This is amazing! As someone who was tasked to score 3 action scenes that are almost 10 min each was very frightened, I did most of these tips by intuition but I adore the reassurance that I was doing things right. New subscriber! Love your scoring techniques
Thanks for the great advice! Your scores sound amazing - if you could do a video on your most used sample libraries, VSTs and mixing tips please, that would be brilliant!
Thanks @nathan.rodrigues! yes videos for everything you mentioned in the pipeline! If you haven’t already, sign up for the modernmediacomposer.com mailing list and you’ll be notified when they’re released. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for checking it out @krapenitskiy! When I was 8 years old I pretty much just listened to Juno Reactors score to mortal kombat 24 hours a day (while pretending to be sub zero) - loved their stuff from matrix as well
@@jonasfriedman Wow, great. We share the same background in common. I also loved Subzero, and Scorpion as well. I'd been listening to Juno Reactor prior to Matrix and was astonished to see them on Matrix. They always did great trance and then moved to the score which was surprising, but it gave me hope that electronic music matters. I noticed as well that some music I listened to comes back subconsciously to my music. Once you release this score, share it with us, I'll be streaming it.
I find the same thing that my musical aesthetic and style is naturally influenced by my interest in artists i listened to long before I thought about making music. I have a lot of music in this style and genre, I'll see what I'm able to post at some point :)
@@jonasfriedmanAbsolutely agree. Also, I remember you mentioned that you were self-taught. I have the same story. Began doing music at 17. I guess you did earlier. I always felt like super old too begin, although as a kid I liked piano a lot, but never had a chance to learn.
Yep, self taught since about 11. Regarding feeling old I have friends that didn't start until 24 and now through these videos I'm meeting people that are just getting into it much later than that. Music is a gift, it's never too late
@@jonasfriedman yes! Lots of great tips and content! I specially liked the play with SFX not against them one… that’s usually a problem to me lol, so it is great to see your perspective about that. What do you think of changing measures or use irregular ones? I found that really useful for action music, also because it helps with synchronizing everything often. Keep up the great work!
@VHC90- I definitely change measures with long actions scenes and also change BPM (different video i'm going to demonstrate this in at some point) to make sure the music comments on key hit points. I try my best not to use irregular measures though during musical parts that need to sound cohesive, and keep things as simple as possible for live players to work with. I will sort of massage things with the BPM (only making changes on the 1) so that an irregular measure lands at the end of a tension cycle - that way it's maybe just a big crescendo or riser that is being held out 5/4, or 7/4 or w/e. Again, I plan to make more content getting into these nitty gritty details :) Great question, thanks for asking!
I usually combine sounds - I have lots of risers from different companies- 8dio, infinite samples, audio impetus, project Sam and custom made ones as well
I love what you said about pacing. A good action will have careful pacing and the music will be reflective of that. A good example is the Mission Impossible movies. In every movie there's at least one long action scene with different levels of escalation, with some moments to catch your breath also. This one is my favorite example because it has a great build up with mini bursts of excitement until it has a beautiful crescendo at two minutes and fifty seconds. th-cam.com/video/cLQpRdejwAE/w-d-xo.html
Great video! Your advice about backing away and coming back with an editor standpoint is spot on in my experience even just writing personal music. It's easy for me to write myself into a mess. I need to step away a great deal for perspective. I can't even imagine how nuts it was to score this action scene. Elfman did the score but who knows how many were involved with this scene. Many hit points, back and forth to themes. Insane! th-cam.com/video/fNZREV885kM/w-d-xo.html
I absolutely love this scene / score! I know Elfman has a lot of great people that work with him, as pretty much all top composers do, but his scores are unmistakably his and always have such a magical, inspiring sense of character. Thanks for sharing!
This channel is vastly underrated. Such great info, and presented in an easy to understand format. Appreciate the good work.
Really appreciate this - so happy to hear the content is helpful to you!
agreed
This is amazing! As someone who was tasked to score 3 action scenes that are almost 10 min each was very frightened, I did most of these tips by intuition but I adore the reassurance that I was doing things right. New subscriber! Love your scoring techniques
That’s awesome! Thanks so much
@ Aw! Thank YOU though! Haha , may I keep you updated on how this short film goes? You thought me so much today
Thank you so much!
My pleasure!
Thanks for the great advice!
Your scores sound amazing - if you could do a video on your most used sample libraries, VSTs and mixing tips please, that would be brilliant!
