For anyone following along with the score here are the timestamps for each cue 1:09 2m06 Take 1 4:42 2m06 Take 2 7:10 1m01 Take 1 10:50 1m01 Take 2 12:25 1m01 Take 3 13:30 1m02 Take 1 16:25 1m02 Take 2 18:50 1m07d Take 1 21:45 1m07d Take 2 23:45 1m08a Take 1 25:00 1m08a Take 2 25:30 1m08a Take 3 27:10 1m09 Take 1 28:20 1m09 Take 2 29:40 1m09 Take 3 31:00 1m10 Take 1 33:45 1m10 Take 2 35:15 1m12 Take 1 37:15 1m12 Take 2 37:35 1m12 Take 3 38:55 1m13 Take 1 40:25 1m13 Take 2 40:40 1m13 Take 3 41:05 1m13 Take 4 42:20 1m11b Take 1 44:20 1m11b Take 2 46:25 2m01 48:15 2m02 Take 1 49:20 2m02 Take 2 51:05 2m03 Take 1 53:45 2m03 Take 2 55:40 2m03 Take 3 56:50 2m04 58:55 2m04a Take 1 1:00:30 2m04a Take 2 1:01:45 2m04a Take 3 1:03:25 2m07 1:06:05 2m08 Take 1 1:07:50 2m08 Take 2 1:09:35 2m10 Take 1 1:12:25 2m10 Take 2 1:14:30 2m14 Take 1 1:15:30 2m14 Take 2 1:16:00 2m14 Take 3 1:17:30 2m14 Take 4 1:20:00 2m14a Take 1 1:21:40 2m14a Take 2 1:23:30 2m15a 1:24:45 2m16 1:28:10 2m17 Take 1 1:29:30 2m18 Take 1 1:30:45 2m18 Take 2 1:32:05 2m19 1:34:25 2m20 Take 1 1:37:50 2m20 Take 2 1:40:40 2m20 Take 3 1:41:40 2m20 Take 4 1:45:10 2m21 1:47:00 1m07c Take 1 1:49:15 1m07c Take 2 1:52:50 1m08 Take 1 1:55:30 1m08 Take 2 1:57:50 1m08 Take 3 1:58:25 1m08 Take 4 2:00:00 1m07 Take 1 2:00:40 1m07 Take 2 2:02:00 1m05 2:04:25 1m06 Take 1 2:05:50 1m06 Take 2 2:08:05 2m13 Take 1 2:10:25 2m13 Take 2 2:12:30 2m12 Take 1 2:13:25 2m12 Take 2 2:15:15 1m04 Take 1 2:16:00 1m04 Take 2 2:16:50 1m04 Take 3 2:17:30 1m04 Take 4 2:18:15 1m02 Take 3 2:22:55 2m17 Take 2 2:24:50 2m17 Take 3 2:26:20 2m17 Take 4 2:27:35 1m03 Take 1 2:29:10 1m03 Take 2 2:30:35 1m03 Take 3 2:32:00 1m03a Take 1 2:33:10 1m03a Take 2 2:33:55 Finishing Up Alternatively, if you want to follow the cues in order 7:10 1m01 Take 1 10:50 1m01 Take 2 12:25 1m01 Take 3 13:30 1m02 Take 1 16:25 1m02 Take 2 2:18:15 1m02 Take 3 2:27:35 1m03 Take 1 2:29:10 1m03 Take 2 2:30:35 1m03 Take 3 2:32:00 1m03a Take 1 2:33:10 1m03a Take 2 2:15:15 1m04 Take 1 2:16:00 1m04 Take 2 2:16:50 1m04 Take 3 2:17:30 1m04 Take 4 2:02:00 1m05 2:04:25 1m06 Take 1 2:05:50 1m06 Take 2 2:00:00 1m07 Take 1 2:00:40 1m07 Take 2 1:47:00 1m07c Take 1 1:49:15 1m07c Take 2 18:50 1m07d Take 1 21:45 1m07d Take 2 1:52:50 1m08 Take 1 1:55:30 1m08 Take 2 1:57:50 1m08 Take 3 1:58:25 1m08 Take 4 23:45 1m08a Take 1 25:00 1m08a Take 2 25:30 1m08a Take 3 27:10 1m09 Take 1 28:20 1m09 Take 2 29:40 1m09 Take 3 31:00 1m10 Take 1 33:45 1m10 Take 2 42:20 1m11b Take 1 44:20 1m11b Take 2 35:15 1m12 Take 1 37:15 1m12 Take 2 37:35 1m12 Take 3 38:55 1m13 Take 1 40:25 1m13 Take 2 40:40 1m13 Take 3 41:05 1m13 Take 4 46:25 2m01 48:15 2m02 Take 1 49:20 2m02 Take 2 51:05 2m03 Take 1 53:45 2m03 Take 2 55:40 2m03 Take 3 56:50 2m04 58:55 2m04a Take 1 1:00:30 2m04a Take 2 1:01:45 2m04a Take 3 1:09 2m06 Take 1 4:42 2m06 Take 2 1:03:25 2m07 1:06:05 2m08 Take 1 1:07:50 2m08 Take 2 1:09:35 2m10 Take 1 1:12:25 2m10 Take 2 2:12:30 2m12 Take 1 2:13:25 2m12 Take 2 2:08:05 2m13 Take 1 2:10:25 2m13 Take 2 1:14:30 2m14 Take 1 1:15:30 2m14 Take 2 1:16:00 2m14 Take 3 1:17:30 2m14 Take 4 1:20:00 2m14a Take 1 1:21:40 2m14a Take 2 1:23:30 2m15a 1:24:45 2m16 1:28:10 2m17 Take 1 2:22:55 2m17 Take 2 2:24:50 2m17 Take 3 2:26:20 2m17 Take 4 1:29:30 2m18 Take 1 1:30:45 2m18 Take 2 1:32:05 2m19 1:34:25 2m20 Take 1 1:37:50 2m20 Take 2 1:40:40 2m20 Take 3 1:41:40 2m20 Take 4 1:45:10 2m21
Ummm. I’m 67 and have tinnitus and am just getting started ... it’s my retirement project. No expectations, no prospects, just a superb audience of 1. Me. I love this stuff.
Hadn't been back to the UK in a long time before last year, and the overall polite-ness was one of the first things I noticed. Even my rental car's GPS (satnav) was incredibly nice to me when I missed an exit at a roundabout.
Don't Be fooled. Great actors. Bigots most of them. See. It's down to the privileged blood line they all come from what makes the opportunity available for THEM. CLASS SOCIETY.
This guy being self taught, and starting a career at this later in life, certainly inspires me to keep at it. I'm 29 and feel like my opportunity has passed, but this gives me encouragement to keep working at it :)
There are many composers that got a late start in this profession. 29 is nothing, especially if you have a good skill set and know how to network. You’d be surprised where you could be in a couple of years if you put your mind to it. We live in a competitive but very opportunistic time. Go west young man!
