They Animated Trombone Correctly!?

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  • Опубліковано 23 кві 2022
  • This video brought me back to all the wonderful lessons I had with Andre Hayward at UT Austin :).
    UA-cam determined this video to be endangerment to children, so if the comments are disabled that would be why. A confusing decision to say the least, considering other similar videos with way more views have comments enabled and are not considered to be endangering children?
    Thank you Pixar at Disney and the Animators behind the movie "Soul". They actually went out of their way to hire Andy Martin to play trombone and animate everything correctly... more or less. Still a couple of very nitpicky discrepancies but I guess we can let it slide... Get it? Especially since I missed a couple of small details myself, but I blame the faulty transciption I was reading because I don't like taking responsiblity for my own actions.
    #Movie #Trombone #Animation

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  • @allen34782
    @allen34782 2 роки тому +137578

    Andy Martin was the trombone player for the movie Soul. They let him improvise and they precisely matched the animation to his actual movements.

    • @StarSCTEBunToaster
      @StarSCTEBunToaster 2 роки тому +3999

      woah that’s so cool that they let him improvise; i wouldn’t expect that from disney since they’re so strict and corporate and stuff.

    • @csatterley
      @csatterley Рік тому +2623

      @@StarSCTEBunToaster Andy Martin has played on over 350 movie soundtracks including the trombone work at the start of monsters inc. He is a session legend as well as a top west coast big band jazz player. Very much the safest pair of hands you could get in that situation.

    • @primeraconsultamedicasanfa8451
      @primeraconsultamedicasanfa8451 Рік тому +110

      Hoyt Curtin's Johnny Quest brass section

    • @theibbster3546
      @theibbster3546 Рік тому +480

      They did the same with Coco - filmed a professional guitarist playing the songs and then copied the finger movements when animating

    • @cousinparty7266
      @cousinparty7266 Рік тому +256

      @@StarSCTEBunToaster technically Pixar, Disney just owns them
      But still, in Encanto they animated almost every single musical instrument correctly, so they can do it too.

  • @SarkBM
    @SarkBM 2 роки тому +81277

    Soul was very precise on musical instruments, I think they did tracking or just copied an actual trombone player

    • @jimbomclimbo7467
      @jimbomclimbo7467 2 роки тому +1676

      I think they did both I could be totally wrong though

    • @MFSTheClutchGod
      @MFSTheClutchGod 2 роки тому +1596

      I think they used motion capture for scenes that involved instruments, that or Disney has pretty talented animators.

    • @DiamondThing
      @DiamondThing 2 роки тому +344

      @@MFSTheClutchGod i mean, they did make Beauty and The Beast, so most likely both

    • @angelharris3727
      @angelharris3727 2 роки тому +719

      Yeah .... They did not do motion capture. Or tracking. I am a 3D animator(don't bother looking at my UA-cam channel everything is private). Pixar doesn't do motion capture. What they do is referencing someone from multiple angles. If you are a animator with previous experience with an instrument the better, but if not you still study the movements you put the keyframes copping the timing of the reference, then you look at the arches you can exagerate, then add anticipations, the correct ease in, ease outs and that's it. You adjust the curves for the automatic in-betweening that Maya makes. Its a really well though and manual and suttle exaggeration of real life, motion capture can't do that

    • @MFSTheClutchGod
      @MFSTheClutchGod 2 роки тому +12

      @@angelharris3727 O

  • @nmastando56
    @nmastando56 9 місяців тому +1817

    My band director would probably be more mad that the kids stopped playing rather than made fun of her lol

    • @eclipseifynightsong
      @eclipseifynightsong 9 місяців тому +43

      My band director would be equally mad

    • @SailorYuki
      @SailorYuki Місяць тому +9

      Same. But not for the same reason. She made me play the drums for 45 min straight. No pause, no dropping the beat, no changing the beat, no using anything but base and snare for 45 min. I don't even play drums. She'd yell at me if I even thought of doing anything else but the basic beat. She's propably single handedly responsible to why most of my classmates chose to quit instruments.

    • @chloekaftan
      @chloekaftan 26 днів тому +1

      @@eclipseifynightsong my band director would have been mad at everyone but would have also started teaching her personally after classes, my band director/music teacher was very much into looking for talented students and helping them hone their craft. my brother and i were among them, i learned violin while my brother learned the acoustic guitar, and she actually scouted us after we went for extra-curricular piano lessons as a club activity after school, we were slow at learning the piano so she had us try other instruments instead. unfortunately she passed away just a year later due to gross malnutrition (caused by an unverified illness).

  • @sagejennings4342
    @sagejennings4342 Рік тому +3267

    As a jazz trombonist, this makes me so happy and their spotlight on trombone made me so happy as well. They even got the scoops!

    • @SecreteRed
      @SecreteRed 5 місяців тому +9

      The fact they got the scoops were impressive tbh. Trombone finally getting more recognition in the film industry makes me joyous

    • @NDTimmy_0
      @NDTimmy_0 4 місяці тому +1

      no one cares tbh
      @@SecreteRed

    • @ALBINO1D
      @ALBINO1D 4 місяці тому +7

      @@NDTimmy_0to be actually honest, there's at least two comments before you (that you're responding to) showing that they care.

