Please give up and go become a professional film composer before I give up and become a fry cook. :P
Really top-notch, I love the subject matter too. I think the marcato strings the start sound a bit dry and lonely... maybe add more reverb or some stereo spread to them... or maybe that's just my headphones (using crappy ones right now).
Hahaha cool...lol...but really glad you liked the piece as well as scenario.
Marc strings are from EW and I did threw some reverb on top. I will try to add more to it but yes I think stereo image should have been more better as of it right now. Thanks for the tip.
And thanks for the comment as always, Samulis!
This is so awesome. I love what you did with Miscellania! :D
thanks man
Sounds really professional, my friend! I keep waiting for you to get a scoring job... if only you had time! My only thing with this is that the ending is rather abrupt. Maybe consider reworking it or try experimenting with other ending strategies.
Well at least this way I might manage to do a few game scores. If you were doing them, I'd be out of a job. :P
Keep compos(ed/ing)!
These are very supportive words Samulis but I don't think I am equipped enough with the knowledge, experience and expertise to do anything close to what you are doing. I am still learning from you guys and hope to have some improvements bit by bit.
Many thanks for your presence which is enough for me to have a boost.
Wow.
*speachless*
Thanks man! I never thought i would see you ever speachless - invaluable :D Really glad you liked the piece!
Pretty chill. I think you could have added more to this instruments-wise though- it's very sparse. Perhaps some guitar or something, I don't know.
However... this is definitely not classical by any stretch of the imagination! Probably best in Jazz or maybe even electronic or cinematic or something like that since it's music designed for media. Next time if you don't know what something is, just put it in miscellaneous. ;)
I kept only a few instruments because it still is background music, I didn't want anything to pop too much to distract from the dialogue. Thanks for the comment!
Almost perfect! I really like the feel! Listening to this is making my foot tap. ;)
My one complaint is that music from this period would normally have a very very strong "hum-able" melody. It's hard to hear the melody per say in this. That's my only issue with this, other than that it's amazing. :)
Good luck, and great work!
Oh wow :D Thanks sam for your nice review! I think what you say about the hum-able melodies is right. Maybe i should lay my focus on the melody. It was hard to combine the piano, sax and guitar in a way that all of them have some kind of lyrical touch while being quite virtuous - i have to confess that i have no idea how saxes actually work, especially where i need alt, tenor, bari sax and so on. Just wanted to get some 30ies gangster flair :D
All the best to you!
Alright, who's been listening to Bosa? ;)
Great emotion, great chords. I'd say more but unfortunately I can't listen very loud so I can't get the full breadth of the piece, but very good from the quiet level I can listen to it at!
*raises hand* Haha, I do love me some Bosa! I actually was inspired by Bolero de Ravel and Ride of the Valkyries.
Glad it's good at the level you're listening, hopefully you can pop on some headphones and listen to dat bass a little easier. Mm, mm.
I should call you extremely reckless for spending all that money on those samples without first having at least a few years of struggling up through some starter sample libraries and a few dozen works, but this is very very well written and shows a lot of experience for a "first piece" so I can't say that. :P
Excellent motion and feel in this. You have a great ear for ideal dynamics and orchestration. I would be shocked if you haven't at least studied composition and orchestration for a few years and/or been under a mentor.
The only shaky transition I see is at 1:59. It's just too sudden. I'd use the 60" gong from EWQL SO with a mid-volume hit to just "whooosh" that through.
You remind me a lot of myself- you have a lot of ideas, and you try to cram them into one piece because you're in a state of "oh man, this is awesome, I know what should go next!"
The motif at 3:16 with the trumpet being doubled by horn should also be doubled two octaves below or such by trombones or tuba. Make that one bad ass tutti.
In general, this piece reminds me a lot of the fantastic score to How to Train Your Dragon, which won an award I believe. Give it a listen if you haven't already.
Let me know if you're ever interested in collaborating. You have a very good sound and lots of great ideas.
Keep compos(ed/ing)!
-Samulis
GONG! You're right! Hahaha. I had a well hard time with that part. Sounds like the snare player is just going "oh we're stopping? ok..." I shall edit the piece at some point (Whenever I have the patience to load up the project again). I'll try out the lower octave doubling at 3:16 too.
Thanks for the compliments. I have been gradually building my sample lib collection for a few years now yeah :P and have studied mainly modern music as a guitarist. I picked up most of my orchestration stuff from just ripping people off, doing little bits and pieces all the time. That's probably why it reminds you of John Powell! I do love that score, and I started a piece a while ago that sounds like a COMPLETE rip off of Test Drive. I'm feeling a bit more motivated to finish that now, so perhaps I'll post that someday.
Nice track, but the orchestra feels very confined to the center. Consider spreading them out in the future or using some stereo doubling to give them some space.
Detuning and all that is a neat trick... it works well in the track although it's a bit strange to a good ear.
The centering thing is a very good point! Completely disagree with you on the modulation, though! Regardless, thanks a bunch for the feedback!!
You should try putting this on celesta or a whole mallets section (lower notes on marimba, higher on xylophone and glock) dude, it'd rock on that. ;)
I seriously wish more of the classical section had stuff like this... great harmonies abound!
Thanks a lot my friend! I can change it however you want it - just tell me what exactly you are rocking on and i will create it :) My goal was to express the clumsy little penguin which waddles around. It should sound peaceful, happy and clear with a few melancholic chords for a little emotional alternation. Making this has been fun - no great effects - just pure and simple.
I am really glad that especially you with your overwhelming musictheoretical knowledge like it :D
Orchestral music, weird instruments, and sample libraries just about sums it up.
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