This is like a college level course. Amazing! It's not the technical stuff--anyone can learn that. For me the nectar is the insight you give, whether intentional or not, into your thought process. GOLD!!
Wow. Literally within the last couple months I was trying to find a good video exactly like this. Someone showing their full process without a buncha stupid crazy editing or anything. And it was pretty much non existent, at this level of depth anyway. Thank you!
That was something extraordinary. Really hard to describe for me how much i love this video. You seem to know a lot, but when you watch a professional at work, you realize how many things can be done better, faster, more effectively ect. Incredibly helpful video, thank you very much Anne. And I won't hide the fact that I secretly hope that, this is just the beginning of a series of videos in this format with long arrangements from piano to orchestra, and who knows, maybe we'll see some composing someday ;) Greetings from Poland!
@@AnneKathrinDernComposer Your long rambling is… fun to watch. You’re intelligent, use advanced vocabulary, and explain musical concepts clearly and articulately. Why wouldn’t we want more? You should seriously create actual courses! I’d buy one. (I know basic music theory and compose with that… but I’d love to learn more advanced concepts.)
Seconded! Just hearing about your process and considerations when faced with that awful blank page would be valuable. For me, at least, it's easy to forget how different my mindset is from someone who's composing for the first time.
I was really impressed with how you managed the dynamics and expressions when working on the string section. Having them all play to the same "waves" was really insightful. And it makes sense to me now upon reflection, of course, the conductor in a real string section would be instructing the strings to play together dynamically. Love the video.
Hey Anne-Kathrin, great video. Please do more of these. I think it's very helpful to see, how the pro does it. You are really good. I think one day, when you get your hands on big Hollywood production, you're gonna totally kick ass. 👍 If you take suggestions for next videos, you could do mockups of: Meet Joe Black - th-cam.com/video/2zmaZ19ufZU/w-d-xo.html The River Wild - th-cam.com/video/41h0SLD7qIs/w-d-xo.html (up until 1:48)
@@AnneKathrinDernComposer True that, and I figured a long time ago that if I'm passionate enough about my own compositions to hear them that often, I'm probably on to something and that others might enjoy it too. Otherwise, they might not be that good if I can't hear them often. But when I'm done, I don't want to hear them for a loooong time haha
I think the hardest thing is that after a while you can't see the forest for the trees anymore. It's like when I put post-it notes on my door frame to remember to do something every day. After the 5th day I don't even see the note anymore. It's just part of the scenery. How do you find a way to listen to something you've heard 300 times "for the first time" again. You can get someone else's opinion, sure, but they don't have your intentions.
Thank you for sharing your working method on this beautiful work of orchestration with such humility. We see everything. The things that work, the ones that work less, it's a great video. I learned a lot from it.
Thank you Anne! I was waiting for your comeback. Great tutorial! Yes, it was helpful. Obviously I do want more. I also see you got more comfortable with youtube and you let out a lot of your character. I enjoyed it a lot. But to the point: I especially would like to see how you use different voicings and doublings between sections and why. It would also be great to see how you make mockups of different types of cues if you have time and feel it would be interesting. And how you mix all this. That last stage is the worst!
Hallöchen Anne-Kathrin, ich wühle mich hier gerade durch deine ganzen Videos und komme mir vor wie im Schlaraffenland. Auch deinen Werdegang mit den Hindernissen an den verschiedenen MuHos in Deutschland und überall kann ich total nachvollziehen (Ich wurde auch in Mannheim an der MuHo als talentfrei abgestempelt --> mittlerweile bin ich selbst Dozent und gebe "Masterclasses" überall). Jetzt mit 37 (gleicher Jahrgang :D) und 2 Kindern im Gepäck werde ich auch den "Sprung" zumindest nebenberuflich ins Filmmusik- und Videospielmusikbusiness wagen. Deine Videos sind echt eine Top Motivation und Unterstützung (gerade die negativen oder nachdenklichen Zukunftsaussichten für die Branche motivieren mich mega ^^). Ich melde mich mal mit nem adäquaten Mock-Up in Zukunft :) . Grüße aus Butzbach (irgendwo in der Nähe von Frankfurt am Main)
Thank you Anne for the video. You are doing One of the most useful videos on TH-cam. God bless. If you have hundred strings libraries, you still missing one.. pacific.. it is amazing.. 😊
I can't tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time to do this (so I'm going to buy you a coffee and show you lol). This was incredible to watch: informative, entertaining, genuinely helpful. You're the best. Thank you so much!
