How the Terminator 2 music was made

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This is a reworking of a video I originally uploaded in August 2018. It was by far the most popular video on my channel for the very brief period it was online. Unfortunately it got a global block from the film studio for including visual material from the film, which they're obviously entitled to do.
As a lot of work went into this video and my subscribers have quadrupled since it was last online, I was thinking of ways to remake it without any visual material from the film. I came across the idea of buying some T2 action figures and making a bunch of stills of my own. So here we are!
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Here's the original video description:
I thought it would be interesting to cover off the Terminator 2 score as its creation is very specific and we can play with the exact sound sources Brad Fiedel did nearly 30 years ago.
Researched and presented by Alex Ball. Built upon discoveries and experimentation by Python Blue, as mentioned.
Fairlight CMI III demo by Mike TC of "100 things I do": / @100thingsido
T-800 performed by David Andrew Brent:
davidandrewbrent.com/#/
Python Blue Links:
Python Blue: www.python-blue.com/
Python Blue KZread: / pythonblue
T2 Unreleased Theme Part 1: • Terminator 2 OST Recre...
T2 Unreleased Theme Part 2: • Terminator 2 OST Recre...
T2 Unreleased Theme Part 3: • Terminator 2 OST Recre...
Brad Fiedel: bradfiedel.net/
Fairlight CMI sample and VST links:
sonics4you: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/sonics4you...
Arturia Fairlight: www.arturia.com/cmi-v/overview
Prosonus Libraries: www.bigfishaudio.com/
Prosonus Woodwinds: www.bigfishaudio.com/detail.h...
Prosonus Brass: www.bigfishaudio.com/detail.h...
Prosonus Percussion: www.bigfishaudio.com/detail.h...
Prosonus Prepared Piano: www.bigfishaudio.com/detail.h...
Prosonus Strings: www.bigfishaudio.com/detail.h...
Interviews cited:
www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/te...
jamescamerononline.com/bradfie...
regenmag.com/interviews/brad-f...
daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/...
Nerdy stuff:
What is aliasing: www.soundonsound.com/sound-ad...
Python Blue sample interpolation article: www.python-blue.com/blog/tech...
petervogelinstruments.com.au/h...
www.vintagesynth.com/misc/fair...
Social:
/ alexballmusic
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  • @AlexBallMusic
    @AlexBallMusic5 жыл бұрын

    We did a Predator one too: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5xq3Npqj5eZZbg.html

  • @axiomss

    @axiomss

    5 жыл бұрын

    yo this video was crazy 🤔 how did u do it? insane high quality bro & more informative than u realize

  • @ChristopherSibert

    @ChristopherSibert

    5 жыл бұрын

    The T2 scale models from the video, the T800 and the T1000, where did you get them? Did you paint them yourself? They are incredibly detailed and awesome! Does the T1000 have interchangeable arms and head?

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    They're NECA models. They have changeable parts, yes. 😀

  • @decanmusic2997

    @decanmusic2997

    5 жыл бұрын

    Like your channel! Keep the good work up!

  • @axiomss

    @axiomss

    5 жыл бұрын

    yo dude was that really Arnold? yo bro whoever u used as the voice guy is a fucking legend

  • @datagrowth
    @datagrowth4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for creating this video. I was the designer of the Fairlight MFX keyboard, and it was great to see one still working. Brings back lots of great memories.

  • @richardrichard5680

    @richardrichard5680

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your work 🤘🏼

  • @christopherejike1042

    @christopherejike1042

    11 ай бұрын

    What is your name good sir?

  • @biokode

    @biokode

    7 ай бұрын

  • @matturner6890
    @matturner68905 жыл бұрын

    "Do you have a vintage Fairlight with a 40 watt range?" "Just what ya see, pal."

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    "I may close early today. There's a 15-day-wait on the poly synths, but the drum machines you can take right now"

  • @cryptoquest5771

    @cryptoquest5771

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@AlexBallMusic :)

  • @matturner6890

    @matturner6890

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@AlexBallMusic "I need your clothes, your boots, and your test equipment"

  • @reapervegas

    @reapervegas

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AlexBallMusic *installs plugin* "You can't do that." "Wrong." *blasts drum beats* Ah, I need to watch T1 and T2 again. Those movies are so good 😁

  • @SkynetHQmusic

    @SkynetHQmusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hillarious comment :)

  • @FartSmucker
    @FartSmucker3 жыл бұрын

    The anvil sound still to this day just gives you...a feeling. Its just plain amazing.

  • @MostlyPennyCat

    @MostlyPennyCat

    Жыл бұрын

    In the original he's... hitting a frying pan. Not quite as epic.

  • @FartSmucker

    @FartSmucker

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MostlyPennyCat That end result though...

  • @combatking0
    @combatking04 жыл бұрын

    Normally when something is explained in this much detail it wrecks the magic. But this just makes the atmosphere of the original 2 movies all the more amazing. It's a huge part of the experience that all the later films have failed to capture.

