Creative Cribs - Harry Gregson-Williams (Shrek)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Blockbuster composer Harry Gregson-Williams walks us around his studio and reflects on a recent sabbatical that gave him a new outlook on his approach to work.
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"Homestudio" - Whole house is studio
lol
And he doesn't mix there. He goes to a "proper" studio
i would gladly ditch my house just to be able to living in that kind of studio
It's not a home studio anymore. It's simply a real business with staff hired
I've watched this video multiple times, each view revealing an additional interesting point to think about. But what consistently astounds me is the simple grace of the interviewer who allows the composer to talk at own pace, in the stream of his own thought. Total focus is on the subject, his gear, his process, his humor. Minimal interruption or steering of conversation, and yet a fascinating and fluid video. Very well done.
When old school producers talk about the cost of computing power it took to compose back then really makes you appreciate the current time we live in. Were so lucky to be able to produce music for little to no money now.
but this little to no money created a stiff competition and waves of fake bedroom composers so we're not that crazy lucky
@@Ahmad-Mounir44 *sigh, sips coffee in dimly lit bedroom with a computer and 2 midi controllers*. You're right, I don't know about "fake", but it doesn't require skill to be succesful now, just a consistant tik-tok campaign flashing cash, strippers and other degeneracy. But is fame the goal? what is the goal? to make music? for the sake of making music? In that case than yes, this time is awesome. You don't have to wait on anyone to finish a track, drummer strung out and doesn't show up to practice? load up Supperior Drummer. Want a brass section in your track? download a VST when you would other-wise have to reach out to a real brass section. But with this, now your music sounds empty, fake, and lonely. Oh god is the pursuit now lonely. And everyone wants to be a purist, do everything themselves; performer, mix engineer, album cover artist, even distributor. BUT hey at least the record label gate keepers are gone, there are thousands of albums locked away never to be heard by anyone because the record label decided it wasn't good enough to be released. So now instead of that, we have an over-saturation of music, albums released everyday, good albums too. Yet no-one has the time to listen to them. Were all busy holding up our ego and trying not to drown under the weight of reality. I for one, am happy to make music for the sake of making music and also keep a day job so I don't go crazy and pull out my hair.
@@C_CREATURE_ Well said man and definitely I agree with all of the above AS LONG AS you're making music for the sake of making music, that's awesomely fine but for me, I make music for both and luckily I have few tracks accepted in a music library during the last year. Before that, I had to face loads of sh*t to get at least one track accepted. And thankfully, music libraries only accept quality tracks so they can filter out bedroom strippers from professional composers. What you've said above is the beauty side of VSTs but the ugly side is that you're the Jack-of-All-Trades now and you have to study some audio engineering even if you don't want to. Another ugly side, which came recently, is that both music libs and music supervisors in big studios will fight VSTs with lyrical phrased/percussion loops for copyright infringement and these VSTs form 40% (if not 50%) in the market. Something like SonuScore lyrical bundle, Damage 2, Action Strikes, Elysion, Ethera, Synth loops, just to name a few so in the near future you will see lots of music libraries/supervisors ask you to only use legato, sustain, spiccato,..etc. patches.
This is the life for every musician,waking up in the morning and spend the day making music for a living.(sigh)
:'(
THE DREAM
I completely agree.But only those who truly love and live for music will always find the joy in it,no matter the stress.That man wrote some of the most beautiful music i've ever heard and i bet it was,as you said,bloody stressful!But at the end of the day,the work speak for itself
I'm an introvert and I spend 90 % of my time alone, and I love making music. So being a composer would be as close of a perfect job as it could get: do your thing in solitude and construct your own daily schedules.
Until it gets really, really boring. It only takes 8 or 9 soundtracks in a couple of years. Believe me: making music for a living rarely has anything to do with "being creative".
Literally just hearing his name gives me an incredible surge of nostalgia. Metal Gear for life!
What an absolute gentleman. So modest and thoughtful.
What a studio!! Bravo to Spitfire for filming this. Long time fan of your libraries -- and also of HGW. Great to go behind the scenes with such a journeyman. Cheers
I’m sure he can afford it but can you imagine the electrify bill.
Electricity is so cheap in America though.
HARRY !!! awesome studio and humble organic sense of music styles !!!
like the emphasis on "the composition" rather than just the gear
Mark Priest good eye. a great composer can make a masterpiece with very little.
So true! I'll remember it
Well, I see plenty of gear there
It's what really matters.
