How to Score a Feature Film in TWO hours...

[@phoenixrising1576]

It troubles me that this film has not been shown commercially. Beautiful music. And a beautiful simplistic way of writing it. Things just don't have to be complicated. Very inspiring insight.

[@huskvnj]

Sometimes I'm not in the mood for making music, I watch a video by Guy & I feel inspired! Thanks for all the great vids, love the way you work fast & funny :)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Glad to help!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

@Chris Demetriou go for it!

[@milansvancara]

Break up with yo soulmate, cut yo ear off, enjoy a huge success... literally any emotional pikes are benefitial, and negative pikes are much easier to achieve lul..:D

[@dougieladd]

I'm back.... I just nipped off for an hour and a half to watch the documentary on Amazon prime. What an incredible journey Malcolm and his wife battled through. I'm so glad it's all well with them now. The score/music on it is understated and beautiful. You're a good friend Guy.... well done indeed.

[@LindaMissad]

Thanks again, Guy. A good reminder to me that sometimes I over think what I'm trying to do and forget that "letting the music flow" is many times the best approach.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

It really is - its such a hard balance between really digging in and thinking things through and just letting it happen

[@paul_henderson]

I was stuck and he reminded me I don't always have to work with chords especially when it comes to writing cinematic action dynamic pieces. So I watched him just drumming tiles with fingers and yet magic happened

[@salliemorrill2671]

Absolutely beautiful work! How emotionally stirring. Your explanation in the very beginning as to why you need to know the piece of what you're writing for set the whole tone. That was heart-wrenching. Thank you for clarifying and sharing this delicate moment with us. I am so glad I am subscribed, because I look forward to every time I get that email that you've uploaded a new video.

[@scottrossgirvan8009]

Your relationship with him clearly led to your heart's quick call to play what was right. Beautiful. Artful. Soulful.

[@maciej74174]

That's the best piece of music I have ever heard. Guy from now you are a part of unforgettable universe

[@johndeggendorf7826]

The addition of flute (13:00) added a whole new dimension to the mood. Beautiful touch. Thanks for your work.

[@MarcRice]

That was quite lovely. There's slight disonance and immediate resolution. Lovely and haunting. I'll score something eventually. I appreciate your time. Thanks for sharing.

[@VincentMusolino]

Interesting how simpler melodies allow for harmonic richness, space... and remixing. Very inspiring, thank you.

[@lh485208]

Love the feel of that piano. Sounds great as is.

[@Gedleeboy]

A true master at work, when you explained about what your friend went through, to thankfully get his health back in the end is an emotional story right there, but then you play your music, booom! The powerful emotion in your music comes straight out and I have tears in my eyes and I haven’t even seen the film! I can also hear the emotion in your voice as you explain the story and you put that right into your music with such ease! Thank you Guy for giving us a look into how you do it!

[@LordZouzounas]

Lovely! Don't know if anyone noticed after reading a few comments, but that Fsharp at the end of the melody turned into an F natural whenever harmony forced it. I personally love these chameleon notes. So , yes, we can do a lot of things with these ideas and make our audience's mind travel by going from aeolian to dorian and back again. 3rd and 6th degrees can easily define one's mood when we choose our scales to "manipulate" feelings. After all, that is what we do as composers or it should, at least, be our goal. We could cry out of sadness and the next second feel optimistic again. Such an inspiration, as always, Guy! Thank you very much, sir!

[@charlesgaskell5899]

Yes, I noticed too! As Guy points out, you really only need the first three notes to have the basis of the theme, and a bit like Beethoven's Eroica (which has the same three notes, in the major!), the tune can go in many different directions afterwards and still be "the tune" - opened-ended, rather than 'closed'. I love the video, you get a real sense of Guy telling the story "on the hoof", rather than laboriously remembering and rehearsing exactly what the "definitive" version of the tune was, for take after take

[@parttroll1]

Great little musical motif you came up with in the beginning, simple yet elegant. It’s great when things like that happen

[@MGKibria0]

It's such a joy to watch you sharing your experience. Thank you.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

You're very kind thank you

[@jremi]

One of the most inspiring videos I’ve ever seen for any aspiring music composers. Very well done!

[@TheDistillers101]

Really enjoying these frequent uploads. Thanks Guy

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

we're going for it!

[@guymichetti]

Wonderful theme Mr. Michelmore! Very inspiring, thank you ever so much. I have recently started watching your videos and have started the "How To Write Music" course. It is very cathartic watching your videos. thank you again!

