Do something creative with a classical song (fil rouge 2), a bit difficult for me, I'm really not that creative... but I tried with Fur Elise and one of my favorite piano sonata's from Beethoven. Can't remember the number though. To be honest it sounds more like a parody on Fur Elise...
I just got to install another 256 mb RAM, nothing much happened, but I can use GPO a little bit. (only when I shut down every program on my computer...)
Most of the instruments are still EWQL. Those trombones really can make growling sounds, I just found out you had to change the velocity of the notes. I didn't do that before!!!
So how to express such emotion? I thought the tempo should be something fast and the dynamics should be forte. Atonality is a must here. (also "fear" should be something with atonality) Violin trills and tremolo's work well.
As motive and theme I used things from James Horner's OST from "Aliens", Hitoshi Sakimoto also used this theme in his FFXII OST. This motive can be heared as the violins and anvil thrusts while the pitch goes upwards. You can hear the sequence at 1:17.
2:17 has a rhythm from FFXII trailer. You know, that piece that begins with harp and nice pizzicatos and suddenly all that percussion comes in with that great rhythm.
The theme (in piano and strings) at 0:46 comes from "Metroid" I used to play on my Game Boy.
Another thing I got was from Gundam Seed OST's. Difficult to describe: this theme gives a really movie-like effect. Also composers like Holst: "The Planets" have used these sequences. You can hear this theme at: 1:07 in the trombones.
"The Matrix" has some nice scary motives. I tried to simulate this at the beginning of the song. Do you recall that brass section making dissonants in that movie?
I admit I took one modulation sequence from the song: Escape from Platos cave from Stephen Melillo 1993. Third movement. You can hear the modulation at: 2:08-2:12.
Nice sequence! la, do, mi => sib, reb, fa and back and forth.
Recently I found Titanic SF, so I just added some sound effects. I tried to kill some birds with a shotgun to accentuate the desperation. Note how the birds sing in the beginning and are dead at the end of the song.
PS: I am amazed how much influence I got from other composers for this song
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