Jeff Beal Explains The House of Cards Theme
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9 жыл бұрынFilm Scores For Solo Piano: www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/011...
Featuring: House of Cards theme by Jeff Beal and scores from The Theory Of Everything, The Reader, The Last King Of Scotland, Shutter Island, Frozen Planet, Shame, Waltz With Bashir, Like Crazy, The Hours and much, much more.
In this video Jazz/Classical hybrid composer Jeff Beal speaks to us about the musical inspiration behind his game changing soundtrack/opening to the award winning House of Cards series.
You can find the individual sheet music for the House of Cards theme here: www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/062...
@mambuayz 8 жыл бұрын
This theme is addicting because it just screams "POWER"
@mr.mercedes952 8 жыл бұрын
yeah jajajja
@AJ-eu1xc Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's powerful! But it screams more than POWER to me. It's somber, it screams EVIL, perfect as the main theme for the Serie. When I watched the 1st episode I was sort of WOW, what's this??! I was fascinated by the music and the images edition, and how they beautifully blended together! Awesome!!
@angelgirl976 8 жыл бұрын
Love this theme. It is the only tv theme I never skip past when binge watching an ep.
@rubybirch123 8 жыл бұрын
I love it too - I never skip it
@diddlydevil2116 8 жыл бұрын
Totally agree! The theme to Narcos is just as good. I never skip past it
@MaineWoods 7 жыл бұрын
"...only tv theme I never skip..." Just realized the same thing.
@cleaningdoctorbirmingham339 7 жыл бұрын
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@vikeightEsix 7 жыл бұрын
that and stranger things... and true detective... and...
@coffeewentcold 8 жыл бұрын
Always nice to hear my theme tune.
@valardohaeris333 4 жыл бұрын
Go away, lol
@BlancheDuBoisIntrovert 8 жыл бұрын
Composers are so cool. The way Jeff Beal is able to associate a character with music is just too sexy, IMHO.
@LaurensdeKoning 9 жыл бұрын
Genius theme song, one of the best I've ever heard. A match to the series made in heaven, so to speak.
@integralcontrolmedsolution2313 8 жыл бұрын
listen to "walking on the road of life" by chen xiaohua very similiar
@rockwithyou2006 3 жыл бұрын
absolute genius. I cannot imagine being even 1% as creative as him.
@lukeomatik 9 жыл бұрын
This guy translates motion into music. amazing.
@yhnbu 8 жыл бұрын
Whoever conceived of and edited the time-lapse visuals and Beal's theme under the opening credits captured the complexities of the show and Washington itself; events moving faster than the eye can see in a world that appears set in stone. About as good as theme music and visuals get.
@rodrigobraz2 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, well said, it shows Washington set in stone, majestic and representative of the highest ideals, but captures its complexities even beyond that by also showing its intertwined dirty, dark, and grimy corners.
@MaineWoods 7 жыл бұрын
"It's wrong but it felt right" love that line, great chords, great composer!
@ndagarwal7 9 жыл бұрын
Who the fuck didn't like this??
@SmileyDude909 9 жыл бұрын
Neil Deep Dunbar
@Vesper778 9 жыл бұрын
Zoey
@mr.mercedes952 8 жыл бұрын
zoey and tusk jajajajaj obviusly
@pinkduvetdiva 8 жыл бұрын
+Neil Deep (SoliDGold) Peter Russo.
@aristidess1190 8 жыл бұрын
+Neil Deep (SoliDGold) petrov
@philipbengtson7185 8 жыл бұрын
The best theme ever!The show thrives because of it.
@coopersmum06 8 жыл бұрын
the only theme music i don't fast forward thru..... gives me chills... musical genius!
@heavydoom 8 жыл бұрын
i freaking love that deep dark baseline!!! love it!!!
@globalspiritualrevolutionmedia 6 жыл бұрын
One of the Greatest TV Themes of All Time! Jeff Beal Is An Absolute Genius!
@WeAintGotNoMilk2011 8 жыл бұрын
Damn this guy is beast. The way he explains his music is perfect.
@e30m31989 5 жыл бұрын
My favorite theme of all time. Nothing else evokes such beautiful power. Genius composer! Thank you for this!
@alymak 3 жыл бұрын
Good job Jeff! Genius! Remarkable themes!
@Pwj579 9 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite parts of HoC is the music. Love the layers and textures that Jeff put into the theme. Really emodies constant pace and layers of action in DC. I noticed when I watched Blackfish for the first time (after previously watching HoC) immediately that it was Jeff's music. Keep up the great composition!
@Sinonymous 3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, i miss the show so much. :(
@Lem0n42 8 жыл бұрын
I love his work so much. Great soundtrack!
@HJohn-xn9ub 8 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear Jeff Beal's similar comments on the "Rome" theme song! Love his music.