    • @OllieOzzieOliverVR
      @OllieOzzieOliverVR 4 місяці тому +2

      I started band this year and play trombone and I wanna be a jazz trombonist :D

    • @rokrostessbu
      @rokrostessbu 3 місяці тому +2

      @@NDTimmy_0i care. you must be a fun person to talk to :)

  •  Рік тому +43532

    Not just the trombone, but actually all instruments are correctly animated. The first time I watched the movie, I got so glad to see the drums animation matching the song.

    • @fnibbit
      @fnibbit Рік тому +1104

      they filmed the musicians while they were recording so they could get it right, my dad knows the double bassist from soul

    • @keilondrewhite7848
      @keilondrewhite7848 Рік тому +31

      @@fnibbit ok.

    • @alanrainwater8248
      @alanrainwater8248 Рік тому +278

      @@fnibbit that’s pretty dope!

    • @4guysinatub286
      @4guysinatub286 Рік тому +20

      Bro no need to lie. Its inhuman to visibly match noises in an amimated movie on your first viewing.

    • @HowlingDeath375
      @HowlingDeath375 Рік тому +319

      @@4guysinatub286 They did mostly point out the drums. For all you know, they know how to play the drums. When someone practices an instrument for that long, they can look at others play and instantly pick it up even if they've never done the song before. Who knows, maybe you are right.

  • @hansayer2405
    @hansayer2405 2 роки тому +48986

    of course they got it right, the whole movie made insane progress in the field of animated instruments

    • @McDonalds_Kaveh
      @McDonalds_Kaveh 2 роки тому +80

      Ikr

    • @peterrealar2.067
      @peterrealar2.067 Рік тому +551

      It all started with Coco.

    • @warri0r624
      @warri0r624 Рік тому +125

      nice profile picture

    • @hansayer2405
      @hansayer2405 Рік тому +96

      @@warri0r624 thanks

    • @NaThingSerious
      @NaThingSerious Рік тому +243

      @@warri0r624 bro I thought you just complimented yourself then thanked yourself u till I realised u 2 just have the same pfp

  • @JosefinaQB
    @JosefinaQB 5 місяців тому +279

    it makes me so happy she loves what shes doing and it makes me so sad that she keeps being discouraged by others

  • @karlitatheartist
    @karlitatheartist Рік тому +543

    Of course it’s animated correctly. Pixar doesn’t mess around even in Coco when Miguel plays the guitar he’s playing the correct notes. Also in Ratatouille when Colette is showing Linguine how to properly cook, that is the proper way of how chefs work in the kitchen. Heck that scene is even shown in culinary schools

    • @alex.k6710
      @alex.k6710 5 місяців тому +16

      Me wondering if the stick he is pushing goes into his MOUTH??

    • @gabehaley
      @gabehaley 4 місяці тому +1

      Doesnt

    • @FunniEmi
      @FunniEmi 4 місяці тому +7

      @@alex.k6710what??? no why would you think that lol, it’s an attachment kinda

    • @alex.k6710
      @alex.k6710 4 місяці тому +2

      @@FunniEmi uh like a folding TV stick mechanism?

    • @FunniEmi
      @FunniEmi 4 місяці тому +2

      @@alex.k6710 ??? you’re comparing a tv to a trombone

  • @tylerrose3633
    @tylerrose3633 Рік тому +31749

    Fun fact: For the Disney theme intro, Pixar had an actual high school band perform it. It was so perfect, they had to re-record it, but make it purposefully bad.

    • @alex_exists
      @alex_exists Рік тому +3836

      High school bands are underrated.

    • @minakiel2930
      @minakiel2930 Рік тому +2736

      they should’ve asked a middle school lol

    • @viivalabamf
      @viivalabamf Рік тому +1569

      @@alex_exists My husband was in our high school marching band. Seriously talented groups of kids that really aren't given enough credit

    • @MarsheIIo
      @MarsheIIo Рік тому +523

      @@minakiel2930 I was in middle school orchestra (first year) and our concerts were surprisingly good, granted, we were playing some fairly easy pieces, but it was really cool to see that we actually cared enough to make it good.

    • @minakiel2930
      @minakiel2930 Рік тому +142

      @@MarsheIIo That was my experience as well but it seems like it’s not the norm. We played in many competitions but were the only school in our category because of the difficult repertoire. The other schools would’ve done a great job at playing badly 💀

  • @Effi3
    @Effi3 Рік тому +10486

    surprises me that the kids laughed at her for playing her instrument better than all of them lmao
    EDIT: I get it, kids are cruel

    • @LtFocus
      @LtFocus Рік тому +902

      if someone did that to my middle school band back in the day, they would be the most popular person in the band. Which isn't that popular overall, but still

    • @TripleAAABatteriesStudio
      @TripleAAABatteriesStudio Рік тому +153

      She slayed

    • @cupio-stardust
      @cupio-stardust Рік тому +577

      Trust me it happens lol, a girl who was in the same section as me got laughed at because she played the entire thing flawlessly. (They called her a music obsessed b*tch)

    • @isap1533
      @isap1533 Рік тому +2

      ​@@cupio-stardust what the fuck

    • @serenegenerally
      @serenegenerally 6 місяців тому +324

      @@cupio-stardustyikes! they sound envious af

  • @enolp
    @enolp Рік тому +41

    I love that not only can you tell the crew/animators cared about their work and put in the effort to actually animate all the music scenes correctly, but they’re also being shown appreciation for actually doing it properly
    I feel like animators don’t get enough credit so this just makes me really happy to see

  • @somedude9745
    @somedude9745 6 місяців тому +63

    Anyone else get uncanny vibes to how oddly realistic this movie is?

