Just finished a new spaghetti-western/cowboy soundtrack piece

Hi Everyone,
 
I've spent the last couple of months working on a new spaghetti-western/cowboy theme tune and I've posted it to my site on broadjam.com.   I used a lot of orchestral sounds, classical guitar, whistling, and I even brought in my friend to play the harmonica part give it that old-west sort of vibe.  The song is called "The Lost Dutchman Trail"    You can hear the song at the following link:
http://www.broadjam.com/artists/songs.php?artistID=99659&mediaID=627761&play=true
 
Thanks for listening,  --Jim 
 

Sounds pretty authentic to me Jim. :)  Your songs always come off well, even though you're constantly putting yourself into crazy new genres.  You're an amazing talent, Jim!

Jim, this is really nice and would fit well in a western movie or western movie theme song. Has that western feel and the instrumentation, whistling and all are mixed together perfectly and blend together very nicely. Very well done.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

This is fun, I happend to have seen three of Sergio Leones spagetti-westerns this week! The whistling and guitar sound is spot on. Really nice produced, maybe you have hold back the reverb a little too much (need to say I'm on laptop). Tape echo?

Thanks so much everyone!  I really appreciate the comments.   Yes, I did play the guitar parts and the whistling.
I brought my friend in to do the harmonica part.  The rest was done by with my plugins for the orchestral sounds.   Those take a lot of time to get them right, but it's great to have access to these plugins since I don't have the facility to record an orchestra.    Technology is great for musicians these days.  
I'm thinking of making another mix of the track after several folks have mentioned that they didn't like the classical guitar part, not enough reverb.  I was trying to keep it up front a bit more so that it wouldn't get lost in the mix, but may be it's too dry.  I'm also thinking of bringing the harmonica back again on the last verse.  I need to experiment to see how it will sound.
 
Thanks again everyone for listening.
--Jim 

Now you've done it! I've now got an incredible urge to watch a bunch of Sergio Leone movies! Very nicely executed, top marks for guitar and harmonica!

Thanks so much everyone.  I appreciate all the supportive comments that you all provided.
After sitting on this mix  for about 1 week I made a few minor changes to help to make the ending a little better.  I'd had a few comments from various people about the  dry sound that I used on the classical guitar so I put more room sound on the solo part  and brought the harmonica back on the last verse, which helps to end it in a similar way that it started.  I'll be submitting this to a couple of opportunities in the next few weeks, so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that they like the track.  You really never know what people are going to like so you just do your best and cross your fingers. 
 
Thanks again everyone.
--Jim 

Jim,
 
Great piece.  The musical production is outstanding.  To my ears, the some of the elements of the mix sounds a little dull on the upper end, mainly the orchestral pieces.   Guitar sounds good as does the whistling and harmonica.  I think it is just the orchestra that needs some brightening.  That said, as a huge fan of westerns, you definitely nailed the genre.   Love it....
 
Regard

I would say mission accomplished.  You definitely captured the sound.
Nice one!!! 

This could be a soundtrack for a major motion picture.  I've always been a fan of film composers like Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrman, Elmer Bernstein, Alfred Newman, etc..  Because their instrumental music creates a visual picture.  This certainly did that for me!!!  It created a specific vision in my mind and that's quite an accomplishment!!  Very, very good indeed Jim!

ralphwiggum
I forgot to mention Ennio Morricone.  The granddaddy of this genre of film music. :-)

 
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