(♪ Nothing really matters ♪)
There you go.
Exact same formula.
Have you ever heard the phrase that
all pop music sounds the same?
Well today, we're here to tell you that is unfortunately,
a characteristic that is not just in pop music.
Today, we're going to be looking at movies.
And in particular, the music they use in film trailers.
(You're a wizard, Harry.)
(I- I'm a what?)
Most film trailers pretty much sound the same today.
But, we still watch it anyway,
because there's nothing else in the cinemas!
So we're gonna start with one trailer,
and we're going to see if we can identify the formula.
And then we're going to go over a few more trailers
and see just how common this formula works.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3", let's go.
((Star-Lord) Imma tell you something.)
((Star-Lord) I'm Star-Lord!)
Okay.
Already in this 5 seconds,
you will see 2 things that are used so commonly in every trailer.
The first one is this idea of there's a musical accent...
And then it goes quiet, and some guy talks.
The second one actually...
Gunshots are on the beat.
((Star-Lord) I'm Star-Lord!)
They just took inspiration from Tchaikovsky's "1812 [Overture]"...
- Yeah. - The cannons.
- In case you didn't know, Tchaikovsky was the OG. - (Eddy) Yeah.
((Star-Lord) Met a girl, fell in love...)
((Star-Lord) That girl died, but then she came back.)
(Came back a total dick!)
(Oh, please!)
(He left out some important information, but...)
(That is the gist of it.)
Okay. So...
That whole like, silence thing,
when the music fades out,
and then they say like, some funny, little line....
If you're making a trailer,
don't forget that moment when the music goes away...
And they say something.
Say something funny, and then the music comes back.
(♪ I get the same old dreams ♪)
(♪ Same time every night ♪)
Aw man... okay, okay okay...
I know you guys are thinking, "This is just a trailer!" But...
Once you've gone through so many trailers like we have,
you'll start to see why we're reacting like this, okay?
Every film trailer these days seems to be
some familiar-sounding pop song
remixed slightly so it sounds different.
The title card always drops on a massive bass drop, *doom*...
And it's almost always like, a new section to the music.
So you notice before, it's like...
- And now there's a scene. - And then- and then...
And that change is always when the title comes in.
(♪ I get the same old dreams ♪)
"Marvel Studios" or like "July 23"...
- That title always drops when that happens in the music. - Like *BOOOM*.
It will never drop in the middle of a phrase.
((Rocket Raccoon) He didn't want to make things perfect.)
((Rocket Raccoon) He just hated things the way they are.)
(♪ Since you've been gone ♪)
- See? Again! - Yeah!
- "Since you've been gone", it's a new motif on the beat drop! - That's so true!
- That's so true! - Yeah!
"This May"!
I just remembered another one...
Every trailer has to have big drums.
- BOOM. - They do. It does! Hey!
Every one!
♪ Since you've been gone ♪
- Big drums and bass drops. - Yeah.
(Incinerate them.)
Bass drop, bum.
Ahh wait, those triplets! It's like...
Don't just shoot randomly, shoot in triplets!
On that note as well,
[the] trailer has to build in intensity.
It just has to rise...
It just has to get more and more intense.
And after that, add like the...
Sound effect as well, right?
((Drax the Destroyer) We'll all fly away together...)
((Drax the Destroyer) Into the forever...)
((Drax the Destroyer) And beautiful sky.)
(♪ Since you've been gone ♪)
Dude, that...
(Eddy) Yeah.
At the peak of the climax,
the music stops, lingering, maybe a bit of echo...
Someone says a one liner here...
((Drax the Destroyer) And beautiful sky.)
The most random line. It doesn't matter...
- Just... it needs to have some line there. - It could be like...
Bubble tea.
And then after that line, the title drops again,
usually with the song lyrics that came from before, the motif...
♪ Since you've been gone ♪
Alright? Let's watch it again.
((Drax the Destroyer) And beautiful sky.)
(♪ Since you've been gone ♪)
- Wow yes... there you go. - Alright.
Now we have the formula.
- Let's see how accurate it is in the other shows. - Yeah yeah yeah.
Musical accent followed by talking, right?
Yes, musical accent followed by talking, yeah.
That's the first one I see.
((Caine) Saying goodbyes?)
"Saying goodbye..."
to film [trailer music] creativity.
The music...
((Caine) You think your wife can hear you?)
((John) No.)
(Then why bother?)
(Maybe I'm wrong.)
(You're going to die.)
The silence again...
- And the one liner. - And that's gonna change.
(Maybe not.)
(♪ Goodbye to you, my trusted friend ♪)
- Now there's a song again. - Yeah, there's a song.
- "Goodbye to you, my trusted friend"... - Yeah, there's a song.
((Marquis Vincent de Gramont) A new day is dawning.)
((Marquis Vincent de Gramont) New ideas, new rules...)
(New management.)
(♪ We've known each other since we were nine or ten ♪)
The big basses...
The big drums...
((Winston Scott) Challenge him to single combat.)
((Winston Scott) Win or lose, it's a way out.)
- The gun reloading on the beat... - Yeah! It's on...
- Not gunshots, but it's kind of it... - It's close.
(I'm going to need a gun.)
(♪ Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die ♪)
- Even that reload! - Yeah!
Reloading has to be on beat as well!
