Orchestral soundtrack for your TimeFest!!!

you can also achieve a much more convincing sound if you record live instruments along with samples! Heh i'm pretty sure Herman does....as he seems to play every ethnic instrument you can find :D

DaZ
 
What about someone like Jan Hammer? He was imitating the sound of an electric guitar, but played it (the synthesizer) in a very expressive way to make what I thought was terrific music. I mean, I didn't think it was a guitar, but it was guitar-like, and some fantastic playing.
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If he was doing something new sonicly then I could accept it....however if he was trying to emulate a real guitar then it just wouldn't sound authentic to me.....that doesn't mean if he used it on a film and it worked in context I wouldn't accept it for what it is, I just wouldn't accept it as a guitar......the same way a violin player wouldn't accept a sampled violin....and the same way a composer who uses sampled violin wouldn't accept a synthesized one ;)

DaZ
 
Hmmm, I think you've confused me Daz. I brought Jan up because:

...no amount of expression control could make a synthesized guitar sound good to me.
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I mean, did you really mean to imply that no matter how well he plays it, no matter how much skill, dexterity or emotion he puts into his playing, because he's imitating an electric guitar it won't sound good to you? It seems to me a better statement would be "sound authentic to me". Or are you saying that that you find sheer emulation of any type such a distraction that you can't listen? Sorry if I sound defensive. I have to confess, Jan was a hero of mine, and I found his music - especially for his music to Miami Vice - both ground breaking and fantastic to listen to, including his unique emulation of guitars outstanding and incredibly expressive. I only wish my music were 1/100th the value of his, and I'll defend his music to the end. :cool:

I think a real issue with making synthesized or sampled orchestras is that most all of us can't afford a real one. While at the same time we run into a lot of filmmakers who want their score to sound orchestral, even if fake. At least I've run into this a lot. Even if they don't realize what more can be done with sounds beyond the spectrum of what an orchestra offers. And this especially applies to the limitations (and weakness) of a synthesized or sampled orchestra no matter how good one is at imitating it.
 
because he's imitating an electric guitar it won't sound good to you?
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It wont sound like a real guitar to me, Judged on its own merits it would sound good, but its wouldn't be the real thing.

DaZ
 
Bump for Leo here on the 'available composer' post .... the reason for this thread. :)

Got any films you're scoring yet, Leo?
 
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