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed the peak behind the curtain. I agree, it just adds to the appreciation.

  • @FatalFriction
    @FatalFriction5 жыл бұрын

    I need your clothes your boots and your cheesy brass samples.

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    ..and your anvils..

  • @isher9035

    @isher9035

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kinda proves though, to the right person, even cheesy bad samples can make something great.

  • @FatalFriction

    @FatalFriction

    5 жыл бұрын

    Totally! Like Alex was saying he totally pushed the technology of the time to it's limits, I do feel it would have been cool to have one of the old synths from T1 in it though.

  • @binface9

    @binface9

    5 жыл бұрын

    Every time i see the T-1000 i'll be thinking of the cheesy brass stab at normal pitch.

  • @AudioReplica2023

    @AudioReplica2023

    5 жыл бұрын

    best comment😂

  • @djcorvette8375
    @djcorvette83754 жыл бұрын

    Remember when they put actual thought, talent and creativity into making Terminator films?

  • @thetraveller1246

    @thetraveller1246

    4 жыл бұрын

    hans gruber Pepperidge Farm remembers

  • @Crow-sj6sf

    @Crow-sj6sf

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it's so easy to do a terminator movie. Anyone without talent and creativity can make one.....

  • @gofast3415

    @gofast3415

    4 жыл бұрын

    Those times are sorely missed considering the first two are my favorite movies. I will never have faith in any future Terminator films unless the first two are remastered.

  • @unstoppableExodia

    @unstoppableExodia

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah they could have made the future war prequel movie fans have long dreamed of but instead they tried remaking T2 and called it a sequel and since then it's just been one shitty sequel movie after another.

  • @DamienDrake

    @DamienDrake

    4 жыл бұрын

    It ended at T2.

  • @Fmakegeo6
    @Fmakegeo64 жыл бұрын

    Still one of the best soundtracks of all time.

  • @thomassalas5191

    @thomassalas5191

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup. The first transformers and pirates: at worlds end are mine.

  • @ramirezrem

    @ramirezrem

    4 жыл бұрын

    Doom 2016 and Wolfenstein New Colossus have better soundtracks, but this are games

  • @thomassalas5191

    @thomassalas5191

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ramirezrem well if ur going games than zelda has a better soundtrack

  • @AndrewLeSynt

    @AndrewLeSynt

    4 жыл бұрын

    George Tanu the terminator 1 theme still haunts me.....in 2020! its a masterpiece, no one reached this level

  • @uvoikimovundutrauerblume3302

    @uvoikimovundutrauerblume3302

    4 жыл бұрын

    Humm Greame Revell is more my taste .

  • @meraamber5532
    @meraamber55325 жыл бұрын

    The Arnold impression is A1 class

  • @JustinLodes

    @JustinLodes

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wait till you hear mine 🙂

  • @A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid

    @A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JustinLodes Do u have a channel? And if not, why not, if you're that good!

  • @JustinLodes

    @JustinLodes

    4 жыл бұрын

    Milky Way Laniakea Superclusterite I was always hesitant to become famous 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid

    @A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JustinLodes Aw too bad. You clearly seem enthusiastic about the Arnie/Sly Sylvester phenomenon.

  • @JustinLodes

    @JustinLodes

    4 жыл бұрын

    Milky Way Laniakea Superclusterite I just posted a quick sample Arnold impression on my channel. Threw it out there on the fly so it’s nowhere near my best. Tell me what you think of it

  • @JamesCarmichael
    @JamesCarmichael4 жыл бұрын

    5:44 Such a badass sound. Ironically the T-1000 looks like a trumpet when he's shot.

  • @TenThumbsProductions
    @TenThumbsProductions4 жыл бұрын

    Just when I think the channel can't get any cooler...

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @thesadwolf

    @thesadwolf

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or as Schwarzenegger would say "COOOLAA"

  • @Hostile_Design
    @Hostile_Design4 жыл бұрын

    Haha, that Arnold impression was surprisingly spot-on.

  • @KarlHamilton

    @KarlHamilton

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who did it? Anyone know?

  • @Hostile_Design

    @Hostile_Design

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@KarlHamilton David Andrew Brent, says so in the video description :).

  • @forevercomputing

    @forevercomputing

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's almost perfect.

  • @craigusselman546

    @craigusselman546

    4 жыл бұрын

    The sense of humour made me think it was that goofy Austrian guy.

  • @petermorrissey3698

    @petermorrissey3698

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought it was Arnold lol

  • @magnum1165
    @magnum11654 жыл бұрын

    I love that Brad Fiedel basically took simple notes and did heavy editing to them and basically created a whole new sound

  • @richiepatrick5916
    @richiepatrick59165 жыл бұрын

    Thats my Bro!! It never feels old. I'm still so proud of my brother Robert for scoring the role as T-1000

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Around 1998 a guitar friend plays me an old song called "Hey man nice shot" and I loved it. And "Title of record" was the soundtrack of my 1999. Very cool of you to drop by! And yes, your brother is immortalised in that role. Nobody else could have played it quite like that. Terrifying!

