Bernard Herrmann-inspired orchestral piece

It's been a long time since I've been seen in these parts   I've been exploring some intervallic ideas along the lines of Bernard Herrmann.  Any feedback on how to make this better is certainly welcome.

LINK TO MP3: http://bit.ly/2aRB6QN

Cheers,
Jonas

Jonas,
 
I thought Rod Serling was going to start speaking during this piece:)   You definitely nailed Bernard Herrmann's style in the track.   Well done.
 
Regards

Short, but oh so sweet.   There's a lot going on but it works really well.   As mentioned above it's got a very "mystery movie" thing happening - perfect for that.   Oh, and I really liked the orchestration. 
 

This could be used in one of those old Twilight Zone episodes at the climax of the BIG TWIST at the end.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.  

The sounds are from Sibelius piping its "mecanico" MIDI into NotePerformer.  The advantage of NotePerformer is that it will take board-stiff expressionless notation score MIDI (dynamics, bowing techniques, etc.) and turn it into something that sounds like it was performed by humans by interpreting the dynamics, slurs, articulations, etc, and even introduce good-sounding timing discrepancies.  The sounds themselves are physical models and not as realistic as the high-end orchestral samples, but the end result is more musical than if I had sent the same MIDI into VSL (which I have) or other high-end libraries (which I have as well).   The tone would be richer, but it would sound very stiff.  

I should take the time to play each part in, but that would easily make it 15 times the amount of work.    

jsaras
Thanks for the feedback everyone.  

The sounds are from Sibelius piping its "mecanico" MIDI into NotePerformer.  The advantage of NotePerformer is that it will take board-stiff expressionless notation score MIDI (dynamics, bowing techniques, etc.) and turn it into something that sounds like it was performed by humans by interpreting the dynamics, slurs, articulations, etc, and even introduce good-sounding timing discrepancies.  The sounds themselves are physical models and not as realistic as the high-end orchestral samples, but the end result is more musical than if I had sent the same MIDI into VSL (which I have) or other high-end libraries (which I have as well).   The tone would be richer, but it would sound very stiff.  

I should take the time to play each part in, but that would easily make it 15 times the amount of work.    

Interesting. Is it possible to run VSL or the other libraries you have through that NotePerformer?
 
Thinking about this I think the Strezov Sampling's Cornucopia Strings would probably have a really good sound for this kind of a track... :)

jsaras
That's not how the software works: http://www.noteperformer.com

Sibelius does have the capability of using other sample libraries and doing appropriate key-switching, but that's not the same thing.

Bummer. I like the idea, but the sounds it generates sound bad to my ears.

I think the added percussions give an excellent boost. :)

Thanks Kuusniemi and mikeinFL! NotePerformer feels musical even if
its strings aren't up to the standards of the higher-end sample libraries. As someone who is trained as a paper and pencil composer, it's a huge time saver.

I've done bits and pieces of Straviskyesque writing, but it's not something that I connect with emotionally. I'm primarily a jazz guy at heart.