Some of you might have noticed that I have gone a bit orchestral since buying some new sample libraries. This is my take on a theme tune for an imaginary seafaring type film.
A close neighbour of mine some years ago was chief engineer on Royal Navy and merchant navy ships and he would often use nautical terms including "Eight Bells" which I believe means the end of a watch.
I mainly used the Spitfire audio BBC symphony orchestra core library but also the Hans Zimmer percussion, orchestral swarm and Albion One libraries. There are a few mandolin notes but no guitars this time.
It's a bit pretentious but I quite like it.
Paul
... you call it pretentious, i just see bold and brave orchestral songwriting lol ! It's the next pirates of the caribbean ! Wow!
sounds amazing , i wouldn't have known where to start with a project like this , it sounds really spot on great listen paul . cheers .....tony cee
Excellent Paul! You are have really got the hang of your orchestra library. Well done and very entertaining!
Farrell
You really have a great vision for composing Paul. It's true, I would have no idea where to start doing something like this either. It really suits the whole seafaring idea. Fabulous stuff.
Mike
Fabulous!!
I have just spent an hour looking round the BBC orchestra stuff. I'ts not that intuitive - I will have to RTFM. It's incredible what you have done with it. I need to get stuck in, there are some lovely samples. the brass and the horns I particularly like and the double basses sound so good.
Love this Paul, I will have to get my skates on...
Outstanding work! Amazing realism in how the samples sound and are performed. Could just imagine watching the orchestra live on stage. I watch tons of movies and this composition perfectly fits your theme!
Wow! This is breathtaking to listen. Wonderful how you can play a whole orchestra! Beautiful and impressive!
Nothing pretentious about this. It sounds like you missed your vocation to write film & TV scores. It's fantastic - full of atmosphere, fun, and shows you have a brilliant ear for arranging.
You say pretentious, I say bloomin' heck, proper music! It sounds great, very well composed and arranged and it certainly doesn't lack a coherent "natural" feeling. Although the Musicians Union might not agree.... ;)
I really enjoyed this. Certainly quite cinematic and would definitely work as a theme piece. Definitely more like this please......
A brilliant composition and everything has put well together! This sounds amazing via phones. Really professional stuff, not pretentious at all...
Enjoyable listening!
Wot no guitars?! You gotta be ki... hang on... this is REALLY cool :D
Yeah, like it a lot.
I've moved my musical operation almost completely free of computer (backups and audacity to convert to mp3, that's it). So as far as I'm aware, this avenue is not really open to me at the moment.
But I can hear and understand what you're doing and I'm thinking, wow... that sounds fun.
Tons of atmosphere here, and you've got the chops and the vision to pull off an orchestral piece like this. I loved it!
I thought I had commented on this.
You really have painted that picture of the sea with
this piece.
Excellent stuff.
you say pretentious I say tres braw.
Loving it I'm sure I felt the sea breeze On my face ...hold on ! some one left the back door open ????
WOW!!! what have i been missing here... This is superb I would never say pretentious the word i would use wouldbe WONDERFUL
WHERE IS THAT HEART EMOJI :)
Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm very pleased with the way this has turned out and, if I'm honest, I have quite surprised myself. I guess I thought it might be a bit pretentious because I still consider myself to be an old rock guitarist. I am really enjoying the orchestral samples so expect a few more like this.
Paul
Nicely put together not at all pretentious to my ears I enjoyed the listen.
The only thing I might suggest is to add a bit more variation in levels or instrumentation to keep the interest all the way through. The occasional silence keeps the anticipation for the next section.
But, I like it a lot.
Hi Paul, Your tunes always sound fresh, inventive and impressive.
Keep up the creativity man...Nice
You have utilised your orchestral library to great effect, Paul. This is a memorable soundscape that rolls along like the waves of the ocean. Those strings in the lower register sound so good as does the woodwind section. When I write orchestral works I use East West QL virtual instruments and for many years it has been a dream of mine to be able to compose music for a feature movie (dream on) I've tried submitting stuff to various producers but the industry is very 'clicky' and new guys don't get much of a go. Anyhow, keep writing these soundscapes; nothing pretentious about it at all and it's certainly enjoyable both for the writer and the listener.
Fantastic - it held my attention to the end.