    • @Shhhhh2maGo
      @Shhhhh2maGo 6 місяців тому +3

      FORRRREALL it’s actually so relatable I cried

    • @jeremiahnoar7504
      @jeremiahnoar7504 6 місяців тому

      My guess is that they wrote a script that moves the slide within relation of what ever note is being played and then they cleaned up the animation. So much more efficient than actually animating the slide by hand.

  • @justafreak4986
    @justafreak4986 2 роки тому +7521

    Soul is one of the most detailed films in the Pixar era, it's obvious that they were gonna animated it right

    • @tatteryt
      @tatteryt Рік тому +132

      Yeah, super sad that it didn't get nearly as much attention as other Disney movies like Luca, Encanto, Turning Red, etc. Soul is my favorite.

    • @goldfish425
      @goldfish425 Рік тому +73

      @@tatteryt Yeah, it had more _Soul_ put to it.

    • @tatteryt
      @tatteryt Рік тому +1

      @@goldfish425 NO SHUT UP YOU MADE ME LAUGH

    • @shirochii
      @shirochii Рік тому +7

      @@goldfish425 👏🏼👏🏼😭😂

    • @obsessedwitheverything9058
      @obsessedwitheverything9058 Рік тому +18

      @@tatteryt ​ It got a ton of awards, actually. I think it got a lot of attention

  • @honeycombc
    @honeycombc Рік тому +15188

    Just in terms of the actual film. I love the fact that she stands up when she gets lost in her music. She could easily just sit there and play the sheet music, but once she loses herself she stands up to make use of her diaphragm subconsciously. Just a subtle use of physicality to indicate emotion.
    Man do I love Pixar.

    • @sydssolanumsamsys
      @sydssolanumsamsys Рік тому +6

      theya ren t

    • @user-gc8pg2gx7w
      @user-gc8pg2gx7w Рік тому +14

      yess! i totaly get that

    • @swaggypotato962
      @swaggypotato962 Рік тому

      fard is a substance that is made of poop the poop is brown and mushy which is converted to air buy our butt and we toilet it in toilet.Fard is exothermic subtance and is very hot and smelly

    • @Sophie-vw5ol
      @Sophie-vw5ol Рік тому +57

      Yeah in a way I do that too when I'm singing. Such a beautiful feeling. Nice to see it in a movie like that 🥰

    • @rifasclub
      @rifasclub Рік тому +21

      At least when they actually try. For every Soul, we get a Toy Story 4 Incredibles 2, Lightyear and the good dinasour and onward, was it? I know those crappy cheap messes pay for the good ones, but seriously, what was the last good Pixar movie before Soul, Coco? And we haven't gotten any good one after Soul. At this point they have as many crappy ones as hits.

  • @nathalieprovoste
    @nathalieprovoste Рік тому +10

    This video is amazing! And I also loved the description. I'm going to use "I don't like taking responsibility for my own actions" for everything right now, for real

  • @uwufrens4892
    @uwufrens4892 9 місяців тому +17

    During Covid, my band class did a full complete analysis on the music and soundtrack of this movie, along with other movies, music, and video games. Just absolutely beautiful, it always amazes me when animators take the time to carefully craft the experience of their art to create an almost mirror image of life, but it is so beautiful on the screen it makes me so happy

  • @Worldofcarsentertainment
    @Worldofcarsentertainment 2 роки тому +5439

    It’s Pixar! Of course it’s accurate with there amazing animation

    • @dandogamez
      @dandogamez Рік тому +91

      Most Pixar animated instruments are inaccurate… watch any of them playing piano

    • @gerrard1144
      @gerrard1144 Рік тому +37

      @@dandogamez yeah, but not in Soul

    • @dandogamez
      @dandogamez Рік тому +63

      @@gerrard1144 yeah Soul was definitely an exception

    • @HomeTVPS5
      @HomeTVPS5 Рік тому +29

      @@dandogamez almost like the entire movie is based on a piano and finding soul in music

    • @thecapitalg
      @thecapitalg Рік тому +13

      @@HomeTVPS5 Then there's Sing by Illumination. *Sigh*

  • @widgetfilms
    @widgetfilms Рік тому +9578

    The only animation studio to care enough about their art to correctly animate instruments. They also got the guitars in Coco correct.
    Edit: WOW I made some people mad with my comment. I'm not gonna debate something over a comments section, but I will say that my point was about the studio as a whole, not the individual animators. If given the time and encouragment by the execs, I'm sure animators in more studios would have the same attention to detail.

    • @Miman4206
      @Miman4206 Рік тому +64

      @@inaseparatesky yes the music is amazing and the show is generally a good drama but its also sometimes slow and a bit boring but then… BAM AMAZING SOLO

    • @PilotCharlesCalvin
      @PilotCharlesCalvin Рік тому +13

      what abt studio ghibli

    • @widgetfilms
      @widgetfilms Рік тому +32

      @@PilotCharlesCalvin I'm not actually sure how accurate their instruments are, but I can't really think of too many examples of someone playing an instrument in a ghibli movie. To be fair I haven't seen one in years.

