How to Score Films - The Random Genre challenge! 

"That was a long wait for something disappointing"

Guy, you are the most inspiring composer I've come across on RU-vid. You've inspired me to start writing! You are a LEGEND , sir!

Just the positivity and joy in the sentence "We're going to write a piece of music, and I have no absolutely no idea what I'm gonna do" cheers me up big time!

I'm loving how active this RU-vid channel is lately!

"Don't start in the middle of the bar you complete pillock" Guy Michelmore 2020.

This guy has an energy which is unbelievable... I have seen a lot of videos but this man is really outstanding. Chapeau! A great musician and even a great entertaining tutor with a lot of sense of humor. All things what I love most about our great British friends!

From all the "scoring" channels on YT, I think this is probably the most inspiring one. Thank you sir!

wow. as a beginner film composer this channel is everything

Mr G (as my kids would say), You have inspired me. I have some health issues and will likely never be able to work normal hours again. You have made me realize I can hopefully leverage my relationships into something to get some income no matter how small while following a new path.

I love that piano part you added towards the end, reminds me of Danny Elfman in the best of ways.

I build exactly the same way. I usually will have an even repetition ostinato and build each instrument in sections of 8 measures. It is a cookie cutter method but when a piece needs to be complete in a few hours it is quick and effective. Thanks for sharing

What do you mean that people are upset because of the new content ? That is actually what any channel needs and this is why is so awesome !!!

I rarely comment on youtube, basically never. But I just had to say, watching you creating music is incredibly fun and inspiring. Keep it up!

I find myself clicking the thumbs up during the intro, before any music has been played, because these videos are just such fun to watch, regardless of how the music turns out!

I'd love to see you do a mix, at least once, my mixing isn't great, and I feel like seeing a mix done by you could really help me on the right path.

I did not know that watching someone scoring music could be so entertaining. Have been bingewatching your videos, and just wanted to say THANKS! for the content. Fun and instructional !

I am a smooth jazz recording artist. Why am I drawn to this channel? Because it is so infectious. I learn something new everytime I watch... great ideas. Thanks bunches.

Who needs movies when we have YOU to watch! Brilliant and inspiring!

Guy, I absolutely love your energy and your commentary makes me chuckle like a little kid! Please live forever

I just want to say that I greatly appreciate, your personality, your talent, your teaching ability, and your time spent sharing your knowledge with the rest of us. You inspire the hell out of me.

I love that you show your failures and experimentation. So many use the camera dishonestly and only show a great end result looking for accolades. The mark of a true educator in my opinion. Thanks for showing your human side and that no matter previous success, you still struggle with creative decisions like everyone here. This is truly helpful in maintaining a positive attitude for so many. If I'm feeling stuck with writer's block, I'll watch one of your videos and realize once again it's all part of the process. Most of us know it's not a failure on our part, but it's still a nagging sensation you aren't good enough. Self doubt can be crippling at times. I appreciate your time on these and honest delivery of the information. Cheers.

I only discovered your channel last week, but I'm devouring it! What is as much amazing to me as anything else right now is your proficiency with your DAW. You can work as fast as your ideas come and this is a huge advantage. Okay, you're a very experienced professional, and I'm sure your speed was hewn out of necessity, but nonetheless! So, apart from anything else, it's inspiring me to really get into my keyboard shortcuts and broaden my knowledge of all the stuff I've access to in my DAW. Such a great channel.

Hello Guy , i just found out about your channel recently and i want you to know that i enjoy every bit of it , i love how childish your enthusiasm for music is , reminds me of myself a lot , and i'm totally astounded about the stuff you usually compose that takes you like 5 minutes ! i got the how to write music course , i do compose from time to time but i feel i've a lot to learn and all . Please never stop doing what you do ! Cheers !

Really enjoy your energy. I'm just very new to this world and you are the first composer I saw. I looked around and quite enjoy all the spitfire folks but I'm now watching you the most. You are the reason I got Spitfire and yesterday Kontakt. I've composed several pieces already, in fact just almost one every other day for about 2 weeks. Thank you for making this so much fun.