  • @ScreamsOfAgony106

    @ScreamsOfAgony106

    5 жыл бұрын

    I met Robert 2 years at a con I thanked him for playing a huge part in my love for film in my childhood and the influences to working to become a film director so if you see him Thank him again for me! :D

  • @BadRobo82

    @BadRobo82

    5 жыл бұрын

    Say, that's a nice bike

  • @RandomBros88

    @RandomBros88

    5 жыл бұрын

    I loved Robert as the T1000. Can't see anyone else play the part. Although I am attempting to film my own version of the T1000 for fun, and taking tips from vids like these to put all the pieces together to hopefully get the same feel.

  • @aarongreenfield9038

    @aarongreenfield9038

    5 жыл бұрын

    And as doggett in the X files series!

  • @baladar1353
    @baladar13535 жыл бұрын

    When I heard these samples (then and now also), I got goosebumps... Like when you suddenly feel your first girlfriends perfume in the air again - after 30 yeears.

  • @Mecha120
    @Mecha1204 жыл бұрын

    13:29 went from sassy jazz to mechanical horror instantly.

  • @HashimMehmoodAhmed
    @HashimMehmoodAhmed5 жыл бұрын

    Arnie voice acting was SUPERLATIVE..

  • @OmnistrikeRZ

    @OmnistrikeRZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    far better than the Netherrealmstudios Poor arnie voice actor for T-800

  • @MRTUNA
    @MRTUNA5 жыл бұрын

    This is an 11/10 KZread video. Thanks for putting in the effort... twice!

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I enjoy your uploads to the Synth group, just subscribed to your KZread channel.

  • @villebooks

    @villebooks

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree with this rating - "an o'some nu remake wid da Terminator äctschon figgures" 11/10

  • @Sunnyellow

    @Sunnyellow

    4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic!!

  • @MrRaffing
    @MrRaffing4 жыл бұрын

    8:51 That's so powerful. I remember I was frightened as a kid but now I love it

  • @nukedbunny8642
    @nukedbunny86425 жыл бұрын

    The Terminator score's and The KLF was the reason I start to make music back in the 90's.

  • @madmac66

    @madmac66

    5 жыл бұрын

    InlineMadLad Ah man funny you should mention the KLF, I just today listened to a 2 hour radio play on BBC 6 music documenting the history of Bill Drummond and the KLF. It was so excellent. You can replay it on the iPlayer

  • @blackswanreselling
    @blackswanreselling4 жыл бұрын

    5:45 I swear to god my skeleton just tried to evacuate my body

  • @wingflanagan
    @wingflanagan5 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that this is available again. In my own experience as a shoddy, self-taught composer, the easiest thing to do is add stuff until something starts to sound OK. The hardest thing to do is simplicity, because it gives you nowhere to hide. You cannot bury a mediocre musical idea in lush orchestration. Feidel's real accomplishment, IMHO, is in finding just the right sounds and then letting them speak. That's my takeaway, anyway. Good stuff!

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely. Some of the things I'm most proud of have the least in them. It's a virtuous circle - get the parts right and you don't need to put lots into it. The clean writing and arranging makes it easier to mix and it sounds more together and more powerful. Every single time. And yet it's so easy to forget!

  • @yrussq

    @yrussq

    5 жыл бұрын

    OMG. Absolutely my words. These sounds are the narrative by themselves. This soundtrack can be used as a base for another sci-fi dark future movie and you really should be and untalented deaf director to fuck it up. T2 is a wonderful example of uniquely talented people working together and building each piece of the puzzle right.

  • @davidark9054

    @davidark9054

    5 жыл бұрын

    I read that in HAL's voice.

  • @kr15t14n_

    @kr15t14n_

    5 жыл бұрын

    A bearded man once said: Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

  • @markorendas1790

    @markorendas1790

    5 жыл бұрын

    NEVER SAY SHODDY UNLESS REFERRING TO AN EX

  • @Iwishtheirwasnopain
    @Iwishtheirwasnopain5 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite movies of all time, THE MUSIC FOR TERMINATOR 2 WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT

  • @_innerscape_
    @_innerscape_10 ай бұрын

    5:44 Every time he hits that low note is a chill down the spine.

  • @HectorBadillaOfficial
    @HectorBadillaOfficial4 жыл бұрын

    The vacuum CRACKED ME UP. Caught me off-gaurd 😂

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    :)

  • @AlexBallMusic
    @AlexBallMusic5 жыл бұрын

    The Arnie impression is David Andrew Brent: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZh7upetaLeph8Y.html

  • @olafwagner

    @olafwagner

    5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely tremendous!

  • @sgtpepper1138

    @sgtpepper1138

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very well done.