@@hitzoneproductions7858 it is cool for a composer to do that - But when your scoring a film of budget over 50 million ? I think very little is just an over statement.
This is one of my favorite composers. There's so much of his work never released and only used within their respective movies and it's crazy to know that he has all this music just chilling up in his private studio. I don't live far from him either.... I need to find a way to become best friends with him so he will let me listen to a few tracks from Unstoppable that never made it to the original soundtrack.
Unstoppable soundtrack is amazing🔥🔥🔥
@@semi1398 Such an underrated movie and soundtrack. Super cool music and fun to watch!
@@madezra64 its one of my favorite movies 😀
This guy made me cry with metal gear3 and 4 sounds 😪😢😭
This it fellas,
This the cream of the crop.
It does not get better than this right here
one of my fav film composer
marathon of great visuals, space, talk and perspective.. thanks Spitfire..
4:45 Great quote from him.
I've loved your work in Metal Gear since I was 14. Thanks for all, man.
yes, and after 26y it still in heart
💯
21:23 when Harry starts discussing "not be so self-critical of himself" and it's "not a foot race..." oh, isn't this the bane of the creative effort? And don't we all know exactly what he is talking about. Glad to find out this is the downfall and the glory of the artistic life! The joy and the grief and the frustration which becomes the brew of our creative world, and how a new creation is now born. Bravo, Harry... thank you for putting this into music and into words!
What a ridiculously nice and charming chap. Very humble and has an air "How the hell did I manage this?" about him still. Very aware of the debt to the people who's helped him. Great to see some humbleness from great artists.
Watching equalizer again - The music is superbe for the story 😀👍
Wonderful creative space, thanks for showing us this Spitfire :)
The one word that really caught my attention was when he was scurrying around the "Hans" subject and he briefly mentioned "ghostwriting." Hmm... fascinating to think what that may have entailed.
"Nutty" - Harry Gregson-Williams, 2016
Harry seems like a cool guy!
Easily the best composer interview I've ever seen. Fantastic!
Extremely intelligent and well spoken gentleman. From his speach and manners, it is obvious he is real professional. I am going to check out his music. I wish him all the best in his carrier and family life.
I know this is an old comment, but what a nice gesture. You don't see this often.
Na, he's just British.
I just know him from scoring Metal Gear Solid and he's a genius - can't believe he was mentored by Hans Zimmer, you can hear the influence
It's almost like he's on cocaine
One of my absolute favorite composers. Many many wonderful scores!! Definitely worth a listen.
I just discovered this channel yesterday and man this is one of the best channels for music composing on youtube! SO GOOD!
Thanks for taking the time to make this; a valuable insight. Super studio : -)
The only way I could be in such an awesome room, is if I bought a VR headset, and 3D graphics were so realistic that one could create their own studio virtually. Damn.
this is a wise man, who should be listened to
"I'm not a mini Hans Zimmer... it's a cottage industry, not a factory." Now if that isn't telling!
Thought he said COLLEGE
I thought he said Frottage
@Sean Haley And the award for most abstrusely inane psychologism and human idiocy goes to.. you mate.
Nah mate, that one goes to you.
Es uno de los grandes compositores de Hollywood y realmente sabe de música...me gusta y creo que a muchos como combina lo sintetiz con la música en general...da igual que tema hace...es bueno y yo personalmente le respeto.
What lovely guy
That was very interesting, thank you! He is one of my favorite composers, Hans Zimmer also. I didn't know how close they were. I feel like I want to compose music, I have these musical ideas just flying in my head, but there are so many different sample libraries and they are quite expensive. I can afford them but I just don't know, maybe I wait for NI Komplete 10 ultimate to go for sale first. My DAW is reaper at the moment but i'm thinking about Cubase, I used it while ago and it was a lot easier. I don't know how to read music notes but I have played piano since I was 6 and i'm now 25 (I have learned to play by ear), I've studied many classical instruments how they play so I can use sample libraries to make them sound realistic using a midi keyboard. I'm unemployed at the moment and I feel like this is one of those moments in life where you choose your next path, it feels so hard, many things I could do with my life. I'm all alone with my thoughts (well my girlfriend and one friend knows). *breathes* well, small steps at a time.
+Jarkkis123 You will make your way! It´s not about the best library, it's about the best composition, always remember that;)
+Scoring Production You're right.. Like Harry himself actually said in the video, the part about harp samples 20:14
Yeah!:)
Why the hell not. "Meanwhile there's a DJ called Sasha, good friend of mine." Of couse. Legends know legends I guess. :D Why the hell not. :D
This studio complex is amazing!
very impressed. would love to work for you. you wont find a finer musician with experience. i play 30 instruments i have toured all over the world but composing is me. i am scoring the music to a film being made in Cincinnati now.either way i am blown away with your stuff. thanx.