That theme from World's End is my most favorite piece of film music ever. I've been starting my mockups with the UJAM piano plugins... I make a chord progression and let the virtual pianist rip. Then I find the melodies inside of the phrases and use it for string and brass instruments
master class. Thanks for taking the time to do it. Agree with the mod wheel workflow. I have been drawing the dame thing with the million of vertices in the curve.
Love you videos. Suggestion: if you use the control room out on Cubase, you can insert your headphone correction in the headphone out and it'll leave your main output channel just for your processing. Your mockups and work is sooooo good. I especially loved the video showing how you made the choir and added both live and sampled elements. Wonderful!
Hmmm, so richfull sound from just few lines... I'll pay more attention for layering from now, for sure. I learned a lot useful shortcuts here. Awesome video.
I am so grateful to you, if only because you are giving the most precious example as a fellow professional musician! You are so authentic, naturally open-hearted and you are sharing your insights, workflows, opinions and, most of all, your experience! What else one could have asked for, let alone receiving all your content free of charge? I suppose it must also make you feel so fulfilled too … Thank you for everything and especially for being You!
I watched this one in two parts. I didn't want to miss anything. It's cool to get an idea of your thought process and the way you hear things. Very enjoyable video.
Very interesting. I may be a totally different kind of musician but I can tell how much time and experience goes into this. I'm gonna finish it and see what I can do with the newly aquired knowledege. Thank you Anne. God bless.
Great video Anne. I always find watching other people work sometimes give you a new way to approach something you may have done differently and not as effective. You may already know that when you select the events to copy instead of then selecting the mute tool you press Shift M it will mute the selected notes without having to re-select.These days I forget as many shortcuts as I remember. Keep up the good work!.
I primarily write for my wind band (in Sibelius) and watch your videos for education and entertainment. Other than the different software, the process is pretty much the same. Grüße aus Baden-Württemberg
Last year, I watched the movie Ghosts of Christmas Always. I like cheesy Christmas movies, but this one surprised me. I took notice of the soundtrack, especially the theme. A little research on the composer led me to your TH-cam channel and I was hooked. Thank you for sharing your talent and skills.
Thanks for a great video, Anne! I also appreciate your thoughts on the amount of writing you do per day and what you expect of your additional writers. There are often numbers thrown around of how much you 'should' write per day, but it's very insightful to hear some thoughts on this, as well as seeing how your workflow helps you with the amount you are able to write yourself!
I haven't watched all this through yet as concentration trashed at the moment but the 40 mins I have watched I'm finding so valuable, mainly how you tackle cc 11 and modulation so thank you!
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As a noob your string modulation was an absolute breakthrough for me
same here, game changer
Thank you for this Masterclass. The CC-Automation is pure gold.
I just went ahead and “liked” this now to get that out of the way. Can’t wait for this.
This is like a college level course. Amazing! It's not the technical stuff--anyone can learn that. For me the nectar is the insight you give, whether intentional or not, into your thought process. GOLD!!
Wow. Literally within the last couple months I was trying to find a good video exactly like this. Someone showing their full process without a buncha stupid crazy editing or anything. And it was pretty much non existent, at this level of depth anyway. Thank you!
I'm really glad you're giving us practical examples here. It makes a big difference for me in information-absorbtion.
Same! I learn so much better like this myself ❤
That was something extraordinary. Really hard to describe for me how much i love this video. You seem to know a lot, but when you watch a professional at work, you realize how many things can be done better, faster, more effectively ect. Incredibly helpful video, thank you very much Anne. And I won't hide the fact that I secretly hope that, this is just the beginning of a series of videos in this format with long arrangements from piano to orchestra, and who knows, maybe we'll see some composing someday ;) Greetings from Poland!