  • @dandvoracek8692

    @dandvoracek8692

    5 жыл бұрын

    Spot on! :D

  • @JakeyWakey

    @JakeyWakey

    5 жыл бұрын

    This was great! Reminds me of my childhood :)

  • @MarkDLion

    @MarkDLion

    5 жыл бұрын

    He sounds like Moroder too

  • @Catonator
    @Catonator5 жыл бұрын

    Could you take a similar look at Éric Serra's scores someday (GoldenEye, Léon the Professional, La Femme Nikita etc.)? He was one of the early adopters of PCM synthesis and his electronica-influenced scores really shine in their uniqueness. I'd love to see a deep dive into how he assembled his sound.

  • @FartSmucker
    @FartSmucker4 жыл бұрын

    11:44 I'm 36 and since this movie came out i've always loved of course the movie and ost but always had to know where THAT sound in some of the songs came from.

  • @rsoulburnz
    @rsoulburnz5 жыл бұрын

    this is some of the finest youtube content i've ever seen. subscribed. extremely well done. brilliant

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much.

  • @tikmetal1982

    @tikmetal1982

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed! This answers soooo many childhood questions

  • @autoy
    @autoy5 жыл бұрын

    You are the David Attenborough of synthesizers.

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/hn19o7OGdZS7mMo.html

  • @homeirotheveryfatmanwhoisa8270

    @homeirotheveryfatmanwhoisa8270

    4 жыл бұрын

    Roborav Global warming is real, and there’s a plethora of evidence

  • @homeirotheveryfatmanwhoisa8270

    @homeirotheveryfatmanwhoisa8270

    4 жыл бұрын

    Roborav The evidence is all against you even the evidence from independent sources. Yes, the world goes through natural cycles, but because of human activity the change is happening faster and it’s dangerous.

  • @homeirotheveryfatmanwhoisa8270

    @homeirotheveryfatmanwhoisa8270

    4 жыл бұрын

    Roborav What’s so dangerous? Hmm, maybe it’s the sea levels rising, the ice caps melting and diseases that were long hibernating in glaciers being released and killing wildlife!

  • @homeirotheveryfatmanwhoisa8270

    @homeirotheveryfatmanwhoisa8270

    4 жыл бұрын

    Roborav Ok boomer. I hope you live long enough to see the world suffer when the effects of climate change really start kicking in.

  • @tomahzo
    @tomahzo5 жыл бұрын

    God that was amazing. I love the film, the score and the machines that went into making it. There is so much interesting trivia about the scores for both of those films. For example, the time signature for a lot of the score in The Terminator is somewhat unpredictable and sounds very complex to the point where people have been trying to figure it out for years now. In fact, a lot of it simply came from Brad Fiedel trying to keep his machines in sync. One part of the problem was that the Prophet 10 on-board sequencer was notoriously wonky and would drift in and out of sync, which added to the final expression. That's the thing about the machines of today - they are clean, sound perfect and are almost limitless. A lot of brilliant music and visual art of the past 30-40 years have come from working within the limitations of technology, which in turn helps shape the end result into something beautiful. Brad Fiedel's score is a testament to this.

  • @unfa00

    @unfa00

    5 жыл бұрын

    A good artist knows that limitations are his friend. And you can definitely make great stuff with today's technology - sometimes you just need the discipline to impose your own limitations. For example: I synthesize nearly everything, even though using drum samples would be easier - but pushing against that limitation gives my music a distinct quality.

  • @christopherlawley1842

    @christopherlawley1842

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pushing tge technology is /always/ better than having it handed to you on a plate. I'd also point to the early days of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

  • @tomahzo

    @tomahzo

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@unfa00Agreed. The thing is, though: Those limitations are artificial. There is no necessity in it. That is what makes it a bit demoralizing to me. I prefer having outer hard constraints rather than arbitrary, self-imposed ones. But that's just me. At the end of the day, though, whatever gets you interesting results is what counts.

  • @tomahzo

    @tomahzo

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@christopherlawley1842 Yeah, but those guys basically had to invent everything from scratch ;). Less about working with constraints in existing technology and more about "how in the world are we supposed to make this happen?" and then proceeding to invent new technology and methods to get results that few others had gotten at that point. Very interesting still.

  • @tomahzo

    @tomahzo

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Jon Goat Hah, that's what I'm talking about ;). That's the kind of interesting, unpredictable results that you miss out on when working with modern gear :D.

  • @sunnyreads1845
    @sunnyreads1845 Жыл бұрын

    ROFLMAO at revolutionary type of vacuum cleaner. LOLOLOLOL! I am dying. On a serious note though, this was well done. Thank you so much for putting this together. Saw the film with my 5 year old son on opening night, who is a film buff now as an adult... and we absolutely LOVE sci-fi film themes and soundtracks. Very well done and thanks again.

  • @embe9603
    @embe96032 ай бұрын

    I will thank you all my life for this video. T2 is my favorite movie since I was a child and it will always be. The Sound and Music were key to this and for me as synth enthusiast all these information are just GOLD ! Wirklich Danke Alex !

