How Realistic Are These Piano Scenes In Films?? Jazz Pianist Reacts
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I want to know what the writer's room was like when they started with "let's combine a concert pianist with a sniper scenario." Be prepared for that exact situation by going to introtopiano.com/
You should react to some of the piano scenes from the show Lucifer! Specifically the episodes S01E09 - A Priest Walks into a Bar and S02E06 - Monster.
Charles I beg u to react to Every Summertime by NIKI. The song is very intelligently written
Grand piano is actually a cool movie, I liked it a lot. Essentially Elijah Woods was like a prodigy who retired because he messed up a super important concert. Years later his lifelong teacher dies and he has to play in a tribute to him with his teachers piano. The teacher was like super rich or something and the piano had the key to his vault and the sniper was trying to get a hold of the riches. The password to the key was playing that piece perfectly
I really recommend it. It’s really a good time that deals with real emotions other then the sniper lol
Have you ever taken a look at the music of Over the Garden Wall? It has a jazzy folk music vibe. The composers even made recordings of the main character’s clarinet practice XD
I’ve often been filmed by animators when recording a score, specifically so that they can get the gestures correct, if not the actual pitches. That scene at the end of Tangled, where the music goes flying off the piano and the pianist grabs it midair without missing a beat? That exact thing happened to me while playing the original song (about 20 minutes into the film), and the animators brilliantly included it. I was floored when I saw what they had done.
Dude no way Alan Steinberger watches Charles Cornell?????
@@alezanders Perhaps not each and every video, but I really enjoy the skill and enthusiasm with which both Charles Cornell and Adam Neely break down music concepts that I would have difficulty explaining.
Wow, always cool to see well accomplished people showing up in unexpected places! Tangled is a movie that has stuck with me for a long time. To this day my mother still sings mother knows best sarcastically whenever she’s right about something lol Thankyou for producing such beautiful music throughout your career. It sticks with people for life
@@slightlokii3191 🙏
that’s an interesting fact and it’s very cool to see you here!
One of my favourite things about the Amadeus scene in particular is that his variation on Salieri's theme ends up being the 'Non Piu Andrai' aria from the Marriage of Figaro
Indeed!! That’s the main song I sang for the NATS competition last semester, and it’s freaking lovely!
Yeah I totally understand that reference
Yesss i was giggling my ass off when i saw the opera for the first time
Isn't that kind of the point of the scene? Even if you can't name the specific aria or opera I'd imagine most people could identify it as 'sounding really Motzart-y'...so you kind of feel for Salieri, like 'nah bruh it's not better, it's just what you would've done....dick'.
One of the stories about Mozart is that when he was 14 he listened to a 14 minute choral piece in the Vatican and when home and wrote the full thing from memory. On second listening later in the week he made some minor corrections.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miserere_(Allegri)
So the scene of him being able to play Saliere's piece after one listen is probably a fairly accurate representation of his abilities.
Was going to write about this, but you beat me to it and did a much better job than I would have. Well done
So, essentially: This is Mozart we're looking at, literally a prodigy, maybe one of the greatest in history. If Charles is claiming that this is feasible in general for someone really good... then this is 10/10 accuracy. If a relatively good composer would have a good chance in general, especially with a relatively easy piece, then for Mozart it wouldn't even be a challenge. More like a nice practice excersize.
Miserere is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever. Everyone should listen to it at least once.
If I am not mistaken, there are even aural exams where the participant must rewrite a piece of music just from listening to it. His non-classical experience might be the reason he didn't know how much of a prodigy mozart is and how possible it is for mozart to do this.
I believe it. Especially after knowing that people like Jacob Collier, June Lee, and Rick Beato's son exist. I imagine that Mozart had a similar level of perfect pitch.
Charles “9/10, absolutely a conversation that could happen in a lesson room”
Also Charles “9/10, I could absolutely see a piano casket and a moving hand detaching itself to carry on playing”
"Corpse Bride" takes right keys, but at wrong places: the octaves are all over the place. At some moments Emily even plays higher notes than Victor :)
Clearly you just missed the octave transposition button that she was using, how sneaky of her!
There's another part in Corpse Bride, earlier in the film, where the visuals at the piano do not match the notes at all. Charles should have taken a look at that.
I was surprised of the high accuracy rating as well! It's still the best piano scene ever though.
Well, she's playing a whole note trill on two adjacent white keys, which is incorrect
Additionally the trill that gets zoomed in on is very audibly a major second, but there's no black key between the white keys being played.