[@polkmusic]

A great behind the scenes look at writing music for picture. You make it look so easy. Thanks for sharing your process.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you. Its only easy if you;ve done it for 30 years and even then its not really easy after all!

[@dwukMUSIC]

Thanks for sharing this excellent video. It was both inspiring and gave me an awful lot of stuff to think about. It was nice to see the use of modal writing to give flexibility to a theme. I am look forward to reading your guide to rewriting film scores. Thanks again

[@laddieervin]

Thanks for opening a window into your process and sharing your genius with the World.

[@lesfuller5984]

Great walkthrough of part of your process, Guy! Had to watch it twice. Very inspirational how you took a piano theme, with variations on it, together with sounds to compose the music required for this documentary. Will definitely watch it!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

thank you!

[@mikesideateam]

And you make it look so easy; inspirational talent Guy-much respect and appreciation for putting this one together for us.

[@omarnaimsawaya4297]

Great!!! ...loved the way you explained you composing process and how to evoke those emotions... priceless!!! 👏 👏 👏 Thank u Guy

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

my pleasure

[@juleskaos69]

I’d just like to say, very inspiring and love the way you come across, it’s like you were just talking to me on a one to one basis... amazing work.. 👍

[@paulkearnsmusic]

Thanks Guy - you've been a life saver!! I've learned so much from watching your videos. I've been trying to write for film / video after an accident that broke my back put paid to my gigging days. You've pointed out where I've been going wrong (yes - I've watched THAT many videos 🤪) and now my music is starting to sound like what I can "hear in my head". I'm even learning musical terms that, although I've known about and used for decades, I had no idea what they were called - or why they worked. If you can educate and "lift" an old codger like me, they you must be doing something right 🤓. I've been to a "dark place" but music is pulling me out and your cheery banter lifts me as well as informs - how good is that? Thanks and stay safe in these uncertain times. Paul.

[@alessandrooliveri9961]

what a great content and such a beautiful tune. Thanks!

[@gkgyver]

"Happiness but with regret" sums up listening to a Giacchino score perfectly.

[@MrSamfonseca]

One of my favourite videos here - excellent, Guy!

[@menacerisamir198]

your channel is one of the best i have found for orchestral music scoring with a daw and your relaxing approach make it better ,thanks a lot

[@ElijahBlueTube]

I've been an email subscriber for a while now, and your videos always remind me of why I continue to study what you do. Thank you for taking the time to share such great stories.

[@DopamineOverload]

Utterly freakin' brilliant. While I have not been motivated largely since my dad died unexpectedly about a year ago (and for a while before that, little to no inspiration)... I truly appreciate your enthusiasm and massive talent, Guy.... this stuff adds up in the back of my mind and deep in my heart, and soon all of my musical ideas will come pouring out.... thanks for all you do. Truly, thank you.

[@nicolaspoggi5908]

I´ve just discover your channel and I´m already amazed by you! You have such a nice and positive energy, nice tips, lovely english accent and, on top of that, you´re recommending films/movies!! Great combination!

[@Chunda8]

Thanks Guy this is great, glad I found your channel. It's good to think of the score as a whole thing as opposed to having the cues unrelated to each other, it's more connected with a theme.

[@guidryjoseph44]

Guy is such a stud!! Beautiful piece sir!!

[@danielkammerling727]

This sounds beautiful!

[@bh-xe2wp]

Like this, music is about feel it’s not about been the best composer in the world or the best film score maker, it’s about feel. You look at something on screen then the music comes you are basically telling the story by feeling the emotions playing on screen. Piano has in my opinion the highest rating in producing tearful emotional music. In a film like this putting music to it is not difficult at the entire piano speaks thousands of emotions in sometimes just four notes. I don't mean to sound awful but if you can’t do this basic music then you haven’t got what it takes to become a film score producer. You can't teach people to feel the music you can only teach film scoring techniques and let’s face it you and I both know that trying to get in to film music today is on the borderline of impossibility with the free music that’s available. I play purely for the love of music and when I put a DVD on and play to what I’m watching it’s the most calming therapeutic time of my day.

[@Vinyleader]

Each of your videos is great.

