You Gotta Hear This : Episode 7 - Reference List : * Thomas Newman - American Music Composer * The Legendary GameBoy Bright Booting Sparkling Sound Design * Erik Castro @hungrybartender * Super Mario Land - Video Game - 1989 - Publisher Nintendo - Director Satoru Okada - Music Composer Hirokazu Tanaka * Dallas Crane - Outstanding Editor :) * Resident - Short Film - 2021 - Dir Dallas Crane - Music Composer Brian Ralston * Richard Kraft - Director, Producer, Executive-Producer, Agent - Kraft-Engel.com * Steve Zahn - American Actor * The Beatles - English Rock Band * Ludwing Van Beethoven - German Music Composer - (1770-1827) - Classical Period & Romantic Era * Howard Shore - Canadian Music Composer and Conductor * French Horn - Brass Instrument * Philip Glass - American Music Composer and Pianist * Randall Stuart Newman - American Singer, Songwriter, Arranger, Composer and Pianist * James Newton Howard - American Music Composer * You Got it right There Troy ! 11.59 :) * Ennio Morricone - Italian Musician, Music Composer, Producer and Conductor - (1928-2020) * Oscar-Claude Monet - French Painter (1840-1926) - Founder of Impressionist Painting * Pablo Picasso - Spanish Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker, Ceramist and Theatre Designer (1881-1973) - Co Founder of Cubist * The More you know the more you realized there is to Learn * Jerome David Salinger - American Writer (1919-2010) * Krzysztof Komeda - Film Music Composer and Jazz Pianist (1931-1969) * Aaron Copland - Music Composer, Teacher, Writer and Conductor - (1900-1990) * Pay It Forward - Film - 2000 - Director Mimi Leder - Music Composer Thomas Newman * The Shawshank Redemption - Film - 1994 - Dir Frank Darabont - Music Composer Thomas Newman * American Beauty - Film - 1999 - Dir Sam Mendes - Music Composer Thomas Newman * Wall-E - Computer Animated Film - Pixar Studio - 2008 - Director Andrew Stanton - Music Composer Thomas Newman * Grumpy Old Men - Film - 1993 - Director Donald Petrie - Music Composer Alan Silvestri * Phenomenon - Film - 1996 - Director Jon Turteltaub - Music Composer Thomas Newman * John Travolta - American Actor and Singer * Meet Joe Black - Film - 1998 -Director Martin Brest - Music Composer Thomas Newman * George Doering - American Musician & Guitarist * David Warren Brubeck - American Jazz and Pianist Composer ( 1920-2012) * The Good German - Film - 2006 - Director Steven Soderbergh - Music Composer Thomas Newman * Alfred Newman - American Music Composer, arranger and Conductor (1900-1970) * John Williams - American Music Composer, Conductor, Pianist and Trombonist * Jerry Goldsmith - American Music Composer & Conductor - (1929-2004) * Lionel Newman - American Composer, Conductor and Pianist (1916-1989) * The Omen - Film - 1976 - Dir Richard Donner - Music Composer Jerry Goldsmith ( Best Original Score Oscar Winner 1977 ) * Emil Newman - American Music Director and Composer (1911-1984) * Joey Newman - American Film Composer, Orchestrator Arranger and Conductor * David Newman - American Composer and Conductor * Orchestration & Copyist Epic Explanation Moment ( John Williams Style ) : 20.22 !!! Pure Gold. * Alexander Courage - American Orchestrator, Arranger and Music Composer (1919-2008) * Star Trek : The Original Series - Sci-Fi Tv Serie - (1968-1969) * Eugene Wesley Roddenberry - American TV Screenwriter and Producer (1921-1991) * The Music Of Star Trek - Book - Jeff Bond * Star Trek : The Next Generation - American Sci-Fi TV Serie - (1987-1994) * Wilhelm Richard Wagner - German Music Composer (1813-1883) * Gung Ho - Film - 1986 - Director Ron Howard - Music Composer Thomas Newman * Reckless - Film - 1984 - Director James Foley - Music Composer Thomas Newman * QuickSilver - Film - 1986 - Director Thomas Michale Donnelly - Music Composer Thomas Newman * Kevin Norwood Bacon - American Actor * Fried Green Tomatoes - Film - 1991- Director Jon Avnet - Music Composer Thomas Newman * The Newsroom - American Political Drama TV Serie - Written by Aaron Sorkin - HBO - 2012-2014 * W.G Snuffy Walden - American Musician and Composer - Emmy Award Winner for the West Wing Theme * The West Wing - American Serial Political Drama TV Serie - Created by Aaron Sorkin - NBC - 1999-2006 * Breaking Bad - American Crime-Drama TV Serie - Created by Vince Gilligan - AMC - 2008-2013 * The Walking Dead - American Post-Apocalyptic Horror TV Serie - 2010-2021 (Present Time ) - Music Composer Bear McCreary * Frank A. Darabont - French-American Film Director, Screenwriter and Producer * Six Feet under - American Drama TV Serie - Created by Alan Ball - HBO - 2001-2005 * Rolfe Kent - English Film Music Composer * Dexter - American Crime-Drama TV Serie - Dev by James Manos Jr. - Music Composer Daniel Licht * Daniel James Licht - American Music Composer ( 1957-2017) * Christophe Beck - Canadian Tv and Film Music Composer and Conductor * Wanda Vision - American Tv Miniserie - DisneyPlus - Theme : Kristen Anderson-Lopez - Music Composer Robert Lopez * Hawkeye - American Tv Miniserie - 2021 -DisneyPlus - Music Composer Christophe Beck * The Queen’s Gambit - American Period Drama Miniserie - 2020- Netflix - Music Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera * Hans Zimmer - American Music Composer and Producer * Mike Post - American Music Composer * James Horner - American Music Composer - (1953-2015) * Parenthood - Film - 1989 - Director Ron Howard - Music Composer Randy Newman * Parenthood - American Sitcom TV Serie - 1990-1991 - NBC - Theme by Randy Newman * E.T : The Extra-Terrestrial - Film- 1982 - Director Steven Spielberg - Music Composer John Williams * Ben Burtt - Sound Designer, Film Editor , Director, Screenwriter and Voice Actor * Little Women - Film - 1994 - Director Gillian Armstrong - Music Composer Thomas Newman * George Friedrich Handel - German-British Baroque Music Composer ( 1685-1759) * Christian Bale - American Actor * Empire of the Sun - Film - 1987 - Director Steven Spielberg - Music Composer John Williams * Threesome - Film - 1994 - Director Andrew Fleming - Music Composer Thomas Newman * Apollo 13 - Film - 1995 - Dir Ron Howard - Music Composer James Horner * Braveheart - Film - 1995 - Dir Mel Gibson - Music Composer James Horner * Star Wars : A New Hope - Film - 1977 - Dir George Lucas - Music Composer John Williams * Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Film - 1977 - Director Steven Spielberg - Music Composer John Williams * Robert Elmer Balaban - American Actor, Author Producer, Comedian and Director * Waiting for Guffman - Film - 1997 - Director Christopher Guest - Music Composers Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer * Gamelan - Traditional Percussive Music Instrumental Ensemble of Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese peoples of Indonesia * Joel Goldsmith - American Music Composer for Film, Tv Series and Video games. ( 1957-2012) Son of Jerry Goldsmith. * Angels in America - American TV MiniSerie - 2003- HBO - Written and Created by Tony Kushner - Directed by Mike Nichols - Music Composer Thomas Newman Good Job Guys… I … am … exhausted… :)p Could not expect less for a dedicated Thomas Newman Episode ! Hope this will help all passionate people around to track back some of the references from the massive batch of culture, inspiring people and creations evoked throughout the episode. Thanks a lot for sharing ! Take Care and Stay Safe.