Thanks @nathan.rodrigues! yes videos for everything you mentioned in the pipeline! If you haven’t already, sign up for the modernmediacomposer.com mailing list and you’ll be notified when they’re released. Thanks for watching!
Love it 🙌🏼👏🏼
Thank you!!
you're my favorite teacher so far! So much valuable stuff!
Very kind of you to say
Very valuable content! Like the score. The energy reminded me a bit of Juno Reactor's score for Matrix 2 and 3. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for checking it out @krapenitskiy! When I was 8 years old I pretty much just listened to Juno Reactors score to mortal kombat 24 hours a day (while pretending to be sub zero) - loved their stuff from matrix as well
@@jonasfriedman Wow, great. We share the same background in common. I also loved Subzero, and Scorpion as well. I'd been listening to Juno Reactor prior to Matrix and was astonished to see them on Matrix. They always did great trance and then moved to the score which was surprising, but it gave me hope that electronic music matters. I noticed as well that some music I listened to comes back subconsciously to my music. Once you release this score, share it with us, I'll be streaming it.
I find the same thing that my musical aesthetic and style is naturally influenced by my interest in artists i listened to long before I thought about making music. I have a lot of music in this style and genre, I'll see what I'm able to post at some point :)
@@jonasfriedmanAbsolutely agree. Also, I remember you mentioned that you were self-taught. I have the same story. Began doing music at 17. I guess you did earlier. I always felt like super old too begin, although as a kid I liked piano a lot, but never had a chance to learn.
Yep, self taught since about 11. Regarding feeling old I have friends that didn't start until 24 and now through these videos I'm meeting people that are just getting into it much later than that. Music is a gift, it's never too late
You give hope to us all... Excellent job. Thanks for sharing ☺️
My pleasure @jerrellbattle8980 😊
Your content is really top notch! These tips are really making a difference for your audience. Thanks for pouring into us!
Thank you for the generous comment Andrew - it’s my pleasure, happy to see/hear these video benefit so many people
This is fantastic! I've heard these tools used many times and it's always very effective. Love this channel!
Glad you enjoy it!
Great video Jonas! 😃
Thanks so much for checking it out!
@@jonasfriedman yes! Lots of great tips and content! I specially liked the play with SFX not against them one… that’s usually a problem to me lol, so it is great to see your perspective about that. What do you think of changing measures or use irregular ones? I found that really useful for action music, also because it helps with synchronizing everything often. Keep up the great work!
@VHC90- I definitely change measures with long actions scenes and also change BPM (different video i'm going to demonstrate this in at some point) to make sure the music comments on key hit points. I try my best not to use irregular measures though during musical parts that need to sound cohesive, and keep things as simple as possible for live players to work with. I will sort of massage things with the BPM (only making changes on the 1) so that an irregular measure lands at the end of a tension cycle - that way it's maybe just a big crescendo or riser that is being held out 5/4, or 7/4 or w/e. Again, I plan to make more content getting into these nitty gritty details :) Great question, thanks for asking!
Thank you! Great content! What sounds libraries do u use for ur risers? It sounds incredible..🙏🏼
I usually combine sounds - I have lots of risers from different companies- 8dio, infinite samples, audio impetus, project Sam and custom made ones as well
I love what you said about pacing. A good action will have careful pacing and the music will be reflective of that. A good example is the Mission Impossible movies. In every movie there's at least one long action scene with different levels of escalation, with some moments to catch your breath also. This one is my favorite example because it has a great build up with mini bursts of excitement until it has a beautiful crescendo at two minutes and fifty seconds. th-cam.com/video/cLQpRdejwAE/w-d-xo.html
I love those movies - the action scenes are amazingly done not only musically but in every aspect of filmmaking - Great example
Hi :)
Hello there @Flartusmenix :)
Great video! Your advice about backing away and coming back with an editor standpoint is spot on in my experience even just writing personal music. It's easy for me to write myself into a mess. I need to step away a great deal for perspective.
I can't even imagine how nuts it was to score this action scene. Elfman did the score but who knows how many were involved with this scene. Many hit points, back and forth to themes. Insane!
th-cam.com/video/fNZREV885kM/w-d-xo.html
I absolutely love this scene / score! I know Elfman has a lot of great people that work with him, as pretty much all top composers do, but his scores are unmistakably his and always have such a magical, inspiring sense of character. Thanks for sharing!