Larry Hazelbaker 30 instruments, damn bro that's wild
Damn dude I’m only at like 5 or 6, but I usually score digitally so it’s all around the keyboard. Still, that’s really impressive.
a musical genius, he is. -Yoda
Has two 414s on his piano.
"They're not special mics"
Uh, can I work for you?
This was so illuminating and HGW is so funny and approachable! Thanks for doing this, and excited to see your future episodes. :D Haha, uncanny timing @ 5:40 just as I was just looking at the Black Hole price drop.
That creative insight of the composer's journey @ 17:28 is AMAZING.
God damn. I want that entire setup!!
As an amateur producer/musician/composer, this is very humbling, and inspiring at the same time... I love music and the creative process, even if I never make a dime off of it. This was eye opening.
I’ve dumped tens of thousands into music equipment and my home studio with next to no return. But not for one second so I regret it. Always brings me joy knowing I have it all at my disposable.
Lost my shit at 1:20
LOL same here
I had a better one. Yesterday in my sleep. :)
BlackAera why?
Never mix sleeping pills and ex-lax........
Right? Such a nice space. I aspire to have a workspace/studio such as this one day with a bit of audio tech, game development space, and an art space etc..
when will you guys do a Creative Cribs with Hans Zimmer?!!??
hans has already done a tour of his studio based on a french brothel (no joke! his words. It's neat)!
I Love him for his work on the Shrek Movies and the Chronicles of Narnia Films
One of my favorite Cribs episodes. At the end of the day, no matter how prestigious the gig or studio, we're all just sitting in front of a keyboard and some computer monitors.
it took me 1 minute and 25 seconds to give up my dreams about being a film score composer
I would love to meet him and intern under him! I really want to learn how to score music for film!
Set your mind to it and work hard. That's the key. Focus, persevere and believe in your self. All the best.
True I've done that to become a very good songwriter musician, music producer and arranger vocals and music. I have orchestration type
“Cottage industry, not a factory.” Subtle shade to Hans Zimmer.
This guy wrote the gregson and williams tuba concerto! What a guy!
This 23minutes of wisdom supersedes any film-school education.
His 'self-pressure' scenario is in all of us creative's, not just film composers! nice to hear him relax a bit toward the end and keep it real. All the gear in the world can never define who we are and the music that we give the world.
mollyoko good eye. you are one of few that figured out why he went on sibatical
Man I remember reading about HGW in Computer Music Magazine back when Metal Gear Solid 2 was being developed and dreaming about how amazing it would be to work with him and learn from him. And when the game came out, the soundtrack was incredible. Everyone studied it and tried to mimic it.
Yep, that's nice little home studio, Harry.
This is the sexiest home studio setup i have ever seen
Great interview! As a side note: it’s amazing the influence Hans Zimmer has had in the industry and composers.
Back again after one year. :) I like Harry`s story.
Reporter : So how many instruments do you have ?
This guy : yes.
I know this was put together by Spitfire, but I like the fact he has a decent array of hardware there. He definitely needs to crack open the Solaris more often though!
Such a funny and talented guy, love his music !!!
T.E Lawrence was once asked why he loved the dessert. "Because it's clean", he replied.
"Nice little studio attached to my house" translates to "full blown state of the art 5.1 audio editing suite". I suppose after working with Hans anything but Abbey Road will seem quaint.
Really loved this, and been a fan of Harry Gregson-Williams for many years, Gone Baby Gone soundtrack still resonates and inspires me on a daily basis. Thanks for this Spitfire, and Harry!
best one of these cribs videos yet. Great composer and seems to be a lovely, down to earth, intelligent guy.
I use Quested H108 in my studio. They are amongst the best monitors you can buy.
the best advice ever .... : )
The Kingdom of Heaven score is amazing
Metal Gear Solid :)
Harry's point about opportunities to start in the business as an assistant composer is hugely important. All the stuff one can pick up about how projects are managed, how business is actually done, and building relationships without the pressure of being the frontman. There's so much more to film scoring than simply writing music.
Gregson-Williams starts talking so fast at times I actually slowed the video down to be able to follow. Wow - what a fascinating, full bodied interview... or rather a glimpse into the genius mind! The interviewer never once interrupted the flow and let the river run!