@@joshgledhillaudio : usua way to record a symphonic orchestra is with an Y-pair of Schoeps microphones for stereo or with more for 5:1 etc purpose to merge you into the orchestra... Most of legendary classical music records were made with an Y-pair, sometimes even with cheaper stuff than the Schoeps, e.g a pair of AKG C414 which is one of the main all-purposes mics for the recording studio. This is useless and time consuming to record every instrument or even section separately... Unless your syphoning money from the producer????? You obviously never recorded classical music! As a sound engineer, your job is to keep it the most faithful as what your ears receive. The purpose of putting mics everywhere is very different, and it's the way you record rock/pop bands, not orchestras!
As an arranger myself, there’s nothing more magical than an orchestra who brings your notes alive. It’s a pleasure to see Christian being the professional producer and simultaneously savor his music in such a fantastic way.
I'm amazed. You don't have a opportunity very often, to look inside of such a huge and famous studio. Watched the whole session. Also I love Christian's music.
I know this is an old comment, but I just found this video. I really appreciate the real-time nature of this. It's only switching between a few cameras and that's it. So often you see these things heavily edited and you get very little idea as to how it actually works. This is like virtual work experience.
@@semanticsamuel936 yep, it´s very seldom you can watch the work like here - one thing that impressed me before was the making of "the incredibles" (pixar film), where they decided to record with a real big orchestra, that was where i saw the work for the first time plus a lot of the background preparations that had to be done - as a little self taugh hobby musician i´m really impressed and delighted... :-)
People think that music synchronization is a quick and easy process, and in many cases it is and it's selected from a library. While that is one way of synchronizing, this is the best way and the most successful if you want a memorable, one of kind, score that is unforgettable!
This is phenomenal, Christian! I'm a retired engineer in NY the USA, and I've always wanted to see inside Sir George Martin's Air London. I'm not disappointed!
In my 83 years,while listening and viewing, I am feel lightheaded with inspiration. This video brings back memories of many recording sessions in any studios such as this and yes,the exuberant fee,link of hearing my own music being played and recorded. Similar feeling when I saw my first born sun
Brilliant. I could watch that over and over. I find it staggering how the musicians can play everything so well, having not seen the score before. Makes me feel very humble about my own musical ability.
I understand your awe, but it’s mainly based on your lack of knowledge and experience in reading and playing music. The music is very simple, the musicians have so much muscle memory and read music as you would read a foreign language that you have mastered. So the task at hand is actually easy, what the professionals bring to it is precision and feeling or tone. The musicians are bouncing between boredom, thinking about their paychecks, and focusing on delivering a quality result in every take, there is no concern over the “difficulty” level or reading the music.
@@DoctorShocktor True. These musicians have been doing this for so long that they can take one glance at a cue and nail it note wise on the first take. If they couldn't do this, they wouldn't be sitting in those chairs. I have played with many symphony orchestras (percussion) and if you have difficulty sight reading, you don't get called. Period. You're basically on a short list of players that can nail this, or you are not.
@@DoctorShocktor : and these musicians are often very likely to envy others' capabiliy to improvise/create, those who toured with Yes were stunned about the way Yes' musicians had all their parts in such a complex music fully memorized... Just dig this : it took more than 15 years to violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuin to start playing Indian music... With two years, jazzman John McLaughlin had put up his own top notch Indian classical music band named Shakti and they were praised by Indian top notch musicians.
This is such a gift. I was thinking the other day, "I sure would like to be a fly on the wall of a big session". And less than a day and I find this. Almost like this life is a simulation and once in a while, I get to direct. I'll take it.
That is a ton of expensive microphones. Great engineering work, it sounds beautiful, even coming via TH-cam. Really nice, interesting writing (and kudos to the orchestrator as well). But let's not forget the great work of the video crew and post-production bringing this to life! Lots of fun and quite illuminating, thanks Spitfire!
I have a musical background (although piano only) - my father was a truly superb semi-pro string player. He and I played at a small and very informal get-together, and Yehudi Menuhin was with us and heaped such amazing praise on my father's virtuoso playing. And my grandfather was a professional conductor in a theatre from the days of silent movies through to music-hall. I ended up working at the BBC, and alongside some huge talents - and when I retired, even at the age of 70+, I got into my DAW (Studio One 5 Pro), bought Spitfire's BBCSO Pro (which I absolutely love), just for fun. But I never got to see a full-scale orchestral session like this - such amazing talent!! I followed it from beginning to end - and then discovered I could download the scores - so watched it all again Thank you..
In tears and sobbing ... 52 years old :) ... and no I'm not ashamed ... oh god, do I love orchestral music. Thank you so much for sharing! Great work, Christian and all the people that were involved! And yes, I'm 3 years late :)
This is why sight reading & ear training is taught in music schools. I can’t stress the importance of this if you want to become a professional musician of this caliber.
Times have changed. Our tools are better and can 'communicate' the music for us. We're just left with our own creativity. Paul McCartney or Hans Zimmer both can't sight read music, yet both produced the most eloquently phenomenal music in recent history. If music is in your soul, then nothing should stop you.
to see this for the first time after an emotional day is quite a treat. And to see the great Nicky Henson walk in and share some of it with you is just golden. Thanks Christian and everyone who put this fly on the wall.
I'm so impressed by the clarity and precision of Christian's communications feedback to the conductor and players. That level of knowledge of the techniques of individual instruments and the ear to hear the difference between a take in the can and something needing rework is something I aspire to.
Alarm went off, kettle went on, and coffee was born... from there I haven't been able to pull myself away from the screen picking up from where I left off yesterday. It would be really great to see you working on writing a section of this same score behind the scenes.. kind of like a before and after from demo to live recording on a section... Perhaps something for the next journal :)
Dear, Christian. Dear Sir, you areally big inspiration for me. That you do and that you created the Spitfire brand its really important for personally me as a musician. You are my deep inspiration. Thanks that you do for us. For musicians. Me and people like me will never and never forget you in our life and in history. Its really amazing to see all these processes that happens. After this video I've watched the Tutankhamun tv series and deeply listened to all music. Love u ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Huge hugs from Baku Azerbaijan🤗🤗🤗🤗
I absolutely dig the composer's happy face at around 24 minutes. He had something beautiful in mind and now he hears it for real for the first time. It's stunning how the live strings mingle with those I believe pre-recorded French horns ? For a composer it's sometimes difficult to keep his fully concentrated/focussed cool while such beautjiful things are going on. Great video! Wow!
I really enjoyed this. One of the highlights of my life was sitting in on a session like this for a film. Just sat on the floor and soaked it all in. Lovely!
