Star Wars main title (mockup) - by Nikolai Myklebust
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Here is my mockup of the Star Wars main title music (at least the first part). Consider subscribing for more musical content!
VSTs/libraries used:
- Aaron Venture Infinite Brass
- Aaron Venture Infinite Woodwinds
- Cinestrings
- VSL Synchron strings pro
- VSL Synchron elite strings
- VSL Synchron harp
- Orchestral tools Ark 5
- Orchestral tools OSR
- Spitfire Audio Symphonic motions
- CinePerc
- CineHarp
Aaron Ventures libraries do sound absolutely amazing. I’m saving up for infinite brass! Brilliant mock-up we’ll done 👏🏻
A bit different than traditional brass libraries, but when you learn how it works and make it sound good, you can make it do so much 😄
@@NikolaiMusicChannel What are your trombone settings/mix for Infinite brass? These sound spectacular
@@sivaramakrishnanmeenakshis167 my template is always changing/improving, so hard to remember the exact settings/chain without ppening the project, but in general, a bit of high cut to soften the sharpness, May have boosted some low mids to get them sounding fater 😊 In the beginning I opened a instance of Cinebrass trombones alongside IB and tried to get IB sounding as close as possible to CB as I love the sound of CB😊 but have since this mockup bought CSB and started to mix IB and CSB in my templates the last months, so now I try to get these to sound as close as possible🤷♂️
@@NikolaiMusicChannel Great thank you
Infinite Brass Sounds Amazing!
Agree 😊
Excellent work. One of the best mockups of this piece I've heard.
Thanks! And thank you for checking it out 😊
holy shit i can't believe this isn't an official demo for infinite series. this is INCREDIBLE dude
Thanks! 😀It's VERY expensive for Aaron to use this theme as a official demo with regards to licensing, I think only the biggest companies like Spitfire, VSL etc could afford such a well known theme owned by Disney 😛So cool of you to check it out, glad you liked it 🙂
@@NikolaiMusicChannel oh i wasn't aware of that! i know he has a james bond demo and that's what made me think of using this as one. i just picked up infinite brass, any tips on using that you don't see anywhere else?
@@gryd3461 Congrats on buying it!🙂 Hmmm, I don't know everything that is out there, but for me it took some getting used to finding the exact velocity and CC1 curve to make the instrument sound realistic. These mockups have been my way of really learning how to get a realistic sound from the instruments as you can get very detailed when dialing in the notes 😛 I learned best from mocking up sections from different pieces, tempo mapping a reference track, and mocking up with the reference track on it's own track in my DAW to easily mute/unmute for constant tempo synced reference and working on the details until it sounds as close to the real orchestra as I can get it. See my Realistic runs video, there I'm showing a little bit from my Harry Potter mockup and the reference track ;-)
Another tip is working a bit with EQ and using the pitch detune on the instruments to make things sound organic and not perfectly in tune 🙂 Will try to make a Infinite video in the future sharing tips in a bit more detail. Just start using it! And try mocking up short sections of a real orchestra, and tweak until you get as close as possible ;-)
well done
Thank you 😊
Increíble trabajo
Gracias 😊🙏
Solid stuff, man! 10/10
Thanks buddy 😊
Sounds excellent great work. Did you make it from the full score?
Thank you 🙂 Yes, the Hal Leonard score I think, a couple of years ago now cant remember excactly
Orbit Wars Episode I: The Phantom Darkness
Very, very well done.
Thank you 😊🙏
Pretty damn good!
Pretty damn thank you! 😊
Amazing job! and it's a very difficult task because everybody knows this theme and it's "very easy" to complain...I know it well because I did "Leia's Theme" and "The flag parade" from the Maestro and...Let me tell you...
Overall, it's the best intro of this piece I've never listened to before!! Very well balanced, the mix is very close to the original, brilliant!! from 0:30 to forward, the strings are a bit thin, I mean...It requires more players, more intensity and the percussion is just a bit low in the mix. Brass and woodwinds are amazing...
At the end of the main intro, 1:10, I think there is a note missing, just the last one of the horn section...But, congrats!!! this is really well done!
Wow, thank you for the feedback 😄 That is high praise 🙏 Yes, the strings was hardest to do to try to get the sound from the original recording, and I agree is a bitter thinner than the original. I think maybe the last notes of the horn is a bit low but not missing according to the score I used as a refrence, but will check tonight 😊 Tried to get the percussion matched to the original LSO recording, but maybe I calculated the mix wrong, you go a bit deaf after a while and in the end I just wanted to get the video out on John Williams' 90th birthday yesterday, so deemed it good enough 😊 Thank you for taking your time with the feedback, appreciate it!
@@NikolaiMusicChannel oH!! I understand...so double effort to be ready for the 90th anniversary of the Maestro! ;)
Yes, I know you used the score as reference, if not, it's very complicated in some parts where there are some instruments on the score that we never know are there because of the score...
I felt this with Leia's Theme with some "weird" notes with cimbasso but, in the end, you realize this man is a genius! Well, I checked with a couple of YT performances of the main theme and I am pretty sure the F note at the end of that part, is missed...I leave you a link, exactly 1:13 where you hold C but doesn't end with the F...I did the same mistake with the solo violin end of LT and, after some likes, I decided to fix it :( czcams.com/video/54hoKbTWon4/video.html
@@xaviduch Aaaah, yes of course!😛 You are completely right! The F slipped out for a coffee or something 🙂 It's obvious in retrospect, but had tunnel vision while working on it 😛
@@NikolaiMusicChannel Probably for a Capuccino...;)
Kanonbra! Wow!!
