antler Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Hi Everyone This song started life as the soundtrack for a trailer scoring competition for a certain product. Nothing much came of it, and I thought I'd pad it out a little more rather than let it go to waste. Comments welcome; hope you enjoy! YouTube or SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/ant-832623685/the-arrival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 You should copyright that chord progression. You'd be rich! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric chevrier Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 great work very powerful thanks for sharing eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mánibranðr Studios Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, David Sprouse said: You should copyright that chord progression. You'd be rich! vi-IV-I-V Is used everywhere. I used a variation of it myself in On Metal Wings where it goes i-VI-III-VII-III-VII | i-VI-v-VI-VII Sensitive Female Chord progression aside, you did well with the arrangement. Edited January 23, 2019 by LadyFuzztail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Anthony, great piece here. Epic in all the right spots, tension that builds and is released. Mix sounded great. What was the product - insurance? dentures? a Sham-wow? Whatever, very likely their product is unworthy of your fine composition. cheers, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcumpian Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Very nicely done! Sounded very complete as is, and the mix is very good as well. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapsa Kuusniemi Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 To my ear this has too much of John Murphy's "Adagio in D Minor" on the melody to feel comfortable. But looking past that: The percussion feels way bigger than the actual orchestra. The high strings particularly are pushed too much to the back. Also some of bigger percussion hits come about quite abruptly. The male choir could be more present, it would give much more backbone to the track. Structurewise I feel this didn't quite go to full on climax you'd expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Thanks everyone; glad you enjoyed listening. 16 hours ago, emeraldsoul said: Anthony, great piece here. Epic in all the right spots, tension that builds and is released. Mix sounded great. What was the product - insurance? dentures? a Sham-wow? Whatever, very likely their product is unworthy of your fine composition. Hi Tom. It was a virtual instrument library; probably isn't fair to name names. 6 hours ago, Kuusniemi said: To my ear this has too much of John Murphy's "Adagio in D Minor" on the melody to feel comfortable. But looking past that: The percussion feels way bigger than the actual orchestra. The high strings particularly are pushed too much to the back. Also some of bigger percussion hits come about quite abruptly. The male choir could be more present, it would give much more backbone to the track. Structurewise I feel this didn't quite go to full on climax you'd expect. Hi Kuusniemi. I hadn't heard Adagio in D Minor before (or that I could remember), but you're right: there is a very close similarity. Having said that, it occurred to me after finishing it that it reminded me of another piece of music that features in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. No plagiarism consciously intended. Thanks for the comments; always good to know how I can improve my mixes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 17 hours ago, LadyFuzztail said: Sensitive Female Chord progression aside, you did well with the arrangement. Thanks LadyFuzztail, though I'm not quite sure what you mean; do you think another vocal would be better, or that the vocal part could be arranged more suitably? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapsa Kuusniemi Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, antler said: Thanks everyone; glad you enjoyed listening. Hi Tom. It was a virtual instrument library; probably isn't fair to name names. Hi Kuusniemi. I hadn't heard Adagio in D Minor before (or that I could remember), but you're right: there is a very close similarity. Having said that, it occurred to me after finishing it that it reminded me of another piece of music that features in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. No plagiarism consciously intended. Thanks for the comments; always good to know how I can improve my mixes. No need to feel bad, Adagio in D Minor is one of most copied pieces of recent years (I believe yours was not intentional). One needs only to listen the score for Battle Los Angeles to hear pretty much a straight copy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Nice chilled piece, I quite enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mánibranðr Studios Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 4:37 AM, antler said: Thanks LadyFuzztail, though I'm not quite sure what you mean; do you think another vocal would be better, or that the vocal part could be arranged more suitably? I think it's fine, I am just commenting on the fact that it's very common among female pop artists to use i-VI-III-VII (also written as vi-IV-I-V in Major) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy j Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Very good production that really builds and indeed has a good cinematic quality. You have also done a great job on the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 For those who studied jazz and practiced countless solos and ideas from other jazz musicians ad absurdum you shouldn't feel bad about using other ideas...it's just better to do a variation of some kind. Writing variations is a great way to come up with ideas too. you did a fantastic job with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antler Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 Thanks everyone: glad you enjoyed listening. I really didn't know another piece existed that was so similar; guess I was just following the notes of the chords. I had fun creating this anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I enjoyed it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I liked it - it felt to me to be a dramatic score, like the mood before a battle begins - nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Sound like a common chord progression but I still like what you did with it. Very pretty arrangement. ?John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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