Western Orchestra Work

Well, this is the first time I post something that is not finished here...

First time for everything!

I could really use some advice on this one.

I was trying to get a sound like on the classic Hollywood western movies, but since I do not many of those scores, I am running out of study material, so I here I am asking you guys if you could tell me what you think of what is there allready and maybe give me a little push in (what you think is) the right direction??

Here is the mp3 file: Title (western).mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

And the pdf: Title (western).pdf - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

Thank you very much!

Edit: new versions as in post #10:

Here's the pdf: Title (western).pdf - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

and the mp3:Title (western).mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

I like your instrumentation. You've got a really nice melodic prelude set up, and if it were me, I would look for specific moments in movies to compose after or try to set up a story arc for the piece. It's aching to have a chase scene in there somewhere. Muahaha.

Good luck!

I can definantely seeing this going with a scene from a western.

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Linkage

Hope that helps.

I don't know any exact western movies but I was listening to this just 3 days ago and it sounded very Western cowboy-ish to me.

The piece you have currently does remind me alot of a western movie theme.

More so than some I listened to in the past.

Thank you both for the replies.

Thank you SaXoPhoNe-AlT for the YouTube link, I am going to listen to that one and see what I can learn from it.

Thank you very much!

If you're looking for that western sound, listen to Ennio Morricone - This sort of sounds like the soundtrack to the 4th Tremors movie, so you're on the right track...

If you're looking for that western sound, listen to Ennio Morricone - This sort of sounds like the soundtrack to the 4th Tremors movie, so you're on the right track...

Thank you, but I feel that Ennio Morricone is a bit too 'good' for this kind a music. I think his music is not as commercial as the music in the John Wayne films, for example.

I got a cd from the library with all kinds of Western Film Music on it, so I'll listen to that one... a lot! :thumbsup:

Hope it helps ^^

And hope to see other ideas you upload too ^^

You might want to look into Elmer Bernstein's work on the two Magnificent Seven movies.

I was about to say, 'magnificent seven'.. Lol... (That has to be 'the' best western orchestrated soundtrack of all time :P), Anyways, yeah what you have there is very good, very western, very nice indeed, you could consider adding something do give it a more consistent beat, during the beginning part of the 'magnificent seven' theme tune, there's a very nice, very obvious pedal note repeating in the 'background'. You could also consider timpani's, they add a nice impact at the end of phrases, and maybe some quiet, consistent string chords in the 'background' too.. Like what you've got, very good, keep at it.. :D

Okay, I added some bit, though I'm not very sure about its quality...

Here's the pdf: Title (western).pdf - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

and the mp3: Title (western).mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage