9 Hollywood Chord Progressions for 9 Different Emotions
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Here are 9 Chord Progressions you'll find in Hollywood film scores, that reflect different and contrasting emotions.
Music is of course extremely subjective and so these are the emotions I feel when hearing the particular progressions. You may experience different feelings/emotions!
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:11 - Magical - Em - Cm - Em - Cm
01:31 - Thriller & Suspense Gm - A/G - Gm - A/G
02:44 - Superhero - Dm - Bb - Dm - G
03:52 - Sadness - Am - G - F - Am - Em - F- Gsus4 - G
05:48 - Danger - Fm - Em/F - Fm - F#m/F
06:43 - Love - Em - C - G - Dsus4 - D - Am - Em - C - Dsus4 - D
08:07 - Awe & Wonder - F - B - G# - D
09:01 - Mystery & Tension - Fm - A - Fm - C#m
09:58 - Transcendence & Wonder - Em - A - B
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Brass
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Choir
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Piano
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Well done. Harmony IS a language. It says something.
Thank you!
This was so interesting and informative, very good! the unexpected chords in the Awe/Wonder and Magical progressions hit so nicely
I am so pleased you have enjoyed it, I appreciate the comment!
Fantastic! Not just the chords, but the choice of instruments, which adds to the emotional impact.
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Excellent stuff again, as usual. I really like these rather short and very concise videos with just the stuff you expected.
Thank you so much - I'm glad it was useful!
I agree. Fantastic. Staying subscribed. 👏
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Fun to watch. Thank you!
This is ridicilously amazing!!!! Thank you very much!
Great video ! A lot of useful information in 11 minutes ! Thanks !
As always such a fantastic video dear Simon. And amazing timing... I was just about to sit down at the keyboard! Thank you truly for all you share here.
Thank you Tanmayo, so pleased you have enjoyed it & for your unwavering support!
Wonderful work! Congratulations!
Thank you for your research and hard work in putting this informative video together.
Glad to have you back, Simon! My favorite is the love progression.
Thank you! I think that is one of my favourites as well :-)
Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!
I have to say, this is among the most beautiful and brilliant of you tube posts about the technics of music and harmony. BRAVO!
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Loved the progressions ❤
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Muito ilustrativo. Um verdadeiro catálogo. Obrigado. Espero o próximo.
So glad you have found it useful! Thank you for watching!
I loved the mystery tension one. Will try these out for myself. Great lesson thank you Simon
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Excellent. Thank you!
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This was brilliant
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very practical and clearly explained: staff + piano roll+ instrumentation. Perfect.
it was made using chord progressions for: Magical, Mysterious Tension, Superhero and Transcendence. In that order! great stuff
Excellent video! Really helpful. The love theme was my favourite and reminded me of a hero's return!
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Thank you for explaining this!
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Excellent video. very many thanks
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Phenomenal video !
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What I've been looking for. Finally 😊
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Amazing video from Composing Academy as always ...
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Thanks, great Video!
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Thanks!
Incredibly useful, thanks !
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Fantastic! This is a really useful guide, thanks
So pleased, thank you for watching!
This was an amazing display of chord examples for emotions. With that knowledge alone now I feel like writing a score haha. Instant subscribtion!
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This was a great video. Cant wait to utilize some of these techniques
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Wow man. It looks and sounds so great. Major props. These are amazing examples😢
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Wow this was the best chord explanation I have every Heard/Seen. In every one I Had straight a movie Scene in my Mind. The Love one was my Favorit.
Amazing Content 💯💯💯
Hi, I am so pleased they resonated with you. Thank you for the comment!
amazing ty for this
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I liked the superhero progression and the magical, i like the combination of the use of piano and oboe melody in the love chord progression. But then again, i like them all. 😊 All progressions give a different feeling. I like the use of seventh chords for romance too.
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Glad you are back. Nice tutorial.
Thank you so much!
This is very useful. I've already jotted down all the progressions and tried them out. I'm very interested in the film score progressions that we hear all the time and sound great. Love the super hero breakdown, sadness and love. Deep dives into all of them or more examples!
Great Stuff - I really appreciate the Quality and Content of your Videos.
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Super useful and easy to mimic - thanks!
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This is Great! I hope you canMake more of these videos about emotion in music!
Many thanks - yes I will endeavour to make more about emotions etc. Thanks for watching!
Very helpful video. Thank you so much 🙏
My pleasure 😊, thank you for watching!
I remember my theory teacher telling us that Augmented chords were used in those themes played in old silent films with some villain tying a Damsel in distress to the Rail Road tracks.
This is one of the videos whose link I'll keep forever. Thanks Composing Academy.
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Great video, thank you for this one!
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Thank you!
I like Thriller & Suspense and Danger progression.
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💥💥 awesome
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Very instructive and useful. Thank you very much for sharing. Greetings
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This was very helpful and I enjoyed it a lot!
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cant wait to make some music with these chords, thank u!
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Very interesting and directly applicable. Thanks!
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It was really useful information, thank you very much.
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Great stuff🔥🔥🔥Thank you!!!
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Impressive! Excellent angle to understand emotions in a non referencial art. Cool for composition too. Thank you.
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Thank you. Good stuff!
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This was the total business, dude! Thank you! :)
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Great video, like always
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Brilliant
Thank you so much!
Love these breakdown of progression/emotions, as a suggestion it would be very cool if you did something about the various middle eastern Hollywood type of score from movies and video games.