'Empathy for your collaborators'. THAT is the perfect choice of words. Empathy drives the whole thing, from conception to reception. Without it, everything is reduced to a sommation of events, rather than a human experience.
Define Dancing was one of the first times I remember noticing score in movies as something more than just mere background. That scene brought me near tears just for the sheer beauty of it. A feeling, which, by the way, I also had playing Journey. So as far as this one random RUclips commenter is concerned, consider your "one-tenth" of Thomas Newman career goal more than achieved :)
Completely agreed, Journey and ABZU are up there in the top, both with sheer beauty and technical chops. So far Aliens: Fireteam Elite sounds as great, can't wait to hear that one!
It was so great seeing people talk about Thomas Newman’s music. I remember it was his scoring of The Green Mile that really drew my attention to soundtracks of films. I even vividly remember the first time I saw 1917 in the cinema and noticing that he’d composed the music as the characters were crawling through No Man’s Land. It was the first time I’d ever noticed a composers sound without prior awareness of their involvement. Great video, one I’m sure I’ll come back to watch again!
Watched the other day, Scent of a Woman, oh man,oh that score was an absolute tear-jerker Can never get enough of the romantic Hollywood era, so wholesome!
That 'Angels in America' track has just the perfect balance of order and surprise in its melody for me. It's ordered enough that you can hold onto it and it sounds melodic, but there's enough deviation from moment to moment that it feels exciting while being relaxing at the same time.
The best episode to date. I could go on and on about how Thomas Newman has been one of my greatest influences as a composer, and how, between his more offbeat orchestrations/melodies, some of the most gorgeous music ever written for the screen, and an uncanny ability to write non-diegetic music that always feels like it's as much a part of the world as is everything on-screen, he revolutionized my life and those of others, but we really would be here all day. If we're picking favorites, _The Green Mile_ is my favorite film score of his (it's hard to say this after having listened to scores such as _American Beauty,_ _1917,_ _Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events,_ _The Horse Whisperer,_ _Road to Perdition,_ _Finding Nemo,_ and _The Shawshank Redemption_ for me). But for his best score ever, I fully agree with you - _Angels in America_ is not only his absolute best, but also one of the greatest scores ever written for television, period. That bit at the end also reminds me - I need to try and walk around a city listening to Thomas Newman. Maybe throw in Georges Delerue and Joe Hisaishi for good measure (although neither of them has quite as much atmosphere as Newman does, their melodies are nonetheless gorgeous).
@@awintory I fully agree - he’s one of the most underrated film composers of all time, if not THE most. Between his stuff for the French New Wave and his later international works like _Agnes of God_ and his scrapped theme from _Platoon,_ (which I am tentatively calling his best work for film alongside _Camille_ ) there’s just so much to unpack with his melodies. Even if he hadn’t done all of that, credit’s due where credit’s due for taking a silly premise like _The Day of the Dolphin_ and making an absolutely heartbreaking art through its music. Looking forward to you going into more detail about him that I could ever imagine myself being capable of going into.
It's really funny, but I first was introduced to Thomas Newman through Finding Nemo and Wall-E so defnitely a mix of the ambiance and orchestral. Over the years I now definitely know and appreciate that he came from the artsy side. He's an amazing composer, like his cousin, Randy Newman. His score to "The Little Things" is really good as well and feels like he was in his wheel house of experimental and ambiance. Brilliant episode as always! Love these segments!
Your speech on John Williams’ impact and inspiration and how musicians are able to plant seeds in the gardens of the following generations was such a beautiful tribute to the greatness of music
I love this show because every time I watch I feel like I’m listening in on a whole new world (the world of composing and the individual worlds/histories of the composers). I always find myself wishing I could sit down with you guys because I just want to know more every time.
Very excited for this episode! Newman is a gorgeous composer. I'm only a layperson when it comes to music, but I'm very keen on learning for the enjoyment of it. Currently working on a TFM major with an emphasis on screenwriting, and the more I learn of the components of film the more I'm thinking about dipping into directing.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already (and I kinda hate my comment is about an off-hand remark in the episode lol), but the thing with Frank Darabont and The Walking Dead is that he was actually the showrunner for the first season. When time came for the second, he butted heads with the network (IIRC, he said they cut his budget by a lot despite the success) and got the boot.
Thomas Newman - the ultimate example of how to incorporate both worlds (the old school of his father and the new of well... himself). So glad you did this, he is definitely a type of composer I strive to be (even though I know I can never reach it). Thanks Austin and Troy, hopefully you guys will talk about Leonard Bernstein soon, I would love an analysis of West Side Story. Cheers!
Just wanted to take the opportunity to list a few of my own favourites of Thomas Newman's work that weren't mentioned in this, tracks I think everyone ought to listen to immediately The Judge: I Choose You, Indiana, Bag of Tricks, Samantha Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events: Hurricane Herman, Drive Away Skyfall: Brave New World, Severine, Enjoying Death, Modigliani, Komodo Dragon 1917: Come Back to Us, Up The Down Trench, A Bit of Tin, Engländer, Croisilles Wood, Sixteen Hundred Men Bridge of Spies: Homecoming, Bridge of Spies (End Title) Scent of a Woman: Tract House Ginch, Balloons Road to Perdition: Rock Island 1931, Road to Chicago, Meet Maguire Still, barely scratching the surface of this great man's wonderful career.
One of the secret sauces of Thomas Newman's genius is indeed his use of interesting harmonies. It's such a staple of his writing and something you can recognize immediately. But he can write gorgeous melodies indeed. Angels in America is a true masterpiece in this regard.
The music never fails to send shivers down my spine. A pure hit of dopamine, love it.
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Oh man, I can definitely relate to "put on a soundtrack and walk the city". Ed Shearmur's "K-Pax" was one of those for me. Loved the episode, as always. I can't thank you enough for doing this series!
Main Title from Angels in America is also one of my favourite Newman pieces. Another great example of Thomas diversity is Church of Glass (Oscar and Lucinda), stellar track and amazing score.
So glad you covered Thomas Newman! Something recently (possibly one of the Aliens videos on here) reminded me of the score from The Salton Sea, so his work has been living in my head lately.
One of the best film composers around. Thanks for showing us these gems of what Thomas Newman has brought to us as composers to study and listen too, and just a really fun, ethereal time to really dive deep into the stories that he wanted us to see beyond his scores. :)
I knew this would be an excellent video to watch but I didn't expect it to make me cry. What you were talking about towards the end about the artists that made us artists hit deep. Thanks for this
I love how these videos give a different perspective on existing memories, from movies. The chill vibe definitely helps make it feel like a conversation. Speaking of vibes, I love when troy gets groovin, when he hears something he likes. Troy kinda turns into Robert De Niro when he throwing on his "vibing"/Grooving" face. Very much like a guitarist playing a solo, from the heart. You forget what your face is doing and just go with it. Great episode, I look forward to the next!
