MUST SEE! ANIMATED SCORE: Andy Brick's Hungarian Overture - A Unique New Presentation

[Garritan]

A Unique Presentation of Score and Video!


Recently we posted a production by DPDan where he synced a GPO rendition to a video of a real orchestra performing Andy Brick's "Hungarian OVerture".

Recently we posted a production by DPDan where he synced a GPO rendition to a video of a real orchestra performing Andy Brick's "Hungarian OVerture".

Sean has taken the mp3 and synced it to the conductor's score, so that the music follows the score. Here is the animated score:


Click on Play Button below to Play from the Score


garritan.com/video/AndyBrick-HungarianOverture-VideoScore.swf


Because GPO is an orchestral library of individual instruments (rather than based on unison sections) GPO is able to play a variety of scores unlike other libraries. Divisi and individual linear instrument per staff is possible making this sort of presentation a natural. And its integration with popular notation programs also makes these types of presentations possible. To see more ionteractive scores done this way (upwards of 275 of them) refer to the Free Online "Principles of Orchestration" course here (http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=77) on the forum.

Here is the Video of the Orchestral sync for those that missed it:


garritan.com/video/AndyBrick-HungarianOverture.swf


Thanks DPDan for the excellent rendition of Andy's celebrated work. Please take some time to see what Sean, Andy and DPDan have done. Thanks Sean for the many hours of work to do make this visual treat.

We'll try to do another resized version to better see the score. Now the trick is to combine the orchestral performance with the score.

Do you find these types of demos helpful? If so we can do more demos this way.


Enjoy!

Gary Garritan


About Andy Brick:
Andy is a prolific and gifted composer and orchestrator. He was scored animations for Disney, the popluar SIMS video games, Merregnon and various films and interactive games. Andy is currently working on some high-profile projects (which we'll hear about when released). Andy was recently featured on the CBS Evening News and by Symphony.org. Andy Brick is also a Professor of Orchestration at Stevens Institute of Technology and he is an instructor for the online Interactive Principles of Orchestration course here on the forum. Andy's website is at: www.andybrick.com (http://www.andybrick.com).

[Garritan]

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[Tom_Davis]

Very, very nice. It visually helps connect the note to the sound.

[Rhap2]

WOW, Andy, DPDAN and Sean.......

This is marvelous and, YES, I would love to see more of this.

Mind-boggling technology we have here on this Forum.

Thanks Gary.

Jack

[Jerry W.]

Oh wow!

I absolutely LOVED that. I saw the video before, and was amazed at Dan's rendering and synchronization skills. But to see the score at the same time was just sweet.

Andy, I am not worthy! I am not worthy!

:D

Thanks for sharing this... how inspiring it is.

Jerry

[steve martin]

Hi Sean and Gary,

Thanks for posting the synchronized score with the playback. It's great to look and listen to a score done by Professor Andy Brick, who is a real master craftsman of orchestration.

Is there some way though, that we can possibly reduce the top part of the screen part with the company logo on it? It's just that you can't follow the whole score visually, but only half of it, by kind of moving the page up and down with the mouse. It would be great if this could possibly be fixed.

I must say that this type of posting of a score like this, is what makes this Garritan Forum unique. It gives us guys like myself, who are trying to learn orchestration skills, a chance to see how it is really done by someone professional like Andy.


Thank you again Gary and Sean for the work done in putting this together.
Its Fantastic!

best,

Steve:)

[Poolman]

Great stuff! Congratulations to all involved.

Terry

[jonray]

Hi Sean and Gary,

Is there some way though, that we can possibly reduce the top part of the screen part with the company logo on it? It's just that you can't follow the whole score visually, but only half of it, by kind of moving the page up and down with the mouse. It would be great if this could possibly be fixed.


Hi Steve,
Try pressing F11. On my computer this gives a full screen view.

Sean, Andy, Gary et al:
This is wonderful! Thanks so much for your time and effort.
Jon

[Garritan]

Is there some way though, that we can possibly reduce the top part of the screen part with the company logo on it? It's just that you can't follow the whole score visually, but only half of it, by kind of moving the page up and down with the mouse. It would be great if this could possibly be fixed.Hi Steve,
It seems you are viewing the score from a frame from my website. Try a direct link to the post here: http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47187

Gary

[etLux]

Great job on this! I love these players... watching
a score while you listen adds a whole new dimension.

Applause, Sean, Gary -- and Andy!

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com
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[Rhap2]

Pressing F11 gives full screen, however the notes are so SMALL, you can't really ready the parts very well. "View" settings do not help any, either.

