How Trailer Music Tricks You 

Clearly the real message here is that Kylo Ren is actually three Ewoks standing on top of each other, in a human skinsuit.

Trailer: Badass theme plays when hero is being a badass Movie: silence

"Kylo Ren is gonna lead a death cult of Ewoks." That genuinely would have been better than what we got.

I’ll take a shot every time Rey jumps over Ren’s ship in this video.

Detective Pikachu did really trick me with the 'i need a hero' music.

I remember when I saw the trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp and I thought the music was pretty good so I looked into it and found out it was a song called "Ants Invasion" by Adam and the Ants. Pure genius.

“Kylo Ren is gonna lead a death cult of Ewoks” Oh no, he figured it out.

But how do you explain Gangster's Paradise in the Sonic trailer.

“The music is the last thing that happens” Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer: *are you sure about that*

“Kylo Ren is going to lead a death cult of Ewoks” Me: *Laughs like Sideous throwing chairs as Yoda*

Every piece of 'music' in trailers is just *BWOOOONG* ... *BWOOOONG*

2:43 - Kylo Ren leads a death cult of Ewoks Actual movie - Kylo Ren "dies" (from a certain point of view) on a moon of Endor. This video had it right the whole time, but covered it in a joke!

Age of ultron trailer score was briliant. Ultron was a computer program bound by wires and cables (strings) and then he got his own body, just like pinochio- so no more strings.

UK - licence US - license Video mash up - liscence

2:17 It's also the Frozen 2 "Secret Siren" call. This theme can be found in nearly every cinematic creation. It's like the Swiss Army Knife of musical phrases.

literally no one: Sideways: "Leitmotifs"

If that Death Cult of Ewoks doesn't show up in SW IX, imma be salty now

I got it! Bohemian Rhapsody: A Non-chorus multiple genre piece of music which was complied together. Suicide Squad: A hodgepodge of clips and a mess of movie!

Hey Sideways, thanks for the shoutout! Always been a huge fan of your channel, and this was a great breakdown of trailer music.

Nobody: Kylo ren is going to lead a team of evil ewoks

Two Steps From Hell is actually an amazing group. Several of their compositions have made it to the Mass Effect trilogy cinematic trailers. They produce some high quality stuff.

What happened to trailer music? The Epic Aggressive Modern Hybrid-Orchestral genre happened.

I’m pretty sure it was Leia’s theme.. when the trailer used it, I took it as a tribute to Carrie Fisher being in the series still. Certainly not Luke’s theme though.

That "To the Stars" song from _Dragonheart_ has also been reused a lot, but I can't think of a specific example. I also distinctly remember a trailer for _I, Robot_ which used the song from _The Matrix Revolutions_ when Neo fights Smith in the rain. There's also that "Adagio in D Minor" song from _Sunshine_ which has been used a lot, most recently in _Wonder Woman 1984._ "On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter has appeared in a few movies, including _Arrival_ and _Shutter Island._ One of the trailers for _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_ used "Requiem for a Dream" which was, of course, composed for the movie _Requiem for a Dream._

All I can say is: Heart of Courage. It's everywhere.

Sooo... Why did Paramount use Gangsters Paradise on Sonic the Hedgehog?

The Ultron one didn't make me think "Disney owns Marvel Studios." It made me think "Robot/puppet breaking away from it's master."

With the lord of the rings, Howard Shore had to write and compose music to an incomplete movie. Scenes hadn't even been filmed yet and he had already written scores, hoping they'd tie in okay. It turned out to be a masterpiece.

"I have the Jedi in sight" "You may fire when ready, Tie Pilot" "Oooor I could run her over"

A great example of License Music would be Immigrant Song in Thor: Ragnarok's trailer.

You know that this is Leia's Theme right?

Movies: Music comes last. Supergiant Games: Lets write the music in pre-alpha.

Trailer was better than the movie, an increasingly recurring theme in modern cinema.

THIS is how much music affects your experience. I was following along listening to you explain this stuff until... 3:14 hits and so do the feels.

"It's also kind of the Ewok theme." *Proceeds to play a single note held for like, 4 seconds*

Honestly Two Steps from Hell and Full Tilt are some of my favorite artists, and they do entirely trailer music!

Holy shit, the University I applied to last week used Renegade in its student work reel

Was wearing headphones when dies irae came on Thought oh the satanic cult one floor above is starting early today

"You see the music for a movie is that last thing to happen" Christopher Nolan: Hold my Hans Zimmer

Two Steps from Hell’s stuff from their album Invincible was everywhere in the early 2010s. Made me think I was going crazy when I was 12 cuz nobody else seemed to notice

It's like with fan music videos. When I discover a new song through one of these, I will forever associate them with the franchise which was the video for.

2019: 'every other week or so there's some new trailer that takes week by storm.' 2021: I kind of miss that ngl

I think Leia's theme was a perfectly appropriate choice for the star wars trailer

I can explain the use of Hurt in Logan's trailer. Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt was recorded relatively close to his death, and many believe his version of the song is reflective of his own life given the song's subject matter. Many, myself included, believed the song was basically spoiling the movie by saying SPOILER ALERT Wolvie dies in this movie after some self reflection. EDIT: Also, why no mention that time Warner Bros. used a portion of The Bridge of Khazad Dum from Lord of the Rings for the trailer of Man of Steel? I remember people making a big deal about it when the trailer dropped.