Sorry to spam this post with the last 3 comments, but bloody hell... 1h34m.. I must have played this cue 10 times already... 1h36m20s... just awesome.. the look on Christian's face where he looks around and I'm sure is thinking "what the **** just happened!" - Best piece of music I've heard in a good while.. awesome :)
This was incredible. 24:40 and her call for retake due to siren at the start was spot on. THE DISCIPLINE and beauty to the score, with able musicians in the room is spectacular to watch.
Cue 2M20 brought me to tears! Incredible! Christian, your talents, demeanor, and willingness to share your wealth of knowledge with us are second to none.
The clarity and thickness of sound is jaw dropping, the arrangement is haunting and powerful, the musicians are first class. I wonder if the Studet tape was the reason of thickness of sound? Bravo, brilliant!
I just found this today. Awesome, always wanted to watch and hear a real orchestra to get a better grip on the way people play string instruments.Thanks for sharing.
1:05:08 Amazing indeed. To me this is not about how great these wonderful musicians are (another day at the office...sorry). This shows how this whole session has been meticulously prepared by the composer and his copyist/orchestrator. Superb job and very inspiring! Some of the voicings I hear do sound a bit awkward for my ears but it's all so beautiful. One feels the talent, the energy and passion of the self-educated composer Christian seems to be. Tiny flaws have become an essential part of a musical gem. Great music!
Just one word Christian...awesome! Loving the score, the musicianship, the atmosphere it creates and most of all, the chance to watch the magic happen!!!
Third time I've watched this now. Looking back at the moment I discovered Spitfire Audio. A few years at least now, and my don't we all grow from this great free resource. Put more of these out there. More! I weep at the melodies of music like this. One day I hope to write a master piece.
I find it difficult to believe that Christian is self taught after watching this!!! This is truly awesome and eye opening on how these things are achieved!!!! I would truly love to have the opportunity to sit in on one of these events ( as a fly on the wall so to speak!) just to observe and learn from this type of experience. This, for me , is one of the best things i have watched on here for ages!! And regarding the comments on starting late, i am 58 and have just recently started doing my own orchestral compositions! Thanks for sharing this Christian!!
Truly amazing to see talent at work - the composer, the studio engineers, the musicians, all so professional, and patient. What I wouldn't give to sit in on one of these sessions!
Christian, I recently discovered your channel and over the last two days I've downloaded LABS... it is Saturday today, but come Monday morning I am nominating you for sainthood - or at the very least, knighthood. One million and one THANKS, you and Spitfire are a true blessing of music and I am so glad to be joining this journey!
WOW. What an amazing bunch of people in this video. I think listening in that room with them playing live would bring a tear to my eye its so beautiful. Bravo.
Stumbling upon this video, I intended to sample it briefly, but ended completely involved. The "fly on the wall" format is much more informative about the entire process-- from frustration and tedium of actual production, to moments in which the music channels the composer's creative ear.
It's so valuable to see reality rather than reconstructions. I hope more content follows suit. I'm interested in people and a people oriented internet.
@@shawnmuench That's a perspective I've never thought of before! The internet is shaping the world, so the world needs a people oriented internet.. or.. uhm.. a people oriented TH-cam. Which I belive directed me to this content :-) I'm interested in subjective content too. As long is there's strong evidence :-)
Many thanks - what an excellent display of professional recording at the top of the game. Really love the vibe in the CR also - clearly these professionals know how important a relaxed atmostphere is under this kind of pressure. Sounds amazing!
I remember working on a 48 channel Neve 88D console during my audio production studies, it was a little brother of the console they use at Air Studios. Although I work in IT now, seeing a recording session makes me nostalgic and longing to work in a studio again. Sure, the 88D was a pain to configure and you needed to really think about your DSP resource distribution to avoid a bottleneck, but once setup and everyone is ready for a take, it was the most fulfilling and rewarding feelings one can experience. Nothing beats the feeling you get when everything works, the musicians are in their zone, and the mix blows you away.
This is fabulous. Thank you, Christian, for allowing us to see the inner workings of this process. I've been watching this, off and on, all day. My favourite part of any movie is the score! I always wish the DVD extras showed the process of capturing the soundtrack!
Very good thanks for posting this. Takes me back, I used to engineer sessions like this in Sydney. What immediately stands out, she says “Here it comes” I used to say, “Here we go” They were the days.
This is an incredible experience. Thank you so much for sharing it. It reminded me the great scores of the fifties and sixties with an accentuated "mysterious" romanticist twist to it.. Beautiful...
For as many times I have watched this, I am always impressed with all concerned. From Mr. Christian's ability as a composer to the fine orchestra to the huge recording board (the latter I have never seen before) and just, how things are accomplished. The only sjuggestion I could make is I would love to see more of these projects filmed like this. Thank you for the chance to see this composition come to fruition. MARVELOOUS!!!!!!!
Watched the entirety of this 5 days ago... and as any film score will do, it seemed like I was hearing the same music over and over which in hindsight is what it must be. But I had to rent the series immediately to see it in action. The score certainly glued a whole bunch of fluff together and worked very well in scenes that were solid already. Yes, it’s money, but a tough gig to work with such historical inaccuracy. Loved Fiona!!! Such a pro!
the level of professionalism, the incredible timing, hitting each note in perfect combination with each other and to think that all these instruments are fretless leaves me speechless every time
Thanks for the amazing video! I had a river of emotions running all the way through the session. We have got Mahler and Edvard Grieg of our century. Pure genius!
As a twelve year old boy, I was introduced to music that comprised mainly of overdriven power chords, thunderous drums and roaring vocals. Heavy metal was my religion for many years after and still is to this day. I am now in my fifties and I'm a recent convert to orchestration of this kind and a deep appreciation for these musicians, composers, engineers and everyone else involved has now formed. I never learned to read music. I never learned music theory. I never learned to train my ear outside of recognising the standard tuning of a guitar. I have missed out on so much. I now find myself listening to film and TV scores and marveling at the subtle change of chords underneath a melody to invoke certain feelings and emotions. This film is a great insight into that world and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Great job Christian.
It is ok to have several religions I think. For the time being my gods are gypsyjazz (Django, Moignard, Rosenberg, Stephan, Bergera), modern pop-jazz (Dirty loops, knower, snarky), Flying Colors, J. Collier, some of my friends and so on. I mean.. if you want it you can get whatever you want and need in the world of music! Try picking up an instrument. After a while, music will never be the same! And.. it's FREE!
@@voenigs612 Complexity != Good. Music either sounds excellent or it doesn't. Emotional impact > technical complexity. Even if this comment is nearly a year old, feel free to take your BS elitism up your rectum.
So, could you or someone else quell my curiosity by giving an estimate of how much money each of these wonderful musicians would have earned for this 3 hour session? Seems like the greatest job in the world for those who have the talent!
