Loki - TVA/Title Theme║Reorchestration & MIDI Mockup

An all-by-ear transcription, reorchestration and MIDI mockup of the Title Theme to Marvel Studio's new series - Loki. It was originally composed by Natalie Holt, and therefore all rights go to her, Marvel Studios and to Disney.
This theme is INCREDIBLE - overdramatic to the maximum and yet with an element of subtlety, mystery and the unknown, it so perfectly captures the essence of the entire series; from Loki's character himself, burdened with glorious purpose, to hints of the TVA and all the madness that is the Multiverse. A combo of orchestral and electronic elements interleaved with the rhythmic, percussive ticking of clocks, and interweaved with Norse instruments and even a theremin! Such amazing instrumentation choice! As with my obsession with the theme to His Dark Materials, I was captivated from the moment I heard it, and replayed the end of the episode probably about 50 times before instantly getting to work transcribing a MIDI mockup. I got about 60% done in the first night and then spent the next day polishing - and voilà! Not a bad effort for 2 days I think.
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[@krrangarajan5391]

The Theremin just takes it to a whole new Level

[@trauma54]

This is one of the best title music I have ever heard

[@dj808ceo]

Man it's straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥......this is the next theme song I'm sampling!!!!!!

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Same here

[@gtgfilms6583]

Sorry what he ment to say was This IS the best theme music

[@subhaanneperera8397]

Mate, this is fantastic, you're bloody talented. Subscribed

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Thank you so much!

[@gtgfilms6583]

Holy crap this is amazing!!! And PLEASE put this on Spotify, I would love to hear it there

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Thank you so much! I've been looking into putting a few of my covers on Spotify as of late - it's a little bit finicky and tricky to navigate with the licensing side of things, but is definitely possible! Will hopefully have an update on this soon.

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

@GTG Films It's been a while I know, but I can finally give that update! I finally managed to secure the proper license and and publish this arrangement to Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/0NnmZBjnQSYPRBWdeF0bYB

[@friedkiwiis]

1:08 is fucking awesome

[@m.g.9468]

I. ENDED. THE. MULTIVERSAL. WAR.

[@MaltyCrab]

yooooooooooooooooooo

[@HariharanVenkatesan]

At what time signature this OST is?

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

From what I can tell, it seems to be a mixture of predominantly 6/8 with some 3/4 sections alternating, although just using 3/4 for the whole piece would most likely work just as well too.

[@killzone1401]

This sounds amazing, I absolutely love the Loki theme, it’s already the best Disney+ show.

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Thank you! I absolutely agree - one episode in, and I'm hooked already haha. Super excited to see where the series goes!

[@CharlieDraper]

Wow! You really nailed this transcription. Great work!

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Thank you so much Charlie! That really means a lot. I've been loving your theremin playing on the soundtrack - so beautifully haunting!

[@sinenominenilh2223]

I knew there was a theremin in the sountrack

[@Alternatestories]

Conker the King... sounds like that song : kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3S2nXuufseLjaM

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Fun Fact! The composer of Loki's soundtrack, Natalie Ann Holt, actually stated that the soundtrack to a Clockwork Orange was a major inspiration for her when looking at directions to take the score. Interestingly enough, a piece called the Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by an old English composer called Henry Purcell was arranged by Clockwork Orange composer Wendy Carlos to play over the first scene of the film and become the 'Clockwork Orange theme'. This scene and film in general, became something of cinema legend (especially as the film was directed by Stanley Kubrick) and almost 30 years later, the devs who made Conker at Rare and who had watched this film, decided to include it in the long list of spoofs included in the game, ending up choosing that exact same first scene of the film. The composer of the Conker, Robin Beanland, then had to arrange Wendy Carlos's arrangement of the piece. Hence why Loki's soundtrack sounds so similar to Conker the King - there's a kind of crazy connection between them, all because of a Clockwork Orange! Pretty neat, huh?

[@musicyak3471]

Constructive Criticism: The high string hits in the beginning are too distracting, also the beginning half could use more bass. also the melodic synth wave is just my favorite we need it louder! But this is just my opinion lol

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

I appreciate this very much! I definitely 100% agree the mix is not the greatest (I was rushing to finish this to a self imposed deadline, haha). I do plan to distribute a few of my covers at some point, and this is definitely top of the list to go back and fix up - this will be extremely helpful, thank you!

[@musicyak3471]

@@MatthewNewsomeComposer Thanks!!

[@raven3067]

*Glorious Purpose*

[@ArcadiaBaySurfer]

This is genuis

[@paulanonuevo5678]

This is freaking dope to my ears... dear god... it's glorious!!!

[@vanessaedwards5379]

J-Squad need to do a remix on this🔥🔥🔥

[@CelestialxPanda]

Bro we want the tva campus ost

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

I'll see what I can do! Would you happen to know of an exact time/point it begins playing in the episode?

[@CelestialxPanda]

@@MatthewNewsomeComposer yes! The point where loki says " I thought there was no magic here"... and starts admiring the view. Il find the time stamp and edit this comment soon.

