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Wow Marius! You wowed me again. This is awesome stuff. And all of your pieces bring a "clean and crisp" quality, which most of my tracks lack. I wonder how you did it. I really like the 30 second intro, as I thought it really captured the feel you're going for wonderfully. I agree with the others about the guitar, but I know it is a pain to use guitar from samples, so I'll go with it. Good job!

If you want to have a nice orchestral sound with Finale without loading up too many instances of the same instrument, try Bandstand. Or just buy Finale and use it with the Garritan Instruments that comes along with it. These 2 don't sound as good as Gold though. And don'e buy Silver! The demos sound wonderful, but it sucks in real life. No release trails, sounds artificial.

I'm with Marius on this one. Buy Gold. Or you can also buy both :P After having a look at it, I'm kinda interested myself. Having EWQL Gold, I'm sure the Peter Siedlaczek stuff will come in handy. The Orchestral Colours, sound VERY awesome. I even hear some dance stuff in there. But since you're using it for Finale, Gold is better.

Awesome, I'd like to join these lessons too. :)

Hello YC, I just got my hands on the OST for Madagascar 2, and I have to say it's pretty good. Energetic, fun and lively, with a little bit of quirkiness at times. Don't be fooled by the name "Hans Zimmer", I think this work has a really memorable theme. A week after watching the movie, my friend let me listen to the first track of the CD and I immediately recognised it. The Main Theme An electronic variation of the theme And also this: A wonderful cutesy version of the main theme All in all, a nice soundtrack to listen to. That's all for now.:thumbsup:

Hmm.. It work for me at first, then it sorta becomes "loopy" (for lack of a better word).

If that's possible, I'd love to have a go too. :cool:

I'm still debating with myself whether to sign up. Well rates aside, it may be good for a little exposure...

Amazing! I could listen to this all day.

When the smal percussion came in, it was literally screaming Danny Elfman. I agree with the others that is very Elfman-y, I can hear Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas /Corpse Bride in there. It's really good considering you've just started. Keep on composing!

That was beautiful!! Thanks for sharing. :) It's sad that most artist don't sing this kind of songs often enough.

Uhm...

I think I need to disagree. The first time I heard John Williams' or Yoko Kanno's work, I was compelled to find out ALL the music they've done. So, titles doesn't matter, what matters is the quality of music. ;)

Like Wayne said, I like this piece because of it's liveliness and energy (and also because of its name :p) The only little thing that I would like to point out is that instead of repeating thewhole section twice, maybe you could alter the left hand part the second time its played? Love the sudden decrescendo, very effective! I enjoyed it immensely. Would be a joy to hear this live.

Great comedian, great pianist, great musician. What more needs to be said?