Y’all really wanna suffer through my rambles for hours on end… 😅 Fine by me, I’ll make some more.
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Your long rambling is… fun to watch. You’re intelligent, use advanced vocabulary, and explain musical concepts clearly and articulately. Why wouldn’t we want more?
You should seriously create actual courses! I’d buy one. (I know basic music theory and compose with that… but I’d love to learn more advanced concepts.)
Seconded! Just hearing about your process and considerations when faced with that awful blank page would be valuable. For me, at least, it's easy to forget how different my mindset is from someone who's composing for the first time.
Your casual irritation is really funny. 😅
Thank you for uploading this! Super informative.
An almost 2 hours video on your approach to composing?? That's precious, thank you
I was really impressed with how you managed the dynamics and expressions when working on the string section. Having them all play to the same "waves" was really insightful. And it makes sense to me now upon reflection, of course, the conductor in a real string section would be instructing the strings to play together dynamically. Love the video.
Anne-K Dern...my favourite youtube presenter !!! Thx again
Hey Anne-Kathrin, great video. Please do more of these. I think it's very helpful to see, how the pro does it. You are really good. I think one day, when you get your hands on big Hollywood production, you're gonna totally kick ass. 👍
If you take suggestions for next videos, you could do mockups of:
Meet Joe Black - th-cam.com/video/2zmaZ19ufZU/w-d-xo.html
The River Wild - th-cam.com/video/41h0SLD7qIs/w-d-xo.html (up until 1:48)
Non-musicians have no idea how many times a composer will hear the same line just to get it right. Kudos!
Or how often we’ve had to listen to our own scores by the time it gets released. 😅
@@AnneKathrinDernComposer True that, and I figured a long time ago that if I'm passionate enough about my own compositions to hear them that often, I'm probably on to something and that others might enjoy it too. Otherwise, they might not be that good if I can't hear them often. But when I'm done, I don't want to hear them for a loooong time haha
I think the hardest thing is that after a while you can't see the forest for the trees anymore. It's like when I put post-it notes on my door frame to remember to do something every day. After the 5th day I don't even see the note anymore. It's just part of the scenery.
How do you find a way to listen to something you've heard 300 times "for the first time" again. You can get someone else's opinion, sure, but they don't have your intentions.
@@AnneKathrinDernComposerUh… if our walls could talk!
“Play something else!!!!”
so true
Wow.
Soooo generous
And entertaining
You have all my respect
Absolutely brilliant in depth video.
First time seeing your content and work and I was engrossed.
So incredibly generous of you to do all your videos, but this one in particular.
this will be resourceful..thank you soo much..
DEFINITELY do more of these. I liked watching this and I learned so much.
Hi Anne-Kathrin, thank you so much for this content, is gold for all the aspiring film scorers and incredibly helpful and inspiring. Thank you!
This is the greatest video on the internet.
Thank you for sharing your working method on this beautiful work of orchestration with such humility. We see everything. The things that work, the ones that work less, it's a great video. I learned a lot from it.
It is always a great pleasure to watch a real professional at work. You don't even have to have a great affinity for the genre. Kudos!
Thank you Anne! I was waiting for your comeback. Great tutorial! Yes, it was helpful. Obviously I do want more. I also see you got more comfortable with youtube and you let out a lot of your character. I enjoyed it a lot. But to the point:
I especially would like to see how you use different voicings and doublings between sections and why.
It would also be great to see how you make mockups of different types of cues if you have time and feel it would be interesting.
And how you mix all this. That last stage is the worst!
This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing your process. You are inspiring a lot of people.
Yes! looking forward to seeing more on how to draw in those expression curves
I am mesmerized watching you do this. So fluid, so skilled, so amazingly competent and knowledgeable. Thank you!
What an incredible video! Thanks for sharing it with all of us!