[@carolinemoore8121]

Thank you for this wonderful video! Very educational and inspirational!:) Working smart seems to be the key to success! many thanks and kindly, Caroline

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

You got it. Workflow is very imoportant

[@laserfloyd]

Even just the music itself is emotional and the thought of it overlaying parts of the film made it that much more powerful. I heard in my head what I'd have written and it was somewhat similar, however my knowledge of what is what in music is limited. I just hear things and put them down. I am working on that, the theory and so forth, even if it's just a hobby. Music is such a powerful force for myself and really my family. I love the enthusiasm and the explanations. It's wonderful. Now if I could only get work done without binge watching your videos. ;)

[@wyshwood]

So full, yet sparce. A lesson for me in how to control the urge to over produce (My greatest failure) Subscribed, and looking forward to checking in for more content. Thank you for sharing.

[@GunneroOfScots]

Beautiful scoring.

[@roogrey]

Fascinating.

[@mdoerkse]

I DID expect piano and strings. But nice versatile motif you came up with.

[@WiresOfFire]

Absolutely essential info, thanks for your videos!

[@ThomasECahill]

Fantastic!

[@richardprice8751]

Such a brilliant insight into the compositional processes...What are your views on the use of drums in score ("Sacario") and also how would you approach minimalist composition? Thanks Rick

[@nabeelhussainn]

Okay I found this channel on KZbin and don't regret it

[@seanthomson6757]

Amazing stuff. Learned a ton while scoring orchestrations behind my own bands stuff. Many thanks 💪

[@vvulcavus7455]

Perfection !

[@elenadubov]

Thank you, very helpful!❤

[@neilmacmusic]

you are enthusiasm inspiration and informative in spades!

[@ivanklass1]

I love your song writing keep up the great work of yours as i also using Cubase , Ivan Milton Keynes

[@DIY-DaddyO]

Brilliant insight. I thought the opening of the tune reminded me of "The very thought of you" which is a brilliant spring off point, also the finished thing is a window of how the music in "After life" and "Tales from the Loop" use hints of the theme throughout. Very sparse can be very powerful.

[@GigioAttanasio]

Great video, so inspiring!

[@leemarcummusic1445]

awesome thank you

[@creativebobbo]

I would think the difficulty in this was the personal connection to the story. Well done.

[@Mansardian]

Guy, you reminded me of one essential thing: To find a theme first. Recently I had more and more troubles to develop a "fingerprint" for my recent scores. Turned out I focused on ostinati too much. You can't score a whole picture on the backbone of an ostinato.

[@shanonkiyoshi4784]

Bravo! It's beautiful. I NEVER work on the grid -- it gives the music that DESPERATELY needed human feel. If I ever quantize, it's the drums or percussion, and even THEN it's only a small amount, like 33% (and ALWAYS nudging the FIRST beats in a bar onto the downbeat. It's as simple as that. The emotion really comes through, but if I'd written it OR played it to grid it would sound lifeless or robotic. So CHEERS! 👍

[@annaseabreeze6987]

I want your beautiful music room. Great garden too,

[@CJJC]

“when I used to be a television reporter” Me: hang on, is this Guy Michelmore? I’m sure I heard he’d moved into music. This was a fact I’d somehow missed until now. I’d have noticed sooner if you’d spilt a coffee.

[@Mark_N]

Awesome content. Thank you very much.

[@michaellawrencesound]

Are there any libraries of films in the public domain you can recommend to get started on film scoring? Thanks as always for your great content!

[@michaelfaraday7388]

One of the most beautiful & movingly poignant scores I've heard.

[@maciej74174]

I feel the same

[@fjazz]

Badass, thanks for sharing

[@timclayton8214]

Thanks for this great video - I am inspired to have a go with the help of your getting started course. Can I ask why you start off at the piano when you have keyboards that will do anything?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Its a vanilla starting point but I dont always start on piano

[@ReignLowell-CaedoFaeda]

This is so beautiful can you score my wedding? lol

[@danielgfrost]

new to your video's.. great resource.. n a real eye opener as a musician... love from australia!

[@andymd01]

brilliant brilliant video!

[@bryonharper7660]

Well done

[@AndrewLeSynt]

we cant be like Guy, but we can watch him and wonder everytime

[@vengomusic9096]

Dear Guy, love your videos, really inspiring. What is the flute that starts at 12:39? What synthesizer is it please?

