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a) get it played with a real band at least, the midi really does it no justice. Even a real guitar would help 100%.
b) someone's been listening to the LotR soundtrack.
c) it's highly competant as far as this "genre" of music goes but I must question the desire to marry an orchestra to heavy metal. It's awfully clichéd and has a history of serving very little purpose. Now if it was all experimental and the band and the orchestra interacted more then it might be more interesting, but from what I can see, it's basically just savouring the POWER of having an orchestra accompany the band. Just for the sake of being EPIC, or that's of what it smacks to me.
Anyway, I guess if you like this stuff then fair enough, and it is well done.
I'll just never be a fan. It's not like a cross between classical and rock, it's just rock with extra (and unnecessary in my view) forces.
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