Don' take the "Dork" part seriously! That's just tough love. Also: Hans's Percussive tone definitely evolved and changed throughout the various films he scored. This example specifically is from Pirates of the Caribbean, but if it gets enough attention I might do a part 2 with another score from the man.
@Alex Moukala Tutorials For some case, I can get those really EPIC percussion ("Cinematic" as shown in this video) sounding like this even on Logic Pro X or not?
"otherwise you just wasted 5 minutes of your live, bye bye" - I don't think anything else has ever motivated me quite like this. Brb. I got some epic percussion to write.
Over the past few days, I struggled to write a good percussion line. It felt lifeless, dull and synthetic. I thought, maybe Alex has a tutorial on percussion, then I watched this video. Today, I rewrote all my percussion following what you said and the improvement is massive! I'm amazed that such simple tricks can make an enormous difference like that. So I just want to say thank you for making this video and for sharing this gold-rated knowledge :D !
Hi Alex, My name is Antonio and we met in a Subway station in London (I was playing the piano). I said I'd leave you a comment and here it is! I like your videos, a lot of cool music!
This is really helpful in learning how to write huge epic percussion parts. I now understand why it's important to use mid and high pitched percussion in addition to low pitched percussion. Using all three types provides a wider frequency spectrum. I'll be applying what you said in this video.
Immediately went to apply this to my own arrangement that I'm working on. Especially fun after picking up 8dio's epic perc libraries during a flash sale.
MATE....loving your videos...Love this stuff. would love to produce these kind of big sounds...Hanz is my hero man. Thanks so much for the helpful tips and breakdown of these epic tracks. Thanks bro
Brother, i gotta say lately ive been watching a lot of your videos. But I notice one thing that you need to think about - and that is to slow down when you talk. Sometimes i really cant figure out what you're saying cause youre talking so fast. But either way, thank you so much for these tutorials, they've taught me a lot so far, keep it up!
lol I was just looking for what those really loud and epic cinematic drums that sound kinda like really echoey reverby low low toms with a bit of high enoo idk how to describe it to help with my pirates of the caribbean arrangement but this was even more helpful
Another useful video Alex! Straight to the point! Dissecting the percussion like this is really helpful. Sometimes I try to recreate the percussion by ear, but it's difficult. This does help! Anothe question: what do you use to record your videos? And especially your audio from your DAW? I use OBS to record my Cubase projects, but I really don't like the quality, even though I set it to max. Thanks for the vid!
The skill talk at the beginning is very true. I made a very basic synth arpeggio with a very basic synth in 3x osc. Yet somehow it doesn’t sound like I only changed the wave shape in the full mix.
Practice makes the master. I'll try the percussive pattern knowledge in my compositions next week (I don't know if I would be able to write five though xD)
Is it just me or doesn't the armageddon Damage ensemble or the Albion One percussions have any cymbals??? I seem to only hear drums. No cymbals or any high frequency percussion. Am I not seeing something or could you recommend an affordable (200$ range) percussion library that has everything? Thanks!
I have recently bought UVI Orchestral Suite. Do you have a tutorial to achieve this brass sound with that plugin? I find it very difficult. Don’t know if that plugin is not good enough tho
Not gonna lie, I was really hoping to see some shots of taiko being recorded because of the thumbnail and was disappointed since I play taiko but did still enjoy what you talked about here especially since I'm making the move into music making.
oh man i'm not a native english speaker and i had to turn on the subtitles to understand some things. i would really love having a longer video than a rushed 5 minute video because your information its really nice, but i don't get it completely sometimes.
I believe there is a way there and a way back on the instruments and composers skills relationship. But true is that if you believe in limitations, they become real.
Hi Alex, for layering percussions, do you need several libraries, or can you layer with the same library, say Damage, and layer in the MIDI editor with different section of the ensemble all in one patch, and add Damage cymbals in another patch?
As I understand it, Pirates Of The Caribbean score is by Klaus Badelt, not Hans Zimmer. Zimmer produced it and gave input and helped write a some of the main themes. He was writing the Last Samurai at the time and said he wouldn't work on anything else until that score was done, so Klaus was hired.