  • @kylereese5869
    @kylereese58694 жыл бұрын

    Terminator: The Prophet-10 Synthesizer Owner: That's Sequential Circuit Terminator: The E-Mu Emulator 1 Owner: Just what you see pal Terminator: The Fairlight CMI III Owner: You know your synthesizers buddy.

  • @jelly8594

    @jelly8594

    4 жыл бұрын

    😅😅😅😅

  • @jackembling6259

    @jackembling6259

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha! Outstanding.

  • @kylereese5869

    @kylereese5869

    4 жыл бұрын

    Here's the rest of the sketch

  • @kylereese5869

    @kylereese5869

    4 жыл бұрын

    Owner: I might close early today. There is 15 Day wait on samplers, but the synthesizers you can take right now. (Loads floppy into Emulator) Owner:You can't do that Terminator:Wrong

  • @yonezawa2810
    @yonezawa28105 жыл бұрын

    5:50 *Just incredible, I had always thought that part in the desert with Sarah, the T800 and John (loading stuff into the truck), Enrique and his family was always played with a synth and an acoustic guitar, to see it all played just on that Fairlight is mindblowing*

  • @requiemforameme1
    @requiemforameme1 Жыл бұрын

    Early 90’s technology is so insanely intricate, when companies all made bespoke in-house solutions to problems. It’s amazing how the hardware engineering is arranged almost as an instrument, down to the rows of programmable memory cards.

  • @METAL1ON
    @METAL1ON Жыл бұрын

    @5.45 oh my god the T1000 is here. I love finding little bits of music in games and films that just fit with the characters or levels and this was T2's thing an awesome forboding sound that was evil and you knew the bad guy was coming. Terminator Dark Fate has something similar too for the rev 9 and it is equally amazing at capturing the new terminators menacing essence.

  • @i_see_jesus9056
    @i_see_jesus90565 жыл бұрын

    those notes are haunting. rip real movies

  • @migek

    @migek

    5 жыл бұрын

    Terminator 2 is my childhood 😔

  • @zakhriskin1602

    @zakhriskin1602

    5 жыл бұрын

    Played with a "Synthesizer" and it's more real! The irony

  • @voxcontinental71

    @voxcontinental71

    5 жыл бұрын

    where did you get a picture of me

  • @Lukeade815

    @Lukeade815

    5 жыл бұрын

    huh

  • @tobehonest116

    @tobehonest116

    5 жыл бұрын

    The movie soundtracks these days are wack

  • @BlenderSecrets
    @BlenderSecrets5 жыл бұрын

    Very cool... always wonder why Brad Fiedel doesn't make much music anymore (in terms of soundtracks, anyway). I listen to this soundtrack often.

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    I've heard him say he'd had enough and wanted out. He scored pretty solidly for about twenty years and then walked away.

  • @chiclone-tests71

    @chiclone-tests71

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's a shame, he was one of the top soundtrack-artists of all time. I loooove Terminator 1&2 and fright night to hell and back.

  • @YouMustYouLust

    @YouMustYouLust

    5 жыл бұрын

    Also, after you score T2, what heights are left to ascend?

  • @wolfdeguerre9952

    @wolfdeguerre9952

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@YouMustYouLust the upcoming terminater movie that retconns #3, #4 & #5, instead being a direct sequel to T2?

  • @airdrawn

    @airdrawn

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@YouMustYouLust So true. For me the brilliance of the film is 50% music and 50% the actual film, with a different soundtrack I honestly don't think T2 would have been so special, the music really makes it what it is, and also true in many other examples.

  • @msadids
    @msadids3 жыл бұрын

    8:45 This part burning in my brain since i was a kid and saw this movie nearly 30 years ago. GOOSEBUMPS

  • @hedgehog1965uk
    @hedgehog1965uk6 ай бұрын

    Great video. This reminded me how good this soundtrack is and I totally agree with the comment about it blurring the lines between original musical score and sound effects. This made me dig out my CD of the soundtrack, which I've had for over 30 years. I will probably listen to it in the car as I think the only other thing I have nowadays that will play it is my 4K Blu-ray player.

  • @WoodyPianoShack
    @WoodyPianoShack5 жыл бұрын

    violins, impersonations, you never fail to surprise and impress!!

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Woody. The beast is nearly done by the way. Filming the final bits next week. :)

  • @arfenmalik1717
    @arfenmalik17174 жыл бұрын

    it's getting to 30years and the T2 music never gets old. The the way you can watch an old movie and the music sounds whack but for T2 it's crisp cool. Soo many things came down perfectly that's why the movie is still awsome

  • @josephwright5921
    @josephwright5921 Жыл бұрын

    Nothing seems to replicate the graininess and buzziness of those old early samplers, especially when pitched down or up. I remember going into the theater to see Terminator 1 and not knowing what it was about. It was pleasantly terrifying!

