I’ve had to play that celesta part a couple times with an orchestra and I can confirm that it is a nightmare to pull off right even on a celesta, nevermind the voice
what on EARTH?! this just popped up in my recommendation and I absolutely cant believe my ears?! I have NEVER seen anything like this. All the little accents and violin runs were just spot on. Literally watched this for 5 minutes in awe with my mouth wide open. Please please go viral dude, you really deserve the recognition. Freaking phenomenal wtf
As a violinist the violin part is hilariously extremely accurate that looks extremely hard putting that all together. Bravo! Edit: while watching I was looking forward to how you were going to do the violin parts. It came out very good. First video I've watched by you definitely subbing.
That violin part is horrible string writing. It's not just predictable diatonic or chromatic scales that you practice everyday. It keeps on changing between runs with random, unexpected accidentals and broken/chords that don't fit in comfortably in a single position and then has some quick trills just to trip you up even more. Definitely was not written by a violinist. The worst thing is that is it usually comes up in a pops programme where you might be lucky to run through a piece twice in rehearsals. Definitely a case of fake it until you make it.
@@maniamuse1319 Those are some bold words when speaking about John Williams, otherwise generally concidered among the greatest composers in the history of cinema.
@@fiskfisk33 I didn't say that he was a bad composer, I just said as a violinist with 30 years of experience that it is horrible string writing. Rimsky-Korsakov who wrote the book on orchestration would probably agree. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a bit of sampled strings layered over the top of that cue in reality. To be fair John Williams isn't usually responsible for writing every single note played by every single instrument in the orchestra that you hear in a 'John Williams' score. He sketches parts and musical events/timings at the piano on 2-6 staves which get passed to a team of assistants/copyists though in the later part of his career those copyists turned more into arrangers and orchestrators in their own right working from a John Williams 'style guide' to some extent.
@@maniamuse1319Williams writes sixteen line sketches including almost all of the orchestration and detail. In recent years, these have gone straight to the copyists with no need for the intervention of an orchestrator (although he does on occasion use Bill Ross if required). The 'team of assistants/copyists turning into arrangers and orchestrators' is nonsense.
Same, the violin in this theme is notoriously insane. Which I believe is completely intentional. Not being predictable and a bit random, gives it that mysterious, illusive and haphazard quality that this kind of quirky magic needs. Naturally that comes at a cost to the players, but John Williams was willing for them to pay that ;p
I liked the part where he sang “Pam”. No, in all seriousness, this was absolutely phenomenally done and we all probably can’t remotely guesstimate the amount of work you’ve put into this. Hedwig’s theme might just be my favourite filmtheme and it is so recognisable. I don’t comment often but I just wanted to let you know I really loved it and that you did incredibly well.
0:50 Oh my god the jumping he had to do to get those top voices right, with the pitch is insane, having done a cappella myself, I have MAD respect for the amount of time this took... not to mention the editing!
Though, he does state that he sometimes pitch-shifts his voice to match the orchestra's range But yeah, this is still amazing and puts pain on my vocal chords just by listening to it lol (sorry that this is 2 years late)
Matthew, you are awesome. Not only do I appreciate the effort you've put in, but you've given me an understanding and appreciation for John Williams' music and orchestration with all of your videos.Thanks :-)
This is just an insane amount of time and effort. Most people with this much talent don't have the patience to follow through to the end of a project like this. Well done.
as someone who has worked on things like this i can feel myself going crazy just listening to this and imagining the time it must've taken. Great job and i hope you're proud of it, sounds amazing!
Actually a lot, John Williams is one of the first to be this elaborate in soundtracks but he mostly keeps to a classic orchestra setting while a lot of younger composers are much more experimental in the instruments (and quantity of those, John powell used 12 horns for how to train your dragon) they use
im a guy who is also descant in choir, and YOUR VOCAL RANGE!??!? OMG those were some of the most INTENSE goosebumps and chills i have ever had! EVERY SINGLE POTTER HEAD NEEDS TO SEE THISSS!!!
I started to watch this and thought how funny it was, then all of a sudden the technical side of it hit me smack in the face, then it wasn't so funny anymore. This is Totally Brilliant. Very well done fella!!
Absolutely phenomenal! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 You deserve so much more credit for this; it's not just the amounts of work that's gone into it, it's the quality of it that's so impressive! The dynamics are incredible, as too are all the levels of the intricate harmonies. Bravo 🙌🏼
Great as always, we now only need to clone you 100 times to make a choir for Williams, and maybe clone Williams too he may not be still there by the time the clones are ready May I suggest the theme from Obi-Wan, Williams' last work, as your next undertaking?
Jeez these violins runs tho, absolute nightmare. Props to you man, I would have quit after reading the celesta and violin parts of the first theme lmao
i realised my jaw was on the damn floor when the video ended. seriously, sir i...... this is incredible. and i thought i was good at hearing the background instruments lol
I’m so glad I came across this as I am currently in Lavenham,Suffolk in the UK and I am staying in the Angel inn just down the road from the De vere house where Harry and Hermoine were seen in the Deathly Hallows part 1 visiting his parents house where they were slain by Voldemort.
