remember mickey

a blend of spaghetti western/ progressive rock and orchestra.

remember mickey

I really enjoyed this, although the electric guitar sounded too overpowering throughout the piece. Some parts got to be a little repetitive too, but I don't mind repetition, although some parts sounded "copy and paste" from the prior section. Just a few criticisms, but they still don't stop me from enjoying this work. Good job.

I'm not exactly sure why this is posted in the Orchestral works forum. Since the genre you selected was Film - this should be in either that forum or the pop/rock forum (since you bill it as a prog rock piece). That said, I love the ostinato acoustic guitar passage. I agree with what Trumpeter said - the electric guitar does overpower the overall texture. I love the pathos with which the electric speaks... it adds greatly to the work. Have you perhaps thought about dropping the volume down and blending it in better to your work? I really like this!

I appreciate the comments on this one folks and am glad you enjoy it. I'll be honest on the "power" of the guitar part: This really came down to a kind of commercial decision. Before the track was mastered in the studio I put this out to literally hundreds of folks on the net looking for feedback. Given some of the wonderful responses I got I just didn't think it would be right to tinker with it. It really does seem to appeal to a listener of rock / Morricone taste... so the over the top thing is pretty much for the purposes of crowd pleasing and not so much in line with composer sensibilities if you know what I mean. (you can see some of the comments at my reverb account [send me a message for link] if you like. my aka there is fpc (for popular consumption by the way). I don't think you should find too much copy/paste in the piece. The pieces I've uploaded here are all done very quickly though so there may be a little. Normally I just play in all my parts to try to avoid too much tinkering. But sometimes to trim up parts that have gone in live, especially when working fast, I'll resort to the evil temptation of copy/paste. (My current 88 key is old and has lousy velocity control and contributes to this as well...something I would like to look into upgrading when cash flow allows) Anyway, thanks again for listening and the comments they're much appreciated!

Edited January 5, 201016 yr by jawoodruff
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I really enjoyed this recording! Thank you very much for sharing! The introduction succeeds in setting the atmosphere and overarching mood of the piece. However, the entrance of the electric guitar kind of shatters the previously established "tranquility" of the piece. I'm not so sure if that is indeed intentional. Perhaps another instrument would be perfect? However, in general, I liked the piece very much! With the electric guitar aside, the music reminds me of the music of the renowned French musical, "Notre dame de Paris."

Yes I don't think Orchestral is the best forum for this, since is only some strings background....

I didn't know about the "spaghetti western" genre :D I like it,

Yes the distor guitar is not only too powerful but too close, send it more to the back with reverb, when strings plays it gets better but when sound almost alone, sounds too close to your ears,

The Harmony in strings at 3:49 was a simple phrase but very profound man, :thumbsup: I like that part a lot.