Paul Levasseur Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 (edited) Hi Everyone,I'm FINALLY finished studying composition in university right now. I'd like to quickly share a couple of few film scores I did as part of the composition program there. The course is called 'composing for film' and we partner with animators at Sheridan College in Oakville Ontario.The first one is called Scrap Metal and it is set in post apocalyptic New York.http://vimeo.com/23246965The second is called Night Light and you may have seen it already.http://vimeo.com/41219207Ragen https://vimeo.com/63661616Ballin'http://vimeo.com/64788018I am also working on a research project as part of my degree requirements. I am specifically soliciting for gamers to send me their original compositions for academic purposes only. I posted a recruitment thread in the appropriate forum but I do not know that I articulated myself clearly. Anyway, have a look and see if you are interested. The more the merrier!!! If interested, read that thread for specific instructions on how to proceed.http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42600 Edited July 4, 2015 by Paul Levasseur new links! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Hudson Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 This is great stuff, and great scoring as well! Surprised no one has commented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Levasseur Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Thanks so much. Those projects were super fun to work on and I'm working on scoring another short animation right now. It's shaping up into a great film so I'm really excited for the final results. This one will have a choir for part of the score!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modus Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Really, really cool. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Levasseur Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 No problem. Hopefully I'll have another film to share in a couple of months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxo Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 (edited) Hi Everyone,I'm studying composition in university right now. I'd like to quickly share a couple of film scores I did as part of the composition program there. The course is called 'composing for film' and we partner with animators at Sheridan College in Oakville Ontario. The first one is called Scrap Metal and it is set in post apocalyptic New York. http://vimeo.com/23246965 The second is called Night Light and you may have seen it already. http://vimeo.com/41219207 I am also working on a research project as part of my degree requirements. I am specifically soliciting for gamers to send me their original compositions for academic purposes only. I posted a recruitment thread in the appropriate forum but I do not know that I articulated myself clearly. Anyway, have a look and see if you are interested. The more the merrier!!! If interested, read that thread for specific instructions on how to proceed. http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42600 Wowowowow. I'm going to Sheridan (for computer programming, but still), and I saw that 'Night Light' one on Reddit a while ago! Frisson all up my spine, the whole time. Very well done! Edited April 21, 2014 by Jaxo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Levasseur Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Jaxo, send me a PM. I'll just make your parents scan and send me a consent form and we'll be good to go. Oh, here is another film I just finished. For this film, I had to go with a similar 'feel' to 'moonrise kingdom' by Alexandre Desplat. I eventually ended up doing my own thing for the film score, but the challenge with this project was that the score needed to sound like it was composed and then the animation was fit around it. It is an almost continual build of music with one break so I had to spend countless skype and facebook sessions with the animator as we both collaborated to time everything up perfectly. I did many rewrites / adjustments on this project but the result was worth it. For the score, I used mainly the East West Quantum Leap Symphony Orchestra Gold for the orchestral sounds as well as one track from Garritan Personal Orchestra sound library. The guitar. I didn't have access to another sound library with a guitar and during the course of composing, the guitar part went from being playable to being not really playable at all so I had to get the computer to do it! I moved the Garritan VSTi DLL file to my Cubase VST plugin folder. I felt like such a nerd getting Garritan to load in cubase as well as finale. The singing is me and my two friends each taking multiple takes of the vocal line. I used a Shure SM57 and an AT2035. Three baritones can sound like a male chorus! My brother mixed everything which was necessary with such an ambitious project. Full orchestra and male chorus is a formidable force, even if half of it is synth. I credit the high quality EWQLSO samples for maintaining such great clarity. The chanting part was my friend Sam's creation. I wrote out the rhythm I wanted for it and he made up the 'language' for it. He also voiced the whole thing. Super talented guy! One thing I'm realizing is that my habit of writing in finale and then producing everything in cubase afterwords is incredibly time consuming. I would have saved myself many hours had I simply started the project in the sequencer. I don't know about you guys, but I can't wait until sequencers have a very usable and intuitive notation interface. I don't mind editing midi control data in list edit but I prefer to actually see the pitches and rhythms I am notating. http://vimeo.com/sprogis/ragen There is one more film in the pipe currently which was super fun. I had to emulate the JRPG style battle music for one cue which was really rad. I miced up a Peavey Rage 158 with a Sure SM57 and got that wonderful 'midi guitar tone' with a real instrument! It was so perfect **GRIN** If I'm allowed, I'll post it when it is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stothard Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Hi Paul. I watched scrap metal which is absolutely fantastic and left me stunned. The music went so well with the movie, very well done. Best Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Levasseur Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 Rad. Thanks dude! Here is another project I worked on this year. The idea was to go with something slapstick / VGM inspired. You'll probably like the chase music and the faux Playstation era battle music!! http://vimeo.com/64788018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Levasseur Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Here is the Vimeo link for Ragen (Dan Sprogis, director) which is now available for viewing. This is the film where the score was inspired by Moonrise Kingdom. I hope you like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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