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[gkgyver]

True.

"You don't ask a heart surgeon to open you up on his day off."

[Mr Big]

Medieval Music
I made this a while back, I was experimenting with Fl Studio and edirol orchestral. It didn't take very long to make it so it is a little sloppy.
*Edit. The second half was a sketch for a project we were going to do for a holiday movie.

[tharpdevenport]

Adventure #3

[Smeagol]

I recently finished scoring a short film for a director in South Carolina. It's called "Paradox In Noir." I posted the soundtrack on my blog, so you can head over there and give it a listen!

Paradox In Noir Soundtrack

Let me know what you think

[Michael]

I did a little improvisation experiment at the piano playing around with For Always from A.I. and this is what I got...

http://www.mediafire...dfo5t6zcaheob82

What do you guys think?

[tannhauser]

Hey guys, I recently composed the score for this animated short film. Please tell me what you think of it.

[scottsinct]

Here is my latest work. I created the preview video slideshow, including an original soundtrack, for next year's National Park Travelers Club convention.



Thanks for listening!

[tannhauser]

Here is my latest work. I created the preview video slideshow, including an original soundtrack, for next year's National Park Travelers Club convention.



Thanks for listening!

Great work, I like it a lot! Great adventurous feel allround, some nice Williams-esque orchestration in places, and a bit of Americana vibe. If I had any criticisms, I'd say it felt a little bit aimless in places, and the ending felt a bit sudden. But overall very good, and it enhanced the visuals well.

[MSM]

Adventure #3

Compliments! What software do you use?

[tharpdevenport]

tannhauser,

I enjoyed it; it was colorful, not restrictive -- something I can't escape in my music due to lack of knowledg,e and a poor program.
This was something I could easily hear in some TV movie. You shown skills few people who make music and post it on the score boards, have.



scottsinct,

I felt the music was plaster, boring, and the kind of stuff I don't care for that I hear in cheap midi pieces of video game demos. But I will say that you got a way of making it that some composers wish they could pull off; there's a certain flow to it, a certain build

Adventure #3

Compliments! What software do you use?

FL Studio 8, augmented with several SF2 files from various other sources, since many instruments were poor, or just completely missing. FL Studio is okay for people practicing and getting into it, but professional music, I just can't see this working, plus it has many draw backs for someone wanting to use it to score projects.

Snare drums, cymbol, piano, piccolo, french horn, trumpet, violins, timpani, cello, celesta (I think it was), xylaphone (wooden); that's about everything in the piece.

[Michael]

Hey guys,

Recently I've been working as a "composer" on a short-film of a friend of mine, and it was a beautiful experience. I taught me a lot of useful stuff about the process of composing for film and it makes you admire the works of the great ones even more.

Here's the demo of the ending cue of the film. Hope you enjoy it, has a couple of Morricone influences

[filmmusic]

A showreel I've made a couple of months ago of the few films I've scored so far:

[KK.]

I just noticed this thread, and there is some fantastic stuff here. I too compose when I get the chance but thats besides the point. I brought this up earlier on the board, but I thought I'll just do this again. If some of you guys are interested looking for new things to score for fun, just sign up for the composers challenge thats going on right now!

http://composerschal....wordpress.com/

Just thought I'd put it out there.

- KK

[aj_vader]

This is some of my music I've composed for Star Wars - The Force Unleashed

http://soundcloud.co...by-andy/s-TAzaK
http://soundcloud.co...usic-by/s-VBi0q
http://soundcloud.co...-flight/s-cw08F
http://soundcloud.co...3-music/s-yy7J9
http://soundcloud.co...concert/s-ldhrX
http://soundcloud.co...ighters/s-9W2wp
http://soundcloud.co...-part-2/s-uPPKz

[aj_vader]

My Music

[tannhauser]

http://soundcloud.co...rclarkecomposer

Some more of my original music.

[ComposerEthan]

This is a short musical story (in a way) I composed as a tribute to my friends.
I absolutely adore Williams' style and his concept of leitmotif, so I decided to replicate it in this song (as in all my music as well).
Like Williams, there are some recurring motifs for the characters, both disguised and changed to fit the "scene".
There are the Hero's Theme, The Villain's Airship, and The Race Fanfare.
Other than that, each "cue" has it's own theme, or distinctive sound. Perhaps the composers in here will be able to tell me where each theme pops up (Challenge, anyone?) !




Now I'm only 16, with 5 years of piano, and no training in theory. This took me a while to create, as I don't have a midi keyboard and I had to input the notes onto finale "by hand".

Please let me know of any criticisms of any kind! Thank you!

[tharpdevenport]

Reminder: no training, so...

[Mr Big]

Here is my latest work. I created the preview video slideshow, including an original soundtrack, for next year's National Park Travelers Club convention.



Thanks for listening!

Do use edirol? The french horns sound like it. Good piece!

