A Warrior's Tale - Short Film Score using nearly all Garritan Instruments

[jdsnyderii]

This is a short film underscore (I think this is the right term) I did in collaboration with a friend of mine; I did the music and he did the video. It uses almost all GPO4 and GIO (excluding the Duduk but I did use the JABB3 breaths during the Duduk parts for effect), and I was very happy with the quality that can be achieved using these libraries. The content is of a religious nature but seeing that so much of the forum music comes from these origins, it seemed fitting to post as part of the summer fest. The Duduk is from Best Service Desert Winds.

A Warrior's Tale

[Michael A. Wiktor]

"...Wiktor's a Jekyll-Hyde personality..." - Lycos Music
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[rbowser-]

Very well done, Jim - You said, "...I was very happy with the quality that can be achieved using these libraries..." and you should be very happy indeed with the quality you achieved. You had very good tools, the GPO/IO combination, but all of us here know that tools are just the prerequisite, the starting point - it's our imagination and expertise that leads to great results like you have here.

You kept the underscoring driving, but in a way that wasn't competitive with the narration and visuals, and always appropriately enhancing the mood of the film.

That must've been a very fun project to work on. How long would you say it took you?

Exciting event you've added to the Festival - Thank you so much.

Randy

[fabiolcati]

I can only agree with everything stated in the above comments.

Great video.

Bravo.

[jdsnyderii]

Very well done, Jim - You said, "...I was very happy with the quality that can be achieved using these libraries..." and you should be very happy indeed with the quality you achieved. You had very good tools, the GPO/IO combination, but all of us here know that tools are just the prerequisite, the starting point - it's our imagination and expertise that leads to great results like you have here.

You kept the underscoring driving, but in a way that wasn't competitive with the narration and visuals, and always appropriately enhancing the mood of the film.

That must've been a very fun project to work on. How long would you say it took you?

Exciting event you've added to the Festival - Thank you so much.

Randy

Thanks Randy, Fabio, and Michael. It was a fun project. An estimate is between 32 and 36 hours. So, if you go by the Alexander Publishing standard (2 minutes / day), it should have taken about 2 day (i.e. 16 hours). Since it took me about 32, I guess I am working at half commercial speed, and I am happy with that number.

Jim

[sanyarem]

Hello Jim! I agree with everyone else that the production on this is quite good! The music really does a great job of setting the tone for this and complements the video wonderfully! Thanks for sharing!

[davidrhepworth]

Fantastic underscore. I love the duduk. It gives the music such a humble religious tone in my opinion. Well done.

[jdsnyderii]

Fantastic underscore. I love the duduk. It gives the music such a humble religious tone in my opinion. Well done.

Thanks Michael and David. I did enjoy the work. I picked the duduk to help set the tone of the piece and it seems to work. And welcome to the forum David ( it says you are a new member ).

Glad you borh enjoyed the piece.

[snorlax]

Jim,
I certainly add my voice to the chorus of praise--great in conception and execution.
And my appreciation for the whole production goes well beyond the music .

Snor

[jdsnyderii]

Jim,
I certainly add my voice to the chorus of praise--great in conception and execution.
And my appreciation for the whole production goes well beyond the music .

Snor

Thanks Snorlax (aka Jim)

I passed along your comments and they were much appreciated. Thanks for the listen and the kind words.

Jim