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The Music That Links Dumbledore's Death to Bach and Radiohead
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When Nicholas Hooper, composer for fifth and sixth Harry Potter films, was set the task to write music for Dumbledore's death, he decided to look back upon the music of mourning from hundreds of years ago. The piece he produced is not only beautifully simple, but also uses a bass line that links composers and musicians across hundreds of years - from Monteverdi to Bach, to The Beatles to Radiohead. Let's find out what ties them all together.
FURTHER READING/RESEARCH
Alex Ross - Chacona, Lamento: www.therestisnoise.com/chacona/
Radiohead and the Lament Bass: dalemcgowan.com/radiohead-and-the-lament-bass/
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Komentáře

  • @jake_ams
    @jake_ams Před 9 hodinami

    Wonderful journey thorough the music. I wonder how much of a classic cruciform had been used A-C-E as the tonal center ( A was the tonica in the past I believe) in the church history. The pedal point and rising to overtone scale seems to indicate a deep level of music understanding and tradition ✅

  • @austindrinksfanta
    @austindrinksfanta Před 12 hodinami

    Man I was so bummed to see there hasn’t been in upload in a while. Just discovered you through Marriage Story and the video was fantastic, hope you’re doing good at least

  • @thebanditman5663
    @thebanditman5663 Před dnem

    ... What if we got the guy who wrote the TF2 soundtrack to come up with something?...

  • @TomekSw
    @TomekSw Před dnem

    Every single one of them is perfect, the movies on the other side... 😅

  • @kgbuller7597
    @kgbuller7597 Před dnem

    You can’t get any better than Goldfinger. Every thing else is just reaching for that top spot.

  • @Jack_huntakilla
    @Jack_huntakilla Před dnem

    I have no idea what this guy is talking abt but okay

  • @WhitieWu
    @WhitieWu Před dnem

    Personally, Skyfall is my fav intro song.

  • @brianwaltonjr5810
    @brianwaltonjr5810 Před 2 dny

    John Williams is the GOAT!

  • @disguyovaheere8140
    @disguyovaheere8140 Před 2 dny

    it might be mechanically the most fitting, but it is not a good bond song. "ambiguity" does not fit bond. "You know my name" is the best craig Theme song. "it thematically fits modern bond" modern bond isn't modern bond. brosnan was as modern as bond got. They figured tomorrow never dies so they decided to just kill him today.

  • @Luke_22
    @Luke_22 Před 2 dny

    Honestly the prequels have some of the best music I’ve ever heard. I remember first hearing the duel of the fates when I went to see phantom menace when they brought it back to theaters in 2011. The 2 other pieces I really love more than that though are Anakin vs. Obi-wan and battle of the hero’s. Those are really magical and probably the best film scores of all time IMO.

  • @nathalianobrega6917

    lovely work!

  • @neonn_8357
    @neonn_8357 Před 2 dny

    Can’t help imagining what it would be like if Cuaron directed the entire franchise

  • @xuninx
    @xuninx Před 3 dny

    Search for "Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back homage title sequence Radiohead for James Bond Spectre""and get a grateful surprise.

  • @xuninx
    @xuninx Před 3 dny

    Search for “Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back homage title sequence Radiohead for James Bond Spectre" and get a gratifying surprise

  • @johnbarrett3674
    @johnbarrett3674 Před 3 dny

    I've watched this so many times

  • @johnberry3824
    @johnberry3824 Před 3 dny

    Very much appreciate this. The music has been enormously affecting every time I have watched the films. I'm aware of it, but hadn't been so *knowledgeably* aware. Thank you.

  • @mohitrahaman
    @mohitrahaman Před 4 dny

    They used this concept to make music in older hardware limited video games, aka chiptunes.

  • @SharkeAlone
    @SharkeAlone Před 4 dny

    actually skyfall is the perfect Bond theme

  • @snorkelvortex
    @snorkelvortex Před 4 dny

    Can anyone tell me what track has 0:58-1:20 in it? That specific mix of the strings straight into the Shire theme is something I've been looking for

  • @drnkenmaster
    @drnkenmaster Před 4 dny

    Wow. Great video and explanation. I know only a very little about music theory (played trumpet from grade 8 to 10) but found this video captivating from beginning to end. Also a big Bond fan. Excellent job.

    • @drnkenmaster
      @drnkenmaster Před 4 dny

      On a side note, I absolutely hated the whiny insufferable junk that was the Sam Smith theme. I remember sitting in the theater with my hands over my ears praying for the suffering to end.

