Gladiator mockup

[Carter]

I already posted that on northernsounds forum but i don't think everybody knows that place, so , a little "copy-paste" :

i'm a fan of the gladiator soundtrack(the first soundtrack i bought
..) so i wondered if VSL could play the famous gladiator waltz so i did a little mockup :

All the strings ( cellos, basses, violins, violas), brass(tuba,trombones,trumpets,VSL Epic Horns) are played by VSL.

There is only one percussion played by VSL though : the bassdrum, the snares are played by london orchestral percussion and i also used a gecco, i find it to have a sound between the timpani and the bassdrum ..

I also made 3 mix, one which i'll call the reference, and the second with the brass ( especially the trumpets) a little closer than in the first mix.

Finally the last mix is a bit special, it's the reference mix compressed into MP3 64kb/s 22050hz , i don't know exactly but the trumpets sounds thinner than in the first/second mix !




First Mix


Second Mix


Third Mix

Personally i'm impressed, i couldn't think VSL could produce such a "powerful" sound, especially for the trumpets



cubase file arrangment : (compressed archive)

[JWL]

Carter--

Even from the first mix, I liked your sense of placement and blend. Nice job with the ambience and separation-- two difficult things to accomplish while nailing some kind of blend. Somehow, you did it.

My favorite mix is the second one-- the big section with the parallel chords in the middle seemed to have more of a realistic drive.

All the mixes seemed a bit soft even with my computer's internal audio on max (using headphones). I'd like to run it out through a pair of speakers to get the full impact at a higher level.

The third mix was thinner on top, but more than that, the low-mids were emphasized. Also, there was some phasing going on along with some 'artifacts' with some transients. Made it harder to enjoy than the second.

I really appreciated that you included more than one mix (three, in fact). It was very educatioinal to compare mixes at once rather than to just listen to one single mix with no reference (I don't have the Gladiator soundtrack, but it's now on my list!)

Congrats on the good work.

[tmasten]

I recently picked up the complete score for Gladiator to study. Your mock up is very well done.

[flashman]

I'm intrigued.....where did you get a copy of the gladiator score?

[RobertFulton]

You can get a fullscore @ sheetmusiconline.com

[SyQuEsT]

(I specially like the sound of the trumpets marcato 4 seconds filter ...)

Nice job ...