That was done in Final Cut Pro X. I exported the score as three gigantic pages (~75" wide) as PNG files from Sibelius, changed the white background on all three pages to alpha for transparency, and then set the images in motion in FCPX in synch with the music.
Film scores are typically written in concert pitch, but scores of this sort are transposed. So what you hear at 3:28 from the lead trumpet is actually a concert D♯, which reads as an F♮ in the score and on the trumpet player's part (the G♯ minor key transposes to B♭ minor rather than A♯ minor for slight ease of reading, so the note is notated as F♮ rather than E♯). Hope that wasn't too confusing!
Wow - this guy's some kinda pop-genius! I'm def gonna see if I can obtain some score sheets so my marching band can play this - sure the students will love it.
"No amount" will save it? Sir, I'll have you know that in my next attempt, there will be Tchaikovskian cannons firing and Stockhausenesque helicopters roaring, all over a choir of sprechstimme vocalists sing-speaking the lyrics. But the real magic is that for its premiere, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the whole performance will consist of a recording played to the audience through a small, unamplified radio that slowly detunes. John Cage ain't got nothing on my Fringe game, hell no.
Love it!. Heard this song when it first came out reminded me of idk donkey Kong. It was over played and I don't really like listening to it now but you just saved it for me. Keep up the good work!
@Nick Proch @Aaron George Definitely a flexitone. They're really fun to play. Its really kinda weird, though. You hold onto the handle, which bends back to a really pliable metal bit that makes the tone, and there's a mallet-head type thing on one side. You kinda make a whip motion and bend the metal piece with your thumb at the same time to make the sound. :)
I'll keep those in mind! I always thought that Tool's Schism would be great, but I imagine I'd be far from the first to do an orchestral arrangement of that one.
There is a vibraslap in there, too, but I think he means the flexatone. That measure has a vibraslap on beat two, the flexatone on beat three, and a whip on beat four (and beat two of the next measure).
Definitely love this and the Katy Perry one. I know you probably don't take requests, but I've always wanted to hear something like this done with Tool or Linkin Park. Tool is pretty epic on its own, but your treatment of anything Linkin Park would definitely be an improvement. Check out "Powerless" on their recent album, LIVING THINGS. It's got some nice 7/4 and 4/4 transitions, and a great harmonic structure there. It'd be a real treat one day. :)
I would really love to hear an orchestral/symphonic version of "Explorers" by Muse, like keep to the piano parts, but add some strings in the background and play the vocal parts on violin or something to that effect. Ideally, a wedding type sound. That would just about make my life if you could do that!
Thank you! I use a lot of different Kontakt-based sample libraries in Logic. It's a mixed bag, really… If you're curious about any particular instrument, though, I'd be happy to tell you which library it came from. :)
It's called a flexatone. I had a lot of trouble figuring out what it was too (in the real song), but one of my percussionist friends helped me out. Not sure if that's what Macklemore actually uses, but it's pretty close.
Thanks! I tried to delete and repost my comment to say F after I noticed I'd misread the note as a G. It instead posted 3 times, wouldn't let me repost, and showed my old comment as deleted... Regardless, thanks for the clarification. I wish I could still play that high. I'd be lucky to get a high C if I grabbed my trumpet now. I enjoyed your arrangement for sure - thanks for sharing it :)
Is there anyway to obtain/purchasing the score or midi/music file? My orchestra would love to play your arrangement, but we understand if you choose not to release it. Thank you :)
Looks like it tops out at a double G at ~3:38. Maaan I wish I still played my trumpet. It was fun counting lines above the staff... Wait - it's a score - are scores always written in C, or are they transposed into the key of the instrument? Man. I can't remember anything... :(
It's like this is two different arrangements packed into one. Everything after "I wear your granddad's clothes" is moderately decent. Everything before that needs a lot of work. Lots of muddy rhythms.
It sounds like it, but maybe they taped some felt on it to dampen the sound a bit. Sounds like the effect they were going for is kinda like hitting a beer bottle with a drum stick at the same time as you open it. Haha.
Now can you imagine what it takes to compose an entire Symphony? 50+ parts for an hour of music. Classical composers have an incredible knowledge of music.
Ehhhh...... Here's the trouble.... As long as you stay tonal, you're really not writing that many unique parts. You're matching comparable timbres and using maybe 6 notes across the whole thing, at it's most individually complex. The ones who keep it interesting have incredible knowledge of music. The ones we forgot because they didn't make the cut have about as much ingenuity and math in them as most pop stars. Which does mean that exceptional composers are still, simply, exceptional.
