E.T - Flying theme Midi Mockup

[Thomas_J]

I\'ve made a little midi mockup of the flying theme in E.T. It\'s only 500k and 00:23 long.

The strings are Kirk Hunter. Flutes & Harp are AO.

You must excuse me if there\'s something wrong with the notes. I don\'t own the printed score, so I was doing this purely based on the track on the CD.
http://home.online.no/~finjaco/E.Tmockup-KH.mp3 (\"http://home.online.no/~finjaco/E.Tmockup-KH.mp3\")

For comparison you can listen to the original cue here:
http://home.online.no/~finjaco/E.t-real.mp3 (\"http://home.online.no/~finjaco/E.t-real.mp3\")


As you can hear, Kirk Hunter\'s strings is the weakest point :/ How do you think it would work with gigastrings? Can someone try layering gigastrings on it?


Oh and btw, my homepage has been is updated, so if you\'re interested there are a couple of new tracks up on http://home.online.no/~finjaco/ (\"http://home.online.no/~finjaco/\") including \"Sunrise in Dragongate\", a heavily mediaventures inspired piece http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif

Thomas

[This message has been edited by Thomas_J (edited 01-15-2002).]

[Damon]

Sounds great Thomas! The strings don\'t sound all that bad to me, Gigastrings would probably sound better, but it still sounds great.

[Z6]

Wow! There you go again. This is simply marvelous. I agree with Damon, the strings sounds damn good - a great ad for Kirk Hunter (I wasn\'t overly impressed with the \'official\' demos.)

Mind you, I couldn\'t get to the \'real\' page. You\'re sure you didn\'t mix them up
:-? I wouldn\'t have known this was sampled.
Wonderful brass.

Not only does this sound like a real orchestra, it sounds like a real orchestra having a ball.

[Thomas_J]

Thanks! I spent 2 hours making this mock-up. Williams\' music is NOT as simple as it sounds http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/wink.gif (This piece has 26 midi channels in use)

The brass is from my personal library.

Thomas

(PS! could anyone with Gigastrings please try and write the melody in violins (doubled in 8va) for me? (I want to hear how it sounds compared to Kirk Hunter) and mix it on top of my mp3? The piece is in 160 bpm.)

[KingIdiot]

Thomas,

Again great work. I hope someday I have something to trade with you for some brass sounds http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif they are still fantastic!

I have to say one thing about the strings. I did a quicky mock up of this theme back in the GOS beta period (before legato mode). I have to say I like GOS better. I\'m only saying this to say thank you, not to boast for GOS. I dont have KH, and have questioned how it would sound to me compared to GOS.

I did post the cue I did some time ago and I\'ll probably repost it if you want. Thing is, I dont have your ear...or your brass http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/wink.gif. PLus it was pre legato mode so there are \"holes\" which occur from the attack swells. I would definitely go back and do it correctly at some point, but no time right now.

on a weird note, the cue I did is ALSO 23 seconds long!

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Really...I am an Idiot

[Thomas_J]

Great KingIdiot! That\'d be very interesting to hear! Please email it to me or something when you have time. I\'m still eager to hear what the GoS strings sound like with hollywood string writing.

Thanks,
Thomas

[Haydn]

Sounds great! The melody in this section is played by 1st and 2nd Violins, Violas and Cellos in about 3 or 4 octaves. My version which was recorded from the score, used about 50 tracks. Unfortunately, my version doesn\'t have those excellent sounding horns. Love the slides in the french horn part! I used the Kirk Hunter Akai version on my original. Maybe one day I\'ll re-record the strings using GOS.

[Damon]

Thomas,
What reverb did you use and how long of decay time did you apply? It definitely has a nice hollywood type sound to it.

[ChrisAxia]

Excellent work!

It just goes to show that if the arrangement is great, things can sound pretty real. This is a great example because the strings at the very beginning don\'t sound at all real, but when everything else is going, suddenly they sound pretty damn good! That amazing brass helps, and those flute runs sound really good as well.

Chris

[Simon Ravn]

Nicey - especially the brass of course http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif The strings sound a bit weak. About the reverb... I think there\'s too much of it. Prolly just too much wet signal, the decay is not too long.

[Thomas_J]

Exactly. The strings are weak, and that\'s why I was wondering if anyone could do it in GoS to show how real it could sound using that library!

Reverb is Zoom 1202 as usual. I love this box. Imo the reverb is right on, but that is, as many other things, an individual taste.

Thanks,
Thomas

[Simon Ravn]

Thomas_J - I thought you listened to film scores? Can you give me an example of a recording with as much verb as this? http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif I am increasingly suprised each time I hear something real, how little reverb is actually \'added\' by the hall/studio in most instances. So I don\'t agree!! http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif If you send me the demo without stringparts, I could give it a shot with GOS.

[Damon]

In alot of Williams scores, the halls sound very large to me which reminds me of the sound Thomas goes for, a large hall.
\'The Lost Boys Chase\' from \"Hook\" has a very deep hall sound.
It\'s all subjective though. Whatever ya want http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/wink.gif



[This message has been edited by Damon (edited 01-15-2002).]

[ProfessorOak]

Indeed! wonderful.

What was the brass from?

[SyQuEsT]

Can you post a mp3 file without strings ... we can all test it with GOS.

Or you can send me your brass sampler for free ... ;-)

Take care ...

KingIdiot is THE idiot :-)

[LHong]

Thanks Thomas for sharing your creative music, they all are enjoyable! Well done in the arrangement and mixing! The ET-mockup also be beautiful, just like the original one! Keep up the good works, I\'d just like to listen more...

BTW, Here is the correct ET-real MP3 path as follows: http://home.online.no/~finjaco/E.T-real.mp3 (\"http://home.online.no/~finjaco/E.T-real.mp3\")

Regards,
Long