The ULTIMATE film scoring challenge Part 2

[@Sesaon3]

I was absolutely creased up with your kazoo fanfare - at one stage I was in bits - haven't laughed so much in ages. Then the sound design, percussion and pads took over and it was amazing. Captured the images perfectly. Christian Henson would love this ... this could be the start of Albion Two! Great fun as usual Guy but more importantly you are an inspiration. Please don't ever give up and wonder what the couple in Part 1 made of it?

[@MrTeejeehook]

I have just discovered your channel about a week ago. At last I’ve found a channel I’ve been looking for. I’ve been watching everything relentlessly all week. You are brilliant you have great charisma with your viewers and a happy disposition. I’m hooked.

[@MaxTooney]

Haha, now I'll be singing that opening fanfare the rest of the day. This was REALLY a blast to watch, as well as listen to!

[@KnapfordMaster98]

In a weird way, these modern produced sounds feel very vintage and work well here.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

You're right. Maybe its the fact that underlying all the processing it is at heart and organic acoustic sound

[@Frank.Zimmermann]

Clear proof, anything goes, it's just a matter of creativity, taste, and diligence. No cross, no crown. Great job, thanks ever so much Guy! 👍

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thank you!

[@johnwade7430]

Really interesting. Thanks for this ‘fly on the wall’ take on sound design/scoring.

[@antigen4]

great project - i'm amazed how quickly you can work with these digital tools even if the fidelity isn't quite 'there' - it more than makes up for it with it's efficiency

[@AndreasvanHaren]

Yes, part two!

[@andreassmidelov]

You're an absolute mad lad Guy. Love it :) The Kazoo Brass really cracked me up :D

[@Wingineer]

Wonderful. I loved the industrial feel to the music.

Fantastic content. Music you've composed fits so well with those futuristic, industrial visuals. You got to love 20th century with its art deco movement and that emerging sci-fi dystopia genre.

[@eaglechildkeys]

I discovered your channel few days ago and I really love it! Also as a person you have great charisma. Thanks for share your knowledge Guy :))

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

thank you!

[@jden]

I absolutely loved this series of videos- I would love to see more videos like this! (Also, the “pan pipe string pad” reminded me a bit of Wendy Carlos, it’s my favorite sound of the bunch)

[@LindaMissad]

amazing. not sure I liked the opening Kazoo sound too much, but the others worked very well. Thanks for sharing this. It's definately mind and eye opening.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Great! Download the samples below and have a go Linda

[@nickellis9251]

Hi Guy and thanks again for your great help. Quick question: How do you sync up the video to your DAW?

[@MusicalWizardryMarcoIannello]

Brilliant! Just brilliant! Love how you gated the gong

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Life isnt complete without a gated gong...love this plugin . kilohearts.com/products/trance_gate

[@SXTransmission]

I enjoyed it very much. I think the kazoo is a hard sound to disguise! I like the "strings" a lot more. Now the one thing I was yearning for you to do was make the tempo such that it matched the visual cuts. And have the factory hooter do its pitch down and fade over the scene title. I'm inspired to have a go myself. Metropolis is public domain now, so it makes me wonder if rescroring these old movies could become a thing. Maybe it is! Digging out the kids toys now! !

[@MartinJG100]

Ingenious. Guy, I think this vid was a roaring success and an inspiration to many. The use of IRIS 2 was an eye opener. Can I make a suggestion? Why not do a series of 'useful composer plugins'. You already have bags of experience and a few 'quickies' on this theme in your inimitable style would be great.

[@tonysansom]

"Entertaining, useful, thought-provoking" - all of those! Thank you Guy! Of course, I'll have to find the movie to watch now :-)

[@passionsoup3788]

Really inspiring! I'd love to watch the whole movie scored like that XD

[@Rockhopper1]

Hate the kazoo sample at the beginning shot, but it works beautifully when the shift change happens, and there is a lovely chord progression where my ear is killing for it to be repeated, its really good.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

You might be right - it was brassy and felt like it needed a fanfare but it does sound a bit .... comedic!

