Huh?? DARK, OMINOUS ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTAL

[daveydad]

Well, a little disappointed I got a return on Black Hole (on my Taxi page) for this reason:

"Hi David, I like the theme and I think the track progresses nicely. I find the overall mood is more mellow than the "over the top, apocalyptic" sound requested."

If they had said the way it was mixed or sounding too sampled or something I could understand. But.... I simply do not see this piece as "mellow." Intensity is what I was after. Funny, I've heard a few forwards from others and they sounded more mellow than mine. Really trying to learn from this. Thoughts?

DARK, OMINOUS ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTAL Tracks are U-R-G-E-N-T-L-Y needed by an A-LIST MUSIC SUPERVISOR working on a MAJOR STUDIO FEATURE FILM. He’s searching for Mid-to-Up Tempo Instrumentals in the general stylistic ballpark of composers like Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Brian Tyler, Pete Anthony, etc. “Batman” Score From The Dark Knight: http://bit.ly/1e0phz3 “Iron Man 3 Theme”: http://bit.ly/1crJY4l “Warriors On The Beach” Snow White And The Huntsman: http://bit.ly/1dtCSAR This is for a very specific scene in a film where the lead character is playing a very dark, ominous video game, and the supervisor needs music that sounds like it would be the soundtrack to that game. Quoting The Music Supervisor: “I need over the top, apocalyptic tracks that will immediately give the listener the sense that they’re multiple levels deep into the strange, shadowy world of a super-intense video game.”

[pboss]

Hey, David, your track is really cool, and close. One thing that stands out for me, is that the referenced Batman track is 100 BPM with sixteenth notes, and your track - if you analyze what would be sixteenth notes, is at 60 BPM, so in terms of rhythmic frequency and energy in that respect, yours is almost half that tempo. Of course, you probably have your tempo set to 120, and are using primarily 1/8 notes, but however you slice it, that Batman track is more frantic tempo-wise. You made a good track and it will get placed somewhere.


PS, for anyone looking to listen, the Black Hole track wasn't on the Taxi page, but I found it at:

https://soundcloud.com/davidhollandsworth/black-hole

[Russell Landwehr]

Heya David.

Yeah, the 8th notes at 120BPM aren't quite as frantic as 16ths at 100BPM. I think your melody strings being somewhat legato with a slow attack are also keeping it out of the "over-the-top" category. I think there is probably a more accurate word to use than too "mellow." The track is certainly not "mellow" but I don't think the screeners critique with thesaurus in hand.

It's a good cue to keep in your back pocket!

Russell

[daveydad]

great points! now will have to go look up the word "legato" lol!!