Gary Citro In both Seattle (where a lot of US film scores are being recorded nowadays for small and medium budget films) and under the table non-union sessions in LA and NYC, the base rate would start at $60/hour for a minimum three hour session, first chair for each instrument would be time or time and a half ($90/hour, and if you only have one instrument per section, each one is considered a first chair) with union sessions always being time and a half, and the concertmaster and conductor would typically be double ($120/hour), with some conductors going as high as triple ($180/hour). On smaller sessions in Seattle the concertmaster can also be plain time and a half, but for a session this size will probably be double. I don’t know the exact rates for current union work in LA or sessions in London, but the most recent I have (from 2017) range from $75-100/hour for the base rate depending on the budget in LA and $78-120/hour in London. At the same time, if you record with some of the session orchestras that are popping up across Europe in places like the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, it could be as low as $20-30/hour base, but you wouldn’t be able to get as much music recorded per hour and the musicians can normally only handle classical/romantic style scores (nothing too jazzy or modern sounding, so even something like the more well-known John Williams scores would be pushing the limits of what they can do). Doubles for non-union sessions can be extra or not depending on the musician and what instrument they’re doubling to, but for union work in the US each additional instrument adds to the cost - an extra 50% of the base rate for the first double, 35% for the second, and 20% each for anything past that (so if you have one union woodwind player playing clarinet, bass clarinet, and two saxophones, that one musician would make 255% of the base rate, or at least $153/hour, meaning $460+ per three hour session). So for this session or a session like this in London today, each musician would probably make anywhere from $110-130/hour, the first chairs would be $160-190/hour, and the concertmaster and conductor would each be at least $220-260/hour.
This is so different from when I took my film scoring and conducting class back in 1976. WOW! I would mark the film up with a grease pencil to get the hit points and have the film reverse projected behind the orchestra.
Christian, thank you so much for these inspiring videos! The look on your face when you heard these performances of your compositions was priceless. Every person in this session is born to do this, so professional.
Christian, this is probably one of the most delicate pieces of work I've ever heard in my life. You are my new hero composer and yet like you, I can neither write or read music lol, however you seem to be doing fine looking at your composed notes :-)
MorbidManMusic yeah honestly. If anything it's a testament to the impressive amount of work that goes into productions like these. For Jamie over here, the arts...take it or leave it...at this level of proficiency are to be respected to the utmost degree
Every time you go to see a movie, give pause and thank who or whatever that there are so many fine composers, musicians, and technical personnel who work for hundreds of hours on the film scores we love. Arts *are* essential.
I agree! Some might say it's a "luxury" and disparage musicians for wanting fair compensation schemes-- but: I can think of many material industries that should go away before we give up music. If music is a luxury, then what about the junk sold at dollar stores? Lots of things are useless and shouldn't exist. Music isn't one of them.
This is really terrific fun to hear and watch. I love this. Brings back great memories of playing the cello in orchestras in the earlier part of my life.
Brings back memories. The chairs and floor are important - the mics pick up everything. These players are not only good technicians, they are superb readers. There is precious little time to rehearse anything. I'm guessing (if this is a day session) that players from the various London orchestras cannot be used since they have rehearsals to go to? Doing recording work is a little like exploring new worlds if you took a voyage to unknown parts of the world. You are hearing things for the very first time - giving birth to a new creation. It's quite different from rehearsing and playing the Beethoven 7th symphony for the fortieth time.
For the strings, recording often eliminates the need to bow everything the same. It's so nice that if something goes awry, you know it can be done again until it's near-perfect. The splicing technology nowadays is magnificent.
At 20:08 he asks for more ostinato and at 22:22 you can clearly hear more ostinato. It does make for a better balance with the rest of the orchestration.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful experience. Great music and great musicians. Happy also to see a woman behind that huge console, handling flawlessly such a complex context.
I'm totally loving this! What a pleasure and INCREDIBLE opportunity to get to have this sneak peak into a real recording session and how the music is being recorded and comes about. I am literally blown away from here to the Sahara, this is all kinds of great! Thank you Mr. Henson and everyone involved in making this! (and how sweetly Ms. Fiona announced the count-ins! "Here they come" is going to be my daily mantra 🤓🤗)
For anyone following along with the score here are the timestamps for each cue
1:09 2m06 Take 1
4:42 2m06 Take 2
7:10 1m01 Take 1
10:50 1m01 Take 2
12:25 1m01 Take 3
13:30 1m02 Take 1
16:25 1m02 Take 2
18:50 1m07d Take 1
21:45 1m07d Take 2
23:45 1m08a Take 1
25:00 1m08a Take 2
25:30 1m08a Take 3
27:10 1m09 Take 1
28:20 1m09 Take 2
29:40 1m09 Take 3
31:00 1m10 Take 1
33:45 1m10 Take 2
35:15 1m12 Take 1
37:15 1m12 Take 2
37:35 1m12 Take 3
38:55 1m13 Take 1
40:25 1m13 Take 2
40:40 1m13 Take 3
41:05 1m13 Take 4
42:20 1m11b Take 1
44:20 1m11b Take 2
46:25 2m01
48:15 2m02 Take 1
49:20 2m02 Take 2
51:05 2m03 Take 1
53:45 2m03 Take 2
55:40 2m03 Take 3
56:50 2m04
58:55 2m04a Take 1
1:00:30 2m04a Take 2
1:01:45 2m04a Take 3
1:03:25 2m07
1:06:05 2m08 Take 1
1:07:50 2m08 Take 2
1:09:35 2m10 Take 1
1:12:25 2m10 Take 2
1:14:30 2m14 Take 1
1:15:30 2m14 Take 2
1:16:00 2m14 Take 3
1:17:30 2m14 Take 4
1:20:00 2m14a Take 1
1:21:40 2m14a Take 2
1:23:30 2m15a
1:24:45 2m16
1:28:10 2m17 Take 1
1:29:30 2m18 Take 1
1:30:45 2m18 Take 2
1:32:05 2m19
1:34:25 2m20 Take 1
1:37:50 2m20 Take 2
1:40:40 2m20 Take 3
1:41:40 2m20 Take 4
1:45:10 2m21
1:47:00 1m07c Take 1
1:49:15 1m07c Take 2
1:52:50 1m08 Take 1
1:55:30 1m08 Take 2
1:57:50 1m08 Take 3
1:58:25 1m08 Take 4
2:00:00 1m07 Take 1
2:00:40 1m07 Take 2
2:02:00 1m05
2:04:25 1m06 Take 1
2:05:50 1m06 Take 2
2:08:05 2m13 Take 1
2:10:25 2m13 Take 2
2:12:30 2m12 Take 1
2:13:25 2m12 Take 2
2:15:15 1m04 Take 1
2:16:00 1m04 Take 2
2:16:50 1m04 Take 3
2:17:30 1m04 Take 4
2:18:15 1m02 Take 3
2:22:55 2m17 Take 2
2:24:50 2m17 Take 3
2:26:20 2m17 Take 4
2:27:35 1m03 Take 1
2:29:10 1m03 Take 2
2:30:35 1m03 Take 3
2:32:00 1m03a Take 1
2:33:10 1m03a Take 2
2:33:55 Finishing Up
Alternatively, if you want to follow the cues in order
7:10 1m01 Take 1
10:50 1m01 Take 2
12:25 1m01 Take 3
13:30 1m02 Take 1
16:25 1m02 Take 2
2:18:15 1m02 Take 3
2:27:35 1m03 Take 1
2:29:10 1m03 Take 2
2:30:35 1m03 Take 3
2:32:00 1m03a Take 1
2:33:10 1m03a Take 2
2:15:15 1m04 Take 1
2:16:00 1m04 Take 2
2:16:50 1m04 Take 3
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Thank u :)
Thanks - where can I get the score?