[alainmayrand]

Hello all, My name is Alain Mayrand. Here is some of my film music.

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You can also hear more on my site if you like. http://alainmayrand.com

All the best, Alain

[KK.]

Oh wow...I just realized who you are! Alain Mayrand!!! I knew that name sounded familiar!

Big fan of your score for the Legend of Silkboy. One of the best scores of that year! Love your work!

- KK (a dude who is quite happy to meet a really talented composer...alright, not really meet per say )

[alainmayrand]

KK, that made my day. Thank you my friend for making me feel like a star! I am very, very happy to hear that my music made an impression that remains.

[David Coscina]

Alain, nice music. Really refreshing to hear someone write with a flair and competence for orchestra. I'm going to buy your Legend of Silkboy off of iTunes based on the samples. Really nice stuff. Other samples are equally inspired. Love your use of the octatonic scale in Fantastic Highway Chase as well as those pointillistic sections. Keeps the listener entertained. I also like the economy of orchestration. It's not all tutti chords but instead a nice thickness through contrapuntal writing- something that is sadly lacking in a lot of big Hollywood scores. And thanks for using percussion as an accentuation in your action music rather than groove oriented. Personally you've made my week with your music.

Cheers!

[alainmayrand]

Hi David, that is very kind of you and very perceptive observations! The orchestra is not just a big mass of sound, and I personally like to have variety of colours and transluscency.. I am happy to see that my efforts did not fall on deaf ears! Your insightful comments are very much appreciated.

[KK.]

Hey Alan,
Considering I have never really communicated with many professional composers before, you'll have to forgive my enthusiasm. However, I'm curious, are there any future projects coming up for you? I love Legend of Silkboy and I'd love to hear more stuff from you. Listening to the work I can access, I love the enthusiasm and the energy you infuse into the orchestra. Just hearing all the players bursting with such great energy in its tiny details in cues like Fantastic Highway Chase is fascinating. Also found the textures of Comforting Skin very interesting.

And are you Canadian? That's the icing on the cake!

[filmmusic]

Hello Alain, nice to see you here.
We had talked in facebook and I had expressed there my fodness for your music!!

* * *

Here's another piece from a dramatic short I scored (it has the same theme of the End credits i had posted earlier):

[alainmayrand]

Hi KK, yes I am Canadian. I have some projects coming up, one that is very promising, but nothing concrete yet. I've been busy with concerts though, so that's good, including an orchestral commission coming up for a concert in March.

Thank you very much for listening to my music KK, and appreciating all the details I so carefully put in!

Konstantinos, nice to see you here as well! I had to click on the YouTube video to find out who you were...!

[scottsinct]

Yes, this was done with Edirol, thanks

Here is my latest work. I created the preview video slideshow, including an original soundtrack, for next year's National Park Travelers Club convention.



Thanks for listening!

Do use edirol? The french horns sound like it. Good piece!

[mrbellamy]

Just found this little piece when I was cleaning house. I wrote it for a friend's short film a few years ago. It's not doing me much good just sitting in a bottom drawer of my desk, so I might as well post it here. Enjoy!

[InTheCity]

Here is a piece I wrote back in University as an eager film music student: 2005 I think

http://soundcloud.co...bird-chase-2004

And score here.  Bird Chase.zip   436.93K   10 downloads

You'll might here some JW references ?

[alainmayrand]

Hi again,

a short video of scoring session footage from "Comforting Skin". This is definitely not in the John Williams style here, but I do hope the ladies and gents on this forum might appreciate this...



All the best,

Alain

[p0llux]

I am a composing noob, but i managed to pull off these tracks. check it out.

[Alexander]

Here is a piece I wrote back in University as an eager film music student: 2005 I think

http://soundcloud.co...bird-chase-2004

And score here.  Bird Chase.zip   436.93K   10 downloads

You'll might here some JW references ?

I love that!

If i ever make a film, you'll be the composer

By the way, those samples are FANTASTIC! It actually sounds like a live orchestra! I cannot believe my ears.

<p>Hello all, My name is Alain Mayrand. Here is some of my film music. </p> <object height="325" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.sound...69637"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="325" src="https://player.sound...ylists/1469637" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.co...ic-45"><br>Film Music</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.co...-mayrand">Alain Mayrand</a></span> <p>You can also hear more on my site if you like. http://alainmayrand.com </p>All the best, Alain

Did i notice some influence from BTTF in "The Arrival"?

[ComposerEthan]

This is a song I composed for a class competition. In it, each of the grades (9-12) were supposed to make a song that best represents their class. Instead of covering an existing song and changing the lyrics, I decided to compose and write my own. Of course, since it's orchestral and not modern it was hit with a LOT of hate. But in the end, we pulled second place (First place was freshmen, who did "Price Tag") because my complex lyrics and rhythm were hard to follow. I don't have the actual footage of us singing up yet, because I want to put lyrics on it so you know what were saying, but in it, it really sounds like we're mumbling. The only intelligible part was the chorus. The lyrics themselves tell a story about each year of high school. Tell me what you think!

