The 4 notes that haunt me from 28 Days Later
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John Murphy’s score for Sunshine is absolutely awesome too.
She did a mini breakdown of it last stream or so.
It almost like Philip Glass and Massive Attacke wrote a movie score together😊
It's one of my favorite movies as well. This is how I discovered the band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Their song East Hastings plays when he's roaming the empty streets after leaving the hospital.
Seen them in Montreal live twice still love their earlier stuff from the 90's - early 00's the most. If you like them I suggest checking out their other project A Silver Mt. Zion.
@@boblister6174 I'm familiar with A Silver Mt. Zion, but for me, it doesn't hit the spot like GY!BE does :\ I've only seen them once back in 2019, it was really good. The fastest 2 hours of my life.
Incredible scene.
This!!!
Yes me too! I fell in love with East Hastings and subsequently with GY!BE
How many of us are here because Ixi seems to like all the songs we like?
You are unbelievably good at this.
a lot of the music in the film was based on music by godspeed you black emperor, and they're like, one of the greatest bands of all time!
I'm just starting this video but I'm really surprised that Ixi wasn't familiar with GY!BE before this. They were pretty instrumental in the creation of the score for 28 Days Later and they're pretty in line with the genres she generally gravitates toward. Danny Boyle, the director of 28 Days Later, even stated at one point in an interview: "I always try to have a soundtrack in my mind [when creating a film]. Like when we did Trainspotting, it was Underworld. For me, the soundtrack to 28 Days Later was Godspeed. The whole film was cut to Godspeed in my head."
Sadly some of those tracks didn't get credited in the film at all. East Hastings comes to mind, phenomenal song that really underpins the rising tension of the film.
Ixi, if you're reading this, check out GY!BE's first two album releases: "F♯ A♯ ∞" (1997), and Lift Your Skinny Arms... (2000). Fantastic albums and I think you'll enjoy them. I just learned today that they're still putting out music, they released an album in 2021 in fact, so that's cool. Gonna have to go check that out myself, glad to see they're still around.
Similarly, for anyone seeking more music like GY!BE, you'll probably enjoy Explosions in the Sky, A Silver Mt. Zion, and Mogwai to get you started. Their genre used to be called post-rock but I don't really follow genre trends so I'm not sure if that's still accurate.
Enjoy!
28 days is a masterpiece and one of the most important horror films of the 21st century. It would have been brilliant one way or the other but the music and this piece in particular elevated it into legend status.
I love the way you somehow manage to analyze my favourite songs. I read the title and I was pretty certain what song this was going to be about.
I'm glad I'm not the only one haunted by this music. When I left the cinema after seeing this movie, this music was all I could think of. It was drilled into my brain. I had to buy the soundtrack as soon as I found it. And over 20 years later, it still gets me! Thanks for doing this!
Wow, I didn't expect to be reminded of this track. I haven't watched this movie in years. Definitely got a post-rock vibe.
great video! mogwai’s soundtrack for the french series “les revenants” also has some great atmospheric post rock stewing and progressions
I think there may have been an e-bow on the electric guitar part. Love it!
I also think of the Diablo “Tristram” theme when I hear this for whatever reason.
The way this resolves from harsh and cacophonous to sweet reminds me of Cowboy Dan by Modest Mouse.
It's a great film and this piece might be my utmost favourite thing that's ever been used to soundtrack the moving image. It's fucking perfect.
Thank you for breaking it down for us. Keep up the excellent work.
pretty sure the first two nots are what ambulances sounded in the uk back then.
I think ambulances made a woo woo sound by then but those notes would have definitely evoked the idea of an emergency. And once the piece is underway and it's in the background it really sounds like emergency vehicles across a city. Well spotted!
This is one of my favourite soundtrack tracks ever!
John Murphy is also a great composer, I love his rock and melody based scores.
This song has definitely stuck with me for a long time since seeing the movie the first time. Just one of those tunes that’s brilliant in its seemingly simplicity.
I used to listen to this all the time in my youth. Takes me back....
Have a rock power trio in Buenos Aires. We don't make covers, but we jam and mess around with a couple of songs. One is this one xD, like the guitarist learn that dark rift, and we all jumpover, and just jam with that dark tune.
such a great tune. i can't read music or understand composition but i really enjoy listening to you explain it. keep up the good work. you Rock! 🤘🖖
This is one of the songs on my so-called Background playsuit which I regularly listen to at work. Songs which soothe but at the same time are interesting enough to not let me fall asleep.
I love Clint Mansell's score for The Fountain. Mogwai and the Kronos Quartet are some of my favorite performers.
the craziest thing I realised was that Clint was in Pop Will Eat Itself - compare their music to his film scores and my brain goes "how did this ever happen???"
A masterclass of building tension 😊
i love this channel you always break down to the compound of why or how the notes create a certain feeling or emotion
Grandaddy in the store! Sorry, just love that one
For many years this music made me melt emotionally. Feels good to actually dissect and move on. Excellent video :D Thank you.
Love this piece so much. Actually reminding me a lot of Alanis Morrissette's "Uninvited". Thanks for the analysis!
