This quick video of percussionist and sound results specialist Josh Harmon (who describes his work as “spreading pleasure by sound and rhythm!”) collaborating with musician, composer, bandleader and all-around nationwide treasure Jon Batiste to create classic cartoon sound results, is precisely the joy-filled expertise I wanted to witness right this moment.
Within the background of the video, you’ll be able to see a classic cartoon clip from 1934, from an episode of Popeye referred to as “We Goal to Please.” Within the clip, Olive Oyl is busy frenetically making sandwiches. Josh marvels that “it is superb to assume that these animations had been all made by hand with out computer systems,” which is what he recreates in his work. Utilizing instruments and supplies comparable to drum sticks, material, a slide whistle, and an train band, Josh creates sound results that completely match Olive Oyl’s cartoon actions of slicing bread, chopping meat, and extra. My favourite half is when Olive Oyl assembles the large sandwich by a sort of enjoying card-shuffling transfer, and Josh flip-flaps his fingers backwards and forwards shortly to create the right sound.
After all, I additionally LOVE watching and listening to Jon Batiste carry out absolutely anything, and his rendition of Scott Joplin’s traditional piano rag, “The Entertainer,” is pretty much as good because it will get, and matches splendidly with the Popeye cartoon.
Harmon expresses his pleasure about working with Batiste within the video’s caption, stating, “Holy moly it is an honor to welcome musical icon Jon Batiste onto the channel! The way in which he thinks about music and sound is so inspiring. Pleasure ranges had been reaching unprecedented heights on this room! And his new album BIG MONEY is out now!”
Harmon additionally guarantees that subsequent week he’ll be releasing “an extended” video that particulars “the entire means of how we made this, and extra!” I can not wait to see a behind-the-scenes demonstration and be taught extra concerning the course of of making cool sound results!
Benefit from the video, under. I hope you adore it as a lot as I do!
See extra of Josh Harmon’s superb sound results work at his Instagram or YouTube.
Beforehand:
• Fred Armisen’s 100 Sound Results album coming quickly!
• BBC sound impact archive posted on-line
• Don Martin’s sound results (alphabetical order)
• How some previous cartoon sound results had been made
• Watch these fascinating demonstrations of sound impact devices from the silent movie period!
