REVIEW (Video): Rogue One, TFA, The Golden Compass, Sonic the Hedgehog 3

[Bofur01 245]

Right guys, I thought I'd better give you a heads up on this, before one of you finds it and roasts me without me knowing...

 

One of my friends had the bright idea of doing a soundtrack review series on youtube a few days ago, and I kind of agreed to it. I didn't know he'd ask me to film it on that day, as soon as I arrived at his house, with no time to prepare lines or audio clips or anything...

 

As you can probably guess, I'm the one with (relative) taste in soundtracks, but as I'm a pretty shy and defensive person, I was a little more revering of my picks than I'd normally be, especially Rogue One, which I'd probably call "Mainly good" if I were asked now, but got a bit caught up in the heat of the moment.

 

And yes, some of the things I said were mistakes, as you'll likely pick up on (from memory, I accidentally called Jedi Steps & Finale the best cue of the 2000s, instead of the 2010s) but as it was all done on the fly, it's likely to be extremely crap. Having never really done any pieces to camera before, I know I'm rubbish, and haven't watched anything from it since it was filmed...

 

I hope you enjoy it but suspect you won't Please leave any feedback and/or insults below

 

Here's a linky: ShowTrack - A Guide to Soundtracks - EP1 - Golden Sonic Awakens One Rogue Compass

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Well, for something completely unprepared, it's not that bad. Sure, it's rough around the edges, but given the circumstances, it's understandable.

 

Here's some advice I'd give for future installments:

 

- Try to give the show a bit more structure (maybe you could start the video by giving a quick summary of the various OSTs you're gonna talk about, write down beforehand a few things you'd like to mention regarding the score(s) you're gonna talk about...).

 

- Make sure you prepare the audio samples beforehand (or maybe edit out the part of the video when you're looking for a particular bit in a track). You could also, instead of using your computer speakers to play the audio samples, add the music in post-prod so that the quality is better (though maybe that'll get your video blocked by Youtube, so there is that).

 

- Try to go a bit more in-depth regarding the music (maybe you could give a bit more context (for example, when talking about a new score in a franchise, talk about the previous scores and what each one brought to the table, and how the new one fits in all this, how it deals with the material that came before...), talk about the themes, the composer's previous output, etc.).

 

 

So yeah, there's room for (a lot of ) improvement, but I like the enthusiasm displayed here and especially the part at 11:01 when you tell everyone how to listen to music properly! Bravo for that!

 

Oh, and I quite liked the Golden Compass video game music played here. Was completely unfamiliar with that one, and it sounds really nice. So, at the very least, your show helped me discover that one, and that must count for something!

 

Will be watching Episode 2, if there is to be one!

[leeallen01 2,133]

When I started my podcast a few years ago, it was painfully bad compared to now. I was awful, the editing was bad, and I sounded like I wasn't prepared enough, so don't worry about it. Stuff like this is all trial and error, and once you find your most comfortable style and you ease into it, and perfect all the little things, it'll be great. 

 

But I always commend people for doing this stuff because people talking about scores and sharing their observations is extremely important, and the entire point of this site too.