Indeed! That main theme we all love is from Klaus Badelt. However, this specific Arrangement was written by Hans Zimmer for the third film (name of the arrangement is Drink Up Me Hearties Yo Ho).
That's the official credit, because of the contract as you say, but the theme is 100% Zimmer. He said years later in an interview(s) that he ended up going home, writing 5-6 of the main themes/suits and sending them over to his team and going from there. You never get a "Theme by Klaus" in the credits of later movies/sequels to my knowledge. It was Hans.
@@AlexMoukala Thanks for the clarification. Hans is one of my favorite composers, up there with John Williams and Howard Shore. He elevated the Pirates score when he was able to devote his full attention to it. Keep up the great work Alex.
@@drifthero6608 Seems so. I was researching and apparently he wrote some themes on synths in one night and sent them over, as you stated. The scoring for the film seems to have been a mess, with multiple composers and conductors working on it. Thanks for your input. The first films score has some interesting history.
@@TheMontoya76 It certainly does, but it's definitely got that distinctive HZ sound, despite his overlap with the last samurai...seems like a lot of composers were involved and that it was a crazy turnaround!
Don' take the "Dork" part seriously! That's just tough love.
Also: Hans's Percussive tone definitely evolved and changed throughout the various films he scored.
This example specifically is from Pirates of the Caribbean, but if it gets enough attention I might do a part 2 with another score from the man.
Hi Alex, listen to KGF movie music. It is amazing dude🤓
lol, I cracked up atthat part. You have some of the bets sounds though, jeebus!
You are so good at this sir 🔥🔥🔥
@Alex Moukala Tutorials For some case, I can get those really EPIC percussion ("Cinematic" as shown in this video) sounding like this even on Logic Pro X or not?
@@sadheeshkumar7302 lol you must be kidding!
I like how this guy uses the pirates of the caribbean theme for literally every example. This theme really is a masterpiece.
"otherwise you just wasted 5 minutes of your live, bye bye" - I don't think anything else has ever motivated me quite like this. Brb. I got some epic percussion to write.
I just rethought my entire life after he said that one sentence.
TAIKOS ON TAIKOS ON TAIKOS ON TAIKOS ON TAIKOS
I’m somewhat surprised to see you here...
me too....
Needs more taiko 😁
You should be making cinematic music for hollywood!
Gi Mi!!! 🌮🌮🌮
4:59 When your DAW doesn't obey. "I said percussion......."
sudo perc
Also when your ram says no
5:55 both hands up in the air - mouse still moves
magic confirmed
Davie Dood hope your joking. Also this guy is very obviously not Nigerian
@@MiloMcCarthyMusic if he's a scammer he is. 😂
@@daviedood2503 i think he pre recorded it
@@daviedood2503 he prerecorded it dude, btw why are you bringing race to this? look at his other video man he definitely made it himself
He's Italian and he's not a scammer what the heck xD. He actually drops gems for people like you ;)
Me: mmh sounds good
Alex: “This is shit!”
Over the past few days, I struggled to write a good percussion line. It felt lifeless, dull and synthetic. I thought, maybe Alex has a tutorial on percussion, then I watched this video. Today, I rewrote all my percussion following what you said and the improvement is massive! I'm amazed that such simple tricks can make an enormous difference like that. So I just want to say thank you for making this video and for sharing this gold-rated knowledge :D !
Hi Alex, My name is Antonio and we met in a Subway station in London (I was playing the piano). I said I'd leave you a comment and here it is! I like your videos, a lot of cool music!
Yo dude! Welcome to the channel. :D
Eager to hear your compositions man!
I'd take Man of Steel as the prime example. 14 drummers at once.
😲
😲
😲
😲
😮
"Chaos in the right way". Amazing!
This is really helpful in learning how to write huge epic percussion parts. I now understand why it's important to use mid and high pitched percussion in addition to low pitched percussion. Using all three types provides a wider frequency spectrum. I'll be applying what you said in this video.
dude, 3 words: you are awesome. Best tutorials ever in this subject. Short, powerfull and clear. Love this!
Bro you’re the only person on RUclips that puts out great educational orchestra videos!!
Awesome tutorial. This is super inspiring - will work on applying these lessons.
Holy S***! Best "no bull" video on percussion I've seen in a while. Straight down to buisness and rock solid info!! SUBSCRIBED!
