Ambient Composing Secrets: Scoring Under Dialogue For Film & TV

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Today we’re diving deep into the art of crafting ambient music to enhance the emotional depth and narrative flow when working on a film or tv series. I’ll be piecing together a cue from scratch, and together we’ll discuss the essential techniques and tools I use to create captivating ethereal soundscapes, with a focus on how these ambient cues can gracefully underscore scenes with dialogue. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more educational content.
Video Chapters:
00:00 - Overview
01:26 - Sneaking In / Layering Pads
04:31 - Reverse Artifacts
05:43 - Adding Emotion & Weight (Bass!)
07:55 - Adding & Processing Piano
09:12 - Adding Unique Textures
11:20 - Free Instrument With Lots Of Emotion
13:12 - Gluing With WAV Files & Filters
15:07 - Add A Motif To Bring It Home!
15:41 - Final Piece
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@caizza3 19 дней назад

This sounds so premium - straight out of a cinematic movie 💪

@jonasfriedman 19 дней назад

Appreciate that!

@DanielBastionMusic 9 месяцев назад

REALLY enjoying these progression style videos where you walk through the construction of a track/cue one layer at a time. It shows not just what sounds to use but more of the thought process/technique behind building up a song. It's like in cooking, the difference between just learning a recipe vs learning a technique. You can learn 1 chicken recipe or you can learn how to pan fry and then unlock THOUSANDS of recipes. Great video!!

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Really appreciate this analogy and that this style is working for you / everyone watching - its how I was able to learn by sitting next to other more experienced composers as they built up a track or cue one piece at a time

@lacourprod 2 месяца назад

Hello, I am a filmmaker in France, and I stumbled upon your video by chance. I rarely comment, but I wanted to congratulate you on the sound quality of your voice recording. I have rarely heard a tutorial of such high quality. And the best part is that the visuals are really beautiful too. I'm subscribing right away for the quality of your work ;)

@jonasfriedman 2 месяца назад

Appreciate it!

@JulianHamlin 18 дней назад

Excellent tutorial. Real gold.

@jonasfriedman 18 дней назад

Happy to know it was helpful

@dolittle6781 20 дней назад

Excellent! Love the arc you created. A big concern on the business side is how competitive the field is and how to make money. And ya kinda have to be a go getter, gotta be able to sell yourself. If you are not such a person it’s time to start learning how. Then of course be a great composer. Don’t forget to be a nice guy without letting people take advantage of you.

@jonasfriedman 19 дней назад

Thanks! You are right you have to be a go getter - but that’s any business honestly. Being a composer is about being a business owner and entrepreneur 95% of the time. There are few employee opportunities- even when I worked as an “additional music composer” under someone else I was always a private contractor with my own business and the lead composer was my client. It wasn’t an employee employer relationship

@jenssieckmann 9 месяцев назад

I always get at least three points out of any of your videos: 1. Showcasing the workflow of a professional, 2. practical tips and advices regarding VSTs and plugins. 3. Inspiration. There are far more, e.g. business and career stuff which is secondary to me while I am only an amateur. Please keep up the good work. Thank you so much.

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Really happy to hear, thanks for the kind words and happy to hear these videos are helpful!

@RasiRon Месяц назад

Helpful and informative- impressive

@jonasfriedman Месяц назад

Glad it was helpful!

@lindabrittain4392 9 месяцев назад

What a beautiful soundscape you have created here Jonas. Such a blend of colours and not over complicated. Thank you for sharing your skills.

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Appreciate it @lindabrittain4392 ! Thanks for checking it out

@NigelMerrick 9 месяцев назад

This is exactly what I needed right now, thank you, Jonas! What I love so much about your content is the clear explanation of the concepts and thought processes behind them, which make everything feel so much more accessible and doable. Loved the final piece, too 🙂

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Thanks Nigel, really appreciate it!

@yvanroustan4426 9 месяцев назад

very good video format : fast and clear ! thank you Jonas to share your knowledge with us !

