R.I.P. Vangelis. Self taught. Not classically trained. Never bothered learning musical notation. It was all from the heart and spirit. Such a wonderous and talented man. Your music will live for as long as people have ears to listen and emotions to move.
I just love this song, thank you for decomposing it. Now imagine, it was made 42 years ago (1982) without all that computers you have. Big composer. Nevertheless respect to you for the work! Greetings!
Finally a great video in this era of easy tutorials and shortcuts to everything: learning from the masters and trying to re-create by ear!! Amazing and so useful
Awesome work as always. Bit of a random fact. Iron Maiden used this as intro music on their 86/87 Somewhere in Time tour. Because they revisited it this year, they used it again and it sounded huge through arena/stadium speakers.
According to the liner notes, the drum machine used on the soundtrack was a Roland CR-5000, and he did have access to an Emulator 1. However, he was also known for playing IRL drumkits on his 70s material as well.
I watched the ending to Blade Runner so many times as a kid just to listen to that sound track :) You have also given me another reason to purchase the Muse for my studio lol
@@pixelspotmedia9046 What bugs do you know of? I'm genuinly interested as I got my Muse 2 days after release and haven't encountered any bugs yet. | upgraded the firmware to the latest version a few days after receiving it so maybe they were fixed in that release?
Claudio, A knob turn here and a slider alteration there, and then as if by magic, 'that's it right?' I'll never get over how you and Louis make everything look so easy, when in fact to normal human beings, it really is anything BUT easy!
@@Meteotrance Yes, he did. The deep, rumbling percussion hits at the start of Blade Runner was his concert bassdrum which he sampled and transposed one octave lower. This sound was unheard-of in 1982.
@@thejollyjoker187 Yes, especially noticeable in 'Blade Runner Blues' and 'Spinner Ascent'. Not sure what all the pads and strings are in 'End Titles'.
What a joy to watch we all love Vangelis bladerunner harps of the ancient temples,dr mix reconstruction was marvelous too,beautiful sounds that gives shivers down my spine.The accompanying movie was as brilliant pure heart and soul reeking of atmosphere
Wow... dude, such an iconic theme. Reproducing the song is pretty complex, imagine now what was going through Vangelis mind when he was composing it and fine-tuning it. Thanks for honoring Vangelis' memory. New subscriptor!
My fellow Greek VANGELIS, always awesome to watch these reconstructions, i am trying to find out how they where synchronizing all these synths without midi, but dont forget that all these guys where super talented musicians and they knew very well what they where doing even with some "primitive" compared to nowdays equipment.
I'm really impressed with your work. The most fine and imperceptible sounds are detected by you easily. So, that's awesome. thanks for share that masterpiece with us.
I am happy i watched this….also your jm jarre oxygene deconstruct just reinforced my admiration for thus kind of music and the space/time/genius context it emerged from….thank you for using your skills in this blissfull way….
Vangelis was a genius that produced new music everyday. He set up his home studio so that he could select any sound he wanted quickly. Thus the constant switching from left brain to right brain thought processes that most of us go through when switching from creative work to mechanical work (e.g. how much verb on this instrument or how much compression on that instrument) was minimised by Vangelis. He managed to create a synthesis between music and pure sound. I'm not sure if he was a pioneer in this but I've certainly read this about him.
You could have used the Prophet 6 and the onboard sequencer it has to do the bass line. It's easy to recreate. The original was done on a Prophet 10 with onboard poly sequencer. The strings are VP 330. The percussion and incidental sounds are done with the Emulator. I believe a Linn LM1 or Roland TR-808 is handling the "White noise" type percussion (using a Shaker/Cabasa sound). The swelling brass is of course the CS-80. The best way to reproduce this using modern gear (in my opinion anyway is: Arturia PolyBrute 12 for the brass. Prophet 6 or Take 5 for the sequenced bass line. Prophet X or really any hardware sampler (1010Music Tangerine, Roland P6, Sonicware LoFi-12, or even some Akai instrument) for the sample based material. Behringer VC340 for the string machine sound. Arturia DrumBrute or Analog Rytm MKII for the percussion sound.
My neighbors at the time knew every little detail of this song. It's one of the CD's I had to buy twice because of too much wear. The others are Wish You Were Here and Travelling Without Moving.
Nice recreation guys! As far as I can tell, the horn sound Vangelis uses is actually just 2 sawtooth oscs nearly in tune, but not quite so you get a slow phasey effet. The Muse ca do that as well, and actually sounds close to the CS 80. Of course you also need a slight filter envelope, where it opens kind slowly. You can also essign some aftertouch to the filter cutoff for extra expression :) Also I think you could add some VP330 strings to fill up the air (or similar, thr Muse can do an approximation too, but you need a bucket brigate chorus).