A wheel of genres! We used to have a physical one of those that we used at a little festival we put on. On Sunday afternoon we'd drag it out, spin it for each track and the DJ had to play in that style. Great fun.

The music made the Pheasant walking past at 26.36 pretty sinister! Great stuff as always, my favourite channel by far :-)

Im still new to Kontakt/Cubase and creating music and these sorts of videos i find really useful. You just put in ideas and run with it then change where needed. Personally i find myself sifting through thousands of different sounds then forgetting what i wanted to do and end up doing nothing. I just cant get past that bit yet.

I think they definitely managed to escape in the end. Possibly by blending into a large crowd!

That was very instructive. Especially the piano part at the end. I'll put that in my palette. That piano sound is amazing for that genre ! Thanx a lot.

good morning Guy. I hope you are staying safe. I just want to say thank you for all the videos they always make me laugh and at a time like these I definitely need that. Well thanks again keep em coming and stay safe.

Guy, you are so inspiring and interesting, you make me laugh out loud quite often...in a good way. My wife thinks I am a little bit crazy though. Your energy and stream of consciousness as you write has renewed my enthusiasm to begin writing music like this again; even for my own enjoyment. I am so glad I found your channel. Your use of classical music vocabulary is getting me to dust off all of those years of music theory chops too!!! Thanks for the Spitfire "free" library that you also tested. You are really amazing that you share so much knowledge, you are a treasure. I never finish one of your shows without a smile on my face.

This channel and Christian Henson have become some of my favorites for inspiration. Definitely keep up the great work.

I just stumbled upon this channel today. I'M LOVING IT.

I learn music production and your channel is sooo good! I can’t express how much it helps me! Thank you a lot!!!

I started trying to do my own music 4 days ago, That was amazing!

As always, great stuff Guy, thank you!

Hi Guy , I'm a composer living in sussex , my wife knows you ! used work with you Anna-Mari Elston . love your youtube videos .

I really love watching you compose, I,m a student of Think Space Academy,and it helps me to be a composer, thank you very much sir!

I have gone on an absolute binge watch of your vids for two days. Love ya Guy! You make hours disappear with your great energy and teachings. Being the biggest horror film fan going, would love to see you do some of that!

Really enjoying these Guy, great stuff!

So much fun to watch and learn!

Oh man when you scrolled through your Kontakt libraries I was drooling

I think this guy is amazing.. easy to watch as he’s so enthusiastic and fun.

Love all of these videos lately! Pleeeease keep posting!

i stumled upon your channel a few weeks ago and enjoy the heck out of you and your videos. I have started using garageband and spitfire and I am having a ball. i play a couple of instrument just ok, but with built in garageband and spitfire, i play a whole orchestra.

Really enjoy watching you Guy, I'm an aspiring composer, been writing for many years as a hobbyist but stuck in the Donegal hills, in very rural Ireland, hard to reach out and grab people's attention but with every video you post you impart some wisdom that makes me think maybe, just maybe I'm on the right path!! Thank you!!

That was lots of fun. Thank you. Even more fun (challenging) would be composing for the randomly-generated-genre using the genre two steps above... as in: 'Romance Action'... and make it work!. Ha ha! Cheers.

I love the pheasant in the garden right outside the window

Guy you're just an amazing person AND composer. Thank you for the inspiration and brightness of your personality!

This was fun to watch! I must also say that you Guy really inspire me to try new genres!

Thank you for sharing your workflow. I'm an electronic music guy and never worked with film scoring, but very interested in learning the process.

Whenever I have bad day I watch your videos. Your energetic positivy just makes all my stress go away. Thank you! :)

Guy do you edit your videos too? I lost it laughing when we all got zoomed into the bird outside. Relayed it several times. Great work! Thanks for entertaining us.

