Film Scoring a silent film- Mini Masterclass | Approach | Techniques | Aesthetics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มิ.ย. 2024
- It took a while but it's here! My first video on film scoring. I hope you enjoy!
Many thanks to Zennis for permission to show the film here. Show him some love here:
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - The Film Play-through
04:16 - Initial Thoughts
04:58 - Pitching for the film
06:53 - Coming up with a memorable melody
09:49 - Planning Ahead
11:38 - Finding the pace
12:01 - Setting the hitpoints (should you hit all of them?)
12:49 - Using motifs and harmonies to set the tone
13:41 - Following the camera movement
14:30 - Introducing the theme (Lullaby)
16:04 - Developing the theme with counter melodies
19:07 - Changing the tone
24:40 - Hitting those hitpoints
27:19 - Closure- Should you resolve? - เพลง
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Please do more about film composing. This is gonna help a lot.
I usually don't comment videos. I started Cubase and music composing with a DAW about 1 year ago and I've been watching plenty of tutorials. Most of them was by you and this one is the best. Wow ! Not only you master the technique, but you managed to give us the most of the artistic knowledge/passion you have... Many thanks. By the way, I agree with you : melody is underestimated. Also, nice work for this movie, now I'll have the lullaby in my head for days. Thanks again Dom.
I have this whole soundtrack in spotify in my favorites since winter 2020 it's Dom's album full of nice tracks like these. I can recommend it !
Thank you my friend!
Boom!!! Great video! Dom. Please, please, more about film composing!!!
Really nice work Dom. The haunting melody you wrote perfectly fits this film. Well done. Yo
BOOM 💥! That’s was great. I loved how you talked about the melody. I LIVE FOR MELDOY! 😊
I came across your channel because of the tutorials, but it's very inspiring to know you're really an artist. Like in this video. The requiem video was also very touching. The music in combination with your enthusiasm made me discover the piece again.
Thank you so much my friend means a lot - I don’t talk a lot about what I do on my channel so I understand that some people might not even know I am a musician !
This is a brilliant video, Dom. LOVED IT!!
Firstly, I thought the film was genius - much respect to Zennis for his conception and direction.
Secondly, I thought the story-telling you did with your music was powerful and really helped to lift the whole film. Two days, huh?! WOW!
Finally, I really appreciated and learned so much from the way you shared the creative process. It can be so easy to get sucked into the technical stuff but, at the end of the day, all the technical skills and tools are just enablers for our creative endeavours.
So, in response to your questions during the video, YES would absolutely love more videos like this. YES would absolutely love a video (or three!) on the art of crafting and using thematic melodies to drive the emotional direction of a score. YES you did a superb job - absolutely nailed it! Thanks, bro!!
Thank you for the kind words Jeff! Yes, Zennis is a real artist. Will definitely do more- I made this as a test as many people requested it- i hope other people find it useful too!
Love your melody work, especially here and in dreamy fm plucks intro.
Sir ..... love you so much .... I learned lots of cubase stuffs .... thnkuuu ... thanku soo muchhhh .... love from India 🇮🇳
Very interesting, Dom, it is great you share your knowledge with us. Thanks!
At first, I thought you had created a score for a Charlie Chaplin movie LOL... clearly I need to broaden my definition of Silent Films! Really enjoyed this tutorial! Great track!
Been on the film scoring journey for only 6 months or so so this was very useful Dom - thank you - particularly use of the theme and its development. By the way I'm with you on melody BIG TIME! Would like to see more tutorials on scoring to film in Cubase.
Really happy you liked it Season3 Music ! I will do more then!
Your passion for the music makes your videos 'sparkle'. Thanks for your work here.
Excellent job Dom. Well written.
Composition in a night, and mixed/mastered the next day, that's Amazing!
Amazing and sincere composition. Excellent match for the silent movie. Simplicity and pureness in melodies make this very dramatic story multidimensional. Great work and thanks for sharing your journey with the film.
Thank you for the nice words Vyacheslav Gryaznov , I really appreciate it :)
I enjoyed this video and the film
Hi Dom, i just had to come back here and comment again!!!! You mentioned about your love of a good melody and how it can be the whole essence of a piece. Well, i am, at this very moment of adding this comment, listening on Spotify, to your album entitled "Film Collection" and i have to say that with a melody in mind, i am totally BLOWN AWAY by the opening piece "REVE NOIR" The melody in this piece is just mind blowing!!!!! It is fantastic!!!!!! It is so good that i have not got to the other tracks yet, i have been playing this track back to back!!! It is an awesome and i would love to get better to be able to produce this sort of piece. Thanks Dom for not only creating this but for sharing it with us mortals, in the hope of doing something like this ourselves? I think i better try to listen to the rest now!! Cheers Dom, you're the best !!