As an audio engineer, i love hearing you guys talk about the production when is score is mixed well. like how Austin talked about Goldsmith always being into the new tech, I've always thought Thomas Newman was similar in how he used non-orchestral stuff (e.g. the WALL-E cues). Would love an episode of you guys diving deeper into the technical production side of the film score world, cause it is FASCINATING
I haven't taken the time to listen to a piece of music with headphones on, truly focused, in a while but doing that with Define Dancing was gorgeous!! Loving this series so far, keep it up!
When 'the Good German' started, my mind analyzed it as 'this must be from the "Ben-Hur" era of movie making. The old 50s and 60 Hollywood epic. They don't write like that anymore'. But then I googled what it was and noticed it was an impression of that era, not actually from that era!
Thomas Newman, one of my all-time favorite composers. His ways of creating beauty, melancholy and mystery through music are spine-tingling, haunting and masterful. He has his own voice and it's beautiful. That said, I recognized the first cue Austin played only because I have listened through most of Thomas's scores over the years! :-D The Good German has some amazing old school vibes. Very unusual for the Newman of that time. A movie that not many people saw. Not even me!
I love this. On a daily basis, I play the whole body of work that I have accumulated over the years from Thomas Newman as the background for me to work to and literally the background to my life. I'm so happy to see others as invested in his music and how it makes you feel as I am. I've never felt music like I feel his, it's indescribable. I've been into his music for possibly 15+ years after hearing some orchestration in Seals 'My Vision'. I then traced the sample used in that to the American Beauty ST.... Then I realised my fave film of all time, Shawshank, was also this Thomas Newman guy. 'Brooks was here' was the track that hooked me in and I've been hooked ever since. Thomas Newman is my favourite artist, period. If people ask me who my favourite Band is, I have to say well actually.... I know have have listened to more hours of his music than any other musician. I'd love to thank him personally for the music he's given me. How it gets me though my life, helps me function. Thank you also Austin for your 'Journey' soundtrack. I knew you'd be a Newman guy listening to that! It's amazing work. I list that game (and it's the package as a whole due to your music) in my top 5 best ever gaming experiences. Apotheosis got me! As a footnote, I think his Road to Perdition ST is his finest. Rock Island just gets me very time. Again, thank you for going into this depth on his amazing work. I'd LOVE to hear a compilation of Thomas Newman's work live and orchestrated, more than any other musical experience. And yes, Angels in America is just musical PERFECTION! I don't think there's a human on earth that wouldn't be moved or not like it. The change up after the middle oboe piece is just stunning! Ps. subscribed!
Austin, this video odyssey of Thomas Newman's musical is a must for score lovers and collectors. First of all: your selection of THE GOOD GERMAN, PAY IT FORWARD and ANGELES IN AMERICAN are really gems. And WALL-E - even if I consider it not so hidden because I think was a quite famous work of him - is a pure kaleidoscope work of art as his PIXAR works that allowed him to go beyond limits. By the way: I would love to suggest some other gems of Newman: OSCAR AND LUCINDA, that come after LITTLE WOMEN from the same director. His use of choir (quite unusual for Newman) and his use of crystal, glassy percussions, mixed with incredible themes, is stunning. A pure cathedral of sound that climbs on and on. I love that whole album. The second one is a very hidden one: LITTLE CHILDREN, a wonderful film and a music that always recall a almost baroque mood from Newman: the last piece is a pure "Newman goes Bach" with this sharpen strings very clear. Favourite funny track: the 43 seconds of "Slutty Kay": ferocious track for a very absurd scene in the movie: cello and timpani on the craziest downhill. I've almost every of his CDs release and there's a sentenced I loved on the album of LESS THAN ZERO where his engineer - I think was Tommy Vicari, but not sure - said that in that album he was shaping that base made of strings and basses that would became later the "Newman sound" (but I'm in Lisbon and my collection is in Italy, so I cannot check the name). Austin, keep this channel on, is incredible such as your music and your passion of speaking about this all. Un abbraccio, Enrico
Thanks for doing this Austin!, i've been waiting for you to talk about Thomas Newman for some time now, avid PWL listener here, i can hear some inspiration in your work especially the playfulness on your pieces like Threshold or Myliobatis Aquila.
that score for Angels In America is beautiful. aaarrrgh! i love these episodes. they're so interesting. i don't come from a musical background but i still love music
I truly loved this episode and I'm astonished at how much in tune I am with your picks and comments once again. As I told you, the video John Williams you mention at the end was one of the sparks that ignited the idea of doing a Legacy project on John Williams. What you says at the end about inspiration and legacy truly touched me and it felt amazing to have found almost a soulmate. Thank you for what you do, dear Austin and dear Troy. Keep 'em coming!
The main theme from AC Rogue ( ruclips.net/video/lmlCudR3JPk/видео.html ) sounds similar to Angels in America (55:09). Maybe Elitsa Alexandrova was inspired by Thomas Newman
Road To Perdition is my favorite Thomas Newman score. I remember watching the movie and hearing some of those dense harmonies that he does and literally sitting up and thinking, “what chords were those?!” To me, his use of harmony in movies like that and Shawshank was something that shifted what scores sounded like. Few composers have made that kind of impact.
All great selections, as always. WALL-E remains my favorite Pixar film, and there are two things in it without which the whole thing would fall apart. One is the brilliant sound design by Ben Burtt, and the other is absolutely Newman's score. It's emotional and sophisticated, sometimes strange and mechanical, sometimes fun, sometimes very subtle, and sometimes all those things at once. Also, I have to say that the Angels in America piece shattered me. I was listening to the show on my commute, and I had to stop the car 5 minutes from the office to roll it back and take it in. Dramatic doesn't really say it. It's texturally stunning and has a sort of ebb and flow, like a swaying quality that's breathtaking. That oboe is almost haunting. I considered myself more familiar with Thomas Newman than the average bear, but thank you for introducing me to such a wonderful piece. I really love this show. I hope you and Troy can keep it going.
Here's some trivia for you: Randy Newman wrote the orchestral arrangement, conducted the orchestra and played piano on Peggy Lee's last hit record, "Is That All There Is?", in 1969, just before he started writing film scores. If you listen to the song you will easily recognize Newman's style. Thanks for featuring Thomas Newman, a truly great and highly experimental film scorer.
His more recent score to Tolkien was full of his signature stuff, very little in the way of melodies but very evocative. I've since seen The Adjustment Bureau and picked him as composer immediately 😁
Love ya both for taking time to do these videos when you have the time. Not only do I learn so much with each video, I have a damn good time listening to you guys light up over the same love for music and different perspectives. Thank ya both 😊
What a great series. I never appreciated scores aside from the big themes. Play watch listen brought me here but this is fast becoming a favourite of mine. A Frasier to PWL's Cheers if you will. Thank you
@@awintory it is for a film score competition by the way the BIFSC you can check it out but you would have to go to the sound design part of the web site.