Something I just noticed, but why does Kylo Ren’s light saber sometimes work like a sword, but other times like a baseball bat? On the trailer, he strikes a guy with his saber, but it like picks the victim up instead of cutting straight through him.

Anyone remember that Man Of Steel teaser with the Gandalf death music?

Video: Did anybody else hear the new Star Wars trailer? [plays trailer] Me: That wasn't the music on the trailer. Video: BUT THIS WASN'T THE ACTUAL TRAILER MUSIC!

I spent years exclaiming “It’s that song they use in all the trailers! No I don’t know which ones, just... trailers!” to bewildered friends and family before I finally decided to track down My Name is Lincoln. I was on the edge of my seat hoping you’d mention it! And incidentally, I’m pretty sure the main reason it keeps getting used is because it slaps.

Haha remember when we were excited for The Rise of Skywalker 😂😂😭😭

My dad was watching “On Her Majesties Secret Service” and my first thought was “the theme sounds exactly like The Incredibles”

Here's the conversation that happened, so people stop theorizing reasons: "Hey, we want to use Leia's theme somewhere in the trailer" "Cool, but it's kind of a love theme and we don't have any lovey-dovey bits in this one" "Can you make it sound more epic?" "Sure man" "Sweet, thanks"

I literally get goosebumps EVERY TIME I hear the Avengers Endgame Theme

another good example of #4 is when DC used the Gandalf's Death soundtrack from Fellowship of the Ring in one of the trailers for Man of Steel

You're forgetting the sixth way to score a movie trailer: just do a bunch of scary or ambient sounds like the 1979 Alien trailer, or no music and just foley sounds (this might count as scoring your own trailer but whatever).

Clint Mansell's Lux Aeterna from "Requiem for a Dream". & John Murphy's Adagio in D Minor from "Sunshine". I've heard in so many trailers.

This whole video just reminds me of that video that's like "if Harry Potter was a teen comedy" and they've edited a lot of the school scenes together with a pop punk track playing underneath 😂

This tactic is also used in pop music. Some songs use the first measure of an older song to get people's attention. For example, Pitbull's "Feel this Moment" uses an iconic tune from a-ha's "Take on me" about 30 seconds into it.

Did anyone else immediately notice that he was playing an edited version of the trailer?

This trailer was very clearly a tribute to Leia/ Carrie Fisher. I'm not sure using this trailer to get your point across was a good idea. Could have easily used sonic the hedgehog or something that makes more sense.

Title: how trailer music tricks you What i hear: STAR WARS STAR WARS

As a trailer music composer i can say: It´s all about being creative and doing stuff that kinda noone heard before. (Sorry for my english) First of all trailers are composed and produced a bit differently than movie scores because you have to follow a structure most of the time. You have to know where to place edit points for the editor so he can change and combine the cue with other SFX or tracks. Moreover the music has to be massive but simple in many cases so there´s a place for dialogue on top of it which isn´t always that important in music for films. Another thing is that the trailer genre is a huge thing itself. Many people watch trailers nowadays because they enjoy them as much as watching a movie. Every production studio wants to create something special and new to entertain and build up a hype. if they just take the music as it is from the movies it wouldn´t fit, it wouldn´t be so polished and massive with all those fx and it wouldn´t deliver such a hype. I´m not saying trailer music is better than movie scores but it´s the same with cars: You can drive with a twingo through a desert but it makes more sense to use an offroad vehicle. If trailer music would be used in movies you´d get a headache after an hour because of all the impact sounds, booms, hits, swooshes etc. Another point is "time": composers who get a so called "custom job" for creating music for a movie studio only have a very small amount of time for creating a new cue/cover/remix. I was involved in a pitch for (i´m not allowed to say it yet hehe) but i had only 24 hours to create a cue. Sometimes it´s just 12 or even 8h. And i´m talking about composing AND mixing AND mastering. Then those supervisors compare it with other cues which are written in parallel by other composers and if you´re lucky enough they will take your version. I think because of the time pressure noone has that much time to think about every single note in a composition. You don´t even write while you watch the trailer. They ask for music and THEN edit the clips over your music. But all in all everything that just sounds great, massive and new will be used, no matter if its musically correct or not. I hope i could give you an additional insight into trailer music :) Hope you all have a great start into the week! Andy

Michael Giacchino wrote the best Bond music that wasn't in a bond film.

Leia’s theme is the classic heart string of Star Wars

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Far From Home trailer after you ranted on Twitter about how great it was.

I saw the Godzilla trailer with Clair de Lune and it gave me teary eyes. I hate it for it cuz I know what they're doing too, even at the time.

