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Thanks, I'm glad you guys like them. I've got much more in the works!
There are a few changed / unused Star Wars cues that I have heard MIDI reconstructions of that I would LOVE to hear with this level of fidelity.
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Dec 20, 2024 - 11:17 AM
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This is the only game in town for this classic James Bernard score. It was recreated using Bernard's original hand written score that came from David Huckvale who wrote the definitive autobiography on James Bernard. Gaetano Melapante of the Film Music Midi Group did an awesome job on this!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZXoV9O-yTg&t=4s
Taking on an entire score like that is a huge accomplishment. I'm in that group on Facebook and Gaetano seems endlessly busy. Big respect for him.
I've just discovered there was once a site called pianofiles where people uploaded composers' scores and I'm salivating at the thought of what's out there. Last night I found a few handwritten John Williams cues in a couple of places and now I want MORE. Suffice to say I'm going to start on what I have. Very exciting to have this stuff in front of my eyeballs.
I've been fooling around with this, as an amateur, for a few years now. I'm not a musician, so I have to painstakingly transcribe the notes into Sibelius. Given my limited expertise, I can't justify investing in a premium samples library, so I'm using Sibelius Sounds. Percussion, woodwinds, and plucked strings sound fairly convincing, brass and bowed strings less so. And yet, this limited palette lets me hear cues I'd not otherwise be able to hear, either without dialogue or simply because a recorded version never existed or has not survived. I'm also a member of Film Music MIDI Group, but have been remiss in following, primarily because I feel I'm out of my league. But I can add my praise of Gaetano Malaponti, who works tirelessly, and Aleksandar Popovic, who works with Bill Wrobel on the Herrmann cues.
Thank you for starting this thread and posting your excellent realizations.
Here's a link to two cues from Clifton Parker's Treasure Island score, which I transcribed by ear to supplement the suite on the Chandos album:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dPs4zEOE3rTI78ekesCKHI0garhNdAcc?usp=sharing
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Thanks, I'm glad you guys like them. I've got much more in the works!
There are a few changed / unused Star Wars cues that I have heard MIDI reconstructions of that I would LOVE to hear with this level of fidelity.
I'd love to take a crack at one of those. Do you know if the scores are available?
I'll see if I can find out where they came from.
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Dec 22, 2024 - 8:37 AM
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jkruppa
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I've been fooling around with this, as an amateur, for a few years now. I'm not a musician, so I have to painstakingly transcribe the notes into Sibelius. Given my limited expertise, I can't justify investing in a premium samples library, so I'm using Sibelius Sounds. Percussion, woodwinds, and plucked strings sound fairly convincing, brass and bowed strings less so. And yet, this limited palette lets me hear cues I'd not otherwise be able to hear, either without dialogue or simply because a recorded version never existed or has not survived. I'm also a member of Film Music MIDI Group, but have been remiss in following, primarily because I feel I'm out of my league. But I can add my praise of Gaetano Malaponti, who works tirelessly, and Aleksandar Popovic, who works with Bill Wrobel on the Herrmann cues.
Thank you for starting this thread and posting your excellent realizations.
Here's a link to two cues from Clifton Parker's Treasure Island score, which I transcribed by ear to supplement the suite on the Chandos album:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dPs4zEOE3rTI78ekesCKHI0garhNdAcc?usp=sharing
Bravo on those transcriptions. That's incredibly hard work, and those are good solid demos. Very impressive.
Some sample libraries can be very expensive, but if you find a free DAW there are lots of cheap or free sample libraries out there that can take you a long way. I was composing a score for an indie feature a couple of years ago and decided to get serious so I spent some money on a DAW and a good solo string library, but I still use a lot of free libraries. It can be an expensive hobby, though, if you're not careful. (I have not been careful.)
I've been working with Bill Wrobel on a bunch of things over the last year too -- he sent me those Black Hole cues and I'm working on some Herrmann pieces now. He's a godsend for film music lovers. I have so much respect for all the work he's done.
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