Ahh, thanks for reminding me of WALL-E - one of my all time faves, and yes - that particular piece is probably a highlight for me. Also, I'm a sucker for anything remotely Lydian.
I absolutely love this shit. And I get what the focus is film scores but I want you guys to deep dive on all film aspects ASAP. Our just include me in your random movie convos, PLEASE.
Two things: 1) completely picked up the bassoon because of the Sorcerer's Apprentice 2) to link this to the PWL 9/11 discussion...I cannot listen to the Eagles - New York Minute from the Hell Freezes Over recording without being brought back to that day. The muted trumpet is just so sad...
I think the first time the seed was planted in my head that I should be a composer or at least a musician was when I heard the score of Wall-E (Btw I can hear the influence of that last piece on Journey so vividly)
I love Wall-E, especially because of the music and how it contributes to the movie - or a good part of it - simply working without much voice acting 🥰 That got such unifying feel to it, because you need not understand a particular language to get the film, the music with it's pre- babylonian-tower-language quality to it 😊 In a way Wall-E not being so reliant on spoken work, but more on music and other little audio cues always reminded me of Kretek's "The Mole", an animated show I absolutely loved as a kid and now cherish for that quality. It - in a real small way - brings people together even though they may not speak the same language 💕
If I'm not mistaken, "dead already" was used in Madagascar (2005) in that scene when Alex is dreaming of steak. And it doesn't sound like they were hiding it. How didn't they get sued?
I know you don't like taking other peoples ideas, but imagine this is your original thought: "An Episode about John Powell espacially his Dragon scores"
Thomas Newman really knows how to write gorgeous soundscapes. He is so different from his brother David Newman in style and even more different from Alfred Newman his father.
Ha, I'd love to hear Philip Glass try some blues rock! Closest thing I can think of is Osamu's Theme: Kyoko's House from Mishima and it's a pretty fun cue: ruclips.net/video/AJbm4ejxrcA/видео.html
I know it's part of the marketing, so to speak, but would it be possible to post these without the composer's name in the title? To put it bluntly, Mr. Baker's having all the fun with the guessing game, lol. Oh, and didn't Thomas Newman write music that was separately used throughout House, MD?
I debate this but the brutal truth about SEO and RUclips algorithm is that it's far more likely to be seen / discovered when the central point is established in the name / thumbnail
When hearing that first excerpt a question pops up in my mind: Is the mixture of real instruments and orchestral library on a syntheziser a creative decision done because Newman likes the shifting sound that it creates, or is it done for budgetary reasons, because he wrote for a bigger orchestra than the studio was willing to pay for? Either way: I'm never a fan of that approach. As a listener I would say: Score for what you have, and don't fake it. I know how a real instrument sounds like. I'm not fooled by fake timpani.
Can you be more specific what you mean by synths? Because electronics are used constantly, especially by Newman, but not instead of live instruments. In addition to. Same in my music
@@awintory This specific excerpts sounds like it uses synthesized violas and trombones instead of real ones. The single bell also sounds synthetic to me, as well as the deep timpani notes. Maybe it is just the way the instruments are recorded. Maybe they have been recorded seperately and then added in the mix later, and this is what is throwing my ears off. Maybe it is the compression of the recording. And yes I was not talking about adding synthetics, with sounds that you can't get from a non electronic instrument, like for example Goldsmith or you do. That is totally fine in modern scoring, It widens the pallet. But sometimes pieces sound as if they are being augmented with orchestral library instruments because the real studio orchestra was too small for the sound the composer imagined. Listen to Bear McCreary's newest upload, the "Foundation" Main theme. The violins sound fake, even though they are appearently there in the studio. Bear writes in the description that the orchestra is being augmented.
@@Quotenwagnerianer I think there is a lot going on here. Even when things are 100% acoustic, they can be recorded / mixed in such a way as to mimic (deliberately or as a sort of unintentional aural illusion) electronics. The delineation of the purely acoustic and the purely electronic is basically non-existent now. Nearly 100% of music could be said to by a hybrid (The only TRUE exception I can think of is experience live music, in a hall, with zero amplification of any kind). Needless to say, for nearly the entirety of film music history, composers have explored ways of experimenting with how things are recorded, and blending instruments electronically
@@awintory In a way that is also true for all forms of orchestral recordings. I always find the evolution of the way music is recorded fascinating, from the early mono recordings, to the advent of the stereo area, then the multi-channel experiments of the 70's (which can now be re-experienced with SACD re-releases) to the modern way. You can not only hear how recording technology improves over time (and how surprisingly good mono recordings from the late 40's can sound if done on the right equipment), but also how the philosophy of what to capture and how to capture it evolves and changes. In the 50's and 60's you have sort of direct sound, that lets you listen as if you had the orchestra sitting in your own living room (if you ever have the chance to listen to the Mercury Living Presence 3-Channel recordings, these are basically the high point of that approach), in modern recordings they try to mimic the sound of the hall they have recorded it in, sometimes even "enhancing" it with artificial reverb from other venues, trying to change your living room into Boston Symphony Hall. Which of course is kind of odd, because if you were there, it would not be empty, like it is when the recording is done, and therefore sounding completely different.
The score for Road To Perdition always takes me out of the movie at parts. It sounds too much like the fantastical Shawshank Redemption score. Doesn't fit the tone of R.T.P. which is s darker film imo.
It's unbelievable that this man still hasn't won an Oscar...
You Gotta Hear This : Episode 7 - Reference List :
* Thomas Newman - American Music Composer
* The Legendary GameBoy Bright Booting Sparkling Sound Design
* Erik Castro @hungrybartender
* Super Mario Land - Video Game - 1989 - Publisher Nintendo - Director Satoru Okada - Music Composer Hirokazu Tanaka
* Dallas Crane - Outstanding Editor :)
* Resident - Short Film - 2021 - Dir Dallas Crane - Music Composer Brian Ralston
* Richard Kraft - Director, Producer, Executive-Producer, Agent - Kraft-Engel.com
* Steve Zahn - American Actor
* The Beatles - English Rock Band
* Ludwing Van Beethoven - German Music Composer - (1770-1827) - Classical Period & Romantic Era
* Howard Shore - Canadian Music Composer and Conductor
* French Horn - Brass Instrument
* Philip Glass - American Music Composer and Pianist
* Randall Stuart Newman - American Singer, Songwriter, Arranger, Composer and Pianist
* James Newton Howard - American Music Composer
* You Got it right There Troy ! 11.59 :)
* Ennio Morricone - Italian Musician, Music Composer, Producer and Conductor - (1928-2020)
* Oscar-Claude Monet - French Painter (1840-1926) - Founder of Impressionist Painting
* Pablo Picasso - Spanish Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker, Ceramist and Theatre Designer (1881-1973) - Co Founder of Cubist
* The More you know the more you realized there is to Learn
* Jerome David Salinger - American Writer (1919-2010)
* Krzysztof Komeda - Film Music Composer and Jazz Pianist (1931-1969)
* Aaron Copland - Music Composer, Teacher, Writer and Conductor - (1900-1990)
* Pay It Forward - Film - 2000 - Director Mimi Leder - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* The Shawshank Redemption - Film - 1994 - Dir Frank Darabont - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* American Beauty - Film - 1999 - Dir Sam Mendes - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* Wall-E - Computer Animated Film - Pixar Studio - 2008 - Director Andrew Stanton - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* Grumpy Old Men - Film - 1993 - Director Donald Petrie - Music Composer Alan Silvestri
* Phenomenon - Film - 1996 - Director Jon Turteltaub - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* John Travolta - American Actor and Singer
* Meet Joe Black - Film - 1998 -Director Martin Brest - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* George Doering - American Musician & Guitarist
* David Warren Brubeck - American Jazz and Pianist Composer ( 1920-2012)
* The Good German - Film - 2006 - Director Steven Soderbergh - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* Alfred Newman - American Music Composer, arranger and Conductor (1900-1970)
* John Williams - American Music Composer, Conductor, Pianist and Trombonist
* Jerry Goldsmith - American Music Composer & Conductor - (1929-2004)
* Lionel Newman - American Composer, Conductor and Pianist (1916-1989)
* The Omen - Film - 1976 - Dir Richard Donner - Music Composer Jerry Goldsmith ( Best Original Score Oscar Winner 1977 )
* Emil Newman - American Music Director and Composer (1911-1984)
* Joey Newman - American Film Composer, Orchestrator Arranger and Conductor
* David Newman - American Composer and Conductor
* Orchestration & Copyist Epic Explanation Moment ( John Williams Style ) : 20.22 !!! Pure Gold.
