Awesome, Nik! Thanks so much for the in-depth look!
I'm curious to know which version you listened to, as I actually turned down the tremolos at the beginning for the second version because I thought they were a bit too loud coming in as well. Maybe they still are, I'll go over it again.
The percussion is indeed different - it's mostly StormDrum and I didn't add any extra verb to those instruments, so maybe I should although most of EW's samples play very nicely with each other in mixes without too much work.
For the second version of the track, I've popped the tremolo violins back up top over the bass clarinet solo and tossed in some subtle cymbal effects just to give the clarinet some company, but if it's still too thin I'll think about bringing in the rest of the string section too, with some subtle background textures.
In terms of the orchestration, I recognize that it's not very thickly orchestrated, but some of that is because I have to try and emulate the sound of the original Crysis soundtrack and other stylistically similar ones like Lost and so on. Those ones are inherently thin, so as much as I might like to go a bit more John Williams-y on the stuff for this project, I technically shouldn't.
I actually recently switched over to Logic with my new studio setup, having been a Sonar boy for a while, and I'm still getting used to all the neat features and tools, but I know what you mean about the scoring being too thin - like I said though, it's at least partially the result of production demands for this project.
In any event, I've always got lots to learn from your comments, so I really appreciate you taking the time to provide a comprehensive critique - even if I don't end up making more edits to this piece (already submitted to project director, who loved it), I will certainly keep your thoughts in mind for future tracks!
Thanks a bunch for listening, Nikolas, and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it!
