I found it in a removed blog in google's cache:

http://rapidshare.com/files/126947741/Everest-1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/126948498/Everest-2.rar

Thanks for Captain Ron.

The Kanno commentary is taking a bit longer because there's a lot I want to say for each track. I've done 11 of 17 so far.

Well, searching the forum I've just found that for you :

Giant Robo OSTs 1-7 (Masamichi Amano)
Thread 49552

Thanks to dannyfrench, one of the great contributors of this thread.

Just started downloading now - hopefully all the links work for the albums I dont have - Arthierr - I could kiss you and dannyfrench on the mouth right now haha ^^. Thank you (!)

I found it in a removed blog in google's cache:

http://rapidshare.com/files/126947741/Everest-1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/126948498/Everest-2.rar



Hey, nice find ! Thanks.

I haven't listened to this in a long while ever since I downloaded it back in the Napster days and I have to say, I refuse to believe they didn't take inspiration from Hisaishi's Princess Mononoke score for this because there are portions that seem very similar.

Hello folks,
Sorry for the massively long silence - I've been away on holiday, and I didn't realise there would be no bloody Internet connection, or mobile phone signal, where I was - so I was two weeks completely away from the wonderful world online!
SO much to say, but I'll start with a few comments on more recent posts:

arthierr: Your last compilation was inspired. As usual you managed to pick out some stuff I outright can't stand, and mix it in with some of my all time favourites... ;)

Poledouris (Lonesome Dove) - what can I say? Nothing short of a masterpiece, but then again, almost every note the man wrote fit that description... If I had a time machine, the two people I would want to go back and meet - Poledouris and Goldsmith.

Hannigan (Harry Potter) - well, didn't this show up Nicholas Hooper's amateurish effort! Hooper is a fantastic composer but I do *not* like what he did with his Potter score. Hannigan really wrote something that can stand up with the previous scores by Williams, Ross, and Doyle... Hannigan's on the next Harry Potter game, by the way - I fully expect he'll produce something wonderful again, whilst Hooper will bore us all to death with his upcoming score for the movie...

Kamen (Sax Concerto) - Bloody hell, you really do have everything, don't you... A wonderful piece, and I'm so glad to see it here - a side of Kamen that very very few people will be familiar with.

Sakimoto Hitoshi (Romeo x Juliet) - Smashing, smashing, just smashing... This really was, for me, the surprise of 2007... I really wasn't expecting anything of this calibre. Even the (sometimes dodgy) Eminence Orchestra sound pretty fine here. I think this must be the first anime score ever recorded in Australia.

Taku Iwasaki - (Bincho-tan) - This score is simply gorgeous from start to finish... Absolutely sublime. The very first track - Nostalgia - four minutes of nothing but warmth - lyrical, tender, lovely... The whole thing feels like a beautiful lazy summer's day. And on top of that, this is not typical Iwasaki at all - usually, you have an amazing mixture of jazz, electronica, beat, orchestra, rock, everything... But the guy has such an acute ear for melody as well, and using the Ondes-Martinot, well, that was just inspired...

Trevor Jones (Dinotopia) - this is one of those scores that within four seconds of it beginning, you know you're in for something special. I'll ignore the obvious inspiration behind the main theme (Vaughan Williams - Variations on a Theme of Thomas Talis) because the whole thing is so god-damned wonderful. This was written at a time (2002) when the contemporary film music rot was well underway and yet somehow Jones managed to sneak in one of the most ravishing orchestral scores of all time.

Goldsmith (Medicine Man) - KUDOS TO YOU. Goldsmith channelling John Barry is a truly wonderful thing to behold. People don't really think of Goldsmith as a lyrical composer - usually what you hear people talk about is stuff like off-metre rythmic instability, and innovative synthesiser use... But God help me, the man could write a melody, and he never wrote too many notes... Only as many as he needed, no more, and no less. The Trees is truly a magnificent piece of music, for so many reasons, and if I go into a sixteen page rant about why I would have shaved my head, given up all my worldly posessions, and sold my soul to the devil, just to spend one second with the man, I won't become very popular, so I'll leave it there... But thank you, for letting people hear this gorgeous music.

Just started downloading now - hopefully all the links work for the albums I dont have - Arthierr - I could kiss you and dannyfrench on the mouth right now haha ^^. Thank you (!)

Those links are kinda old... If any of them don't work let me know and I'll reupload them. Giant Robo is a real guilty pleasure for me - every single note of every single score is mercilessly plagiarised from somewhere (usually Goldsmith and William Walton) but you really just have to surrender to it and tell yourself again and again, that hearing music like this in an anime about a stupid kid and his giant remote-controlled robot sphinx is TRULY AMAZING.

It feels as though Amano was on some pretty horrific drugs whilst writing this thing - it's all hyper-golden-age deliciousness, it's melody, it's ravishing orchestration, it's all so larger than life... Wonderful stuff.

Hey ! Glad to see you back. I was wondering where you were. This thread wasn't totally itself without your brilliant (and bittersweet) comments.

As you can see there was much material posted, lot of music and many interesting comments, not to mention Streich's phenomenal analysis of Kanno's music (or I should say of her team's music...). You'll have much to comment (thanks for us!).

Taku Iwasaki - (Bincho-tan) - This score is simply gorgeous from start to finish... Absolutely sublime. The very first track - Nostalgia - four minutes of nothing but warmth - lyrical, tender, lovely... The whole thing feels like a beautiful lazy summer's day. And on top of that, this is not typical Iwasaki at all - usually, you have an amazing mixture of jazz, electronica, beat, orchestra, rock, everything... But the guy has such an acute ear for melody as well, and using the Ondes-Martinot, well, that was just inspired...

Oh yes. I didn't remember the name of this instrument. Thanks.

I think this thread really doesn't need my views on Kanno - I've made them evident over in another thread (which Streich and I managed to completely and uneqivocably derail in truly grand fashion!)...

Suffice it to say, every time we listen, we discover something else that Team Kanno has nicked - and I think it's safe for me to speak on behalf of Streich in this instance - we're both absolutely flabbergasted at the incredible range of composers and genres from which she plunders... It seems as though she has every piece of music ever written inside her head and when asked to create an original composition, blends these up together, and mixes in some ridiculously complex orchestration.

If you're interested, have a look here - Thread 47636 - the fun begins on page three, I think - this is where I stick my oar in and the focus shifts from "Kanno is teh goddess!!!" to some (pretty hardcore in places) analysis and "spot-the-stolen-melody" competitions... Add in a few blazing arguments, personal attacks, vicious flame wars, and you have yourself one helluva lot of reading to do... ;)

Yes, I've already read this thread and was really in awe by the level of this discussion. Thanks for elevating the debate.

That's how I discovered that Streich is who you know, because he gave some links pointing at his website.

Thank you for thinking I have done something positive, as opposed to a great many other posters who seem to think that every time I open my mouth, the planet Earth dies a little.

You really have to slow down with this thread. I'm going to be up all night replying to the THREE PAGES of new stuff that appeared whilst I was on holiday. ;)

We should start a thread on Elliot Goldenthal's plagiarisms next :D

Tamora's Pastorale from Titus:
http://sharebee.com/26117b41

Fish from Philip Glass's Kundun:
http://sharebee.com/c6647c4c

Yeah, funny. :)

Funny also because Goldenthal is a top notch composer who really doesn't need to plagiarize. So maybe, MAYBE, a) they both composed that separately and it's just a coincidence, b) he heard it, then forgot it, then it came back without being remembered as a previously composed cue.

This would have fit in well in your Feel Good Orchestra Set!=)

http://www.filefactory.com/file/328f44/n/The_Mystic_Ruins_mp3

Have a listen!

Nice, thanks. I was wondering if you maybe you'd have more OSTs played with a real orchestra, like this one :


Image from King Colossus: Sega Sound Orchestra
Thread 59111

If it's the case, be my guest and upload them, please.

No, I don't.

No problem, thanks anyway for this nice (and awfully RARE) album.

BTW, Megaupload removed it. It would be nice for those who missed it to reupload.

arthierr: Your last compilation was inspired. As usual you managed to pick out some stuff I outright can't stand, and mix it in with some of my all time favourites... ;)

I'm sure you have a bunch of rare precious gems in your pocket that very few of us has heard. If you have some time it would be nice to share them with us. I'd be curious to listen to what you can find.

With pleasure - expect my participation here to increase substantially after tomorrow. I've had an awful lot on my plate this past few months, meaning I have less time than I'd like to dedicate to the forum - and what little time I did find was usually wasted having pointless arguments about why trance isn't orchestral... ;)

All will be resolved tomorrow by about 11am. Either I will be made redundant or I will get promoted. If I'm made redundant, I think I'll have to cancel my Internet connection for a few months until I find alternative employ! If all is well, however, I'll get posting right away...

Good luck to you !

Guys, we've talked a lot about PLAGIARISM, in this thread or in others. Many explanations have been brought to try to get why composers, even the bests of them, sometimes do it.

Well, just by coincidence I was reading an interview with Bill Conti about Masters of the Universe, and inside it he gives a pretty convincing explanation of why this happens. Basically what he says is that often the director asks the composer to stick as much as possible to the temp track, and once the composer tried something, the director asks to get closer, and so on.

This interview is in the booklet of the album, here's the scan (it's kinda badly scanned but still readable) :

INTERVIEW WITH BILL CONTI
(http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc474&image=44418_MoU_Insert_122_474lo.jpg)

Tell me your impressions if you have some.

A fascinating article, and one I hadn't seen before - thank you!

Very interesting that Conti actually *likes* having a temp track. I can see why - sometimes without music, it's hard to get to the point of what a scene is trying to do. How many scenes in movies have you seen that have their intentions entirely clarified by the score? Imagine if you saw it without music.

Writing music for a film is an incredibly daunting task - particularly if you have a blank canvas to work from. If you mess it up, you can wreck a scene. If you get it right, you can turn a scene into a work of art.

As far as a temp track is concerned, I think they're useful as a short way of showing a composer *one* potential way a scene might play. He can either use that emotion for the basis for his score, or he can chose to play it a different way - but having that initial definition is incredibly helpful.

The problem becomes, as Conti describes, and as every single composer who has ever written music for film knows, when a director loves his temp track so much, all he wants is for the composer to copy it as closely as possible without getting him or the studio sued.

Conti's Bolero example is quite interesting... The rythym is just a rythym. It's something you can tap out with your finger on a desk. It's two bars of drumming that is repeated for fifteen minutes. You can use that as a basis for your own inspiration, and there is room in there for you to develop your own music, and yet still vaguely recall the Bolero. Ennio Morricone has used the Bolero rhythym in this scene of Il Mercenario, for instance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PykHgkq8-Q

This piece of music is, however, 100% Morricone. It is his style, his melody, his harmony, his completely stereotypical arrangement. That, in my view, is the difference between plagiarism and inspiration / homage. It is Morricone's Bolero, and nobody else's.

Contrast this to the fun and games Kanno gets up to with the cue "Revenge" from Escaflowne. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNZ2gPCE9nU Not content with the rhythym, she takes *everything* - every harmonic movement (even the iconic key change midway through the piece,) the orchestration, the pacing, everything - except the melody - from Ravel's Bolero. This is Ravel's Bolero, condensed down into three minutes, with a different melody, a little bit of Williams pastiche thrown in at the beginning, and a Kanno trademark 25-second orchestral flourish to finish off. That qualifies as plagiarism.

I could write fifty pages about plagiarism, but this isn't the place to do it, and I don't wish to derail your thread, so I'll leave it there... :)

Well, actually, one final comment. So far in my budding career, I have scored precisely *one* film - a very poor quality Indie short that was about the most horrific, ill conceived, poorly shot, trite, cliched, badly written piece of shit ever laid down on celluloid. I had to face this fun and games. My involvement came because the director contacted me and wanted to use a piece of my concert music - in other words, chop up some completely unrelated piece of music and edit it into his film. I refused, and instead offered to write an original score. The first screening I saw was already temped - and worse still, with my own music. So, not only was I being asked to ape the temp track - I was being asked to basically repeat myself, with a score that was the same as a piece of music I'd already written. This offer I also refused - I ended up writing an entirely original score - only three minutes of music (for a fifteen minute film, including a logo fanfare for the production company,) which astonishingly enough, stayed in the film. I took a massive risk - I was certain I was going to get rejected and kicked off the film, but I wasn't - mainly, I suspect, because the people making it were too lazy to get rid of me, but also because on the first screening with the score, the director shed a tear at the end and said that the final scene was terrible with the temp score, and with no music, but with my original score, it made him cry. So, my risk paid off. I scored a crap film that never got released and was never seen by anybody except the director, myself, the actors, and the BBC, who rejected it. But it was an experience! ;)

The truth is, a film composer is constantly being asked to do horrific things, completely unmusical, unartistic, downright offensive things, in exchange for keeping his job.

I do believe, however, there is a clear difference between "Oh dear, I'm being forced to ape the temp track" and "I'm a thieving bastard" - though it is, as with all things, subjective...

End of off-topic - thank you, gentlemen!

PS - I wasn't made redundant - I got the promotion. Yay me! So I will be adding some actual music to this thread in a couple of days. ;)

Great news, bravo!

Just now, I'm sleepy (it's 1:30 am, here). I'll answer tomorrow. Good night. ;)

For all orchestral fans here, I wanted to point out these albums :


Atsuhime OST (2008) (thanks to s_leonhart)
Thread 58983


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BLADESTORM The Hundred Year's War OST (thanks to qqqqqqwe)
Thread 58887


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More to come!

Conti's Bolero example is quite interesting... The rythym is just a rythym. It's something you can tap out with your finger on a desk. It's two bars of drumming that is repeated for fifteen minutes. You can use that as a basis for your own inspiration, and there is room in there for you to develop your own music, and yet still vaguely recall the Bolero. Ennio Morricone has used the Bolero rhythym in this scene of Il Mercenario, for instance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PykHgkq8-Q

This piece of music is, however, 100% Morricone. It is his style, his melody, his harmony, his completely stereotypical arrangement. That, in my view, is the difference between plagiarism and inspiration / homage. It is Morricone's Bolero, and nobody else's.

Contrast this to the fun and games Kanno gets up to with the cue "Revenge" from Escaflowne. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNZ2gPCE9nU Not content with the rhythym, she takes *everything* - every harmonic movement (even the iconic key change midway through the piece,) the orchestration, the pacing, everything - except the melody - from Ravel's Bolero. This is Ravel's Bolero, condensed down into three minutes, with a different melody, a little bit of Williams pastiche thrown in at the beginning, and a Kanno trademark 25-second orchestral flourish to finish off. That qualifies as plagiarism.


I've found these pieces wich imitate the Bolero :

Classic Rock - You Really Got Me.mp3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0ejouz
This one is clearly an hommage, the arranger wanted to have fun and transform a classic rock song into a Bolero-like piece. Very well done.

Hiroshi Tamawari - Vandal Hearts II ~Heaven's Gate~ - Epilogue and Staff Credit.mp3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/g14byn
This one also has its own melody, but arranged like the Bolero. Quite a good idea, because the regular rythm an the nobelness of this music match very well an ending/credit moment in a game.

Also, If you want to post your own music here, be my guest.

This is Ravel's Bolero, condensed down into three minutes, with a different melody, a little bit of Williams pastiche thrown in at the beginning, and a Kanno trademark 25-second orchestral flourish to finish off. That qualifies as plagiarism.

I talk about that track and others that hint at the Bolero in my next analysis, finally finished, and this time made into a Word doc because I just ramble on and on and on and on and...

Kanno Orchestral Action Set No. 2:
Turn A Gundam - OST 1 - 06. The Second Advent - The class of god strike the beach
Turn A Gundam - OST 1 - 08. Final Shore - Ah, to meet again
Turn A Gundam - OST 3 - 09. Exit
Turn A Gundam - OST 2 - 12. Drum Head
Turn A Gundam - OST 2 - 13. Triad
Turn A Gundam - OST 3 - 18. Heavy Duty
Turn A Gundam - OST 1 - 19. Koujiku no nazoru mono
Turn A Gundam Movie - 03. Uirugemu Ririku
Turn A Gundam Movie - 18. X Top
Vision of Escaflowne - OST 1 - 02. Flying Dragon
Vision of Escaflowne - OST 1 - 03. Dance of Curse
Vision of Escaflowne - OST 3 - 03. Epistle
Vision of Escaflowne - OST 3 - 10. Revenge
Vision of Escaflowne Movie - 04. Into GAEA*
Vision of Escaflowne Movie - 18. Dance of Curse II
Vision of Escaflowne Movie - 19. Black Escaflowne
Sousei no Aquarion - OST 1 - 02. Aquarius

*I talk about the "Sora" theme in some detail, but didn't include any clips. They can be found on the Escaflowne Movie OST and The Creation album in the Kanno thread.

http://sharebee.com/30a2bf24

6 page analysis of the pieces:
http://jeremyrobson.com/kanno_analysis_2.doc

Fascinating stuff - nice to see some of the thefts you missed that I uncovered in the "Kanno superbitching flame-from-hell thread" have made it into print. ;)

This is without a doubt, the most musically informed, level headed, sensible dissertation I have ever read on this subject. I can't tell you what a breath of fresh air it is to read this, after a lifetime of suffering "OH MAN IT SO KOOL!!!" and fighting against folk who want to bury you alive (for the heinous crime of snobbery) at the mere suggestion of some musical terminology.

What a wonderful thought that musicians can discuss music in musical terms, without being hounded away by arrogant (but simultaneously ignorant) hypocrites who claim to love music (and specifically this genre of music) but in reality have no idea whatsoever as to what it's about, how it's constructed, how it affects them emotionally or physically, or that such intricate talent is required in its construction.

Thank you once again. :)

[Edit: Fixed grammatical howlers caused by sleep deprivation.]

Whilst I think of it, here's another Bolero HOMAGE, this time by Megumi Oohashi, from her score to Mobile Suit Gundam Igloo - complete with adorable mis-transliteration "Borero" on the track title.

http://sharebee.com/955956e8

The rythym belongs to Ravel, but the piece belongs to Oohashi.