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New one will be posted soon!
I actually got a little bit misty listening to this...excellent, excellent job.
I love how you killed it in the end. It sounded like "This is fucking... ... ... AWESOME."
I don't much care for the original song. Watched it for about two seconds.
You made it compelling. Bravo!
I love this wow I love the never ending layers.
Simply Amazing
That was done in Final Cut Pro X. I exported the score as three gigantic pages (~75" wide) as PNG files from Sibelius, changed the white background on all three pages to alpha for transparency, and then set the images in motion in FCPX in synch with the music.
THAT was freaking awesome
Film scores are typically written in concert pitch, but scores of this sort are transposed. So what you hear at 3:28 from the lead trumpet is actually a concert D♯, which reads as an F♮ in the score and on the trumpet player's part (the G♯ minor key transposes to B♭ minor rather than A♯ minor for slight ease of reading, so the note is notated as F♮ rather than E♯).
Hope that wasn't too confusing!
Wow - this guy's some kinda pop-genius! I'm def gonna see if I can obtain some score sheets so my marching band can play this - sure the students will love it.
Love this.
I LOVE THIS !!!!!!!!!!
"No amount" will save it? Sir, I'll have you know that in my next attempt, there will be Tchaikovskian cannons firing and Stockhausenesque helicopters roaring, all over a choir of sprechstimme vocalists sing-speaking the lyrics. But the real magic is that for its premiere, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the whole performance will consist of a recording played to the audience through a small, unamplified radio that slowly detunes. John Cage ain't got nothing on my Fringe game, hell no.
Omg shut up
I've been waiting all week for someone to appreciate that. :)
This is Excellent and good job making this , i love this song and happy u made this or i would be sad:(
Wow this is truly amazing
That would be amazing if they used this version of the song at a battle of the bands or a music comp. Liven the place up!
That was legendary
Thanks for the insight!
Wow...thats...awesome *-*
greets from Germany
Love it!.
Heard this song when it first came out reminded me of idk donkey Kong. It was over played and I don't really like listening to it now but you just saved it for me. Keep up the good work!
Not yet, but stay tuned, it should be coming shortly.
I love from about 0:47-1:13...Great work! Love your songs you post!
loved it!
the heroic journey to the thrift shop
Awesome! :D Loved every second of it.
@Nick Proch @Aaron George
Definitely a flexitone. They're really fun to play. Its really kinda weird, though. You hold onto the handle, which bends back to a really pliable metal bit that makes the tone, and there's a mallet-head type thing on one side. You kinda make a whip motion and bend the metal piece with your thumb at the same time to make the sound. :)
All I can say, this version is fucking awesome.
So cool
I'm a huge Muse fan, and that's one of my favorite tracks on The 2nd Law. I'll definitely consider it and your ideas.
I'll keep those in mind! I always thought that Tool's Schism would be great, but I imagine I'd be far from the first to do an orchestral arrangement of that one.
There is a vibraslap in there, too, but I think he means the flexatone. That measure has a vibraslap on beat two, the flexatone on beat three, and a whip on beat four (and beat two of the next measure).
Very nice good job!!
This is fu***ng awsome ;)
This is beautifully done sir.
Damn great! :)
Definitely love this and the Katy Perry one. I know you probably don't take requests, but I've always wanted to hear something like this done with Tool or Linkin Park. Tool is pretty epic on its own, but your treatment of anything Linkin Park would definitely be an improvement. Check out "Powerless" on their recent album, LIVING THINGS. It's got some nice 7/4 and 4/4 transitions, and a great harmonic structure there. It'd be a real treat one day. :)
My school band has been learning Thrift Shop for a month now for a competition... I'm not in band, but I want to be now
man, amazing work!
Amazing!! I love this!
super
this is fucking awesome!
Haha, no worries. Is a flexatone what is used in the actual song, too?
The score was generated in Sibelius, yes. The animation was done using Final Cut Pro X.
I would really love to hear an orchestral/symphonic version of "Explorers" by Muse, like keep to the piano parts, but add some strings in the background and play the vocal parts on violin or something to that effect. Ideally, a wedding type sound. That would just about make my life if you could do that!
