Hey Zach, I love this series!!! This one was amazing again! I especially love that you talk about the chord progression, since writing in the style of is of course partly orchestration, but also for a big part the harmony. Maybe for the next one in the style of The Incredibles (Glory days) would be cool? A little different, more big band, but I think that would really be cool! Or maybe Harry Potter, Kung fu Panda or Frozen haha, also super cool!
I know it's maybe an old-fashioned composer but I would really love to see you dealing with John Barry's sound, that was so monumental yet so simple compared to Williams or Goldsmith (and in some ways similar to Howard Shore's ). I'm always been really fascinated by Barry's lush themes and orchestrations, since I was a child. Anyway, great video here, as usual!
Thanks Zach, I learn a lot from these 'in the style of' vids but havent taken the opportunity to properly thank you with a tip. Come on people....get Zach a coffee!!
@@jensjensen4038in the original soundtrack, when the theme happens, its a major Edit: ok, the one he tried to remake just has an a powerchord, but the actual fellowship theme has an a-major.
Thanks for this, really interesting insight into your arranging! It would be great to also see your approach to structuring a piece from start to finish. Whilst I learnt a lot from seeing one minute of music created, where I feel stuck is in the approach to building progression through the music. I tend to create 1 minute of arranged music and then run out of ideas on how to start, build up and end it!
Always a pleasure to see you compose and show us your musical skills in real time! 😊 I was wondering, every time I see your subscriber number, I am kind of sad. I don’t understand why quality content can’t reach more people. You post, often, really high quality videos but sometimes you reach only a thousand people. My question is: how do you deal with that feeling? I ask you that because I experiment that myself. No matter what I do, no matter how much effort I make, nothing seems to work. I love what I do, I love what I have created all along those years and I will never stop. But sometimes it’s kind of discouraging to be almost the only one to listen my music 😅 Sorry for this « not really happy » comment 😅
You know, I just saw this comment Laurent! Honestly, the trick is to find something where the value isn't about the quantity of eyes on it. I love making videos, and hearing how even one composer learned something new or was inspired keeps me motivated to make more :) Views and listens will come in time with consistency, but always remember to enjoy the process!
Terrific Zach. I always struggle with the process of looking at arrangements analytically so these videos help me put my head in the right track. I'd love to see you do a coverage on the very melodic, forward momentum driven, family adventure writing style derived of Mario Galaxy soundtracks. Most notably the tracks "Cloudy Court" and "Sky Station." I am at the moment trying to help a passion project were this style is deemed very appropriate but I am having hard time wrapping my head around it. Up to your and your audience choice of course but It'd be very fun to see.
Also the harp library you released is just great. If anyone asks me for a simple and effective harp library down the line yours would likely be my first recommendation.
Zach this is currently my favorite channel and I understand that many of your subscribers probably love this type of music so I get why this content but if you ever have a chance, I make music for wedding films so very "Hollywood Romantic Comedy" style music, or at least I try to do that and I would love to learn some of the amazing techniques great composers use like Ennio Morricone or James Horner even Hans Zimmer in movies like "The last Samurai". There are very subtle orchestral things happening in those scores that make them so emotional and beautiful. Any way great work I love this stuff enjoy my coffee :)
Hey Zach! Great video as always! Could you maybe do a video walking us through some of the macros you use? I see that for example for percussion you’re able to set a quantize value right after you finish playing on the region menu on the left. Thanksss
Just found your channel and i love it. am a newbie composer that has played drums and guitar since very little. Am into video game design and animation too. I really like these kind of videos. This is something I need to learn to do too.
Theres a setting in logic pro x that allows the daw to play a midi note without the time scrubber triggering it at the initial note position. so you can pause in the middle a held midi chord and press play, and it will continue the chord instead of hearing silence until the next midi chord triggers
Great work, Zach! Always learning something new with your videos. Whether it's the composition or software tricks, it has been useful. Thank you for sharing this! It was Truly Helpful! :):)
Also--and I'm sorry, I'm a techno-idiot. What exactly does the midi breath controller do? Does it help with articulation and attack...? What does it do that simply playing it with the keyboard does not?
@@ZachHeyde Cheers man! Jings they seem fairly expensive but defo look like a good bit of kit. Really enjoying this series focusing on the styles different composers use for the films they're working on!
Hats off for this (your) work Zach. In fact I don't like it...I love it ahh. No seriously, I do. It sparks a trigger in me, wanting to do this myself. Not nearly there, not by a far far far (!) stretch...
Thank you for your very insightful videos on music! I have a BIG favour! Could you analyse the music of the video game Fable II and III? Thank you very much!
I'm wondering, I noticed that the timpani are loaded like two identical patches, why is this or are they different? Great videos, very helpful, thanks!
At 16:03 Zach states that "he isn't supposed to break that rule" with the trombones. I am new to composing and maybe this is a dumb question but what rules exactly?
Parallel consecutive fifhts and octaves are supposed to be avoided, as they sound so consonant that it seems you are loosing one voice. They sound also old fashioned, as they were extensively used in the renaissance and medieval music. However they bring an amazing colour to the music, and it is actually not such a problem if you use them in block chords in the accompaniment, but this is my opinion heheh 😁
Hi... I really appreciated your video and I learned a lot. I like the sound of your keyboard, but I can't seem to be able to get one like yours ? What's the trick ? Thank you for your great work. Pierre
Hey Ken--check out this video! Maybe I'll make a macro available for sale but this one will help in the meantime :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MKqWMVdUbOI.html
@@ZachHeyde Zach.... Man!!! You are the BOMB! I SO appreciate your kindness. The fact that you even respond is amazing. That video was, as usual, GREAT!!!! Thank you, sir. 😁
It's so sad that publishers and record companies etc are so shortsighted and hellbent on squeezing ALL the money out of the music they think they own. They go after RU-vidrs who play snippets of the songs in order to teach others about whatever they've found in the music. Do companies think people listen to these snippets out of context in order to avoid paying the full length soundtrack album? Like c'mon??? What happened to fair use? They really want to kill all the culture they think they own rather than have it exposed for new generations of people who might actually pay for the full version of something ... if they know it exists. Nobody is paying for snippets so those companies are not losing a single dime. Demonetization is such a cripple minded, puny and pityful way of scraping the barrel. If it wasn't so counterproductive and dangerous it would be ridiculous and laughable. They don't care people think they're evil clowns as long as they have all the money?
You didn't make a piece of music LIKE Lord of the Rings, in fact you took a piece FROM Lord of the Rings and changed it so it doesn't sound like Lord of the Rings.
