Mad Max Guitars For Doof [Studio Time: S1E5]

In this tutorial I talk about the guitar sounds in Mad Max Fury Road. Forever connected to the Doof. I talk about the actual guitars I used, the petals, and amps. Plus how I used multiple layers of guitars with the help of Cubase. I also share the actual guitar play up close. Enjoy!
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[@Mister_Kourkoutas]

In a world filled with rust, one man dared to be *METAL!!*

[@kilioakenshield1164]

SinDawg030 lol

[@thunderstallion]

U IS GOIN TO VALHALLA FOR THIS COMMENT!!!

[@Sir_Bucket]

WITNEEEEEEEESSSS

[@TheKaiTetley]

SinDawg030. Clever

[@ProdbyJORJ.]

You get a Oscar for that comment , METAL all day!

[@ricardomartoccia584]

Awesome video explaining the guitar sounds in such an epic movie! Some highlights! 6:08 Example riffs 10:17 Doof Warrior's theme (My favorite!) 13:29 Palm muting technique 15:13 Example of Max and Doof Warrior fighting riffs

[@steveaustin3580]

thank you

[@andrewmajor5837]

I love your favorite too !!, :)

[@DamyHaoo]

I give you a like sir

[@cloud4565]

Ricardo Martoccia thanks

[@mileslange5797]

I alwase wanted to learn how to play these songs. Awesome stuff. One of the reasons I started playing guitar.

[@MercSLRFan]

You will ride forever in Valhalla, shiny and chrome!

[@Dhakadice]

May there be an abundance of aqua cola at the mcfeast of the gods!

[@Sir_Bucket]

MEDIOCAAAAR

[@captianfoxyhyenaslayer7502]

🤩🤩🤩🤩IM GONNA DO IT IM GONNA MAKE IMMORTAN JOE PRO-(chain catches on to rig) NOOOOOOO MY GLORYYYYYY😭😭😭😭

[@Tofupancho]

V8! V8! V8! V8! V8!

[@logicalfallacy234]

Right when I heard the huge, sludgy guitar riffs in this soundtrack, I immediately thought of those stoner sludge rock bands, stuff like Neurosis, QOTSA, Kyuss, Audioslave, Soundgarden, Tool, Melvins, Mastadon.This soundtrack is easily just as heavy as any of those bands, and I love it. Its also cool to see that Tom knows how those guys record those huge guitars: tuning your guitar to Drop C or lower, getting a nice big tube amp and setting it to 11, and then getting a nice overdrive and a nice boost pedal to push the amp even harder. Extra points for using an SG and Les Paul.

[@white0devil0]

Mad Max Fury Road was actually a heavy metal album that was transformed into a movie.

[@Derke73]

I'm not usually a big fan of bombastic scores, but the "Fury Road" score was absolutely brilliant and 100% appropriate. I love how he took a handful of very simple melodies and did tons of variations on them in many styles - everything from an ominous, electronic John Carpenter style to hard metal Brad Feidel action style.

[@danieljones361]

WITNESS!

[@danibrown5440]

Daniel Jones witneeeeeeesssssssss

[@Joehand87]

Daniel Jones LMAO YESSS!!!

[@triniwarrior16]

Daniel Jones i GOT HIS BOOT!

[@Red0543]

Daniel Jones WITNESS!

[@espp1973]

Daniel Jones Witness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

[@itlsofficial]

Undoubtedly one of the most unique and awesome characters in movie history... definitely memorable and the guitar parts are just as awesome, great job, sir!

[@swish007]

I like his modesty. Guitar players can be incredibly judgemental of others and I'm sure many d-bags would laugh at his technique. But this sound and technique are PERFECT for what they are for. These are spray-paint huffing lunatics and the sloppy, huge and mean sounding riffs make complete sense. If there was some dude with perfect technique doing insane metal scales up there I wouldn't buy it. Just me. (And to be clear I don't think he's a bad player at all.. He sounds like me which I'm big enough to admit that's not saying much hah. But of course he has a job making music for awesome movies so that says a lot)

[@MrShadowofthewind]

Real guitar players are not judgemental towards other players, the ones you speak of are wannabees !

[@TheKaiTetley]

SirWickenshire. Dude!