Hi Peter, oh that would be an interesting topic. Are there any scores you have in mind? I love the Prince of Persia score by Harry Gregson Williams
Well anything goes like Lawrence of Arabia type of soundtrack and i have a channel selection if you are curious with many of the best exemple in the genre, some traditional folks music also but many are Hollywood style of middle eastern compositions. Link to my channel list : czcams.com/play/PLQ7dJRyNTWUKotufxqES5aJ01_Ch8eSeA.html
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DUNE Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer would be amazing! Prince of Persia as well!@@composingacademy8270
Thanks ! Very informative
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The emotions seemed spot on and it seems I remember hearing those in the movie "Lord of the Rings". The given emotion matched what was in the scenes quite well.
Thank you for the comment, glad you got the same emotions as well!
I love your videos and tips. ❤❤
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You are so fun!
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You're welcome - I've written over a 1,000 songs, over a dozen musicals and one opera - which is epic.
I've been a musician since I was little and am professionally trained by six opera coaches - I sing in ten languages with a 3 1/2 octave range, but I don't score music.
All the melodies to my songs are in my head - some are sung a capella in recordings - the lyrics are typed
New songs play in my head night and day - sometimes waking me from a deep sleep ...
In the past two years, I've written over 200 songs ... maybe 300 ... I lost track but the lyrics are typed
A few hundred of my songs are organized into "albums" - which I haven't yet recorded.
I began singing professionally as a teen in NY under contract ... I've sung from England to Hawaii, including Chicago and southern California ... and I've worked as a recording artist in several studios - with several different arrangers and producers.
I sing pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, blues, Broadway, country, Christian, gospel, opera ...
Through all that, I've learned basic chord structure, basic harmonies and arpeggios ... so thank you for this reminder which I learned from a music professor but promptly forgot.
As a typical guitarist it's nice to play around with these sorts of unusual sounds and get into the voice leading, orchestration, etc. THANKS...!
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i learned a few new technic in love progression also added B Minor to progression and complete the circle by backing to E minor its was beautiful and impressive Journey thanks!❤🙏🎼🎼🎼
Sounds great! Thank you for watching and glad it has been useful!
Muito bom obrigado. Magnifique
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thanks for sharing
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I can't believe stuff like this is free on CZcams these days! Thank you so much, I got more out of this video than I did from courses I paid hundreads of dollars for.
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This rules, thanks a ton!
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Great Tutorial... At the Superhero Part I like to play 2 beats of GSus4 and than make it G Major. I love that Sound
Thank you for the comment, good tip!
Interesting thank you🤘
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I would love to add a iv6 chord in the sadness progression. That chord simply gives the magnitude of sadness imo. C major along with Fm6 or Ddim just gives that emotion. Great video tho!
Great suggestion, one to have a play around with! Thanks for watching!
awesome!!!!!!!!!!
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Great Video!
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Finally after a long time 😩
Ha! Yes it has been a while, I am going to definitely work on that and start posting content more consistently going forward!
Thanks
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I love your videos, they are very educational. I would like you to make a video on how to go from one emotion to another, or from one progression to another and for that transition to look good.
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Thanks for the suggestion, one to add to the list for future content!
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Awesome video
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on the Love one: seems more like : ||: i - - - | bVI - - - | III | bVII 4 - bVII - | iv - - - | bVI - - - | bVII 4 - bVII - :|| In the minor keys 6 and 7 are flat 6 and b7, kind of important, should you use any parallel minor keys.. These are great, been looking for a demonstration of Cinematic progressions, primarily utilizing the Mediants, Chromatic Mediants (1 note in common) and double Chromatic Mediants (no notes in common).. Thanks man, this is fantastic, opens up a whole new world for me.. oh, btw.. that last one Transcendence.. The reason it sort of works, is that in E melodic minor you have the minor 3rd (G), but you also have C# (raised VI) and the (leading tone (to Em) D# (raised VII).. Great explanation.. kinda helps to have a solid music theory background.. This opens up really cool ideas.. The Chromatic mediants and even negative-harmony work very well.. Do you have some examples of using Negative Harmony?
Welcome back :)
Thank you so much! I will get better at releasing content going forward!!
With the last one I experimented with using the same progression of chord qualities ( mi-maj-maj) and got the similar feel of wonder. I'll try it with the othet progressions and see if I can develop a feel for playing the mood on the fly. Thanks.
Great to hear you are also trying out the progressions! Thank you for watching and Happy Composing!
Nice, that thriller/suspense is classic Elfman, "Insanity" by Boingo
Very very thanks, can you please make a video on customising the chord progression for a perticular feel/vibe,
Great suggestion! Thanks, will look into this!
They could be all included in a single suite, referring to all emotions :D
Thanks for the comment!
Thank you! Again, I wrote my notes on my music staff notebook. I noticed that 8 of your melodies didn’t end with the root music notes of the chords (melodies end with the 3rd or the 5th of the chords). Any particular reason for ending the melodies with the 3rd or the 5th of the last chord? I would like to learn. Thanks!
Music is largely about what people agree sounds good. In the west we agree on a 12-note octave and (mostly) 7-note scales and 7-chord keys. We agree that the dominant 7th chord best resolves to the tonic. We agree that rock is largely Mixolydian. Some call these things cliche and others just recognize the broad agreement about how things should sound. So it’s no big surprise that these nine progressions evoke a certain emotion or support the particular emotion the film is showing us. Great video!
Appreciate the comment and explanation thank you!
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Thank you so much for share it :)
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This is kind of what I was looking for. I believe this needs to be paired with another lesson about voicings and inversions, and how they affect a chord progression. Think you'd be up for that?
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Very well explained, thank you very much indeed.
Do you use Halion 7?