    • @johnwiese6760
      @johnwiese6760 Рік тому +15

      Idk what studio it was but kids on the slope is the best animation of instruments ive seen

    • @darkshat3077
      @darkshat3077 Рік тому +10

      I mean this movie was about music so no shit lmao

  • @idontknowwhattoputhere.--_-
    @idontknowwhattoputhere.--_- 3 місяці тому +3

    I feel so happy knowing at least one movie got the trombone right as a trombone player

  • @Genthar
    @Genthar Рік тому +10

    Pixar puts a lot of research and effort into making things like this accurate. It's this kind of attention to detail that makes Pixar even more awesome.

  • @moonethealien
    @moonethealien Рік тому +9601

    Fun fact: when animating the piano keys, they had to create an entirely new computing system to calculate the weight of the piano players fingers in order to get the right sound. This along with a new hand tacking software to make it as accurate as possible.

    • @duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa
      @duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa Рік тому +54

      Computing system as in a program or did they seriously create a whole new OS??

    • @moonethealien
      @moonethealien Рік тому +107

      @@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa I’m not a huge computer head so I’m not sure, this info is from a behind the scenes I watched I’m an animation class I believe. Pixar and Disney often create their own animation software and mechanics to handle bigger tasks, but the nerds there are the best in the game and no doubt have the intelligence to do either.

    • @nispelsm
      @nispelsm Рік тому +118

      @@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa As a software developer, when we refer to a computing "system", we are referring to a suite of related software, not necessarily an Operating System (like Windows).

    • @superblondeDotOrg
      @superblondeDotOrg Рік тому +1

      @@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa it is called an algorithm. as in, they created a new algorithm to calculate movement.

    • @Variable_Degree_Series
      @Variable_Degree_Series Рік тому +3

      Is this any good if the story is not that great? Other than a few minority of people, no one would have cared about the piano weight and all but everyone cares about the story and other stuffs..not saying its not appreciable but disney movies are strictly for kids other than a few..

  • @royalcolossus2211
    @royalcolossus2211 Рік тому +1954

    The most occurring problem I’ve seen with animated brass instruments is the musician basically swallowing the mouthpiece

    • @theresachacon1122
      @theresachacon1122 Рік тому +93

      That's only for reed instruments and even then, they don't put the entire mouthpiece in their mouths.

    • @berries.0f.blu3
      @berries.0f.blu3 Рік тому +57

      @@theresachacon1122 unless your one of *those* kids as a Bb Clarinet player, this is very true
      With Brass, they tend to forget that the mouthpiece is on your lips-
      And with Woodwind, they just inhale the mouthpiece, when the closest you ever come to doing so is when playing high notes, of which you have to bite down farther in the reed, but even then half way is the absolute max
      Pixar did so good with soul it’s amazing

    • @plobclop
      @plobclop Рік тому +19

      @@berries.0f.blu3 my brother used to put half of the mouthpiece of his flute inside his mouth

    • @plobclop
      @plobclop Рік тому +9

      @DOLLHAUS 🎗 it was a recorder flute, so the one you blow directly into:'). In his defense, he was a beginner but still lmao right

    • @berries.0f.blu3
      @berries.0f.blu3 Рік тому +7

      @@plobclop I- you- huh-? With a flute your mouth doesn’t even touch the mouthpiece 💀
      I think your brother was on something-
      Edit: my dumb brain didn’t see the other comment saying it was a recorder flute, I just thought of my immediate knowledge on flutes seeing as I’ve tried to play it multiple times :))
      Edit 2: apparently I forgot how to spell (this is a 3rd place spelling bee winner… how tf did I get third-?)

  • @HonkyTonkyMan
    @HonkyTonkyMan Рік тому +9

    We've all had this moment once in our life OR will have it. That one moment where after years and years of practice and mastering our instrument, you take control and lose yourself in that moment and just sail with the notes. This movie emphasized it so well

  • @razzle2112
    @razzle2112 Рік тому +7

    I'm a musician myself and seeing her play her instrument with such passion and joy was a feeling I know too well and when she said she wanted to quit it made me so mad cause talent ane passion like that shouldn't ever be ignored, the way she stands up and closes her eyes every time she plays is amazing to watch

  • @thirty0dd
    @thirty0dd Рік тому +3482

    It doesn’t surprise me that Disney is so true to detail like this. Coco’s guitar playing was accurate even to the vibration frequency of the strings. In Soul they actually mapped out the movement of the tendons in John Baptiste’s (the musician who did most of the music in Soul) hands as he played piano so they could make sure it looked right animated onscreen. For all its faults, Disney sure puts in the work for the important details in a story.

    • @sydssolanumsamsys
      @sydssolanumsamsys Рік тому +10

      no they dint

    • @souptime23
      @souptime23 Рік тому +240

      I think it’s really important to note that although Pixar is part of Disney, this is Pixar’s stellar work, not Disney’s.