@mukeshpandya4171 8 жыл бұрын
People Like Jeff and Hans Zimmer are inspiration to new generation and attracts attention to non-technical people like me to try to understand that there is lot of science and technical involved even in small piece of music. First heard Jeff in The Black Fish, very impressed then.
@SatorMoon 8 жыл бұрын
Completely fascinated by music composition
@sirguanes 6 жыл бұрын
Love the fact that a great composer doesn't need to be a perfect piano player.
@allthumbs3792 7 жыл бұрын
First time I saw HOC I was intrigued by the music. Thanks, Mr. Beal for a fascinating peek into your creative process. Love the layers over that bass line, especially the hemiola. Your theme really sets the sinister tone of the story line.
@JanisJpln 7 жыл бұрын
One of the best TV themes of all time! Love hearing about the process, thanks!
@danibeck3771 8 жыл бұрын
you may think that I couldn't possibly comment
@valardohaeris333 4 жыл бұрын
Best comment in here
@bridgermurray2773 9 жыл бұрын
So interesting how he comes up with this stuff! It all sounds very original too (Unlike a lot of composers out there today). He could be the next John Williams!!
@ChristyKSweet 2 жыл бұрын
Really? Listen to the them of Mission Impossible, the old TV show he lifted the first three bars of the melody
@prettydougla 9 жыл бұрын
I love this theme song. I actually have it as a ring tone.
@NateChristyMedia 9 жыл бұрын
Jeff Beal is amazing!!! Thanks for sharing this!
@jeremiahkas8149 4 жыл бұрын
The intricacy of the simplistic What a joy!!!
@Pianuaria Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for explaining your approach. Very didactic!
@jamesramey4105 8 жыл бұрын
This theme song is awesome. I usually back up the video and listen to it more than once.
@fabiettopiras 8 жыл бұрын
Genius. Thank you!
@thagamerzzz 9 жыл бұрын
the moment I heard HoC's theme for the same time, I knew it was Jeff, I recognised his way of using trumpets from Rome HBO
@Xpistos510 2 жыл бұрын
Musical genius.
@rumi.137 3 жыл бұрын
all his soundtracks fits so well in the serie.. I miss it so much. Sad what happened with the show.
@venturestar 8 жыл бұрын
wow, huge artist and music master
@jordanrivas7398 8 жыл бұрын
The baseline is sampled from the SWAT theme, one of the best opening themes ever. I can't believe no one's ever noticed it. It's hard to believe he couldn't know that.
@lauraronda 9 жыл бұрын
Cuando inicia una nueva temporada de House of Cards, oigo la música del inicio y algo tiene, que me emociona mucho. Gracias Sr. Jeff Beal por compartir la explicación... y por la música ¡claro! When start a new season of House of Cards, I hear the music start and has something that excites me a lot. Thanks for sharing explanation Mr. Jeff Beal... and the music of course!
@KingTabor 8 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@terrykilleen4487 9 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this insight into just what your thoughts and considerations are when writing for film. Terry UK
@user-ji1dz1vz9j 9 жыл бұрын
Terry Killeen hi Terry
@Stickell 5 жыл бұрын
I love Jeaf Beal , he is great
@PennyCilllin 8 жыл бұрын
Tension and suspense build and build in the theme song, letting us know that EVIL is afoot! Just like the HoC characters, the scariest of evils do not have to shout their presence.
@bruceallen2412 8 жыл бұрын
Mr. Beal is a genius! I rank him up there with Hoyt Curtin (Johnny Quest 1964, Fantastic Four 1967), and Dominic Frontiere (Original Outer Limits). Thank you Mr. Beal!
@_mason_3962 3 жыл бұрын
The office, Dexter, the west wing, and house of cards are the only themes I never skip.
@jmbwithcats 8 жыл бұрын
I love the theme music to this show. Cough, vinyl release?
@johnrod007 5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant theme I like to listen to it. When I saw the last Kingdom that theme sounds very similar to this one I actually thought that this guy wrote the theme for that other series and that is what brought me here in search of who wrote the theme for both of these series on Netflix
@pdempw11 8 жыл бұрын
Could he provide and explanation for why the theme changes slightly from season to season?
@LarsViktorHvik 7 жыл бұрын
You should listen to the Music Exploder podcast with Jeff Beal, where he goes more into depth into what and why he changed it.
@sandramorris9040 7 жыл бұрын
So that wasn't my imagination!
@Coalbucketlist 7 жыл бұрын
Master piece!
@Coalbucketlist 7 жыл бұрын
there's nothing about it wrong, it's called music theory. it's only theory.
@rockwithyou2006 3 жыл бұрын
Legend
@jauger99 3 жыл бұрын
I could swear I remember watching a video in which he explained the intro was inspired by a piece by pachelbel, and also inspired by the way in which pachelbel composed, that being layers added over time and then taken away in equal fashion, and his desire to finally see a resolve in such a work as that. But now for the life of me I cant find any such reference.