[@frankwagner2161]

Always creative tutorial,enjoy it...

[@DCeeMusik]

Very awesome! Something so industrial from a bunch of toys. I truly relate to this score. It made think of my dead-end job at a certain air hub I will not call out, but their color is brown...

[@mickimarbhmusic]

What a great challenge excellent 🙌

[@Proximo011]

I don't know, but to me this sounds like a dystopian Kubrick film a'la Clockwork Orange-ish :) that's not bad, it sets a mood for the material

[@learning_from_scratch]

that’s just badass dude.

[@Hacker_lyx]

The only thing that I'd replace is the kazoos. The rest of this sounded perfectly good to be honest.

[@JayFrederick]

Awesome! What video engine are you using to play back the video on the PC? Did you have to install Quicktime?

[@andrewgoodwincomposer]

Hi, I understand recording the samples initially at a higher sample rate, but does that mean your session has to be at 192k as well instead of the standard 48k?? Or are you depending on kontakt/iris to do some type of conversion in a 48k session.

[@isaacgonzalezlorente8157]

At 6 AM i prefer coffe!

[@Eliazer]

Hi, Thank you for another great video. I’m wondering how you feel about the action and overall quality of the oxygen88? I would ideally try it before buying if, but that may not be possible. Thank you!

[@Bring_MeSunshine]

It's nice, but no longer in production, I looked, too. Ebay have a few, (£120, £180, £250) but be aware, they might have a well-worn action. There's even one that's selling for parts, so maybe check out an M-Audio dealer and view, if practical - you may find a refurb. A newer alternative is the M-Audio Hammer 88 USB MIDI Controller Keyboard, but that's £330+ and if you want more onboard midi functionality as well as a fully weighted 88 key hammer action keyboard, you might be paying more twice that, e.g. the Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S88 Mk2. Happy keyboard hunting

[@Two-Vees-In-a-Van]

Entertaining, educational and inspiring, all the ingredients for a great channel, keep this up and you will go far...oh wait, you have! Haha, great video Guy, I enjoyed it, thanks.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

thank you :)

[@Kill4Funsies]

Could you sell these sounds as a soundbank so de can have a go at using them?

[@OriginalOrigins]

Inspiration!

[@karl.weaver]

Thank you Guy, much appreciated - how do you go about getting hold of METROPOLIS?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

There are copies all over the shop - try here kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3qcd3doZtBqedU

[@pjdahmen]

very good work ,well done

[@truBador2]

Fun. Home Orchestra will be flying off the shelves after this.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

I did let the HO company know and they were really surprised and grateful!

[@Bring_MeSunshine]

I've watched (and since subscribed) a number of your other videos, with great interest and not a little envy at some of the wonderful orchestral libraries you possess. But, in producing this, you not only took a great leap of creative imagination, but I found the process so incredibly inspirational because it was such a step from the 'preset-world' that impacts all of us. Those of us whose inspiration occasionally falls flat the first hurdle as we step through patch after predictable patch, looking for something fresh. I think I've found a new channel that might help cure those areas of creative blight. Well done to you and your infectious love of all of it. Surprised you don't have even more subscribers

[@rubenaenclub1962]

It feels so creepy and nostalgic

[@whispereddusk]

I always knew Guy is the genius..

[@vivektyagi6848]

Well done. Now I don't think of being inadequately equipped with sounds or synthesisers. Many Thanks for taking it up.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

nothing like a random restriction like this make you think about how you write

[@AndreasvanHaren]

I should hire that home orchestra :)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

One of my children gave it to me as a jokey present so I don't even know where it came from!

[@dman030]

hmmm.....nice seeing the process, but still kind of sounds like a kazoo :-) maybe try stretching, pitching and using some harmonics. tough challenge though.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

I actually liked that it still sounded like the original instrument...a bit....rather than turning it into something completely different but I take your point

[@dafingaz]

This is great!