Thank you so much for the kind words my friend and really happy you enjoyed the album! ❤️❤️❤️
I like when you put a chord that change the atmosphere, that is unexpected, incredible effect. It's harmony power. Great, i subscribe your concept about to serve the movie with the music. "Bravo!"
Amazing Dom! Thank for you sharing.. Obrigado from Brazil!
Love seeing how proud of himself he's feeling in the beginning. And rightly so, it lovely to have people enjoy your work, but nothing beats that moment when the crushing selfdoubt of life melts away and you know you did it right. Beautiful to see. And of course well done. That sound really digs into me.
I mostly watch TH-cam on my playstation, so can’t read or post comments. But your work on this short film is worth the effort for me to comment. Such beautiful music for the short film. And a great job sharing the process. Thank you.
Spot on...keep doing more of this.
Amazing!It would be really great if you explain how advanced harmony goes.Please do more about film composition..
Wow… I’m speechless. The sensitivity you had to completely give “voice” to this film is out of this world. Perfect job. The melody got stuck in my mind by the way hahah please do more 🙌🙌
I like (and find useful) all your videos... you are definitely selling me Cubase!
I thought this was pure genius. The music really brought the film to a new intensity. I also think it was a great teaching session for me and for other composers. I have enjoyed your channel immensely and learned alot from you Dom, thank you.
It's amazing and very helpful. The movie looks amazing and the soundtrack is haunting. I love it.
You know I think it's really insightful how you describe both the meter and the chord choices. . I think this kind of video adds a new dimension to both your Channel and the kinds of considerations When developing any emotional artistic endeavor. Thank you so much!
Great job Dom!
Very atmospheric movie with deeply atmospheric music of course.
Thank you for revealing this topic.
Have to watch this tutorial again. Or the first part. The music you composed here is astonishing. I Love It. I really do.
You’re a fantastic composer and musician. Good on you man.
Congrats 🎉 happy 😂 So well deserved.
Respect on You Man ❤
This is absolutely awesome!!! What a great job you did with this composition. The way you develop those two simple but beautiful melodies just perfectly catch the essence of the images. And that's the hardest thing to do, expecially with a silent movie. It's so easy to overdo things when you have nothing more than the images to relay on. Those changes of colors, emotions, lights...lovely!!! And it's an incredible film too. Great direction and stunning photography. The actress, she is fenomenal!!! Thank you for this video Dom!!! We really need more of this, for sure!!! Greatings from Italy!!!! P.s. You can't imagine how much I regreat that I missed the prèmiere of this video!!!
Thank you Fabricio! ❤️
yes i love this kind of videos, more PLEASE !!! this score is very good, so emotional, the ending part is so killer. Congrats Dom and have a wonder weekend
Please do more like this. Great to see the thought process behind it. Thanks.
I really like it
This is a very very beautiful work Dom! Respect buddy and happy new year!
Thank u so much dom you are a real life saver for beginners like me do more vedio like this.👍
Really happy you liked it Ananthu !
This is so beautiful! and I can see in your face all the memories of creating this music. Maybe some tears in that time when you were writing?
Lovely and THANK YOU for sharing.
Learning a lot from you and in love with CUBASE PRO (i just joined the CUBASE family)
Saludos!
😊 🙏 😊
thanks for sharing this.
film composing is what i am trying to achieve as well. so more tips would be great
Much to be proud of! Well done! I love the fact you used creative harmony with a relatively simple but powerful melody.
Really enjoyed that Dom, your passion and ability to demonstrate it are an amazing asset. Thank you. Oh and yes, more please.
Great vid3o Dom! Love your channel! Please do more videos about film scoring. I'm just finishing my first scoring project and really enjoyed comparing it with what you did. Your video about the Time Warp tool saved my life! Thanks!
my son studied cinematography, well he have been struggling on his projects very hard ,nothing was right for him
we watched it together ,it shure gave him some ideas , I love the minimizing things like the dreamy theme to the girl and the Aminor sad to the woman , the anchor on the change of light
Great job, love the direction of the music and the consistent use of a flexing lullaby ....Excellent creation !!!
Awesome Dom!
This is great. Please do more like this. Hats off to all including you 🙂👍
You are amazing bro...for last three days I have a mental block 🚫 while scoring for a film ....your video opens it up....thnx....waiting for more like this...God bless you 🙏
So glad to hear that man 😃😃😃😃
Nice music compos👍👍
Just discovered you channel, and I gotta say, your content is amazing! Keep doing the awesome work!