  • @rsstnnr76
    @rsstnnr764 жыл бұрын

    5:46 that sound is so earie.

  • @EzeICE
    @EzeICE4 жыл бұрын

    The Arnokd voice was 100% dude. Geeeez

  • @namelastname4077
    @namelastname40775 жыл бұрын

    0:53 the sound of a bad dream where you try to run from someone chasing you, but it feels like you are running in mud, not getting anywhere.. 😱😱😱

  • @lastofmygeneration
    @lastofmygeneration2 жыл бұрын

    This makes Brad's score that much more impressive on T1 and T2

  • @Beebo
    @Beebo5 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit, you're good at voices!

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Haha. It's David Andrew Brent. I wish I could do an impression like that!

  • @bakko9302

    @bakko9302

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@AlexBallMusic Whoa...he is good! For a second there I thaught you actually got Arnold to do the voiceover :) Picture a prank phonecall where David Andrew Brent actually give Arnold a call, that would be hysterical XD

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    David worked on all the FCA "Do it now" ads and I was the music supervisor / composer. They managed to get a slot to meet Arnie whilst he was in the UK and David came over. So they met in person and conversed as two Arnies. 😂 There's a video of it somewhere.

  • @bakko9302

    @bakko9302

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@AlexBallMusic Amazing! When they both get a kick out of it you just know his that good haha. Btw great job on this video man!! Thanks for providing top content :) :)

  • @luppa79

    @luppa79

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ha, I was guessing that was Josh Robert Thompson, but I see it was another three namer Arnold impressionist :)

  • @Duggy123
    @Duggy1235 жыл бұрын

    This was very entertaining and informative, thanks a lot!

  • @MrMikkiFunk
    @MrMikkiFunk8 ай бұрын

    Wicked video! Always loved the Tunnel Chase score, my fav from T1 I think. Really cool to see those haunting string lines were an electric violin, always assumed it was another synth!

  • @hammondvoodoo9555
    @hammondvoodoo9555 Жыл бұрын

    That kind of depth, craftmanship, imagination, dedication (including the actors of course) is what makes T2 such a great movie. Most people don't have the full scope of what went into making this movie. For me it's incomprehensible that once you have worked at this level, you make further sequels that are not even worthy of comparison.

  • @huahua4186
    @huahua41865 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, thank you thank you! Was an 90's child and was 11 when I saw T2. This score is one of my biggest influences in music. The arrangement, the merger of analog and digital, T2 had it's own personality that offered deep reflection in our own capabilities of creation and destruction. As an audio engineer, my hats off to the this breakdown video and the respect deserved for the artistry.

  • @belovedconsole
    @belovedconsole5 жыл бұрын

    Wow! This was a ton of work you did, here. I'm so glad I found this because I've always loved that "clank" (Anvil II) in the score and am glad to see you explain it. I too, when first watching and hearing this movie was so impressed with how the music used samples of metal in what I saw as a reference to the then popular music movement "industrial". I feel like this came at a time when audiences were ready for such a thing. It's interesting to see in contrast the bits of the first Terminator score you included and how synthy they were, which I'd forgotten and they now seem very dated and 80s but still very cool. Thanks for putting this together. I can't believe it only has 537 views and only 99 likes! Liked and sub'd!

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, T2 hit a junction of many things and became immortal. You're absolutely right. The Terminator score has some amazingly dark moments in it and I love that score, but there some bits that are very of the era, as you were saying. Particularly that bit where Sarah Conner is riding a bike to work before it all kicks off. The music there always makes me laugh!

  • @danyjr
    @danyjr4 жыл бұрын

    Discovered your channel a few days ago cause I was researching an old synthesizer. What a found it has been, excellent content and thanks for keeping it up 👍🏼 On the video, this is one of my favourite scores of all time that has a character that gives T2 a huge part of its acclaim in my opinion. After watching this video, I appreciate even more how forward-thinking Brad Fiedel was with this composing T2. Using the latest technology to create things not many tried before and sounds we had not heard prior. I was only 7 when this movie was released (my parents didn't care if I watched these things) but I can truly say the music had as big an impact on me as the pictures. Shame Fiedel didn't continue composing long after this movie.

  • @mrclaytron
    @mrclaytron5 жыл бұрын

    Oh man, this is like the video I've always wanted to see, but didn't realise it haha. It's one of my favourite scores (and movies!) of all time. Great video again!

  • @coltsrule5150
    @coltsrule51505 жыл бұрын

    The song I remember most from this movie was, Guns N Roses, You Could Be Mine.

  • @dennisnedry5287
    @dennisnedry5287 Жыл бұрын

    17:37 is just awesome.

  • @mypoetryreading
    @mypoetryreading5 жыл бұрын

    This is without doubt one of the best videos with the highest production quality I've seen in quite a long time. Great work man!

  • @chucklos391
    @chucklos3912 ай бұрын

    2:55 This is absolute magic. Wow.

