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  • OT: Thanks to VSL (helped me win the 'Best Score')

    I wanted to take a moment and thank all those at VSL for their incredible work. I was just given the 'Best Original Score' for the Hollywood DV Festival for the independent film "Hero to Me".

    There were some 1,100 entrants.

    The biggest compliment was given in the 'Q&A' session the followed. They asked "with what was a relatively low budget independent film - how were the producers of this film able to AFFORD a recorded live orchestra!!!!!!!"

    No bigger compliment can be paid to VSL than this. [:D]

    Expect my order for the complete VI within 10 days.

    Thanks again.


    Rob

  • Great news, Rob! [:D]
    Compliments and congratulations from Vienna.

    best
    Herb

  • One word : congratulation [:D]

    Can you post some mp3 ? I'm so curious ... [:P]

  • awesome rob - congratulations!

  • Thanks for sharing your joy with us, Rob. I hope this is just a starting point for your continuing success. All the best! (... and yes - please post a link to an example or two [:)] ...)

    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
  • Many thanks to all for your nice comments. It is funny how film music REALLY is different than concert music. Our job is to support and heighten the emotional content of what pictures are before us.

    The other point is that is never ceases to amaze me how much we do NOT include when scoring (less is more is usually better [:)] )

    Having said that on this film (Heroism based) - the Epic Horns captured the emotional context so well (picking up the main theme melodic duties). Again thank you for this release as well as all the Pro Edition.

    This music will not change the world - that's for sure, but here are some samples.



    http://www.robelliottmusic.com/mp3s/Action%20-%20Epic/Opening%20Titles.mp3


    http://www.robelliottmusic.com/mp3s/Action%20-%20Epic/Fight%20of%20your%20life.mp3

    http://www.robelliottmusic.com/mp3s/Action%20-%20Epic/Closing%20Titles%20(A%20Hero%20Emerges).mp3


    http://www.robelliottmusic.com/mp3s/Action%20-%20Epic/Kelly's%20Theme%20(I%20believe).mp3


    http://www.robelliottmusic.com/mp3s/Action%20-%20Epic/Kelly's%20Theme%20(%20I%20believe%20)%20rolling%20credits.mp3


    http://www.robelliottmusic.com/mp3s/Action%20-%20Epic/Lost.mp3



    Rob

  • Excellent job. Wonderfully mixed. Kind of reminds me of "The Negotiator."

    Clark

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    @clarkcontrol said:

    Excellent job. Wonderfully mixed. Kind of reminds me of "The Negotiator."

    Clark


    Many thanks. Is that the fillm with Nicole Kidman? Who did the score?

  • Samuel Jackson and Kevin Spacey. Graeme Revell did the score. IMO, one of his better scores. It's a police drama and a fantastic movie. The soundtrack CD is mixed much differently (better=like yours=more subtle) than how it appears in the movie, though.

    Clark

  • Fantastic Rob!!! Congratulations!!!

    Martin

  • Martin and Clark - many thanks for your kind words.

    Rob

  • Very very cool, Rob. I love you're soundfield. I can see why you fooled them into thinking it was live. Great job, keep up the good work.... This goes to show too that just because those of us have the "Lowly" Pro Edition, and not the VI....doesn't mean that we are dead in the water! You just have to work a little harder, thats all, eh?

    -Ben

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    @dunk187 said:

    Very very cool, Rob. I love you're soundfield. I can see why you fooled them into thinking it was live. Great job, keep up the good work.... This goes to show too that just because those of us have the "Lowly" Pro Edition, and not the VI....doesn't mean that we are dead in the water! You just have to work a little harder, thats all, eh?

    -Ben



    Yea - very true about PE. Really hoping and expecting VI to be a 'time saver' - now if Herb can just come up with the controller 'fixed crappy cue' - legato of course [:P]

    Rob

  • Sounds great! Were you using all Horizon products or was this a Pro and Epic Horns combo?
    Chris

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    @dragonwind said:

    Sounds great! Were you using all Horizon products or was this a Pro and Epic Horns combo?
    Chris



    Hi Chris,

    This was PE, Chamber Strings (particularily the short staccs), and Epic Ho.

    Hope that helps.

    Rob

  • Hi Rob,

    Excellent stuff. Congratulations.

    Any chance of sharing some of your secrets round i) the composition approach you took, ii) the time it took do complete and also iii) the mixing/mastering approach inc. the reverbs you used etc.

    Cheers

    Tim

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    @timkiel said:

    Hi Rob,

    Excellent stuff. Congratulations.

    Any chance of sharing some of your secrets round i) the composition approach you took, ii) the time it took do complete and also iii) the mixing/mastering approach inc. the reverbs you used etc.

    Cheers

    Tim


    Sure Time - I don't think they are 'secrets' - I am sure many here have their way to approach projects. This is one person's way

    i) For me, I watch the entire project a few times. Then I'll very simply follow along improvising various themes - you know when you hit the 'right one' - for that scene (usually on the piano - but sometimes using one of the terrific VSL legato WW patches). I usually start with the 'most important scene - whatever that is. If I can capture the emotional content of that scene everything else seems to work out better.

    On this project the Fight Scene (Fight of your Life) actually took me a couple of days to get right. The visuals were up and down - fighting and not fighting (ebb and flow) - it was at first difficult for me to get this 'interplay' right. The Director had some 'sacred' SOUND DESIGN stuff he wanted to be - at times - in the forefront [:'(] It's all good though - we both ended happy with the cue when it was done.

    ii) On this project, I was given 2.5 weeks to write and mix (about 20 minutes of music). It was a little stressful at times (2 days the HOST PC decided to get cranky), plus I just don't write exceptionally fast. Having said that it was a good 'exercise' to test myself. Has given me some confidence to perhaps tackle othe projects that other board members here do day in and day out.

    iii) Wish I had more time here - oh well. Really didn't mess around alot with EQ (some shelving of 2-4K on some of the strings - dug some mud out of the low brass (300 K). Used a couple of instances of Giga pulse (narrowed the stereo field to 35%). Had a limiter on the master buss to pick up some of the heavier percussive hits and that's about all.

    Hope this helps.

    Rob

  • Nice Stuff Rob!

    Very clean, sounds like it worked great for the movie. Would love to see it sometime.

  • Thanks Rob

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    @Craig Sharmat said:

    Nice Stuff Rob!

    Very clean, sounds like it worked great for the movie. Would love to see it sometime.


    Really wish I could have gone down to the LA area for the festival (could have stop by your place in the valley [:)] )

    Sorry I missed you when you were up here (I was the 'final stretch' of this project).

    Rob