@@MrYouTuba there should be a link in the description
@@jaywright9924 oh thanks. I missed that.
This should be pinned.
Ummm. I’m 67 and have tinnitus and am just getting started ... it’s my retirement project. No expectations, no prospects, just a superb audience of 1. Me. I love this stuff.
God bless you
Damn Right.
I’m 66. Have been writing for community theatre for probably 15 years. Stay the course mate, stay the course.
Man I’m only 15 and I’m starting on all this, good luck
that's awesome, I'm 48 and just now starting to dabble, I really love this stuff too!
I love Christian's face when he hears his music performed by the orchestra for the first time. Clearly a buzz that never gets old.
Alex Ball ikr! I compose scores using my computer, if i ever hear my music being performed by a real orchestra i would lose my mind 😍😍
That is a good feeling when musicians in a band write their own parts separately and you hear them all come together at practice.
he looks stressed out to me, like "if this doesnt work I'm ruined" lol
I captured Alex Ball in the comment
I love that I stumble across you on this video :)
Is anyone else impressed and touched by how polite, how friendly and cordial, everyone is? Simply delightful.
an admirable example of British professionalism and politeness
@@musitecture.vienna or just the presence of the camera
Hadn't been back to the UK in a long time before last year, and the overall polite-ness was one of the first things I noticed. Even my rental car's GPS (satnav) was incredibly nice to me when I missed an exit at a roundabout.
Don't Be fooled. Great actors. Bigots most of them. See. It's down to the privileged blood line they all come from what makes the opportunity available for THEM. CLASS SOCIETY.
atomic bombs? that escalated quickly...
I'm only 11:00 in and my mind is already blown. Priceless experience that I'd have gladly paid $100 to sit in on. Thank you Spitfire!
This guy being self taught, and starting a career at this later in life, certainly inspires me to keep at it. I'm 29 and feel like my opportunity has passed, but this gives me encouragement to keep working at it :)
oh, 29, you're so old :p (irony inside)
:D i´m 26 and think that i´m too old because there are tons of younger people making great music :D
I'm 19, music producer and Im at the edge of my career, about to quit sooner or later! lol
IM 36 and I am just getting somewhere :)
There are many composers that got a late start in this profession. 29 is nothing, especially if you have a good skill set and know how to network. You’d be surprised where you could be in a couple of years if you put your mind to it. We live in a competitive but very opportunistic time. Go west young man!
Incredible recording engineer. I really loved seeing such a relaxed and confident person controlling such complex session.
No room for "hot heads" at this level. It serves no purpose and time is money...
I was also very impressed by her unflappable professionalism. Impressive, even in comparison to all the impressive people gathered in that room.
Orchestra stuff is less complex to record than a metal band.
@@Haroun-El-Poussah I mean come on, the amount of mics in that room to check are in phase and people to keep happy. Isn't a walk in the park tbh!
@@joshgledhillaudio : usua way to record a symphonic orchestra is with an Y-pair of Schoeps microphones for stereo or with more for 5:1 etc purpose to merge you into the orchestra... Most of legendary classical music records were made with an Y-pair, sometimes even with cheaper stuff than the Schoeps, e.g a pair of AKG C414 which is one of the main all-purposes mics for the recording studio.
This is useless and time consuming to record every instrument or even section separately... Unless your syphoning money from the producer?????
You obviously never recorded classical music! As a sound engineer, your job is to keep it the most faithful as what your ears receive. The purpose of putting mics everywhere is very different, and it's the way you record rock/pop bands, not orchestras!
As an arranger myself, there’s nothing more magical than an orchestra who brings your notes alive. It’s a pleasure to see Christian being the professional producer and simultaneously savor his music in such a fantastic way.
I'm amazed. You don't have a opportunity very often, to look inside of such a huge and famous studio. Watched the whole session. Also I love Christian's music.
Thank you thank you THANK YOU for finally doing what no one else will do.... give a glimpse at how it really works. Thanks Christian!!!! Great work!!
I know this is an old comment, but I just found this video. I really appreciate the real-time nature of this. It's only switching between a few cameras and that's it. So often you see these things heavily edited and you get very little idea as to how it actually works. This is like virtual work experience.
yes, agreed!
@@semanticsamuel936 yep, it´s very seldom you can watch the work like here - one thing that impressed me before was the making of "the incredibles" (pixar film), where they decided to record with a real big orchestra, that was where i saw the work for the first time plus a lot of the background preparations that had to be done - as a little self taugh hobby musician i´m really impressed and delighted... :-)
People think that music synchronization is a quick and easy process, and in many cases it is and it's selected from a library. While that is one way of synchronizing, this is the best way and the most successful if you want a memorable, one of kind, score that is unforgettable!
45:17 How nice! So excited to see his dad.
This is phenomenal, Christian! I'm a retired engineer in NY the USA, and I've always wanted to see inside Sir George Martin's Air London. I'm not disappointed!
This has got to be one of the most inspiring videos I've watched on TH-cam. Loved every minute of it. Thanks for taking the time Christian.
Shout out to Fiona, an incredible engineer.
SHE SO AWESOME
Totally has the session under control and clearly knows that desk. Every composer getting to this level needs a Fiona.
Came here for this... She's fantastic!
I have no words to Express how i truly feel about that video for the amount of work, professionalism and beauty I'm seeing......just marvelous.
Bigricky06 Inwas thinking the exact same thing. This is amazing to watch!
Indeed, it will be a sad day when soundtracks stop getting recorded by a team of humans this way.
@@garycitro1674 yes indeed.
Gary Citro I don’t think the good ones will ever stop this human element.
In my 83 years,while listening and viewing, I am feel lightheaded with inspiration. This video brings back memories of many recording sessions in any studios such as this and yes,the exuberant fee,link of hearing my own music being played and recorded. Similar feeling when I saw my first born sun
Brilliant. I could watch that over and over. I find it staggering how the musicians can play everything so well, having not seen the score before. Makes me feel very humble about my own musical ability.
