Ross Smithe Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Hey everyone, great to be a part of this wonderful forum with all you awesome Cakewalkers! I've been a CW user for 25 years, and am realizing through interacting with everyone on here how much I still have to learn! Anyway, I wanted to share this instrumental piece I composed for a short film scoring competition, called Work Before Play. The filmmakers ended up going a different direction genre wise, but I really enjoyed doing it. Hope you enjoy it as well! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynn Wilson Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Very nice piece of music, Ross! I don't know why they wouldn't use this, as it has highs and lows, drama, and all the elements that filmmakers like. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T. Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 Well crafted and produced. I can see and hear it working from a scoring perspective very well as the images and music work together to communicate a story. As a song I'd say to trim a couple minutes and tighten it all up🎶🎶🎶🎶 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 7 hours ago, Larry T. said: Well crafted and produced. I can see and hear it working from a scoring perspective very well as the images and music work together to communicate a story. As a song I'd say to trim a couple minutes and tighten it all up🎶🎶🎶🎶 Hey Larry, thanks so much for the kind words, and taking the time to listen! Scoring isn’t usually my thing, so I’m glad it came across that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 17 hours ago, Lynn Wilson said: Very nice piece of music, Ross! I don't know why they wouldn't use this, as it has highs and lows, drama, and all the elements that filmmakers like. Thanks for sharing. Hey Lynn, thanks so much for taking the time to listen, and for your encouraging words. They ended up opting for something more orchestrally based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack c. Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 wonderful.what are the vst plugins used for this?jack c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 Has all the hallmarks of soundtrack material, the mix comes across reasonably well balanced on my Event 20/20's. I suspect that the producers didn't know what they wanted in reality, from what I have read on the subject of soundtracks this is often the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 Thanks for listening Wookie, and thanks for the kind words. They ended up going with something more orchestratal. Oh well, I still had a blast doing it! Soundtracks not normally my thing, so definitely stretched me a new directions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, jack c. said: wonderful.what are the vst plugins used for this?jack c I normally do about 50% VST/50% hardware synths on my stuff. On this one though, was almost exclusively done on hardware, mainly my Korg Kronos. I did use Kontakt Factory Rock Guitar run thru TH3 (layered with another guitar from Kronos) for the middle guitar section. Edited May 23, 2023 by Ross Smithe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Sounds incredible to me. Very professional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markno999 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Ross-Nice work. Was thinking, when is Steve Stevens going to come in, then 2:20 mark came and there he was. Lot of good stuff going on in the track, I like how you built the momentum and then went lighter at the end. Really well executed. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 (edited) Hey @markno999, thank you for listening, and for your kind words. I didn’t really think about the Steve Stevens, but you’re right, lol! The musical arrangement of the song was connected to the video, strenuous at the beginning, and then lighthearted at the end. Edited May 24, 2023 by Ross Smithe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoisp Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Soundtracks are my favourite maybe because of my TV background in production. This is very well done and hits the spot for certain sound scores on a variety of programs to add that emotional vibe, which i call proper music lol You could haev just filmed yourself walking across a field with different headshot pontificating and it would haev worked to this lol well done Ross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 21 hours ago, whoisp said: Soundtracks are my favourite maybe because of my TV background in production. This is very well done and hits the spot for certain sound scores on a variety of programs to add that emotional vibe, which i call proper music lol You could haev just filmed yourself walking across a field with different headshot pontificating and it would haev worked to this lol well done Ross Hey, thanks for taking the time to listen and for the encouraging words. I have to keep that cool video idea in mind for the future, lol! 😎👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Hi Ross Agree with what has already been said - this is excellent, shame it didn't get picked up. Cool Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted May 26, 2023 Author Share Posted May 26, 2023 On 5/25/2023 at 6:03 AM, Bajan Blue said: Hi Ross Agree with what has already been said - this is excellent, shame it didn't get picked up. Cool Nigel Hey Nigel, thanks so much for listening and for the encouraging words! I’m not really a soundtrack guy, so it was a great learning exercise for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Very effective. They should've used it. 🙂John B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted May 27, 2023 Author Share Posted May 27, 2023 On 5/22/2023 at 10:26 PM, jwnicholson78 said: Sounds incredible to me. Very professional. Thanks so much for the kind words and for taking time to check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted May 27, 2023 Author Share Posted May 27, 2023 4 hours ago, Johnbee58 said: Very effective. They should've used it. 🙂John B Hey John, appreciate the encouragement. It’s all good, I had a blast doing it! Thanks, Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Ross, I'm loving the theme introduced earlier but it really shines beginning ~4:00. A bit simpler orchestration here maybe and with a great sounding flute. So now I've listened to this a few times and gotta say this has huge potential. Keep working on it and submit it wherever you can. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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