[@manuelfederici.composer]

Hello Guy! Great video as always. I was wondering if you could make a specific video about how to layer different strings libraries. Thank you so much! (I written the same req in another video months ago, sorry for repeating, i was afraid you forgot it!:)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Ill give it a go

[@socmus2000]

Hey Guy! What's the control surface or mixer with the faders that's directly above your keyboard? I've been wanting something like that! Also, thanks for the great videos. I really enjoy your work and process! Definitely helps me out with my process!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Its a icon platform m +. I get asked that a lot so maybe . should do a video!

[@StephenSmart]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation Yes I was wondering exactly the same thing as I have been searching for something with long faders - all the current hardware seems to have short throw faders

[@alexwalker9017]

Lovely stuff Guy.

[@2005laptopsben]

Excellent work as always from Guy! What flute sample is that?

[@markhunter5594]

Your music is amazing and inspirational hope one day to be able to afford kontact and those beautiful instrument samples. Keep up the great work 👍

[@MrPeaceandLiberty]

John Fahey described the mood for one of his pieces as, "wistful,"which I think is what the sequence for the wedding retrospective is.

[@simonallan58]

Guy mentions Feature documentary and TV documentary at 6:04. Can anyone explain to me what the difference is?

[@kuba6566]

Hi Guy, thanks for your videos, really inspiring stuff. Im curious what the Zoom recorder you used is to record the piano? (and maybe the verb you chose for the piano :) It sounds lovely. Thanks again! Laurence :)

[@Vtrest]

Thank you! Really useful

[@MaxTooney]

Very nice! Has a bit of a 'Thomas Newman' feel to it--which is meant as a compliment.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Its always a compliment - mans a genuis

[@tronlady1]

3.50 and eureka!! At last! Some actual advice on how to use modes and harmony to convey emotion. I always love guys videos but this is something else :o) I started the Hans Zimmer course and lost interest after 3 chapters because there was NOTHING about harmony or the technicalities of melody writing......ZERO

[@jakob_balogh]

Hi Michael, you said you wrote it without a click. Did you match your tempo grid to it in the end or is it completely free tempo and you just added the strings and other instruments?

[@quasima2nez]

Do you use vst drums. Can you show how you use them? I use bfd3 but I find them very aggressive and finger drumming is not my forte.!!!Thank you!!

[@lukystreik]

Boah , i watched the great documentary about Melcolm Brabant. thanks for sharing it. it was worth watching it

[@Paul-by5kv]

Great stuff Guy. Ta eversa

[@anothercrappypianist]

Guy, which library are you using for the bansuri flute? It really sounds lovely.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

impactsoundworks.com/product/ventus-ethnic-winds-bansuri/

[@charlesgaskell5899]

What sort of Zoom did you record the piano on? Interesting that you didn't use anything "fancy" - the flaws obviously help with the fragility that the music has. Did you do much in the way of mixing and plug-ins before you passed the stems on?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

H6 + 2 x U87s

[@spoonyeti]

Sorry, not really the topic but i was wondering : obviously you switched from DP to Cubase...for what - let's say 2 or 3 - reasons ? Thank’s for sharing your epic videos !

[@bobheatliesongs]

My God Guy, I just realised who you are! I remember well hearing your Father on radio saying that his son had set up a home studio, or words to that effect. Doesn’t time fly? Quite depressing really. Anyway, love your channel, keep it up mate!👍

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

thank you

[@tomfitzgerald2509]

I really am looking into getting into what you do. But is Kontact a sampler that works with Logic Pro or is it meant meant to be used alone?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Its a virtual instrument you can use inside Logic Cubase or any DAW

[@idontknowwhatimdoinggaming6357]

Favorite plugin?

[@cedricpereiramusic2947]

Thanks for the great video. Who is the composer you refer to at 13:51. Couldn't quite catch the name.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Carter Burwell - open.spotify.com/artist/0SbSDzM4X41hnlURed0fcV?si=3wfJ8dsuR6yzzh0bFvtwrQ

[@d_lydian]

Which Genelec's are those?

[@pjdahmen]

Thank you for good Tutorial

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

you're welcome

[@peterpedant]

Im hearing ukulele, xylophone and possibly combining some whistling in a kind of positive 'isn't life great' kinda vibe.

[@SimonTebbenhamMusic]

What no hand claps?

[@laserfloyd]

Along with some finger snaps. Sorry, that'd put it over the top. XD

[@RadiAsian]

thank you

[@bobsieber1017]

I have no music or keyboard skills....but I keep watching...out of a desire...to make music

[@griggsyk]

Hi, I'm new to the Channel and so glad I found it. Thanks!