Takk! Og takk for at du hørte på 🙂
Amazing job! I really love how the trumpet and trombones sounds! Are you happy with the Infinite Series?
Thanks, glad you liked it 😊🙏 Yes, I love the infinite series, after I got used to it and how to make it sound natural and good, I haven't needed to use any other WW or brass samples in my mockups as they are so flexible and can play most anything that's not very aleotoric! Best buy I did, but took a little while before I learned how to make it sound so good as you have to be very musical with them and carve the CC1 and velocities more than in traditional libraries. But almost no keyswitching needed and my workflow now is much faster than with other sample libraries 😄
@@NikolaiMusicChannel I have been looking at the Infinite series myself! I can't wait for the strings. Did you use 4 trumpets on this one?
@@cjhpianohero Yes, Infinite strings is going to be a blast 😊 Can't wait to get my hands on it! No, used 3 trumpets on this one, followed the orchestration from the Star Wars suite (concert version made by JW)
The brass is amazing!!
We wrote before on VI Control, im Bababooey.
But one thing sounds absolutely crap (only the sound, not the programming): The strings.
They sound like a Synthesizer, do you know what the problem there is?
Hi again🙂 Yes, I was struggling to get the strings "big" enough to match the reference track, so mixed in some Cinestrings whitch really cut through and made it bigger, but became a bit blind (deaf) sitting in the mix for too long, and in retrospect the quality is really synthy 😛 You learn as long as you live I guess.... If I ever decide to do the Title theme again I'll use different string libraries. Right now I'm mixing CSS and SSS a lot, and think they sound really good together. Currently started the monumentous task of mocking up the Astroid field que from Empire strikes back, so will be doing that in between my day job, moving house etc for the next weeks, but look out for that mockup, I think it's going to turn out quite nice, and a huge challenge ;-) Thanks for listening!
@@NikolaiMusicChannel No Problem!
I can recommend Soaring strings for the melodic string line, it sounds very good with CSS and Pacific strings. I mix them all together, with a bit aroof strings here and there (for the vibe, the "feeling")
@@talnomix3164 thanks for the tip 😊 Quite happy with the mix of libraries I've got now, don’t use Cinestrings anymore. Mostly a mix of CSS and SSS, wirh CSC, SStS, and sometimes VSL Synchron elite and pro strings, OT FX strings, and a slew of other more nieche libraries 😊
I dont use any VSL bcs they sound very synthetic to me.
I only rely on Soaring Strings, SSS, SCS, CSS and so on.@@NikolaiMusicChannel
Excellent mock up. How do you find infinite brass is for more mellow, less attack articulations? Most demos have fantastic sounding brass when there are hard attacks, but suffer on the quiet stuff.....have you found this a problem?
Thanks for checking it out 😊 I have mostly done more bombastic stuff lately, although there is some softer stuff on the start of my Prokofiev R&J demo and Hedwigs theme mockup. I find it ok, but might do more mellow stuff soon to learn how to program them better for that sound 😊 Haven't dove into the details if the softer stuff wit IB yet
i find that infinite brass is great for softer, more mellow playing as long as you give it the expression yourself
awesome mockup....great!!! but I somehow feel the vsl strings sound a bit synthetic and artificial and lifeless...don't you think 🤔
Thanks for checking it out😊 Yes, I agree the strings sound a bit synthy, it's a combination if several string libraries, but I actually think Cinestrings sound the most synthy in this one. Have since been using more a combination if CSS and Spitfire symphonic strings, might redo this later with those string libraries 😊
Bloody gorgeous! what’s your go too room for IB? I really want to use Bersa, but can’t get the horns to gel well with Cinematic Studio Strings, interested to know your work flow for it, regardless of string libraries. Top stuff 💙
Thanks mate! 😊 I use Bersa hall all the way, mic mix 4 or 5 depending on if I want a scoring stage sound or a bigger hall sound, then send everything to Spaces II Burbank scoring stage in the mix in varying degrees 😊
@@NikolaiMusicChannel is that the same mic setup across all brass sections? and do you subject them to any EQ? Thanks for your time!
@@williamwilkie9063 yes, same across the section 😊 Have group EQs for horns, for trumpets and for trombones
@@NikolaiMusicChannel have you got any social media? Would like to ask you a few more questions off here if that’s okay?
@@williamwilkie9063 sure😊 messenger: Nikolai Norevik Myklebust
Very nice work Nikolai! I really like the organic side that you have been able to give to the piece. The general tone of the brass in particular and more generally of the piece is also really good. I know how difficult it is to program such a piece: I'm trying it out right now: czcams.com/video/eEyFJTW5__Y/video.html ... A little less of a fan of strings, however. In any case congratulations, it's one of the best Star Wars mockups I've discovered on CZcams! 🙂
Thank you so much for the kind words 😊 A really hard mockup to do, but learned so much. I checked out yours to, well done😉 Yes, the strings are the weakest link, will come back to this later and fix things when I'm inspired again
force is strong with this one!!!!!!!!!! GREAT JOB! and MIX! come to m channel if you like midi mockupss!! more of this pleasE!!
Thanks 😊 Will check out your channel