[@gianmarcor332]

@@MatthewNewsomeComposer 18:40 Ep1

[@CelestialxPanda]

No way.... It's spot on. Excellent bro! Your a genius. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@dawidwandtke6952]

Yeah now 6h version with this ticking letters LOKI and you won KZbin for me

[@breeze3126]

The theremin is so spot on, nice 👍

[@Coppershore]

If you dont mind me asking, what libraries and VSTS did you use for this?

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

I don't mind at all! Percussion, strings and brass are from EastWest Hollywood Platinum, Impact Soundwork's Furia Staccatos, Performance Sample's Vista Legato Strings and Caspian Brass, as well as some overdubs from Spitfire Audio's Epic Brass, Strings, Percussion, Drumline, quite a few LABS Instruments as well as some live recorded strings and brass and a few custom samples. The theremin is from SoundIron's Theremin+, the synths and background electronic risers a mix of the stock ones in Logic, a few live-recorded from my collection and also some from LABS and Spitfire Audio's Henrietta Smith Rolla - Spectrum.

[@AmusementVision]

He went full Ufo at 0:58

[@YourManAlexSmith]

You're the fucking coolest man ^_^

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

OH MY GOD I only JUST got notified about this - but I must say that you are also the fucking coolest also!

[@OnlyforNintendo]

hey bro, this have copyright?

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Hi there! Its not entirely copyright free. I can't 100% guarantee that my covers are safe to use in videos or on streams - while I personally have no issue with anyone using the music, since I am not the sole copyright holder of my cover songs, you may be subject to copyright flags by the original rightsholders of the compositions. This is especially so with my MIDI Mock-ups, as I often manage to get them sounding so close, they are mistaken for the original songs. That being said though, many people have used my music for content in the past and have not received any sort of copyright flag. If you choose to use my music with the understanding of what I've listed above, I'd greatly appreciate crediting my name as well as the name of the original composer of the piece.

[@sharonpriyanka8730]

Wow this is INCREDIBLE!🤯 Amazing work!✨🙌

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Thank you so much!!!

[@VictorNoriegaDetective]

Epic soundtrack

[@Metal_Machine18]

Glorious 😌

[@CelestialxPanda]

You re composed this??? :o

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

I sure did! While not the original composer for the series (that would be Natalie Ann Holt), I work as as a composer and audio engineer by trade and do these reorchestrations and MIDI mock-ups on the side when not working on other projects to sharpen my transcription, orchestration and arrangement skills.

[@moisesruzolmedo930]

Mate this should have more views... you did an absolutely amazing work!

[@ChallengerNetwork]

How does this not have more views? It's an incredible cover!

[@crAzytitAn4741]

This is outstanding. Hats off to you. Like, I don't even have words. I subscribed to your channel JUST because of this.

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Thank you!

[@nikmay1696]

Loki is amazing, his theme is amazing and your cover is amazing

[@Meatloaf_TV]

Fantastic video this sounds amazing

[@simeonlee3207]

beyond impressed!! reading the description made me even more so - two days by ear…wow. The instrumentation, mixing, video editing, it’s all so perfect :D and your detailed replies to people in the comments with questions is icing on the cake. Looking forward to more videos from you :)

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Thank you so very much for your kind words and support simeon! I'm glad you enjoyed! : )

[@skty1]

damn bro you nailed it great job

[@starclone4]

Absolutely Cool !!!!

[@bieomends]

Amazing!

[@Meatloaf_TV]

Can u pls do the dr for theme from westworld or another westworld theme they are great

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Funny you should say that! I've had a cover of the Westworld theme in the works for a little while - it's probably about 80% done at this point so not too much more to do. Hopefully will be out in the near future :)

[@Meatloaf_TV]

@@MatthewNewsomeComposer awesome cant wait to see it

[@subhaanneperera8397]

Mate, have you watched ep. 2? The end credits theme there is also fire

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

Hey! I've not got around to watching ep.2 yet, but I'll give it a listen now!

[@subhaanneperera8397]

@@MatthewNewsomeComposer don't hurry yourself on my behalf! Take your time and enjoy the episode, I thought it was a ripper. Some truly awesome violin (Hardanger?) at the climax.

[@jafilly]

I would love to have the midi file for this!!! This is awesome!!

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

I'll try and organise/compact the session down and see what I can do for you! Watch this space

[@jafilly]

@@MatthewNewsomeComposer thanks... I'll gladly compensate you for the efforts

[@MatthewNewsomeComposer]

​@@jafilly Sorry about the delay! But here is it: drive.google.com/file/d/1f2bpKflOHX6jTqkHiDn0ly0ddtvCEuw_/view?usp=sharing I've cleaned up and compacted the session down as much as possible as well as named each MIDI track corresponding to the instrument and it's precise articulation needed. A couple of the string tracks might be a bit out of time as they were played on legato patches with delays built in, but shouldn't take too much to correct. Hope you enjoy!

[@mukulrstar]

FOR ALL TIME. ALWAYS.