  • @scottglasgowmusic
    @scottglasgowmusic5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! I have a tidbit of interesting info from the Fidel Terminator films, he was put down on the music union contract as the only one player (well possibly with the electric violin player) so he collected the majority of the secondary market "special payments" which normally would be split up the orchestra of 90-100 musicians-- we are talking a lot of money. On huge budget films like these that make a ton of money at the box office and in the secondary market, these films made him very rich (on top of fact he was also paid the fee to score the films and received millions in performance royalties worldwide). I understand he retired early..... comfortably.

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good for him :) Maybe that's one of the reasons he didn't need to put up with the stress and politics of it. Read that he felt he needed out after 20 years or so. Think he said he was doing some sailing or work on boats or something!

  • @NathanClearyMusic
    @NathanClearyMusic5 жыл бұрын

    You're a lovely man Alex! Thanks for sharing these gems with us! :)

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Nathan :)

  • @detail32
    @detail327 ай бұрын

    Great video. One of the first soundtracks I got. These sounds had an incredible quality to them. Desert Suite ❤

  • @Deeplycloseted435
    @Deeplycloseted4355 жыл бұрын

    Wow....great job. Loved it! Awesome soundtrack & awesome instruments. I had no idea and would have never guessed the Fairlight was used so much. I’d love a whole series of these from other great movies that have superb electronic soundtracks. Keep em’ comin!

  • @TranceKitsune91
    @TranceKitsune914 жыл бұрын

    Anytime the notes would play, I got goosebumps. Awesome stuff!! :D

  • @camilomontoya7412
    @camilomontoya74123 жыл бұрын

    This score is pure genius. Whenever a snobby acoustic musician looks down on electronic music, I show them this score.

  • @dustjunky2000
    @dustjunky20005 жыл бұрын

    WOW a lot of effort went into this video. Outstanding job! This is really fascinating stuff that inspires me to get into electronic sampling. Thank you so much for this exploration into nostalgia.

  • @angelcathairs
    @angelcathairs4 жыл бұрын

    This is insane production value man! I'm sitting here slack jawed at how great the video is

  • @Hainbach
    @Hainbach5 жыл бұрын

    Lovely video, thank you for making it.

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hey Hainbach! Thanks for dropping by.

  • @comedian416
    @comedian4163 жыл бұрын

    5:45 when he hit that note it sent chills down my spine

  • @5012810

    @5012810

    Жыл бұрын

    me the same

  • @matturner6890
    @matturner68905 жыл бұрын

    I love that the foreboding foghorn noise is just a low pitched horn stab.

  • @reinekefuchs267
    @reinekefuchs2675 жыл бұрын

    I just have to say this is KZread content at its best! I love your videos! Thanks so much for this incredible stuff! The soundtracks of the first two terminator movies have always fascinated me since I was a little kid. Its great to see how these atmospheric tech noir sounds were created! Brad Fidel is one of the greatest, if not the most accomplished movie score composers i have ever heard. when I listen to these sounds it is almost like being in this dark apocalyptical world of deadly merciless machines myself. Subscribed!

  • @JMPSynth
    @JMPSynth5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, so well put together. Thank you.

  • @paradiso12
    @paradiso122 жыл бұрын

    Omg this is so incredible. Amazing how much work went into making the sounds that totally made the film.

  • @airdrawn
    @airdrawn5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutey brilliant, thanks so much for making this vid! T2 soundtrack is one that will forever be ingrained in my memory as being the top 5 film scores that are so woven into the fabric of the film that it makes the actual movie what it is. Fascinating understanding how Brad used the Fairlight to create those sounds. Never in a million years would I have thought the industrial clonking sounds were just heavily pitched down horns...!! Genius.

  • @NostalgicRuckus
    @NostalgicRuckus5 жыл бұрын

    So glad you did the work to put this back up!

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Yes, has been bugging me that it was blocked.

  • @tristanbackup2536
    @tristanbackup25365 жыл бұрын

    3:00 Faster! Drive faster! 😂

  • @Retrovibes
    @Retrovibes5 жыл бұрын

    To this day, the most in-depth step-by-step analysis video of the Terminator franchise score. I'm so glad I just found this. Just an amazing video, really.

  • @mattm9470
    @mattm94705 жыл бұрын

    This video is so immensely satisfying! It scratched an itch I've had for several years concerning the scene where John first sees the T-800 walking down the back hall of the mall. As he pulls the shotgun from the rose box, I always envisioned a huge foundry/forge and massive hammers shaping skill. The revealing of sound clip anvil11 is vindication and oh so welcome. Thank you!

  • @Anamnesis
    @Anamnesis2 жыл бұрын

    Truly awesome documentary. T2's unique score was as essential to its success as Cameron's direction and all the pioneering effects work. Fiedel's improvisational approach to music and sound was such an important and under-acknowledged asset to the franchise. I'm glad he enjoys doing his own musicals but it's such a loss that he left film scoring.