    • @gh05tb0yz
      @gh05tb0yz Рік тому +5

      john baptiste??? thats crazy my section leader has a flute made by him/his company

    • @briansilva3344
      @briansilva3344 9 місяців тому +40

      I believe Pixar has almost always been the pioneer of 3D animation from a technical perspective. Though maybe they have fallen behind in originally of ideas or complexity of the story (To me, Elemental feels like the romantic plotline that was scapped from Zootopia), but Pixar walks out with new technology so other can jog.

    • @dn8750
      @dn8750 8 місяців тому +6

      Disney couldn't choreograph a fight to save their stocks in the market.

  • @honeycombc
    @honeycombc Рік тому +604

    Pixar has always stated that they will never use motion capture. I don’t know if they’ve stayed true to this sentiment, but as far as I know they use reference video, photo, or animation to help with the animation, but never directly use motion capture. That’s what makes this so inspiring and incredible!

    • @ctyoung0271
      @ctyoung0271 Рік тому +33

      The reason for this is that the last time they used motion capture, the Academy denied the film from being nominated for Best Animated Picture (although I don't remember which film it was.)

    • @bigtonybruiser
      @bigtonybruiser Рік тому +42

      @@ctyoung0271 they never used it, if i remember happy feet used mocap and won over ratatouliie which didnt have mocap and was just a better movie overall.

    • @imallsoupedup
      @imallsoupedup Рік тому +17

      That makes sense, for an animated movie, you kind of want some elements of cartoon movement, and animators can convey body language in ways than real people have a hard time replicating (and vice versa).

    • @antoniomv9444
      @antoniomv9444 Рік тому +12

      @@bigtonybruiser RATATATOULIIE LOST TO FCKING HAPPY FEET!? OMG THE LACK OF RESPECT

    • @joannehong4284
      @joannehong4284 Рік тому +8

      @@antoniomv9444 It won against cars. Ratatouille won the year after.

  • @AetherF
    @AetherF Рік тому +1

    it's amazing how precise the movie is
    each note matches perfectly

  • @xiiaqx_
    @xiiaqx_ Рік тому +2

    i just love soul so much, they actually cared enough to match the sound and instruments 😣

  • @es330td
    @es330td Рік тому +368

    Every movie production team that includes a trombone in a movie should now be told "'Soul' got it right. Please stop with holding it wrong and showing the instrument as no real player would ever play the instrument."

  • @trombonetimo
    @trombonetimo  2 роки тому +292

    Had to reupload due to some technical issues. Also I’m not sure why UA-cam is automatically disabling my comments again :(. UPDATE: It's because UA-cam thinks this video is endangering children? I guess the other videos similar to mine with thousands of views aren't endangering children?

    • @TheTromboneChannel
      @TheTromboneChannel 2 роки тому +3

      sus

    • @hexcodeff6624
      @hexcodeff6624 2 роки тому +16

      all children's content gets comments disabled

    • @Mooderge
      @Mooderge 2 роки тому +6

      Oof sorry about that, I hope you get real big some day so you don't have to deal with these kinds of stupid issues.

    • @es330td
      @es330td Рік тому +1

      There are some trombone players who might agree that trombone can be hazardous to one's health.

    • @thankyouverymochi
      @thankyouverymochi Рік тому

      well youtube is prettty darn low iq (read:stoo-pit) with censoring. they don't process report quickly and kept on disabling comments on a whim. there are videos where youtube just decided "you know what ? I'm gonna take away all the audio in the video", and the audio wasn't even copyrighted music or anytthing, all pure original from creators.

  • @YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah
    @YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah Рік тому +2

    As someone in high school band with an older brother who’s a drumline director there as well, this movie’s animation just makes so damn happy

  • @HafidzMurshidie
    @HafidzMurshidie Рік тому +7

    I love that an animated film is much more accurate depicting musical instruments than live action…

  • @dipplinshipping
    @dipplinshipping Рік тому +2760

    i was always embarrassed of playing trombone it’s always felt like a "masculine" instrument and i never saw any female play it in my ensemble but this movie made me feel a little comfortable with playing it

    • @dipplinshipping
      @dipplinshipping Рік тому +202

      masculine probably wasn’t the best word to use, but i couldn’t think of anything else.. ive always seen trombones be associated with guys

    • @theblobconsumes4859
      @theblobconsumes4859 Рік тому +61

      That's good! The trombone is a beautiful instrument.

    • @EcstaticTeaTime
      @EcstaticTeaTime Рік тому +83

      I was the only tenor sax in band until I taught my friend to play it so she switched from clarinet. No instrument is masculine or feminine. True, most of our brass were boys but many of them were friends before band who wanted to hang out.
      The most notable trombone we had in middle school became a drummer in high school and was even better (he switched because of his friends being in percussion.) I think of him almost every time I see a trombone though. He only had a finger (technically two fused on one side) and a thumb on each hand and knowing he could play an instrument or two at such a young age for me really showed me how inclusive music can really be.
      It also cemented the reality of if someone really wants to accomplish something, nothing will stand in the way as long as the person themselves believes they can. Don't give up your instrument because you are worried about what it implies. Love the experience and if another instrument catches your eye, feel free to try it. I took piano lessons in elementary before I played tenor and when I stopped the latter, it was because I had no soul; I am a technical player, which doesn't work well with jazz.