[@zachary963]

I actually like his technique. I mean, he’s not gonna play with Satch or Steve Vai anytime soon, but there’s just something so satisfying about massive downtuned power chords played sloppy. They just sound so much more fierce

[@nickbuckley4371]

@@zachary963 it sounds meaner agreed

[@fuzzywuzzy1355]

I love the "middle finger" right hand picking technique. I'm going to have to adopt it now.

[@Jemsy_]

I can't be the only one who thinks that shirt looks comfy as fuck.

[@Your_President_Kanye_East]

Almost all the Dutch people I've met speak really good English. I mean, even people working cash registers at supermarkets. The Netherlands, I salute your education system!

[@chefpaul7518]

This guy plays the guitar and flicks you off at the same time.

[@yussofross1417]

Chef Paul They only thing that was going through my head.

[@MrSFblack]

Kirk Hammett has been doing it for years, it's just how some players get their sound.

[@unknowngaming1432]

@@MrSFblack exactly. I cant play like that or the "correct way" but i play similarly to James's style.

[@Person-cv9dj]

Chef Paul he is kirk hammett

[@craigmoran893]

I would like to personally thank you for the music in Mad Max: Fury Road.

[@bigmaz4002]

I love stoner, I love SGs, I love Orange Amps, and I love mad max. I didn't know any of this and It is gnarly as fuck.

[@camhanvy9454]

Amen! Or however you wanna grace it.

[@nickbuckley4371]

I didn’t believe the soundtrack was that good it’s beyond awesome

[@breno6829]

why this is not on bluray as an extra??

[@MultiTheLosers]

beause it came out after the bluray release

[@skupinahviezda]

Because barely anyone cares for the real deal. However, these average folks will never get to Valhalla.

[@giant3dorangutanmodel89]

my favourite scene in the film is when the war party is introduced and the doof warrior is just rocking out on the truck playing that incredible riff

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

You gave this film such an awesome score. I can't wait to hear what you do with Batman.

[@goth_fraggle]

I can already tell you: Lots of drums and 2 notes that get to be called a 'theme' by the rest of the world. But at least it will sound 'epic and loud and cewl and awsumz'

[@-Seeker-]

Brabbel93 Simplicity doesn't mean it's bad.

[@goth_fraggle]

That's right, but it's also not that Oscar-worthy masterpiece of modern art people say it is. It sounds cool (I bought the score as well) but that's about it. All style and no substance.

[@IronMindedGods]

+Brabbel93 What do you mean "no substance"?

[@Lanz1964]

TheRubberStudiosASMR Its gonna be so awesome. Junkie XL + Hans Zimmer = Mind Blown!

[@dawsthats-it1556]

one of the most memorable moment from fury road was when doof warrior was sleeping hahaa

[@Thrash_74]

It looked pretty comfortable

[@froggyctf5497]

Hey he still gotta sleep too

[@kaboulscabal4816]

I loved how when the cry went up ... there's the WarRig ... he's like ... I MUST THRASH

[@mrmusickhimself]

Junkie. Thank you thank you THANK YOU for that amazing soundtrack. Not only does it enhance the Mad Max videogame when you play it in the background; it also enhances all car chase scenes: Blues Brothers, Ronin, even the Dabney Coleman movie: Short Time. Thanks again.

[@rockmatias]

This soundtrack is dangerous! I was so hyped that almost took my car and started to chase people! Maybe next week!

[@briscollama2521]

I haven't seen the movie yet, but when I do watch it I'm going to appreciate it that much more since I watched this. Thanks for showing us all the work that goes into an audio track. This makes me want to learn how to play guitar.

[@liamearly4883]

If any studio is going to do a Heavy Metal movie they should hire Junkie XL to help with the soundtrack. Along with metal bands

[@borabor9]

Junkie XL + Mick Gordon

[@blendernoob64]

Berend Salverda he was clearly inspired by Junkie. Mad Max and Doom achieved similar goals, to bring old school action to their respective mediums, mad max being with practical effects and raw action, and doom with fast paced gameplay.

[@MatthewStout]

With bands like High on Fire around, that seems silly. And theres plenty of good bands that sound like old school southern metal.

[@LtKamarov]

Listen to his Forza Motorsport 1 OST. Pure pure talent. That was what got me into his works. I was just 5 or 4 when I played that game.

