Orchestral Movie Theme - "Visions of Paris" (Garritan Competition entry)

This is a lovely piece.  I can think of any number of movies that this would be appropriate for.  The mix is full and balanced, and the arrangement is first class.  Well done and good luck.

Jonas,
 
Nice piece and nicely orchestrated.   I would love to hear this with something like VSL or LA Scoring Strings.  Good luck in the contest.
 
Regards.

Hi Jonas,

This is really well done. In spite of your disclaimer about GPO I think the orchestration more than makes up for any shortcomings on the part of the orchestral sounds. Good luck in the contest.

Hi Jonas,

Thanks a lot. Going through your post. The link does not work.
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Link corrected.

I only have some of the EWQLSO that is part of Quantum Leap Colossus.  The arrangement would sound fine with almost any sample library.  The important thing is that the orchestration has good lines throughout and there are no problematic vertical intervals.  

I just purchased VSL Special Edition, primarily for its woodwinds.  It should be here tomorrow and I can't wait to get to work with it.  It will be a great addition to Cinebrass and LA Scoring Strings 2.0.  

Good to see you around here Joni!

J  

Excellent job all around!  Very nice arrangement and sounds.  Best of luck on the competition.  

Rimshot
 

Very nice Jonas! I've been playing around with GPO and 'soundtrack' compositions but no where near this extent. Your piece evokes visions of Paris, so I feel you achieved what the contest is looking for. Good luck!!!

Nice. Very soothing. Regards, Lance

I did a complete remix of this piece.  The song had to be shortened to 90 seconds long, so I had to delete a couple of bars (a better option than speeding it up), and it gave me the opportunity to re-balance some phrases a little better.


@Blown306: I'm going to title the piece "Visions of Paris". 

@Janet: The Guide To MIDI Orchestration is a fine book.  I heard that Thomas J. Bergersen, probably the best MIDI mockup guy on the planet, was working on a book that explains how he gets his mock-ups to sound so perfect.

My favorite orchestration books are the two volumes that cover orchestration in the Equal Interval System course, "Creative Orchestration" by George Frederick McKay, "Complete Handbook For The Music Arranger" by Mikey Baker and "Arranging Music for the Real World" by Vince Corozine. 

Those sound like great books too, Jonas.  I'd love to see that one by Bergersen.  I hope he makes it cheaper than Paul did his.  

@ malcolm: Thanks for the props!

Now, for the shameless trolling for votes.  The voting for the Garritan Composer Competition is open as of today.  It can only be done through Facebook.  The link is: https://apps.facebook.com/garritancomposer/entries/

I titled my piece "Visions of Paris".  If you feel so inclined, vote for me!

Thanks,
Jonas Aras

Very nicely done.  Good luck with your entry. I have the Garratan orchestra and world instrument.  I still  have much to learn with them.
 
Kevin Kascak

Jonas, this sounded just wonderful to me.  Lovely composition and arrangement.  I would definitely enter it, and I wish you the best of luck if you do.