AND it fits in with the remit of this thread, so I don't get in trouble. ;)

I would love to post some of my own music, except for the following:

a) I don't wish to derail your lovely thread any further with me blowing my own trumpet.

b) It doesn't really slot in with the terminology "action music" and since it's all performed by synthesiser at the moment, I'd be violating my own code of "no synth".

c) I'm pathelogically shy, unconfident in my own ability, and completely terrified.

d) There are people floating around in this thread who would cut me to shreds and remind me just how poor and amateurish I actually am. ;)

Thank you :)

I talk about that track and others that hint at the Bolero in my next analysis, finally finished, and this time made into a Word doc because I just ramble on and on and on and on and...

Kanno Orchestral Action Set No. 2:
Turn A Gundam - OST 1 - 06. The Second Advent - The class of god strike the beach
Turn A Gundam - OST 1 - 08. Final Shore - Ah, to meet again
Turn A Gundam - OST 3 - 09. Exit
Turn A Gundam - OST 2 - 12. Drum Head
Turn A Gundam - OST 2 - 13. Triad
Turn A Gundam - OST 3 - 18. Heavy Duty
Turn A Gundam - OST 1 - 19. Koujiku no nazoru mono
Turn A Gundam Movie - 03. Uirugemu Ririku
Turn A Gundam Movie - 18. X Top
Vision of Escaflowne - OST 1 - 02. Flying Dragon
Vision of Escaflowne - OST 1 - 03. Dance of Curse
Vision of Escaflowne - OST 3 - 03. Epistle
Vision of Escaflowne - OST 3 - 10. Revenge
Vision of Escaflowne Movie - 04. Into GAEA*
Vision of Escaflowne Movie - 18. Dance of Curse II
Vision of Escaflowne Movie - 19. Black Escaflowne
Sousei no Aquarion - OST 1 - 02. Aquarius

*I talk about the "Sora" theme in some detail, but didn't include any clips. They can be found on the Escaflowne Movie OST and The Creation album in the Kanno thread.

http://sharebee.com/30a2bf24

6 page analysis of the pieces:
http://jeremyrobson.com/kanno_analysis_2.doc

Even better than the first part. http://www.emoticonland.net/smileys/Applaudissements/app008.gif

I'm really, really impressed. This is not something you see often in this forum or in ANY forum. You seem to be quite interested and addicted to her orchestral music.

Thank you. As usual comments later (takes some time to digest all that!)

Whilst I think of it, here's another Bolero HOMAGE, this time by Megumi Oohashi, from her score to Mobile Suit Gundam Igloo - complete with adorable mis-transliteration "Borero" on the track title.

http://sharebee.com/955956e8

The rythym belongs to Ravel, but the piece belongs to Oohashi.

Oh crap! I remembered there's another I've heard but didn't remember it was this one. Thanks.

And homage is written with 2 "m" in french, that's why I mispelled it. ;)

Thanks for the comments. The great thing about Kanno's orchestral music is it's not only a clinic in 20th century orchestration, but it's sort of showing how one might go about lifting ideas from other composers, putting them in new settings, and getting away with it. :)

Also, does it make sense when I refer to the NHK orchestral sound for Japanese historical dramas? To me it's a very identifiable sound that certainly comes through in Nobunaga's Ambition and Turn A Gundam. Not so much the other scores though.

Oh crap! I remembered there's another I've heard but didn't remember it was this one. Thanks.

And homage is written with 2 "m" in french, that's why I mispelled it. ;)

My capitalisation of "homage" wasn't intended to point out your misspelling (which I didn't comment on, as I remembered that it was spelt differently in French, and since it is a word derived from French in the first place, I can hardly complain) - it was meant to emphassise that I thought this piece was a homage, and not a plagiarism. :)

3rd and last part of the requested HARD BEAT AND ORCHESTRA compilation (and this week's update). This one's a big pack because I've put together all remaining cues I've found. As usual, all of them are very upbeat and energetic. Enjoy! :)


Fukuda Yasufumi - Murder Princess - Aseri, Zetsubou, Zasetsu, Subete Matomete Tataki Kiru!.mp3

Iwasaki Taku - 009-1 Original Soundtrack - The Conflicted World.mp3

Iwasaki Taku - 009-1 Original Soundtrack - Theme of 009-1 (Closing Mix).mp3

John Debney - Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lava Girl In 3D - Train Of Thought.mp3

John Powell - Agent Cody Banks - Track20.mp3

Kotaro Nakagawa - Gogo Sentai Bokenger Precious - rya kudatsu sha VS boukensha.mp3

Kotaro Nakagawa - Hayate no Gotoku! Original Sound Track 1 - Fungeki.mp3

Kotaro Nakagawa - Hayate no Gotoku! Original Sound Track 1 - Toujou.mp3

Kotaro Nakagawa - Hayate no Gotoku! Original Soundtrack 2 - Kakan.mp3

Mark Mancina - Speed 2 Cruise Control - Track 10.mp3

Megumi Ohashi - MS IGLOO Original Soundtrack - Taningu Pointo.mp3

Michael Giacchino - Space Mountain - Mission 2.mp3

Paul Oakenfold, Tobias Enhus - Spider-Man 3 - Scorpion.mp3

Peter Kam Pau-Tat - Silver Hawk - Human Hockey.mp3

Sakai Ryou - Soukou no Strain Original Soundtrack - Strain Battle.mp3

Sato Naoki - Eureka seveN OST 1 - Taidou kara no Chouyaku.mp3

Tanaka Kouhei - Orphen - Bam And Gravel In Nature And In The Fierce.mp3

Tanaka Kouhei - Top wo Nerae 2! Original Soundtrack - Vansetto.mp3

Tatsumi Yano - City Hunter - Service Secret OST - Hunter In The City.mp3

Toshihiko Sahashi - Cyber Formula Saga OST vol.3 - Future GPX.mp3

Toshihiko Sahashi - Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid - Shouri.mp3

Toshihiko Sahashi - Ultraman Mebius Ost 2 - Bond Of Friendship.mp3

V.A. - Kamen Rider Blade - The Last Card - Garren, Ryuurei Ni.mp3

Vanessa Mae - Fantastic Violin - Storm.mp3


http://rapidshare.com/files/146147398/HARD_BEAT_AND_ORCHESTRA_3.zip


Tatsumi Yano - City Hunter - Service Secret OST - Hunter In The City.mp3 is less orchestral but it's a marvellous piece and everybody should listen to it.

Thank you arthierr. You are the best!

Do you like it ? Wich ones do you prefer ?

Oh, I forgot one! It's one of the best, a true marvel :

Iwasaki Taku - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Omae no x x x de Ten wo Tsuke!!.mp3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wsshme

Enjoy! :)

Just for the fun, compare the string ostinato from the previous cue Iwasaki Taku - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Omae no x x x de Ten wo Tsuke!!.mp3 with this one :

Moross - The Big Country - Main Title
http://www.sendspace.com/file/caaoz1

Interesting, isn't it ? :)

Good ear, arthierr. It would have taken me 100 years to make the connection.

Here's something I heard last night in Giant Robo that gave me a lol:

http://jeremyrobson.com/robo.mp3 (from Giant Robo OST 5 track 11)
http://jeremyrobson.com/pelican.mp3 (from The Pelican Brief)

The rest of the track steals bits from Sneakers as well, but that piano part was just too awful not to point out. This is what happens when plagiarism goes wrong.

WOW! Well, in a sense it's not quite a surprise given the fact Amano heavily borrowed from others in this score. Anyway it's only justice that an occasional plagiarist (Horner) is himself plagiarized.

Ok, to play a bit to the "obvious plagiarism" game, here's my move :

David Arnold - Independence Day - The Darkest Day.mp3 (1996)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/brbdfy

Richard Jacques - Headhunter OST - Final Conflict.mp3 (2001)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uxtb60

Funny, isn't it ? :naughty:

I see your Headhunter and raise you Macross Frontier:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ljpaq3 - Macross Frontier
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wjusks - ID4 (alternate opening)

Touch�! I've already heard this before (but in fact her borrowings are so numerous that you easily forget them).

But Richard Jacques has at least the decency to admit that he has been influenced by David Arnold's music. See this interview where he quote Arnold as one of his main influences.

Go! Game! Music! interview with Richard Jacques
http://www.gogamemusic.com/interviews_richard_jacques_hhr.shtml

If I happen to find some other BIG HORRIBLE plagiarisms, I'll post them, just for the fun.

Okay then. Here's something that fits the nature of the thread:

A collection of composers trying to compete with Williams's amazing battle music from Hook.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/csi28q - Young Indiana Jones by Joel McNeely and Laurence Rosenthal (I'm betting it was McNeely who did this track)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/szwcga - Around the World in 80 Days by Trevor Jones (WTF, some of this is just too close, but he wrote The Dark Crystal so all is forgiven)

Sorry guys, but perfection can not be attained by just anyone:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/g2gta2 - The Ultimate War from Hook

http://www.sendspace.com/file/csi28q - Young Indiana Jones by Joel McNeely and Laurence Rosenthal (I'm betting it was McNeely who did this track)

Wow, Hook with one note difference in the melody, and played by a crappy orchestra! Fantastic stuff! McNeely without a doubt -- Rosenthal doesn't go in for that kind of flagrant thievery...

As for the Jones, it's not quite as bad... It's bad, but rather than stealing the whole car (as McNeely did) he just stole the bodywork, interior, and wheels, leaving behind the engine standing precariously on a couple of bricks at the roadside...

Ha ha ha. The Mcneely one is quite funny. But knowing his connections with Williams, maybe it's a kind of (unsubtle) homage to the master. 3:05 comes straight from "Belly of the steel beast" from Indy 3.

Concerning Jones I suspect he was just strongly asked to stick to the temp track.

I have a good one to upload this night...

Here's another good one :

Hayato Matsuo, Toshiyuki Watanabe - Shenmue Orchestra Version - Flag of the lions
http://www.sendspace.com/file/arifkt

Jerry Goldsmith - First Knight (Complete) - Night Battle
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uflpss

The plagiarized part is very obvious when it comes. :naughty:

Can't talk about First Knight and plagiarism without mentioning this:

http://jeremyrobson.com/vws6.mp3

There are other Vaughan Williams works where he uses this motif, like Flos Campi, but the 6th symphony uses it as its main idea.

And the Klingon theme from Star Trek, as we all know, comes from the 4th.

Goldsmith = Vaughan Williams fan.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/5d440e/n/01_mp3

I like the pirate like theme going on here=)

Adding in environmental sounds is a great touch here! Sorta reminds me of a song from Two Thrones.


What do you people think?

Very good , epic, strongly rhythmic cue. Nice find, thank you. Just to solve the mystery, where does it comes from ?

Yugioh! Online Duel Evolution (PC)

For all orchestral fans here, I wanted to point out that I've just uploaded a great new score in the download links section, :

ZERA: IMPERAN INTRIGUE OST
Thread 59872




If you like most of the music posted here, you'll adore this one.

More to come!

good upload.

Wander and the Colossus ~Roar of the Earth~ Original Soundtrack - Revived Power ~Battle With the Colossus~


amazing thread, i'm loving it, just the kind of music i also love

okay so i have read the first post, and i thought i would upload the track, but i ended up adding 15 other music because i got carried away by these awesome musics

http://rapidshare.com/files/147315081/orchestral_musics.rar.html

There is:


Lifted To The Hotplate from Medieval 2 Total War. This music is intense from start to end.

01 Noddinagushpa. Theme music from Age of Empires 3, kinda sounds like a "discoveries" type of music, with the military that it involves.

An Old Idea Made New. Music from Supreme Commander

The Future Battlefield Sup com again, feels good man

Holy Orders (Be Just Or Be Dead). From the GG2 Ouverture origin feels also good man

The Chase from The Rock

13SusukisHeroes from Bionic commando

ArcDeTriomphe - Win Music from Rise of nations

Eire - another music from Rise of Nations, Battle music

Astrum Praelium - Music from that infinity combat prototype, Battle music

morrowind title , it just feels good man, great piece of music

mus 14a action, action music from Medal of honor allied assault

music_force_commander_theme, the Force Commander theme from Dawn of war, always gets me pumping when playing the game

Total Annihilation Intro Theme, no comment needed

07.mp3, battle music from TA

For this week's update I'd like your suggestions or requests.

I was personally planning an ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR compilation, but I'll gladly take any other propositions.

But if you like choral orchestral music I'd also like to hear what cues you suggest in this particular type of music, because although I've found some rare ones, many of them are well known. I'd like some RARE great cues recommendations.

Wander and the Colossus ~Roar of the Earth~ Original Soundtrack - Revived Power ~Battle With the Colossus~


amazing thread, i'm loving it, just the kind of music i also love

okay so i have read the first post, and i thought i would upload the track, but i ended up adding 15 other music because i got carried away by these awesome musics

http://rapidshare.com/files/147315081/orchestral_musics.rar.html



Wow, thanks. I'm eager to listen to your list.

You've totally understood the purpose of this thread : to promote the music we're fond of, not necessarily whole osts (there are many threads here offering full albums) but some particular highlights wich transported you because they're inspired, well-written, and soundly orchestrated.

For this week's update I'd like your suggestions or requests.

I was personally planning an ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR compilation, but I'll gladly take any other propositions.

But if you like choral orchestral music I'd also like to hear what cues you suggest in this particular type of music, because although I've found some rare ones, many of them are well known. I'd like some RARE great cues recommendations.
PLEASE do orchestra + choir compilation, I've been looking for one!

How about Boss Battle (aka Summoning the Soul-Dragon) from Dark Messiah OST?
http://sharebee.com/d8cd1ef5

Good one, thanks. Do you allow me to include it in my pack (you'll be credited of course) ?

Good one, thanks. Do you allow me to include it in my pack (you'll be credited of course) ?
Sure. =)

Edit.

http://www.divshare.com/download/5429287-3d2

Heres my soundtrack.

This will also be my last soundtrack I put together (This is not really my thing)

Hope everyone enjoys!:)

Thanks, interesting experiment. Some really good cues, would sound great with a real orchestra. My favourites are the the Yu-Gi-Oh! tracks and Shadow Army (I recommend you edit your post to show the tracklist).

If you have some time, please upload the Yu-Gi-Oh! osts, people will appreciate.

Edit.

[Varese releases not allowed here...]

Wander and the Colossus ~Roar of the Earth~ Original Soundtrack - Revived Power ~Battle With the Colossus~


amazing thread, i'm loving it, just the kind of music i also love

okay so i have read the first post, and i thought i would upload the track, but i ended up adding 15 other music because i got carried away by these awesome musics

http://rapidshare.com/files/147315081/orchestral_musics.rar.html

There is:


Lifted To The Hotplate from Medieval 2 Total War. This music is intense from start to end.

01 Noddinagushpa. Theme music from Age of Empires 3, kinda sounds like a "discoveries" type of music, with the military that it involves.

An Old Idea Made New. Music from Supreme Commander

The Future Battlefield Sup com again, feels good man

Holy Orders (Be Just Or Be Dead). From the GG2 Ouverture origin feels also good man

The Chase from The Rock

13SusukisHeroes from Bionic commando

ArcDeTriomphe - Win Music from Rise of nations

Eire - another music from Rise of Nations, Battle music

Astrum Praelium - Music from that infinity combat prototype, Battle music

morrowind title , it just feels good man, great piece of music

mus 14a action, action music from Medal of honor allied assault

music_force_commander_theme, the Force Commander theme from Dawn of war, always gets me pumping when playing the game

Total Annihilation Intro Theme, no comment needed

07.mp3, battle music from TA

Nice contribution, Yosemite. A powerful selection of mostly militaristic action music. Totally fits this thread. My favourites are :

13SusukisHeroes from Bionic commando: nice arrangement of the original music. Just for the fun, here's the original one: http://www.sendspace.com/file/l3a3gf

morrowind_title.mp3: One of the best themes composed by Jeremy Soule, enchanted me when playing the game.

The Rise of nations cues : very cheerful and glorious, sound like victory music.

Noddinagushpa, Theme music from Age of Empires 3 : truly a memorable theme. It's good to have some good original themes that instantly identifies a certain universe.

07.mp3, battle music from Total Annihilation: He he, it took my breath away the first time I listened to this very cue, some years ago. A true marvel, totally pumps you up when this sublime (very Horner sounding) melody appears at 1:08.

I got a PM request asking me to post this in another thread. B]Conan the Barbarian Varese Sarabande 16 Tracks Edition (320k)[/B]

I really can't describe to you how much I absolutely love this score. This was Poledouris' big break into the mainstream - only three years before he was still deciding whether or not to pursue a career as a composer! Big Wednesday, in 1978 (also a collaboration with John Millius) convinced him that his calling was indeed in music, and thus a true legend was born - a fine artist, and most importantly a great man.

Poledouris was battling cancer in 2006. Despite physical weakness caused by months of unsucessful chemotherapy (he could barely stand,) he pulled himself together, rose from his bed, flew to Spain, and conducted a miraculous, powerful, glorious performance of Conan at the Ubeda Film Music Conference. Around his head he wore a black scarf, to disguise his radiation-induced baldness - but his appearance was fit and strong. The man was literally breathing his last, but up he came, flew half way around the world, and rose to the podium to give his fans one final gift - one could also say that the music gave him one final gift - the necessary strength to perform this act of artistry, humanity, and love. Less than two months later he passed away.

This video was made by a fan at the conference - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaBBQsRvwkU

Thank you, arthierr, for posting one of the true artistic cornerstones of motion picture scoring. :)

Just DAZZLING, as usual.

Hey, thanks for the video, didn't watch that one.

I'll have more comments on him tomorrow. ;)

I'd like some RARE great cues recommendations.

Make sure to include something from Lennie Moore's Outcast.

Make sure to include something from Lennie Moore's Outcast.

How did you guess ?

Make sure to include something from Lennie Moore's Outcast.

