Thriller - Michael Jackson. Instrumental cover

This is my instrumental cover of Michael Jackson's Thriller. A song that practically defines the 1980's and was one of Michael Jackson's biggest hits.
This track was immensely complex to figure out, and the original production still stands the test of time today. Quincy Jones who produced the original was genius in my opinion.

I've been wanting to recreate this track for years, so I'm excited to present my instrumental cover today.
Everything in this production was worked out by ear, and I used only VST istruments, which include Native Instruments Battery 4, FM7, Session Horns, Refx Nexus and Steinberg Retrologue. It was produced in Cubase Pro 12.

The Vincent Price monologue and laugh I recorded myself in the morning to get an appropriate tone, with some EQ, reverb and compression (Native Instruments Raum).
Any questions? Please post them in the comments.

If you enjoyed this, you might want to check out my 80's cover collection here:

[Tachy_Bunker]

Came here from doctor mix. Great cover, more hyped up

[YourVabsy]

You reach 04:18 and suddenly you get elevated to another LEVEL. Awesome 😍🎶👍

[waeedme]

8k subs !!! U should get 8mil subs bro great work !!

[mathiasstoewer]

Absolutly fantastic, or like we say in geman: "Einfach nur geil".

[LoveUnlimit]

Your laughing sound at the end was so funny and
Made me have very big smile 😁....

[gemusic]

Brilliant, you always make your compositions flawless.

[doctorjones]

Excellent! Awesome! 👍👍 Cheers from Quebec!

[stormlord]

It’s a yes from me 👍. Excellent job and very atmospheric.

[jameskvo]

I wish my studio was a tidy and slick as yours. I'm surrounded by empty coffee cups, cables disappearing into places I can't remember where, a stack of redundant gear and too many screens

[jarnopereira]

I found your channel today and I'm delighted, you deserve to be seen by the whole world 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[ThomasLeypoldt]

love this!! I remember you playing this brilliantly on the piano back at the film workshop. It was great to hear your recreation of the original! I noticed lots of small, interesting melodies within the composition that I have never really noticed before as well!

[steveschnetzler]

Nice Vincent impersonation, I am always impressed by your videos, thanks.

[bio-kismet]

From fb and here to support ~~ It's amazing!!!! 🌷🌷

[The-Logician]

It’s close to midnight, and Julian’s lurking in the dark, under the LED light, you see a sight, that almost stops your heart. You try to scream, but Cubase takes the sound before you make it.

[JNJBYCCMJ]

I managed to learn alot from this video

[Jon_Soti]

Wow!!! Great cover! Love the overall production and the sounds! May I ask for your permission to add vocals?

[antonfokker]

Excellent job ! What is that little keyboard part at 0.53, what exactly do you play there ?

[Jabbaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

We def need a top gun danger zone remix!

[RottenTomatoeses]

Hello can I use this soundtrack? I will credit your channel in the description please :)

[jessegimbel]

Wow, these sounds are excellent. I'm working on a project where I'm building a track with many elements similar to Thriller, also working in Cubase, and while I've got the bass sound dialed in nicely, I haven't found trumpet sounds in Cubase like you have here, nor been able to work out the nice verse pad, or the electric guitar-type sound. After seeing this video I'm going to have to keep looking. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!