As a trailer composer, I can attest that most (if not all) of these re-uses of production music are strictly due to convenience. Trailers usually need music within 2-3 days, so hiring a custom score from a composer is extremely risky and far more expensive than licensing a production track that the editors can cut directly to. I’ve seen a handful of my production tracks used across hundreds of projects, often completely unrelated (trailers, TV commercials, RU-vid videos, etc). The film industry operates at a breakneck speed, so music for films & trailers follows suit!

The music is literally leia's theme and they used it because Carrie Fisher passed away Edit: thanks for the likes it's the most I've ever got

Two Steps From Hell has perhaps some of my favorite epic music, including moving mountains at 11:00 Audiomachine is good too, but Two Steps From Hell is better, creating stories with music. Even if it is just production music, it's damn good music.

Days of Future Past had a tremendous example of licensed music; super effective and evocative.

I mean, they play Princess Leia’s theme because this is the last movie that Carrie Fisher will ever star in and is trying to make you sad that she is dead. The Force Awakens used the force theme because...do I need to explain this? So overall, I think that the marketing people did a half decent job of coordinating the music.

'Sounds like kilo ren is going to lead a death cult of ewoks' Now that's a movie idea

"he wrote the music but didnt arrange it" Holst wrote the music, and Williams rearranged it ;p

So good to see such a high quality channel on music and audio production. Give them all of the secrets. You're changing the game dawg

Yep, the OG force theme is far better Definitely no bias as a horn player

I binged all ur videos and now I can instantly recognise every leitmotif in Star Wars. I feel much more educated

- Run! It's Gozilla - It looks like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws is not - Still we should run like it is Gozilla! - But it isn't (I dunno why I thought about that scene by the end of this video)

What about the requiem for a dream theme? Been used in trailers so many times

I freaking love "my name is Lincoln." I randomly found it one day going through spodify because I like sound tracks by steven jablonski and then when I randomly heard it in the avatar trailer and I was so confused because I knew for a fact he didn't score avatar. This video cleared up a lot of confusion for me. I learned something new.

The thumbnail looked to me like Rey was getting pierced by one of the wings of the star fighter. 😂😂

I demand that "Kylo Ren will lead a death cult of ewoks" become a meme!

I always thought that "The Island", while not the best movie, was very much underrated.

Leia's Theme is my favorite in all of Star Wars, and one of my favorite pieces of music of all time. For me it defines what music is and should be.

leia's theme is by far my favorite theme throughout the whole star wars franchise. i loved how its main leia leitmotif evolved into the love theme in the empire strikes back, and i straight up sobbed when i heard it in the end theme of the last jedi. thats how much i treasure it, but by gosh, i dont understand why it keeps on being used against ships flying about, etc. one can argue that this literally just represents the cause leia believed in -- the resistance, and the rebellion -- but honestly, i just don't want the theme to be associated with anything other than leia. so i guess that ends my rant

"Doesn't sound like the maestro himself..." Maybe because this version is more of a remix or tribute to John Williams' original, scored by a guy named Samuel Kim (google him - great stuff)

I think the first time I noticed (or at least really took note of) the use of other films' scores in trailers started with Man of Steel. using the death of Gandalf in it's first teasers. The last few eventually used the movie's own theme but that initial pick always fascinated me. And then it kinda happened in reverse with the trailer to Days of Future Past. My girlfreind at the time recognized the first half as the theme from Sunshine, and then a couple years later heard the other half in Thin Red Line. And for some reason Legend of Tarzan using Axios from Halo: Forward Unto Dawn always sticks in my memory too. It's a strange and fascinating strategy that I've tried to take note of over the years. Also does anyone else remember back when a bunch of trailers and almost EVERY SINGLE fake trailer on RU-vid used Lux Aeterna from Requiem for a Dream?

"Liked 'Requiem for a Dream'? Then you'll love... 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' and Danny Boyle's 'Sunshine'! They're all evoke the same feelings!"

Ah, 2019. The last year we were able to watch movies at theatres.

I could’ve sworn that was Leia’s theme. It would make sense as a tribute. Also, skulls for the Skull Throne?

Title: you’re being tricked Sideways: actually music is very intentionally picked

"new trailer" in 2020 this is a myth

Teacher: what’s your favorite movie? Me: Army Of Darkness Teacher: what’s that? Me: a masterpiece

"Kylo Ren is going to lead a death cult of Ewoks". It's a better story than The Last Jedi, at least.

6:54 "Sounds an awful lot like Sad But True by Metallica but isn't" *literally plays Sad But True with one note changed*

That music at the end is from a new hope when Luke finds aunt beru’s and uncle owen’s corpses

This is Leila’s theme my guy... there’s absolutely nothing wrong with this masterpiece

I’m going to miss going to the theatre every Christmas to watch a Star Wars movie whether it’s a sequel or not

Elysium from Gladiator is also used in a lot of trailers. Also, that Island track is played when all the clones escape at the end of the film.

I always loved that original haunting trailer music for Star Wars @15:00. Also LOVE the big epic music for the new Star Wars movies. Would give me chills when they first released.

"Its gonna remind audiences of past films, and hopefully remind them of why they like the franchise in the first place" and them crush all of those fellings in three movie length torture sessions

"Because I'm that kind of nerd" Same.