    • @comixgamingco1187
      @comixgamingco1187 Рік тому +12

      When I was in band class the trombone player was a girl lol. The only other person I've seen play trombone in person was my friend will, and he had that perfect pitch thing that let him play and tune every instrument.

    • @zerotodona1495
      @zerotodona1495 Рік тому +14

      It’s because males have larger lungs than females, but my brother’s old marching band had a few girls doing the wind instruments too.

  • @AAAGamesMaster
    @AAAGamesMaster 2 роки тому +1522

    I mean, it's Pixar what did you expect? That's what they do, I bet cooks feel the same way about Ratatouille

    • @Auto718fan
      @Auto718fan 2 роки тому +133

      Chefs? Lol

    • @gab2876
      @gab2876 2 роки тому +218

      @@Auto718fan No cookers

    • @AAAGamesMaster
      @AAAGamesMaster 2 роки тому +154

      @@Auto718fan sorry dude, english is not my first language, idk if it's right to say cookers or not

    • @laurahuynh8333
      @laurahuynh8333 2 роки тому +76

      @@AAAGamesMaster
      The correct term is chef. A chef is a person that makes food.

    • @kantpredict
      @kantpredict Рік тому +62

      @@AAAGamesMaster A cooker is another word for a stove

  • @Joshua-yl1yq
    @Joshua-yl1yq Рік тому +3

    got damn that's amazing!! I loved the way they animated the piano scenes. absolutely mind blowing.

  • @ItzcloudyswirlRbx-cc2iw
    @ItzcloudyswirlRbx-cc2iw 2 місяці тому

    He's so good doing the trumpet! Keep up the great work!!

  • @pixelgamee7865
    @pixelgamee7865 Рік тому +344

    Finally, justice to the trombone!!! Honestly one of the most underrated instruments in brass.

    • @NvanRoblox
      @NvanRoblox Рік тому +9

      What about euphonium?

    • @tren7730
      @tren7730 Рік тому +8

      Baritone/euphonium is the only underrated brass instrument

    • @NvanRoblox
      @NvanRoblox Рік тому +3

      @@tren7730 yeah almost nobody knows about them 😔

    • @ptyw.
      @ptyw. Рік тому +5

      trombone is literally overrated in brass but ok lol

    • @Aster-Studios
      @Aster-Studios Рік тому +3

      @@ptyw. lol I don't know what your on cuz there are 3 trombones in our low brass section and I'm one of them-

  • @KurroIsEpic
    @KurroIsEpic Рік тому +67

    I feel like soul is one of those situations where it is almost mandatory that a small detail like this is done correctly

  • @bonusfat110
    @bonusfat110 7 місяців тому

    that stairway scene hits home for many jazz musicians constantly in the shed. brought a tear to my eye.

  • @NotTheWheel
    @NotTheWheel Рік тому

    Brilliant. Good work to the animation team.

  • @DryEyeBuilds
    @DryEyeBuilds 2 роки тому +105

    This makes me super happy. Much respect to pixar!!

  • @adityasivaram6175
    @adityasivaram6175 Рік тому +86

    Pete Docter was very particular about getting Soul's musical scenes accurately, so they actually tracked jazz musicians and used it to animate the characters, and Jon Batiste, who wrote original compositions on the piano, actually played full sessions for their reference. It's remarkable the amount of effort they put into it really.

  • @skilletthescarletspaghet
    @skilletthescarletspaghet 8 місяців тому +1

    I really love the detail of the trombone case. I know it’s simple, and sounds kinda silly, but its like the same case that I used to see everywhere in my middle school band hall and its super nostalgic for me

  • @strawberryy_m0ss
    @strawberryy_m0ss 7 місяців тому +1

    She stands up when she gets lost in the music. Such an amazing detail :D

  • @hglankshear
    @hglankshear Рік тому +28

    In animation we don't animate based on nothing, we always use reference. In a film environment like this for anything technically complicated we get people in and film high quality reference. For speaking / moving we usually film ourselves and use this as reference.

  • @nickihere8753
    @nickihere8753 Рік тому +140

    Kids (under 20) nowadays playing Trombone or Trumpet have my full respect!!!!! What an incredible instrument to choose! Such sass, power and voice! - hope to see more!❤

  • @unicron004
    @unicron004 Рік тому

    i love that we are living this far into animation as a medium to see musical instruments being animated correctly. bless.

  • @elfboy7787
    @elfboy7787 Рік тому

    I used to play in my school band. Started in 6th grade. Left after sophomore year. Now that I'm a senior, thinking of bigger and better things, I realise I would give anything just to play with that group again. Trombone was never my favourite to listen to but I'm so glad I picked it up. I never knew they were the best years I could ever have.

  • @orangesoda330
    @orangesoda330 Рік тому +20

    The girl who voiced Connie goes to my middle school!! She’s actually super nice and was ‘discovered’ at a school play.

  • @fnibbit
    @fnibbit Рік тому +27

    my dad knows the guy who played double bass for souls and they filmed him as well during recording so they could copy his movements exactly. that's what they did for all the instruments

  • @bluepirate78
    @bluepirate78 7 місяців тому

    I love the detail of how they animated the instrument, I own one and it is so cool see here put the main part of it on the tightening it!