[@blitzenius]

Back in the day he made an album with Dino Cazares from Fear Factory.

[@MrCerebellum2]

I'm just blown away. The level of talent and progression Junkie XL has gone through over the years. I remember 17 years ago buying the Blade soundtrack. I was all complacent in my smugness of music snobbery - that I knew of one more techno artist than my friends did. And then I never hear of the guy until now. Well done sir. I hope to meet you some day.

[@InLightTone]

Loving these tutorials/glimpses into your production techniques. Thanks so much!

[@goddamnzordan]

awesome, it has that wes borland vibe!

[@jandzi18]

goddamn zordan Yeah totally! It would be awesome to get Wes play in the movie since he is fond of weird make up and performance.

[@Randall_Kildare]

+goddamn zordan HA! spot-on man... Wes should've played the character!

[@nadinejabarine8846]

I am obssesed with the mad max music !!!!! OBSSESED !! Its geniouuuuuuusssssss ... I looooove this guyyyyyyyyy !!!

[@rynkun7281]

After all these years, the simplicity of the chords used still resonate in my head. Always great to come back and admire the riffs!

[@nickbuckley4371]

I love how he explains everything from the movie i love how technical it is

[@santapoca]

Driving through the desert playing stoner rock has been a fantasy of mine for a few years, and I'm sure that's quite a popular one :D so seeing this movie last year was an amazing experience

[@aceyage]

Junkie, for the benefit of your hearing. Please wear some ear protection when you're sitting so close to the amp, blasting at loud volumes. You can get them custom made and they're astonishingly linear. That said, awesome tuts here :)

[@nickbuckley4371]

The guitar with the roar of the real engines on each vehicle is one of the most badass things ever

[@veretos7]

This man is a god...... I love the Forza OST as well, that's when I first found out about his music

[@ChristopherWoods]

Some cracking insight there, I love practical studio videos like this. Good work JXL.

[@Drew.DrivesYT]

Man I remember rocking out to your soundtrack on NFS: High Stakes as a young'n. How funny almost twenty years later your work comes back to me.

[@Catinawitchhat]

DOOF WILL NEVER DIE. HE LIVES.

[@Thrash_74]

We need a spinoff movie for Doof

[@bigmaz4002]

+Jason Hogan you probably said that as a joke but that would fucking rule

[@Thrash_74]

+Motherboy XXX I was joking but we still need it

[@nickbuckley4371]

I’m not a star guitar player Makes one of the most meanest badass awesome sounding riffs I have ever heard

[@SecessionStudios]

Oranjeeee

[@goddamnzordan]

thesecession haha

[@LordofDiamondsMetal]

No, Fender!

[@rick_terscale1111]

No Fender taken! :P

[@milanbastiani1445]

rooood wittt blaaaauw

[@JamesRuleGR]

This reminds me abit of the original Forza Motorsport Soundtrack which Junkie also composed; one of my fav game soundtracks!

[@steadfast101]

damn videos like these take me back to the glory days of shredding guitars in garage bands after school. That amp ... Fuck I want that amp, its sound is.... i dunno , has the gritty of marshal and the fullness of mesa boogie

[@jjb5898]

AMAZING video! You gave the Doof Warrior such a unique voice through your music in the film, thanks for sharing this with us!

[@Imataru]

It's nice to see you grow into something bigger and better while maintaining your class and dignity. It's a shame Tijs and Armin did not. Your sound was always the best and will continue to be. That beauty will never fade. ;) Congratulations on your success.

[@paladinrense2324]

My favorite riff wasn't in this video. It was when the war rig was stuck in the mud and there was a jump cut back to the war parties coming closer. The riffs were very heavy and a little slow

[@Randall_Kildare]

You will RIFF forever, shiny & chrome \m/ The Doof Warrior's tone was pretty friggin awesome... now, we see why. I'm going to have to give these pedals a try!

[@eggodynamics]

I'm blown away by the customized computer battle station. The touchscreen controller... boggle. What IS that thing? The two little white controllers to the right... WTF are THOSE?? The Dopfer keyboard with a real hammer action. Wow, didn't even know that existed. Junkie you are brilliant at this stuff thanks for sharing your knowledge. It's very humbling yet inspiring.