I understand your awe, but it’s mainly based on your lack of knowledge and experience in reading and playing music. The music is very simple, the musicians have so much muscle memory and read music as you would read a foreign language that you have mastered. So the task at hand is actually easy, what the professionals bring to it is precision and feeling or tone. The musicians are bouncing between boredom, thinking about their paychecks, and focusing on delivering a quality result in every take, there is no concern over the “difficulty” level or reading the music.
@@DoctorShocktor True. These musicians have been doing this for so long that they can take one glance at a cue and nail it note wise on the first take. If they couldn't do this, they wouldn't be sitting in those chairs. I have played with many symphony orchestras (percussion) and if you have difficulty sight reading, you don't get called. Period. You're basically on a short list of players that can nail this, or you are not.
Did you notice that each individual musician's part is very simple, but when played in concert mode, it sounds as a complex piece.
TV Oommen Yep, just like the music of Brahms, Beethoven, etc...
@@DoctorShocktor : and these musicians are often very likely to envy others' capabiliy to improvise/create, those who toured with Yes were stunned about the way Yes' musicians had all their parts in such a complex music fully memorized... Just dig this : it took more than 15 years to violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuin to start playing Indian music... With two years, jazzman John McLaughlin had put up his own top notch Indian classical music band named Shakti and they were praised by Indian top notch musicians.
This is such a gift. I was thinking the other day, "I sure would like to be a fly on the wall of a big session". And less than a day and I find this. Almost like this life is a simulation and once in a while, I get to direct. I'll take it.
or google has access to your mind.
That is a ton of expensive microphones. Great engineering work, it sounds beautiful, even coming via TH-cam. Really nice, interesting writing (and kudos to the orchestrator as well). But let's not forget the great work of the video crew and post-production bringing this to life! Lots of fun and quite illuminating, thanks Spitfire!
It's awe inspiring watching such a collection of consummate professionals work together to turn sound into emotion.
I have a musical background (although piano only) - my father was a truly superb semi-pro string player. He and I played at a small and very informal get-together, and Yehudi Menuhin was with us and heaped such amazing praise on my father's virtuoso playing. And my grandfather was a professional conductor in a theatre from the days of silent movies through to music-hall.
I ended up working at the BBC, and alongside some huge talents - and when I retired, even at the age of 70+, I got into my DAW (Studio One 5 Pro), bought Spitfire's BBCSO Pro (which I absolutely love), just for fun.
But I never got to see a full-scale orchestral session like this - such amazing talent!!
I followed it from beginning to end - and then discovered I could download the scores - so watched it all again
Thank you..
Also I love the way that Christian is clearly blown away by the music several times. Must the incredible having your music brought to life like that.
In tears and sobbing ... 52 years old :) ... and no I'm not ashamed ... oh god, do I love orchestral music.
Thank you so much for sharing!
Great work, Christian and all the people that were involved!
And yes, I'm 3 years late :)
Isnt it amazing how good they are??
@@psy0rz Yes, indeed
This is why sight reading & ear training is taught in music schools. I can’t stress the importance of this if you want to become a professional musician of this caliber.
Jim Kucharski Yes but Christian isn't a reader! So it's not always essential.
Immensely complicated music is not necessarily better music.
Times have changed. Our tools are better and can 'communicate' the music for us. We're just left with our own creativity. Paul McCartney or Hans Zimmer both can't sight read music, yet both produced the most eloquently phenomenal music in recent history. If music is in your soul, then nothing should stop you.
@@moderatemind355 it takes a lot of practice and patience. Having to sit there for 3 hours straight is even a exhausting!
Wrong
to see this for the first time after an emotional day is quite a treat. And to see the great Nicky Henson walk in and share some of it with you is just golden. Thanks Christian and everyone who put this fly on the wall.
What a great idea ... the real work of recording displayed so professionally. Wonderful.
I'm so impressed by the clarity and precision of Christian's communications feedback to the conductor and players. That level of knowledge of the techniques of individual instruments and the ear to hear the difference between a take in the can and something needing rework is something I aspire to.
Alarm went off, kettle went on, and coffee was born... from there I haven't been able to pull myself away from the screen picking up from where I left off yesterday. It would be really great to see you working on writing a section of this same score behind the scenes.. kind of like a before and after from demo to live recording on a section... Perhaps something for the next journal :)
Thank you for sharing! Amazing!
This really is amazing stuff. As an amateur musician myself, I would give anything to witness this process in person.
Dear, Christian. Dear Sir, you areally big inspiration for me. That you do and that you created the Spitfire brand its really important for personally me as a musician. You are my deep inspiration. Thanks that you do for us. For musicians. Me and people like me will never and never forget you in our life and in history.
Its really amazing to see all these processes that happens. After this video I've watched the Tutankhamun tv series and deeply listened to all music. Love u ❤️❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Huge hugs from Baku Azerbaijan🤗🤗🤗🤗
I absolutely dig the composer's happy face at around 24 minutes. He had something beautiful in mind and now he hears it for real for the first time. It's stunning how the live strings mingle with those I believe pre-recorded French horns ? For a composer it's sometimes difficult to keep his fully concentrated/focussed cool while such beautjiful things are going on. Great video! Wow!
YES! It's like a bit of Heaven for him and us. :-)
I really enjoyed this. One of the highlights of my life was sitting in on a session like this for a film. Just sat on the floor and soaked it all in. Lovely!
Your like a kid again Christian, I instantly got chills like I wrote the music. Such beautiful music.
Sorry to spam this post with the last 3 comments, but bloody hell... 1h34m.. I must have played this cue 10 times already... 1h36m20s... just awesome.. the look on Christian's face where he looks around and I'm sure is thinking "what the **** just happened!" - Best piece of music I've heard in a good while.. awesome :)
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Seven movements recorded in three hours !!! AWESOMENESS!!! thank you Christian!!! So glad for your sharing man!!!
I could watch this all day. Seeing a real orchestra bring to life a score you composed with virtual instruments will never not be awe inspiring!
This was incredible. 24:40 and her call for retake due to siren at the start was spot on. THE DISCIPLINE and beauty to the score, with able musicians in the room is spectacular to watch.
I can't hear any siren at the start of that take..
J Masked You can hear it faintly at 23:45 just before the start at Bar 10
@@rastAsia You're right, I wasn't listening loud enough to catch it!
@@jmasked5082 Many wouldn't have noticed it like Fiona did. Even Christian didn't. But that's part of our job as audio engineers.
You’re absolutely right Christian. You wouldn’t believe it’s possible until you see it in real time. Thank you so much for sharing.
Great to see Christian realising his dream here. Must have been so exciting for him.
Cue 2M20 brought me to tears! Incredible! Christian, your talents, demeanor, and willingness to share your wealth of knowledge with us are second to none.
Starting at 1:34:30 - I don’t know what it is but that composition is absolutely phenomenal. Makes my hair stand on end.