Thank you! I use a lot of different Kontakt-based sample libraries in Logic. It's a mixed bag, really… If you're curious about any particular instrument, though, I'd be happy to tell you which library it came from. :)
It's called a flexatone. I had a lot of trouble figuring out what it was too (in the real song), but one of my percussionist friends helped me out. Not sure if that's what Macklemore actually uses, but it's pretty close.
Thanks! I tried to delete and repost my comment to say F after I noticed I'd misread the note as a G. It instead posted 3 times, wouldn't let me repost, and showed my old comment as deleted...
Regardless, thanks for the clarification. I wish I could still play that high. I'd be lucky to get a high C if I grabbed my trumpet now.
I enjoyed your arrangement for sure - thanks for sharing it :)
This was well done.. I think you should do Who Let The Dogs Out.. next
Awesome! 122 likes 2 dislikes thats what i
Call great :)
Yooooooooo this is ill!
About the graphics: is that Sibelius? What did you use to make the animation?
That is an excellent brass sound! What program are you using?
It's awesome cause I can read the music!
Is there anyway to obtain/purchasing the score or midi/music file? My orchestra would love to play your arrangement, but we understand if you choose not to release it.
Thank you :)
@NickProch are you doing other songs? I really enjoyed this one! :)
what program did you use that makes the instruments sound so realistic?
I really adore this! Do you think you'll ever be inspired to make an arrangement of a song like this again? I'd listen to anything you do
Think that the (Cello?) Part at 2:58 from a c d (bass clef) was played with one stroke! But really good work!
Is this played live? Sounds pretty good. And the arrangement is great! Hilarious, but elegant.
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and I especially love the bit starting at 1:22. Epic
This is absolutely amazing, would I be able to get the sheet music fpr this?
Looks like it tops out at a double G at ~3:38. Maaan I wish I still played my trumpet. It was fun counting lines above the staff...
Wait - it's a score - are scores always written in C, or are they transposed into the key of the instrument? Man. I can't remember anything... :(
What program did you use to get the music to scroll by on screen?
It's like this is two different arrangements packed into one. Everything after "I wear your granddad's clothes" is moderately decent. Everything before that needs a lot of work. Lots of muddy rhythms.
I love c sharp, of course I've only played keyboard instruments.
Basically anything by Mike Oldfield would be great thanks I'll leave the orchestrations to you as you obviously know what you're doing!!!!!!! ;-)
it is transposed that is why if you look at the key signiture they are all different
Hey what program is this?
Dang
Is it available now? I'd love to have this. It's just so awesome!
3:20 to the end is jaw dropping.
Nice
I'm working on getting the publishing rights, and hopefully will soon. :)
Not sure about that, Lindsey's is really good!
I need one for band
Do you distribute sheet music?
Is this sheet music available?
It sounds like it, but maybe they taped some felt on it to dampen the sound a bit. Sounds like the effect they were going for is kinda like hitting a beer bottle with a drum stick at the same time as you open it. Haha.
Where can i find the sheet music ?
Jesus, is that trumpet part high enough?
Thanks Kyle! I'm a big fan of yours. Did you get the email I had sent you a while back?
man that seems like a lot of work
Now can you imagine what it takes to compose an entire Symphony? 50+ parts for an hour of music. Classical composers have an incredible knowledge of music.
Ehhhh...... Here's the trouble.... As long as you stay tonal, you're really not writing that many unique parts. You're matching comparable timbres and using maybe 6 notes across the whole thing, at it's most individually complex. The ones who keep it interesting have incredible knowledge of music. The ones we forgot because they didn't make the cut have about as much ingenuity and math in them as most pop stars. Which does mean that exceptional composers are still, simply, exceptional.
im a viola but i played piano so i like C and D
I wouldn't survive the ending as a trumpet player...
well I have to that at school
dude, you should have included a sax section!
With or without tax?
Indeed
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Sheet music please? :)
Very high, but entirely possible with the right players. ;)
Can you give me the score?
Is it wrong for me to like this more than the original?
***** Can you please send me the gheet music???? I really want to study them! Please!
πιο μαλακια δεν εχω χαναδει τη μαλακασ που εισαι
nice!!!!!
Gheet music
I think I finally can, now that we know who let those dogs out!
Thanks! Still not as many views as you have subscribers, but maybe some day... ;)
Do you have sheet music?
DESTROY THE GODDAMN REPLY BUTTON LOL
No problem! Hope I didn't come off as trying to be a showy know-it-all. I'm just a percussionist, too. Lol.
This song is so much better played this way...mostly because I dont have to listen to the shitty lyrics and I can hear the legit music