[Leaf]

Awesome work Sean! Hey, if it's not a trade secret please email instructions on how to do that.:D

[Andy Brick]

Hello all,

Thanks to everyone, especially Gary, Dan and Sean for such incredible support of this piece. Between Garys support and all the radio play the Masterworks version has been getting I am really amazed where this little ditty has gone!

Dan, your work is really remarkable and I really like your interpretation a lot! Sean.... very cool....

If anybody here is in the Leipzig Germany neighborhood next week drop by the Gewandhaus Wed. night. I will be conducting the 80 member Filmharmonic of Prague with the Prague Symphony Choir and we are going to crank up that huge Pipe Organ in the Gewandhaus.... it should be quite a show!

Thanks again!

Andy

[SeanHannifin]

Pressing F11 gives full screen, however the notes are so SMALL, you can't really ready the parts very well. "View" settings do not help any, either.

Yes, the score is so large that after resizing pages to fit under 700 pixels, the notes are very small... I am working on a larger version, but viewers will need a higher screen resolution to see the whole score page at once.

[DPDAN]

Excellent work on this Sean. Sync'd very well, better than some of my violins in the video :D he he
Dan

[steve martin]

Hi Gary and Rhap 2,

yes, that link works great! I can see the whole score now.
Fantastic!

thank you!

Steve:)

[chambermusic]

I really like to see these scores. I can learn as much from looking at these scores as looking at scores to Dvorak, Tchiakovsky, Rimsky-Korsakof and others of my favorite composers. (It would be nice to see a larger version). I recall seeing the mockup to the Hungarian Overture on Andy's website about 5 years ago. It is so nice to see the final orchestra version. I wish that we had more of these available for review.

Andy did a knockout job with this piece of music. My hat off to him.

David

[Garritan]

Sean has reworked the animated score and added the video of the orchestra so you can see the the orchestra and the score playing together!

I replaced the score in the first post with the new improved one. It is best viewed with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.To view full screen hit the F11 key (on wihndows PCs).

Bravo Sean on an exceptional job!

Enjoy!

Gary Garritan

[Rhap2]

The whole score and video are visible on the page (with F11) and, Sean, it is a remarkable presentation. Thank you for doing this for us.

Now, it seems that I still cannot "zoom in" on any part of the score for a closer look. The "View" selection in the above menu doesn't do anything for the score at all.

Any hints on how I can magnify parts of the score?

Jack

[etLux]

Sean has reworked the animated score and added the video of the orchestra so you can see the the orchestra and the score playing together!



I think a strong round of applause is in order for Sean's work on this.

He's done a ton of the background technical work on RK; and now we
have this... a heck of a fine job, and a unique presentation of score and
video that I don't think I've ever seen done before!

BRAVO SEAN!

With admiration,

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com
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[DPDAN]

Thank you Andy, great writing!

Sean ....you did a great sync job on this score .... fantastic!

dpDan :)

[Tom Hopkins]

This is impressive in every way: Andy's writing, Dan's engineering, and Sean's animated score/video. I've never seen anything quite like this - not all together anyway. Nice work, everyone.

Tom

[valhalx]

BRAVO to all and a special kudo to Sean! I wish this stuff had been around when I was a kid, just starting to read orchestra scores. We really do live in an amazing time. You've had a fruitful and productive internship Sean. Keep this up and you'll have a very bright future. Great work.
Bill

[BlueMax]

....speechless.......... wow!

[joaz]

Congratulations and Kudos to all involved in this remarkable collaboration.
This is a wonderful use of Internet resources.

For those of you that like looking at scores and hearing the sounds, you should also check out the homepage of our own valhalx( Click on his name, then click on visit homepage). He does a masterly analysis of Beethovens Eroica, with score extracts, and audio samples.

This kind of presentation , really makes the Internet seem like a good idea, does'nt it ?. ;)

We all have a lot to thank Al Gore for. ( Or should that be Tim Berners-Lee, or Jenna Jameson. I dunno anymore it is all so confusing.) :D

[etLux]

We all have a lot to thank Al Gore for. ( Or should that be Tim Berners-Lee, or Jenna Jameson. I dunno anymore it is all so confusing.)



Al Gore invented the can opener. People often confuse that
with the Internet; and hence, wrongly give him credit.

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com
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[joaz]

Al Gore invented the can opener. People often confuse that
with the Internet; and hence, wrongly give him credit.

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com (http://www.DavidSosnowski.com)
.
Right.
That may explain why my monitor is covered in baked beans.

If only monitors had sharper edges.

regards Joe

[bbybeaniej]

Wow! This is very cool! I've never seen a movie where you can see the score synced with the music and watch an orchestra playing at the same time! You guys are always doing very cool and innovative things! I hope you do more of these!

[DPDAN]

Fun stuff indeed!
Thank you everyone!
Dan :)