[@sedahsenrot899]

Because of the music and the doof warrior, i want to watch the movie over and over again to remember how awesome the movie is ! Thx Tom ! I can't wait for BvS man !

[@Gizapowerplant]

Talented and humble, rare qualities in this day and age. Great insight to his thought process and motivational. Keep up the fantastic work and these videos.

[@suadcokljat1045]

It's brutal simplicity and roughness gives it the charm. Brilliant. Cheers!

[@robertramos1297]

SEE YOU IN VALHALLA

[@seizedmaul6586]

yuri ruzemberg can I be shiny and chrome

[@discophone_6214]

Beuaty of this all is simplicity of the riffs and the very creative way how you manipulate the sounds what you create! I really appreciate how you explain all this stuff to us. 💚 cheers

[@iforgotthenamemate]

gotta be honest, junkie's playing made me to start playing guitar

[@Zaleskee]

Tom, You and Hans are bringing down the house in Hollywood, looking forward!.

[@cortical1]

Thanks for all of these, Tom, and for being so open about your methods, tools, techniques, and tricks. Really enjoying all of your videos.

[@KonvictionTV]

I used to have an epiphone version of that silver burst. Now I have a Gibson, but not silverburst! Just beautiful!

[@youmans5427]

Loved the sound track and how it was played around the Doof warrior

[@paulcorrea8747]

I really love your down to earth way. Very inspiring for closet composers.

[@miromarsik]

Orange is the best sounding box, good choice :)

[@Joshua-fc7ri]

That was a great character for the film and the driving of the forces seemed to work well with your riffs. Great work.

[@alexanderoconnor6936]

This was awesome! Thank you for the breakdown!

[@airixxxx]

Thanks for making this videos! For me the best Doof part was when the war party got stuck and he made those heavy palm mutted down pickings. It made me laugh hard in the cinema, really smart decision to put those there.

[@frolic63]

Wow sooo awesome , now I know why i loved Doof warrior in the movie.

[@zeustro3]

what you have created kind sir, is no less than epic.

[@nickbuckley4371]

I love the raw sound of it it fits the movie so well not super clean not trash but pure raw guitar

[@ChrisHaighMusicOfficial]

Awesome video Tom, my personal favorites to use in my studio are the Gibson Les Paul and Gibson SG

[@BrenHere]

One of my favorite videos of all time thank you, love your work

[@electricguitargodpriest9773]

Why do you give us the middle finger for

[@twofeathers7834]

Waht

[@CarcPazu]

Super cool video. Mad Max Fury Road is a masterpiece.

[@TweeKestrel]

10:18 aint that an eargasm

[@kenleygamble9848]

Absolutely awesome, you're humble and so talented! Thank you 🙏

[@richmwhitfield]

Good stuff! Really enjoying the insights you are giving us. I used to play guitar so rloved those parts of the film!

[@heartbreaktimemachine]

I'm a keyboard player and for some reason I watched every minute of this....

[@davidefant3045]

Thanks so much for being so genuine and honest! Love your videos so much!

[@markfrancis1210]

Hey Junkie X L, your sample riff is one of my favourite riffs to jam on my bass, I elongate some of the notes, I hope you don't mind me taking your riff and making it my own

[@nickbuckley4371]

It’s give him some credit aight dude

[@markfrancis1210]

​@@nickbuckley4371 all credit to this dude

[@__spina__]

great movie and wonderful soundtrack!!!!!

[@nirvanafan21191]

Man, I bang out riffs like those almost every time I pick up my guitar, though I tend to keep to Drop D. Loved the Mad Max soundtrack and am super stoked for the Batman stuff. If you ever want another guitar player for a project, DM me lol. This looks like such a fun job.

[@Mrcryptidsarereal]

I'd like a complete version of his first guitar solo in this video. I know he admits he's not good but that was some damn fine riffin.

[@bricksmashtv3]

Go to clipconverter.cc, you can download the audio from this video and you can cut the file so you only get the parts you want. It puts it straight into your itunes library so you don't gotta worry (just remember to close the pop-ups).

[@critterjon4061]

You shall ride eternal shiny and chrome, Mcfeasting with the heroes of all time in Valhalla

[@s28400]

Where can I buy a 24bit 96khz flac copy of this soundtrack?