Now, there's a fine score. I already had "World Of Snow" queued up in my own contribution to the orchestra/choir theme - so if you're going to put something from Outcast in there, I'll leave it out... ;)

No, I very basically chose the Main Theme.

Hey, I'm totally looking forward to listening to what you found.=-O

Then I'll have to make it a super-great selection, won't I? ;)

What else could possibly be defined as "rare orchestral/choral game music?" Everything else: Medal of Honor, Lair, etc. not quite as rare.

Eek - must it be game music? I thought it was open to anything - classical, film, game, whatever?

I believe streich speaks about similar pieces as Outcast.

Before posting my orchestral choral pack (wich will take a few days due to an important meeting this week I have to prepare), here are some superb scores I'd like to promote for all orchestral music fans :


LAIR COMPLETE - JOHN DEBNEY (very HQ) (Thanks to OrangeC for the rip)
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Shaiya - George Oldziey (Thanks to Laei)
Thread 58862

I downloaded OST from Outcast and boy THAT IS GREAT! So great that I really need to find that game again and start playing. This was actually that soundtrack that made me realize for a first time that games also include some awesome orchestrations, not just movies. And the game is also one of the most underrated games ever made. It is a real jewel among other adventure games.

Huge thanks for the upload, I just keep enjoying it again and again! =D

If there is other OST's like Outcast, please let me know! I am pretty much a newcomer when it comes to game music.

Oh, btw there is one more nice choral piece I just remembered:

Sanctuary - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
http://sharebee.com/69f39945

Well yeah, it's Disney, but it's still one of the best choral parts in movies I've ever seen. I think it would perfect for Orch + Choir Compilation.

Arthierr - I truly hope you won't be offended if I jump in and post my own orchestra/choir selection before you have a chance to get yours in... I do so for the following reasons:

a) I want to get it up before the bloody board goes down again - as it appears to be doing with increasing regularity, and for increasing periods of time.

b) This thread has dropped off onto page two and it deserves to be on page one.

c) I'm really excited about this selection and I want to share it.

d) You're going to be away for a couple of days so I want to continue your great work whilst you're not here...

So - without any further ado:

SOME FINE MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA and CHOIR
-- Classical, anime, movie, television, game.

http://sharebee.com/8a588689
http://sharebee.com/2cd984c6


In no particular order...

Gabriel Yared - Battle Of The Arrows (Troy)
This is a sad example of what happens when somebody tries to write an intelligent, grandly-conceived score for a Hollywood picture - he works on it for a year, creates a masterpiece, then is fired at the last second when spotty teenagers at test screenings moan about the "old fashioned music" - and then James Horner throws together his latest Star Trek II redux in two weeks and it's hailed as one of the great scores of our time. Yared's Troy is a fine piece of work - thankfully he released it on a promotional disc (which predictably did the rounds) and so we can hear his monumental effort.

Naoki Sato - Heroic Age
A fine piece for full orchestra and choir, from 2007's television anime, Heroic Age. A true theme - with a melody, shimmering orchestration, and sumptuous late romanticism, this really is one of the gems of 2007. At 3:12, you get to hear what happens when a composer has some time to explore his themes - instead of getting it out the way as quickly as possible, Sato takes his melody and elegantly passes it around the orchestra - the result is absolutely superb.

Alan Silvestri - The Legend Of Mythica
Just when you thought Silvestri was getting tired of it all, somebody in Japan has the fantastic, miraculous idea to hire him to score a new show at Tokyo Disneysea. Firmly in the established "Disney orchestral" tradition, Silvestri's score nevertheless maintains his own compositional identity, whilst at the same time taking us on a heartbreakingly beautiful journey, the way only a true master of symphonic form can. There are some rock pieces in the show, but this one - the fifth movement - is exclusively orchestra and a small choir. There is a few seconds of narration (in Japanese) that is so beautifully spoken - almost sung to the melody - that it truly belongs. Another fine example of what happens when a composer is told "Please go and write us some music - it should be roughly this long - thanks!" and lets him get on with it, rather than forcing uncreative committee decisions upon him that are nothing to do with music, and everything to do with the marketing department...

Joel McNeely - The Destruction Of Xizor's Palace (Star Wars - Shadows Of The Empire)
Ok, so everybody knows this by now - but it's still a fine piece. McNeely's powerhouse score for the Lucasarts novel (and later, game - but this score was written for the book) surprised everybody - it came at the same time Williams returned to the franchise with "The Phantom Menace" - and fans were certainly feeling his stylistic departures. McNeely - Hollywood's greatest imitator - swallowed up Williams' techniques (from the seventies through to the present day) and mixed them up with his own, and created this magnificent work. What a terrific pity McNeely didn't get Clone Wars - say what you like about McNeely (and his occasional plagiarism) but you can't deny that he is clearly a musician - a classically oriented, experienced composer, and an orchestral magician.

John Barry - Main Title (The Lion In Winter)
There were some rumblings in film music circles when Barry was announced to score The Lion In Winter. After all, wasn't he just the jazz guy who wrote the Bond theme? He shocked the world - in the best possible way - with, for some, his crowning achievement. This piece clearly inspired Goldsmith's theme to The Omen some ten years later.

Matsuo Hayato - Gradus Vita (Hellsing OVA)
Every now and again somebody makes an anime with a ridiculously big music budget. This is one of them. Here is the apocalyptic ending theme to the first episode.

Murray Gold - The Parting Of The Ways (Doctor Who)
Nobody really knew what to expect with regards to the scoring technique that would be employed with 2005's revitalisation of Doctor Who. It was something of a shock to hear that the producers had commissioned huge scale, orchestral scores from Murray Gold - still more shocking that they didn't find a budget for any real musicians whatsoever (with the exception of one female singer, and one cor anglais player) - but still, even in its poor-synthesiser garb, the music garnered attention. For the 2005 Christmas Special, the budget went up, and suddenly there was a very large orchestra. The music for later series' constantly evolves - but this piece is from the first series. It was orchestrated (by Ben Foster) for album recording and for concert performance - this recording is from the BBC's Children In Need fundraising concert of 2006.

Lennie Moore - World Of Snow (Outcast)
I don't know how it came about that Outcast should be given a gorgrous, old fashioned, golden age score for large orchestra and choir - but I'm certainly grateful that it was. Moore regularly works with William Stromberg and John Morgan (indeed, Stromberg conducted Outcast in Moscow) so you know you're in good hands. This piece plays like a mini symphony - truly a glittering example of what a talented composer can really do with an orchestra.

Luna Sea - Moon (Symphonic Luna Sea)
This isn't from a film or an anime series - this is an orchestral album of songs by Japanese rock band Luna Sea. It does, however, sound incredibly filmic - the thing I really like about Japanese "symphonic whatever" albums is that, unlike most Western attempts at the same thing, you don't just get a limp arrangement of a song that just sounds like crap in comparison to the original. If this is a symphonic suite, you get a symphonic composition - somebody with a classical brain has interpreted Luna Sea's song into an impressionistic, Ravellian, tone poem. The music speaks for itself.

Yoko Kanno - Escaflowne (Black Escaflowne)
Kanno is a stinking thief - a disgusting plagiarist, morally void, disrespectful of her peers, and a downright liar. But bloody hell, she knows how to whip up an orchestra to absolute breaking point, and then push just a little bit further... Streich has already cross-analysed, interrogated, examined, and questioned this piece to within an inch of its life, so I won't go on about it - except to say that whilst air-conducting the passage of 1:31 - 1:54 (a ridiculously accomplished section of sumptuous choir and apocalyptic, modulating orchestra that seems to serve virtually no purpose except CHANGING KEY) I broke my baton in half - flinging it so hard across the room it punched a hole in my bedroom door, before splintering into two pieces. That gives you some kind of feeling as to what sort of piece this is - please, gentlemen - forget your Gladiator, The Rock, and your Transformers - THIS is what the term "epic" is all about.

Leos Janacek - Gloria (Glagolitic Mass)
Sorry about the recording - it's old, but I'm quite fond of this performance (by Klaus Tennstedt and the LPO) so it's worth putting up with the ropey sound. Janacek must surely be one of the most instantly recognisable composers who ever lived - quite unlike any other, every note speaks so clearly with his language. I remember vividly hearing this piece for the first time, in concert, in the Royal Albert Hall, when I was fourteen. I wasn't particularly into later music (I was a Beethoven man back them) but I remember so clearly how that concert changed my life. When the glorious Albert Hall organ began to play and this powerful kaleidoscope of orchestral colour swirled around me, every hair on my body stood on end, and I don't think they've sat back down, even now a decade later. This isn't just a chorus - there is a male soloist there as well. And yes, it's about God - please don't run away - give it a chance, folks!

Howard Blake - The Riddle Of The Sands (Riddle Of The Sands)
Blake is known largely for his masterful score to The Snowman - but there is so much more to the gentleman than that. I sneezed at him (unintentionally) during the interval of a concert at the Barbican, and he turned and said "Bless you!" - another moment of my life I won't forget! This piece - showing off Blake's absolutely superb command of the orchestra, in equal parts with his enviable ability to weave beautiful, lyrical melodies - certainly has all of his trademarks, and it's one of my all time favourites, so you can't argue with that, really, now can you...?

Richard Blackford - Canticle Of The Furnace (Mirror Of Perfection)
This is another classical piece (again, please don't run, folks) composed in 1997, based upon the writings of St Francis Of Assisi. Most of the piece is slow, tender, and gorgeously beautiful - but this section is violent and very primal. A very definite stand against the ravages of atonalism, this piece is always approachable, and extremely satisfying.

Yoshihiro Kanno - Transmigration (Angel's Egg)
Angel's Egg is one of the most completely strange - and also phsychologically rewarding - films you will ever see. The score, by highly respected classical composer Yoshihiro Kanno, fits it like a glove - veering towards classical modernism (well, OK, so it IS classical modernism) you'll love this if you can suspend your need for harmony, and appreciate something that manages to be terribly ugly and searingly beautiful at exactly the same time - this is not easy listening, but by God, it reaches inside you and squeezes your heart in ways you would never have thought possible.

Yoshihisa Hirano - Domine Kira (Death Note)
This guy is a genius - he's become my second favourite composer, after the Godlike Goldsmith - and coming from the likes of me, that's praise indeed. I'm planning some more Hirano posts in the future, so I'm not going to bang on about this in any great detail - it's a cue of fire and brimstone, for orchestra and choir. Hirano manages to take his small television orchestra and stir up the most unbridled, chaotic, symphonic HELL - he's a cutting edge modernist, late romantic melodramaticist, early romantic dreamer, distinguished classical gentleman, and a baroque ornamentalist - all at the same time, and all of it just drips with his own, deeply individual, style - what can I say? It's magnificent.

Jerry Goldsmith - Main Theme (QB VII)
Have you ever known me to make a selection without including some Goldsmith? Legend has it that he virtually stalked the director of this 1974 TV series until he was given the job of scoring it. Goldsmith - a Jew, obviously felt a strong, personal connection to the subject matter, and it shines through so clearly in his score. This isn't sentimental, or over the top, or sappy. Every note is personal, subtle, heartbreaking, and above all respectful. He never takes any cheap shots or easy solutions - the score is a masterpiece of the highest order. This piece - also known as "Kaddish For The Six Million" - is a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Completely Goldsmith, the second section will break your heart. At the two minute mark, everything stops - and I don't know how he does it, but Goldsmith manages to say so much with just three rising notes - for strings in unison - before the orchestra and choir rejoin for the finale. It's only two and a half minutes long - but there is more power and meaning in here than in probably the entire last decade of film music.

If there is other OST's like Outcast, please let me know! I am pretty much a newcomer when it comes to game music.

You can have some interesting recommendations in this thread :
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Oh, btw there is one more nice choral piece I just remembered:

Sanctuary - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
http://sharebee.com/69f39945

Well yeah, it's Disney, but it's still one of the best choral parts in movies I've ever seen. I think it would perfect for Orch + Choir Compilation.

Thank you, splendid piece ^_^ I have the ost but didn't still try it.

You know what would be great : if you happen to find let's say 5-10 choral pieces (not necessarily with a chanting chorus but also with a choir doing "aaah" or "oooh" as it's often used in media music) you can post your own choral orchestral pack so that everybody here can enjoy it. Of course you can include in it the 2 nice pieces you've already posted.

Arthierr - I truly hope you won't be offended if I jump in and post my own orchestra/choir selection before you have a chance to get yours in...

Hey, you post here whenever you want, you're more a partner than a contributor in this thread.

Wonderful, wonderful, just wonderful. Thanks a million for such an awesome post. I'll take the time to appreciate it as it deserves and comment later, as usual (short of time for a few days).

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Thank you :)

All the best of luck for your meeting, and I'm sure I can speak for everybody when I say I'm looking forward to your return with more wonderful music! (Particularly that Korean Yamashita score you keep threatening to post!) ;)

Gabriel Yared - Battle Of The Arrows (Troy)
-I was wondering when we'd get some of Yared's Troy in here.

Naoki Sato - Heroic Age
-I've not heard this one before, but it's very nice. The part at 3:11 uses a similar progression to one in Everest. I'm not a big fan of the television brass here.

Alan Silvestri - The Legend Of Mythica
-Silvestri doesn't get enough good assignments like this.

Joel McNeely - The Destruction Of Xizor's Palace (Star Wars - Shadows Of The Empire)
-For anyone wondering about the plagiarisms, in this track it's Mahler's 8th, then Walton's The Quest, then Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe.

John Barry - Main Title (The Lion In Winter)
-Oh man, the repetitions... It's a good score, but not perfect. :)

Matsuo Hayato - Gradus Vita (Hellsing OVA)
-Motivically concise, I like it!

Murray Gold - The Parting Of The Ways (Doctor Who)
-Nothing really grabbed my attention on my first listen to this. It seemed very Debney-inspired.

Lennie Moore - World Of Snow (Outcast)
-I e-mailed Lennie 6 or 7 years ago back in the mp3.com days and told him I liked his Outcast score. He e-mailed me back and offered comments on my music, which was awesome.

Luna Sea - Moon (Symphonic Luna Sea)
-Not heard this one before, but it's definitely got a Ravel-ian (Daphnis et Chloe) and Debussy-ian (Sirens, La Mer) vibe to it. The Japanese have always been fond of the French Impressionists and their love of nature music.

Yoko Kanno - Escaflowne (Black Escaflowne)
-It still baffles me that Kanno probably regularly listens to Alexander Nevsky, but as far as we know, that's the case here.

Leos Janacek - Gloria (Glagolitic Mass)
-I still need to listen to his operas to find out if there is more Glagolitic stuff in there. We also need more recordings of his unknown works.

Howard Blake - The Riddle Of The Sands (Riddle Of The Sands)
-I played The Snowman for a recital probably 15 years ago so this is a composer who will always influence me. But is it just me, or did he open this piece with a motif from Vaughan Williams's 5th? Still, this guy is a master of long themes, much like Broughton.

Richard Blackford - Canticle Of The Furnace (Mirror Of Perfection)
-Wait a sec, I know I've heard the opening here before, but I've never heard this incarnation of it. I just can't recall off hand where I might have heard it, but it sounds Russian to me.

Yoshihiro Kanno - Transmigration (Angel's Egg)
-A very good and original score, revolutionary for its time.

Yoshihisa Hirano - Domine Kira (Death Note)
-The music is good, but its use in the anime is almost parody. Very good orchestrations.

Jerry Goldsmith - Main Theme (QB VII)
-Can't go wrong with Goldsmith. Ever.

Naoki Sato - Heroic Age
-I've not heard this one before, but it's very nice. The part at 3:11 uses a similar progression to one in Everest. I'm not a big fan of the television brass here.

It's pretty ropey... But no more ropey than most television brass. ;)

And the orchestra generally sounds larger than average. I don't know why this in particular sounds so awful.


Alan Silvestri - The Legend Of Mythica
-Silvestri doesn't get enough good assignments like this.


Indeed he doesn't... I forgot to mention that this was from 2006 - when was the last time Silvestri got to write like this for Hollywood?


John Barry - Main Title (The Lion In Winter)
-Oh man, the repetitions... It's a good score, but not perfect.

Thaaaaaaaaaaat's Barry! If there were no repeats, his score albums would be six minutes long. Though, it has to be said, at least the quality of his material bears repetition... Not perfect, but I do like it - the ethereal pieces are really lovely - Chinon, in particular. :)


Murray Gold - The Parting Of The Ways (Doctor Who)
-Nothing really grabbed my attention on my first listen to this. It seemed very Debney-inspired.

Musically, it's a bit superficial, but I like it because of the noises it makes. Some of those harmonies, the chordal movement, etc - have you heard *anything* so forthright in Hollywood in the last fourty years, yet alone on a British television sci-fi show about flying traffic cones that kill you with sink plungers... ;)


Lennie Moore - World Of Snow (Outcast)
-I e-mailed Lennie 6 or 7 years ago back in the mp3.com days and told him I liked his Outcast score. He e-mailed me back and offered comments on my music, which was awesome.

I used to have a site there... Those were the days.


Leos Janacek - Gloria (Glagolitic Mass)
-I still need to listen to his operas to find out if there is more Glagolitic stuff in there. We also need more recordings of his unknown works.

If you like this, try Taras Bulba - but having said that, this style is prevelant throughout his later output. The last twenty years of his life were his golden years.


Howard Blake - The Riddle Of The Sands (Riddle Of The Sands)
-I played The Snowman for a recital probably 15 years ago so this is a composer who will always influence me. But is it just me, or did he open this piece with a motif from Vaughan Williams's 5th? Still, this guy is a master of long themes, much like Broughton.

Oh, yes - why use three bars when ninety four will do? There's nothing worse than meandering themes that go on forever, but Broughton and Blake both do them *incredibly* well.


Richard Blackford - Canticle Of The Furnace (Mirror Of Perfection)
-Wait a sec, I know I've heard the opening here before, but I've never heard this incarnation of it. I just can't recall off hand where I might have heard it, but it sounds Russian to me.

I thought it was familiar too, but I'll be buggered if I can place it *anywhere* - I guess one day we will figure it out...


