Electro-Symphonic Piece

Here is a piece I'm working on, as the title says I was trying to mix some orchestral stuff with electronic and this is what I came up with.

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It's not yet finished especially the last part where the main theme is harmonized in minor.

What I would really like is some suggestions and ideas on how to make it more interesting since I don't really have any ideas on how to finish it.

I think of this as incidental music maybe for a movie intro-outro or something like that.

I made this in FL Studio, using some synth basses I made myself, Edirol Orchestra, Fruity Cytrus Synth, and a techno drum pack.

This is great!

One of the best things about incidental music is that is doesn't necessarily need an ending. This piece loops easily, which is often more important. In fact, I have been just letting it loop for awhile, as I do other stuff.

Just a couple of observations which are all more personal choices than anything else.

The orchestra sits way behind the synths in the mix. I think I would set the synths back a little more with them.

About 2/3 of the way thru, just before all of the drums join in, there is a kick/bass drum that seems a bit loud for the rest of the mix. Once the rest of the drums join in, its volume fits.

All of the musical mediums today, movies, tv, games, etc, seem to be doing a lot more synth/orchestral pieces than in the past. I think we will see a lot more of this in the future, so I think it is smart to learn and experiment all we can with this genre.

Very well done.

Ron

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One of the first pieces of yours I'm actually commenting on it, I think. . . I really liked this a lot.

I liked your use of synths in this.

I think theyre synths. . .?

It merges well. I like how you did some really cool string runs later on, but maybe add some really cool harmony there. Experiment with parallel 4ths maybe?

The is great.

The only thing that actually ruined it to me was the facts that the strings and the brass sounded synthetic (I know... because it is... ) and in the 3 quarter of the piece, the notes of the violas spiccato, just didn't fit. it sounded messy and written wrong, as if you couldn't decide on the notes so you just let it rip... :)

Thanks for the feedback and advices guys... now that somebody actually heard this and liked it I have an inspiration to continue working on it :)

I decided to move my review to our "big" thread, since I was talking about synths quite a lot.

See you there!

to be honest... i didnt like it too much :S the electronic part looked me a bit amateur.. and the orchestral part seemed to be "too chopped" i know it wasnt sampled...but i think that wasnt very well emulated :S

i prefer your old ones :S