You Only Need 2 Chords to be a Film Composer
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- You can get an incredible range of emotions with just the first two chords.
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When is the next composing competition? I missed the last one and had a look at the judging video
@@Musicman995 there’s a separate channel for those now. The deadline for the current one just passed but we’ll hold the next in October
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I always like [ I ] - [ v ], because it's so unexpected, but sounds awesome. When I first started writing music, I was so caught up in trying to write fancy, big progressions with all sorts of borrowed chords & substitutions, etc. But over time, I've noticed how a great song can be put together using minimal chords or vamps. I like taking a "modal" approach, by using a small number of chords, but still making use of functional harmony, like a hybrid system of the two combined. This allows more freedom for the melody(s) & usually results in a cleaner mix with less frequencies fighting for position.
The I to v sounds good because the v has inside of it a sharp 6 degree, it creates a mixolydian
My favorite I -> iii is in Danny Elfman's score for Edward Scissorhands, because the instrumentation and orchestration really reinforce that sweetness with a bit of darkness, and that in turn does a wonderful job of complimenting and enhancing the movie.
I used this chord progression for a film themed orchestral and I’ve had a motif in my head that uses it forever now. Nice to see it getting recognition.
Happy to see one composition of yours in the examples you propose!
Thank you Ryan. Always enlightening and educational.
this is one of the ways i think learning mostly by ear but being around theory that i struggled to understand benefited me. I am at a place where I am fluent in my playing and songwriting because I started from and was never afraid of simplicity. i think people get caught in a trap of trying to be impressive with each individual part, instead of the whole composition. the less is in each part, the more you can layer and add on and end up with something really magical.
I will say though that I think an emotional spreadsheet could likely be a good place to start with as long as you're aware that it's more of an approximation and doesn't apply in every situation.
Good advice and nice presentation. Thanks for sharing
Thx to u Ryan, very lovely videos :)
Great video on an interesting topic as usual! Keep up the good work, your videos always help me a lot :)
This is extremely usable to me in my rock songwriting right now.
Eternal Sunshine is my fav OST ever, thanks for the video!!
Then minimalists are like: "You only need ONE chord to make an hour long soundtrack!" Hell, you can even need one INTERVAL to do it (one note is too much, I don't go there, haha).
Interestingly, one of the Ligeti songs used in Eyes Wide Shut uses literally 2 notes, although in multiple octaves. It's from the Musica Ricercata suit where every subsequent piece is allowed to use one more note.
My fave use of i major - iii minor is from Giacchino's theme for Up. Feels happy and sad at the same time 🥲
Awesome video
Awesome.
Great video again as usual George Benson “On Broadway “ seems to go major and then drop down a whole tone to major.
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I’ve always used I-vii. it sounds a lot like I-iii but a lot more deliberate. Since the major chord to minor a half step below roots it on Lydian by literally just sharping the fifth of what is usually a diminished vii, which is usually the natural 4 scale degree. The Juxtaposition in I-vii is absolutely devastating for being in Lydian
So, is it C to Bm or C to B diminished?
@@vascosanchez C to Bm, which is in the Key of G. Or, in the key of C, F to Em.
I-vii° on the other hand is very resolute, actually very very Ionian, and somewhat nostalgic, since it was used in place of V7 in a cadence more often in older music
Thanks a lot! Could you tell, where can I find "Exel spreadsheets with specific emotional formulas for every possible pairing of two chords"?
Stuff like this bandzoogle.com/blog/right-chord-right-mood-thinking-beyond-major-and-minor
Cool video, I'm always interested in this kind of minimalist approach to harmony. I always struggle to keep songs interesting over a 2 chord vamp, so I'd be interested to hear approaches to make it work for an entire song, particularly if you're trying to make something in small ternary form. I always end up just slapping a V chord on the end, but tgat doesn't always work!
Simple - don't vamp on the exact same two chords for an entire song. Do it for one section at most. Then, you could shift the entire thing up/down as a modulation, or go vamp between some different chords, or do something else entirely.
@@snarf1504 good point, thanks!
Hey Ryan, could you make video giving your thoughts on different headphones for composing? I’m thinking about getting some proper headphones but there’s so many options.
Brilliant video as usual Ryan! I would love you to analyse the opening scene in the film First Blood,when Rambo walks up to the house of his late soldier friend and finds out that he has died of cancer.🙏
Crazy...when you played the example, I immediately thought of the _Edward Scissorhands_ soundtrack. Looked it up and confirmed the I-iii.
Not sure if you use this example, still watching)
where can i listen to some guy in space full ost:)!?
@3:00 ooh, when will the soundtrack to "Some Guy Out in Space" be available? (I looked at the picture, listened for a moment, then read the caption . . . yes, you got me.)
Another good example of the i-IV is _If I Had A Heart_ by Fever Ray. Great use of this IMO, although there the III is used as a short transition to the IV from the i.
Do you by chance have a link to one of those spreadsheets? I know it's not definitive, but I figure it might be a good place to start.
This kind of stuff bandzoogle.com/blog/right-chord-right-mood-thinking-beyond-major-and-minor
the "How This Chord Makes Music Fly" video has been blocked due to copyright ground :(
Where can I find these spreadsheets?
Yes, I came looking in the comments the instant he said that haha. Someone PLEASE!
This is almost like using the two signature chords of a mode… like I to II is like Lydian
Speaking of Zelda, video games steal this stuff all the time. The intro to "Link to the Past" is cribbed straight from the start of Waltz of the Flowers, and Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (games themed around TIME and Space) steal the trill from Back to the Future (also the same sound your flute makes in Arceus Legends). Knowing a little music theory has just made me appreciate these composers more.
1minor to 4 major....also evokes, BRICK HOUSE!
(I - bV plays the first time) oh yeah, love that, beautiful
(I… then bV WITH THE #11) HOLD THE PHONE
Was waiting for someone to catch that
One chord is all you need, the diminished.. take a diminished 7 and move any note up a semitone and you get four different m6 chords, move any note down a semitone and you get four different dominant 7 chords. Move two notes up a semitone and you get different major 6 chords, move two notes down and you get.. etc. Everything comes from the diminished
Interesting video, it brought me to the idea of continuing that I - iii (C Em) thing and so it gets to
C Em C Em
F Am F Am
G Bdim G Bdim
C Em C
Another example of I - III - I - III - Lost (by Michael Giacchino). I guess the cue's name is "Oceanic 815".
Come on, only 32 comments and 500 likes after 5.8k views!?? we can do better than that
C and Em… or just CM7. That’s all and that’s it 😂
the true minimalist
So the question is: where to get those Excel sheets
no!
Great Gig in the Sky is ii-V
alternate title: "why most film music sounds generic nowadays" 😅
I wait the featuring with @DavidBennettPiano 😍
That would be this one
ruclips.net/video/Dawd9YUW1XM/видео.html