Yoshihisa Hirano - Domine Kira (Death Note)
-The music is good, but its use in the anime is almost parody. Very good orchestrations.

I get that a lot with Hirano - the feeling is, I believe, due to the fact that we've been conditioned away from super-busy, forthright music in anything but comedy. When I first started listening to Hirano, I was never entirely clear whether I was listening to a parody or to something serious - and it's nearly always something serious. It's the same uneasyness that contemporary listeners get with the Golden Age today - extremely aggressive, very fast, orchestrated-to-hell-and-back music, and all you see is some guy walking down the street towards a car.

As I say, I find he does this a lot - and I've come to believe that it's because his sensibility (if not always his technique) is golden-age, and so we may mistake the sometimes (by today's standards) overwhelming music as a piss take.


Jerry Goldsmith - Main Theme (QB VII)
-Can't go wrong with Goldsmith. Ever.

That's better! Worship Mr Goldsmith!

[Edit: Stupid spelling and some childish grammar removed...]

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Here's a collection of some anime/game music I like which I'm sure everyone has heard already:

http://sharebee.com/30a87ea7
http://sharebee.com/8e21c528

3x3 Eyes
One of Kaoru's Wada's first forays into anime and would show early signs of his extremely recognizable (and a tad repetitive) small-ensemble style that would later be used in Inuyasha, Samurai 7, Battle Angel Alita, Ninja Scroll, etc. etc.

Blood+
This theme for Diva is probably one of the best things to come out of Media Ventures, at least since Steamboy. It's dark and shifts to unexpected minor harmonies, similar to Elfman's style.

Claymore
There are parts in this score that remind me of early morning cartoons in the late 80s and early 90s. I don't know why I get such a Western vibe from it... probably because the orchestrations are very unique and don't rely on typical Japanese orchestral conventions of most anime soundtracks (see Kaoru Wada.)

Elemental Gearbolt
One of the first orchestral game soundtracks I ever heard and I love the dark atmosphere of the small orchestra and heavy reverb here. The themes ain't too shabby either.

El-Hazard
I've not seen this, but the music seems quite good. By the end I get a very Gone With the Wind feeling.

Kishin - The Symphony
The first track here is actually from Silent M�bius, but was performed live at this concert. Later on the entire score for Kishin was performed live with the movie on a giant screen a la John Williams and E.T. The Kishin score is a good effort by Wada to take the Western approach to scoring a kid's film and make it his own.

Martian Successor Nadesico
There were some surprising standout cues in this series, although nothing too serious, just like the show. The incorporation of the OP theme throughout the score is a nice touch.

Memories
Yoko Kanno does Madam Buterfly (why is the correct spelling censored?) and Prokofiev. It's not as structured as her other works, but definitely different from her usual orchestral fare.

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Rei's theme is one of the greatest themes ever, at least for an anime. Its melancholic nature fits the character, and the show for that matter, like a glove.

Samurai 7
Although it was kind of like Inuyasha take 2, the battle theme here is very good and authentically Japanese.

Starfleet Academy
Obligatory inclusion of a Western score sighted! Ron Jones, you magnificent bastard, Rick Berman should have never let you get away. You wrote the best scores for TNG by far. Yes, even better than Inner Light.

Tengai Makyou II
The use of Hisaishi's theme throughout this soundtrack, even if each iteration is just the same thing with different instrumentation, is just too lovely to not listen to over and over.

Tengai Makyou III
A lot more went into the orchestration for this soundtrack, and it's very good, if maybe a bit repetitive.

Uncharted Waters
Holy Jesus, is this original? I have no idea, but I like what I'm hearing.

This was a rush job, so let me know if there are any mistakes in the rar file.

I'm glad you posted this, because, if I remember correctly, the big packs you posted here are 2 classical packs and 2 Kanno packs. In fact I'm also interested in your preferences in the anime/game/movie music fields.

Now we have your anime/game pack, I'm waiting for your favourite movie cues pack (pretty sure there will be some Horner inside ;)).

I'd make a movie one but I don't think there is anything I could possibly include that you've never heard before.

Sharebee doesn't seem to want to upload the second part of the rar file so here's an alternate link: http://rapidshare.com/files/150114193/orchestral_collection.part2.rar

Well, there could be some surprises (here for instance, there's some tracks I haven't still heard). And even if I did hear them, other people here haven't necessarily done so.

Anyway what I'd like to see is what you personally prefer, what influenced your music, what you consider as masterpieces.

I knew I was forgetting something: Takayuki Hattori's score to Romance of the Three Kingdoms V. Oh well, it's up at Galbadia Hotel, and is not to be missed. It's some of the best authentic Japanese orchestral music I've heard, and rivals Kanno's work on Nobunaga's Ambition.

You know what would be great : if you happen to find let's say 5-10 choral pieces (not necessarily with a chanting chorus but also with a choir doing "aaah" or "oooh" as it's often used in media music) you can post your own choral orchestral pack so that everybody here can enjoy it. Of course you can include in it the 2 nice pieces you've already posted.
Hmm... I guess I could try, but I'm really no expert when it comes to music. I can only tell what sounds good to me.

Someone who likes Lair and Outcast can't have bad tastes... ;)

Here goes my compilation:

-Action part-
Story Continues - Patrick Doyle - Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire OST
Title Theme - Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
Spectres In the Fog - Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai OST
James Horner - Hard to Starboard - Titanic OST
From Silden to Trelis - Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
Intro Part 3 - Unknown - Descent 3 OST

-Choral part-
Prelude - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VOICES
Showdown - Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
Sactuary - Unknown - The Huchback of Notre Dame
The Last Confrontation - Jeremy Soule - Knights of the Old Republic (gamerip)
Final Boss - Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic OST


http://rapidshare.com/files/150361609/Orch_Action___Choral.zip.html (http://rapidshare.com/files/150361609/Orch_Action___Choral.zip.html)

Lennie Moore - World Of Snow (Outcast)
I don't know how it came about that Outcast should be given a gorgrous, old fashioned, golden age score for large orchestra and choir - but I'm certainly grateful that it was. Moore regularly works with William Stromberg and John Morgan (indeed, Stromberg conducted Outcast in Moscow) so you know you're in good hands. This piece plays like a mini symphony - truly a glittering example of what a talented composer can really do with an orchestra.

Here's an answer:


Infogrames: All the music for Outcast was specially written by Los Angeles composer Lennie Moore for an 81 piece symphony orchestra with a 24 voice choir and recorded in Moscow with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. The developers wanted a film score style of music designed to immerse the player in the many regions depicted in the game. In regards to the music, Lennie states, "My approach was to treat each region with a 7-8 minute symphonic tone poem that depicted the atmosphere of that region."

You can have some interesting facts about this score here:

Interview with Franck Sauer, Gil Damoiseau and Lennie Moore at 3D Sound Surge
http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/interviews/outcast/outcastp2.html

Here goes my compilation:

-Action part-
Story Continues - Patrick Doyle - Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire OST
Title Theme - Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
Spectres In the Fog - Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai OST
James Horner - Hard to Starboard - Titanic OST
From Silden to Trelis - Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
Intro Part 3 - Unknown - Descent 3 OST

-Choral part-
Prelude - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VOICES
Showdown - Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
Sactuary - Unknown - The Huchback of Notre Dame
The Last Confrontation - Jeremy Soule - Knights of the Old Republic (gamerip)
Final Boss - Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic OST


http://rapidshare.com/files/150361609/Orch_Action___Choral.zip.html (http://rapidshare.com/files/150361609/Orch_Action___Choral.zip.html)

Thank you! Very interesting post. As there have been MUCH music posted since some days, it will take a couple of days for me to try it as I listen to each post in the same order they came. But be sure that I'm eager to try it and write some comments about it afterwards.

That's also the reason I don't post my choral pack for moment, because there's so much new music here that the visitors of this thread will be lost. So I'd better post my pack during a "calm" period.

Elemental Eye: Lovely selection! I hate Zimmer and everybody knows that, so I'll keep it buttoned on that front, and pity about Soule's fake orchestra on KOTOR, but otherwise what a varied selection!

Just to fill in your gaps...

The Hunchback of Notredame - composed by Alan Menken, and
Descent III - composed by Jerry Berlongieri.

Thanks again! :)

Streich: Now THAT is the stuff... About half I already knew, and the other half was a complete shock and a very very pleasent surprise! The "Ys" pieces are absolutely superb - as it Hattori Takayuki's music for Nadesico.

Kanno's stab at grand romantic opera is lovely - and somehow I'd never heard Uncharted Waters. Wadu's Samurai 7 always struck me as a bit of a poor cousin to Inuyasha, so I never really got along with it, but it was nice to revisit it today - I think I may go back and give it another listen from the beginning. Claymore, likewise, is wonderful - it's just a pity there's only about fifteen minutes of straight orchestra on the album! And Blood+, well, it proves that MV/RC, in addition to putting out largely crap, also manage to stifle some incredibly creative, talented musicians whilst under their tutelage. It's not my favourite score in the whole world, but it's amazing to hear music like that some out of somebody like Mancina - who hasn't really done anything to justify any kind of popularity in the USA, and who isn't even doing a great deal any more. I wonder what clever Japanese producer was watching "Speed" one evening, and thought, "I bet this guy can do a fine orchestral score for my anime series!" -- it's a strange prospect...

Wadu's Samurai 7 always struck me as a bit of a poor cousin to Inuyasha, so I never really got along with it, but it was nice to revisit it today - I think I may go back and give it another listen from the beginning.

There's an unreleased track from the end of the final episode (when the seasons are changing) that takes Kirara's theme and the battle theme and mixes them together to create one of the most beautiful scenes in anime. I must have watched that scene 10 times just for the music. Also, my favourite harmonic sound is the Eb major chord with a D in the bass, which is an authentic Japanese scale: D Eb F G A Bb C and you hear this all throughout Samurai 7. I first started using it in my final year of highschool when I wrote my Symphony in D minor. It's a very modal sound and the Eb just wants to fall back to the D. You hear it in Spanish music a lot too.

Elemental Eye: Lovely selection! I hate Zimmer and everybody knows that, so I'll keep it buttoned on that front, and pity about Soule's fake orchestra on KOTOR, but otherwise what a varied selection!
Well I am not a fan of Zimmer either, but The Last Samurai is at least his best score and I must admit that I liked it as I liked the movie. And you're also right about Jeremy Soule's sampled compositions. However, I truly enjoyed KotOR soundtrack, even though it had a fake orchestra. With real orchestra it would have been awesome...

Thanks for filling the missing artists! = )

Arthierr - I truly hope you won't be offended if I jump in and post my own orchestra/choir selection before you have a chance to get yours in... I do so for the following reasons:

a) I want to get it up before the bloody board goes down again - as it appears to be doing with increasing regularity, and for increasing periods of time.

b) This thread has dropped off onto page two and it deserves to be on page one.

c) I'm really excited about this selection and I want to share it.

d) You're going to be away for a couple of days so I want to continue your great work whilst you're not here...

So - without any further ado:

SOME FINE MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA and CHOIR
-- Classical, anime, movie, television, game.

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In no particular order...

Gabriel Yared - Battle Of The Arrows (Troy)
This is a sad example of what happens when somebody tries to write an intelligent, grandly-conceived score for a Hollywood picture - he works on it for a year, creates a masterpiece, then is fired at the last second when spotty teenagers at test screenings moan about the "old fashioned music" - and then James Horner throws together his latest Star Trek II redux in two weeks and it's hailed as one of the great scores of our time. Yared's Troy is a fine piece of work - thankfully he released it on a promotional disc (which predictably did the rounds) and so we can hear his monumental effort.

Naoki Sato - Heroic Age
A fine piece for full orchestra and choir, from 2007's television anime, Heroic Age. A true theme - with a melody, shimmering orchestration, and sumptuous late romanticism, this really is one of the gems of 2007. At 3:12, you get to hear what happens when a composer has some time to explore his themes - instead of getting it out the way as quickly as possible, Sato takes his melody and elegantly passes it around the orchestra - the result is absolutely superb.

Alan Silvestri - The Legend Of Mythica
Just when you thought Silvestri was getting tired of it all, somebody in Japan has the fantastic, miraculous idea to hire him to score a new show at Tokyo Disneysea. Firmly in the established "Disney orchestral" tradition, Silvestri's score nevertheless maintains his own compositional identity, whilst at the same time taking us on a heartbreakingly beautiful journey, the way only a true master of symphonic form can. There are some rock pieces in the show, but this one - the fifth movement - is exclusively orchestra and a small choir. There is a few seconds of narration (in Japanese) that is so beautifully spoken - almost sung to the melody - that it truly belongs. Another fine example of what happens when a composer is told "Please go and write us some music - it should be roughly this long - thanks!" and lets him get on with it, rather than forcing uncreative committee decisions upon him that are nothing to do with music, and everything to do with the marketing department...

Joel McNeely - The Destruction Of Xizor's Palace (Star Wars - Shadows Of The Empire)
Ok, so everybody knows this by now - but it's still a fine piece. McNeely's powerhouse score for the Lucasarts novel (and later, game - but this score was written for the book) surprised everybody - it came at the same time Williams returned to the franchise with "The Phantom Menace" - and fans were certainly feeling his stylistic departures. McNeely - Hollywood's greatest imitator - swallowed up Williams' techniques (from the seventies through to the present day) and mixed them up with his own, and created this magnificent work. What a terrific pity McNeely didn't get Clone Wars - say what you like about McNeely (and his occasional plagiarism) but you can't deny that he is clearly a musician - a classically oriented, experienced composer, and an orchestral magician.

John Barry - Main Title (The Lion In Winter)
There were some rumblings in film music circles when Barry was announced to score The Lion In Winter. After all, wasn't he just the jazz guy who wrote the Bond theme? He shocked the world - in the best possible way - with, for some, his crowning achievement. This piece clearly inspired Goldsmith's theme to The Omen some ten years later.

Matsuo Hayato - Gradus Vita (Hellsing OVA)
Every now and again somebody makes an anime with a ridiculously big music budget. This is one of them. Here is the apocalyptic ending theme to the first episode.

Murray Gold - The Parting Of The Ways (Doctor Who)
Nobody really knew what to expect with regards to the scoring technique that would be employed with 2005's revitalisation of Doctor Who. It was something of a shock to hear that the producers had commissioned huge scale, orchestral scores from Murray Gold - still more shocking that they didn't find a budget for any real musicians whatsoever (with the exception of one female singer, and one cor anglais player) - but still, even in its poor-synthesiser garb, the music garnered attention. For the 2005 Christmas Special, the budget went up, and suddenly there was a very large orchestra. The music for later series' constantly evolves - but this piece is from the first series. It was orchestrated (by Ben Foster) for album recording and for concert performance - this recording is from the BBC's Children In Need fundraising concert of 2006.

Lennie Moore - World Of Snow (Outcast)
I don't know how it came about that Outcast should be given a gorgrous, old fashioned, golden age score for large orchestra and choir - but I'm certainly grateful that it was. Moore regularly works with William Stromberg and John Morgan (indeed, Stromberg conducted Outcast in Moscow) so you know you're in good hands. This piece plays like a mini symphony - truly a glittering example of what a talented composer can really do with an orchestra.

Luna Sea - Moon (Symphonic Luna Sea)
This isn't from a film or an anime series - this is an orchestral album of songs by Japanese rock band Luna Sea. It does, however, sound incredibly filmic - the thing I really like about Japanese "symphonic whatever" albums is that, unlike most Western attempts at the same thing, you don't just get a limp arrangement of a song that just sounds like crap in comparison to the original. If this is a symphonic suite, you get a symphonic composition - somebody with a classical brain has interpreted Luna Sea's song into an impressionistic, Ravellian, tone poem. The music speaks for itself.

Yoko Kanno - Escaflowne (Black Escaflowne)
Kanno is a stinking thief - a disgusting plagiarist, morally void, disrespectful of her peers, and a downright liar. But bloody hell, she knows how to whip up an orchestra to absolute breaking point, and then push just a little bit further... Streich has already cross-analysed, interrogated, examined, and questioned this piece to within an inch of its life, so I won't go on about it - except to say that whilst air-conducting the passage of 1:31 - 1:54 (a ridiculously accomplished section of sumptuous choir and apocalyptic, modulating orchestra that seems to serve virtually no purpose except CHANGING KEY) I broke my baton in half - flinging it so hard across the room it punched a hole in my bedroom door, before splintering into two pieces. That gives you some kind of feeling as to what sort of piece this is - please, gentlemen - forget your Gladiator, The Rock, and your Transformers - THIS is what the term "epic" is all about.

Leos Janacek - Gloria (Glagolitic Mass)
Sorry about the recording - it's old, but I'm quite fond of this performance (by Klaus Tennstedt and the LPO) so it's worth putting up with the ropey sound. Janacek must surely be one of the most instantly recognisable composers who ever lived - quite unlike any other, every note speaks so clearly with his language. I remember vividly hearing this piece for the first time, in concert, in the Royal Albert Hall, when I was fourteen. I wasn't particularly into later music (I was a Beethoven man back them) but I remember so clearly how that concert changed my life. When the glorious Albert Hall organ began to play and this powerful kaleidoscope of orchestral colour swirled around me, every hair on my body stood on end, and I don't think they've sat back down, even now a decade later. This isn't just a chorus - there is a male soloist there as well. And yes, it's about God - please don't run away - give it a chance, folks!

Howard Blake - The Riddle Of The Sands (Riddle Of The Sands)
Blake is known largely for his masterful score to The Snowman - but there is so much more to the gentleman than that. I sneezed at him (unintentionally) during the interval of a concert at the Barbican, and he turned and said "Bless you!" - another moment of my life I won't forget! This piece - showing off Blake's absolutely superb command of the orchestra, in equal parts with his enviable ability to weave beautiful, lyrical melodies - certainly has all of his trademarks, and it's one of my all time favourites, so you can't argue with that, really, now can you...?