Vangelis was a genius, though his later work consists of mostly playing his massive custom synth/controller and it hurt his creativity in a way, as Dr. Mix clearly shows here, there is a sense of exploring and creating layers of sounds which were unprecedented for those days. For me the Bladerunner soundtrack will always be his Magnum Opus.
Incredible work, thank you very much for this ! In my opinion Vangelis was a unique artist. Correct me if i am wrong, at that time Vangelis had a number of synths around him , allowed him working his music 60% live + 40% overdub. Later, with his custom modules , live input increased even more...
Hi Dr Mix 😊👍 I'm a grown up guy who played synth and Rhodes and all the beautiful vintage stuff in my youth. I love your channel but I still have some synts that's I can't see that you have "remembered", like my JP 8000.??? It would be so fun to see you open that old box again, cause it's a hidden mini monster that deserves to still be heard and presented by no other than Dr Mix of course😊. Regards from Norway 🇳🇴 Robban 58 😊😊😊
Vangelis mainstreamed "what you see what you record" thing. He was not the first. Ennio Morricone was the first But he perfected it. All his keyboards and other instruments were always on and recording. While a first cut (with no music) of a movie was playing on his movie projector he moved around and played to the visuals on the screen. He is also known to use presets with minor tweaks.
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lol Claudio how did you get Ed Shereen in your studio haha...good video man love your enthusiasm....Greetings from Sydney Australia
- That moog is mighty cool. It has a bit of that CS-80 vibe.
- Cool. You got the DX7 and M1 out also.
- Moog Muse is so much more affordable than a CS-80 also 😀
You have an amazing ear for sound. I love the way you can pick out the element of any synth track so accurately. Your channel is excellent!
R.I.P. Vangelis. Self taught. Not classically trained. Never bothered learning musical notation. It was all from the heart and spirit. Such a wonderous and talented man. Your music will live for as long as people have ears to listen and emotions to move.
Classically training kills the spirit and why would he not rest in peace ?
The Mozart and Beethoven of our days!!! ❤️❤️❤️
It sounds so simple as an idea, but when you analyse all this universe of different sounds Vangelis used, it's simply work of a true genious
you mean until you listen to the song
@@heymynameisharry it is not a song. ffs
@@colinjames2469 it is a song. ffs
is it not a track either? not even a composition?
Yup!
I just love this song, thank you for decomposing it. Now imagine, it was made 42 years ago (1982) without all that computers you have. Big composer.
Nevertheless respect to you for the work!
Greetings!
Vangelis faisait les tambours avec de vrais instruments j'ai vu dans une vidéo 😊
Amazing, sacrilegious and brilliant all at the same time. Gives a measure of Vangelis' genius.
You Sir summed up our collective feeling perfectly
What I like about Doctor Mix is how much joy he finds in music, even after so many years. I wish I was this enthusiastic.
Far out, that Moog muse is an amazing sounding Synth. You & your crew are very clever Dr Mix.
Great work guys.
This is possibly the best track on what is possibly the best film sound track of all time.
Finally a great video in this era of easy tutorials and shortcuts to everything: learning from the masters and trying to re-create by ear!! Amazing and so useful
Vangelis always was, still is, and always will be one of my greatest inspiration!. Fantastic video Claudio!
If i could have ONE thing in all your stuff, except the Muse, it is the C15. I felt in love with this keyboard !
This is by far the best track of the whole movie, an anthem, probably a top 5 of Vangelis' track.
"By far" is a bit strong considering the excellent intro theme and "Blade Runner Blues", imo... but it is really, really, dope.
@@Vingul The entire score of Blade Runner is the by far the best track.
Maestro, always a pleasure to see you recreate these masterpieces. Unbelievable talent!
Awesome work as always.
Bit of a random fact. Iron Maiden used this as intro music on their 86/87 Somewhere in Time tour. Because they revisited it this year, they used it again and it sounded huge through arena/stadium speakers.
According to the liner notes, the drum machine used on the soundtrack was a Roland CR-5000, and he did have access to an Emulator 1. However, he was also known for playing IRL drumkits on his 70s material as well.
Yep he was a huge fan of percussion instruments
I watched the ending to Blade Runner so many times as a kid just to listen to that sound track :) You have also given me another reason to purchase the Muse for my studio lol
You are quickly convinced....buggy Muse....wait till the bugs are gone :-)
@@pixelspotmedia9046 What bugs do you know of? I'm genuinly interested as I got my Muse 2 days after release and haven't encountered any bugs yet. | upgraded the firmware to the latest version a few days after receiving it so maybe they were fixed in that release?
layers, layers and layers of amazing sounds
Claudio, A knob turn here and a slider alteration there, and then as if by magic, 'that's it right?' I'll never get over how you and Louis make everything look so easy, when in fact to normal human beings, it really is anything BUT easy!
