This is a really cool film music tutorial for all you self-taught keyboardistas. You don't need to be able to read, but it helps if you can count to eleven.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSKAt3pmYBs
There's a great followup lesson, too if you let it autoplay.
Cool Film Music Primer
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Re: Cool Film Music Primer
I started watching this and immediately bristled at the simplistic, almost sarcastic tone he seemed to be taking. But once I got over myself, I found this to be super interesting!
Funnily enough, the non-theoretical explanations bent my brain a little, so I've "translated" his concept to Roman numeral progressions below.
Funnily enough, the non-theoretical explanations bent my brain a little, so I've "translated" his concept to Roman numeral progressions below.
- I - II: Protagonism
- I - #IV: Outerspace
- I - bVI: Fantasical
- I - iii: Sadness, loss
- I - iv: Romantic, Middle Eastern
- i - IV: Wonder, transcendence (also I - v)
- i - II: Muster or dark comedy
- i - VII: Dramatic sound popular in early 21st C
- i - #iv: Antagonism, danger (less character-based)
- i - bvi: Antagonism, evil (more character-based)
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Re: Cool Film Music Primer
This sent me down a you-tube rabbit hole - which solved my boredom issues this evening. Thank you!!
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