Heroic orchestral

[SteinThorSoundtracks]

Hi all

I´m trying for this one
Listing #U160726HO:
Give them dramatic, victorious-sounding Instrumental Cues with full string sections, triumphant horns, epic percussion, and an overall sound that’s filled with a grandiose sound of victory. Your instrumentation should sound authentic and believable! The addition of electro elements in your pieces is fine. Anything material that sounds dated, stiff, or obviously MIDI-driven will not work for this pitch. Your Cues should start building quickly, while getting bigger and bigger until they crescendo to a dramatic climax. Call Of Duty Hans Zimmer Destiny Michael Salvator Tomb Raider by Jason Graves

https://soundcloud.com/user-733647728/e ... n-memoriam

Wondering if this production sounds convincing to you all, maybe it´s too busy or too soft in the beginning. Any advice from your trained ears taxi members?

Thanks
Stein

[edmondredd]

Do you mind posting the links to the references?
To my ears, it sounds pretty decent, and the orchestration sounds authentic.
The track switches to grandiose a bit late at 1:34.
The whole cue is a bit long and I honestly didn't feel any building before @3:10 and yet it didn't really grow big.
I might be completely wrong, as I didn't listen to the references, and sorry for being brutally honest

[edmondredd]

ok I've just checked about the 3:00-3:30 requirements, my bad

[SteinThorSoundtracks]

Thank you, honesty is best

It did not build much since they ask for a long cue, so don´t know, maybe I should shorten the first part some...

[hummingbird]

The references are:
Call Of Duty Hans Zimmer
Destiny Michael Salvatori
Tomb Raider by Jason Graves

I listened to Zimmer, Call of Duty notes:
0-:39 Intro
:39-1:39 first build
1:40-even bigger
1:54-bigger still
2:22-adds texture, depth, drama
2:40-epic to 3:18
3:18.. trails off

England 1 - Iceland 2
0-1:34 Intro (nice textures)
1:34-3:10 Build 1 (lovely)
3:10-4:09-Build 2 (just great)
4:09-end softer tail

First I'd like to say your use of the orchestral palette is awesome, everything sounds wonderfully mixed. There's a definite emotion in the track and it does move forward in a fashion even though the first build from 1:34 to 3:10 is a stretch. The track at 4-1/2 mins is too long for the listing, and the Intro is too long in terms of the dramatic build they are seeking. I would suggest starting somewhere around 1:00 to 1:15 if possible. That would cut down the long intro and lead nicely to the first build.

I could hear this in a movie. Nice job!

cheers
H'bird

[SteinThorSoundtracks]

Thank you so much for taking the time to do all this, analyze and all ,, yes, the Zimmer one was my reference although I don´t like this one too much.. have the feeling he only did the idea part and someone else realized it.

I will definately shorten the piece before sending it in and thank you for your compliments, apreciate it

Stein