  • @Ockeroid
    @Ockeroid5 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely fantastic!! Thank you!

  • @midnightsoftware1904
    @midnightsoftware19045 жыл бұрын

    Seriously really nice dude! Love the content and strange juxtaposition of how you're presenting a visual media retrospective, but with a refreshing heavy edge on the musical backing to move it forwards. Really looking forward to more brohan! Keep it up!

  • @MatticusFinch1820
    @MatticusFinch18204 жыл бұрын

    FANTASTIC video. These are my two fave movies ever and i never knew how they made the music, or where the sounds came from Brad was a genius. Music was such a huge part of what made these movies work and sadly after T2 is was all forgotten. I cant even remember the scores of the sequels.

  • @yeahdude7
    @yeahdude74 жыл бұрын

    This video is the reason why KZread was invented. Incredible work, just wow. Do you compose music yourself? If I was a film producer in Hollywood I would hire you on the spot.

  • @xModek82x
    @xModek82x5 жыл бұрын

    8:43 the beginning of the one of the best films of all times 😃

  • @xModek82x

    @xModek82x

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Effe Nell no, sorry :-(

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was never included on the soundtrack release as it's just a very short cue. Python Blue has done a remake that's pretty perfect if you check his channel.

  • @_SP64_

    @_SP64_

    2 жыл бұрын

    Probably part of the main theme

  • @britpop95
    @britpop955 жыл бұрын

    Didn't want the video to end, amazing insite you give to a unforgettable soundtrack. Well done sir 👍👏

  • @D4Dthecomposer
    @D4Dthecomposer Жыл бұрын

    This was so cool to watch. I being a new composer and trying to break into the industry, this helps to inspire me and demonstrate how to manipulate sounds into the unique ones like these heard in such scores as Terminator and Terminstor 2. Thanks for this.

  • @originunknown3209
    @originunknown32092 жыл бұрын

    The only problem with this video is that it had to end!!! WONDERFUL!!!! ☺️☺️☺️

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cheers!

  • @romainsegaud1180
    @romainsegaud11805 жыл бұрын

    "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrwwwww"-"Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrwwwww"-"Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrwwwww"

  • @romainsegaud1180

    @romainsegaud1180

    5 жыл бұрын

    That brass sample. Gosh.

  • @romainsegaud1180

    @romainsegaud1180

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well Done Mr B. kzread.info/dash/bejne/YpdptbWzY6nZYrA.html

  • @Derpy1969

    @Derpy1969

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nailed it.

  • @lornafolan1748
    @lornafolan174811 ай бұрын

    I've been wanting to see a video like this about T2 score for years, thank you!

  • @anotherwolff3650
    @anotherwolff3650 Жыл бұрын

    18:30 hey says "good bye" ....he has to say: HASTA LA VISTA BABY!

  • @Markus2140
    @Markus21404 жыл бұрын

    13:36 28 years and i knew it!! trumpets yes! trumpets the T1000 sound is trumpets :D

  • @jolesco
    @jolesco5 жыл бұрын

    It's nice to have this video back on youtube, hopefully it doesn't get blocked this time around.

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    There's not a single frame from the original film, so hopefully that prevents the previous issue. Hopefully.

  • @andymanyoutube1163
    @andymanyoutube1163 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent thanks. I played a fairlight several times back in the 80's at a studio in Conduit place, London. We were regular lads and we would save our money and buy a few hrs studio time every other month. And it was just to mess around and play the fairlight. Really amazing times. We were living the dream of many but it was pricey....but worth every penny. Goosebumps every visit. Hey im a recent sub...but wanna thing you for such brilliant vids. I'm 54 now....I've still got every keyboard I ever bought since my first one when 15...a sh09 strings synth. Cost 100 quid. Youre a legend buddy. Thanks again

  • @JoshLavian
    @JoshLavian4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this great video. This is a legendary score. 29 years later and I still listen to it routinely

  • @MrRandomcommentguy
    @MrRandomcommentguy4 жыл бұрын

    this is some of the finest content I've ever come across. Well done and thank you.

  • @JonBT
    @JonBT4 жыл бұрын

    That is... hands down... the best Arnold impression I have ever heard.

  • @EricJacobusOfficial
    @EricJacobusOfficial5 жыл бұрын

    Your talent is insane

  • @AlexBallMusic

    @AlexBallMusic

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had a lot of help from Python Blue, Mike and David.

  • @smithwesson1896

    @smithwesson1896

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AlexBallMusic I wish he would do a recreation of the T2 main theme

  • @grahammarsh4652
    @grahammarsh46525 жыл бұрын

    Great video, on my second viewing. As that fairlight brass sample descends, I'm anticipating the goosebumps when it hits the T2 pitch. Works every time.

  • @Desertduleler_88
    @Desertduleler_884 жыл бұрын

    Amazing technology how natural orchestral sounds can be modified through a computer program interface to create a unique set sounds for movie scores.

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