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out

@Bitimi 9 месяцев назад

Awesome tutorial, Jonas! It really helps you to think through process of layering instruments to build something interesting to listen to. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

My pleasure @Bitimi , happy to hear it’s helpful

@cseymour88 9 месяцев назад

Jonas, you have such great, quality content. I love how you often use accessable plugins and easy to understand musical language. You are to the point and give good reasons as to the musical decisions you are making. Thank you for offering us so much of your knowledge in such a concise and digestible way.

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Really appreciate this comment - very kind words and I’m so happy to hear the information is helpful!

@gregfellman8622 9 месяцев назад

You make it look so easy! Thank you for sharing your insights and experience. This is so helpful.

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@azizalami835 7 месяцев назад

One of the most pleasant & inspiring tutorial I’ve seen on RU-vid so far ✨❤

@jonasfriedman 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@Frank.Zimmermann 9 месяцев назад

Hey Jonas, once again a fantastic video. I really like the musical result. And I notice how flexible your musical idea works with the selection of sounds and their combination. Very interesting and appealing I find the approach with the entry of the bass sound, which does not start on the keynote and rather grabs me emotionally and enlightens my curiosity upright, how everything further develops dramaturgically. Very good! Warm thanks, it is again very helpful for me!

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

So happy to hear that it’s helpful Frank. Thanks for your kind words and checking out the video 🙏

@bonuebonue 5 месяцев назад

Great content, great production of the video. Very helpful and inspiring: subscribed!

@jonasfriedman 5 месяцев назад

Really appreciate it! Happy to hear

@peterlepahin 9 месяцев назад

Wow, great content. This is exactly the type of videos I need. It gives a lot of ideas and insight when dealing with production music (which is currently my main focus). And it's nice to see that a lot of things I do/use resembles to your way of working. Anyway, keep up the good work, and great thanks for these tutorials!

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Appreciate the comment Peter! Really happy to hear the tutorials have been helpful

@tapeexperiments 8 месяцев назад

Cool cue, Newman vibes.👊 Also, I like that you show this type of cue can work great for many different types of scenes.

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

what a compliment! Thomas Newman is one of my absolute favorite composers, could listen all day

@GANGBENGAL 7 месяцев назад

Hey I just discovered your channel. Gotta say the content is insanely good! It's awasome that you're really selfless with the information you're sharing and you give the 'why' in your process. Probably one of the best production channels on here! Looking forward to more great videos.

@jonasfriedman 7 месяцев назад

Really appreciate the kind words! Thanks for checking out the channel lots more on the way!

@DarkSideofSynth 8 месяцев назад

Such a splendid cue. It began so 'weak & non-descript' and turned into something really fitting to an emotive scene.

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

Thanks @DarkSideofSynth , appreciate you checking it out

@envrie9423 8 месяцев назад

Arctic swells are too good to be true for a free library, just immaculate. Love your work, thanks so much for this 💙

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

Totally agree - they’re fantastic!

@AdilConstantineMusic 2 месяца назад

This was a fantastic video. Love the information, the pace and the video production quality. Discovering your channel this early makes me feel like I found a hidden treasure not a lot of people know about. I’ve been a musician for a while and always been curious about composing for film and TV and your channel has been binge worthy! Subbed and liked and looking forward to more vids ❤

@jonasfriedman 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Theprettyone234 9 месяцев назад

Really great video, super helpful as always!

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Glad to hear it!

@kenzi-music 9 месяцев назад

Amazing work!! Helped me so much

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Really great to hear! Appreciate the comment 🤘

@Malikeththeblackbladee 3 месяца назад

Thank you for these useful tips , really nice approach for scoring .

@jonasfriedman 3 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful!

@mvarrone995 9 месяцев назад

Great content as always! 🎉

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Appreciate it!

@es__music 8 месяцев назад

Hey Jonas, so I just purchased your course and I have to say you are one of the best educators I have come across. I have spent way too much money buying courses and you are by far the most clear and concise. I was wondering if you had plans to add more videos to your course. I was hoping to learn more about the following: 1) Music Theory - the minimum things to learn when getting started as a composer 2) MIDI ensemble chords and how to orchestrate each instrument 3) Song structure and how to move from one section to another ( I struggle with this one) 4) Mixing process Thanks!

