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AngelCityOutlaw · Post by **AngelCityOutlaw** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:00 am

I love classic, adventure films like Indiana Jones, Zorro, Cutthroat Island, etc. So here is an action theme with a similar aesthetic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsELCOAklII

enroe · Post by **enroe** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:15 am

The first measures are a little measly - maybe all
film themes must be so. But your it develops -
very diversified and entertaining. All in all
a bit too short IMO.

The instrument sound is very convincing.
What instrument library did you use?

AngelCityOutlaw · Post by **AngelCityOutlaw** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:33 am

enroe wrote:The first measures are a little measly - maybe all
film themes must be so. But your it develops -
very diversified and entertaining. All in all
a bit too short IMO.

The instrument sound is very convincing.
What instrument library did you use?

Hey thanks a lot for the feedback.

I used a number of libraries:

Cinematic Strings
Cinebrass & Winds
Apocalypse Percussion
Olympus Choir
and a glockenspiel from Orchestral Essentials

Adrian Earnshaw Music · Mon Aug 20, 2018 3:29 pm

I really like this one and my only criticism is that its too short and I would love to hear a fully developed version of this track. Nice job with the orchestration.

AngelCityOutlaw · Post by **AngelCityOutlaw** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:47 pm

biodiode wrote:I really like this one and my only criticism is that its too short and I would love to hear a fully developed version of this track. Nice job with the orchestration.

Hey, thanks a lot! Yeah, I know that most will say most of the stuff I post here is too short in advance. Tunes like this are just fun short tracks that I do on the side. At the moment, I'm also working on the scores to a video game and a short film, so that is where most of the longer tracks will be at haha.

ChamMusic · Post by **ChamMusic** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:11 pm

Great adventure / action scene piece...nice to hear another orchestral swashbuckler on KVR! :0)

There's a lot of good development of the musical ideas in there for a 60 sec piece + some very effective textural ebb and flow.

It definitely does the SHOWDOWN idea well; obviously if it was longer I suspect that you would've let the music rise even further! :0)

A few VERY SMALL points about the orchestration / programming ( which is generally done very well)...

BRASS - fast notes tend to blur / lose their attack a little...maybe some key switching automation there?

WOODWIND - being an old orchestral player (trumpet) the lack of woodwind bothers me as it can add an extra dimension to even the shortest of pieces.

REVERB - did it need varying just a little bit more? Not sure on a couple of listens, but the soundstage from front to back seemed a little bit flat?

GREAT PIECE - thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:21 am

My Feedback

Music - 9
Instruments - 8.5
Performance - 9
Mix - 8.5

Overall - 8.75

Comments: What's to say? Very well done. Personal preference, a little longer and orchestra a little more dynamic.

AngelCityOutlaw · Post by **AngelCityOutlaw** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 2:52 am

I have made some subtle alterations to the track

Eauson · Post by **Eauson** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:50 am

This gives the minds eye great pictures

I listened to the original and left for a bit so I could listen again, afresh.
My memoire is non bon, so its a little hard to judge the changes, whether they have helped?
One thing did seem to stick out, on the drums, there seemed to be a hi on the snare, which while not a click, does seem a touch distracting, to me anyway.

Overall very Swashbuckling

This is just an opinion as I am not a musician.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:59 am

Music - 9
Instruments - 8.5
Performance - 9
Mix - 8.5

Overall - 8.75

- 9 - 8.5 - 9 - 8.5 = - 35

Eauson · Post by **Eauson** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:10 am

Aloysius wrote:

Music - 9
Instruments - 8.5
Performance - 9
Mix - 8.5

Overall - 8.75

- 9 - 8.5 - 9 - 8.5 = - 35

Wags is giving neg scores to things he likes, that may mean my works are better? Or he has started a new standard. You gets zerroed and your a winner

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:11 am

AngelCityOutlaw · Post by **AngelCityOutlaw** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:46 am

Eauson wrote:This gives the minds eye great pictures

Thanks. That's the idea!

Aloysius wrote:

Music - 9
Instruments - 8.5
Performance - 9
Mix - 8.5

Overall - 8.75

- 9 - 8.5 - 9 - 8.5 = - 35

I'm real bad at math tbh

ChamMusic · Post by **ChamMusic** » Wed Aug 22, 2018 2:28 pm

AngelCityOutlaw wrote:I have made some subtle alterations to the track

I'm on big Mission speakers this time, so it hard to judge 100%...but to me those fast brass lines are now more sharply etched?

AngelCityOutlaw · Post by **AngelCityOutlaw** » Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:00 pm

ChamMusic wrote:
AngelCityOutlaw wrote:I have made some subtle alterations to the track
I'm on big Mission speakers this time, so it hard to judge 100%...but to me those fast brass lines are now more sharply etched?

I re-recorded the modwheel on just about everything, increased the intro crescendo, a greater ritardando toward the end, increased the woodwind volume a bit (they double the violins and trumpets so they're harder to hear, but noticeably change the sound if they're absent) and I did shorten the note length on brass so it should trigger the release sooner.

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