Gigasampler! I had that... used it once... and then it became obsolete! How time flies by so fast!
You should check out LinuxSampler! It even supports the old gig sample libraries and has soo many useful features.
@@fh404 It does? No way! I'll check to see if I still have my gig sample libraries around. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for this.🙏🏽
I think the synth at 12:27 is a John Bowen Solaris, not many of them around. I think they were made in very small numbers possibly made to order even.
initially i thought the reception area was his studio....and i was impressed
same, wit dose adam audio ax7's tho
Apart from the "not a factory" he also said "and I realized that there were no musical instruments at media ventures" as well as "I was surviving on bread, STALE bread from Hans." Wow he really must have fallen off with Hans, sending all these jabs. Makes me a little sad, I like them both a lot...
He's hilarious!
This guy is using quite a lot of energy with so many instruments and gear connected and powered...
Neelen Patten that’s what I was thinking.
Every time he said "woody sound" I imagined a woman sitting opposite John Cleese shrieking...
Gournnnn
Guess there’s not a lot of guitar nerds in her, as I haven’t seen anyone bring this up yet, but when they showed his guitars I noticed Teuffel Birdfish, which is an insanely rare, expensive, and amazing sounding guitar. I didn’t think a composer would be into a thing like that, as it’s a very niché and relatively unknown guitar, but very cool nonetheless!!!
What's that grey stuff on all the walls, some sort of acoustic foam? Where can you buy it?
For those who don't know, "Steph" is Stephanie Economou.
She has co-composed quite a few tracks for movies with Harry Gregson-Williams.
Thank you so much! 🤩👍
What a great guy!
People complain about people oversharing online or on social media and the vapid, self absorbed culture that it spawns, but without that you wouldn't have people like this who don't need to be so generous with their time, to share their journey, experience and knowledge to virtually mentor anyone who is willing to listen. Cheers Harry.
Every musicians dream !!! home studio !!
Thank you so much spitfire for this Raid intervideo, Gregon Williams is a pioneer, Metal Gear Solid was where i remembered him the most, very truly inspiring guy, this guy is more creative than Zimmer, zimmer buys your music if your part of his army, and makes money to most of it under his wing. Although a great guy.(zimmer). Personally, in my heart, Williams rules of his heartly made composition than zimmer. Peace out
This appears to be the longest keyboard I have ever seen.
Because it's a piano .
Sorry I think you talk about the midi one? From his desk? I'm sorry , I was trying to be a smart ass. I must work at this ...
DUDE!!!!! How many rooms with studios are there? If I woke up in this place, I think I I just arrived in heaven. Is he running protools and cubase? GREAT GREAT studio!!!!
Thanks a lot! You just made my "real Job" much more mundane and depressing and my "Dream job" seem so much more unattainable. Great look into Mr. Gregson-Williams world, however. So thanks for that too!
Good interview you never realise how long the journey is untill to hear someone else explain there story then you think of the year's you have in music & how much you know & don't know.
I'd really never heard of this dude before - but I think he's charming, really talented and ever so gently- a bit batshit crazy.
Both my wife and I took sabbaticals from our careers after we have been working for 20 years. We have both gone back in with a new enthusiasm for our work. Interesting that Harry has taken a break after the same length if time. It must be a thing.
Narnia
I use the Black Hole reverb. Great reverb!
I love this honest approach of Harry. (22'37'') Plus. Maximalism isn't a good way to make quality AND wholehearted things. Living under the pressure is not the best way for the Muse. My personality, simply, sounds. If I have Mercy in my life, I will have mercy and honesty toward others. And it sounds as well...
17:30: The best advice - Starting off? Get an apprenticeship, know what you want, carve your own career path.
super intelligent dude, fr
There you have it folks.... low-pass a bright piano for a woody and nutty flavor.
Did the dude just say *a friend of mine who's a DJ called Sasha is using my space in LA? 2:23
Let me break this down for ya'll kids.., What Sasha is to (Real) electronic music is what Hans Zimmer is to movie soundtracks. If Sasha ever decided to do soundtracks? FML.
you're NOT FINISHED YET "GEARHEAD"!!!! lol
you need a Roli Seaboard!!!!
"YOU of all people....it will change your life!!!
(I like you better then Hanz actually....he's GREAT....but, you're better)
2:22 Oh, Sasha.. .that guy, I think I have heard of him. lol
Grown men describing their homes as cribs just makes me realise you're still little kids.