Hi there, my name is Tom, and I'm a composer from Amsterdam, NL. Composer in Dutch is "componist," therefore... Tomponist!
I'm a 29-year-old writing music for films, games, animation and production music. I started this channel to give an insight into how things are going along the way and how I try to develop myself and my music to encourage those on a similar path. Or just to give a peek behind the curtain to whoever is interested.
I make videos about composition, orchestration, the creative process, and the ups and downs of working as a media composer.
When you recreate a Bergersen tune, you know very well that you're gonna spend the next six months to finish it. Long soundtracks are pain to recreate but paying off when done :) Working on 'Impossible' track. Wish me luck
Pretty nice, I'm a composer since my 15 YO, I do it as a hobbie, no money involved, but I'm just curious about the real orchestration. VST instruments sound amazing, however some movies or proyects want the real orchestra, is that more for a personal goal?, is there any law that says movies should play real orchestration? I know that no VST can equal a real orchestration but people can't realize it, so I wonder why directors etc want a real orchestra, because it involve spending money and time, how much does it cost a 2 minute orchestration? Or depending the orchestra they would do it voluntarily? Or each musician receive a paid separately? It is just a curiosity rolling in my head constantly.
Booking an orchestra for a film can get pretty expensive, which is why a lot of projects don't have the budget to do so. There's no requirement; it usually depends on what a producer or director wants and/or can afford. I do believe myself that having a real orchestra will always give a better result than writing with VST's, how good these may get in the future
I’ve been studying your work for a while now. Where did you learn to orchestrate like you do? It’s not only orchestration but also production and audio design. Where can I learn such things at a high level?
Thank you! I learned orchestration in my Bachelor's degree (Classical Composition), and the audio production stuff is mostly by doing a whole lot of it after I had finished that degree
Sweet bit of insight! Im not sure about the last premise thiough. I've had many a professor instruct that players will subconsciously arrive at a balanced dynamic unless indicated otherwise, even in spite of minor changes of the density of a texture. Since we work so often with samples it can be easy to assume that adding parts/doublings = higher volume when in a recording setting it's often not the case. Just a thought
@@tomponist btw I just want to tell you that I REALLY like this mockup cuz man this is my fav score in the OST, the scene it plays in serves ALOT for the plot of the movie as the last part of the hiccup's theme (found on test drive, this is berk ….etc. it is at 00:52 btw) plays as he says "Everything we know about you guys, is wrong!" Such powerful scene :)
Hi Bogdan, thanks for your comment! I learned to conduct at first by asking the conductor of the Wind Band I played in at the time (I was around 16-17) if he could teach me the basics. I wanted to learn, because I would conduct a group of players for a school project later that year. Then at conservatory, I had conducting as a side subject for about 4 years. I think learning to conduct is mostly about making music with others and gaining experience that way. You can learn the rudimentary things at home (like how to beat which time signature), but then the real learning comes from just conducting someone (this could be just one friend playing a piano; this is what most of my conducting lessons looked like).
@@tomponist Thank you so much for your detailed answer! Indeed this is a skill that is best taught by playing with other people. Thank you again and looking forward to your awesome content as always! Cheers!
Thank you! I’ll dive deeper into Wwise in a future episode, but in the meantime: 1. Check out the courses on their website. They are free and a GREAT resource! (Aso the test projects that come with them) 2. Check out Cujo sound on YT, who has a series on setting up Wwise at the start of a project (that we followed to the letter on this one)
Great stuff, I love the style and atmosphere of the game! I'm very curious about the libraries you use and how you create the textures. Perhaps a devlog about that in the future?
Thanks, Bram, I'll think about that! For now, I can already say a lot of the sounds come from Metropolis Ark II (Low flutes, Harmonic Glisses, harp textures) Cinematic Studio (Solo) Strings, and Una Corda (piano).
Sorry for the delay, and thanks for watching! :D. What do you think of the music so far? Also, I had some audio issues in this one because my old setup got broken. I will fix it for the next one!