Yup I had that experience too ! Takes your breath away !
Thought the same 👍🏼
The clarity and thickness of sound is jaw dropping, the arrangement is haunting and powerful, the musicians are first class. I wonder if the Studet tape was the reason of thickness of sound? Bravo, brilliant!
My GOD those Cellos at 1:43 !!!
Such warm and heartfelt sound
Yeah, the cellos in this session were EPIC.
What string library is that? 😆😂
@@JPDC624😅
I just found this today. Awesome, always wanted to watch and hear a real orchestra to get a better grip on the way people play string instruments.Thanks for sharing.
1:05:08 Amazing indeed. To me this is not about how great these wonderful musicians are (another day at the office...sorry). This shows how this whole session has been meticulously prepared by the composer and his copyist/orchestrator. Superb job and very inspiring! Some of the voicings I hear do sound a bit awkward for my ears but it's all so beautiful. One feels the talent, the energy and passion of the self-educated composer Christian seems to be. Tiny flaws have become an essential part of a musical gem. Great music!
i'd be crying in that room no matter what session, strings really pull on the heart strings
I was in that live room when Narnia was recorded, just behind the conductor, full orchestra, tears falling down my face.
Just one word Christian...awesome! Loving the score, the musicianship, the atmosphere it creates and most of all, the chance to watch the magic happen!!!
Third time I've watched this now. Looking back at the moment I discovered Spitfire Audio. A few years at least now, and my don't we all grow from this great free resource. Put more of these out there. More! I weep at the melodies of music like this. One day I hope to write a master piece.
Just like to say how awesome those opening strings were, genuine shivers
I find it difficult to believe that Christian is self taught after watching this!!! This is truly awesome and eye opening on how these things are achieved!!!! I would truly love to have the opportunity to sit in on one of these events ( as a fly on the wall so to speak!) just to observe and learn from this type of experience. This, for me , is one of the best things i have watched on here for ages!! And regarding the comments on starting late, i am 58 and have just recently started doing my own orchestral compositions! Thanks for sharing this Christian!!
Truly amazing to see talent at work - the composer, the studio engineers, the musicians, all so professional, and patient. What I wouldn't give to sit in on one of these sessions!
Christian, I recently discovered your channel and over the last two days I've downloaded LABS... it is Saturday today, but come Monday morning I am nominating you for sainthood - or at the very least, knighthood. One million and one THANKS, you and Spitfire are a true blessing of music and I am so glad to be joining this journey!
Many years ago i was an assistant engineer on a few of these kinds of sessions. Brings back memories! Thank you for sharing this video!
WOW. What an amazing bunch of people in this video. I think listening in that room with them playing live would bring a tear to my eye its so beautiful. Bravo.
Stumbling upon this video, I intended to sample it briefly, but ended completely involved. The "fly on the wall" format is much more informative about the entire process-- from frustration and tedium of actual production, to moments in which the music channels the composer's creative ear.
It's so valuable to see reality rather than reconstructions. I hope more content follows suit. I'm interested in people and a people oriented internet.
@@shawnmuench That's a perspective I've never thought of before! The internet is shaping the world, so the world needs a people oriented internet.. or.. uhm.. a people oriented TH-cam. Which I belive directed me to this content :-)
I'm interested in subjective content too. As long is there's strong evidence :-)
I am speechless. Incredible to sense the musical abilities and blending of parts into a moving score. Nicely done Christian!
Many thanks - what an excellent display of professional recording at the top of the game. Really love the vibe in the CR also - clearly these professionals know how important a relaxed atmostphere is under this kind of pressure. Sounds amazing!
This is as fascinating as it is educational. Christian's like a kid in a candy store here. I can feel his excitement. Love it!
I remember working on a 48 channel Neve 88D console during my audio production studies, it was a little brother of the console they use at Air Studios. Although I work in IT now, seeing a recording session makes me nostalgic and longing to work in a studio again. Sure, the 88D was a pain to configure and you needed to really think about your DSP resource distribution to avoid a bottleneck, but once setup and everyone is ready for a take, it was the most fulfilling and rewarding feelings one can experience. Nothing beats the feeling you get when everything works, the musicians are in their zone, and the mix blows you away.
This is fabulous. Thank you, Christian, for allowing us to see the inner workings of this process. I've been watching this, off and on, all day. My favourite part of any movie is the score! I always wish the DVD extras showed the process of capturing the soundtrack!
Very good thanks for posting this. Takes me back, I used to engineer sessions like this in Sydney. What immediately stands out, she says “Here it comes” I used to say, “Here we go” They were the days.
This is an incredible experience. Thank you so much for sharing it.
It reminded me the great scores of the fifties and sixties with an accentuated "mysterious" romanticist twist to it..
Beautiful...
This video is GOLD! 💗💗💗 Thank you so much!
For as many times I have watched this, I am always impressed with all concerned. From Mr. Christian's ability as a composer to the fine orchestra to the huge recording board (the latter I have never seen before) and just, how things are accomplished. The only sjuggestion I could make is I would love to see more of these projects filmed like this. Thank you for the chance to see this composition come to fruition. MARVELOOUS!!!!!!!
Watched the entirety of this 5 days ago... and as any film score will do, it seemed like I was hearing the same music over and over which in hindsight is what it must be. But I had to rent the series immediately to see it in action. The score certainly glued a whole bunch of fluff together and worked very well in scenes that were solid already. Yes, it’s money, but a tough gig to work with such historical inaccuracy. Loved Fiona!!! Such a pro!
Awesome stuff. I'd love to see more full sessions like this. Thanks for all parties involved for sharing!
the level of professionalism, the incredible timing, hitting each note in perfect combination with each other and to think that all these instruments are fretless leaves me speechless every time
And this is music they've never seen before. Makes me feel like a total charlatan.
Thanks for the amazing video! I had a river of emotions running all the way through the session.
We have got Mahler and Edvard Grieg of our century. Pure genius!
Im Canadian. I am one of Calgary's orchestra composer, i have to say these people are connected to each other like they're one body.
As a twelve year old boy, I was introduced to music that comprised mainly of overdriven power chords, thunderous drums and roaring vocals. Heavy metal was my religion for many years after and still is to this day. I am now in my fifties and I'm a recent convert to orchestration of this kind and a deep appreciation for these musicians, composers, engineers and everyone else involved has now formed. I never learned to read music. I never learned music theory. I never learned to train my ear outside of recognising the standard tuning of a guitar. I have missed out on so much. I now find myself listening to film and TV scores and marveling at the subtle change of chords underneath a melody to invoke certain feelings and emotions. This film is a great insight into that world and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Great job Christian.
It is ok to have several religions I think. For the time being my gods are gypsyjazz (Django, Moignard, Rosenberg, Stephan, Bergera), modern pop-jazz (Dirty loops, knower, snarky), Flying Colors, J. Collier, some of my friends and so on. I mean.. if you want it you can get whatever you want and need in the world of music!