Richard Blackford - Canticle Of The Furnace (Mirror Of Perfection)
This is another classical piece (again, please don't run, folks) composed in 1997, based upon the writings of St Francis Of Assisi. Most of the piece is slow, tender, and gorgeously beautiful - but this section is violent and very primal. A very definite stand against the ravages of atonalism, this piece is always approachable, and extremely satisfying.

Yoshihiro Kanno - Transmigration (Angel's Egg)
Angel's Egg is one of the most completely strange - and also phsychologically rewarding - films you will ever see. The score, by highly respected classical composer Yoshihiro Kanno, fits it like a glove - veering towards classical modernism (well, OK, so it IS classical modernism) you'll love this if you can suspend your need for harmony, and appreciate something that manages to be terribly ugly and searingly beautiful at exactly the same time - this is not easy listening, but by God, it reaches inside you and squeezes your heart in ways you would never have thought possible.

Yoshihisa Hirano - Domine Kira (Death Note)
This guy is a genius - he's become my second favourite composer, after the Godlike Goldsmith - and coming from the likes of me, that's praise indeed. I'm planning some more Hirano posts in the future, so I'm not going to bang on about this in any great detail - it's a cue of fire and brimstone, for orchestra and choir. Hirano manages to take his small television orchestra and stir up the most unbridled, chaotic, symphonic HELL - he's a cutting edge modernist, late romantic melodramaticist, early romantic dreamer, distinguished classical gentleman, and a baroque ornamentalist - all at the same time, and all of it just drips with his own, deeply individual, style - what can I say? It's magnificent.

Jerry Goldsmith - Main Theme (QB VII)
Have you ever known me to make a selection without including some Goldsmith? Legend has it that he virtually stalked the director of this 1974 TV series until he was given the job of scoring it. Goldsmith - a Jew, obviously felt a strong, personal connection to the subject matter, and it shines through so clearly in his score. This isn't sentimental, or over the top, or sappy. Every note is personal, subtle, heartbreaking, and above all respectful. He never takes any cheap shots or easy solutions - the score is a masterpiece of the highest order. This piece - also known as "Kaddish For The Six Million" - is a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Completely Goldsmith, the second section will break your heart. At the two minute mark, everything stops - and I don't know how he does it, but Goldsmith manages to say so much with just three rising notes - for strings in unison - before the orchestra and choir rejoin for the finale. It's only two and a half minutes long - but there is more power and meaning in here than in probably the entire last decade of film music.

Magnificient selection. You have an exceptional taste in music. I enjoy ALL the selected cues here.

Gabriel Yared - Battle Of The Arrows (Troy (rejected)).mp3
Very good action cue full of strong ostinatos. The choir sounds enormous in this one. Even though Horner did an impressive job in 2 weeks (well, he was much helped by his crew of ghostwriters), it's a pity that this very personal, "authentic", non-mainstream score was rejected.

John Barry - Main Title (The Lion In Winter).mp3
For some reasons Barry never quite caught my attention, probably because there's a slight jazz/pop feeling in his music, and because I often find his music too simplistic, lacking some orchestral luxuriance and subtlety. Of course it's only my opinion, and maybe if I take the time to go deeper in his music there could be some good surprises.

Matsuo Hayato - Gradus Vita (Hellsing OVA).mp3
Many thanks. If you hadn't selected it, I probably wouldn't have heard it for a moment. Very impressive and grandiose piece.

Murray Gold - The Parting Of The Ways (suite) (Doctor Who).mp3
Doctor Who is a big mystery for me. I vaguely heard about it in the past, but never really had the curiosity to try it, UNTIL I downloaded a few months ago a score just to see why there's so much fuss about it. Well, It's deserved, the music sure is superb.

Naoki Sato - Heroic Age -Aratanaru Tabidachi- (Heroic Age Original Soundtrack Album II - Kikan - CD1).mp3
I hesitated to include this very one in my pack. Naoki Sato is truly one of the best anime composers of our times. Heroic Age is my favourite score from him.

Yoshihisa Hirano - Domine Kira (Death Note).mp3
Formidable composer I recently discovered. Right now I'm listening to Meine Liebe and ML Wieder. Remarkable classical style.

Alan Silvestri - Part V (The Legend Of Mythica).mp3
Good piece but sounds too much like old corny Disney music sometimes. Happily, the typical Silvestri ostinato at 3:58 brings an interesting developement.

Luna Sea - Moon (Symphonic Luna Sea).mp3
One million thanks. This one is totally new to me. Fantastic! So gracious, so mesmerizing. First class orchestral music, and once again, the Warsaw proves to be one of the best sounding orchestras in the world.

Joel McNeely - The Destruction of Xizor's Palace (Star Wars - Shadows of the Empire).mp3
Clearly not the same writing genius of Williams nor his exceptionally powerful, ultra-sharp and accurate conducting, but nevertheless a marvelous piece. And what a smashing idea to make a suite based on a book, if only this happened more often. Imagine how composers would be able to freely and smartly express their skills to write a coherent, meaningful, and structured oeuvre.

The fact I don't comment the others doesn't mean I didn't like them, but rather than that means I don't have much immediate comments about them except "Wow! That's great!", wich, you'll agree, is sure kind but not very constructive.

Now let's see Streich's list...

First of all, thanks for starting a thread like this. There's a lack of appreciation for fantastic orchestral music style these days. I also like the good anime/movie/TV/game score.

Second, I would like to post some of my favorite orchestral action pieces as well. Ever since I was a child, I've become a big fan of a composer named Shunsuke Kikuchi. He's renowned in Japan for his scores of classic films, sentai, tokusatsu shows, and anime. The tracks I have picked out are from his classic score for the Dragon Ball Z anime. His style of composing is very unique, I'd say. I'd say his music is deceptively simple, but it covers a wide variety of emotions from happiness, tension, fear, sadness, excitement, melancholy, and anger. He also creates some memorable melodies, that lead me to hum them even while I'm not listening to his music. Give it a listen, won't you?

(BTW, this is not the American soundtrack, which is synth/techno. This is the original Japanese soundtrack, which is almost entirely classical orchestral music, and has higher production values than the English versions.)

I'd say if you were a fan of Saint Seiya's score or any classical film score, you'll probably find something to like in these cues.

Download link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QOREFQG0

Tracks included:
1) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Believe in Tomorrow
2) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Dragon Ball Z (Return My Gohan!)
3) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Enter a New Hero
4) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Extreme Battle!! The 3 Super Saiya-jin
5) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Fusion Reborn!! Goku and Vegeta
6) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Goodbye, Warriors
7) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Son Gohan and Piccolo Daimao
8) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Son Goku is the Strongest After All!
9) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Super Deciding Battle For The Entire Earth
10) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Androids March
11) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Cell Game which calls forth Death
12) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Fearsome Ginyu Special Force
13) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Galaxy in Crisis! A Phenomenally Awesome Guy
14) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Monster Freeza VS The Legendary Super Saiya-jin

Hope you folks enjoy it! I know I do!

Thank you very much :)

I watched this anime some years ago. I enjoyed it, and one of the things striking me then was indeed the music. Even though it was played by a very small orchestra, it was great, very expressive and original, and enhanced every scenes of the anime. I precise that in the french version I watched they fortunately kept the japanese soundtrack (btw, what a stupid idea to remake the soundtrack of an anime to make it more hip, this only result in crappy music).

I never took the time to make some research to know who was the composer and where to get his music, but thanks to your post, you're giving me this opportunity now. So thanks again for this post, it sure is much appreciated. :)

No problem. I love sharing music with people.

Let me know what you think of the tracks. Also, if anyone wants any more of the soundtrack, (BGM and the vocal songs) just let me know.

Very good action cue full of strong ostinatos. The choir sounds enormous in this one. Even though Horner did an impressive job in 2 weeks (well, he was much helped by his crew of ghostwriters), it's a pity that this very personal, "authentic", non-mainstream score was rejected.

Isn't it... An absolute travesty. Horner's replacement score is the usual spot-the-ripoff (actually, Troy would more accurately be called spot-the-originality) competition - fitting, functional, but look at what it replaced...


For some reasons Barry never quite caught my attention, probably because there's a slight jazz/pop feeling in his music, and because I often find his music too simplistic, lacking some orchestral luxuriance and subtlety. Of course it's only my opinion, and maybe if I take the time to go deeper in his music there could be some good surprises.

The jazz influences is one of the things I like about Barry. Particularly in this piece, when the choral chant kicks in, even though it's a completely appropriate piece - orchestral, choral, original - the rythyms (syncopated to hell and back), not to mention the harmonies (listen to those brass stabs) give the whole thing a sultry jazz feel. Somehow this doesn't invade the seriousness or suitability of the piece. And it's a definite Barry trademark. John Williams style is heavily jazz influenced. So was Goldsmith's. (Constantly shifting rhythyms, off balance time, awkward syncopation, etc - all coming from the jazz world.)

As far as lack of complexity goes, I do agree. That's another thing I really like about Barry. He can strip away absolutely *every* bit of unnecessary frill, and gets straight to the point. The lack of "subtlety" is a sad result of modern tendencies - listeners have become conditioned to hear any outright, straightforward emotional statement, as somehow less pure, or otherwise like the music is not behaving itself.

I believe that this is entirely a valid point, when you're applying it to a composer who isn't entirely sure what emotional statement he should be making. If you're not completely certain of what to say, or confident in your ability to say it eloquently, you tend to either speak very quietly (hoping nobody will notice you even spoke) or not say it at all, using the excuse that it's not your job to tell people how to feel. No, it's not - and if you were doing that, you'd be wrong. But it *is* your job to compliment an emotion with a musical statement of equal standing.

Enormous emotional statements work, and don't grate on the audiences, when a) the film is sufficiently emotional to "earn" the right to it, and b) the statement is made by a skilled, sensitive musician.

Matsuo Hayato - Gradus Vita (Hellsing OVA).mp3
Many thanks. If you hadn't selected it, I probably wouldn't have heard it for a moment. Very impressive and grandiose piece.



Doctor Who is a big mystery for me. I vaguely heard about it in the past, but never really had the curiosity to try it, UNTIL I downloaded a few months ago a score just to see why there's so much fuss about it. Well, It's deserved, the music sure is superb.

Sadly, as the music budget has increased, the quality of the scores has gone down. Ironically, the best scores, from an entirely musical perspective, were for the first series - and were all performed by a dreadful synthesised orchestra. But every episode was scored, to picture. You got wonderful leitmotif development and all those great things you never hear any more. And it all sounded like a chorus of mobile phone ringtones. Then the money for orchestral music came in, and the scores became more vague - because of the need to make music that can be chopped up in the edit suite and used in ten different episodes. They still sound absolutely magnificent, but they're curiously detatched (in a sense of personality) and "in the moment", rather than looking at the bigger picture.

Nevertheless, it's still some of the best TV music you'll hear in ANY country - Asian or Western alike.



I hesitated to include this very one in my pack. Naoki Sato is truly one of the best anime composers of our times. Heroic Age is my favourite score from him.

The guy hardly ever gets an orchestra! It's extremely irritating, particularly when you hear the kind of thing he's capable. If there's *anybody* who deserves a big massive score with the Warsaw Philharmonic, it's Sato.



Formidable composer I recently discovered. Right now I'm listening to Meine Liebe and ML Wieder. Remarkable classical style.

I could write a dissertation about why I love his music. I'm planning a series of Hirano posts in the not-too-distant future... :D


Good piece but sounds too much like old corny Disney music sometimes. Happily, the typical Silvestri ostinato at 3:58 brings an interesting developement.

Yeah... but somebody is writing corny Disney music in 2006! :D :D :D :D




One million thanks. This one is totally new to me. Fantastic! So gracious, so mesmerizing. First class orchestral music, and once again, the Warsaw proves to be one of the best sounding orchestras in the world.

Pleasure! I'll have to post the whole album. I came across it entirely by accident. I was doing one of my "experimental search" sessions. It was on the ninth page of search results combining "symphonic" and "megaupload" -- a very happy accident, however!

The Warsaw Philharmonic is truly a fine orchestra - they always have been. Though it remains true that they are never selected for that reason - they're chosen because Polish economics allow overseas producers to record orchestral music for 20% as much as it would cost them in their own countries. You go to Prague or Bulgaria if you're really, REALLY skint. If you've got a little bit more cash, you maybe go to Germany. If you've got a respectable budget, you to go Warsaw. If money is no object and you want nothing but the very, very best - you go to London.


Imagine how composers would be able to freely and smartly express their skills to write a coherent, meaningful, and structured oeuvre.

Couldn't agree more. Musicians are allowed to be musicians, and not merely persons hired to ensure that the producers can use the temp track on the final print, but not go to prison.

Second, I would like to post some of my favorite orchestral action pieces as well. Ever since I was a child, I've become a big fan of a composer named Shunsuke Kikuchi. He's renowned in Japan for his scores of classic films, sentai, tokusatsu shows, and anime. The tracks I have picked out are from his classic score for the Dragon Ball Z anime. (BTW, this is not the American soundtrack, which is synth/techno. This is the original Japanese soundtrack, which is almost entirely classical orchestral music, and has higher production values than the English versions.)

My views on what constitutes "orchestral" - and how I succinctly believe this doesn't - are well known, so I'll keep quiet on that particular topic; I'll just register those feelings once again and move on. ;)

THAT SAID - this is superb stuff, and is a testament to the sad (but true) fact that American TV producers - in their biased arrogance, feel the need to mess with somebody else's art, in order to repackage it for their own (apparently braindead) audience. This is intended as no insult to Americans - only to the idiots who run their television networks. This happens all the time. TV shows make it across the atlantic, and have mysteriously sprouted new, generic, rock scores in place of their orchestral originals, have new theme music, shorter credits, different voice actors (did you know the USA even dub "Teletubbies" so they say "Tubby Tustard" and "Big Hug!" with an American accent, because of some dubious obsession with hiding the fact that they are British) and sometimes completely new storylines - shoe-horned badly into the original. The USA have been doing this since 1927 (Fritz Lang - Metropolis - thanks Channing Pollock!) and of course, it continues to this day.

*THAT* said, sorry for going off topic - love the music, and will have a great deal of fun playing this to my fiancee (who has been a fan of DBZ for many years, but is only familiar with the dub, sadly...)

:)

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Pleasure! I'll have to post the whole album. I came across it entirely by accident. I was doing one of my "experimental search" sessions. It was on the ninth page of search results combining "symphonic" and "megaupload" -- a very happy accident, however!

Immediately after having listened to this one (Luna Sea - Moon (Symphonic Luna Sea), I looked for the album and managed to grab a 320k version. If you or someone else wish, I can upload it.

:D :D :D

That would be *very* much appreciated! Or, to save you the trouble of uploading, if you would kindly direct me to where you found it... ;)

I found it via a torrent, just search for a torrent of this band's complete discography, the 320k version is included. If you have a bittorrent client wich allows selected files downloading, you can grab only this album in the pack.

Once you have it, could you post it in the download links section ? Many people would be happy to have it. I could do it (with my "symphonic" signature) but after all it was you who brought it, so it's your reward to get the credit for posting it.

I'd like to promote a very fine score I often listen to :

BINCHOU-TAN OST - Taku Iwasaki (thanks to kinslayer6)
Thread 51361

Iwasaki managed to compose for this anime a superb orchestral score, gracious, charming and relaxing. There's not much action in this one, due to the context, but if you like poetic and tender music, you'll be satisfied.

By the way, the anime is excactly like the music: adorable. If you appreciate the music, you should watch the anime.

Was just browsing through and couldn't help but post here. I know you guys aren't too keen on Hans Zimmer but nevertheless I think this is one of his more stand-alone/not so typical pieces, Its called Injection from the MI2 soundtrack and zimmer uses vocals in a somewhat rare way when it comes to his usual style. The Pick-up done with the vocals/drums/and strings is just one of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3iAzdbg3mo&feature=related

Other than that Zadok the priest by Handel and the UEFA cup theme arrangement of it is another stand-alone piece I'd recommend...could do with more structure and complexity but its still nice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgomX3qD-iA&feature=related

I'm open to any recommendation, so no problem.

It's true that me and some people in this thread aren't fans of this composer (to say the least), BUT, in some cases, he certainly did some interesting stuff (some good parts in Crimson Tide or Drop Zone, for instance), so I'll gladly try your suggestion. :)

But the fact is that most orchestral music enthusiasts are angry at him because him and his crew heavily contributed to transform modern film music in a way some of us just can't accept. The over-simplification of the musical writing and the use of bad quality fake instruments is something hard to cope with, especially given the fact they often score big budget movies, where producers can afford to hire a real orchestra. This is easily forgivable for small budget productions or for young composers making demos, but when you compose for the big screen, when you come after true masters of the symphonic form, it's natural that many people get disappointed, if not seriously irritated.

Once again this is not a reproach of any kind. I appreciate the fact that you express your tastes and share the music you like with us. Thank you for that. :)

Edit: The Handel piece sure is magnificient (I should have included it in my choral pack I'll post soon...;)).

Guys, in my quest for good epic orchestral music, I've found two new interesting items, both thanks to Elemental Eve:

Gothic III OST
Thread 60409





Dark Messiah OST
Thread 47562

good thread keep it coming!!!

good thread keep it coming!!!

My pleasure, sir.. ;)

There's a lot more to come. Keep watching.

Here's a collection of some anime/game music I like which I'm sure everyone has heard already:

http://sharebee.com/30a87ea7
http://sharebee.com/8e21c528

3x3 Eyes
One of Kaoru's Wada's first forays into anime and would show early signs of his extremely recognizable (and a tad repetitive) small-ensemble style that would later be used in Inuyasha, Samurai 7, Battle Angel Alita, Ninja Scroll, etc. etc.

Blood+
This theme for Diva is probably one of the best things to come out of Media Ventures, at least since Steamboy. It's dark and shifts to unexpected minor harmonies, similar to Elfman's style.

Claymore
There are parts in this score that remind me of early morning cartoons in the late 80s and early 90s. I don't know why I get such a Western vibe from it... probably because the orchestrations are very unique and don't rely on typical Japanese orchestral conventions of most anime soundtracks (see Kaoru Wada.)