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

I am so appreciative of this comment @es__music thank you for the kind words. There are plans to add more videos to the recent course you purchased AND to release other courses that cover more of the topics that you mention, especially number 3) song structure and moving from one section to the next as well as more in depth information about the mixing process. Thanks for your support and involvement in this community, stay tuned for more!

@Doty6String 9 месяцев назад

do a video on hitting specific timestamps with music! (nice cue as usual)

@marklholloway 9 месяцев назад

Awesome tutorial and lovely ambient soundscape! Liked and subscribed! 👍✅🖤

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Appreciate it 🤘

@dpixvid 8 месяцев назад

So good! Thanks!

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

My pleasure appreciate you checking it out

@TilliKommunikation 8 месяцев назад

Great piece! 👍

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for listening

@WilPowerVideoLog 8 месяцев назад

Great video!!🔥🔥

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!!

@Godreran 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for these videos, keep up the great work. Hope you're doing well

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Glad you like them!

@DallasCrane 9 месяцев назад

Love those synths wow

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

🤘

@stevesutube 9 месяцев назад

Superb. A really insightful video

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@TonyThomas10000 9 месяцев назад

Very nice work!

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@indikasampath5440 9 месяцев назад

Wow..I always try to compose music for scenes in my tv series. I had a little knowledge in ambient music..thanks

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Happy it’s helpful

@relooch 4 месяца назад

very underrated channel, great video!

@jonasfriedman 4 месяца назад

Much appreciated!

@adamz3090 6 месяцев назад

Sounds very cool man! I like these type of ambient subtle underscores. Sounds almost like 1 or 2 premade synth together, but only composers know its a bit more complicated than that :) Would be happy to collab in the future!

@jonasfriedman 6 месяцев назад

Appreciate it!

@nikitapisek2901 9 месяцев назад

Great 👍

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Thanks so much 🤘

@forcedopinion1 7 месяцев назад

Much appreciation for this video. For whatever reason these are the cues that I struggle with the most. How do you keep wallpaper continually interesting?

@jonasfriedman 7 месяцев назад

A lot of people find these cues difficult because it’s about being subtle and minimal but still effective - simple is really hard to accomplish and I still am working towards making my compositions more simple while still being interesting. So far I feel finding really specific sounds and being comfortable with letting them shine without getting in their way is helpful

@mikaelbaggstrom 6 месяцев назад

I've been a subscriber and loyal viewer for a time now, and I have to say your videos are top notch quality in every way! =) - A question if I may, since I also make videos: what type of camera, lens etc. do you use for this amazing cinematic image?

@jonasfriedman 6 месяцев назад

Really appreciate it! I use a Sony A7iii with a GM 50mm 1.2 lens. Truth of the matter is the lens is nice but the biggest impact is made by lighting. Knowing how to light the set and myself made an amazing difference to the “perceived quality” of the video.

@mikaelbaggstrom 6 месяцев назад

@@jonasfriedman Thank you, appreciate the insights. =)

@andrewmanzano 9 месяцев назад

Wow, your stuff is so great! Love these techniques and soundscapes! Is that first one from Omnisphere?

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Thanks Andrew! Yes it’s Adagio Singing Bell Harmonics from Omnisphere

@scantrontest 6 месяцев назад

Excellent video. Been really enjoying making my way through your videos. I'm curious if in your experience do you ever work closely with the sound designer / fx editor to discuss elements they're working on that may contribute or conflict with your music? Are there ever conversations about who's covering what in a scene and do you ever send bounces to each other to work off of? Usually in my experience everyone typically works on their own until everything hits the mix stage but sometimes these conversations come up and have been very helpful.

@jonasfriedman 6 месяцев назад

Great question - these conversations typically take place (in my experience) during the spotting sessions. The director / producers and composer watch the scenes and talk about areas the project will benefit from music being more prominent or alternatively, being less prominent or not there at all and letting sound design and effects take over.