Such a simple sequence but the hit of dissonance right from the start is what really sets the foundation to build the mood around it. So glad I saw this. This tune really should be studied in basic music psychology, its very well done.
What's crazy is I could totally see this track being on...like....a Porcupine Tree album
Very Godspeed You! Black Emperor inspired theme. This movie is actually what introduced me to the band, they use East Hastings in the legendary Jim walking around a barren London scene.
I just recently discovered your content because of Meshuggah videos and also followed you on Insta, and now you are making a video about one of my favourite pieces of music! This channel is pure gold! I remember dissecting this piece in my music college - so a lot of great memories here hehe! Take care and can't wait for more uploads!
Another great breakdown. This song is a great example of less is more when it comes to songwriting. It shows that just a few notes can have a meaningful impact depending on how they’re used. Some of the greatest leitmotifs consist of just a few notes. Think Jaws or Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Really good lesson. Thanks Ixi.
*Third Kind. But great point!
awww this track is one of my favorite from any film score, its amazing. Still gives me chills all these years later! Is it weird this track reminds me of NiN Just Like You Imagined?
One of my favorite Zombie movies of all time
You have such a good ability to describe common feelings associated with notes and music that comes in context to each other.
it is always such a "yes" moment hearing your descriptions. thank you!
The last time I watched that movie I didn't know nearly as much about music theory, yet I think this track had a significant impact on my writing style. This was a treat!
Amazing soundtrack, and movie. Everything else, the visuals, the action, the entire plot up to this point, synchronizes with this music and fully delivers the payoff. You're right, it really stood out at the time sound-wise from other films, and I really noticed it at the time.
That Danny Boyle and Alex Garland combination was epic from the late 90s to the late 2000s. I always dug the Godspeed song they used towards the beginning of the movie. I think The Beach has probably one of my favorite soundtracks of all-time.
Piano: let's...um
Bass: no
You need to listen to Shannon Wright, if you're not already familiar with her. most everything she does exists in that, uncomfortable, not quite resolving ( yet pressure building) in-between like this song does. Check out 'With Closed Eyes" to start. Really stunning stuff..
This and his Sunshine tracks are *chefs kiss*
The vocals remind me a bit of the Meredith Monk track sampled in Midnight in a Perfect World.
Thank you as always, ixi! Since finally beginning piano lessons, I’ve really appreciated learning from your videos, too!
That “spy chord” reminds me of the closing chord to Portishead’s final song, “Western Eyes,” on their second album. I’m sure it’s a popular chord serving that kind of mysterious motif.
My gosh, I love your work
13:01 I love this moment of surprise even though you know exactly what you're playing.
One of my favourites movie score themes ever! I just love it. It has a very goth vibe.
I was really lucky and plumped for a vinyl copy before prices went crazy, they didn’t release many and it’s never been repressed. In The House is my favorite tune on it too, I put it up there with Brian Enos An Ending in the way it builds and rides you along. Stunning soundtrack to a great film
This is a solid gold classic. Also love the scores for Moon, Arrivals, and Dark Crystal Age of Resistance. So many great composers working in film and tv.
Had this song on repeat for years. Absolute banger!
Such a great video! Love the music of this film and your stellar analysis
Man, I love this song/movie. They used this same song in the movie 'Kick-Ass' really well too (IMO).
You're incredible as always ;)
Wow ixi, this song is amazing. I mean relatively you are amazing
This was 'Godspeed You! Black Emperor'. You should try listening to some more of them, they're wonderful. Peak post-rock.
I always liked this theme from 28 Days Later.
I love this channel. 👍🏻
I’m reminded of the theme from Escape from New York.
This piece reminds me of Ravel's Balero, in that its the same thing repeating over and over. Ravel apparently hated the piece, dispite it being his most popular piece of work. He often referred to it as "17 Minutes of nothing". As a teen I listened to that piece over and over....lol
Highly recommend the video game soundtrack for Silent Hill 2 and 3 if you enjoy this song
Yay we are blessed with new ixi 😍
The Rotted have a great cover of that one.
Nazi zombies has a few themes that fit this style. Very eerie.
Brilliant video and a lovely reminder of a memorable song and film.
Thanks!
ixi, I know it's a long shot (although you've gone over Deftones before, which is kind of in the same realm), there is this EP that came out recently that's super classical, but extremely heavy. I don't know if it'd be too heavy, but they did a cover on there of '𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫' 𝐛𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐢 that's really cool. So, start there if you look into it at all. But yeah, the rest is great too, it's just VERY extreme/intense sometimes. Harsh vocals only. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭/𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚 is the group/collective. The EP is called '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐚'. I think it'd get your heart racing (as in, the music effectively eliciting that feeling, not just being overwhelmed by the sound.. although sometimes it can do that too) and keep you interested. Think about it 👉👉
Something similar happens on Certainty of Chance, by The Divine Comedy. Worth a listen!
somehow this brought "Crimson Queen" from 'The Warning' to my mind, dunno why
but yea, 'in a heartbeat' always gets me goosebumps :)
$uicideboy$ sampled this melody on thier song "Sunshine"
(One of my favorite songs
Wonderful choice of music to analyze. Regarding its dark qualities, it reminded me of ... Dream for a Prisoner (dissonance rising), requiem for a dream...