"Play one wrong note and you die."
Jazz musicians: jokes on you, ALL I PLAY ARE WRONG NOTES WITH INTENT
I actually love when Charles starts playing over a scene, and then it's basically just him playing for 2 minutes straight and enjoying himself
Just like a kid playing with his toys. Delightful
*Dead pianist's hand come off, plays piano by itself, and proceeds to climb up another pianist's arm*
Charles Cornell: 9/10 for accuracy
Lol
The accuracy in the Corpse Bride is really astounding, especially considering that it is Stop-Motion-Puppet-Animation. The amount of work is mindboggeling.
I'm an animator, I in my opinion, for stop motion, it end up being easier to know which notes are played. It makes it easier to think about the rest and not thinking about the places of notes to make it beautiful. You need to think about so many positions, and having the notes given makes you not think about hand placement :P
Another stop-motion actually using the correct pianist hand/key settings is the Norwegian "Flåklypa Grand Prix". The viewer can barely see the hands of the gorilla playing the piano, but it *is* correct!
Movie: "Play one wrong note and you die"
Every jazz musician: "Ain't nothing like a wrong note... I'm immortal!"
Would have been interesting to hear your take on Ryan Gosling's playing in La-La Land. Looked pretty accurate on a cursory inspection
was about to comment the same thing
He's already taken a look at La La Land in another video
@@williamhicks6588 really? Do you remember which one? Would love to see that
He probably plays the easy parts at the start but there's no way on earth he's playing the fast jazz cadenzas at the end of Mia and Sebastian's theme for example. That's a pro jazz player, can't remember his name though.
Yes, what we hear is definitely a good player, and I can't remember who, either! But apparently Gosling learned enough to at least look like he was playing.
The first one is actually a 10/10. Miserere mei Deus by Allegri was a song only being allowed to be played in the Vatican. Copying the sheet music was strictly forbidden. Adding to that it was only allowed to be performed publicly on two specific days during the Holy Week (the week before Easter)- Holy Wednesday and Good Friday.
14 year old Mozart heard it once. Later that day he transcribed the entire 15 or so minute piece from memory and it was so accurate that the Pope himself was so delighted he gave young Mozart an order.
It‘s true, look it up! 👍
I was hoping you'd mention the animated movie Soul from 2020. To get the piano right they used that technique were they film the actor with the little balls to show body motion. For Soul they filmed Jon Batiste hands playing the piano parts to get them right. Which they also get the animated character in the movie the same long thin fingers like Batiste has. The movie did a good job of musicians playing in the cartoon. Tia Fuller did all the sax parts, Questlove the drums.
didn’t he already look at soul? on the “reacting to jazz on movies”
edit: he did: czcams.com/video/5BiCx2LUubk/video.html
He did already
In the legend of 1900 the soundtrack is by Ennio Morricone, played by the amazing Gilda Buttà. Great pieces of music, superb piano player! All of the OST is worth listening
Agreed 100%
Yes! Always wanted Charles to review the legend of 1900.
The book is also great! Also it's called the "the Legend of" non by coincidence. That's why it can be unrealistic. It's a story told by another man years after. And as all legends it can be exaggerated.
One of my favorite movies and soundtracks ever.
in this case tho, macic waltz was composed by Amedeo Tommasi and not morricone, not many people know about him tho
The Legend of 1900 is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES and I love that you’ve featured it. It is very far-fetched, but has such great story telling and great music. Plus a duel with Jelly Roll Morton - how could you go wrong?
I wish he will dig more on this film soon or later.
The duel scene is astonishing!
And the music was written by Ennio Morricone. One of his best jobs, imho.
Describing The legend of 1900 as far-fetched and great is perfect. Love that movie. Don't know many who would appreciate it, but i think charles would
I love the duel scene! It's not realistic but it is just so much fun. I love when he lights the cigarette with the piano strings hahaha
@@cadensandstrom me too
I wish I had recordings of this, but my Nana had that exact ability to mimic music. Could not read music, but let her listen to the radio or a record once and she could play it exactly. What I would give to have a fraction of that!
You should definitely check out the rest of Legend of 1900. Lots of piano scenes throughout the movie, since it follows the life of a pianist who has lived his whole life on the ship. They are certainly not all realistic, but they are just very fun! Especially when he is challenged to a piano duel!
The second clip sounds like the beginning of la Campanella.