  • @krissjenner3836
    @krissjenner3836 Рік тому

    So nice to see some actually good animation to match the music on my instrument

  • @fox4dayz278
    @fox4dayz278 Рік тому +16

    Disney has been proud to show of their new instrument tracking and water tech lately, and both are looking beautiful!..

  • @dr.randomz6782
    @dr.randomz6782 Рік тому +364

    I like how people seem “surprised” when instruments in general are animated correctly. Like for this film, it’s like, the only thing that the animators have to get right lol
    Detail wise I mean

    • @charles0396
      @charles0396 Рік тому +33

      Well, it's just that many people who happen to be executives or directors didn't care about these details, so there you go

    • @tomebasic2843
      @tomebasic2843 8 місяців тому +22

      Because a more often than not , the animation doesn't actually match what is being played...

    • @yesyes-om1po
      @yesyes-om1po 7 місяців тому +27

      "the only thing the animators need to get right" I know you aren't a 3d guy but what the film does ain't easy by any means, they have to articulate the rig down to each finger joint 30 times per second of animation

    • @locoattack1210
      @locoattack1210 4 місяці тому +2

      U don't know what you're talking about lol
      making it sound easier than it is

  • @Manguitom
    @Manguitom Рік тому

    I knew why something just felt right when I saw the instruments being played throughout the movie! There's so much attention to detail

  • @unknowncreature-0069
    @unknowncreature-0069 Рік тому

    Wow this makes me wanna bust out my old trombone again! I haven't played that thing in years but I used to love just playing around to see what sounded cool

  • @olivebear07
    @olivebear07 Рік тому +63

    Fun fact: they actually had several musicians of different variety play and be recorded on video so the animators could make 3D renders for it

  • @TacticalLeo
    @TacticalLeo Рік тому +4

    This video got me teary eyed and idky. I’m clapping right now. It’s all beautiful!

  • @Extoleige
    @Extoleige Рік тому

    The video description is just pure *Gold*

  • @eclipseifynightsong
    @eclipseifynightsong 9 місяців тому +2

    As a fellow trombonist (in the making), I’m pleased to finally see that an animation studio FINALLY animated a trombone correctly and it wasn’t just slide between first and seventh positions 😂

  • @MattLamPiano
    @MattLamPiano Рік тому +3

    They got the piano playing perfect too! For a piano player it's nice to see it's not just some random hand and finger movements!

  • @Wadosan
    @Wadosan Рік тому +5

    That’s the crazy thing with soul, everything, even during Joe Gardner’s “zone” improvisation, was animated perfectly down to the frame.

  • @E_FoxSnowspirit
    @E_FoxSnowspirit Рік тому +1

    I can’t beleive you can just mimic it like that! Cool man

  • @17kiranime
    @17kiranime Рік тому

    Pixar was always really good about making sure the sounds, visuals & movements of everything they did were accurate to an incredible depth- the sound of an instrument being no exception. Of course this is so spot on. ❤

  • @aliteralfrog7005
    @aliteralfrog7005 Рік тому +3

    As a former trombone player (not professional just for school), I’m glad that they were accurate with how fast the characters arm was moving since you would realistically have to do that to quickly change notes, especially when going from B/F to E, D, or C

  • @JinsKookieJams
    @JinsKookieJams Рік тому +3

    *I saw a behind the scenes clips about Soul. No tracking was used. They just studied musicians very carefully, in order to animate the characters. 🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️*

  • @unc00l1
    @unc00l1 2 місяці тому

    I was a first chair trombone, and seeing this just fills me with so much joy! Makes me miss those days.

  • @TastyBee
    @TastyBee Рік тому

    The absolute beauty of rotoscoping

  • @rymir3939
    @rymir3939 Рік тому +5

    I am glad they did all the instruments accurate. They love music.

  • @irableakdrums
    @irableakdrums Рік тому +6

    A movie about music can’t be wrong about how instruments work

  • @gitmemed2668
    @gitmemed2668 4 місяці тому

    Man this made me remember about trombone-drum vs violin animation fighting over a coin.

  • @starpaiworld9141
    @starpaiworld9141 Рік тому +6

    I love Soul and I hope they make a sequel

  • @adamtomkins5182
    @adamtomkins5182 2 роки тому +8

    Pixar animators spent weeks filming at Berkeley college to get all fingerings and slide positions accurate

  • @jacobstewart6014
    @jacobstewart6014 2 роки тому +24

    They animated the trombone correctly but you are not supposed to puff your cheeks.

    • @BambiTrout
      @BambiTrout Рік тому +26

      Tbf, the character is like 12 years old. It could have been intended to show that while she's good, she's still learning and her technique still needs work.

    • @pugpartyproductions8805
      @pugpartyproductions8805 Рік тому

      @@BambiTrout yeah that's true bro

  • @spicytunah8043
    @spicytunah8043 4 місяці тому +1

    The animators for soul took great care to make sure that the instruments were as accurate as possible. It’s part of why the movie is so brilliant.

  • @tyronewilliams8218
    @tyronewilliams8218 Рік тому

    It’s so cool to see a Disney movie have real slide movements for a scene. Usually, they would just put what ever sounds right then have people expose them for trying to play The Entertainer but instead spamming the keys on the piano.

