Incompetech: February 2007 Archives

February 2007 Archives

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February 26, 2007 - Massive drums and Light fun

A bit of warning for this first piece. The bass is very heavy. It will punch you in the gut and blow out your speakers if you turn it up too much. You'll get about 30 seconds before it hits... so don't say I didn't warn you. Big Mojo is the kind of piece you'd hear in a very loud action sequence in a very loud action film. There are plenty of cut-outs for dialog and other explosions.

At another edge of the musical spectrum; Mariachi Snooze. This is a nice light fun swing piece in a very very major mode. Nothing to offend here... just light fun.

Also, I received a great little voice-over sounder from S. L. Slaughter. If you like the sound of it and think you have a use for Voice-Overs in your own project, I suggest you contact him. The man can make anything sound exciting. Even a quilting bee. (to my knowledge he has not done voice work for a quilting bee... but he could... if you paid him money.)

February 14, 2007 - Tibet, Ireland, and Germany

Interesting day today. I continue to play with my new world music samples, and I got a request for Wagner. Wagner? Who requests Wagner? Well... she didn't know she was requesting Wagner, she wanted a recording of that traditional wedding march piece. There's quire a few wedding marches out there - but it turns out she wanted the "Bridal Chorus" from the Act 3 of the opera Lohengrin.
It is known around these parts as "here comes the bride"... the actual words start out "Treulich geführt ziehet dahin,
wo euch der Segen der Liebe bewahr'!" translation: " Faithfully guided, draw near to where the blessing of love shall preserve you!" [wikipedia]

I recorded two versions; one with a pipe organ, and another (new arrangement) on piano. Bridal Chorus's.

Also new - Himalayan Atmosphere and a solo dulcimer piece Errigal

February 12, 2007 - Celtic Demo

Just picked up a new pack for Garageband that has some nice world music samples in it. I'm still learning how to use it - but I've had requests for various ethnic musics which I've been unable to do until now. Expect more world music soon.

Celtic Impulse

Cheers.

February 05, 2007 - Shorts

This week I worked on a bunch of short films. These may all seem short, but I actually extended most of them for you.

Dark Standoff 44 seconds. Broad low strings.
How Swing 50 seconds. Nifty piece. Check it out. Originally written for a 1920's British audio drama.
Disconcerned
Flute choir... Rhythm from Beethoven, structure from Holst.
Feral Chase Orchestral chase music
Hamster March Cartoonish pep
Plain Loafer Similar to "No Good Layabout", but not at all similar. I need a new genre for things like this...
Radio Martini I really like this one. A cheery sort of ditty. The presence of the clarinet means you probably can't use it under scenes with dialog, as they occupy about the same frequency range... but the piece I wrote this for didn't have any dialog, so it does a good job of filling in the space. Also, I love clarinet.

Keep the comments and suggestions coming. Also jobs. I can use more jobs. :-)