And yes, it is very inspired by "America, And The Dream Goes On". And yes, that is me conducting the Senior class.
This is the instrumental I wrote in Finale!

Lyrics:

Seniors, Seniors, and we will conquer all

Seniors, Seniors, and we will conquer all

In grade 9 we young we were just freshmen

We were Scared and shivering

We didn’t know what the year had in store for us

But this is only the story’s beginning

We tried our best to fundraise money

By washing cars on Friday

We brought our class together with

an event called Fresh Day

Seniors, Seniors, and we will conquer all

Seniors, Seniors, and we will conquer all

Sophomore year, that’s when we evolved,

class spirit to a degree

We were well on the way to becoming the

Class that we were always meant to be

In Junior year, we had some stress with

AP classes teaching.

Even though we had that work we all

Still Knew what we were seeking

Seniors, Seniors, and we will conquer all!

Remember Joseph’s T-Rex Arms,

And Lica’s moldy chicken

And Grace accepting an award for Grace Wang

With the mem’ries that we all have

you can hear us sing:

“Seniors, Seniors!”

Now we are all at the end of the year

Our story comes to close

However there are still things more to tell

With memories to still expose

Students surviving English 12,

With books like Ivanhoe

And government quizzes about the Law

Making us say “ oh, no”

Seniors, Seniors And we will conquer all!

Think of Pastor Collins and Ms. Marquez,

Our freshman class sponsors

Now Mr. Raj and Ms. Yeaton

Sing with us

“Seniors,”

Even though next year, were going to schools

That may be really far

In our hearts we will always be together ‘cause

we all know what we are

We’re Seniors, We’re Seniors , and we all came

We’re Seniors, We’re Seniors , and we all saw

We’re Seniors, We’re Seniors,

We’re Seniors, We’re Seniors a

and we conquered all!

[filmmusic]

Here is a piece I wrote back in University as an eager film music student: 2005 I think

http://soundcloud.co...bird-chase-2004

And score here.  Bird Chase.zip   436.93K   10 downloads

You'll might here some JW references ?

I love that!

If i ever make a film, you'll be the composer

By the way, those samples are FANTASTIC! It actually sounds like a live orchestra! I cannot believe my ears.

yes, I agree, it's a very good piece.
But i'm positive those are not samples. It's a real orchestra!

[Faleel]

This is a song I composed for a class competition. In it, each of the grades (9-12) were supposed to make a song that best represents their class. Instead of covering an existing song and changing the lyrics, I decided to compose and write my own. Of course, since it's orchestral and not modern it was hit with a LOT of hate. But in the end, we pulled second place (First place was freshmen, who did "Price Tag") because my complex lyrics and rhythm were hard to follow. I don't have the actual footage of us singing up yet, because I want to put lyrics on it so you know what were saying, but in it, it really sounds like we're mumbling. The only intelligible part was the chorus. The lyrics themselves tell a story about each year of high school. Tell me what you think!

pretty good, though I am NOT a fan of your samples, especially the strange clicking sound, but the rest is quite good.

[ComposerEthan]

This is a song I composed for a class competition. In it, each of the grades (9-12) were supposed to make a song that best represents their class. Instead of covering an existing song and changing the lyrics, I decided to compose and write my own. Of course, since it's orchestral and not modern it was hit with a LOT of hate. But in the end, we pulled second place (First place was freshmen, who did "Price Tag") because my complex lyrics and rhythm were hard to follow. I don't have the actual footage of us singing up yet, because I want to put lyrics on it so you know what were saying, but in it, it really sounds like we're mumbling. The only intelligible part was the chorus. The lyrics themselves tell a story about each year of high school. Tell me what you think!

pretty good, though I am NOT a fan of your samples, especially the strange clicking sound, but the rest is quite good.

Oh yes. I only have the default samples that came with my Finale 2009. And that clicking sound is the snare drum, I think. What clicking sound are you referring to?

[DemonStar]

I've been composing experimentally with FL Studio, EWQL Silver and Edirol since a few years (as a hobby) and uploaded a few of the better pieces here - http://www.myspace.c...ish_muzik/music

I'm having difficulty creating traditional symphonic pieces as I have no idea about musical theory, but am trying to work on that. Please do tell me your views and suggestions. Thanks!

[ComposerEthan]

This is a song I wrote for a girl (but she's not my girlfriend), and I decided to play it for my consecration!
Her brother is on violin.

Any thoughts?
It's heavily inspired by the Theme from Sabrina, and it's a new style of writing for me!

[filmmusic]

A demo I made for a film, a couple of months ago:

"Finale" for a romantic drama
http://soundcloud.co...-romantic-drama