* Alexander Courage - American Orchestrator, Arranger and Music Composer (1919-2008)
* Star Trek : The Original Series - Sci-Fi Tv Serie - (1968-1969)
* Eugene Wesley Roddenberry - American TV Screenwriter and Producer (1921-1991)
* The Music Of Star Trek - Book - Jeff Bond
* Star Trek : The Next Generation - American Sci-Fi TV Serie - (1987-1994)
* Wilhelm Richard Wagner - German Music Composer (1813-1883)
* Gung Ho - Film - 1986 - Director Ron Howard - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* Reckless - Film - 1984 - Director James Foley - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* QuickSilver - Film - 1986 - Director Thomas Michale Donnelly - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* Kevin Norwood Bacon - American Actor
* Fried Green Tomatoes - Film - 1991- Director Jon Avnet - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* The Newsroom - American Political Drama TV Serie - Written by Aaron Sorkin - HBO - 2012-2014
* W.G Snuffy Walden - American Musician and Composer - Emmy Award Winner for the West Wing Theme
* The West Wing - American Serial Political Drama TV Serie - Created by Aaron Sorkin - NBC - 1999-2006
* Breaking Bad - American Crime-Drama TV Serie - Created by Vince Gilligan - AMC - 2008-2013
* The Walking Dead - American Post-Apocalyptic Horror TV Serie - 2010-2021 (Present Time ) - Music Composer Bear McCreary
* Frank A. Darabont - French-American Film Director, Screenwriter and Producer
* Six Feet under - American Drama TV Serie - Created by Alan Ball - HBO - 2001-2005
* Rolfe Kent - English Film Music Composer
* Dexter - American Crime-Drama TV Serie - Dev by James Manos Jr. - Music Composer Daniel Licht
* Daniel James Licht - American Music Composer ( 1957-2017)
* Christophe Beck - Canadian Tv and Film Music Composer and Conductor
* Wanda Vision - American Tv Miniserie - DisneyPlus - Theme : Kristen Anderson-Lopez - Music Composer Robert Lopez
* Hawkeye - American Tv Miniserie - 2021 -DisneyPlus - Music Composer Christophe Beck
* The Queen’s Gambit - American Period Drama Miniserie - 2020- Netflix - Music Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera
* Hans Zimmer - American Music Composer and Producer
* Mike Post - American Music Composer
* James Horner - American Music Composer - (1953-2015)
* Parenthood - Film - 1989 - Director Ron Howard - Music Composer Randy Newman
* Parenthood - American Sitcom TV Serie - 1990-1991 - NBC - Theme by Randy Newman
* E.T : The Extra-Terrestrial - Film- 1982 - Director Steven Spielberg - Music Composer John Williams
* Ben Burtt - Sound Designer, Film Editor , Director, Screenwriter and Voice Actor
* Little Women - Film - 1994 - Director Gillian Armstrong - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* George Friedrich Handel - German-British Baroque Music Composer ( 1685-1759)
* Christian Bale - American Actor
* Empire of the Sun - Film - 1987 - Director Steven Spielberg - Music Composer John Williams
* Threesome - Film - 1994 - Director Andrew Fleming - Music Composer Thomas Newman
* Apollo 13 - Film - 1995 - Dir Ron Howard - Music Composer James Horner
* Braveheart - Film - 1995 - Dir Mel Gibson - Music Composer James Horner
* Star Wars : A New Hope - Film - 1977 - Dir George Lucas - Music Composer John Williams
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Film - 1977 - Director Steven Spielberg - Music Composer John Williams
* Robert Elmer Balaban - American Actor, Author Producer, Comedian and Director
* Waiting for Guffman - Film - 1997 - Director Christopher Guest - Music Composers Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer
* Gamelan - Traditional Percussive Music Instrumental Ensemble of Javanese, Balinese and Sundanese peoples of Indonesia
* Joel Goldsmith - American Music Composer for Film, Tv Series and Video games. ( 1957-2012) Son of Jerry Goldsmith.
* Angels in America - American TV MiniSerie - 2003- HBO - Written and Created by Tony Kushner - Directed by Mike Nichols - Music Composer Thomas Newman
Good Job Guys…
I … am … exhausted… :)p
Could not expect less for a dedicated Thomas Newman Episode !
Hope this will help all passionate people around to track back some of the references from the massive batch of culture, inspiring people and creations evoked throughout the episode.
Thanks a lot for sharing !
Take Care and Stay Safe.
'Empathy for your collaborators'. THAT is the perfect choice of words. Empathy drives the whole thing, from conception to reception. Without it, everything is reduced to a sommation of events, rather than a human experience.
Whats that?
John williams
The first remind me of indiana jones
Define Dancing was one of the first times I remember noticing score in movies as something more than just mere background. That scene brought me near tears just for the sheer beauty of it.
A feeling, which, by the way, I also had playing Journey. So as far as this one random RUclips commenter is concerned, consider your "one-tenth" of Thomas Newman career goal more than achieved :)
Genuinely, a touching comment and my deepest thanks to you for doing so
Completely agreed, Journey and ABZU are up there in the top, both with sheer beauty and technical chops. So far Aliens: Fireteam Elite sounds as great, can't wait to hear that one!
Another one of my favorites, such a haunting quality to his work. Absolutely love Road To Perdition and A Series Of Unfortunate Events.
It was so great seeing people talk about Thomas Newman’s music. I remember it was his scoring of The Green Mile that really drew my attention to soundtracks of films.
I even vividly remember the first time I saw 1917 in the cinema and noticing that he’d composed the music as the characters were crawling through No Man’s Land. It was the first time I’d ever noticed a composers sound without prior awareness of their involvement.
Great video, one I’m sure I’ll come back to watch again!
Watched the other day, Scent of a Woman, oh man,oh that score was an absolute tear-jerker
Can never get enough of the romantic Hollywood era, so wholesome!
