Movie Soundtrack

[John Revoredo]

Hi there!

It's not that I'm making a Hollywood movie soundtrack , but for some non-commercial animation short-movies.. I'd like your opinion about the orchestration and the "feel" of these songs.

http://media.putfile.com/The-Truth--44

http://media.putfile.com/Prometheus-ForsakenV2

http://media.putfile.com/Prometheus-Tutorial

... Cool or not?

[Hsia Nu]

wow man, they all sound excellent. i wouldnt change anything.

[John Revoredo]

thanks a lot, man !

[avaris]

Nice stuff dude.

You've really been improving alot...especially on production these are sounding really sweet on that end. The transitions are flowing nicely too.

[John Revoredo]

Thanks a lot, man !

[Jacian]

Very nice. You're doing what I'm trying to I like them a lot. What did you use?

I love the mixing of the strings and piano. It sounds very epic and storyline like! I enjoyed the subtle melodies that you used. Very polyphonic. I liked the use of those little twinkling bells. What are those called again? The long tubes on a vertical bar. If you know where I could get a sample of that I would be grateful Very excellent variation of instruments and tones. Kudos to you!

Congratulations! If you have some time, comment on mine as well:

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11885

Thanks! Keep going for it!

~Jace

[Robotaki]

ooo nice stuff man. sounds like FFXII at some points with the flourishes and whatnot. it mighth ave to do with the major triad whole note harmonies, but w/e it is, sweet stuff. good work so far!

[John Revoredo]

Thanks a lot for the comments, you guys.. I'm flattered! ^^

--> Jacian: I've checked your stuff, and dropped a message you there!. Good stuff , man!

AH!.. and about the bells, the ones I use the most are: TUBULAR BELLS and GLOCKENSPIEL...

Anyways, you'll find this stuff and more orchestral stuff in software such as Edirol Orchestral, Garritan Personal Orchestra or East West Quantum Leap Gold (that last one is the best)

--> Robotaki: Cool!.. although.. I hate Final Fantasy XII sountrack LOL .. AGH.. is so repetitive that it makes me sick, I almost stopped playing the game because of it.... LOL .. hahaha, I've always preferred Nobuo Uematsu's work..

Agh.. man, it's a damn pity I'm not very active in this community, I really appreciate everyone's support!..

Thank you guys!

[dannthr]

Hey man,

Really great textures!

The only thing I would suggest is when you're trying to blend several different libraries together, really pay attention to the spatial qualities of each library.

For example, in TRUTH 44, you have like... a portato string line in the last quarter of the piece (when the percussion joins)--it's a great line, but the strings aren't fitting spatially with that beginning ambience. There's hardly any verb and so they stick out like a sore thumb. Try to match the spatial qualities of those strings to the pizz strings you have earlier on, or even the preceeding legato line.

In the FORSAKEN piece, you've got a really great build, really nice, very actiony! The mono, however, is killing me. I think you're using some stereo samples and when you throw them into mono there are some serious phasing issues. Is there any specific reason this is mono? Anyway, man, I would LOVE to hear this in the kind of stereo you had for TRUTH 44.

TUTORIAL has a great Sim City/early-Howard-Shore feel with a little Elfman spice. So along the lines of Elfman, what I would suggest to get twice as much out of it is to actually modulate the second half and give it some melodic or textural variation. Listen to the Desperate Housewives theme song to see how Danny Elfman basically recycles the same 7 seconds of music like a dozen times.

Keep up the good work, man!