Try picking up an instrument. After a while, music will never be the same!
And.. it's FREE!
Absolutely stunning! The score is beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing!
Ordinary film music. For a trained classical musician a Sunday walk.
@@voenigs612 Complexity != Good. Music either sounds excellent or it doesn't. Emotional impact > technical complexity. Even if this comment is nearly a year old, feel free to take your BS elitism up your rectum.
TreyM Lol, tense much. A bit over the top for a simple comment response.
Incredible work! The professionalism, coordination, precision and faultless execution just blow my mind. All within three hours too!
There are musicians and then there are Musicians. Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!
RiB I got it.
Thanks so much for this fly on the wall experience ! big thanks to you Christian !
I remember that I cried at my first strings session. I was 24, my first score and that was emotionally too strong... but one of my best experiences!
So, could you or someone else quell my curiosity by giving an estimate of how much money each of these wonderful musicians would have earned for this 3 hour session? Seems like the greatest job in the world for those who have the talent!
Gary Citro fhhuhhh’Ckllkj
Gary Citro In both Seattle (where a lot of US film scores are being recorded nowadays for small and medium budget films) and under the table non-union sessions in LA and NYC, the base rate would start at $60/hour for a minimum three hour session, first chair for each instrument would be time or time and a half ($90/hour, and if you only have one instrument per section, each one is considered a first chair) with union sessions always being time and a half, and the concertmaster and conductor would typically be double ($120/hour), with some conductors going as high as triple ($180/hour). On smaller sessions in Seattle the concertmaster can also be plain time and a half, but for a session this size will probably be double.
I don’t know the exact rates for current union work in LA or sessions in London, but the most recent I have (from 2017) range from $75-100/hour for the base rate depending on the budget in LA and $78-120/hour in London. At the same time, if you record with some of the session orchestras that are popping up across Europe in places like the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, it could be as low as $20-30/hour base, but you wouldn’t be able to get as much music recorded per hour and the musicians can normally only handle classical/romantic style scores (nothing too jazzy or modern sounding, so even something like the more well-known John Williams scores would be pushing the limits of what they can do).
Doubles for non-union sessions can be extra or not depending on the musician and what instrument they’re doubling to, but for union work in the US each additional instrument adds to the cost - an extra 50% of the base rate for the first double, 35% for the second, and 20% each for anything past that (so if you have one union woodwind player playing clarinet, bass clarinet, and two saxophones, that one musician would make 255% of the base rate, or at least $153/hour, meaning $460+ per three hour session).
So for this session or a session like this in London today, each musician would probably make anywhere from $110-130/hour, the first chairs would be $160-190/hour, and the concertmaster and conductor would each be at least $220-260/hour.
@@DavidLeeGrossmanMusic Great information.
I was 12, Symphony Fantastique Berlioz - first time I played my Cello in a full orchestra was magical.
Gosh I love everything involved with music production. The creative process is so fulfilling....
29:49, what an amazing crescendo and a big improvement
This has given me a new appreciation for orchestral music. A building full of world class talent executing flawlessly.
This is so different from when I took my film scoring and conducting class back in 1976. WOW! I would mark the film up with a grease pencil to get the hit points and have the film reverse projected behind the orchestra.
Christian, thank you so much for these inspiring videos! The look on your face when you heard these performances of your compositions was priceless. Every person in this session is born to do this, so professional.
Christian, this is probably one of the most delicate pieces of work I've ever heard in my life. You are my new hero composer and yet like you, I can neither write or read music lol, however you seem to be doing fine looking at your composed notes :-)
He's just faking it for the video :-). Puns aside, you gotta love the guy. So fun to watch him do his vlogs too.
Fascinating stuff! Thanks Christian for letting us see this!
This is why the arts are essential.
MorbidManMusic yeah honestly. If anything it's a testament to the impressive amount of work that goes into productions like these. For Jamie over here, the arts...take it or leave it...at this level of proficiency are to be respected to the utmost degree
Jamie Rollinson ABSOLUTELY!!!!
Every time you go to see a movie, give pause and thank who or whatever that there are so many fine composers, musicians, and technical personnel who work for hundreds of hours on the film scores we love. Arts *are* essential.
I agree!
Some might say it's a "luxury" and disparage musicians for wanting fair compensation schemes-- but: I can think of many material industries that should go away before we give up music.
If music is a luxury, then what about the junk sold at dollar stores? Lots of things are useless and shouldn't exist.
Music isn't one of them.
This is really terrific fun to hear and watch. I love this. Brings back great memories of playing the cello in orchestras in the earlier part of my life.
I can only imagine how much fun this is. It's my dream to do this some day soon!
As an architect I love this creative session, great job.
I have been in Air Studios before. That big room sounds great when you are just talking!
You should be very proud of this score. Sounds absolutely gorgeous in that studio
SO AWESOME !!! WATCHING AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME !!!
CHRISTIAN ! MY NEW BFF !!! MEERRY CHRISTMAS MATE !
Seeing this 6 years on and could not leave this without seeing it to the end! ... Brilliant!
Brings back memories. The chairs and floor are important - the mics pick up everything. These players are not only good technicians, they are superb readers. There is precious little time to rehearse anything. I'm guessing (if this is a day session) that players from the various London orchestras cannot be used since they have rehearsals to go to? Doing recording work is a little like exploring new worlds if you took a voyage to unknown parts of the world. You are hearing things for the very first time - giving birth to a new creation. It's quite different from rehearsing and playing the Beethoven 7th symphony for the fortieth time.
For the strings, recording often eliminates the need to bow everything the same. It's so nice that if something goes awry, you know it can be done again until it's near-perfect. The splicing technology nowadays is magnificent.
At 20:08 he asks for more ostinato and at 22:22 you can clearly hear more ostinato. It does make for a better balance with the rest of the orchestration.
This is so incredibly inspiring to watch! Your confidence at the reins is astonishing Christian.
this was brilliant!!!!!! "and here it comes....."
Thanks for sharing this wonderful experience. Great music and great musicians. Happy also to see a woman behind that huge console, handling flawlessly such a complex context.
I'm totally loving this! What a pleasure and INCREDIBLE opportunity to get to have this sneak peak into a real recording session and how the music is being recorded and comes about. I am literally blown away from here to the Sahara, this is all kinds of great! Thank you Mr. Henson and everyone involved in making this! (and how sweetly Ms. Fiona announced the count-ins! "Here they come" is going to be my daily mantra 🤓🤗)
I would stay in here all day listening them record.
Amazing smooth workflow.
Fiona is so cool!!Love her...
Just wonderful. I am always in awe of sound engineers!! Amazing. Thank you!
This is absolutely gorgeous.
This is deeply fascinating. Can't stop watching/listening.