And I couldn't agree more with you about what you said of melody nowadays, for me it's the soul of the music!
Beautiful score and so thoughtfully designed to enhance the film. I agree with you about melody! So important but seems to be somewhat a dying art.
That’s great Dom.
at 3:00 goosebumps ❗️❗️❗️
Thanks man! :)
So Emotional! 💝
Ohhhh that adulthood theme has a real tony banks vibe. Very cool.
Absolute Brilliant Job, like it very much
Thank you so much Peter!😀
Thanks man for everything you're doing for us 🙏 😀
Cool.
This is great, Dom. Hearing how you used the main theme throughout with variations, is very instructive. Beautiful music --- I love your passion for what you do. Thank you!
Thank you for the nice words Linda Missad , I really appreciate it :)
Heartwarming!
Very interesting, sensitive and disturbing work.
I think it gives a very appropriate atmosphere to the images.
Great job
I think you did a great job on the film music and also on the tutorial. I feel your passion man.
Really happy you liked it My Music !
Hi Dom, I really enjoyed the way you break it down for us in narrative to make us understand the parts of the film and composing music to it. I really enjoyed the musical score arrangement that perfectly captured the emotions of the on screen characters. and I would like to see more videos like this along with a music theory in scoring like keys, time signatures, harmonies etc that will help a lot for the beginners. Thank you for taking your time and sharing your knowledge with us :)
I resonated with what you said about melodies, lately when I get a brief, a creative director will tell me they are more concerned with interesting textures, and vibe, and not melody. I naturally gravitate toward creating a melody, so it's been a challenge, but if the trend goes back to melodies, I'll be very happy
Cool video! Thanks
Great, dear Dom! Really!
You're right: seems that melody is no more interesting for the audience. Still, let me tell you that, as a piano player I was lucky enough to play the piano together with the great composer Umberto Bindi, who was a True Master in writing wonderful melodies. I learned a lot from him.
Instead, apparently even the Eurovision does no longer give importance to the melody. So it is. Will change, I'm sure.
Anyway THANK YOU one more time from a medical doctor, piano player and 32-year long Cubase user. Since it was still called "Pro-24"
I've been following you for some time and I'm always learning new (Cubase and not only) stuff from you!... ";^)
Best,
Marco
Hi Dom, this is a fantastic video so thanks for sharing !!!!!! You have to do MORE of these. Really informative, really inspiring and very entertaining!!! DOM YOU ARE THE BEST!!!! On a slighly different note, it would be great if you could do a video of troubleshooting and fixing problems of working with video in Cubase ( like playback problems etc etc etc, anything and everything really?) Thanks again Dom, will certainly give this a listen on your soundcloud!!!!. Already looking forward to the next video like this!!
So inspired to the core. Thank you so much for sharing ❤
really wonderful! thumb up for the tempo map video
Coming soon!
I had chills already from the get-go. The girl-woman, present-past vibes perfectly matched by your music. 6/8 time signature has always an emotional edge ;)
Thank you 🙏🏼 ❤️❤️
@@DomSigalas Thank YOU for making such a great score and sharing your knowledge. Have a lovely day. Cheers from Italy.
thank you very much !! brilliant !!
you are amazing
You did a great job Dom - μου άρεσε πολύ
Thank you file mou!
Yes bro,Good job 📽🎬
Absolutely brilliant, I enjoy this start to end. Music supports the film brilliantly and accentuates the feelings portrayed by the visuals… need more please… I share your enthusiasm…. thank you…
Thank you so much Sheridan Smith! :)
Hi Doms! You've done an amazing work in this short film! Really haunting and it sounds more Indian to me.. As a south Indian, this background score and the tones used are much familiar and I can easily connect to them! 🙂
Thank you so much my friend! That’s a big compliment ❤️
Waow..... Mr Ennio Sigalas !!! Great Job DOM .... I loved it, just continue.... PLEASE !!!!!!!! Your Cubase Videos are awesome, you are one of my favorite Cubase Teachers, but when it comes to creativity and writing melodies it's just a step further...
Very interesting and inspirational video! Also, very nice to share the experience with the pitching!
Bravo Dom!👏👏👏👍👍. Superbly done. Exquisite marriage of film and music scoring👍👍. Those themes are Ennio Morricone influenced. Congrats Dom! Please make tutorials on this kind of subject. Your workflow is soooo fluid. 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
❤️❤️Thanks to God i get your channel
Bro really you every technique put a unique and much clearer picture in the person who is watching video ❤️❤️❤️
You help me alot
Thanks youtube for recommending this
You're welcome my friend lots of love from here too!
