Lord of Shadows - Epic orchestral action/drama

I love it, it is very dramatic , and conjures images, movements.

Regards
Michelle Renia

Wow, this is really great! Nice contrast between the fast, powerful sections and the slow, mysterious ones. Do you have a score for this?

Thanks for the comments!
I don't have a score for this. but I'll update this thread if I happen to make one.

Veeeery nice. Even I try hard, I can´t find any weak point ;0) I also like the alternation, soft, powerful, soft, powerful

very good orchestration

Very Good track. Absolutely love how you put orchestra and choir parts together,

Thanks for the comments!I don't have a score for this. but I'll update this thread if I happen to make one.

How can you make such music without a score.... never understood an explanation like this one... pitty

Thanks for all the comments! I'm really clad you guys like it.

How can you make such music without a score.... never understood an explanation like this one... pitty

Well the explanation is pretty logical actually... I don't work with notation. I work with a sequencer. If I just import the midi from my sequencer to Finale, its going to be quite a mess, since nothing is quantized and its full of performance related stuff like key switches, velocity layered articulations, mod wheel automation and other stuff spread out over multiple tracks .
It takes a lot of work to tidy up the midi data before its ready to be imported to a notation program, and at that point it still lacks all the required performance and articulation markings, and everything needs to be laid out in a way that benefits the readability of the music.

if you wish, you can check out this thread over at VI-Control forums.
http://www.vi-contro...pic.php?t=22563
I explain a bit about the progress of creating this piece on there.

Well, not that I would look, but I can't find fault in this piece. You've got a really good composition here, my friend. Well done.
You said you compose in a sequencer? Just wondering, what VSTs are you using?
Anyway, brilliant work -- but I don't want to repeat what everyone else has said
-Phil

I use a bunch of different sample libraries in Kontakt. including LASS, CineBrass, Hollywoodwinds and True strike
I also have WIVI which I don't think I used on this specific piece, but I'm not completely sure.
Thanks for listening!

this is even possible to create on computer? 8-O what a dinosaur i am

at around 0:40 feel like begining of ecstasy of gold by ennio...dyanmic orchestration..

Very nice. Reminds me of Danny Elfman.
The high strings at the beginning sound a bit too soft. It might just be the mp3 compression...

Really nice work! Congrats! Very drammatic and suggesting...

Good piece, intense feeling and strong power, its perfect for TV and movies!

I only notice that its too much rhapsodic: many really good ideas but they immediately disappear (for example: the choir part at 1'08'' is wonderful, but is long only 5 seconds and never returns)

very nice work, so epic and with a very talented orchestration !!
(what did you use BTW for the choir parts? )

How do you make it so that your scores don't sound all digital-like like mine do?? I use software called Musescore, and the MIDI doesn't sound anythign like it's actually supposed to... what do you guys use? And what is WIVI?? I'm confused D:
FANTASTIC job by the way, very beautiful and very illustrious and vivid imagery goin on here

This work has beauty, power, and a background feeling of immense space and distant time.
I would really like to see you carry these ideas through in an orchestral fantasy of 10-15 minutes.
I do agree with alessandrogozzo about the rhapsodic aspect, but I would be proud to have written this myself.
Congratulations. And thank you.

Wow. Just wow...
This is just fantastic.
change nothing.

Is this actually recorded or is it created using a notation software? if so, which one. There's a purchase I need to make.

This would make be perfect for a film score my friend. you should see what you can do about getting it seen by professionals.

Wonderful orchestration, very very good track! You said you use some plugins in Kontakt...which ones do you precisely use? I'm looking for good plugins (especially for orchestra and choirs..your choirs are amazing..)..which ones would you suggest me? Thanks a lot!

man this is awesome !! nice work !

Hey great job on this! I could never get the whole "sequencing" thing down. I tried once... i REALLY tried but that's a whole different ballgame coming from just flat out composing in my opinion. Keep up the good work.

This is superb.
I don't know how you did this without notation, but congratulations!

Great work!

what vst-s have you used? 

This is superb.
I don't know how you did this without notation, but congratulations!

well my workflow for this sort of piece involves making a extremely comprehensive piano sketch before sequencing the mockup it self. otherwise its almost impossible to keep track of the vertical structure etc. so basically i have a piano patch playing every part (of which i know what the instruments are going to be) before i perform the parts individually.  i hope this makes sense.

 

 

 

Great work!

what vst-s have you used? 

everything and everything else. mainly NI kontakt based libraries.

Ok, but witch kontakt libraries? Cinesamples, EWQL, or Sample Modeling ect...? 

mainly Lass, Cinesamples, Vsl, Wivi, Truestrike, Tonehammer etc.

Thank you!

Danny Elmann strikes back with a vengeance! ;-)

Should this not be in the film music section?

 

How this has been composed then recorded without a score would drive me mad! Still, pretty good score or scoreless. I like the remote key transitions, coupled with the effect the choir gives.

 

Really nice indeed!

What choir VSTs do you use?

What choir VSTs do you use?

I searched all the VSTs he mentioned in the list, and it seems that he uses Tonehammer. I also was wondering this. Man, I use garritan, and it sounds awful, I always wanted my scores to sound something like this.