[@Massivecarcrash]

s28400 I doubt he recorded anything higher than 24 48khz.

[@davidmcnamara7928]

As far as I know Tom never tells us a specific touchscreen app that will do the things his does. Mark W Roberts mentioned Metagrid for iOS in his comment: big thank you for that! I knew about Lemur but wasn't sure it could do all these things easily. It can! Search KZbin for "Lemur/Cubase Template Tutorial Video" and also "Controlling Cubase Track Visibility Using Lemur". I also plan to look at Metagrid and any other good recommendations people have.

[@Superphilipp]

Hey, I use the Full Drive 2 too! For Fender Rhodes piano stuff, played through a Bassman.

[@Joesullygs]

I just wanna say, the doof warrior guitar music, was awesome , make me feel powerful

[@knifeniceguy]

WHAT A LOVELY DAY

[@jondave6331]

No offense, but I was surprised when I saw that you composed the soundtrack for this movie. I was ignorant of the caliber of your talent and influence in cinema. One of my favorite cinematic scores of all time!

[@SeanBlazze]

Your work on this really good movie made it great!

[@SeanBlazze]

+Sean Young realizing now I made and understatement.

[@urekmazino6519]

Was a pleasure to watch this!

[@helloimash]

When he talks about adding a guitar channel for each speaker in the theatre, I suddenly really wished I'd gone to see it... :(

[@steadfast101]

+Exinator dude same... i never see movies in theaters anymore, but this one, this one i wish i had listened to friends advice and gone

[@tiesthijsthejs]

Exactly. Because of all the stupid boring action films of the last decades, I stopped going to them at the cinema since I last loved them, which was when I was 15 or so. I just woke up one day and realized the enormous bore of it all. Then this film comes along and changes my entire outlook again. Although any other new and old action film I've since then seen, has utterly bored me again.

[@DerringerHK]

+tiesthijsthejs Try John Wick.

[@mr.yasser1034]

thanks junkeixl you great..💜

[@juanfernandez2467]

Great video! Really, REALLY think you've earned an Academy nom for best original score

[@marcusaurelius6607]

Wait, it’s been 8 years?!

[@Trazynn]

These pedals are quite affordable. Really destroys the myth you need top of the line gear.

[@ENTERPLAYSTUDIO]

Except for the pricing on the guitar, cabinet, mics, mixing console, etc etc... ;)

[@ol_ksiy]

Only JunkieXL can strum the guitar and constantly flip you off at the same time

[@pg955203]

This is really technical. Kudos!

[@Mrcryptidsarereal]

Does anybody else come back to this to listen to his riffs?

[@ApolloSol]

I love how he extends his middle finger out when he plays. Fits Doof. lol

[@stevesteveberger9424]

Thank you so much for the amazing soundtrack, dude!

[@Michael_H_Nielsen]

Looking forward to see your post processing of the guitar :)

[@B.A.512]

Awesome! Doof warriors riffs reminded me a bit of the doom band: ex people, album bird.

[@ENTERPLAYSTUDIO]

Imagine a Sepultura record mixed and engineered by Tom..... I'm salivating....

[@PizzaBoy314]

lol that Les Paul is definitely in drop C#, not drop C

[@BlueBenGo]

PizzaBoy314 Hey, somebody else noticed.

[@TotalDoomsayer]

PizzaBoy314 Yeah I was trying to rock out these riffs the other night and I was like........wait this isn't drop C lol.

[@OhHeyItsTheDUDE]

+PizzaBoy314 wait so whats the diffrents between the 2?

[@PizzaBoy314]

+OhHeyItsTheDUDE one has a hashtag and the other doesn't

[@OhHeyItsTheDUDE]

+PizzaBoy314 yea i see that but thats not really what i meant

[@dumramlo3625]

so cool! wish i had the tabs to learn it myself ;)

[@itlsofficial]

Dum Ramlo no need for tabs, just down tune your guitar to drop C and play along... super easy riffs to play

[@dumramlo3625]

yeah, but i'm a beginner and i'm way too lazy to figure it out :p

[@animussilica2606]

Dum Ramlo There are seemingly no tabs, pure improvisation. So yeah, just tune a guitar and rock on as long as your rhythm sense allows you.

[@orangetoes223]

There are tabs now if you still haven’t figured it out