how i create a score reduction (boring) 

Brad, please stop deprecating yourself. Completely contrary to your claims, what you are doing here is utterly fascinating, and indeed the way you explain yourself is charming in its lack of pretension. I own a very large collection of the JW Signature Editions, and with a few of them have managed to feed them, note-for-note, in to Sibelius, so I do know the painstaking nature of your work here - all for the noble cause of educating your viewers on the orchestrations of such iconic music. All I can add, which others have done here, is to express my wholehearted gratitude for the work you do, and indeed the highly elegant delivery of it, and we certainly hope you never get bored of doing it, because as your viewers, we will NEVER get bored of watching it. With love!

Recorded this video once, then accidentally deleted half of the footage, then recorded it again, then realized I messed up the color balance, then said who the heck cares this is a boring video anyway… next one will maybe hopefully be a little more interesting

How do you source the original scores? Obviously a lot of John Williams's scores are available for purchase, but I'm assuming most orchestrations don't get published...

Clickbait this film is not boring. ;)

Nothing boring about this at all - this is fascinating. Exactly the kind of explanation I was looking for. Subscribed to you. Thanks Brad.

Your work is precious for professional composer like me, we are studying all of our lives

This is great - it's good to see how you put these together! I've been watching your videos for a while and this just gives me a greater appreciation for what you're doing. Thanks!

Hi! I'm from Russia and I don't speak English well, but I'm always inspired by your videos. I'm probably the only one you have a "views from Russia" because of. I really like your presentation. And comments. I first listen to music and look at the notes, and then I translate what you sign and start reading, watching the notes and listening. Thank you! How do you feel about Classical music? Do you play a musical instrument other than the piano? I love Bartók. Do you have your own musical works? I really like to follow the refrain. With the repetitions of themes, their development and return to them. John Williams, John Powell and Howard Shore are Brilliant composers for me

🎼 Reductions are so crucial! I spent a few summers doing score reductions of Dmitri Shostakovich Sym #13 and various movements from Sym #6 and # 9 along with Bartok's 2nd Piano concerto etc, etc, etc! So much was gained. Also, doing your own Schenkerianesque reductions are great for the study of form. Keep up the excellent work, Brad! We are not worthy!!! 🎹

This is amazing. I love composing music. I agree with what you said in that being able to transpose parts in your head is very important. Great job and keep up the good work!

Love the Zimmer reference in the description... "i liKe wRiTiNg iN Dddddd"

Great! I've also made some score analysis videos of John Williams' music and I'm going to do more. Your videos are very helpful. Thank you!

Nah man this was far from boring. All it did was make us realize how much time and effort you put into this. Thank you very much

Brad, this is soooo interesting! Thank you so much! Not boring at all!

This was not boring it was fascinating and educational!

Sideways sent me here and I gotta say really impressive stuff.

:D i love how you always say this is so boring. - you’re so down to earth. Give yourself some props ;)!!

im writing a thesis that is heavily reliant on analysing film scores and this video was a godsend, thank you very much

I love your work dude. Keep it up

Hey Brad! Thanks for the amazing video and content! My brother and I are going to be doing some full score reductions soon as well! I believe we are going to start with some Terminal cues! Hope life is well!

The honest 'dues-paying' work can, at times, seem to be boring BUT... it's the surest way forward. Good work! This work used to be done with pencil and paper that was a job!

I enjoyed every second of it. I’ve always been wanting to learn how to do that. Thank you for sharing your strategy. Can you share more of these? :-)

Not boring AT ALL! bro. I am fascinated by your godlike abilities...lol. Keep up the good work.

Thank you for doing this! This is very helpful . . .

HECK YES BRO this is what I've been waiting for

Love your reductions. I think a great term for "things" at 4:34, is "auditory streams". It's what your brain separates out as individual voices. Check out the wikipedia on auditory scene analysis or David Huron's book, Voice Leading.

Great video, not one bit boring! Really valuable stuff

Super cool man, thanks!

Amazing stuff man!

This is actually helpful for thinking about how to make better sketches.

Hi Brad! Thanks for the lesson, how much time did you take to write the whole score reduction.

20:35, great idea but... where does one typically get the score? Did I miss that earlier?

To FilmScoreAnalysis: Hey man. Your videos are great! I also have a RU-vid channel (NMK Music) with orchestral score reductions. I'm lucky to get 1 page done in a day sometimes. I have a question: How do you get in touch with the copyright holders of the recordings to request permission to use their music? Have a good one!

