How To Develop a Theme or Melody

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Күн бұрын

Hi everyone, thanks so much for watching! I hope you enjoyed the video.
This video has been an attempt to try and help you all understand that through hard work, determination and studying the greats, you can unlock your own potential and apply their ways of thinking and their techniques to your own work, to do the best work you possibly can.
I'd really recommend purchasing (for only $5) JJay Berthume's Thematic Development Pamphlet, it's so useful for beginners and experts a like. Here it is: sellfy.com/jjb...
Also here is JJay's KZfaq channel which you should subscribe to, he has tons of great and useful content: / @jjberthume
Please consider becoming a patron if you enjoy my content: / louietaylormusic
DISCLAIMER: Only the last 3 tracks used in this video are my own, I am not trying to claim ownership of Austin Wintory, John Williams, Howard Shore or Bernard Hermann's music.
Pieces used:
Howard Shore:
- The Lord of the Rings: The Shire - • The Shire
John Williams:
- E.T: Flying Theme - • John Williams - Flying...
Bernard Hermann:
- Psycho: Prelude - • Bernard Herrmann: Psyc...
Austin Wintory:
- Journey:
- Nascence - • Journey Soundtrack (Au...
- The Call - • Journey Soundtrack (Au...
- Apotheosis - • Journey Soundtrack (Au...
Other Sources:
NerdWriter's Video Essay on Howard Shore: • Lord Of The Rings: How...
Listening In's Video Essay on John Williams: • How Music Makes E.T. Fly
Listening In's Video Essay on Bernard Hermann: • The Psycho Chord - Con...
8Bit Music Theory's two videos on Austin Wintory: • Austin Wintory's Theme...
• Austin Wintory's Newes...

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@JonasReynolds Ай бұрын

That third one gave me chills, holy shit, incredible music!

@LouieTaylorMusic Ай бұрын

That's really kind of you to say, thank you so much!

@noble_rosethorn 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, your third track is splendid! It really shows how much you have studied the greats! Can't wait for the game to be released!

@LouieTaylorMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me. I am so glad you enjoyed it :)

@brianhanington470 3 жыл бұрын

Louie, I hugely enjoyed your guided tour of your process. I’m a beginning composer (albeit 70 years old) and truly appreciate hearing how your insights about the journey within the game environments led you to an evolution of your theme. Brilliant. Many thanks.

@LouieTaylorMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian, thank you so much for your wonderfully kind comment. It is so lovely of you. I'm over the moon that you enjoyed my video and found it to be useful. I wish you the best of luck in your journey as a composer. I hope you enjoy my other videos. I have a feeling you'll enjoy this one too: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtuYlMiYxr7FlWw.html "How to Write for orchestra"

@user-cx8qf1lb8n 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video

@LouieTaylorMusic 3 ай бұрын

You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for commenting!

@danilokb 8 ай бұрын

Thank you sir for the video. I just found out about your channel this morning and I have watched already most of the videos. I’m a beginner composer and have been desperately facing this lack of inspiration and new ideas.

@LouieTaylorMusic 8 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome! I’m glad you were able to find some use out of the videos on my channel. I hope to get back to uploading again soon. Thanks as always and good luck composing!!

@mikelcomposition 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful pieces from your OST, can't wait till all of it is available.

@LouieTaylorMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that is very kind. I'll be announcing the Posts released on Spotify I'm a few months time, so make sure you stay tuned :)

@siyichenmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your brilliant work and your deconstruction of other songs. Great video!

@LouieTaylorMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that mean so much to me! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it.

@cacauceluque 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this great tutorial video. I also create soundtracks but in a more electronic arrangements. The piece you wrote for the Alchemy of the Earth is extremely beautiful! Congratulations! Best Regards!

@LouieTaylorMusic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your supportive comment! I'm so happy the video was enjoyable for you. Sounds great, keep up the composing!! All the best!

@spungey1575 3 жыл бұрын

Proud of how far you have come king

@LouieTaylorMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate, nice to hear from you ❤️

@marLamaDeo 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, Thankyou for this!

@LouieTaylorMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That is very kind of you. If you enjoyed it as much as you say, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/louietaylormusic I'll be making much more content like this in the coming months and you could get exclusive early access and much more!

@kappabravomusic2101 2 жыл бұрын

This was very interesting and educational video. Thank you for sharing your thought and techniques.

@LouieTaylorMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I’m really glad you enjoyed the video.

@kappabravomusic2101 2 жыл бұрын

@@LouieTaylorMusic Definitely looking forward to seeing more

@neverlow777 11 ай бұрын

this is the level i wanna reach, the last piece was amazing

@LouieTaylorMusic 11 ай бұрын

That’s so very kind of you to say, thank you very much. You sound very determined so I’m sure you’ll reach your goals. Good luck!

@neverlow777 10 ай бұрын

@@LouieTaylorMusicdude I can’t stop listening to the last piece, so much to learn from you. Great channel , keep it up🙏

@LouieTaylorMusic 10 ай бұрын

@@neverlow777 Thank you so much! That is so kind of you to say :) I am really glad you enjoyed the video and the music

@YannickDP 9 ай бұрын

Hi Louie, great content! What do you use to make those staves transparent and white. It is a much more beautiful way of presenting music notation as you get to see what the music evokes in the background layer. I would love how to know how to do that. Thanks in advance!

@LouieTaylorMusic 9 ай бұрын

Hey! Thanks so much for watching. Sure, all i did was export the score as images (or you could convert a pdf score into pngs) applied an invert colour effect, then added the images to my video editor and remove the remaining black background :)

@YannickDP 9 ай бұрын

@@LouieTaylorMusic Thank you! Will try it out! Good luck with your channel and music!

@LouieTaylorMusic 9 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!@@YannickDP good luck to you too!

@erik9817 11 ай бұрын

Great tune! What scoring software do you use?

@LouieTaylorMusic 11 ай бұрын

Thanks very much! I use a mixture of Logic, Ableton, Cubase and notional software such as Dorico and Sibelius + protools for recording live sometimes. For the tracks in this video, and most of my orchestral tracks I use Logic :)

@mimisaiko 3 жыл бұрын

Journey's Soundtrack is the worst choice if you are testing out a speaker. It sounds good on every kind of speaker.

@LouieTaylorMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes indeed

@petertremblay3725 Ай бұрын

As a game dev i don't see a lot of people playing that game!

@LouieTaylorMusic Ай бұрын

Which game do you mean, sorry? Journey?

@petertremblay3725 Ай бұрын

@@LouieTaylorMusic The last one sorry i didn't specify.

@LouieTaylorMusic Ай бұрын

@@petertremblay3725 No worries, yeah that game isn't actually out yet, it's still in development. It does have a steam page now, though: store.steampowered.com/app/2788430/Alchemy_of_the_Earth/

@petertremblay3725 Ай бұрын

@@LouieTaylorMusic The sad truth is that game with no violence don't sell very well.

@LouieTaylorMusic Ай бұрын

@@petertremblay3725 Often true, but not always the case. I think there is a cult market for most alternative approaches to gaming. I don't believe the intention of the developer is to sell millions of copies as much as it is to express his own passion for the genre of game he's making and share with like minded people, which I applaud him for, to be honest.