This is very informative man... I always struggle with percussions... Thank you Alex... You do a great Job.... All the best man
Immediately went to apply this to my own arrangement that I'm working on. Especially fun after picking up 8dio's epic perc libraries during a flash sale.
Thank you! Love from Brazil
"You're a dork" classic
Im glad subtitles were made
Love that u mentioned muse! Best band ever! Best drummer ever
this video came right as I'm working on the next Pixel Mixers track :P thanks bro! I love percussion like this
This is surely the BEST percussion tutorial in 5 minutes !! You make it look easy :D
I absolutely love your attitude. :) You're spot on, as usual, and your delivery remains the plain, pure, unapologetic truth. :)
What library were your cymbals from?
Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion.
"its not about the library, but the skill."
thank you sir ... i learned so much
Excellent sounding mockup! Great video!
As always Alex, fantastic video!
0:26 "It's about drive, it's about power..."
Bro I was looking for this comment 🤣
Thank You!
Great tutorial, Alex!
Which library used you for the Epic Dhols?
8Dio Epic Dhols.
Brilliant analysis. Clear, concise explanations. Stunningly well done video, thank you for this.
Thanks Alex!Great video man!!!
THANK YOU !!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! ALEX!!!
MATE....loving your videos...Love this stuff. would love to produce these kind of big sounds...Hanz is my hero man. Thanks so much for the helpful tips and breakdown of these epic tracks. Thanks bro
"You're a dork" hahaha love it. Thanks for the video man
I laughed so hard when he said 'youre a dork'
Thank you for your videos!
This tutorial is really great! I used your tips for my own compositions and it helped a lot to make them sound huge and epic! 😃🙏🙌
Just at the moment, that i stuck on writing drums line in my song. Thank you!
My dude, thank you- being reminded of the purpose of cymbals helped me see through the wall I made out of all my bass
You are just super awesome man!!!
Great tips on filling up the high register of the percussion orchestra ❤
Thanks for the info.
5:00 ahahahah you are the king alex!
Great work! thanks for advice!
That percussion!
MAN OF STEEL PERCUSSION!
*_Beautiful tutorial_*
Hey Alex, I'm glad that you're in my 2019, Thank you thank you thank you so much
Brother, i gotta say lately ive been watching a lot of your videos. But I notice one thing that you need to think about - and that is to slow down when you talk. Sometimes i really cant figure out what you're saying cause youre talking so fast. But either way, thank you so much for these tutorials, they've taught me a lot so far, keep it up!
ohhh... cannot be more right ! Love what you do but...MAN ! are you epileptic or what ???
YEEEY finally a cinematic composer who uses Fl studio :D I'm not alone lol Great video, I love this theme! New subscriber here
i use ableton 10 and im new to composing, would anyone recommend a good library for orchestral sounds?
your music is awesome!
lol I was just looking for what those really loud and epic cinematic drums that sound kinda like really echoey reverby low low toms with a bit of high enoo idk how to describe it to help with my pirates of the caribbean arrangement but this was even more helpful
thank you man, nice
The man i have searched for years gotcha!!!!! Thanks Alex, you have showed me the way of my career.!!!!! #Alex Moukala Tutorials
Well, he's probably talking about some very interesting things.
Great Video!
Another useful video Alex! Straight to the point! Dissecting the percussion like this is really helpful. Sometimes I try to recreate the percussion by ear, but it's difficult. This does help!
Anothe question: what do you use to record your videos? And especially your audio from your DAW? I use OBS to record my Cubase projects, but I really don't like the quality, even though I set it to max.
Thanks for the vid!
I use Xsplit for tutorials, or OBS when I stream sometimes. Never had huge issues with its quality though.
This is insanely helpful...
The skill talk at the beginning is very true. I made a very basic synth arpeggio with a very basic synth in 3x osc. Yet somehow it doesn’t sound like I only changed the wave shape in the full mix.
Practice makes the master. I'll try the percussive pattern knowledge in my compositions next week (I don't know if I would be able to write five though xD)
Then write 25.