The third clip really needs context that doesn't take place in Vanessa Carlton's A thousand Miles music video.
An added context for Corpse Bride is that I'm pretty sure it's all stop motion so the fact that they've hit accurate notes really adds to the amazement.
Writing down ‘Miserere’ by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri, was punishable by excommunication, but 14 year old Mozart committed it to memory…
According to a popular story (backed up by family letters), the fourteen-year-old Mozart was visiting Rome when he first heard the piece during the Wednesday service. Later that day, he wrote it down entirely from memory, returning to the Chapel that Friday to make minor corrections. Some time during his travels, he met the British historian Dr Charles Burney, who obtained the piece from him and took it to London, where it was published in 1771. Mozart was summoned to Rome, but instead of excommunicating the boy, the Pope showered him with praise for his feat of musical genius and the ban was lifted.
This little piece from salieri would be a Joke to Mozart talent.
Shine is one of my favorie movies of all time but The Legend of 1900 is such a fantastic movie too.
In the Legend of 1900 there's a scene where he plays the piano so furiously that he's able to light a cigarette off of the strings. I'm assuming that's impossible, but I'd love your reaction to it.
That's in particular why I hate this movie. It's speading the idea of "the faster the better", which is good for sports, but absolutely wrong for music.
Hi! Classical musician here! So, knowing what I do about Mozart, him transcribing a simple piece like that was highly likely. Mozart was very much a child prodigy, composing music when he was 8. (First opera was composed at either 11 or 13 I think? Someone will fact-check me here.)
You were right on the first opera. His first true opera was "Apollo et Hyacinthus", but he did write one other musical drama prior. A sacred Singspiel called "Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots". Regardless both premiered in 1767 when Mozart was 11 years old
the Amadeus' scene is more comprehensible if you see also the scene just before, where to Saliere took all afternoon to write the march and he even thanked God for the "inspiration", but Mozart improvised variation was more efficient than all his work
Exactly! Mozart makes Salieri feel inept in front of the most important men in the country in this scene.
@Niray f breh
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@@zamadeapio9still, the main piece is still there under Mozarts improvisations, I mean you can do that with any basic song just embellish it with arpeggios and all this stuff, but the mail composer is still the main composer
Charles, I absolutely _love_ watching you listen to music. You reach in and grab every single thread, pull them all apart, and examine each one meticulously, all while improvising on a level that I, a lowly bassoonist, can only dream of.
Keep doing what you're doing. You're a light in the darkness, and the world is lucky to have you.
Would love a video on Ennio Morricone who did the music for Legend of 1900 and tons of other iconic soundtracks! My favourite film composer.
The legend of 1900 has such gorgeous music, great cinematography, the ballroom scene here is one of the most magical beautiful scenes ever i love that movie so much.. such an underrated gem.
Great video, thx! I remember seeing a documentary on TV where George Shearing was giving a masterclass in jazz composition. It was the final session of the class and the students were playing their own composition they were putting together over the year. George did hear them for the first time and then he sat at the piano, played parts of them back from memory and gave his suggestions for variations and notes to the student. It was absolutely fascinating...
The Legend of 1900 has lots of great scenes, INCLUDING a piano battle with Jelly Roll Morton and a fantastic "improvised" tarantella -
Would LOVE to see you react to these scenes!! :D
Just wanted to ask for this, so +1 :)
The book is also great! Also it's called the "the Legend of" non by coincidence. That's why it can be unrealistic. It's a story told by another man years after. And as all legends it can be exaggerated.
According to an interview I saw with Elijah Wood, he actually did learn how to play the piece in Grand Piano. Obviously he couldn't play it as well as the audio you're hearing, but the wide shots meant there were whole sections where he couldn't use a hand double.
The Legend of 1900 is my wife and I’s favorite film❤️ it’s an absolutely beautiful story with some INCREDIBLE music. Great watch!
Hey, great video!
I know the legend of 1900 was already covered here, but in case you make another one of these, the pianist battle from that film is really worth checking out!
I got chills in the piano waltz scene, such a clever idea and a charming melody! That’s a magical moment straight out of Mary Poppins!
Great content as always Charles. Definitely checking out that intro to improv course you were talking about, because I don't quite understand how to practice that. Even though I've been playing and improvising my whole life, in a jazz context I find it to be a lot more difficult.
The piece Mozart eventually plays is Non Piu Andriu from Le Nozze di Figaro :)
Love the magic color-changing sweater at 12:47!