  • @jamesm7072
    @jamesm7072 Рік тому +3

    The hardest part of playing the trombone is not the articulation… *it’s reaching to the 7th position on the slide perfectly*

  • @6012reasol
    @6012reasol Рік тому +8

    i loved the music-centered parts of this movie, and really all of the segments in real life. the animation, emotions and storytelling were just on point! but the soul world bored me so much :(

    • @piperchikita6425
      @piperchikita6425 Рік тому +2

      Yeah the "real life" world is more interesting than the soul world

  • @this-is-so-rae1762
    @this-is-so-rae1762 Рік тому +1

    Yes. The animation and the movements match perfectly. Thank you very much for sharing. Guess who is going to watch this movie within some minutes. 🤟🏼😁

  • @realtrader450
    @realtrader450 Рік тому +1

    me: *hears trombone*
    me: don't you dare think about it
    brain: what's a skeletons favorite instrument?
    me: i hate you, brain

  • @TheRantingsofaMadman
    @TheRantingsofaMadman Рік тому +4

    On faster passages the animation lags behind, but ti still gets there. Better than 99% of musical animation.

  • @KingHiki
    @KingHiki Рік тому +3

    Pixar has always been obsessed with getting little details right. I remember holly hunter spent 3 months learning military pilot lingo so she could use accurate terminology during the plane crash/SOS scene

  • @temporaryschoolpsycho2652
    @temporaryschoolpsycho2652 Рік тому +1

    I am glad that they finally animated whatever instruments in this movie :)

  • @ruby2thursday
    @ruby2thursday Рік тому

    great movie. those two scenes brought me back to wanting to play tbone again. just nice!!

  • @TieflingKumasi
    @TieflingKumasi Рік тому +3

    Trombones are the one instrument I would expect animators to get right

  • @Jean-Paul-Lane-Valley
    @Jean-Paul-Lane-Valley Рік тому +3

    That's what sets apart Pixar from illumination (besides Pixar having actually great stories with an animation quality that improves on itself): they do care enough about what they are telling to actually do their research.

  • @plqner
    @plqner Рік тому +1

    Pixar puts so much into there film to be perfect and feel real there’s so much that they did like for inside out , cars, the red family that I forgot the name of etc

  • @VMSelvaggio
    @VMSelvaggio Рік тому

    I love that they paid that kind of attention to details...

  • @eeeff9737
    @eeeff9737 10 місяців тому +8

    What she’s doing wrong is puffing her face (unless her face is just like that)

    • @eclipseifynightsong
      @eclipseifynightsong 9 місяців тому +1

      I know. I play trombone for the school band and one of the other trombonists always slouches, bends over, and puffs their cheeks to play which ends up making it sound horrible, quiet, and unintellegable.

    • @capnskullkid3849
      @capnskullkid3849 5 місяців тому

      exaggerated for the cartoon effect maybe

  • @Mike09017
    @Mike09017 Рік тому +13

    I know it’s not the same movie, but in the Bonus videos of Coco, they showed how they animated the guitar playing scenes by copying the musicians!

    • @Caddynars
      @Caddynars Рік тому +2

      It’s a technique called rotoscoping. When done right, it can make musical scenes look incredible. There’s this anime called Kids on the Slope that does rotoscoping, and the animation on the instruments is fantastic.

    • @Mike09017
      @Mike09017 Рік тому +1

      @@Caddynars i didn’t know that! Thanks for the info.

  • @PvtFlowers
    @PvtFlowers Місяць тому +1

    Every band i have been in, everyone loves the trombonist, and they are typically pretty high on the social ladder.

  • @jeff21gaming59
    @jeff21gaming59 6 місяців тому

    this is amazing

  • @avatr7109
    @avatr7109 Рік тому +3

    The amount of work people put in from animation to editing, sound department
    Is LAUDABLE

  • @fastbasicanswersthatumight1910
    @fastbasicanswersthatumight1910 2 роки тому +3

    I swear the 2nd one beginning sounds like the burning memory song

  • @wonnie
    @wonnie Рік тому +2

    I'm not surprised that they would animate it well, this is the animation studio that dressed up one of their coworkers in a chef suit and threw him in a pool just to learn how to animate wet clothes for Linguini in Ratatouille. Pixar is in a league of its own when it comes to this kinda stuff. As a guitarist, they did a fantastic job animating Coco's guitar playing too!
    Lovely playing too!

  • @varyaartsandcraftsandmore5396

    This is so cool and awesome,

  • @mcleslieplayz4921
    @mcleslieplayz4921 Рік тому +3

    As the only girl trombone player in my 6 and 7th grade band classes, I’m routing for this girl lmao

  • @ElvisTranscriber2
    @ElvisTranscriber2 Рік тому +5

    I've always wondered how you get to decide which notes to play when recreating a passage that they get wrong since only the position is clear and several notes can be selected on each position
    I know there are less notes available in the very low register but if it's mid or upper then what's the criteria?

  • @emanslrilig
    @emanslrilig 4 місяці тому

    As a beginner trombonist, I am glad that the animators took the time to see how to put together a trombone, what the case looks like (on the outside) and how you play it.

  • @mastercreas5774
    @mastercreas5774 Рік тому

    Brings me back to when I played trombone years ago