Grievous as an antagonist to get the hype going.
As awesome as that would be, they would need to possibly do it in clone wars style or rebels.. which could work then get all the voice actors back for the project such as him for Grievous and the B1's, and the guy who voiced Dooku. Since unfortunately we can't get Sir Christopher Lee to reprise his role :( r.i.p
without modulation: heinz doofenshmirtz with a throat ache
with modulation: the last thing you will ever see
I've always been intrigued with General Grievous. From seeing Warren Fu designing him for Revenge of the Sith to seeing him in the film and both Clone Wars shows. (Haven't had a chance to check out The Bad Batch as I've not been checking out any new Star Wars content lately.) Seeing footage of Matthew Wood recording Grievous' dialogue has made me admire him even more.
I mean, it's not that ridiculous without the modulation. It sort of fits his original appearance in the 2003 show with the exception of why the hell he has breathing problems years before his encounter with Windu during the assault on Coruscant.
The 2003 Clone Wars series is no longer canon. Which means Mace Windu didn't crush General Grievous' chest.
@@Intrepid_Crusader1096 I'm aware of that by now. It's still pretty weird and funny to think of Grevious as normally asthmatic in his body.
@@TyrannoWright Yeah. I personally preferred the 2003 Grievous.
Because of the modulation I didn't even really notice he had such an extreme accent
Poor guy, I bet nobody believes him when he says he’s the voice of grievous lol
Grievous is one of the best designs and ideas from the prequel era. They didn’t need to add another villain but I’m glad they did
Its actually pretty good both ways im impressed
Without modulation it sounds like a very edgy slightly German man
Wow. So the effects are doing all the work huh?
It makes me think of how it wasn't James Earl Jones in Darth Vader's suit, just a guy doing a comparatively high-pitched voice that James dubbed over lol.
Fun facts: He has the most Oscar nominations of any Star Wars cast member from any movie ever
Man...I remember going to Comic-Con on Shreveport one year, and he was there!!
I got an Autograph'd Picture From Him and Everything! $35...and I lost it the same day
I cried for a few days after that, and it still Makes me upset everytime I think about it...
It’s crazy how the modulation makes them sound like an entirely different person
Yea and he did the voice modulation himself
He could definitely pursue a career as a death metal vocalist if he wanted.
I met Mr. Wood at the London Comic Con in Olympia in 2018. Mike Quinn, the puppeteer of Nien Numb, was there too.
Amazing
Wait Nunb was a puppet?
Some alien characters in Star Wars were puppets when they filmed it, using make up and animatronics.
They got the voice now if only they'd done him justice
0:48 I love the way he says “it doesn’t matter”
Singers who claim to not use that much autotune:
Haha, that's a funny and original one!
I’ve met Matthew Wood at Star Wars Celebration. To meet THE general Grevious, and to get to hear his voice in real life was so cool
I've also met him, he was so kind and even gave me an extra autograph for free
Greetings lord sidious
So this is how Grievous probably sounds before his cyborg conversion
This video will be a fine addition to my collection😄
His accent went from Italian to British...
This guy did a lot of voices according to Wikipedia, including the droids. Hes also a sound designer, so I think he probably worked more on Grievous than just reading the lines. He deserves some recognition for that stuff
I absolutely agree! 100 %!!! As a matter of fact, I’ve recently created a video which covers all of his performances and I truly do recommend you check it out!
I love the you fool part, he clearly has an accent and sounds just as good as with modulator in my opinion
If we get a new series on the General's time before cybernetics, I want Matthew to still voice him it'd be a wonderful moment.
He'd have to take some serious acting lessons because without the special effects, he sounds like some geek doing a fandub.
@@realjoemavro I'm sure he can do other voices! Just use a stern but joking voice. Maybe change up the general's lore a bit and make him a bit calmer pre cybernetics
Grevious the only person who can match Obi-Wan in one liners
He looks like he's having a great time doing his job. Being a VO artist must be fun as hell.
I'm told the voice acting is the fun part - finding roles and auditioning is the part that feels like work
@@andrewlance3898 Sadly, that sounds pretty accurate.
i actually expected a bigger difference from the modulation. Real talent there