That piece in Amadeus is from Marriage Of Figaro and I get goosebumps every time I hear that part, and they just took that part and simplified it and called it Salieri's march of welcome so that Mozart could spice it up into his own thing. I'm working on an analysis of the movie, so look out for it everyone hahaha.
It's relaxing and beautiful. Thank you for uploading this great video
Legend of 1900 could be a video of its own, that movie's a BLAST!
P.S. Recommend the extended version.
how can I watch the extended version?
If you haven't seen The Legend of 1900, you need to check it out. A very fantisiful take on ragtime and the story of a piano player born on a ship at the turn of the century. Tons of great music!
Through this series, I was always hoping you would land on The Legend of 1900! One of the first film scores, as a kid, I really appreciated. Ennio’s score is so beautiful!
I loved this video! Enjoyed it so much. Thank you
love that at 12:47 charles just seamlessly changes jumper
The one with the piano moving around is a reference to the titanic, it is said that when the boat sunk, the musicians continued to play, until their death. They brought art to a whole other level.
Maybe in part, but the ship isn't sinking here, just a rough storm. The context in the movie is that he's completely comfortable living with the heavy seas where others aren't (because he's actually never been off the ship).
I don't think it's really a reference, just two things that are mildly related.
You should totally look at the music from Persona 5. I love your videos!
Agreed
YES!
10:50
Hey Charles! I'm from the Chess world, and we actually have a story kinda like that! Chess Grandmaster Ossip Bernstein had to play a game for his life during the Russian Revolution.
Story goes he was going to be executed for having Bourgeois ties in 1918, and was minutes away from being executed when a commanding officer recognized his name from the executions list. He forced him to play a game to prove his identity, with the stipulation that if he lost or drew, he would be executed.
Bernstein won in a short amount of moves, and was released.
Very funny video as always Charles!! Always make my day better :D
In the scene from Amadeus, Mozart improvises a melody that finds its way into the aria "Non più andrai" from his opera, The Marriage of Figaro. That's likely not historically accurate, but it's a fun Easter egg for the film.
Charles: WOW, can you imagine having that kind of pressure on you as a musician?
Me: That's how I feel in every recital, Charles lol
WOW this was an enjoyable video. Thanks Charles :-)
Love the way you break music down.. and becoming more convinced that you're related to Steve Carell or an office manager of some kind in your spare time!! Thanks for the vids.
Dude, you prove in every one of your videos that you can totally hear a piece of music and immediately play it close to perfectly...
I feel like there are plenty of reasons to not have accuracy in animation, for one, you'd need animators who know the music and what the right notes are.
It's also very intricate to animate all of the notes accurately, and might take a lot more work animating it.
It's always nice to see, but it's totally not something I'd expect.
I was already laughing at "Grand Piano" for its synopsis, but your laughter made me laugh even harder. Thank you for covering that one! As a synthesizer keyboardist, I too, get very nitpicky when notes played do not match the animation in films etc. Thoroughly enjoyed your perspective.
Love that video! Thx Charles!😀
Me too
Omg
Listening back, I just realized the Mozart character was actually working in themes from his opera The Marriage of Figaro (the aria Non piu andrai)
'4 minutes' and 'The beat that my heart skipped' are such great 'piano films' to react to! Would love to see your take on them
the legend of 1900 is the most underrated and best iano movie of ALL TIME
I like your Mozart (recreation ) moments 🎹 💜
I love the smooth transition at 12:12
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this is excellent, stuff I always want to know !!
The Legend if 1900 is one of my favorite movies, really love the piano scenes.
OMGGG the legend of 1900 is one of my favourite films I love the music as well amazing composition
I’d love to see you react to Your Lie in April. Fantastic show full of piano playing.
I'm still not over this anime...
I second this!!!
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Wow, I was not expecting the Lusitania to appear in a video like this.
Yooo, was just watching one of your videos when this appeared in recommendations. I thought it was an old video, but got surprised by the date.
I was hoping for magic waltz. I’m so happy thank you
I honestly loved watching grand piano, especially when you don't try to think about how unrealistic it is lol
I can't express to you how much I was BEAMING seeing a clip from The Legend of 1900 here -- one of my favourite movies of all time, composed by the legend Ennio Morricone
Magic waltz was written by Amedeo Tommasi a jazz pianist who plays with Chet Baker in the famous album "chet is back". He was a a big friend of Ennio Morricone and they collaborated to the music of "The legend of 900". He died in 2021 one year after Ennio, and I like to think they still playing togheter in heaven and create masterpiece how they did down here.
nice reacts. thanks charles.