@AmbientGuitarWorks 3 месяца назад

I love composing like this. For stock music libraries what kind of length would you suggest for these underscore ambient tracks?

@jonasfriedman 3 месяца назад

2-3 minutes

@JRyanKern 4 дня назад

How much are you glued to a click and tempo grid for this kind of cue? I can see that there are certain hits where the chord changes and everything comes together, but for things like the reverse artifacts and any solo-ish ad libbed parts in there do you just ignore the tempo/meter?

@jonasfriedman 4 дня назад

For lose pads or the reverse artifacts I’m not too glued - basically when it’s something that makes it so you can tell there’s a tempo and rhythm it’s very much on the grid - but other wise on a cue like this a if I’m there’s no live players I do whatever sounds right

@es__music 8 месяцев назад

How do you record your mic and the daw audio together?

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

You mean for these videos? I route my daw’s outputs to sends that are setup with my Apollo interface (called virtual 1&2) I use nuendo to demonstrate on and then record the microphone and daw into cubase - which I have open as a separate application recording while I do the videos in nuendo.

@isaachernandez7619 4 месяца назад

Hey Jonas is the Singing Bell Harmonics something you created or is it from a library or vst? Thanks and great video.

@jonasfriedman 4 месяца назад

Omnisphere patch!

@brianpitts5959 2 месяца назад

I'd love to know where the singing bellsing bell harmonics pad came from. Cant' find it anywhere. Great content will def take course.

@jonasfriedman 2 месяца назад

Thanks @brianpitts5959 - it’s from omnisphere

@phonemproductions 9 месяцев назад

Thank you Jonas! What's your take on using group compressors for such work? Also, I know that's it mostly a matter of taste and consideration for how you want each layer to breathe... But your arp, at the end, and how you made it wander in and out, made me think of when we might use sidechain with long attack and release on the settings.. Thank you! :)

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Really cool thought regarding side chain - do to the nature of film scoring I don’t personally use compression on groups as much as individual instruments to give the mix stage more freedom. The exception to this is if there’s a drum set or more traditional “rock or band instruments” and then I create separate groups for those that do have compression and those groups feed into my master stem busses. It’s a very different thank when I mix a pop or rock track where I use side chain and group compression often

@phonemproductions 9 месяцев назад

@@jonasfriedman Alright! Thanks for the answer, take care and have fun!

@es__music 8 месяцев назад

When you say a 4th or a 5th, is that 4 semi tones up the keyboard from the scale root note or 4 up in that scale only?

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

As someone else pointed out - it’s possible I misspoke, the root is C so if I’m playing around harmonically with that first pad, I’m hitting the F and G to add color to the texture - 4 semi tones in that scale only

@es__music 8 месяцев назад

@@jonasfriedman ahh okay cool. Because it wouldn’t different in each scale so that makes sense. Thanks for the response!

@Squidaniel 9 месяцев назад

Great video as always. Where is that Singing Bell Harmonics pad found btw?

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

I forgot the first word it’s Adagio Singing Bell Harmonics - omnisphere 😉

@Squidaniel 9 месяцев назад

@@jonasfriedman thank you sir!

@rrsimonetti 6 месяцев назад

Hello. I love it! I'm also a soundtrack composer, and my specialty is composing and producing ambient music. As well as being relaxing, it's so rewarding to produce and record sounds like this. Very good ideas. One question: which bookstore would you recommend for sync music? I see several bookstores distributing different styles of music, but I don't know which ones work "more or less" with ambient music. Big hug, success. You've gained a subscriber. Rodrigo RS

@jonasfriedman 6 месяцев назад

Hey @rrsumonetti - I’m not sure what you mean by bookstore for sample libraries? Can you clarify. Appreciate you check out the content

@rrsimonetti 6 месяцев назад

@@jonasfriedman Bookstores are like companies that accept our music, and distribute it in their music libraries, where people looking to license music for TV, films, series look for music for programs, scenes, series and the like.