E-MU Emulator was used a lot in Blade runner. This is the time that Vangelis stopped using real percussion. Timpani in End Titles is sampled.
Yeah, and the strings are from Roland's VP 330, which I think Claudio owns, so, I was kinda waiting that he'd use that..
I think Vangelis sampler his real timpani setup, he have a lot of percussion arround the studio to feed his E-MU emulator sampler .
@@Meteotrance Yes, he did. The deep, rumbling percussion hits at the start of Blade Runner was his concert bassdrum which he sampled and transposed one octave lower. This sound was unheard-of in 1982.
@@thejollyjoker187 Yes, especially noticeable in 'Blade Runner Blues' and 'Spinner Ascent'. Not sure what all the pads and strings are in 'End Titles'.
Lexicon 224 did the heavy lifting
I appreciate you creating the patches on the fly! What an inspiring video. Thank you
What a joy to watch we all love Vangelis bladerunner harps of the ancient temples,dr mix reconstruction was marvelous too,beautiful sounds that gives shivers down my spine.The accompanying movie was as brilliant pure heart and soul reeking of atmosphere
That was brilliant! What an ear you have!
One of the three synthesizer genious of all time with Jean-Michel Jarre and Kraftwerk. Thanx for your job.
I got so many goosebumps! This track is magnificent!
omg, i remember when i asked you to do this recreation....you didn't even have the new studio! wow, it's been a few years....worth the wait, bravo!
Wow... dude, such an iconic theme.
Reproducing the song is pretty complex, imagine now what was going through Vangelis mind when he was composing it and fine-tuning it.
Thanks for honoring Vangelis' memory.
New subscriptor!
All these frequent videos have been so cool 👏🏻🙌🏻
Vangelis was a genius , he did so many great tracks , he music will live on .
I love the sound of Vangelis being the Blade Runner soundtrack one of my all time Vangelis favorites. Great video!
Fantastic! One of the most legendary and mystical tracks of all time, recreated in all its glory by Dr. Mix. Eeeeeeeyyyyy!
Amazing recreation of the music from my most favorite movie of all time!
Thanks Vangelis for this awesome tune, thanks Claudio for this recreation 🤩👍👏
You make me want to buy a second Moog Muse ❤️
You are a Maestro! You recreated the sounds with such an ease.
It reminds me of something from the past ~ good movies and good soundtracks making! ❤
My fellow Greek VANGELIS, always awesome to watch these reconstructions, i am trying to find out how they where synchronizing all these synths without midi, but dont forget that all these guys where super talented musicians and they knew very well what they where doing even with some "primitive" compared to nowdays equipment.
Fantastic facsimile! Such fun! Lovely job.
One of the greatest soundtracks ever. Wonderful work recreating the ending music 👏
Amazing job! You are beyond compare for picking out each individual sound.
Incredible recreation of an incredible man’s work 🎹🤩
Incredible, Claudio!!! Thanks for sharing your talent!! Grazie mille! 💪💪💪💪💪👏👏👏👏
The combination of the two of you is lethal, well done.
I'm really impressed with your work. The most fine and imperceptible sounds are detected by you easily. So, that's awesome. thanks for share that masterpiece with us.
What a great track! So much going on!
You guys are 90% of the way there, I wish I could join you matching synth sounds!
This kind of exercise is quite enriching regarding the arrangement of the track, how the sound are designed. This is a playful job.
This is Respect for the composer!... Awesome.
Excellent work my friend. Spot on. Go MUSE!!!
I can immediately give this a like! And ask for more, more, I want MORE!!!
Awesome!! Surprised about the square wave in the brass😃
This is video is like a present to me, one of my very top favourite songs.
I am happy i watched this….also your jm jarre oxygene deconstruct just reinforced my admiration for thus kind of music and the space/time/genius context it emerged from….thank you for using your skills in this blissfull way….
Vangelis was a genius that produced new music everyday. He set up his home studio so that he could select any sound he wanted quickly. Thus the constant switching from left brain to right brain thought processes that most of us go through when switching from creative work to mechanical work (e.g. how much verb on this instrument or how much compression on that instrument) was minimised by Vangelis. He managed to create a synthesis between music and pure sound. I'm not sure if he was a pioneer in this but I've certainly read this about him.
You have an amazing ear for sound. I love the way you can pick out the element of any synth track so accurately. Your channel is excellent!
Thanks SO much for this Claudio, so instructional to see you guys work.....
Oh WOW. One of my favorite movies! Thanks for sharing this, you always do such a fantastic job!
You could have used the Prophet 6 and the onboard sequencer it has to do the bass line. It's easy to recreate. The original was done on a Prophet 10 with onboard poly sequencer. The strings are VP 330. The percussion and incidental sounds are done with the Emulator. I believe a Linn LM1 or Roland TR-808 is handling the "White noise" type percussion (using a Shaker/Cabasa sound). The swelling brass is of course the CS-80.