[@fincorrigan7139]

Just how much processing are you allowing yourself here? Can you isolate a fundamental + 2nd/3rd/4th harmonic using filters?

[@fincorrigan7139]

I wrote that at 8 minutes in - nice result at the end. Chapeau!!!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

I could have just used a waveform but that seemed to be cheating. You can clearly hear they are kazoos even in the final version so I think I stayed true to the original objective!

[@fincorrigan7139]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation Yes, you most certainly can hear the lineage. I'd wait by my phone if I was you, Fritz might give you a call :)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

@@fincorrigan7139 from beyond the grave! Id sample that

[@TheJustinside]

dude that was really really great! very creepy.

[@AndreasvanHaren]

Where is this movie shot? Reminds me of the metro station in Moscow.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

I would say in a shed in my garden but I dont think that's what you mean! My shed doesn't look much like the Moscow underground.... :)

[@berosi]

thank you very much for these inspiring videos!

[@TheSoundbar]

Want an Apple ? 0:15

[@MarcelloDeFrancisci1]

I work at 44.1khz. Get some decent outboard eq's and reverbs. Check out my tracks on my channel. When you dither down you are leaving it up to a computer to decide what data on your mix to withdraw. When working on a score for months you cannot take that risk. Just my opinion. Love ur work and videos. Thanks so much!

[@michellamontagne]

I’m really enjoying your videos Guy. The gazou or kazoo makes me think of the Daleks in Doctor Who. exterminate! exterminate!

[@RussCottier]

Amazing video firstly! But Devil’s Advocate: I am 100% not saying you aren’t getting at difference. At 96kHz and above your audio path is not really recording frequencies up to the Nyquist as there are anti-aliasing filters, mic limitations etc. So whilst there may be a difference it’s not necessarily as simple as that. Pitching down and imagining that this is “full bandwidth” is a bit of a red herring, that would mean your input chain was not low pass filtered at all. This also applies to the Output path. Maybe the lowpasses are a little higher but it’s unlikely that your input chain was really passing frequencies over 48kHz for example Of course when you consider that the converters ICs are most likely Delta Sigma, and we are only taking about output data sample rate to your computer rather than actual sampled sampling clock speed this all becomes even more confusing. I’ll repeat though I’m not saying that you’re not getting a difference. I’m just saying that attributing it to increased sample rate alone rather than analog signal path, perception, workflow et cetera might be questionable. Jitter reduction might be a likely candidate.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

You could well be right - it definitely sounded brighter to me once it was pitched down but then again... a link to the files is in the notes so download them and have a look! .

[@RussCottier]

ThinkSpace Education I wouldn’t be surprised if the anti-aliasing filters were just better in the higher sample rate path. There’s almost certainly something happening if you can hear a difference. I’ll have a look at some point. But again love what you do. Seriously inspirational.

[@AndreasvanHaren]

Is Izotope included In Cubase 10?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Nope Iris 2 is by izotope.... www.izotope.com/en/products/iris.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5rbsBRCFARIsAGEYRwcAfkYVXY8R_r5t-V4MLzJMkvsN8T9pbIHwgvJpUfzjENdL2FtytioaAsTdEALw_wcB

[@SuperJzero]

Check out PluginBoutique.com. They often have sales on izotope products including Iris.

[@antigen4]

you need a better mic and better mic technique - think abou the space you record in (i.e. miniature artificial environment = box)

[@TommenIBaratheon]

ehh go get your own channel before you consider giving someone who gets paid SO VERY MUCH or producing scores. in other words 'GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU INEPT NEEDLE FUCK"

[@antigen4]

LOL ok

[@michellamontagne]

I’m really enjoying your videos Guy. The gazou or kazoo makes me think of the Daleks in Doctor Who. exterminate! exterminate!