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    a remixer's guide to the orchestra

    in Music Composition & Production

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    a remixer's guide to the orchestra

    Lesson 1

    q) how can I make orchestral remixes?

    a) this is a tricky question, but I will try to point you in the right direction:

    1) listen to a lot of orchestral music in a lot of styles.

    •Film music (

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    •Older orchestral music (

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    •Late Romantic/Post-Romantic/Early Modern music (

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    •Modern and contemporary music (

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    2) play in an orchestra (or other large ensemble like a wind band, brass band, jazz band)…

    3) study scores, especially Ravel and Stravinsky

    you can get a ton of scores for free now so you have NO EXCUSE.

    This is literally the complete score for the rite of spring, a sublime example of orchestration, and YOU can download it FOR FREE right NOW: http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring_(Stravinsky,_Igor)

    If you can’t read music, that’s ok, you can learn. if you're serious about orchestration I'm afraid you will have to, since a lot of the best work is still done on sheet music

    q) no shutup I don’t care about all that, I mean how do I actually do it? like in a technical sense.

    a) first you will need some orchestra sounds. get out your credit card and buy this:

    http://www.vsl.co.at/en/211/261/2066/2087/1773.htm

    595 euros, but it’s a steal if you’re in this for the long run, trust me.

    you can also do things for free, of course, in which case you will be spending time. lots and lots of time, but it can be worth it in the long run, since you won’t have expensive ass software hyping up your dumb ass shit. you will know when the emperor (concerto) is wearing no clothes. general freeware advice should be it’s own section, and I’m afraid I don’t know much about free orchestra samples (it’s been a while), but I will try to collect a few links. Demo software can be fantastic if you have the means to use it.

    or if you prefer you can do things cheaper. The stuff that comes with Kontakt is great, that will set you back $400 so I guess it’s not cheap at all, but consider it an investment of sorts - it’s one of the most versatile and powerful pieces of music software out there and will do good work for every genre of music I can think of.

    if you’re lookin at spending more like $100, you might check out “the most awarded orchestral collection ever” here:

    http://www.soundsonline.com/Symphonic-Orchestra

    The “silver complete” version.

    this was the first orchestral library I bought, and it was okay.

    homework (obviously optional)

    Share your favorite piece of orchestral music — must NOT be from a video game :D

    I’m sure other people will also have good advice, please feel free to share.

    this is pretty brief, but ask questions and we can make it larger together!

    just what this world needs - more gerudo valley!

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    I have no idea how you came up with that Lost Woods arrangement lol, it's so weird and has so many cool key modulations. It has many cool moments but I'm not sure I'd listen to it on a regular basis :-P I'd change the intro though, make it start "sane" and then slowly turn into the crazy thing it's now.

    The Temple of Time mix is very pretty. The things that appear at 1:11 are beautiful, feels like a movie. The arrangement is maybe a bit liberal but I wouldn't change a thing in it anyway.

    Pale Blue "Fure" is interesting. It keeps the feeling of the original nicely. The part with the flutes at 1:31 is a bit too loud...

    Nice job with the organ. I really like the organ sound.

    Dude you're always the first to pop up with feedback and I really appreciate that! Thanks again, its good stuff as always.

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