The best way to reproduce this using modern gear (in my opinion anyway is:
Arturia PolyBrute 12 for the brass.
Prophet 6 or Take 5 for the sequenced bass line.
Prophet X or really any hardware sampler (1010Music Tangerine, Roland P6, Sonicware LoFi-12, or even some Akai instrument) for the sample based material.
Behringer VC340 for the string machine sound.
Arturia DrumBrute or Analog Rytm MKII for the percussion sound.
This is just dicking around with synthesisers.. I love it!! ❤
Even if you don't make an 'exact' copy, its stil fun to try and play the theme and see how far you'd end up.
LOVE Vangelis LOVE MOOG, LOVE you Doc Mix
This is huge, bravo and thanx Claudio! And warm regards for Louie of course ;)
Arturia have tribute sound banks for vangelis but your exploration is a revelation in itself
Frieking Awesome man. Loved this to bits!
My neighbors at the time knew every little detail of this song. It's one of the CD's I had to buy twice because of too much wear. The others are Wish You Were Here and Travelling Without Moving.
Nice recreation guys! As far as I can tell, the horn sound Vangelis uses is actually just 2 sawtooth oscs nearly in tune, but not quite so you get a slow phasey effet. The Muse ca do that as well, and actually sounds close to the CS 80. Of course you also need a slight filter envelope, where it opens kind slowly. You can also essign some aftertouch to the filter cutoff for extra expression :)
Also I think you could add some VP330 strings to fill up the air (or similar, thr Muse can do an approximation too, but you need a bucket brigate chorus).
Finally some Vangelis!!!
What A tribute for a brilliant man!!!
Wow! Great. Pro‘s at work. Looks so easy. Sounds fantastic
Bravo 👍 Well done Claudio 👌👌👌❤️ You absolutly nailed it 🐧🐧🐧
Iconic music!!! Incredible reproduction. 🤯
Vangelis was a genius, though his later work consists of mostly playing his massive custom synth/controller and it hurt his creativity in a way, as Dr. Mix clearly shows here, there is a sense of exploring and creating layers of sounds which were unprecedented for those days. For me the Bladerunner soundtrack will always be his Magnum Opus.
Incredible work, thank you very much for this !
In my opinion Vangelis was a unique artist.
Correct me if i am wrong, at that time Vangelis had a number of synths around him , allowed him working his music 60% live + 40% overdub.
Later, with his custom modules , live input increased even more...
Speaking of end titles, another suggestion is the end titles to Dirty Harry, by Lalo Schifrin - absolutely beautiful.
Sounds great.. I always view you're video's they are great! Greetings Marcel from the Netherlands
Well.....this made my weekend. Many thanks.
Such a masterpiece.
AWESOME! Great job! You make it look easy.
This is _EPIC!_
Great episode with very nice dudes. Who's not in love with the Moog Muse, even if it takes a lifetime to have one
Also loved Vangelis’ intro music for Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos”. Such a good melody with lots of atmosphere.
Outstanding work 😎👍
Sounds like the original thank you for sharing ❤
Wonderful remake and congratulations.
Vangelis used legendary Roland VP-330 string section.
The speed at which you reach those sounds, you know how synths think 😂
Video is probably cut
Wham bam thankyou Van 👍
thank you maestro 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍
Love this episode
„Stop being so clever“, what a hidden compliment. 😄
5:10 humbly followed by an apology from the accused. All in good spirit, but still a reminder whose channel it is...
9:42 This is how everyone should treat his gear! If it rewards you, give it back some love ❤️🤗🎹😚
Hi Dr Mix 😊👍 I'm a grown up guy who played synth and Rhodes and all the beautiful vintage stuff in my youth. I love your channel but I still have some synts that's I can't see that you have "remembered", like my JP 8000.??? It would be so fun to see you open that old box again, cause it's a hidden mini monster that deserves to still be heard and presented by no other than Dr Mix of course😊. Regards from Norway 🇳🇴 Robban 58 😊😊😊
VANGELIS WAS A GOD OF MUSIC. AND GODS NEVER DIE.
Amazing, love seeing this, i am in total extasy over your video !
One of your best videos but I might be biased as am a huge Vangelis fan.
chapeau...Vangelis will be proud of you......he will
Wonderful, Claudio. Bravo!
Love it
Grazie, siete grandi! Un abbraccione ❤
Always interesting. Well done chaps
Bang on!
Amazing Cyberpunk sounds🎇🌆🏙
Vangelis mainstreamed "what you see what you record" thing. He was not the first. Ennio Morricone was the first But he perfected it. All his keyboards and other instruments were always on and recording. While a first cut (with no music) of a movie was playing on his movie projector he moved around and played to the visuals on the screen. He is also known to use presets with minor tweaks.