@jonasfriedman 6 месяцев назад

@@rrsimonetti thanks for clarifying - I don't do too much sync. Almost all of my work is to work on film, tv or game projects and I haven't done library music in a number of years so I'm not likely the most reliable resource for which libraries are best

@rrsimonetti 6 месяцев назад

@@jonasfriedman Oh yes, I get it. Very good. I hope that one day I'll be able to work like this too... with specific projects. Cheers.

@basspartout 3 месяца назад

Beautiful. Nice work!

@jonasfriedman 3 месяца назад

Thank you very much!

@benfletcher5696 9 месяцев назад

Any chance that you are planning to release your Tension Pads as a stand alone plug in?

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Maybe in the future, I don’t know what that would cost to create and kontakt was just more accessible for me when building it

@jaythansparksmusic 9 месяцев назад

Awesome...! Which library is SINGING BELLS HARMONIC found...??

@gregfellman8622 9 месяцев назад

Hey Jaythan! It's on Omnisphere.

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Omnisphere! A great VI

@jaythansparksmusic 9 месяцев назад

@@jonasfriedman Hmmm, I couldn't locate it. It's a stock patch, right...? Or which developer?

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

@@jaythansparksmusic “ Adagio Singing Bell Harmonics “ - see if that works to find the patch in omnisphere’s search feature

@jaythansparksmusic 9 месяцев назад

@@jonasfriedman BIG Thank YOU. Yes..., Adagio made the difference.

@MediaMusik777 8 месяцев назад

How do you get gigs? Are you a full time RU-vidr and composer ?

@jonasfriedman 8 месяцев назад

Hey @MedicalMusik - I am not a full time RU-vidr but am very much a full time composer. That said I love posting to this community and do so as often as I can. I typically juggle multiple projects, primarily in television with films in between seasons. I get work 3 ways currently. 1) projects brought to me from my agent 2) projects from my own networking and cold emailing…basically relationships I’ve e built over time and 3) from other composer who bring me onto their projects as either a co-composer or additional music composer.

@redguitar6062 15 дней назад

Something I find very frustrating when using ambient pads is the rhythmic LFO pulsing that is sometimes impossible to track down in the instruments. It can often be very obvious and takes away from the general feeling. I can hear it in your Singing Bell Harmonics patch.

@jonasfriedman 15 дней назад

That can definitely be annoying - I always appreciate when synths are simple and it’s super easy to find feature like that to turn them on of off - unfortunately so many synths have UI’s are are too busy (imho) …it can be a head ache to find the knob you want!

@redguitar6062 14 дней назад

@@jonasfriedman fabulous composition just the same and definitely something to aim for.

@jonasfriedman 14 дней назад

@@redguitar6062 appreciate it

@JohnSmith-it9hq 9 месяцев назад

Really enjoy your videos, and the wealth of practical information that you provide. But as a music theory nerd, I cringe a bit when you use sharp note names in c minor (d#, g#)..c minor has 3 flats ! Anyhow, you're a successful working composer, so it's just semantics on my part..

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Ahh i totally get it! I’m the first to admit I still have a lot to learn in regards to stuff like that since I come from a very non traditional background 🤪

@JohnSmith-it9hq 9 месяцев назад

Keep doing what you're doing, it beats reading about music in books!

@IsaacCreager 3 месяца назад

D sharp is not the minor third in the key of C. D sharp would be an augmented second. The Minor third would be an E flat.

@jonasfriedman 3 месяца назад

Yep - I am self taught and never really studied music theory so I still admittedly need brushing up on properly communicating these things. Thanks for clarifying for anyone here

@MitchellMwangi364 4 месяца назад

Sora existed 5 month ago?

@jonasfriedman 4 месяца назад

Stock footage from storyblocks

@miroslavhons6205 9 месяцев назад

Great educational content, yet another video I watch and make notes right away! Many thanks for breaking the composition down - I will try to apply the way of subtle cue at my next game music demo. All the best & keeping fingers crossed with onboarding sponsors - your promotion of VI's and their use in practice deserves more attention!

@jonasfriedman 9 месяцев назад

Appreciate the kind words, always great to hear the content is helpful