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Produced by: Madmusik
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2:06; fast-medium 4/4; dramatic, energetic, bombastic; brass, percussion, strings
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I’ve been thinking about how to produce orchestral scores quickly and effectively, without needing to play-in all the instrument parts separately, since much of this is just texture and won’t need to be of such startlingly high quality. So here’s a piece that attempts to blend some off-the peg orchestra patches with more precise samples of key instruments.
The music was triggered by watching a well-known TV documentary series, the music for which was none too impressive. Plus, I’ve become aware that there is a need for ‘action and adventure’-style music among music libraries. So here is a quick sketch that hopefully fits that genre and sounds OK without having taken up more time or resources than were available to me. It’s not particularly evolved but really takes one idea and runs with it, using a typical AABBAA structure, with a little 8-bar intro that comes back as bridge and coda. On the final repeat, I’ve stepped up a tone (a technique guaranteed to make reality TV audiences wet their pants) and added some choir to give a little extra something. As often is the case with my orchestral efforts, there are many layers that could be dismantled and used to derive further material.
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Composer's Blog
I’ve been thinking about how to produce orchestral scores quickly and effectively, without needing to play-in all the instrument parts separately, since much of this is just texture and won’t need to be of such startlingly high quality. So here’s a piece that attempts to blend some off-the peg orchestra patches with more precise samples of key instruments.
The music was triggered by watching a well-known TV documentary series, the music for which was none too impressive. Plus, I’ve become aware that there is a need for ‘action and adventure’-style music among music libraries. So here is a quick sketch that hopefully fits that genre and sounds OK without having taken up more time or resources than were available to me. It’s not particularly evolved but really takes one idea and runs with it, using a typical AABBAA structure, with a little 8-bar intro that comes back as bridge and coda. On the final repeat, I’ve stepped up a tone (a technique guaranteed to make reality TV audiences wet their pants) and added some choir to give a little extra something. As often is the case with my orchestral efforts, there are many layers that could be dismantled and used to derive further material.