That 'Angels in America' track has just the perfect balance of order and surprise in its melody for me. It's ordered enough that you can hold onto it and it sounds melodic, but there's enough deviation from moment to moment that it feels exciting while being relaxing at the same time.
The best episode to date. I could go on and on about how Thomas Newman has been one of my greatest influences as a composer, and how, between his more offbeat orchestrations/melodies, some of the most gorgeous music ever written for the screen, and an uncanny ability to write non-diegetic music that always feels like it's as much a part of the world as is everything on-screen, he revolutionized my life and those of others, but we really would be here all day. If we're picking favorites, _The Green Mile_ is my favorite film score of his (it's hard to say this after having listened to scores such as _American Beauty,_ _1917,_ _Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events,_ _The Horse Whisperer,_ _Road to Perdition,_ _Finding Nemo,_ and _The Shawshank Redemption_ for me). But for his best score ever, I fully agree with you - _Angels in America_ is not only his absolute best, but also one of the greatest scores ever written for television, period.
That bit at the end also reminds me - I need to try and walk around a city listening to Thomas Newman. Maybe throw in Georges Delerue and Joe Hisaishi for good measure (although neither of them has quite as much atmosphere as Newman does, their melodies are nonetheless gorgeous).
Planning an episode on Delerue at some point soon too. What an underrated master
@@awintory I fully agree - he’s one of the most underrated film composers of all time, if not THE most. Between his stuff for the French New Wave and his later international works like _Agnes of God_ and his scrapped theme from _Platoon,_ (which I am tentatively calling his best work for film alongside _Camille_ ) there’s just so much to unpack with his melodies. Even if he hadn’t done all of that, credit’s due where credit’s due for taking a silly premise like _The Day of the Dolphin_ and making an absolutely heartbreaking art through its music. Looking forward to you going into more detail about him that I could ever imagine myself being capable of going into.
Man, The Green Mile is also my favorite Thomas Newman score!
The first track you played, I had a Red Letter Media moment: "I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!"
It's really funny, but I first was introduced to Thomas Newman through Finding Nemo and Wall-E so defnitely a mix of the ambiance and orchestral. Over the years I now definitely know and appreciate that he came from the artsy side. He's an amazing composer, like his cousin, Randy Newman. His score to "The Little Things" is really good as well and feels like he was in his wheel house of experimental and ambiance. Brilliant episode as always! Love these segments!
Your speech on John Williams’ impact and inspiration and how musicians are able to plant seeds in the gardens of the following generations was such a beautiful tribute to the greatness of music
For me I fell in love with Thomas Newman's work after hearing 'Stoic Theme' from Shawshank. The amount of tone from that piece is so perfect
I love this show because every time I watch I feel like I’m listening in on a whole new world (the world of composing and the individual worlds/histories of the composers). I always find myself wishing I could sit down with you guys because I just want to know more every time.
Very excited for this episode! Newman is a gorgeous composer. I'm only a layperson when it comes to music, but I'm very keen on learning for the enjoyment of it. Currently working on a TFM major with an emphasis on screenwriting, and the more I learn of the components of film the more I'm thinking about dipping into directing.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already (and I kinda hate my comment is about an off-hand remark in the episode lol), but the thing with Frank Darabont and The Walking Dead is that he was actually the showrunner for the first season. When time came for the second, he butted heads with the network (IIRC, he said they cut his budget by a lot despite the success) and got the boot.
I didn't know that!
I know very little about the making of music and music theory, but I love listening to these two talk about anything.
Thomas Newman - the ultimate example of how to incorporate both worlds (the old school of his father and the new of well... himself). So glad you did this, he is definitely a type of composer I strive to be (even though I know I can never reach it). Thanks Austin and Troy, hopefully you guys will talk about Leonard Bernstein soon, I would love an analysis of West Side Story. Cheers!
So glad that someone else has gone through the existential tangent at 6:30
Just wanted to take the opportunity to list a few of my own favourites of Thomas Newman's work that weren't mentioned in this, tracks I think everyone ought to listen to immediately
The Judge:
I Choose You, Indiana, Bag of Tricks, Samantha
Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events:
Hurricane Herman, Drive Away
Skyfall:
Brave New World, Severine, Enjoying Death, Modigliani, Komodo Dragon
1917:
Come Back to Us, Up The Down Trench, A Bit of Tin, Engländer, Croisilles Wood, Sixteen Hundred Men
Bridge of Spies:
Homecoming, Bridge of Spies (End Title)
Scent of a Woman:
Tract House Ginch, Balloons
Road to Perdition:
Rock Island 1931, Road to Chicago, Meet Maguire
Still, barely scratching the surface of this great man's wonderful career.
This was amazing, specially the last part about the impact Williams and Newman's music has had on many people.
One of the secret sauces of Thomas Newman's genius is indeed his use of interesting harmonies. It's such a staple of his writing and something you can recognize immediately. But he can write gorgeous melodies indeed. Angels in America is a true masterpiece in this regard.
“The more you know the more there is to learn” my favorite fact about knowledge
danza alla daggers got me back into violin, the syndicate ost and pode just hit
The music never fails to send shivers down my spine. A pure hit of dopamine, love it.
Oh man, I can definitely relate to "put on a soundtrack and walk the city". Ed Shearmur's "K-Pax" was one of those for me. Loved the episode, as always. I can't thank you enough for doing this series!
UAU Amazing music you shared here. I got a new Playlist. Love all your talks with Troy. Thanks.
I'm just realizing that Thomas Newman could actually send a few entries to the Aliens: Fireteam Music Contest just from this collection!
10:18 Troy's reaction was priceless.
Main Title from Angels in America is also one of my favourite Newman pieces. Another great example of Thomas diversity is Church of Glass (Oscar and Lucinda), stellar track and amazing score.
I had no idea you had a podcast and I’ve been listening to play, watch, listen for months. Mention it once in a while! :)
So glad you covered Thomas Newman! Something recently (possibly one of the Aliens videos on here) reminded me of the score from The Salton Sea, so his work has been living in my head lately.
One of the best film composers around. Thanks for showing us these gems of what Thomas Newman has brought to us as composers to study and listen too, and just a really fun, ethereal time to really dive deep into the stories that he wanted us to see beyond his scores. :)
I knew this would be an excellent video to watch but I didn't expect it to make me cry. What you were talking about towards the end about the artists that made us artists hit deep. Thanks for this
I love how these videos give a different perspective on existing memories, from movies. The chill vibe definitely helps make it feel like a conversation. Speaking of vibes, I love when troy gets groovin, when he hears something he likes. Troy kinda turns into Robert De Niro when he throwing on his "vibing"/Grooving" face. Very much like a guitarist playing a solo, from the heart. You forget what your face is doing and just go with it. Great episode, I look forward to the next!
From the opening segment I KNEW it was going to be The Good German! MAGNIFICENT SCORE!!!
As an audio engineer, i love hearing you guys talk about the production when is score is mixed well. like how Austin talked about Goldsmith always being into the new tech, I've always thought Thomas Newman was similar in how he used non-orchestral stuff (e.g. the WALL-E cues). Would love an episode of you guys diving deeper into the technical production side of the film score world, cause it is FASCINATING
I haven't taken the time to listen to a piece of music with headphones on, truly focused, in a while but doing that with Define Dancing was gorgeous!! Loving this series so far, keep it up!