Elemental Gearbolt
One of the first orchestral game soundtracks I ever heard and I love the dark atmosphere of the small orchestra and heavy reverb here. The themes ain't too shabby either.

El-Hazard
I've not seen this, but the music seems quite good. By the end I get a very Gone With the Wind feeling.

Kishin - The Symphony
The first track here is actually from Silent M�bius, but was performed live at this concert. Later on the entire score for Kishin was performed live with the movie on a giant screen a la John Williams and E.T. The Kishin score is a good effort by Wada to take the Western approach to scoring a kid's film and make it his own.

Martian Successor Nadesico
There were some surprising standout cues in this series, although nothing too serious, just like the show. The incorporation of the OP theme throughout the score is a nice touch.

Memories
Yoko Kanno does Madam Buterfly (why is the correct spelling censored?) and Prokofiev. It's not as structured as her other works, but definitely different from her usual orchestral fare.

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Rei's theme is one of the greatest themes ever, at least for an anime. Its melancholic nature fits the character, and the show for that matter, like a glove.

Samurai 7
Although it was kind of like Inuyasha take 2, the battle theme here is very good and authentically Japanese.

Starfleet Academy
Obligatory inclusion of a Western score sighted! Ron Jones, you magnificent bastard, Rick Berman should have never let you get away. You wrote the best scores for TNG by far. Yes, even better than Inner Light.

Tengai Makyou II
The use of Hisaishi's theme throughout this soundtrack, even if each iteration is just the same thing with different instrumentation, is just too lovely to not listen to over and over.

Tengai Makyou III
A lot more went into the orchestration for this soundtrack, and it's very good, if maybe a bit repetitive.

Uncharted Waters
Holy Jesus, is this original? I have no idea, but I like what I'm hearing.

This was a rush job, so let me know if there are any mistakes in the rar file.

Great music, Streich. Once again all cues here are gold to my ears. Thank you for such a beautiful selection.

I have a personal preference for the Kaoru Wada tracks. Silent M�bius sounds a bit like Conan music, due to its savagery and the haunting male choir. At some points the trumpet motif is clearly reminiscent from Horner's Glory (Charging Fort Wagner), or Carmina Burana, of course.

Kishin Symphony ~ Encore: doesn't sound much like Wada at the beginning (more like Disney music), then the melody at 1:08 is an almost note-for-note copy of a melody from Inuyasha. Nevertheless a very good piece.

The Samurai7 cues: even if very close to some other compositions by him, they're extremely enjoyable. I adore those pulsating, strongly rhythmic action cues he makes. In fact I let them loop almost ten times before advancing in the playlist! Highly addictive.

3x3eyes: Wada can compose furious and savage action cues, but also inspired and majestic romantic themes, as shown here.

Starfleet Academy: Ron Jones is very talented guy who doesn't get enough big scale projects. But even when he composes for games or cheap tv shows he does it masterfully.

Ys: absolutly superb. Usually played by an "electric orchestra", they managed to hire nothing less than the London Symphony orchestra for these pieces. The result is gorgeous.

Blood+: THAT'S from Mancina? Why does this guy has to compose his best music for FOREIGN projects?

Tengai Makyou tracks: big, big surprise. I didn't know those. Remarkable music. I'll have to look for them ;). Is it all orchestral or only some cues?

Claymore: you chose MY EXACT two favourite cues in the album!

Tengai Makyou is mainly synth with a few orchestral tracks (similar to Ys.) Also be sure to check out Romance of the Three Kingdoms 5. It's available on Galbadia Hotel but one of the tracks is cut off after 30 seconds or so. We need to track that one down next.

That's the LSO? Crikey! They *did* push the boat out... Usually I steer clear of anything "Falcom Sound Studio" or similar, because it usually means a ridiculously shoddy synthesiser! Thank you for opening my eyes!

Here goes my compilation:

-Action part-
Story Continues - Patrick Doyle - Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire OST
Title Theme - Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
Spectres In the Fog - Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai OST
James Horner - Hard to Starboard - Titanic OST
From Silden to Trelis - Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
Intro Part 3 - Unknown - Descent 3 OST

-Choral part-
Prelude - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VOICES
Showdown - Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
Sactuary - Unknown - The Huchback of Notre Dame
The Last Confrontation - Jeremy Soule - Knights of the Old Republic (gamerip)
Final Boss - Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic OST


http://rapidshare.com/files/150361609/Orch_Action___Choral.zip.html (http://rapidshare.com/files/150361609/Orch_Action___Choral.zip.html)

Story Continues - Patrick Doyle - Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire OST
Even though I enjoy the Harry Potter scores, I sometimes find them a bit childish to my ears. But Doyle, with his great talent, managed to write (on demand) a darker, more adult score for this movie. Here we can admire how he transformed the original theme into something more menacing and somber.

Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
I've already made some comments about this nice score in this thread (Thread 60409), where you posted the whole score. By the way, I originally included "Title Theme" in my choral pack... ;)

Spectres In the Fog - Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai OST
Ok, most people here know I'm not a Zimmer fan, but his score for The Last Samurai is actually among his bests, I particularly like the japanese touch here. The part at 2:43 is VERY MUCH inspired by Horner's Aliens (Futile Escape), in case you want to compare, I've posted this piece in my Orchestral Horror pack HERE (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1133632&postcount=151).

Prelude - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VOICES
Isn't this a magnificient theme? I haven't heard this version before, so thanks for bringing it.

James Horner - Hard to Starboard - Titanic OST
This piece is very interesting because it functions as a mini-suite, with various very individualized parts. 1) calm and tender 2) transition: ingeniously used the last high string note of the romantic theme to transform it into a sustained tension note 3) violent strongly percussive action, 4) typical Horner suspense cue, 5) back to action with the superb use of busy strings, 6) resolution (?) with a 2 notes trumpet motif sounding a bit like a fading alarm (this is a very rough analysis, could say a lot more about this piece).

Sanctuary - Alan Menken - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
When I heard some bits of this choral piece in the trailer, some years ago, I was extremely impressed by its grandeur. Thanks for including this exceptional piece in your selection.

The Last Confrontation - Jeremy Soule - Knights of the Old Republic (gamerip)
Very rhythmic and powerful action cue, I like that. :)

Final Boss - Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic OST
Typical of modern western orchestral game scores: a lot of percussions, some strings ostinatos, and some choirs. Sometimes becomes boring and repetitive, but in that particular piece it's quite effective. By the way, for those interested, the whole score is HERE (Thread 47562).

Thank you again, Elemental Eye, for sharing with us the music you enjoy! :)

Guys, I had a request in another thread asking me to post this. Well, I'm a big fan of John Debney, and this is one of my favorite scores. So why not post it here as well? Hope you enjoy this marvelous score. :)

John Debney - seaQuest DSV (320)
http://rapidshare.com/files/152406606/John_Debney_-_seaQuest_DSV.zip

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Story Continues - Patrick Doyle - Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire OST
Even though I enjoy the Harry Potter scores, I sometimes find them a bit childish to my ears. But Doyle, with his great talent, managed to write (on demand) a darker, more adult score for this movie. Here we can admire how he transformed the original theme into something more menacing and somber.
I fully agree and that's why I picked this one. It's one of the best openings I've ever heard in movies. Doyle, who was pretty unknown to me before this soundtrack, has definitely a great much of talent and he was a perfect choice for this movie (although the movie itself was pretty lame).



Kail Rosenkranz - Gothic III OST
I've already made some comments about this nice score in this thread (Thread 60409), where you posted the whole score. By the way, I originally included "Title Theme" in my choral pack... ;)

I find this soundtrack very interesting. It's pretty simple, but very effective when playing the game. Well, actually, I don't like the game too much because of the character animations. But I keep playing the game as it has such a great score. I think that Oblivion was better in every way, excapt for the music. In fact, the music in Oblivion (by Jeremy Soule) was a big letdown...




Spectres In the Fog - Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai OST
Ok, most people here know I'm not a Zimmer fan, but his score for The Last Samurai is actually among his bests, I particularly like the japanese touch here. The part at 2:43 is VERY MUCH inspired by Horner's Aliens (Futile Escape), in case you want to compare, I've posted this piece in my Orchestral Horror pack HERE (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1133632&postcount=151).

Yeah, I'm not too keen about his work either, but The Last Samurai is his greatest score. And those Japanese influences are very fitting, indeed.



Prelude - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VOICES
Isn't this a magnificient theme? I haven't heard this version before, so thanks for bringing it.

I thought that a great many people have missed Final Fantasy Voices and that's why I included this one in my pack. Absolutely fantastic work in any way, the choir works perfectly.



Sanctuary - Alan Menken - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
When I heard some bits of this choral piece in the trailer, some years ago, I was extremely impressed by its grandeur. Thanks for including this exceptional piece in your selection.

It's pretty funny to notice how great music Disney actually uses in their films. This one is a perfect example: the most epic, choral battle theme I've ever heard.

And thanks for the seaQest OST arthierr, I'll definitely check it out right away! ^^
I was very impressed when you posted the Lair gamerip, it was truly icredible score. I find it most unfair that it was never released officially even though it really shows how epic and massive the game music can be.

I fully agree and that's why I picked this one. It's one of the best openings I've ever heard in movies. Doyle, who was pretty unknown to me before this soundtrack, has definitely a great much of talent and he was a perfect choice for this movie (although the movie itself was pretty lame).

Hey, you know what? You just gave me a great idea. So you didn't know Doyle, did you? Well, as one of the purpose of this thread is to promote orchestral music composers, I'll prepare a special Patrick Doyle compilation. I'll make a pack of his best music (according to my taste, of course) and post it this week.

Just for the info, my choral pack will be postponed a bit because my computer crashed this week and I had to reinstall my OS. I backed up my datas (including my choral pack and the notes I've written about each piece) in a portable hard drive but a friend took it, so I'll have to wait for him to bring it back to be able to post it.

All orchestral music fans, you HAVE to listen to this:

REIGN OF REVOLUTION R2 OST, the score of a korean MMORPG, composed by Kousuke YAMASHITA, one of my favourite eastern composers. The music is SPLENDID, absolutely GORGEOUS. Grab it while the link is still there.

REIGN OF REVOLUTION R2 OST (20 tracks, 256 kpbs)
Thread 60215

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Patrick Doyle

From Wikipedia:

"Patrick Doyle (born April 6, 1953, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland) is an Academy Award nominated Scottish musician and film score composer. His collaboration with Kenneth Branagh and the Shakespearean community is well known, but his scoring talents are versatile, and he has composed orchestral scores for a variety of films and film genres, from Disney's Shipwrecked to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In the latter half of the 1990s, he utilised a combination of synthesizers, chorus, and solo vocals, along with a traditional orchestra."

My personal opinion:

Doyle is a true master of the symphonic form. He knows how to use an orchestra, and does it masterfully. His music is powerful, nervous, very thematic, and has a unique style quite recognizable once used to it (for instance the frequent use of high strings ostinatos, wich I enjoy extremely).

I started being interested in his music after having seen Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994, directed by Kenneth Branagh). The music was extremely good, but excessive, it was too powerful and loud in the movie. Fortunately, the listening of the album was more enjoyable. Doyle wrote a dark, haunting, highly dramatic score for this movie, I consider it as a masterpiece, and it stands as one of the best scores I've heard. Both cues I've included in the pack are my favourites: To think of a story is an absolutely fascinating cue, with its somber and menacing theme, announcing the tragic turn of events further in the story. The Creation is one of the most striking, effective and blood-pumping action cue I've heard.


Patrick Doyle - A Little Princess - Christina Elisa Waltz

Patrick Doyle - Eragon - Eragon

Patrick Doyle - Frankenstein - The Creation

Patrick Doyle - Frankenstein - To think of a story

Patrick Doyle - Great Expectations - Kissing In The Rain

Patrick Doyle - Indochine - The Thunder Storm

Patrick Doyle - Much Ado About Nothing - Overture

Patrick Doyle - Nanny Mcphee - Snow In August

Patrick Doyle - Needful Things - End Titles

Patrick Doyle - Nim's Island - Alex Nearly Drowns

Patrick Doyle - Pars Vite Et Reviens Tard - La coupable

Patrick Doyle - Quest For Camelot Complete - Pista 4

Patrick Doyle - Shipwrecked - Home to Norway

Patrick Doyle - The Last Legion - Sacred Pentangle

Patrick Doyle - Une Femme Fran�aise - Pista 1


http://rapidshare.com/files/153415026/Patrick_Doyle_Music_Selection.zip

I recommend to anybody interested in the slightest bit in great orchestral music to listen to this compilation. I tried to choose some interesting highlights in many of his scores, hope you'll enjoy them (I sure do!).

Wow, I never realised Doyle was this good! Thanks for uploading, it's highly appreciated! =D

By the way, you mentioned that you haven't listened FF VOICES yet. I uploaded it for you:
http://rapidshare.com/files/153652620/VOICES_music_from_FINAL_FANTASY.zip.html

By the way, you mentioned that you haven't listened FF VOICES yet. I uploaded it for you:
http://rapidshare.com/files/153652620/VOICES_music_from_FINAL_FANTASY.zip.html

Thank you very much! :) Here's the cover (I do like covers!).

First of all, thanks for starting a thread like this. There's a lack of appreciation for fantastic orchestral music style these days. I also like the good anime/movie/TV/game score.

Second, I would like to post some of my favorite orchestral action pieces as well. Ever since I was a child, I've become a big fan of a composer named Shunsuke Kikuchi. He's renowned in Japan for his scores of classic films, sentai, tokusatsu shows, and anime. The tracks I have picked out are from his classic score for the Dragon Ball Z anime. His style of composing is very unique, I'd say. I'd say his music is deceptively simple, but it covers a wide variety of emotions from happiness, tension, fear, sadness, excitement, melancholy, and anger. He also creates some memorable melodies, that lead me to hum them even while I'm not listening to his music. Give it a listen, won't you?

(BTW, this is not the American soundtrack, which is synth/techno. This is the original Japanese soundtrack, which is almost entirely classical orchestral music, and has higher production values than the English versions.)

I'd say if you were a fan of Saint Seiya's score or any classical film score, you'll probably find something to like in these cues.

Download link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QOREFQG0

Tracks included:
1) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Believe in Tomorrow
2) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Dragon Ball Z (Return My Gohan!)
3) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Enter a New Hero
4) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Extreme Battle!! The 3 Super Saiya-jin
5) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Fusion Reborn!! Goku and Vegeta
6) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Goodbye, Warriors
7) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Son Gohan and Piccolo Daimao
8) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Son Goku is the Strongest After All!
9) Shunsuke Kikuchi - Super Deciding Battle For The Entire Earth
10) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Androids March
11) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Cell Game which calls forth Death
12) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Fearsome Ginyu Special Force
13) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Galaxy in Crisis! A Phenomenally Awesome Guy
14) Shunsuke Kikuchi - The Monster Freeza VS The Legendary Super Saiya-jin

Hope you folks enjoy it! I know I do!

Sorry for the delay of the reply, theoriginalbilis, but I had to answer to previous posts, and moreover I had quite a busy week (including a computer crash...). But now I'm done listening to your compilation.

I already knew this music as I watched the anime some years ago (with the japanese score), so this is not a total discovery for me. But thanks to your compilation I was able to focus more on the musical aspects, aside from the anime itself.

As I said before, even though it's performed by a very small orchestra (IMO 10-20 musicians), Kikuchi managed to get the maximum out of it. What's very enjoyable here is that the music is very melodic, and contains a lot of great themes, accurately characterizing and evocating what it refers to.

Another interesting thing is the expressiveness of this music. It's very emotional: really scary tension cues ("The Monster Freeza vs. The Legendary Super Saiya-jin"), powerful and rhythmic action cues ("The Fearsome Ginyu Special Forces"), joyful and lively cues ("Enter a New Hero 2", "Goodbye Warriors", ...), noble and solemn cues (the SUBLIME part 2 of "Super Deciding Battle For The Entire Earth"). The music is extremely effective and greatly enhances each scene.

Thank you again for your excellent compilation, it brougt back some very good memories. :)

Thanks for your opinion, and I agree with you for the most part. It's a shame audiences here in the US and Canada couldn't hear this music when the show aired over here (due to the score being totally replaced.)

Also, the tracks I posted here were only a portion of the full BGM for the show. If you're interested, I could put up a link to the entire Complete BGM Collection Set for download.

I can also link to BGM for the original series, DragonBall, if anyone's interested. The music was also composed by Kikuchi, though it's much more upbeat than the DBZ score.

Also, kudos to whoever uploaded Final Fantasy VOICES, a very impressive and beautiful work!

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind if I contribute a little to this thread with what is probably the most known work from Howard Shore.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Complete Recordings

The Fellowship of the Ring


Download [MP3 -LAME3.98.2 V0 VBR-] (http://anonym.to/?http://www.multiupload.com/HZV5S4FNRK)

The Two Towers


Download [MP3 -LAME3.98.2 V0 VBR-] (http://anonym.to/?http://www.multiupload.com/913RD2TJM2)

The Return of the King


Download [MP3 -LAME3.98.2 V0 VBR-] (http://anonym.to/?http://www.multiupload.com/Q01BV8W180)

135 tracks - 10 hours of music (as opposed to the 57 tracks - 3 hours of the original soundtracks releases). According to Wikipedia, Howard Shore composed 12 hours of music for this trilogy (the last two have yet to be released, as far as I know). I hope you enjoy them.

I can also link to BGM for the original series, DragonBall, if anyone's interested. The music was also composed by Kikuchi, though it's much more upbeat than the DBZ score.

Well, in fact, while listening to your compilation, I had even better memories coming: DragonBall. I watched it long ago when it was was aired and really appreciated the music then.

