New Action Demo by Franscesco Marchetti

[Garritan]

The Seventh Seal (\"http://www.garritan.com/mp3/TheSeventhSeal.mp3\") (2 MB)

The Seventh Seal is an incredible new composition by Francesco. This piece was done in one afternoon using GPO.

Personal Orchestra Instrumentation: Violins 1 (lush - tremolo), Violins 2( lush - tremolo), Violas (ush - short bows), Cellos (lush - short bow)s, Basses (ush - short bows,) Trumpet overlay, French Horn overlay ff, Trombone overlay, Basic Orchestral Percussion, hromatic Haro 1, Harp HarmonicsS 1, Flute Solo NV, Oboe 1 modern solo, Tubular Bells.

Francesco has an amazing proficiency with MIDI orchestration. Thanks Francesco for sharing your music with us!

Gary Garritan

[robgb]

Wow, Gary. Here I sit in Honolulu, take a quick trip to see what\'s up at NS and I find this demo. Sounds excellent!

I think this should silence the GPO is only for classical music naysayers. Great demo.

[christianb]

Wow... We have ourselves a new player here. Great work Francesco. I am surprised by the articulation list. Here I am making ensembles with three and four instruments per section and you got that huge sound with single horn patches?? Are you sure Gary got that right? I\'m going to go and play with some strict overlay patches right now.

Very nice

christianb

[Francesco]

Thanks to everybody!
I think i\'d never had a christmas like this.
Best,best,best whishes with all my heart.

Merry Christmas

Francesco, Sara(my wife) and Leo(my 2 y.o. son)

P.S.: thanks to Gary who gave me the opportunity to stand on his site among all those great composers. God bless you. You don\'t know how much important is it for me at this time of my life.

[Owel]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing!

[sirbellog]

Greetings Francesco,
I do think that everything is perfect here : mood, orchestration, tension, development...
Aaar, if only I could write like that someday !

[Magpie]

I have been getting really stoaked listening
to all the GPO demos while I await delivery
of my GPO copy (any day now) they are all
excellent but this one by Francesco is the
iceing on the cake for me and has left me quite
delirious knowing that I to am soon to be a
proud owner of GPO images/icons/grin.gif

I have lost count how many times I have listend
to this , it just keeps playing over and over images/icons/tongue.gif

magnifico !!!!

avete tallent grande Francesco graemlins/tounge_images/icons/smile.gif

[Hardy Heern]

Brilliant Francesco, not only are you not anonymous but you\'ve just opened another window on GPO....Let the light shine far and wide!! images/icons/smile.gif

You have so much skill and talent; if you can knock that up in an afternoon the future must be very bright indeed for you....if there\'s any justice in this world! May I be inquisitive? Are you self-taught or classically trained? Don\'t feel obliged to answer.

Happy Christmas to you and your family.

Frank

PS: You\'re so lucky to be able to mix with us great composers!! Only kidding images/icons/smile.gif I\'m just a hobbyist!! images/icons/smile.gif

\"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.\" - Edgar Allan Poe

[Francesco]

Hi Frank,
thanks for your words. I\'m classically-trained (i got my Piano-Diploma and now i\'m studing Violin - i\'ve studied composition about 2 years). I hope, as you say, that the jusitice comes soon. I don\'t know what\'s the situation in your country about to work in the music-field, but here in Italy it\'s really frustrating. Now i\'m thinking to leave Italy and fly to US, seeking for more opportunities. Could you suggest me something?

Thanks again
Francesco
P.S.:maybe a little bit gelous images/icons/grin.gif ?

[Hardy Heern]

Hi Francesco,

I\'m sorry but, as I said, I am a mere hobbyist and am the last person you should ask for advice! However there are people here and, perhaps moreso, on the \'main\' Sample Libraries Discussion who are definitely in the business to some extent.

As far as I can see it\'s never been easy to make a decent living in the music business but at least your training has given you a solid foundation which will stand you in good stead when the right opportunity comes along!

I hope that you are able to make the right decisions and more importantly get some good breaks.

Good Luck

Frank

PS The Italians have, or used to have, a thriving film industry have you tried flooding the directors and producers with your pieces?

[Houston Haynes]

I came to L.A. after several frustrating years in North Carolina and the Washinton D.C. area. That was after schooling in conservatory in the Southeastern U.S. with award winning classical compositions under my belt (art songs for solo voice and piano) as well as fully orchestrated music for a stage play, a musical, and mixed electronic score for ballet.

In order to buy groceries and pay back student loans and such, I started working for Bob Moog building synthesizers, and eventually moved to recording studio work, and then software development and project management.

It essentially took me 10 years to get to the point where I could come to Los Angeles and work near the entertainment industry in a \"day job\" and be able to sit back and pick my opportunities. I would not have come here unless I had a good job or quality (paying) creative opportunity. It\'s simply too risky and the cost of living too high.

I would think that, as frustrating as it might be, it would be better to find some collaborators that are at your level of professional development, and work with them to build mutually flattering resumes. Then, the work will come to you. images/icons/wink.gif

You\'ve got the talent, the only thing that would work against you is making a personal business decision that will limit your progress. images/icons/grin.gif This is the voice of experience speaking...

[lex]

I really enjoyed this...great work.. images/icons/smile.gif

Alex

[Hardy Heern]

That\'s valuable experience Houston! Good advice! You forgot to mention that you can write too though!

Interesting to have worked for the famous Bob Moog!

Frank

[nexus]

Terrific moving demo!! This should make Gary very happy as he has not gotten many of the filmscore type of demos that people need to hear to make their buying decision!