I just recently finished your composer blueprints training course and i have to admit... for some reason action music seems to be the style i have the hardest time with!! this is my... idk 7th time watching this video. love your channel and definitely loved the course! 100% recommended, i just need to sit down and figure out this whole action music thing that keeps going over my head for some reason (for a pretty straight forward thing i cant seem to get a hold of it)

So lovely, Thank you endlessly!

This is SO interesting and entertaining - love it!

great as always!! im really glad that i found your channel some time ago!!

What a personality and fun channel to watch. Keep it up!

I've only watched a couple of these and I make completely different music but these always inspire me like crazy! Thank you, you awesome Guy. lol

Love your energy. Great stuff.

Wow. Thank you so much for this🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🔱

Brilliant Chanel ! Thank You Guy !

2nd Comment (after I regained my composure :-)... This is why I watch this channel over and over and over again... "Action" is so... well, BOG standard. However, Guy begins with 'bog standard' stuff, doesn't like it and goes that extra step to make it unique. Great inspiration (for me at least). I try and create at least 1 or 2 'sketches' per-week... just 'junk' ideas that I lay out. This video has helped me take something that I created that was 'bog standard' and I feel, it stepped it up a bit because of Guy's way of thinking. Love this channel. Thank you Guy! (EDIT) Would be interested to see how this works out when the mix is balanced and complete. To me, it has some potential.

What a marvelous film. You are very easy to listen to and demonstrate what you are doing.

Many Thanks! your videos are always interesting & educational, even though I do this for a living.

Really cool to watch your process

This is awesome ...thanks Guy really enjoyed this 👏💥🎧

Video was a blast. Great job.

I really like Guy's inthusiasm aside from his editing skills. This "guy" is amazing

You are just so informative and incredibly fun to watch 👍👍

LOVED IT

Hi Guy, I am a newbee commentator and subscriber, just want to say I love watching you create stuff..I was going to humbly ask you to to a video on utilizing tempo changes for scene changes..Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and experiance

Very useful video. Thanks.

We, enter 25 seconds into the video and find out this amazing teacher has more energy than any sportsman XD I love it, this doesn't let me get bored :)

Absolutely fantastic, inspiring and entertaining, definitely getting myself your course for Christmas, can’t wait to get stuck in😄

Thank you Guy.

Very interesting and fun to watch this! 🤔🎶👌👏

The master, such great fun.

I subscribed and loved your videos keep it up man

Nice job!

Thanks for the constant source of inspiration and education.

Guy, your videos are so insightful and inspirational. Would love to see more challenge vids like the writing in a car wash vid, that was golden!

Really impressive good stuff: it is a pleasure to look at you during the creating process: total inspiration: every time I look a video from you I want to sit to my DAW and start composing right away! :-)

You're a LEGEND Guy! I enjoyed this one too big time :D

Thanks, uncle Guy.. you are so inspiring, and so fun.. :)

I love this notification when I know you upload a new video

Enjoyed that mate

I love your channel and have taken some of your courses but would like to see how you spot a film and add markers , hit points etc, and do tempo changes etc to fit picture etc. thanks!

I'm a new subscriber, and I was looking for inspiration. You have inspired me. Thank you.

I rewatched this vid and had an enjoyable and Pheasant time.

I get giddy whenever I see a new video on this channel

Very good work and the Sound was great

Thank you again!. Your channel is very inspiring! Oh, and diner walked by at some point during the video :P

U-He Repro 1 is an amazing plugins!! Thanks for your videos!! always TOP!!

Just found you, will spread the word! Great stuff & thank you!

straight up heat my boy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Really interesting to watch this. If you ever need overdubbed real strings then get in touch, loving your videos

I never really thought of it this way, but you're correct--action cues DO always have an ostinato. Think of how many ideas could be 'borrowed' from classical composers. (Your ostinato reminds me of Shostakovich for some reason...)

Should consider a membership plan. Not sure what all that entails with RU-vid but I'd sign up for it.

For months now i've been seeing and hearing your work. I enjoy it every time. Can't wait for the next piece. Just out of curiosity: do you have a video where you show all the equipment that's on your desk to make these videos?