This music was re-used in Kickass, the scene where Nicholas Cage's character takes on a warehouse full of criminals, in addition to various other trailers and projects. Love this music.
Thanks! I agree with you on how epic the score is. I get that feeling with the score to Interstellar as well.
I love it😊
Please please please do an analysis on East Hastings!!
'Requiem for a Dream' is another movie from the same era that had it's theme reused a million times, with a similar idea of simple minor melody repeating over evolving harmony
I had that score on CD and wore it out!
I think it was hugely influential on composers for film and other media too. A couple that stand out to me:
The Hades OST by Darren Korb, if you listen to it as an OST, has a pretty similar vibe-nearly every track has a quieter half and a heavier distorted guitar-driven / full metal band half, and the slow build is really satisfying. (You don't necessarily hear this if you play the game, since it just crossfades between quiet/heavy depending on what's happening as you play.)
Also the Celeste OST by Lena Raine, particularly the second level theme Resurrections, is *very* similar in some ways with a repeating melody line G# - A, B, C (in A minor), but with a different slow bass note progression underneath. It also starts with the minor-Major sound and then cycles through chords that change each time according to the bass note. Sometimes a note will also shift a little for certain bass notes like was pointed out in the video, to form (or avoid) certain intervals. It's so similar I knew it felt eerily familiar even the first time I heard it, but overall the track is very different (for example it also incorporates two big lietmotifs that are used throughout the OST, and so much other stuff going on). It may have taken some inspiration from "In The House" either consciously or not, but it's done really well.
(The part I'm talking about starts about 1m20s in Ressurections: ua-cam.com/video/1rwAvUvvQzQ/v-deo.htmlsi=6p3fLcCSW5hEM3Kg )
This is like free musical education
In places this reminded me a little bit of "Loveless"-era My Bloody Valentine.
After watching a few of your videos, I think you'd really enjoy the soundtrack to the 2002 movie Solaris by Cliff Martinez. First Sleep is a good track to check out. If you're into moody, contemplative sci fi, I'd recommend watching the movie as well, but the soundtrack is beautiful on its own merits.
Love that score
The chords are very John Barry, capsule in space, even down to the repeating phrase and building structure and rocking fifths.
In the House - In a Heartbeat
Haven’t watched this movie in so long. Loved it and Cillian Murphy. I always thought this sounded Radiohead-esque.
Oddly enough, I first heard this track not in the movie but soundtracking a car advert at the cinema.
And it worked really well in that context too. I didn't know at that point that it had been written for this film, but it grabbed me as something very special. I was like, _what_ is THAT?
Edited to add: I found the advert. :)
ua-cam.com/video/7PQ4V_EBaNo/v-deo.htmlsi=vHAtoWRgN8CJU0nB
Really hoping Murphy will return for the new sequels
Ixi, my 7 year old daughter loves your videos and has asked if you would ever do a breakdown of the Alvin and Chipmunks theme? Thanks
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor is one of my favorite bands of all time! I don’t like gore, so I haven’t seen this movie but I feel like I’m a bad fan 😂
Disclaimer: I really liked this movie.
But: it was the first time I realized one of my biggest Hollywood pet peeves - people walking up from a coma in a really healthy state.
Protagonist was asleep for four weeks! You don't just get up and walk around after that. Your whole body is atrophied and won't work. You not only can't walk, you can't even adjust your position laying down. Your first PT session is sitting up in bed (with help) then laying back down. And that's it till tomorrow. You're wiped out.
Realistic: waking up extremely thirsty. Your throat is sandpaper. At least they got that right.
Ótimo filme
That particular relationship in harmonic minor between the leading tone and the bVI is so cool! The C# acts as an augmented second rather than the minor third (Db) relative to the Bb.
Hey ixi I would love to see your take on Ren - Hi Ren!
It really works if you play it in drop D on a guitar. It's a bit tricky (for me anyway, enthusiastic amateur) and it seems to make perfect sense. Perhaps the different instruments have different perspectives, e.g. piano vs. guitar, where things are layed out very differently. It's still amazing though.
Thanks for the like. I just ran through it and I thought the main theme is interesting with the 4 note ascending melody over the chord progression. It kind of gives you the ability to build and build, which it does. Oh and can we do Clint Mansell's score for "Moon" please? I know there's something going on but I don't know what it is. ;)
When the full band kicks in on the soundtrack version I get the same feeling I get from the Doom Eternal soundtrack.
Howdy! Just you know there is some fry. Not sure where it comes from. The UA-cam player or your production. Checked my set up and seems slick.
Cillian Murphy will always be Sait Kitten to me!!
i will steal
PLEASE, check out type o negative. Maybe we can get some breakdowns on there songs- bloody kisses, October rust albums . Deep deep stuff ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It has a Radiohead feeling “
Thanks so much you’re channel is very inspiring
This track is so great that Matthew Vaughn literally licensed it to use in a scene in KICK ASS.
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music starts off note for note like every time I think of you song.