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Hi everyone!
As usual I'd like to put some of my latest work under your consideration. I just finished scoring the pilot episode of an italo-american sketch comedy series, and this is the result:
Unfortunately I can not post the video: the music would have more sense if synced to picture!
Thanks in advance for listening!
L.
all i have to say is "amazing" and "i am not qualified to give a critique."
sorry! I'm one of the noobies here at VSL.
Luca,
Wonderful and delightful composition and orchestration. Just did some comedy music and know how much work this takes! Nice productions values as well.
One quick question.
Which violin patches did you use for the fast spiccato work - was it Chamber strings (spicc)? Really very convincing. Did you apply any EQ. Maybe if you can give us some details on that and how you recorded it (slow down, play it in, quantitize or not, etc.
Many thanks for sharing.
Rob
Thanks Rob and Elan for your comments!
Rob, indeed it was a lot of work: I had 48 hours to score, mix and deliver. Surely I'm not as fast as I should be, but I had to keep working almost non-stop to meet the deadline. The strings samples used are not from the Chamber collection but from the standard (Orchestral Strings) package. I used several of the shorter articulations (staccato short, staccato long, portato short, etc.). No Perf-Repetition.
Believe it or not, I almost never touched my keyboard to record parts in. I'm a poor player and when I'm in a hurry it's faster to work with mouse & (computer-)keyboard only. All parts were laid down note by note in my sequencer. Instead of quantizing I had to do the opposite: I manually "humanized" the performance by varying the timing and dynamics of each note.
Regarding EQ, yes, most tracks had an EQ plug-in applied. For strings I usually boost the high-end (10kHz and up) and apply a cut to the low-mids (around 200-400 Hz). Unfortunately I'm not in my studio right now, but if you're interested in knowing more, I can give you all the details (exact frequency, Q and dB values).
Thanks again for your comments, I really appreciate it. [:)]
L.
Wow - really impressive how 'tight' you got them. I need to rediscover those libraries and get this sound. The chambers do this well but sometimes the sound with them is 'too brittle'. Yours are 'warmer' but not too 'smeared'. Hope you understand.
Yes - always looking for help on EQ for strings [:D]
Many thanks
Rob
Thanks Matt and Hetoreyn for your comments! And you're absolutely right about Pee Wee... in fact the director told me to use Elfman's "Pee Wee Big Adventure" score as my main reference for this piece. By the way, I did not know what the Pee Wee Herman Show was until now... I just "googled" it after reading your post.
There are also visual references to Pee Wee Big Adventure: the second half of the music plays while the main character is desperately chasing a flying red bike (it flies because it has a dozen red balloons attached to it).
Thanks again for your comments! [:)]
L.
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