Hallöchen Anne-Kathrin, ich wühle mich hier gerade durch deine ganzen Videos und komme mir vor wie im Schlaraffenland. Auch deinen Werdegang mit den Hindernissen an den verschiedenen MuHos in Deutschland und überall kann ich total nachvollziehen (Ich wurde auch in Mannheim an der MuHo als talentfrei abgestempelt --> mittlerweile bin ich selbst Dozent und gebe "Masterclasses" überall). Jetzt mit 37 (gleicher Jahrgang :D) und 2 Kindern im Gepäck werde ich auch den "Sprung" zumindest nebenberuflich ins Filmmusik- und Videospielmusikbusiness wagen. Deine Videos sind echt eine Top Motivation und Unterstützung (gerade die negativen oder nachdenklichen Zukunftsaussichten für die Branche motivieren mich mega ^^). Ich melde mich mal mit nem adäquaten Mock-Up in Zukunft :) . Grüße aus Butzbach (irgendwo in der Nähe von Frankfurt am Main)
Anne, this is so generous. What a gift to those of us still working out how to do it! I send a couple cups of coffee.
Honestly, so thankful for all you share! Learning so much! 🙏🙏🙏
Glad to know I’m not the only person who narrates every action in a weird singsong voice while I’m orchestrating lol.
Thank you Anne for the video. You are doing One of the most useful videos on TH-cam. God bless. If you have hundred strings libraries, you still missing one.. pacific.. it is amazing.. 😊
I can't tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time to do this (so I'm going to buy you a coffee and show you lol). This was incredible to watch: informative, entertaining, genuinely helpful. You're the best. Thank you so much!
Thank you! Will definitely make more of these!
Loved it! Thanks for your time and dedication on helping others, it was really enlightning
How I enjoy your teaching! It's so usefull.
That theme from World's End is my most favorite piece of film music ever. I've been starting my mockups with the UJAM piano plugins... I make a chord progression and let the virtual pianist rip. Then I find the melodies inside of the phrases and use it for string and brass instruments
This is so great. Thank you! Also a big thank you for providing a most excellent excuse to purchase more libraries. 😊
Your sharing is wonderful, thank you very much!
I love it! I would love more tutorials like this it's amazing! And very informative to see in real time you create it.
I’ll definitely make more of these considering you guys apparently love sitting through lengthy rambles of mine. 😂
Exceptional! Thank you for this amazing watch you work.
Thanks. Extremely good to see the process and thinking.
another wonderful , detailed video. You are very generous with your time and knowledge. Thank You!
master class. Thanks for taking the time to do it. Agree with the mod wheel workflow. I have been drawing the dame thing with the million of vertices in the curve.
Can't wait... Love your videos AKD!
Love you videos. Suggestion: if you use the control room out on Cubase, you can insert your headphone correction in the headphone out and it'll leave your main output channel just for your processing. Your mockups and work is sooooo good. I especially loved the video showing how you made the choir and added both live and sampled elements. Wonderful!
This is pure gold. Thank you!
thanks for the privilege of watching you at work!
Hmmm, so richfull sound from just few lines... I'll pay more attention for layering from now, for sure.
I learned a lot useful shortcuts here.
Awesome video.
Very beautiful composition and arrangement, excellent sounds design....thanks so much...❤❤❤
Amazing, thank you. As a pure hobbyist, I now know I'm doing a few things right and have learnt so much more!😃
Good job. I'm sure she'll slob your russian knob for supporting her.
I am so grateful to you, if only because you are giving the most precious example as a fellow professional musician! You are so authentic, naturally open-hearted and you are sharing your insights, workflows, opinions and, most of all, your experience! What else one could have asked for, let alone receiving all your content free of charge? I suppose it must also make you feel so fulfilled too … Thank you for everything and especially for being You!
Yesss the long awaited video
I watched this one in two parts. I didn't want to miss anything. It's cool to get an idea of your thought process and the way you hear things. Very enjoyable video.
This was awesome. Thank you for making this.
Very interesting. I may be a totally different kind of musician but I can tell how much time and experience goes into this. I'm gonna finish it and see what I can do with the newly aquired knowledege. Thank you Anne. God bless.