Thanks.... It's so useful... Can u make a tutorial of mixing and mastering of this.... It will be very helpful.. Thanks.. ☺☺
It's about drive it's about power
"you're a dork" ...I love it when you say this
tks so much
You are incredible ❤️
Loved it. ❤
Is it just me or doesn't the armageddon Damage ensemble or the Albion One percussions have any cymbals??? I seem to only hear drums. No cymbals or any high frequency percussion. Am I not seeing something or could you recommend an affordable (200$ range) percussion library that has everything? Thanks!
Nice and quick tutorial :)
I love the statement anyway...at 0:47
Nice all creation 🔥
Love it
respect you
good video Alex lot of thanks dude¡¡¡
Just found your channel. Fucking awesome. You’re a composition and FL wizard.
Why you keep some tracks in midi ? consolidated audio files cost less cpu, right ?
This ❤️🔥❤️🔥
I love how he can still make a pretty cool outcome with stock FL plugins. All them FabFilter hoes fell of right at 2:52
0.75 speed for him to talk normally
🤣🤣
I have recently bought UVI Orchestral Suite. Do you have a tutorial to achieve this brass sound with that plugin? I find it very difficult. Don’t know if that plugin is not good enough tho
love your stuf
Not gonna lie, I was really hoping to see some shots of taiko being recorded because of the thumbnail and was disappointed since I play taiko but did still enjoy what you talked about here especially since I'm making the move into music making.
BEST.
"it has a lot of drive, it has a lot of power" this dude predicted the Rock's song
oh man i'm not a native english speaker and i had to turn on the subtitles to understand some things. i would really love having a longer video than a rushed 5 minute video because your information its really nice, but i don't get it completely sometimes.
I believe there is a way there and a way back on the instruments and composers skills relationship. But true is that if you believe in limitations, they become real.
This was great. Thank you so much! Can I ask, how'd you learn all your tricks? Surely not by ear???
You have to study the tremendously complex vastity of music theory
Hi Alex, for layering percussions, do you need several libraries, or can you layer with the same library, say Damage, and layer in the MIDI editor with different section of the ensemble all in one patch, and add Damage cymbals in another patch?
I’d say the Man of Steel percussions is still the most punchy and powerful I’ve heard in anu film to date.
Great
So far did one..it sucks i assume thats why you said do ten I might need twenty we shall see! thank you for another great tutorial!
Я СТАЛ НОВЫМ ПИРАТОМ ГДЕ ЖЕ ТЫ МОЙ ФРЕГАТ....
ВСЁ ЧТО МНЕ В ЖИЗНИ НАДО
ВЗЯТЬ ОТ ЖИЗНИ Я РАД
this guy talks fast af -- I FCKING LOVE IT !!! SUBSCRIBING RIGHT THE FCK NOW!!!!!!!!!!
WATCHING THIS CHANNEL ALL WEEK
What's your opinion on people overusing stock loops from Damage?
As I understand it, Pirates Of The Caribbean score is by Klaus Badelt, not Hans Zimmer. Zimmer produced it and gave input and helped write a some of the main themes. He was writing the Last Samurai at the time and said he wouldn't work on anything else until that score was done, so Klaus was hired.
Indeed! That main theme we all love is from Klaus Badelt.
However, this specific Arrangement was written by Hans Zimmer for the third film (name of the arrangement is Drink Up Me Hearties Yo Ho).
That's the official credit, because of the contract as you say, but the theme is 100% Zimmer. He said years later in an interview(s) that he ended up going home, writing 5-6 of the main themes/suits and sending them over to his team and going from there. You never get a "Theme by Klaus" in the credits of later movies/sequels to my knowledge. It was Hans.
@@AlexMoukala Thanks for the clarification. Hans is one of my favorite composers, up there with John Williams and Howard Shore. He elevated the Pirates score when he was able to devote his full attention to it. Keep up the great work Alex.
@@drifthero6608 Seems so. I was researching and apparently he wrote some themes on synths in one night and sent them over, as you stated. The scoring for the film seems to have been a mess, with multiple composers and conductors working on it. Thanks for your input. The first films score has some interesting history.
@@TheMontoya76 It certainly does, but it's definitely got that distinctive HZ sound, despite his overlap with the last samurai...seems like a lot of composers were involved and that it was a crazy turnaround!
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