Hey Charles, loved the video! You should definitely review more clips from the Legend of 1900, it has some really beautiful music in it!
Great video! Thank you! )
I always wanted a video about this topic
Omg Charles if you haven't seen The Legend of 1900 you totally should!!! Fantastic movie, great tunes. When he's recording the record and starts improvising "Playing Love" ugH my hEART
Well the beautiful waltz of the "sliding piano" played by Tim Roth is from : The Legend of 1900 (La Leggenda del pianista sull'oceano) a Giusseppe Tornatore movie (2004) based on a theatrical monoloque written by Alssandro Baricco. The music of the film is from Ennio Morricone & Amedeo Tommasi , they won a Golden Globe for it . There is also a very good duel scene between " Novencento and Jelly Roll Morton". This film tell a beautiful story in a beautiful way, I highly recommend it. Thank you from Montréal, Canada.
I love your analys and reaction! Unlucky you missed a big musical scene in "The legend of 1900". Later on in that movie the main character has a "jazz piano contest" against Jelly Roll Morton. A great scene with that deserve your review!
Every time I think of _Shine,_ I'm reminded of the brilliant restaurant scene.
I LOVE the Legend of 1900 and Tim Roth is such a fun actor to watch. The music for the whole movie - realistic or not is great.
Legend of 1900 is one of my favorite movies, tarantella in 3rd class is also one of my favorite tunes as its such a good representation of the people in the boat sailing to america
Petition for Charles to see the film Legend of 1900! I fell in love with that movie on conservatory and it is certainly one of the main reasons I play jazz maybe a little more than classical now
The visuals werent all accurate for the animated one actually, at 9:52 we hear C and D, while the fingers are playing B and C
You can even see charles trying it out. Maybe he also noticed it.
I would love to see you break down both the pieces from Legend of 1900 and The Corpse Bride in length.
Welllll....dont forget that in the time period a lot of Mozart, musicians had very fixed ways of using counterpoint and harmonies. But also, Mozart, to this day is recognized as on of the greatest geniuses in music history. Someone who flawlessly understood Music, it's factors and elements and how to create music
When I saw this thumb I hopped that legend of 1900 was in the list! Such a good film. No one ever mentions it!
charles:i like how the piano doesnt hit any walls
cue piano smashing through wall
I have never heard of the legend of 1900 before that scene was amazing!
The Legend of 1900 is one of my all-time favourite films. The world's first (and so far only) only nautical fantasy jazz movie. It's a crazy movie and the jazz battle between 1900 and Jelly Roll Morton is perhaps my favourite musical scene from any movie. You must, must watch this film.
“I like how they don’t hit any walls.”
*piano promptly smashes through wall*
“Okay, well there we go, hehehe!”
Little surprised to see Corpse Bride, but not one of the piano scenes from pixar's Soul. Specifically the piano scene from the beginning of the movie, not the one from the end since it show very little of the actual piano playing.
Ah man, I need to watch the Legend of 1900 again... that movie is just so much fun from start to finish. One of the best music movies out there IMO.
That was awesome!! Love the vid!! Want you to react to the whole Grand Piano movie maybe? 😂😂 That was so funny!
I would have loved to see you check out a scene from Your Lie in April. If at any point you're gonna do this again please consider it as an option!
How could you miss the dueling pianos scene from the Scott Joplin movie? Or the scene in A Day at the Races where Harpo gets so aggressive on the keyboard that the piano falls to pieces and then he pulls the frame out of the rubble and plays it like a harp?!?! Classic!
the red to white shirt was my favorite transition 12:45
Oh, It would be nice to see him react to any concert in your lie in april
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That synopsis killed me hahaha
Would love for you to look at the Tom and Jerry Concert scene. It's such an amazing piece of work.
Oh god I clicked so fast I got friction burns off the air
I absolutely love the entire legend of 1900 movie. There is a scene with a duel against a famous piano jazz player. Maybe you could do reaction to piano duels ( some of them are made to seem like a fight but become duets anyway :D ) .. like the movie Secret with Jay Chou and im sure there are some more. Or there is a both anime and live action series called Nodame Cantabile that is heavily focused on piano playing .. im sure you would have fascinating insight.