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Title: Sahara Rhapsody
Post by: Ray Brookes on March 24, 2024, 06:01:33 PM
Don't do many instrumental these days but doing this one was a bit of fun. Instruments used are from the East West Quantum Leap library. I wondered if it would be fitting to use it as background music for a camel race or maybe Parklea markets just outside of Sydney .... or I should say Parklestan 
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Post by: tolga on March 24, 2024, 06:28:20 PM
Very authentic, original, and impressive. you take me to Egypt as I was listening
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Post by: godinqc on March 24, 2024, 06:55:18 PM
Cool song .. very Arabesque , I really liked the vibe and texture of it ..
Very well produced also .. Great job ..
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Post by: Jean Pierre on March 25, 2024, 12:35:36 AM
je dirais Laurence d'Arabie... 

magnifique
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Post by: thetworegs on March 25, 2024, 01:54:28 AM
I agree with Jean Pierre magnifique
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Post by: StephenM on March 25, 2024, 05:56:23 AM
I love music like this..

this is great.. and so well done.. it is really nice and relaxing and then wham... it goes sci fi, tomb horror and doom.... wow...

kind of like a dream... like a dream...
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Post by: Johnbee on March 25, 2024, 02:24:35 PM
Sounds like something out of "Midnight Express'.  Very cool. Especially enjoy the voices.

 :) John B
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Post by: Ron D Bowes on March 26, 2024, 06:02:43 AM
Very cool job Ray. Authentic sounding for an Arabian film. May the blowflies of a camel's droppings bestow a thousand blessings on your enemies! LOL. I can picture you having a blast with this.
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Post by: Ted on March 31, 2024, 12:03:16 PM
I'm not qualified to say how authentic it is, but I do know it brought to mind my favorite song from Algerian superstar Khaled (https://amzn.to/4cRx1Iz) – and I really do love this song. Take the win, Ray!


I did some work in Morocco (https://tedjohnson.us/virtual-souk/) years ago. We were driving all over the area around Taliouine, with the radio playing music in Arabic. Every time I perked up and asked, "Who's this?" my Moroccan counterparts would roll their eyes and say, "Khaled!"
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Post by: Blooby on April 02, 2024, 01:57:56 PM

F#$% me. This was ridiculously good.

Blooby

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Post by: karl1171 on April 02, 2024, 02:17:06 PM
That's pretty impressive, I wouldn't know where to start with something like this!
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Post by: Pru on April 03, 2024, 01:41:06 PM
i don't know where my uncle gets the ideas for these kind of instrumentals. sounds very authentic unc and i can almost smell the camel dung
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Post by: the physics teacher on April 04, 2024, 12:48:47 AM
This must be a soundtrack from a not yet released movie. So good.
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Post by: Greeny on April 04, 2024, 04:10:13 AM
Very cool, very interesting & very atmospheric. Very 'very'!

Definitely cinematic and ridiculously professional.
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Post by: Trist on April 05, 2024, 04:13:56 AM
i will be playing this when i ride my camel to work .Excellent work, really captures the desert feel , would be ideal for a soundtrack for a movie or destination . nicely constructed and use of instruments Ray. You are the master,
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Post by: DarrenG / The Devil's Toupee on April 07, 2024, 03:29:07 AM
You should do more of these soundtracks Ray, as you know I like to try these kind of tracks too.
Yours are as good as your other music. Excellent all round.
You really captured the sound of Eygpt, the Sahara desert etc. it could be used for a film or a computer game. I love the instruments used, those East west libraries are among the best.
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Post by: kenny mac on April 07, 2024, 10:14:15 AM
Wow this is soundtrack material.
I would snap this up if I was a producer.
Love it.
Nice one .