Great video. Dorico has made this 1000x easier with their Condensing feature

Later in the video you started talking about how much more difficult it is to read full score sheets; I found the full score for John Williams' "Escapades" suite around when I found your channel and yes it can be a bit overwhelming. I really need to find it again to finish my work but it was mysteriously removed from Scribd.

I'll support you , keep it up

Absolutely on point...another score for the wizard

Yo do video game score reduction this is very important man. Keep up the good work.

This more interesting than what you think. Sometimes when you are used to something to usual (to your taste) you start to think everybody knows about that... But sure i have learned something today. Thank you for this opportunity. AND KEEP UP! :D

Excellent.

Let your viewers decide what is interesting or boring and we can vote with our eyes. I think its fascinating to see score manipulation. I have no idea (even after watching this) how to adequately reduce or expand a score. I would ingest more videos like this. What you call boring is akin to magic for many of us.

@filmscoreanalysis Where do you get your scores?

Really awesome job, man! People can learn a lot from your channel, keep doing this great thing! Greetings (:

Gracias!

Hi, can you tell how do you source the original scores???

Hey, could you share what notation font you used for this reduction?

What you call "things" i call "thematic material" (in spanish Material Temático), because it's material that belongs to each theme of the piece. I don't know if it can apply in English too. Thanks for the video.

Brad, where do you find the scores?

I thought this was super interesting, for the record. Makes me realize I really need to practice transposing, and also speed up my sibelius note entry skills.

When i saw in the title it was boring i just had to click it

Watching the video now, but first I have to ask: Where do you get the sheet music from which you create your reductions? I’d love to find/buy more sheet music of OSTs I like but I have no clue where to find them.

Does Film Score Analysis only do reductions of existing scores or does he also transcribe orchestral pieces by ear?

please do Duel of the Fates from star wars. Also I love your work. Thank you

Where do you get the full scores to reduce?

What app is he using on the iPad?

Thanks for the awesome videos. You're so funny. :)

What instrument do you play?

WHERE do you find the original scores?? The original movie scores are so difficult to find, even for money!

Never combine your working place with your sleeping place.

Despite the modern belief, learning is different than entertainment. Thanks for your work.

>how i create a score reduction (boring) "I'll watch this one first"

Please come back 🥺🥺🥺

"I'm Brad Frey and this is my masterclass... i liKe wRiTiNg iN Dddddd". A bit "dodgy" if you ask me!....No, seriously. I really appreciated your doing this and really enjoyed it!

Where do you find the original scores?

Great!!!

What version of iPad is it?

Score reductions are SO important to your learning. If you think doing a score reduction is boring, then you are not learning from the process and not observing what you are seeing and hearing from a particular composer. If you are going to put down the process with negativity, why do it at all?

Ook! [Not boring. Can you reduce from ear? I have a melody, but have no score.]

I didn't know you were transcribing from another score.. All this time I thought you wrote everything by ear lol I'm a bit slow with the topic

NOT boring!

Hero.

How do you put the actual score into a video editing software? Pdfs? Png? I can't find a software that actually can use those kind of formats!

Could you make a score Reduction for 'The Mummy' - jerry Goldsmith? It would be very interesting to analyze :) One more question: where do you find film score sheets for all orchestra?

IMHO: Boredom Not Included, Excellence Not Excluded. - Education at the Speed of "What?" is Useless. This Video is Educational. Take It Slow. And, "Thank You!" for creating and sharing these videos.

Where do you get the scores from?

It should be illegal to be that smart AND that good looking 😭😂😍

I love you Brad:))))

Why are you so awfully hard on yorself? We are more than greatful to see you work step by step, with in depth commentary. Film music analysis is hard to get by, and frankly, we‘re not looking for an easy-digest 2min video about how to reduce JW scores! Keep it up exactly as „boring“! ❤️

Do you always transpose it to C major - A minor ? Why dont you just put it as it is?

BUT WHERE DO YOU GET THE SCORES FROM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I would suggest reediting this to remove the piece where you say this is boring. It'll turn people off, and the process itself, while somewhat simple and straightforward, is still interesting and people will learn something from it. Don't undersell it just because you think it's boring.

Explain score “reduction”

"Boring." #SezYou

Thanks for the peek behind the curtain! I just finished my "This is Berk" cover/music video (in Notion 6). Thanks for the snippet you posted and I really hope to see your full transcription one day! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rWstynI7xKk.html

Analiza la música de dragón ball z

“Trying to have this not take forever” >Manually clicks everything in the keypad instead of using right number pad ????????

Music theory is never boring (do you know da wae?)

I'm not worthy, man lol

boring but funny.

It's soooo boring lol

Disliked for self harm

20:35, great idea but... where does one typically get the score? Did I miss that earlier?