More please :) Thank you
More to come! :)
Dear Dom, This is truly amazing, thank you so much as always!! And pleeeease do the tempo map video, it would be a super helpful one!!!!! :)
Very cool Videocontent , you’re not only have skills with synths and electronic music , but also classical 😍 Thats a talent😆
Pls do more videos like this 🙏🏻
Thank you Michael, I don't touch so much on the music that I make here on my channel but I plan to do this more. Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you for opening your thought process to us. It's easy to see that you put an incredible amount of passion into this project, and how you did it 2 days is fantastic! I really enjoyed how you explained your use of the two themes, and how each was developed differently throughout the film to teach us the importance or repetition and embellishment to get us to the crucial point. I also liked and agreed that melody is the heart of a passionate piece, and I am not sure where the melody went these days either. Please make a post about this topic some day! It seems to be passé these days to write something that makes the viewer feel any emotion, but your composition evoked fond memories of Moricone and Felini films in which the interplay of music and the cinematic action wasn't just an afterthought - it was integral to the film. I don't think that many film compositions these days have the depth of understanding of the material like you took the time to do with this - it's more like "we have a deadline, so get something out the door!". What are your thoughts? I watch all your posts with the excitement that I will learn something very important in my music creation journey. Thank you!
Epic Dom!
You create the best content for us music producers, special cubase freaks 😉
Amazing!!! Great job!!! You are, at first, a fantastic musician and an excellent music/sound producer... You also have a very nice and cool way to explain everything on your videos (I `ve watched many of them). Bravo!!!
If it is possible, give us more "cinematic" videos with musical and technical details.
Greetings from Corfu Greece.
Dom, wonderful music! I like your harmony processes as much as your melodies. I hope I'll hear you in a movie!
Τhank you Jens!
great cue quality mix and mastering Dom best wishes from Shropshire Phil👍
Hey Dom! I am a film composer too! You did a great job explaining how we make this music. Still you'd better explain how to write those melodies with advanced harmony because it would be a bit hard for some people to make melodies like these especially if they are beginners. I also think the humming in the girl lullaby theme could be better... Still you did a great job and I'm glad the movie director chose you. If you made any other film compositions I'd love to listen to them and please make more videos on this topic!!!
Thank you so much my friend! Yes, I had to do everything in one night but still, in the context of the film it kind of worked. But we film composers tend to be perfectionists so I always felt that the melody deserved a real recording :) I will definitely do more- my album "The Film Collection" has quite a few tracks that I was allowed to release with permission from the production house ;)
This was a beautiful arrangement! I’d love to learn more about composing for films
More to come for sure ! Thank you
Was surprised to see that notification today, originally subscribe to learn how to handle cubase, which i got mainly to make music for a movie director friend, so after all the DAW tutorial, this just arrived on perfect timing! Note taken on marker and tempo tracks ;) And really nice how you explain your composition at the service of the movie ( by the way, i totally agree on your melody comment...). Thank you 🙏
Glad you liked it Julien! I resisted for a long time making this video but in the end I bit the bullet! Glad you enjoyed my new venture :)
Please Dom - Show us how you think when you use marker, signature time, and tempo track - in regards of a movie , add etc…
many thanks! I love this type of approach to writing and developing applied music. Congrats!. Can you show wich library you use in this cue? I really like the fairy tale hybrid sound.
Expecting more videos in this jonour.... Fan💞💞.. Student..💞💞
Dear Dom, I love your film score, it is very, VERY, Beautiful. You share your knowledge, your insights, and your heart, in a lovely way, such a lovely guy you are.
I have seen many of your helpful videos now, thank you for making them, great!
I have very poor eyesight so it would help me if you ZOOM IN on Cubase when you show us things, I know this IS MORE WORK in your video editor but I know it will help many people if you can do it, because it is difficult to see anyway.
(In this video I wanted to see how you setup your tempo track and your marker track)
Please keep doing what you do.... :-)
Epic
good job
Super bro
Hey Dom, great insight here! I’d love to know more about how you find your tempo and warp it throughout the scenes to keep the music right in the pocket with the picture. It’s Definitely a challenge that I face with my scoring
Great video, thank you very much!
It is very interesting to hear your train of thought for this composition. But please! Many more videos of the technical handling of the great Cubase to correct the beats and measures in which a new theme or melodic line should begin in the video. I work with Time Warp, but it takes many hours to learn how to handle those time changes in a varied composition. It would be very interesting if you could help to learn how to handle these "tricks", so that the music falls right where it needs to fall. Big hug! ❤👍