Reu Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 SUBMITTED. Composition complete, all sections in. Should be just tweaking from here on. I just had to do another epic battle scene with crazy drums XD This time its Halo's theme mixed with Ballade of the puppets from Ghost in the shell: Innocence. Finished arranagement. http://www.reubenkee.com/music/remixes/The%20Ballade%20of%20the%20Warriors.mp3 For those who downloaded it last time, there's no update, I just finally got around to submitting and posting the link to the source tune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Wicked cocept dude. Bonus points for Ghost in the Shell too, i loved the original those vocals are from. The leads and harmonies sound thin in the intro. The percussion sounds are much louder, and are masking the brass. As soon as I start getting some feelings relating to the brass the high end percussive come in and overshadow it. The Crashes are a lil sharp, maybe just tone those down a bit. Maybe add a lil bit of reverb with a low decay on 2khz and above on those crashes. Besides that can't wait to hear more on this track it's sounding pretty awesmoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reu Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Thanks man. Worked on the lead and harmonies and raised the volume on the instruments. Updated to same url Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotaki Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Your percussion samples are insanely clean. Library? gimme gimme. Sweet work so far. Like the Easter sorta feel, specailly with the vocals. Nice and epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reu Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 The percussions are from the grand daddy of perc sets - stormdrum XD Ahh I forgot to mention that the vocals are from a track on the Ghost in the shell: Innocence. There's a track with just the singing so I used that XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwinged Saron Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 30 seconds in and i'm feelin' good about this. nice pick-up about 50 seconds, and love the GitS vocals at 1:10ish around 1:40 now, very tempermental...good feeling here in the 2nd minute i love the sense of urency and impending *something big* i'm getting. cutoff at 3:15 is and a quick finale, i'm impressed. This is very well done. I like your originality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 The brass from :20 to :28, did you vary up the velocities on it? It sounds dynamically stagnant. The next brass melody after that sounds better. Haha right when the GITS vocals came in a helicopter flew by my apartment...all the sudden I was like ohhh that's sweet! It was all low end bc I had my headphones on but it sounded awesome...back to the review. The percussion hits from 2:01 till 3:07 (it's the same sound going the whole time) tend to get repetative. Try varying up the velocities just a bit. They have such a presence that as the song goes on they tend to loose that presence because they are right up front for about a whole minute. Maybe try to introduce another drum sound to really keep the tension their in the song. I'm being really picky, I honestly think this song kicks serious ass. It's one thing to have a great concept for a mix it's another to be able to pull it off. I def think you have pulled it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reu Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 Blackwinged Saron: Yeah! You totally felt the sense of urgency I was aiming for avaris: Will look into that horn and percs. Originally I wanted the percs to just fade into the background when the rest of the instruments and choir came back in, but I agree that another drum to keep the beat changing would help the dynamics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villainelle Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Wow, this is so weird and good. Those vocals are really unnerving. Cool shizz. To my taste, I'd prefer a slight chorus or delay on them to thicken them up; they sound a bit thin and sharp, cutting a little too harshly through the mix. I'd prefer more low end on them as well, however you'd like to go about it - chorus, double them and lower pitch, or whatever; there's a lot of room in the mix. Strongly agree w/Avaris's comment about the percussion sounding repetitive from around 2:00 onward, too. Just nitpicking as well though. This is great stuff all around. Cheers Reuben, love your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric concerto Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Hmmm... Never heard the original, if you could supply a link maybe? The French Horns could use some EQ tweaking, but other than that, the production sounds great! I love your EQ style, it fits great with the arrangement. Only thing is I need to hear the original before I can give you a proper opinion about the arrangement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reu Posted May 3, 2007 Author Share Posted May 3, 2007 Leah: Yeah those chicks are scary aren't they? XD Aight, I'll play around on the effects on them. electric concerto: Uhh... I don't really have a link to the halo track atm... will look around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reu Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 Reference video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HucuC23X5ew For those like electric concerto who haven't heard the halo theme before. Anyway this piece has been submitted. *crosses fingers* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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