- Bass drop, music change, title card on the beat... - Yeah...
- The title card! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah! - Yeah!
((Harbinger) Under the old laws, only one can survive.)
((Harbinger) Failure to meet at sunrise...)
(♪ It's hard to die ♪)
((Harbinger) Will result in execution.)
It's building in intensity...
Even the nunchuck hits are on the beat.
Yeah yeah.
Basically any form of aggression...
And it has to be on the beat.
They're actually trained percussionists.
(Just have fun out there).
(♪ We had joy ♪)
(♪ We had fun ♪)
(♪ We had seasons in the sun ♪)
- Building in intensity. - ((Hiroyuki Sanada) I want you to find your peace.)
((Hiroyuki Sanada) But a good death only comes after a good life.)
(You and I left a good life behind a long time ago, my friend.)
(♪ It's hard to die ♪)
They did the silence before [the] title drop.
- The only difference is they had a bit of fighting in between. - Fighting before it, yeah yeah.
Fits the formula, perfect.
Not a single one left out.
Nice work.
Next one!
(♪ Is this the real life? ♪)
(Let me out of here, Donald...)
([Inaudible])
- ♪ Is this the real life? ♪ - Talk, talk, talk...
- And already there, the pop song, right? "Bohemian Rhapsody"... - Yeah.
- There's already two in the first 5 seconds. - Straight away.
([Inaudible])
(♪ Is this just fantasy? ♪)
([Inaudible])
(♪ Caught in a landslide ♪)
(♪ No escape from reality ♪)
(I want to assemble a task force of the)
(most dangerous people on the planet.)
(They're bad guys.)
(Worst of the worst.)
(♪ Too late ♪)
- It changes. - The beat changes, yeah.
(♪ My time has come ♪)
- On the beat, violence. - (♪ Sends shivers down my spine ♪)
- (What is this, uh, cheerleading tryouts?) - (♪ Body's aching all the time ♪)
(♪ Body's aching all the time ♪)
(Hi, boys!)
- Silence for comedic effect. - (♪ Goodbye everybody ♪)
- Silence for comedic effect. - (Deadshot...)
(A guy who shoots people.)
(He's a crocodile, and he eats people.)
We just need to check the ending.
Does it build up, and then have silence before the ending?
Does the title card show up with the song lyrics again?
(Go!)
(♪ Just gotta get right outta here ♪)
((Captain Hunter Griggs) Seriously.)
(The hell's wrong with you people?)
(We're bad guys!)
(It's what we do!)
(♪ Nothing really matters ♪)
There you go!
Exact same formula.
Next one, "Dune"!
((Paul) There's a crusade coming.)
Talk, talk, talk...
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
- Musical accent, talk... - Yeah! Talk, talk...
(♪ All that you touch ♪)
(Ah! My boy!)
(♪ And all that you see ♪)
(Arrakis is a death trap.)
- Same, same, same. - Same same.
So let's check if they got the gunshots...
- Mmm, it's not a gunshot, but the knife's on the beat. - Yeah.
(An animal caught in a trap would gnaw off its own leg to escape.)
(What will you do?)
This random silence again.
Let's check the end!
(♪ All that you touch ♪)
♪ All that you touch ♪
- Oh my God. - Nah, it's the same.
- Should we just do one more? One more. - One more... more, one more.
- "Crazy Rich Asians" 'cause it's pretty funny. - Okay, "Crazy Rich Asians".
Singapore!
((Nick) Rach, we've been dating...)
Wow, that was so quick.
That was like- that was like 1 second!
It wasn't even 5 seconds!
(We've been dating for over a year now,)
(and I think it's about time people met my beautiful girlfriend.)
(What about us taking an adventure east?)
(Like Queens?)
(Nick, we can't afford this!)
(So your family is rich?)
(We're comfortable.)
(That is exactly what a super rich person would say.)
(♪ I want the money ♪)
- And then it was silent, and then... - Silence...
- And then [the] music changes... - Yeah yeah...
- The card... yeah. - Same thing, same same same.
(♪ Another day, another breath ♪)
- It went "Bang!" - Yeah.
"Bang" on the title card, right?
(♪ I feel glorious, glorious ♪)
There's two songs in this one!
Damn.
You know why?
'Cause it's "Crazy Rich", they could afford
two songs' copyright rather than one!
(If Nick chose me, he would lose his family,)
(and if he chose his family...)
(He might spend the rest of his life resenting you.)
(You nasty, you kinda nasty...)
(You got nastier!)
(♪ Glorious, glorious ♪)
Yep!
- The silence, and then the title card... - Yeah that's... glorious!
Singing at the end...
Well clearly, Nick was able to break the family tradition,
but they were not able to break the tradition of the
- formulaic film trailer music! - Nooooooo!
- Oh no! - Now that we've ruined everyone's cinematic trailer experience!
Ah, you know what?
- We should um, end this video in the same way. - Oh yes!
Editor-san, can you please uh...
Add some intense kind of music...
It should be a pop song though, so...
- "Duh Duh Duh Dum" by B²TSM. - "Duh Duh Duh Dum"!
And then it's getting intense...
And then- and then it's gotta go quiet,
and we gotta say some line.
Uh, "Go practice".
I said "Go practice". Okay, ready?
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♪ Duh duh duh dum ♪