If you could please post the bgm of this anime (the whole ost, if possible) it would be great, thank you in advance. :)

Hi everyone, hope you don't mind if a contribute a to this thread with what is probably the most known work from Howard Shore.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Complete Recordings

The FellowShip of the Ring
http://sharebee.com/51708acd
http://sharebee.com/f496b59b
http://sharebee.com/ccb45e99

The Two Towers
http://sharebee.com/78de070b
http://sharebee.com/a18fabec
http://sharebee.com/4a058bbd
http://sharebee.com/09fff7f5

The Return of the King
http://sharebee.com/a8e6cc44
http://sharebee.com/70c531dc
http://sharebee.com/f906e67b
http://sharebee.com/9f708b54
http://sharebee.com/c589c993
http://sharebee.com/09e704bb

PASSWORD (for all): ileferru

135 tracks - 10 hours of music (as opposed to the 57 tracks - 3 hours of the original soundtracks releases). According to Wikipedia, Howard Shore composed 12 hours of music for this trilogy (the last two have yet to be released, as far as I know). I hope you enjoy them.

The bitrate is variable (192 - 320kbps). I do have the actual discs, but in lossless the size is over 12GB... maybe you'll find a torrent of the lossless on Demonoid.

WOOOW!!!

That's an awesome post! Thank you very much, ileferru. :)

This is a real treasure for all fans of TLOTR, as for great orchestral music fans. I'm sure the visitors of this thread will highly appreciate such an impressive pack.

May I ask you one small favor though? Could you edit your post to add the covers? It's more catchy, and would give more importance and attractiveness to your post (and that would be perfectly deserved, given its true awesomeness).

Thank you again. :) :) :)

You're more than welcome, Arthierr. Hope you enjoy them :)

Covers added, I always forget to include them, sorry :D

Howard Shore

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Shore) :

"Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer, orchestrator, conductor and music producer best known for composing the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the score for The Silence of the Lambs, and for the films of David Cronenberg. He is also a prolific composer of concert works; his first opera, The Fly, based on the plot (though not the score) of Cronenberg's 1986 film premiered at the Th��tre du Ch�telet in Paris on 2 July 2008. An original organ piece will debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra for the John Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania entitled Fanfare on 27 September 2008. He is the uncle of composer Ryan Shore."

As we speak of Howard Shore, here's a nice compilation I've found. Thanks to the original uploader.

This time it's not a personal pick, it's a promo 3 cds album containing more than 3 hours (!) of his music, mainly highlights gathered from his various scores. This is a very interesting compilation for those having enjoyed TLOTR and wanting to discover the other scores of this composer without having to download everything and listen to whole scores (including boring parts, underscore...).

Enjoy! :)






Howard Shore: Suites And Themes (192)
http://rapidshare.com/files/108724310/HSSATCD1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/117606989/HSSAThorsie.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/117633504/HSSATCD3horsie.rar


PASS: horsewoman

This is my Jerry Goldsmith's compilation:

(http://www.subirimagenes.com/otros-folder-1301746.html)

The first 3 CDs:

http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=Z6FDTZ87

and this is the link for the last 3:

http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=KKAOPBGW

CD1 (60s)

01 - Lonely Are The Brave - Universal Logo/prelude.Mp3
02 - Lonely Are The Brave - Jerry's Theme.Mp3
03 - Lilies Of The Field - Main Title.Mp3
04 - Rio Conchos - Bandits Ho.Mp3
05 - Rio Conchos - Wall Of Fire.Mp3
06 - Rio Conchos - River.Mp3
07 - A Patch Of Blue - Main Title.Mp3
08 - The Agony And The Ecstasy - Prologue.Mp3
09 - In Harm's Way - Battle Theme.Mp3
10 - Von Ryan's Express - Fire Sale (Alternate Version).Mp3
11 - Morituri - Main Title/tokyo Assignment.Mp3
12 - The Satan Bug - Main Theme.Mp3
13 - The Sand Pebbles - Overture.Mp3
14 - The Sand Pebbles - Death Of A Thousand Cuts.Mp3
15 - The Blue Max - Main Title.Mp3
16 - The Blue Max - First Blood.Mp3
17 - Bandolero - Main Title.Mp3
18 - Planet Of The Apes - Main Title.Mp3
19 - Planet Of The Apes - The Hunt.Mp3
20 - The Illustrated Man - Main Title.Mp3
21 - 100 Rifles - Main Title.Mp3
22 - 100 Rifles - Escape And Pursuit.Mp3
23 - Rio Lobo - Captured.Mp3
24 - Rio Lobo - A Good Teacher (Complete).Mp3

CD2 (70s)

01 - Fanfare Oscar.Mp3
02 - Patton - Main Title.Mp3
03 - Patton - German March.Mp3
04 - The Mephisto Waltz - A Night In Mexico.Mp3
05 - Papillon - Theme.Mp3
06 - Papillon - Gift From The Sea.Mp3
07 - Chinatown - Jake And Evelyn.Mp3
08 - Chinatown - The Last Of Ida.Mp3
09 - The Wind And The Lion - I Remember (Love Theme).Mp3
10 - The Wind And The Lion - Raisuli Attacks.Mp3
11 - The Omen - Ave Satani.Mp3
12 - The Omen - Fall.Mp3
13 - The Omen - Demise Of Mrs. Baylock.Mp3
14 - Magic - Appassionata.Mp3
15 - The Boys From Brazil - Waltzthe Boys.Mp3
16 - The Boys From Brazil - The Dogs And Finale.Mp3
17 - Capricorn One - End Title.Mp3
18 - The Great Train Robbery - Main Title.Mp3
19 - Players - Main Title.Mp3
20 - Alien - Main Title The Nostromo (Version 2).Mp3
21 - Alien - The Landing.Mp3
22 - Star Trek The Motion Picture - Ilia's Theme.Mp3
23 - Star Trek The Motion Picture - The Enterprise.Mp3

CD3 (80s)

01 - Universal & Carolco Logo.Mp3
02 - Masada - Masada.Mp3
03 - Outland - Hot Water.Mp3
04 - The Final Conflict - The Second Coming.Mp3
05 - The Final Conflict - The Hunt.Mp3
06 - The Final Conflict - The Final Conflict.Mp3
07 - First Blood - Home Coming.Mp3
08 - First Blood - Mountain Hunt.Mp3
09 - Poltergeist - Rebirth.Mp3
10 - Poltergeist - Night Of The Beast.Mp3
11 - Poltergeist - Carol Ann's Theme (End Title).Mp3
12 - The Secret of NIMH - Flying High; End Title.Mp3
13 - Twilight Zone - The Movie - Overture Main Title.Mp3
14 - Under Fire - Bajo Fuego.Mp3
15 - Supergirl - Arrival on Earth Flying Ballet.Mp3
16 - Gremlins - The Gremlin Rag.Mp3
17 - Gremlins - Gizmo.Mp3

CD4 (80s)

01 - Universal Fanfare (Edit).mp3
02 - King Solomon's Mines - Main Title.Mp3
03 - King Solomon's Mines - Upside Down People.Mp3
04 - Explorers - The Construction.Mp3
05 - Rambo First Blood II - Escape From Torture.mp3
06 - Baby Secret Of The Lost Legend - Baby Is AliveEnd Credits.Mp3
07 - Legend - My True Love's Eyes - The Cottage.Mp3
08 - Legend - The Unicorns.Mp3
09 - Best Shot - The Finals.Mp3
10 - Lionheart - King Richard.Mp3
11 - Rambo III - Afganistan.Mp3
12 - Rambo III - Flaming Village.Mp3
13 - The Burbs - End Titles.Mp3
14 - Star Trek V - The Final Frontier - The Mountain.Mp3
15 - Star Trek V - The Final Frontier - The Barrier.Mp3

CD5 (90s)

01 - Cinergi Pictures Fanfare.Mp3
02 - Total Recall - The Dream.Mp3
03 - Total Recall - End Of A Dream.Mp3
04 - Sleeping With The Enemy - Morning On The Beach.mp3
05 - Sleeping With The Enemy - Spring Cleaning.mp3
06 - The Russia House - Katya (Love Theme From 'The Russia House').Mp3
07 - The Russia House - The Family Arrives.Mp3
08 - Basic Instinct - Main Title (Theme From Basic Instinct).Mp3
09 - Medicine Man - Rael's Arrival.mp3
10 - Medicine Man - The trees.mp3
11 - Forever Young - Reunited.mp3
12 - Rudy - Main Title.mp3
13 - Rudy - The Final Game.mp3
14 - Bad Girls - The Hanging.mp3
15 - The Shadow - Main Theme.Mp3
16 - The Shadow - The Tank.mp3
17 - Powder - Theme From Powder.mp3
18 - Powder - Everywhere.mp3
19 - First Knight - Arthur's Farewell.mp3

CD6 (90s)

01 - Universal Logo.mp3
02 - First Knight - Camelot Lives.mp3
03 - The Ghost And The Darkness - Welcome To Tsavo.mp3
04 - Star Trek First Contact - First Contact.mp3
05 - Air Force One - The Hijacking.Mp3
06 - The Edge - The Edge.Mp3
07 - Fierce Creatures - End Credits.Mp3
08 - Mulan - Mulan's Decision (Short Hair).Mp3
09 - Mulan - The Huns Attack.Mp3
10 - Small Soldiers - Assembly Line.Mp3
11 - Small Soldiers - Off To Gorgon.Mp3
12 - Star Trek Insurrection - End Credits.Mp3
13 - Deep Rising (unreleased material).Mp3
14 - The Mummy - Imhotep.mp3
15 - The Mummy - Tuareg Attack.mp3
16 - The Mummy - The Sand Volcano (Album).mp3
17 - The 13th Warrior - Valhalla - Viking Victory.mp3

Best and enjoy!!!

And this is my compilation of Basil Poledouris:

(http://img112.imageshack.us/my.php?image=coverpolexs1.jpg)

http://www.megarotic.com/?d=EH1GDC09

File name
01 - Big Wednesday (Big Wedsneday)
02 - Main Title (Blue Lagoon)
03 - Prologue - Anvil Of Crom (Conan The Barbarian)
04 - Riddle Of Steel - Riders Of Doom (Conan The Barbarian)
05 - Theology - Civilization.Mp3 (Conan The Barbarian)
06 - Crystal Palace.Mp3 (Conan The Destructer)
07 - Main Title (Red Dawn)
08 - Death & Freedom - End Title (Red Dawn)
09 - DenoumentEnd Titles - Alt.. (Flesh & Blood)
11 - Rock Shop (Robocop)
12 - Main Title Amerika (Amerika)
13 - Lights Out (Cherry 2000)
14 - Farewell To My King (Farewell To The King)
15 - Theme From Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove)
16 - Nigel's Trip (Lonesome Dove)
17 - Hymn To Red October (The Hunt For The Red October)
18 - Flight Of The Intruder March (Flight Of The Intruder)
19 - End Credits (White Fang)
20 - Windshadow (Wind)
21 - End Credits (On Deadly Ground)
22 - The Journey (On Deadly Ground)
23 - Finale (Jungle Book)
24 - Main Titles (Under Siege 2)
25 - It's My Party (It's My Party)
26 - Klendathu Drop (Starship Troopers)
27 - Carmens Test Flight (Starship Troopers)
28 - Suite 4 The Barricades (Les Miserables)
29 - Suite 2 Vigau (Les Miserables)
30 - Main Title (Kimberly)
31 - Main Titles (For Love Of The Game)
32 - Legend Of The Touch Circus (The Touch)

Good day!!!

This is extremely impressive, garcia27! Many, many kudos to you, sir. http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Respect/number-one-45.gif Especially the Goldsmith compilation is totally mind-blowing. http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Surpris/waouw4.gif

You'll make (at least) 2 categories of people very happy:

- most contributors of this thread, who are very big fans of these composers, including of course myself.

- those who enjoyed some of their scores, and want to taste a bit of almost every other ones, especially rare and old ones.

I'm downloading right now. May I ask you though, are these personal selections, or promo albums, or bootlegs, or commercial releases?

Also, if you don't mind, tomorrow I'll add some additional informations about these composers, just to give a more complete experience to the readers of this thread. I like the idea that people coming here not only get some great music to download, but also get to read some interesting stuff and maybe even learn things, as I learnt myself a lot thanks to the contributions and recommendations having been made here (including yours because there are many cues in your post I didn't know, or didn't have the opportunity to listen to).

So many times composers are neglected, forgotten, even sometimes uncredited. How many people can hum the theme of Indiana Jones? Probably more than half of the planet. How many know who created it? Not very much I guess.

Thank you again for such a monumental post, garcia27. I do hope that more people being fond of a certain composer will post an introductory selection of his music, like you and theoriginalbilis and others did. A way to say : "Hey everybody, this guy is great and his music is awesome. Listen to this, I bet you'll like it."

Thanks for your words Arthierr.

In general all this tracks come from a commercial release, however his oldest works in same cases are extremely difficult to find.

Jerry Goldsmith is my favorite composer, I think I have the most of his works. Of course I didn't include all his works in this compilation, but I think the selection is very representative of Goldsmith's genius and it will do the people to know more about him.

For me, together John Williams, Herrman, Rozsa or Newman, the greatest film composer ever.

In this compilation I recommend a work that is not very known, The Final Conflict, the third part of The Omen. Please listen the theme titled The Hunt, is marvelous, my favorite of Goldsmith. Additionally I would like that you listen The Wind and The Lion and The Boys From Brazil, and specially his prologue for The Agony and the Ectasy, a movie with music from the great Alex North, a Goldsmith's old friend and master

I leave you this short video with around two minutes from the theme The Hunt for The Final Conflict:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVdseZTNEtA

Best !!!

To help theoriginalbilis out a bit, here is all the music that was released for the original Dragonball series, with the exception of vocal songs and instrumentals of said songs.

http://rapidshare.com/files/155397826/Dragonball_Soundtrack.rar

And here are some more Dragonball/Kikuchi related scores...

http://rapidshare.com/files/155381271/DBZ_Movie_8_score.rar


http://rapidshare.com/files/155389626/08.__Theatrical_DBZ_Suites__Clash__10_Billion_Powe r_Warriors.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/155392731/10-super_saiyajin_da_son_goku.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/155392732/11-tobikkiri_no_saikyou_tai_saikyou.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/155392733/15-soshi_se_yo__cell_no_kanzentai.mp3

Hope you enjoy.

Thank you very much, DKL90. I'll now be able again to listen to the lively and upbeat music of this old anime I enjoyed so much years ago.

Much appreciated. :)

Jerry Goldsmith

From Wikipedia : (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith)

"Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was an American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning one, for The Omen), and also won four Emmy Awards. He worked in a wide variety of film and television genres, but is most prominently associated with action, suspense, and sci-fi/horror films."

This is the following of Garcia27's monumental post. Here are a few informations and opinions about this composer.

For all fans of this composer, here's a very good place where you can get a ton of informations :
Jerry Goldsmith Online - In Memory Of Jerry Goldsmith 1929 - 2004 -
www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/

And of course, the good old IMDB :
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000025/


My favorite scores, in no particular order :

- First Knight (1995) : Grand, noble, majestic, powerful. This is one of the rare scores I find brilliant from A to Z. There's not a single cue I'm not satisfied with. The choral part at the end is just sublime.

- Lionheart (1986) : for this movie directed by his friend Franklin J. Schaffner, Goldsmith composed a magistral adventure score, with several superb and memorable themes. Once again a near-perfect score.

- The 13th Warrior (1999) : Epic beyond proportions. When I believed Goldsmith couldn't surprise me anymore, this score came and totally blew my mind. Monumental, huge, gigantic, colossal, massive, [add your synonym of "enormous" here]...

- The Mummy (1999) : a score in the great tradition of eighties adventure movie music. Great themes, a lot of action, adventure, romance, mystery... What could one ask for more?

- Mulan (1998) : fortunately it doesn't sound too much like Disney music. It's a true epic, grandiose score, with a charming chinese touch.

- All his Star Trek scores as a whole : true awesomeness. Some say that Jerry invented the "sound of Space". Whether this is true or not, those scores are among the best Space Opera music existing, and feature numerous unforgettable themes.


Besides, there are many themes and cues throughout all his music I immensely enjoy and highly recommend :
"New Sight", "Ba'Ku Village" (Star Trek: Insurrection),
"Main Theme" (The Edge),
"First Contact Theme" (Star Trek: First Contact),
"The Dream", "The Mutant" (Total Recall),
"Main Title" (Capricorn One),
"Twilight Zone Main Title, Overture" (Twilight Zone: The Movie),
and many, many more, I just quickly remembered some. Some of those are available in Garcia27's compilation.


Next post : Basil Poledouris. :)

Thanks for your words Arthierr.

In general all this tracks come from a commercial release, however his oldest works in same cases are extremely difficult to find.

Jerry Goldsmith is my favorite composer, I think I have the most of his works. Of course I didn't include all his works in this compilation, but I think the selection is very representative of Goldsmith's genius and it will do the people to know more about him.


As I am a big fan from Jerry too I would also like to recommend the following 2 scores:
- The Chairman (1969)
- The Challenge (1982)

As both movies take place in Asia (China & Japan) both scores have a very asian touch to it... which I love... just like in "Sand Pebbles".

Highly recommended!!!

One question for garcia27:
What kind of release do you have from "Players". My CD looks very odd. Like a promo. And as far as I know there has never been a commercial release on CD. But maybe you know something that I don't? :-)

One question for garcia27:
What kind of release do you have from "Players". My CD looks very odd. Like a promo. And as far as I know there has never been a commercial release on CD. But maybe you know something that I don't? :-)

The Main Title that I included in the compilation comes via internet.

It only exits a bootleg of Players:

http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=25797

Other nice score (of horror) is Island of Streams, other colaboration Goldsmith - Schaffner.

Good day

Garcia: This is the old "Taste The Film Music" compilation that showed up on a blog ages and ages ago. This is your work? If so, I owe you a big thanks. :)

dannyfrench, I need some help here. Don't you have some interesting things to say about Jerry's music, you, his huge fan ?

I don't know... I wonder if this is the place for me to write about how Goldsmith completely changed my life. Whenever I talk about his music, I tend to go drifting off into shameless hero worship, for he is the man whose work taught me so much, not just in the world of music, but in my day to day life. Every part of my psyche is coloured by the work of Jerry Goldsmith.