When 'the Good German' started, my mind analyzed it as 'this must be from the "Ben-Hur" era of movie making. The old 50s and 60 Hollywood epic. They don't write like that anymore'. But then I googled what it was and noticed it was an impression of that era, not actually from that era!
I can't wait for Austin to talk about some Rosza. I recently heard loads of his non movie stuff, and it is all awesome. What a great composer he was.
Thomas Newman, one of my all-time favorite composers. His ways of creating beauty, melancholy and mystery through music are spine-tingling, haunting and masterful. He has his own voice and it's beautiful.
That said, I recognized the first cue Austin played only because I have listened through most of Thomas's scores over the years! :-D The Good German has some amazing old school vibes. Very unusual for the Newman of that time. A movie that not many people saw. Not even me!
I love this. On a daily basis, I play the whole body of work that I have accumulated over the years from Thomas Newman as the background for me to work to and literally the background to my life. I'm so happy to see others as invested in his music and how it makes you feel as I am. I've never felt music like I feel his, it's indescribable. I've been into his music for possibly 15+ years after hearing some orchestration in Seals 'My Vision'. I then traced the sample used in that to the American Beauty ST.... Then I realised my fave film of all time, Shawshank, was also this Thomas Newman guy. 'Brooks was here' was the track that hooked me in and I've been hooked ever since. Thomas Newman is my favourite artist, period. If people ask me who my favourite Band is, I have to say well actually.... I know have have listened to more hours of his music than any other musician. I'd love to thank him personally for the music he's given me. How it gets me though my life, helps me function.
Thank you also Austin for your 'Journey' soundtrack. I knew you'd be a Newman guy listening to that! It's amazing work. I list that game (and it's the package as a whole due to your music) in my top 5 best ever gaming experiences. Apotheosis got me!
As a footnote, I think his Road to Perdition ST is his finest. Rock Island just gets me very time. Again, thank you for going into this depth on his amazing work. I'd LOVE to hear a compilation of Thomas Newman's work live and orchestrated, more than any other musical experience.
And yes, Angels in America is just musical PERFECTION! I don't think there's a human on earth that wouldn't be moved or not like it. The change up after the middle oboe piece is just stunning!
Ps. subscribed!
Austin, this video odyssey of Thomas Newman's musical is a must for score lovers and collectors.
First of all: your selection of THE GOOD GERMAN, PAY IT FORWARD and ANGELES IN AMERICAN are really gems.
And WALL-E - even if I consider it not so hidden because I think was a quite famous work of him - is a pure kaleidoscope work of art as his PIXAR works that allowed him to go beyond limits.
By the way: I would love to suggest some other gems of Newman: OSCAR AND LUCINDA, that come after LITTLE WOMEN from the same director.
His use of choir (quite unusual for Newman) and his use of crystal, glassy percussions, mixed with incredible themes, is stunning.
A pure cathedral of sound that climbs on and on.
I love that whole album.
The second one is a very hidden one: LITTLE CHILDREN, a wonderful film and a music that always recall a almost baroque mood from Newman: the last piece is a pure "Newman goes Bach" with this sharpen strings very clear.
Favourite funny track: the 43 seconds of "Slutty Kay": ferocious track for a very absurd scene in the movie: cello and timpani on the craziest downhill.
I've almost every of his CDs release and there's a sentenced I loved on the album of LESS THAN ZERO where his engineer - I think was Tommy Vicari, but not sure - said that in that album he was shaping that base made of strings and basses that would became later the "Newman sound" (but I'm in Lisbon and my collection is in Italy, so I cannot check the name).
Austin, keep this channel on, is incredible such as your music and your passion of speaking about this all.
Un abbraccio,
Enrico
Thanks for doing this Austin!, i've been waiting for you to talk about Thomas Newman for some time now, avid PWL listener here, i can hear some inspiration in your work especially the playfulness on your pieces like Threshold or Myliobatis Aquila.
that score for Angels In America is beautiful. aaarrrgh! i love these episodes. they're so interesting. i don't come from a musical background but i still love music
Fantastically interesting and informative as usual. Thank you!
He's one of my favourites when it comes to quirky/sentimental/eerie music (American Beauty, White Oleander, Side Effects).
I truly loved this episode and I'm astonished at how much in tune I am with your picks and comments once again. As I told you, the video John Williams you mention at the end was one of the sparks that ignited the idea of doing a Legacy project on John Williams. What you says at the end about inspiration and legacy truly touched me and it felt amazing to have found almost a soulmate. Thank you for what you do, dear Austin and dear Troy. Keep 'em coming!
The main theme from AC Rogue ( ruclips.net/video/lmlCudR3JPk/видео.html ) sounds similar to Angels in America (55:09). Maybe Elitsa Alexandrova was inspired by Thomas Newman
Oh wow I didn't remember that. Very similar!
I love that game and its soundtrack.
Sam Mendes and Thomas Newman is one of my favorite duo's, he's a great composer.
So glad I found this conversation & have the same appreciation for Wall-E as I do.
Road To Perdition is my favorite Thomas Newman score. I remember watching the movie and hearing some of those dense harmonies that he does and literally sitting up and thinking, “what chords were those?!” To me, his use of harmony in movies like that and Shawshank was something that shifted what scores sounded like. Few composers have made that kind of impact.
Saw the episode was about Thomas Newman and instantly hoped 'Define Dancing' would be one of the pieces. Luckily wasn't disappointed lol.
I'm really enjoying this series!
All great selections, as always. WALL-E remains my favorite Pixar film, and there are two things in it without which the whole thing would fall apart. One is the brilliant sound design by Ben Burtt, and the other is absolutely Newman's score. It's emotional and sophisticated, sometimes strange and mechanical, sometimes fun, sometimes very subtle, and sometimes all those things at once. Also, I have to say that the Angels in America piece shattered me. I was listening to the show on my commute, and I had to stop the car 5 minutes from the office to roll it back and take it in. Dramatic doesn't really say it. It's texturally stunning and has a sort of ebb and flow, like a swaying quality that's breathtaking. That oboe is almost haunting. I considered myself more familiar with Thomas Newman than the average bear, but thank you for introducing me to such a wonderful piece. I really love this show. I hope you and Troy can keep it going.
I was waiting for Troy to launch into his Randy Newman again after finding out he and Thomas were cousins
plz continue to make this Kind of content
Austin stays the same, and Troy becomes more and more hipster each time
This is such a fun show. Every ep is a treat
Here's some trivia for you: Randy Newman wrote the orchestral arrangement, conducted the orchestra and played piano on Peggy Lee's last hit record, "Is That All There Is?", in 1969, just before he started writing film scores. If you listen to the song you will easily recognize Newman's style. Thanks for featuring Thomas Newman, a truly great and highly experimental film scorer.
His more recent score to Tolkien was full of his signature stuff, very little in the way of melodies but very evocative. I've since seen The Adjustment Bureau and picked him as composer immediately 😁
Weird request, but I'd LOVE for Austin to make a Spotify/RUclips playlist with some of his favorite tracks
Great idea!
Yeah!
