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I made a 21 minute documentary on the score to Jurassic Park


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Well. That was techical.

 

And a bit over my head, to be honest, although that's not your fault. And it's not an approach I'd ever seen before when talking about this score, so good on ya! I'm sure a lot of work went into digging up all the info. Thanks for sharing!

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This was perfect, and actually full of very useful and on point information. To be honest, a lot of the stuff put up as "analysis" or "documentary" about Williams work are junk. The information here is vital to preserving (at least in my opinion) how orchestra music should be recorded, especially when it comes to music for film. Not to mention, the way Murphy would record and the room certainly influenced Williams orchestration, which even for a huge orchestra, is very delicate and hard to get sounding properly balanced and intonated in this piece. The information gathered here is so much more important and useful than a block list of chords and melody, which unless you wish to be a Williams copy cat, is not really useful or more than scratching the surface analytically. I also very much appreciate the form and pacing of your documentary, I was completely engaged the entire time. Liked and subscribed!

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My first reaction was definitely a sarcastic "cool, we don't already have hundreds of hours and pages saying mostly generic things about this totally unknown indie score" but it was a very positive surprise with a lot of very specialised information!

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I am wondering, after watching this, why noone seems to put such effort in recording of classical pieces. All this taking care of weighting single instruments or passages. This would absolutely make sense to at least partly reproduce the listening experience in the concert hall. Many classical pieces, especially symphonies could use such a treatment.

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33 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:

I am wondering, after watching this, why noone seems to put such effort in recording of classical pieces. All this taking care of weighting single instruments or passages. This would absolutely make sense to at least partly reproduce the listening experience in the concert hall. Many classical pieces, especially symphonies could use such a treatment.

Maybe they think with that comes the risk of sterile overproduction?

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Thanks @InTheCity, that was an interesting video. Is that an AI voice overlay?

 

Btw, right now there is an 50% off sale for the Lexicon 480L at Universal Audio: https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/reverbs/lexicon-480l-digital-reverb-effects.html

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Thanks @InTheCity, that was really, super interesting!  I had no idea what to expect, probably because this thread title and the video's title doesn't really explain what this 20 minute video is actually about.  I wasn't expecting it to be an explanation of Shawn Murphy's recording techniques at Sony, specifically with as much info about when Jurassic Park was recorded there as possible but damn, that was cool and interesting stuff!

 

Really well done!

 

It would have been nice to hear your own voice narrating instead of AI!

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I do. She just has a slightly unusual accent when speaking English, that’s all. Listen to the beautiful way she pronounces Deutsche Grammophon (11:33) and Neumann (18:57) - that’s a native German speaker, not a computer!

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One of the most interesting videos I’ve watched in a long time. Thank you for creating and posting it here. Looking forward to watching your other videos and any future ones. Keep up the good work!

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Yes I never truly though before about all the things a recording engineer does, and this video really nicely showcases that! 

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Very cool video! Highly recommend that recording techniques book for anyone who wants to REALLY do a deep dive into this stuff.

 

The video mentions the synths being recorded via speakers on the scoring stage. What's your source on that? I've always wondered how Williams approaches that but never really dug into it much. I assumed that was not the case.

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13 hours ago, Datameister said:

Very cool video! Highly recommend that recording techniques book for anyone who wants to REALLY do a deep dive into this stuff.

 

The video mentions the synths being recorded via speakers on the scoring stage. What's your source on that? I've always wondered how Williams approaches that but never really dug into it much. I assumed that was not the case.


Source was Sony scoring crews who were there 

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Very cool.  I was also struck by the difference between the two main theme recordings.  Never noticed the "Sousa" sound on the compilation, and, by extension, the lack thereof on the original.  Big difference.  

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