Thomas Dolby: Scoring for Comedy Part 1

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4 жыл бұрын

This is the first in a two-part tutorial in music scoring for comedy by Prof. Thomas Dolby, Director of New Media at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, USA. It includes a brief history of comedy film music, and tips for aspiring film/TV/game composers.
In addition to recording the groundbreaking MTV hit "She Blinded Me With Science", Thomas has written music for directors such as George Lucas, Stephen Spielberg, Ken Russell, Barry Levinson and J.J.Abrams; and created comedy movie songs for Robin Williams and Tim Curry.
This would normally be taught as a private class, but due to COVID-19 it is now accessible online.

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@blixaland 4 жыл бұрын

I had a dream I'd be able to sit in on a lecture of Thomas Dolby, and then this happens. Freaky cool stuff mates!

@ZenturaAudio 3 жыл бұрын

i dreamt Thomas was Andronicus!?

@paulhorsley8922 4 жыл бұрын

I met Mr Dolby on his lighthouse tour in Canterbury uk . What a lovely lovely bloke . One of my heroes , thank you Thomas ❤️👍.

@krampus225 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thank you, Professor!

@NekoChanSenpai 3 жыл бұрын

Director!Dolby just about made my entire day. Such fun.

@PrivateEyeMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this. Generous!! Sharing with my music students. Wonderful presentation.

@HALFNUTCLARITY 9 ай бұрын

im a high school freshman but i really want to make film compositions when im older, and who better to learn than from mr dolby himself! thank you ❤

@disneyprince1 4 ай бұрын

Thomas Dolby ❤

@gavinhammond5415 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making these videos. You are a fantastic teacher. I appreciate you

@ZenturaAudio 3 жыл бұрын

Laughing is a joyful blast from the soul. connets body with energetic alignment. Truth is fun

@EOJrobolo 4 жыл бұрын

Saw your performance and story telling in Natick MA, still the best concert/learning experience I’ve had to this day! Thank you Thomas

@QuinnZoneStudios 4 жыл бұрын

Ah this is brilliant! Glad you referenced the amazing Carl Stalling's work. I remember being so excited when they released CDs of his scoring. Also interesting you referenced the early pathos comedians. Many moons ago I had a puppet chat show of which one episode saw a childhood hero of mine, Sir Norman Wisdom as a a guest. He was kind of a later British Charlie Chaplin in a way. He told me it was easier to make people laugh if you made them cry first. Thank you for this!

@ElizabethReport 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Professor!

@WaterShowsProd Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this. As someone who prefers working in comedy it was fascinating to hear a composer's perspective on the genre. I thought it would be interesting to point out that Chico Marx used to get jobs playing piano at silent film cinemas in New York, then sending his brother Harpo in when he'd land a better paying job. According to Harpo's book there was another lad who used to do these jobs as well, though managers complained that he played too loudly. His name was George Gershwin.

@junglebarry1238 4 жыл бұрын

This is really interesting Thomas and I know nothing about film music! Thanks for sharing this, kept me entertained on a long night of social isolation!

@trentBowie 3 жыл бұрын

0:36, Professor D: "*Live Long And Prosper*” Me: "*Peace And Long Life*" Subscribed!

@DanielCoe 3 жыл бұрын

"If you want to be funny be serious." This was Elmer Bernstein's philosophy that he got from John Landis when scoring Animal House. He took it to Airplane! and Ghostbusters to great effect.

@telonio3966 4 жыл бұрын

Just sent a version. Nice lesson , thanks Thomas.

@buguybuguy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for this!

@alvingray Жыл бұрын

Any composers or aspiring composers that might be interested in trying to score a comedy feature film?

@crms9792 4 жыл бұрын

Salve salve nosso bom e velho Thomas.

@smsimms7593 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so, so happy right now! Professor Dolby knows comedy! Find the movie "Rockula" in which he plays the villain, the proprietor of "Stanley's Death Park". Hilarious!

@randseedbin9440 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this available to us. Is there a way we can also see some of the better completed homework assignments too? Your student's ideas would be great context.

@hurler1348 4 жыл бұрын

When is this assignment due by Prof?

@blastfromthepast7005 2 ай бұрын

9:23 I fell off my couch.

@1w598 3 жыл бұрын

I have no interest in this topic, but for some reason, i can't stop watching.

@zibbybone 4 жыл бұрын

how do we get movie scenes without music? I've been wanting to try re-scoring for some time.

@alvingray Жыл бұрын

Do you score movies?

@zibbybone Жыл бұрын

@@alvingray no, but I'd love to give it a shot.

@ericportillo8277 3 жыл бұрын

What movie was at 11:00? Lol

@LizLarin3000 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like I need KZfaq Credentials to download this video - I would like to import this into Logic and work on it there, then export it for delivery -- any ideas? Thanks.

@thomasdolby 4 жыл бұрын

Search on KZfaq for 'Spiderman 3 no music'

@thomasdolby 4 жыл бұрын

Then you can use various Chrome plugins, QuickTime, or a screen capture software like ScreenFlow to grad the video.

@coffeeheadduck3773 4 жыл бұрын

Screen Kiss 💋

@kid_doonski 3 жыл бұрын

Really tho, papyrus font

@juhatakkinen343 4 жыл бұрын

Nuvogue! #thegatetothemindseye

@hindsighter 2 ай бұрын

10:19 Thomas is my hero, but I'm afraid there's no such word as "mischievious".😐

@TheBigMclargehuge 6 ай бұрын

Wow, they pay you for this?

@JesseH Жыл бұрын

Your mindset is very unique and interesting but can't you just stick to music 🎵🎶🎵🎶 that's all that matters. I do however like your ways of expressing who you are. 😎👍