Love ya both for taking time to do these videos when you have the time. Not only do I learn so much with each video, I have a damn good time listening to you guys light up over the same love for music and different perspectives. Thank ya both 😊
Phillip glass in a Stevie Ray Vaughan hat is chefs kiss
im just now catching up on this. as someone who knows fuck all about music, it's so impressive to see the sheer amount of knowledge you can whip out
What a great series. I never appreciated scores aside from the big themes. Play watch listen brought me here but this is fast becoming a favourite of mine. A Frasier to PWL's Cheers if you will. Thank you
The credits theme from Super Mario Land is amazing! Should be part of the show!
Hay I need some help deciding what style I should score a space film do you think I should go with a Hans zimmer style or igor stravinsky style?
Neither!
@@awintory When what?
@@awintory it is for a film score competition by the way the BIFSC you can check it out but you would have to go to the sound design part of the web site.
Ahh, thanks for reminding me of WALL-E - one of my all time faves, and yes - that particular piece is probably a highlight for me. Also, I'm a sucker for anything remotely Lydian.
Road to Perdition is my favorite Thomas Newman score.
I absolutely love this shit. And I get what the focus is film scores but I want you guys to deep dive on all film aspects ASAP. Our just include me in your random movie convos, PLEASE.
Two things: 1) completely picked up the bassoon because of the Sorcerer's Apprentice 2) to link this to the PWL 9/11 discussion...I cannot listen to the Eagles - New York Minute from the Hell Freezes Over recording without being brought back to that day. The muted trumpet is just so sad...
I think the first time the seed was planted in my head that I should be a composer or at least a musician was when I heard the score of Wall-E
(Btw I can hear the influence of that last piece on Journey so vividly)
I love Wall-E, especially because of the music and how it contributes to the movie - or a good part of it - simply working without much voice acting 🥰 That got such unifying feel to it, because you need not understand a particular language to get the film, the music with it's pre- babylonian-tower-language quality to it 😊 In a way Wall-E not being so reliant on spoken work, but more on music and other little audio cues always reminded me of Kretek's "The Mole", an animated show I absolutely loved as a kid and now cherish for that quality. It - in a real small way - brings people together even though they may not speak the same language 💕
If I'm not mistaken, "dead already" was used in Madagascar (2005) in that scene when Alex is dreaming of steak. And it doesn't sound like they were hiding it. How didn't they get sued?
Don't recall this one but sometimes things get licensed.
I know you don't like taking other peoples ideas, but imagine this is your original thought: "An Episode about John Powell espacially his Dragon scores"
oh gosh, the dragon scores😍😍😍 so many beautiful themes you can humm to
@@EldenRinging Yeah, John Powell knows how to write a grear T Theme. They are so good
Thomas is my favourite composer.
We used "All That Love's About" from the Wall-E Soundtrack as the song my wife walked down the aisle to 😁
Music and hard solipsism. That's why I'm here.
I just knew it will be Angels in America. love it.
Thomas Newman really knows how to write gorgeous soundscapes. He is so different from his brother David Newman in style and even more different from Alfred Newman his father.
BEARD BOIS! 🙌❤
Ha, I'd love to hear Philip Glass try some blues rock! Closest thing I can think of is Osamu's Theme: Kyoko's House from Mishima and it's a pretty fun cue: ruclips.net/video/AJbm4ejxrcA/видео.html
Wow I'd never heard this!! Great pull!!
Can we download the mp3 for these anywhere like Play Watch Listen? thanks!
Currenty only on RUclips!
@@awintory No worries, these are great, thanks!
I know it's part of the marketing, so to speak, but would it be possible to post these without the composer's name in the title? To put it bluntly, Mr. Baker's having all the fun with the guessing game, lol.
Oh, and didn't Thomas Newman write music that was separately used throughout House, MD?
Second that
I debate this but the brutal truth about SEO and RUclips algorithm is that it's far more likely to be seen / discovered when the central point is established in the name / thumbnail
@@awintory Fair enough. I'll be watching either way.
When hearing that first excerpt a question pops up in my mind:
Is the mixture of real instruments and orchestral library on a syntheziser a creative decision done because Newman likes the shifting sound that it creates, or is it done for budgetary reasons, because he wrote for a bigger orchestra than the studio was willing to pay for?
Either way: I'm never a fan of that approach. As a listener I would say: Score for what you have, and don't fake it. I know how a real instrument sounds like. I'm not fooled by fake timpani.
Can you be more specific what you mean by synths? Because electronics are used constantly, especially by Newman, but not instead of live instruments. In addition to. Same in my music
@@awintory This specific excerpts sounds like it uses synthesized violas and trombones instead of real ones. The single bell also sounds synthetic to me, as well as the deep timpani notes. Maybe it is just the way the instruments are recorded. Maybe they have been recorded seperately and then added in the mix later, and this is what is throwing my ears off. Maybe it is the compression of the recording.
And yes I was not talking about adding synthetics, with sounds that you can't get from a non electronic instrument, like for example Goldsmith or you do. That is totally fine in modern scoring, It widens the pallet.
But sometimes pieces sound as if they are being augmented with orchestral library instruments because the real studio orchestra was too small for the sound the composer imagined.
Listen to Bear McCreary's newest upload, the "Foundation" Main theme. The violins sound fake, even though they are appearently there in the studio. Bear writes in the description that the orchestra is being augmented.
@@Quotenwagnerianer I think there is a lot going on here. Even when things are 100% acoustic, they can be recorded / mixed in such a way as to mimic (deliberately or as a sort of unintentional aural illusion) electronics. The delineation of the purely acoustic and the purely electronic is basically non-existent now. Nearly 100% of music could be said to by a hybrid (The only TRUE exception I can think of is experience live music, in a hall, with zero amplification of any kind).
Needless to say, for nearly the entirety of film music history, composers have explored ways of experimenting with how things are recorded, and blending instruments electronically
@@awintory In a way that is also true for all forms of orchestral recordings. I always find the evolution of the way music is recorded fascinating, from the early mono recordings, to the advent of the stereo area, then the multi-channel experiments of the 70's (which can now be re-experienced with SACD re-releases) to the modern way.
You can not only hear how recording technology improves over time (and how surprisingly good mono recordings from the late 40's can sound if done on the right equipment), but also how the philosophy of what to capture and how to capture it evolves and changes.
In the 50's and 60's you have sort of direct sound, that lets you listen as if you had the orchestra sitting in your own living room (if you ever have the chance to listen to the Mercury Living Presence 3-Channel recordings, these are basically the high point of that approach), in modern recordings they try to mimic the sound of the hall they have recorded it in, sometimes even "enhancing" it with artificial reverb from other venues, trying to change your living room into Boston Symphony Hall.
Which of course is kind of odd, because if you were there, it would not be empty, like it is when the recording is done, and therefore sounding completely different.
The other vibe a got was batman
Can't wait for a "Beethoven Ode to Joy " episode, and it's who used it best in a movie.
Is there any answer beyond DIE HARD?!
21:41 dramatic pan
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The score for Road To Perdition always takes me out of the movie at parts. It sounds too much like the fantastical Shawshank Redemption score. Doesn't fit the tone of R.T.P. which is s darker film imo.