  • @owenchan8431
    @owenchan8431 Před 5 dny

    These should be music that’s analysed in music classes in primary school. My lord am I wide awake at 1:30 am

  • @pillowmoment
    @pillowmoment Před 6 dny

    When i listen to jupiter i do see the atrological inspirations but this song in particular creates such vivid images of the planet. This song captures a lot of feeling. Triumph and tragedy and salvation and hope and LOVE all rolled into one snowball of emotion. It’s mostly very quick melodies capturing triumph and hope and whatever, but everything else culminates in that famous part near the middle. That best captures jupiter as a planet. Seeing it clearly as it rises above some distant horizon. Or seeing part of it illuminated as it turns over to see the sun again. Jupiter is a planet full of history and emotion. Read about it. It’s formation and role in the solar system are fascinating and it is so important. We rely on it like a second star, which, if things had gone right, it would’ve been. That part of the song feels like meeting an old friend, or a family member you haven’t seen in forever, or feeling the sun rise after a cold night, or watching rays of light hit the trees at sundown. It’s incredible. I don’t understand how that was achieved.

  • @markcarrico7908
    @markcarrico7908 Před 6 dny

    What about the groaning sounds that rise in pitch during the heartbeat sound effect in a couple of the shots..So perfect..

  • @gliptodonte_
    @gliptodonte_ Před 6 dny

    Interesting video. But why do you say that a professional singer can tune "best" than professional string players? I don't think that's true. If they're professionals, I think both can tune the same.

  • @johndevoy5792
    @johndevoy5792 Před 6 dny

    excellent

  • @dbarbour
    @dbarbour Před 6 dny

    I don't get Radiohead. Beauty? Meh.

  • @rorsine
    @rorsine Před 6 dny

    1 - Spectre (Radiohead vr.) 2 - Live and Let Die 3 - Skyfall 4 - You Know My Name 5 - Goldfinger

  • @yudisthiralistya745

    "Listening to Radiohead always brings me back to my happy mood!" ... says no one ever.

  • @shelbywells7650
    @shelbywells7650 Před 6 dny

    There are no words to describe the feelings that rise up in me when I hear the opening theme to the Star Wars movies. I truly enjoyed the dissection of the theory behind the major themes. Thank you!!!

  • @nandod2nd
    @nandod2nd Před 6 dny

    This made me cry Instantly in the end.

  • @jasonkelly4442
    @jasonkelly4442 Před 6 dny

    Similar to she chose me

  • @googoowagagaga8178
    @googoowagagaga8178 Před 7 dny

    man i love tadiohead

  • @JDSG360
    @JDSG360 Před 7 dny

    Such a beautiful video.

  • @1212hjb
    @1212hjb Před 8 dny

    Wow, brilliant analysis.

  • @ilovenycsomuch
    @ilovenycsomuch Před 8 dny

    I’ve always been obsessed with the male choir of the Khazad dum music, & the shrieking cascading strings for Shelob always stood out to me as a really freaky spider-like musical accompaniment

  • @oscarobrien5304
    @oscarobrien5304 Před 8 dny

    I just noticed I had this video disliked I meant to like it the first time I watched it I must have accidentally pressed the dislike sorry for the accidental hate 🤣

  • @johnroscoe2406
    @johnroscoe2406 Před 8 dny

    Of course they chose Sam Smith over Radiohead. Because you know. rEaSoNs.

  • @sarahlees4587
    @sarahlees4587 Před 9 dny

    I Play Dead by Bjork ... another missed opportunity for a perfect Bond theme

  • @marcos_c_m
    @marcos_c_m Před 10 dny

    Muse still have the best james bond song.

  • @eliasbram3710
    @eliasbram3710 Před 10 dny

    one word: Goosebumps

  • @lucaricciardi8253
    @lucaricciardi8253 Před 10 dny

    3rd best bond theme

  • @troutmask6800
    @troutmask6800 Před 10 dny

    This is the main masterpiece from music minimalism that will stand the test of time.

  • @tomaszskowronski1406
    @tomaszskowronski1406 Před 11 dny

    best bond song is Snake Eater. Enough said.

  • @Ron-Kham
    @Ron-Kham Před 11 dny

    I always believed that the Radiohead song, perfect for the end when the credits roll in a James Bond movie, would be "There There."

  • @yayayaokoksure
    @yayayaokoksure Před 11 dny

    This still makes me angry.

  • @gregorygarcia7807
    @gregorygarcia7807 Před 11 dny

    I stopped going to movies ages ago mostly because of shitty comic book hero action crap. the worst bond is this new guy that looks like Putin. I think "The Movies" were trying to soften the blow for when the damned old tramp gave the USA to Putin for Malania's wedding gift. england should stay out of other countries affairs. dump bibi and the tramp for world peace!

  • @ndartokhelm2145
    @ndartokhelm2145 Před 11 dny

    Thanks God they reject it.. Thats so Un-Bond.. Thats "RADIOHEAD" signature music, Gloomy and depressing, its absolutely would makes mr.Bond seems so weak and Creep!

  • @josemcgomes
    @josemcgomes Před 11 dny

    As criminal as it was to discard this song, it would have been equally as horrendous to waste this fantastic song on such a mediocre movie that Spectre was.

  • @kwimms
    @kwimms Před 11 dny

    Who cares? Bunch of noyz...

  • @DaveTheBunny
    @DaveTheBunny Před 12 dny

    Imaging gettting Radioheads full artistic attention then choosing Sam Fucking Smith.