Pharrell Williams + Sound Check (Part 2)
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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Sound Check: Pharrell Williams
Part 2 of my interview with artist/producer Pharrell Williams, in this segment we discuss his upbringing in Va Beach, and his unlikely big break. You will be surprised to hear how this all came together.
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BlackTree Media's CEO Jamaal Finkley sits down with musical genius Pharrell Williams to talk about a brand new chapter in his career as he ventures out to score his first animated feature film, DISPICABLE ME. Full disclosure** BlackTree Media has been fans of Pharrell since we first started nodding our heads to Mystikal's "Shake your @ss". So we sit down with Pharrell to talk about his career and being a trendsetter, we really tried to get at his Genius. Along with producing and composing music for the film alongside Academy Award Winner® Hans Zimmer, Pharrell created the title track Dispicable Me which is something that he says will change his sound forever. Take a listen at this 2 part interview and be sure to check out Dispicable Me in theaters July 9th.
Having a Bad, Bad Day:
Music of
Despicable Me
In the past several years, Grammy Award-winning artist Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. has written and produced for such block- buster global musicians as Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Madonna, Kanye West and Shakira. In 2009, Billboard magazine named The Neptunes producers of the decade, and Williams and his collaborators have played an enormous role in shaping the culture of the music landscape. Naturally, the next step for the artist was to explore the interplay between music and movies.
Williams has been interested in scoring music for feature films for some time, and he became more eager to work in this realm after observing Jack Johnson's musical involvement in creating the best- selling soundtrack to Universal's animated Curious George. Williams expressed his interest to friend and music supervisor KATHY NELSON. He remembers: "I told Kathy that the very next time something comes your way, you call me and let me know what it is. She said, 'Pharrell, I really like you, but I'm not going to just give you anything.
I'm going call you when it's the right thing.' And I got the call for Despicable Me."
A longtime anima- tion fan, Williams was eager to take on the challenge of crafting original songs and themes for his f irst film. "What I like about the philosophy on
the filmmakers don't make children's films. They make films for humans that use some of the tricks and treats of youthful entertainment, but at the same time, there's an amazing storyline."
Though the task of scoring his first feature seemed daunting, Williams was grateful that he was surrounded by Academy Award® winner Hans Zimmer as the film's music producer and skilled guitarist Heitor Pereira as fellow composer. Says producer Meledandri: "The moment that we showed Pharrell the imagery, it took him about 30 minutes to say, 'I'll work on this film in any way possible.' He was immediately struck by the character designs and the notion of the story; his enthusiasm never waned.
"Pharrell, like our directors, took on the challenge of doing something that he had never done before; this is the first time he's scoredafeature film," Meledandri continues. "We knew that there was going to be an opportunity in the film for a number of songs that would be used as song score. What's resulted from his songs is a group of musical themes that he's worked on with the talented Heitor Pereira and legendary Hans Zimmer."
Williams' collaboration with Pereira began as Williams watched preliminary footage of the film and then created musical ideas he thought would fit into each sequence. Pereira would then expand upon some of Williams' ideas and come up with additional creative works. On working with Pereira, Williams says: "Heitor took those pieces and songs, and he connected the dots. He is the glue in this house of cards. He scored some incredible scenes and embel- lished some of the scenes that I scored and took those to the next level."
Williams composed several original songs for the film, including the title track, "Despicable Me." The artist was inspired by the whimsical narrative of the lyrics from Annie, and he wanted to write lyrics that were as kid-friendly as that musical, but also as moody as Gru's character. He elaborates: "I've never made a song about having a bad day and being in a super bad mood. So I thought I would make it really fun but, at the same time, if you were to hear it without the lyrics, it would sound like this track that you'd want to hear coming out of someone's truck."
Sound Check is a BlackTree Media Production
Produced by Jamaal Finkley
Journalist Jamaal Finkley
Director Michael Melendy
Camera: Earl Crowe, Ian Hotchkiss
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@zhubin I'm just glad you watched it til' the end!
great interviewer! in my opinion the best interview with pharrell you can find on youtube, i learned so much about him with this...
He is really a genious! Gonna be remembered for ages! :D
LOVE HIM!!
Pharrell is amazing
that song at the end is so smooth! ^^
@bayboy510nso We really tried to dig into that, what would you have wanted us to ask?
Yo man good interview. Pharrell is defintley inspirational.
luv this dude! great interview....
Dope interview. Pharrell is inspirational.
Pharrell really is a chill and wise person :)
when he talks about major and minor sevens, my love for him grows.
Sweet
can't believe he's almost 40! he's still beautiful, and intelligent :)
Pharrell is a genius, music producer, singer, his beats.... man! his beats are so sick. I make beats and everything, I'll be up their one day...
@Prettyrichy1 pharrell no doubt....
it looks good on him too...
and the way he carries himself...not too cocky just confident...
@blacktreemedia would have been nice to know more of how he started, wher ehe began, the roots of it all. Also, would be cool to know more about his art side, comming from an art student.
he is so cute :) x
TWO UP TWO DOWN!!!!!
Wish I could get this dudes hand-me down gear. e.i boards/synths
Ahhh I Want a Despicable Me Shirt like His!!!!!!!!!!! its friken Awesome!!
I would really love for Pharrell to be my boyfriend. He's 10 years my elder but I totally see us skateboarding together. He is my "iconic" lover:0)
5:05 till 5:09 what is he talking about, he IS an art teacher!
That’s it... I always limit myself because I put a “cap” on it thinking maybe I can’t do any of that just wanna pay the bills. But he is saying dream big in so many words.
wats the name of the song he mentions at 2:37
can someone tell me what sunglasses those are?
please help me! i know theyre gucci but what type!
thanks
chanel
who got the best swagg between kanye and pharell?what u guys think?
@Kenzuyoshi Rugby Ralph Lauren.
38 years old, like what the fuck he looks so young
@Kenzuyoshi RRL
@scradl22 Bonita applebum by a tribe called quest.
@scradl22 A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum
never knew teddy discovered him
@mekmen1 did you not listen? he said he would run but if he got hit he wouldnt be able to put up with it for long or something of the like, he never said he good or anythin
Not exactly an Oscar-winner, but Pharrell Williams + Sound Check (Part 2) is fine. They show it at: FRE7EMOV7IEAR7CHIV7ES7.IN7FO
the interviewer should enunciate more and make his questions not so monotonous.
wow, to think this was waaaaay before Get Lucky, Blurred Lines and Happy.
@hypehoops ahhahah. they are not gucci....they are chanel shade. the type of shades are called "ray ban"
/b/ has been raiding UA-cam. LOL
haha mr fucking ambition!
@kidsandjazz xDD
how would he talk about runing in football when he only 5ft 5, 145lbs. 4..45
bone thugs!
what song did he say? 2:30
i'd go gay for pharrell
skirt lifts
does Pharrell have the same disease that andy milinakis has?
first