@federicojojot3526 8 жыл бұрын
Idolooooo!!!
@eckbertwickleberry4911 9 жыл бұрын
Freakin' awesome!
@smithcm14 8 жыл бұрын
So...good!
@wanwaric 7 жыл бұрын
Stunning to hear that feature with simultaneous A major and A minor which is actually as far against the rules of musical harmony as the actions of Underwoods are :)
@debijane6747 7 жыл бұрын
The persistent, relentless pursuit of power with the frantic accompanying constant running, running.
@katiaclaro5149 8 жыл бұрын
Otima!
@dianamiller9805 3 жыл бұрын
Magnificent!!!
@dianamiller9805 3 жыл бұрын
Genius.
@aboldanesh4348 8 жыл бұрын
thanks...
@oxoxox22 8 жыл бұрын
Something about this reminds me of Michael Nyman's score for The Piano. Great theme - works perfectly for House of Cards.
@ChristyKSweet 2 жыл бұрын
Mission Impossible the old TV show
@perplexingpantheon 5 жыл бұрын
It's interesting to see techniques like polytonality being utilised in music like this.
@shamilhegrat 3 жыл бұрын
❤
@hassansabree8429 6 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Sade's Soldier of Love song to me especially when trumpet fanfare comes in.
@CARLBARTER1 7 жыл бұрын
man's a genius
@Chinfrimm 9 жыл бұрын
It reminds me so much of Erik Satie at 2:50
@y8r113 8 жыл бұрын
Wow... way more thought put into this piece than I thought. Fantastic stuff, though.
@hansellancephilippe4075 5 жыл бұрын
I wish Jeff Beal has the appreciation and acknowledgment in which Ramin Djawadi recieved.
@venusflightcaptain1 4 жыл бұрын
Music score madmen
@Gpalmer16 9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for Pollock.
@Montanacellist 8 жыл бұрын
Look up "House of Cards cello" to see my cover!
@bridgermurray2773 8 жыл бұрын
What is the official name of the "Puppet-master" theme played at 0:17?
@reallyjolle 2 жыл бұрын
No comment on the strings from Dancing Queen? =)
@ChristyKSweet 2 жыл бұрын
No, I recognize it from Mission Impossible, sans fourth bar Surprised it wasn't a copyright infringement
@katiaclaro5149 8 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍!
@leonardomovio 9 жыл бұрын
Link for 0:57 song?
@Tvde1 9 жыл бұрын
What is the first thing he plays called? I can't find anything named puppetmaster theme
@jacklinkproductions 9 жыл бұрын
Tvde1 You might want to take a listen to "One Bite At a Time" and "Chessboard Revealed" from the HOC Season 1 soundtrack
@RobertDeLGF 6 жыл бұрын
I'm a bit confused by all this. Listen to the run out on this Dalziel and Pascoe episode from 2005 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nrWblpNlnM7Hc4E.html - ring any bells??
@philipwicker153 9 жыл бұрын
His right hand does a what? at 0:20s
@claudiasiefer8495 6 жыл бұрын
A hemiola (rhythm)
@booboo4341 7 жыл бұрын
2:53 what piece of music is this?
@_Cato_ 7 жыл бұрын
Boo Boo "I know what I have to do" from the OST
@hamjii 6 жыл бұрын
This strangely reminds me of the theme of Dynasty in '80s, if anyone could remember, though I clearly prefer this music. Both aptly depict 'Vanity fair' methinks.
@RobertDeLGF 6 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nrWblpNlnM7Hc4E.html - ring any bells? This is from Dalziel and Pascoe episode from 2005 - scarily close......
@integralcontrolmedsolution2313 8 жыл бұрын
sounds like walking on the road of life chen xiaohua
@dresmith2 9 жыл бұрын
His music for carnival was so minimalistic and extremely moving! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hM1zgKZeqbPXfoU.html Great musician.
@richardmuller7277 8 жыл бұрын
why he looks like Gareth Walker
@RichterGM 9 жыл бұрын
si no hablara y solo tocara el piano seria el mejor cover :/
@venturestar 8 жыл бұрын
tenes que escuchar lo que explica, eso es lo mas interesante y demuestra que es un tremendo artista.
@pezushka Ай бұрын
It's appalling bad.
@HJohn-xn9ub 8 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear Jeff Beal's similar comments on the "Rome" theme song! Love his music.
@jordanrivas7398 8 жыл бұрын
The baseline is sampled from the SWAT theme, one of the best opening themes ever. I can't believe no one's ever noticed it. It's hard to believe he couldn't know that.
@ChristyKSweet 2 жыл бұрын
And there's Mission Impossible the old TV show, too, First time I heard I thought whoa, this is familiar
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