How I Make Music

#036 Ghost House Christmas Fun

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The soundtrack in this week's episode is called Ghost House Christmas Fun. It’s a quirky ‘Christmas-ified’ comedy/horror podcast theme tune which I wrote for the offbeat audio fiction series Haunted Hell House of Horror. This week, we break formula to discuss the process of adapting the original podcast theme tune into a special Christmas version by changing it to a major key and introducing different instrumentation.

IN THIS EPISODE

  • Anything comedic sounds better when it’s amateur. Nothing should be too tight or professional.
  • Major Scaled ‘Nothing Else Majeur’ parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7FzLX0Ql8M
  • Christmas is about sleigh bells, harps, church bells and jazz piano
  • Haunted Hell House of Horror podcast theme https://twitter.com/hhhohpo
  • What We Do In The Shadows comedy gothic New Zealand film https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416742/

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    * Download and use the track from this episode in your podcast, audio drama or (non-commercial) video.
    * Quick-search all my soundtracks at https://johnbartmann.com/music.

    SOUNDS & DEVICES USED

    * Spitfire Audio LABS Drums + Charango + Dulcimer + Strings
    * Heavyocity Evolve (patch “Gnarly Piano Gods”)
    * Spook Keys VST
    * PianoTeq 4
    * ADM Christmas Bells https://brianfunk.com/blog/2013/12/24/merry-christmas-free-jingle-bells-for-ableton-live

    ABOUT THIS SHOW

    How I Make Music is a show for aspiring music producers, podcasters and audio drama creators. Hey, I'm John Bartmann. I make music and offer my own perspective on how to make it. My original music has been used in film, TV, radio and online. Each week, I write, record and release a new soundtrack. In this podcast, I deconstruct these original soundtracks one by one, sharing the separate musical parts, decisions and stories behind how each complete tune was made.

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