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In The Studio with Charlie Clouser (SAW, Resident Evil, Nine Inch Nails)
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vibrationisreality
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Congrats to Charlie, love his unique music and soundscapes. To be honest I don't get how he has endured composing 10 Saw movies watching them over and over again! That would be painful for me...
zvenx
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Who is this charlie guy? Never heard of him...
(Clearly i am kidding)
Charlie for me is one of the most prized contributers here..always willing to share his experiences and opinions and could have easily been a professional writer, his writing style and abilities are always top notch.
rsp
(Clearly i am kidding)
Charlie for me is one of the most prized contributers here..always willing to share his experiences and opinions and could have easily been a professional writer, his writing style and abilities are always top notch.
rsp
vibrationisreality
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Yes a Masterclass in every post!
charlieclouser
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Hahaha thanks everyone! This forum has been super valuable to me as I try to resist buying every library under the sun.... (well, maybe not THAT valuable since I seem to have bought most of them, but...).
SAW X did great at the box office on opening weekend, even beating The Creator (sorry, Hans!), although we did get our butts kicked by Paw Patrol. For a minute the fans were trying to get a BarbenHeimer thing going, where they'd go see SAW X and Paw Patrol on the same day, calling it Saw Patrol... but I don't think it really caught on!
The SoundIron crew are a great bunch of creators, and I've been on board with their stuff since the days of old. It's purely because of their quality that out of all the dozens of solo-female-legato-vocal libraries that I have, the SoundIron "Voices of Gaia" and "Voices Of Wind" series were the big winners in the shootout I had with the director in the room. We auditioned the tiny little three-note melodies I had settled on with every library I had, and SoundIron were the clear winners for this situation. Great stuff!
SAW X did great at the box office on opening weekend, even beating The Creator (sorry, Hans!), although we did get our butts kicked by Paw Patrol. For a minute the fans were trying to get a BarbenHeimer thing going, where they'd go see SAW X and Paw Patrol on the same day, calling it Saw Patrol... but I don't think it really caught on!
The SoundIron crew are a great bunch of creators, and I've been on board with their stuff since the days of old. It's purely because of their quality that out of all the dozens of solo-female-legato-vocal libraries that I have, the SoundIron "Voices of Gaia" and "Voices Of Wind" series were the big winners in the shootout I had with the director in the room. We auditioned the tiny little three-note melodies I had settled on with every library I had, and SoundIron were the clear winners for this situation. Great stuff!
charly is the saw puppet isnt it
(kidding also) 
tbh i know him since NIN and only later found out he was doing o.s.t.s as well...(trent does em too i think?)
Inventio
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Saw Patrol would be the exponentially scaled-up Saw movie
Bee_Abney
How long have I been out?
It was a wonderful interview; a great glimpse into the creative process and the ways that samples can make it through to final versions of film scores. Though I did feel a bit sorry for the loss of a potential gig to local singers, it is also important to get the right sound and come in on or under budget.
Completely unrelated, I suddenly want to buy some Soundiron libraries...
Completely unrelated, I suddenly want to buy some Soundiron libraries...
charlieclouser
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You can see in some of the screen shots the two runners-up in the solo vocal shootout: Elven Vocals from an 8dio library (I think) and the Solo Boy from Voxos. Both were great but ultimately didn't make the cut due to the overwhelmingly "correct" tonality of the Voice Of Wind: Adey sample library from SoundIron.
And, yes, many tracks in my 976-instance template are hidden! (and I had to bump the screen resolution to 2048 x 1920 so it would be readable on a 1080p YouTube video, I normally work at 4k and everything is nice and tiny)
girlwith800701cats
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@charlieclouser , how often do you work with combos of live orchestral work with plugins?
charlieclouser
Senior Member
Never.
Well, almost… I did record a string quartet for one cue on the first Saw movie in 2003, almost exactly twenty years ago. But since then every sound on my scores has been either generated by me in my room (guitars, drums, synths, my bowed metal and other weird instruments, etc) or has been coming from a sampler.
I do not record with real orchestra. Maybe I will someday, but so far it hasn’t been needed (or appropriate).
danstein
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I’m trying to imagine Clouser’s Symphony #1. I’m picturing an extraordinary amount of auxiliary percussion, maybe a Gatling gun or pile-driver solo…
Akoustecx
Electro Acoustic Excursions.
I was always a fan of Hiphoprisys use of angle grinders on stage, though depending on how fleshy the contact material where, getting a clean mic signal while keeping the mic clean might be a problem that the Disposables didn't face!
Symphonichrome
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Who among us can resist G.A.S.?
Symphonichrome
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I just watched Saw X my new favorite save for the original
A round of applause for all involved with making this movie and, of course, to @charlieclouser for setting the mood with his amazing score
A round of applause for all involved with making this movie and, of course, to @charlieclouser for setting the mood with his amazing score