Great video Anne. I always find watching other people work sometimes give you a new way to approach something you may have done differently and not as effective. You may already know that when you select the events to copy instead of then selecting the mute tool you press Shift M it will mute the selected notes without having to re-select.These days I forget as many shortcuts as I remember. Keep up the good work!.
This is really amazing. Fantastic programming, perfect arrangements with the mouse and shortcuts. Wow 🙏🙏Beautiful!! Congratulations.
Have a coffee on me.
Thanks for all you do, Anne. You offer my favorite tutorials and insights on TH-cam. 😃
Thank you! Will definitely make more! ❤
Thanks Anne-Kathrin. Lots of great ideas and insights.
My deepest appreciation for your time and effort. This was very helpful and generous of you. The CC applications were of particular interest. 👍
This video, for free?!? Insane.
I think she monetarized her videos. But despite this, it's still generous from her.
Just amazing, thank you for sharing!!!❤
This is really beautiful.
I cant change my opinions in with someone else, and this is really the fact. You are very good teacher keep on go.
I primarily write for my wind band (in Sibelius) and watch your videos for education and entertainment. Other than the different software, the process is pretty much the same. Grüße aus Baden-Württemberg
Last year, I watched the movie Ghosts of Christmas Always. I like cheesy Christmas movies, but this one surprised me. I took notice of the soundtrack, especially the theme. A little research on the composer led me to your TH-cam channel and I was hooked. Thank you for sharing your talent and skills.
This is amazing! Content like this is rare, thanks a lot for this!
Ridiculously helpful. I'd love to see a similar video with a composition that's centered around shorts or an ostinato!
These always inspire me to open my DAW and get to work
same
I get to work regardless. But… I’m sure Anne’s videos would really inspire me to try new ideas. That’s the magic of it all… the new information!
I feel calm when I watch this. Thanks.
More these long full process videos please! Really educational to see the whole process.
Excellent and meticulous attention to detail. Looking forward to more!
Thanks for a great video, Anne! I also appreciate your thoughts on the amount of writing you do per day and what you expect of your additional writers. There are often numbers thrown around of how much you 'should' write per day, but it's very insightful to hear some thoughts on this, as well as seeing how your workflow helps you with the amount you are able to write yourself!
Highly commendable work making this accessible content 👍
One of the most important bits of this video is the last line, "go practice!" :)
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!
Love the idea of using the vibraphone to double the harp for clarity. Also picked a few other great tips from this. Thanks
Danke für die mühe . Das war ein interessanter Einblick in ein mir eher fremdes Genre.
Thanks Anne-Kathrin, all your videos are extremely helpful. Thanks again for your time and dedication. It is very much appreciated
This is amazing! There's so much to learn here. A big heartfelt thank you!!
Wow, this is lots of work. It sounded so good at the end, and it did beat my expectation. The mix is good too!
You look wonderful and what you did on this content was amazing. Very helpful for my project.
Beautifully done and very educational...thanks so much 😊
I really appreciate this video. It was enormously helpful to see what you do and to hear what your thought process is. Danke schön!
I haven't watched all this through yet as concentration trashed at the moment but the 40 mins I have watched I'm finding so valuable, mainly how you tackle cc 11 and modulation so thank you!
Thank you! Very nicely done!!
Always appreciate the advice. Thank you.
It's incredible to watch you work. Gives me so much inspiration! Also makes me want to switch over to Cubase!!
Incredible as always! Definitely would love to see more video's like this.
Thank you so much for this! What an incredible lesson. 🎉
Really appreciate this video! Very helpful to see the entire workflow! Always look forward to more of your videos!
Fantastic !
Thank you learned a lot from watching the process.
Great stuff Ann ❤ love the sound & craft!
This was very helpful, thank you so much.
Amazing!! Thank you. I really appreciate your content.
Thanks so much for this. A real master class!
Bier und CopyPasta.
Läuft bei dir. Und Danke für das Video. Absolut mega hilfreich.
Totally helpfull! Thank you so much for taking the time to provide us with such amazing content.
This is so helpful. I always pick up some great tips from your videos. This long one was full of them! Thanks so much!!
This is fasinating! Both your skill and the prodic!