With that in mind, I wonder if I'm truly able to offer any unbiased opinion or useful commentary - but I will definitely try. I have much to say on recent posts, and will be making my thoughts known very soon. :)

As I am a big fan from Jerry too I would also like to recommend the following 2 scores:
- The Chairman (1969)
- The Challenge (1982)

As both movies take place in Asia (China & Japan) both scores have a very asian touch to it... which I love... just like in "Sand Pebbles".

Highly recommended!!!


Other nice score (of horror) is Island of Streams, other colaboration Goldsmith - Schaffner.

Kalmanitas, I agree, The Challenge (1982) is wonderful. I forgot to mention it, but there are so much great scores!!

The Chairman (1969) is unknown to me, I'll try to dig it. Unless you kindly upload it, this would be a real treat for all fans here. ;)

As for Island of Streams, I didn't have the opportunity to try it.

John Williams Compilation


1. The 1960's: The Turbulent Years (Nixon)
2. Abandoned In The Woods (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
3. Wild Horses (The Cowboys)
4. To Thornfield (Jane Eyre)
5. City Theme (Earthquake)
6. A Baby Boy Arrives (Cinderella Liberty)
7. Re-Entry (SpaceCamp)
8. Cinque's Theme (Amistad)
9. The Seduction Of Suki And The Ballroom Scene (The Witches Of Eastwick)
10. Dinner With Amelia (The Terminal)
11. Love Theme From The Paper Chase (The Paper Chase)
12. The Big Wave/The Aftermath (The Poseidon Adventure)
13. Reflections (Images)
14. Mann At Rosewood (Rosewood)
15. Dorinda Solo Flight (Always)
16. In The Moonlight (Sabrina)
17. Mom Returns And Finale (Home Alone)
18. End Credits (Far And Away)
19. The March From "1941" (1941)
Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/415483903/John_Williams__Compilation__-_Part_1.zip.html)


1. Catch Me If You Can (Catch Me If You Can)
2. Cadillac Of The Skies (Empire Of The Sun)
3. Visitor In San Diego (Jurassic Park: The Lost World)
4. The Ferry Scene (War Of The Worlds)
5. Cua Viet River, Vietnam, 1968 (Born On The Fourth Of July)
6. Gloria (Monsignor)
7. Theme From "The Eiger Sanction" (The Eiger Sanction)
8. The Globetrotters (A Guide For The Married Man)
9. Crimebuster (Heartbeeps)
10. The Ancestral Home (The River)
11. Quiet Moments (Seven Years In Tibet)
12. Attack On The Water Skier (Jaws 2)
13. Death On The Carousel (The Fury)
14. Hymn To The Fallen (Saving Private Ryan)
15. Psychic Truth And Finale (Minority Report)
Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/415883573/John_Williams__Compilation__-_Part_2.zip.html)


1. Prologue (Hook)
2. Roy And Gillian On The Road (Close Encounters Of The Third Kind)
3. Family Funeral/Lucious' First Drive (The Reivers)
4. Montage (Jaws)
5. Remembrances (The Missouri Breaks)
6. Theme From Angela's Ashes (Angela's Ashes)
7. Immolation (With Our Lives, We Give Life) (Schindler's List)
8. Encounter In London/Bomb Malfunctions (Munich)
9. Going To School (Memoirs Of A Geisha)
10. Learning The Hard Way (Sleepers)
11. Attack Begins (Midway)
12. Dracula's Death (Dracula)
13. Garrison's Obsession (JFK)
14. Putting It All Together (Stanley & Iris)
15. The Boat Scene (Presumed Innocent)
16. The Patriot (The Patriot)
17. Journey To The Island (Jurassic Park)
18. Escape/Chase/Saying Goodbye (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial)
Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/416101504/John_Williams__Compilation__-_Part_3.zip.html)

Wow, Sanico, just Wow.http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Respect/applaudir-41.gif

First, thank you for such a wonderful (and huge!) compilation. And the fact you made it yourself adds an immense value to it.

This thread lacked indeed some Williams music. Your post is an indispensable addition here and is highly appreciated. I'll finish the posts I'm preparing then I'll gladly comment yours and try to add some interesting informations.

The Main Title that I included in the compilation comes via internet.

It only exits a bootleg of Players:

http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=25797

Other nice score (of horror) is Island of Streams, other colaboration Goldsmith - Schaffner.

Good day

That is exactly what the cover of my PLAYERS looks like.
And yes, I agree, Islands in the Stream is a great score too. And another two favorites of mine would be CAPRICORN ONE and THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY. Excellent scores!!

Garcia: This is the old "Taste The Film Music" compilation that showed up on a blog ages and ages ago. This is your work? If so, I owe you a big thanks. :)

Yes, I did this compilation by myself around 16 months o two years ago and of course I included the links in several film score blogs and forums as per example You don't have to visit:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28364231&postID=116158297522787120

However I don't know if someone made a similar compilation with the title of Taste the music, however if the cover an the tracks are the same it means that it is really my compilation =)

As I read the other day this post, I thought that it was a good place to include a compilation of the action music master

Really, I am happy that you enjoyed these cds.

Have a good night

Ps. Thanks to Sanico for the John Williams's compilation

Basil Poledouris

The Official Basil Poledouris Website
http://www.basil-poledouris.com/

IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006231/

From Wikipedia : (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Poledouris)

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Basil Poledouris credited two influences with guiding him towards music: the first was composer Mikl�s R�zsa, the second was his Greek Orthodox heritage. Poledouris was raised in the church, and used to sit in services, enthralled with the choir's sound. At age 7 he began piano lessons, and eventually enrolled at the University of Southern California to study both film and music. Several short films to which he contributed still reside in the university's archives. At USC he met directors John Milius and Randal Kleiser, with both of whom the composer would later collaborate. In 1985, he scored Flesh & Blood for director Paul Verhoeven, again establishing another ongoing collaboration.

Poledouris became renowned for his powerfully epic style of orchestral composition and his intricate thematic designs, and garnered attention for his scores to The Blue Lagoon (1980; dir: Kleiser), Conan the Barbarian (1982; dir: Milius), Conan the Destroyer (1984), Red Dawn (1984; dir: Milius), RoboCop (1987; dir: Verhoeven), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Free Willy (1993) and its sequels, Starship Troopers (1997; dir: Verhoeven) and For Love of the Game (1999).


My favorite scores :

Conan the Barbarian (1982): a classic among classics. How did Poledouris understood and rendered the magic, the mystery, the savagery and the brutality of the world of Conan so accurately is a mystery. But he did, and the sound of Conan is one of the most fascinating musical experience I had.

Conan the Destroyer (1984): for this lame and uninspired sequel, Poledouris wrote a score not as monumental as the first Conan, but marvellous nonetheless. The main theme is excellent, and some cues are truly exceptional, like the haunting and spellbinding “Night Bird”.

RoboCop (1987): how is it possible to write such a beautiful and subtle score for such a violent movie? Not that I don’t like it (in fact it’s one of the best SF movie I’ve seen), but its brutal and often gross nature didn’t require such a sublime score, and yet Poledouris managed to compose one.

The Jungle Book (1994): a gracious and elegant adventure score, purely orchestral, without the electronic additions he was often using at that time. Sometimes light and funny, sometimes profound and fascinating, it’s one of his most complex and interesting score in my opinion, yet rather underrated.

Starship Troopers (1997): bombastic, monumental SF score. The first cue I heard, at the music store, was “Klendathu Drop”. These powerful brasses, these frenetic string ostinatos, I immediately understood this was going to be something special.

Under Siege 2 (1995): ok, no need to be graduated from Harvard to watch the movie, but the score is a simple yet very enjoyable action/suspense one, with many intense and effective cues.


It’s a very restrictive list, given the fact I immensely enjoy most of his scores. Besides, there are tons of extremely interesting cues to listen to in all his scores. If someone is interested I can post a personal selection of what I consider as the cream of the crop of Poledouris’ music, not to compete with Garcia27’s list, but to complete it. I remind you that you can download Garcia27's compilation slightly above, HERE (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1159413&postcount=378).


Also I recommend you read this post (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1149129&postcount=312), where Dannyfrench made some brilliant comments about this composer. It includes a link to a very interesting video.


Next post : John Williams :)

Craig Armstrong - As if to nothing
320 kbps

http://rapidshare.com/files/148570772/CraigA1.rar.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/148575403/CraigA2.rar.html

No password.


Wikipedia:

As If to Nothing is the second independent album by Scottish composer Craig Armstrong, featuring collaborations with Bono of U2, Mogwai, Photek, Evan Dando, King Crimson, and former Big Dish vocalist Steven Lindsay. It was released on 19 February 2002, on the EMI label in the United Kingdom, and Astralwerks in the United States.

The song "Ruthless Gravity" was prominently featured in the 2004 film Layer Cake. The song "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" is a cover of a song of the same name that appears on U2's 1993 album Zooropa, and contains a vocal performance recorded by Bono in 2001 while the band was on their Elevation Tour.[1]
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[edit] Track listing

1. "Ruthless Gravity" - 5:53
2. "Wake Up in New York" with Evan Dando - 3:30
3. "Miracle" with Mogwai - 3:21
4. "Amber" - 5:10
5. "Finding Beauty" - 3:40
6. "Waltz" with Antye Greie-Fuchs - 5:17
7. "Inhaler" - 4:59
8. "Hymn 2" with Photek - 4:49
9. "Snow" with David McAlmont - 3:54
10. "Starless II" with a sample from "Starless" (King Crimson - Red) - 4:37
11. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" with Bono - 6:02
12. "Niente" - 4:49
13. "Sea Song" with Wendy Stubbs - 6:14
14. "Let It Be Love" with Steven Lindsay - 3:49
15. "Choral Ending" - 2:49
Enjoy ;)

Modda, thank you for your upload.

I had absolutely no idea what this was about at first. I didn't know at all this album, and I'm only slightly familiarized with Craig Armstrong's music.

Thanks to you I just discovered a new musical genre : the Trip-Hop Symphonic. For those interested, here's the Wikipedia article about what's Trip-Hop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_hop

As I'm not at all a fan of hip-hop, I'll stick to the symphonic aspect ;). Interesting album I have to say, very ambient, experimental, new-agey, but also with some very melodic moments. Armstrong mixes a lot of instruments together to produce an original sound : orchestra, hip-hop beats, electronica, various type of voices, including exotic ones, even a choir at the end.

What I appreciate the most here is Armstrong's typical use of high strings in a very expressive and emotional way, as he often does in his movie scores (at least in those I listened to).

Thank you for this original and refreshing musical experience you brought here. :)

Edit : here's the cover, just as a visual candy.

Thanks for your kind words Arthierr, although I haven't personally uploaded it.

I found out about this work when I was listening to 'similar music' of composer Rob Dougan, on Last.fm

Dougan's best known work is the song 'Clubbed to death' from the Matrix, which is also featured on his independent album 'Furious Angels'. I really like that record as well, if not better and highly recommend it to anyone who likes Craig's
As if to nothing'.

He somehow managed to succesfully mix an orchestra, trip-hop beats, his own Tom-Waits-sounding voice and a bluesy atmosphere into a very emotional and beautiful piece of work.

Cheers ;)

edit: btw, thank you very much for the Howard Shore themes, I found the score of LOTR absolutely brilliant, great great great composer!

Hello, Gentlemen. Many great uploads in this thread. I know it doesn't get many replies, which is why I'm posting here, to give my thanks for the time and effort spent in compiling and making these available.

I'm also in particular looking forward to arthierr's choiral collection he mentioned he was going to post a few times. I have a soft spot for good choiral pieces...

Keep up the good work!

Regards.

/edit

Oh, and for a special treat (Well, depending on how you view it) here's some pieces I composed myself quite a few years ago, using Cakewalk and Gigastudio (POD and maybe one or two others are even older and made in Modplug Tracker). I don't/can't compose anymore... so yeah.

Definitely not on the level of legends like Debney (or anything remotely industry-worthy)... but perhaps something new for you.
http://doack.campaigncreations.org/SK/AnahnImperialMarch.mp3
http://staff.samods.org/iskatumesk/SPIRESTORMC.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/AThousandStorms-b.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/EchoesoftheAbyss.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/FuryOSTAbyssAmbience01.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/darkempiretest.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/Desolace.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/fury01.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/fury01revise.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/mauutheme.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/undeadlightbattletest.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/xykranashau3.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/ThemeofDyiithMaahn.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/MalkorWarAmbience1.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/testyb.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/Journey.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/HeidomusTheme.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/BurningSkiesUndeadLightCombat01.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/mehtest1.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/RoyalGuardLoopNewb.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/POD.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/FURYOSTmenu.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/TheDarkEmpire.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/dawnoftheeclipse.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/eternitum.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/TheHekkromaen.mp3

Enjoy, flame, or eat pie!

Thank you for posting your music - I'll listen and comment later. :)

In the mean time, I've had a bit of a change of heart regarding letting out my own music. Here's a small piece I wrote about five years ago. It's a short concertino for cello and chamber orchestra. It was written for a college orchestra, which sadly never performed the piece in the end, so this is performed by a synthesiser. I never intended this one to be high art - I was asked for a five minute, bouncy overture-style piece, and I think that's what I did. It's a pretty unique entry for me, as it's not manically depressive - it's quite cheerful as it goes!

http://sharebee.com/af69af28

Criticism greatfully received. If anybody's interested, I can post some more - but this isn't my usual style, folks. ;)

Cheers gentlemem :)

[Edit: What the hell, have a bit more. A year later, the same orchestra disbanded and a small group of them re-formed an ensemble with a very odd lineup. The first trumpet player approached me and asked for a piece. I think they had one soprano voice, two trumpets, six violins, one cello, one bass, a flute, a bassoon, and a set of timpani (but nobody to play it).

I started writing this piece for them. I made the timpani part ridiculously simple so I could play it myself, and conduct at the same time. I began what I think is a really, really lovely piece - the instrumentation sounded quite nice, and I think it was awfully lyrical. Then, as usually happens to me, it all came tumbling down. The first trumpet player suddenly decided she was in love with me, and shortly after (when I explained to her that I was already attached) withdrew the commission - and shortly after that, the "orchestra" disbanded again. So I gave up writing the piece. I got about two and a half minutes finished before all this happened, so here it is for you now. Once again, a synth rendition, as the bloody orchestra never actually performed *anything* of mine...

http://sharebee.com/c5292325

Hello, Gentlemen. Many great uploads in this thread. I know it doesn't get many replies, which is why I'm posting here, to give my thanks for the time and effort spent in compiling and making these available.

I'm also in particular looking forward to arthierr's choiral collection he mentioned he was going to post a few times. I have a soft spot for good choiral pieces...

Keep up the good work!

Regards.

Thank you for your appreciation. :)

I was indeed wondering why there are so many cliks and proportionally not so many replies. Although I don't complain, I'm satisfied with the number of replies, and more importantly : their quality. Looking back in this thread (started only 3 months ago! To me it looks like 1 year...), I'm astonished by the quality, the culture level and the variety of the comments and music posted here, and saying this gives me once again the opportunity to warmly thank all the contributors of this thread for their remarkable posts.

Concerning my choral pack, I'll do some harassment to get my hard drive back ASAP, then I'll add 3 or 4 cues more (I've found some new interesting ones), then I'll finish to write my notes about each cues (as english is not my primary language it takes much more time for me), then I'll upload and post it. I hope you'll appreciate, I've mixed some rather well-known cues (at least for orchestral fans) with rare ones, both eastern and western, and there's even one surprise for some of us ;). I'd say it's the bigger and the most elaborate pack I've posted here so far.

I totally appreciate the fact that you post your music here, because I'm eager to discover new music and new composers, amateur or professional. That's how I discovered the music of Streichorchester
http://www.jeremyrobson.com/ and other talented but not still famous composers. So, to say it clearly : if you are a composer writing orchestral style music, you're totally welcome to post some samples here, it will be much appreciated (and moreover it's quite gratifying to have your own music posted in a thread where the music of Williams, Goldsmith, Shore, etc. is posted as well... ;)).

I'll gladly try your music and post some comments later. Thank you again. :)

dannyfrench : AAH, nice initiative! Thank you for posting this. Btw, what's your usual style?

dannyfrench - These are very nice. I know a few amatuer composers myself but I don't think any of them had the opportunity to work with an actual orchestra.

My music is composed to attempt to "visualize" one of my novels. Most of what I posted is from the "Fury Official Soundtrack". Since my universes are invisioned in a level of detail where words is extremely difficult to describe them, I made an attempt to compose music for them. Due to my schizophrenia though I wasn't able to break my low level skill boundary. Now I can't compose anymore because that computer got fried and I can't get Kontakt to work with cakewalk.

TOA's music is invisioned as a combination between Bulgarian, orchestral, gothic, and oriental. It's a very unique sound, not one that I can create obviously.

It's a constant and ever increasing struggle to work with real musicians. I have had numerous opportunities, which failed. I do believe though, that it's only a matter of time. If I'm good enough, something will happen. If I'm not, it won't - and I should concentrate on something else. It's all fate. Since good things keep *almost* happening, I'm going to remain optimistic that my time will come.


My music is composed to attempt to "visualize" one of my novels. Most of what I posted is from the "Fury Official Soundtrack". Since my universes are invisioned in a level of detail where words is extremely difficult to describe them, I made an attempt to compose music for them.

I know exactly what you mean. Music truly is a unique language. It is the hardest to learn to speak, but can be instantly, effortlessly understood by anybody at all. It has more words and more subtleties than any other.

I am constantly frustrated by knowing inside myself, exactly what I want to say but often being unable to articulate it. The more I try, the more I learn, the better I get at filtering those thoughts into music. If you can convert music into feelings, you can convert feelings into music. But as you've discovered, unfortunately sometimes technical considerations get in the way.


Due to my schizophrenia though I wasn't able to break my low level skill boundary. Now I can't compose anymore because that computer got fried and I can't get Kontakt to work with cakewalk.

Software should *never* be allowed to interfere with your creativity. Your desires to make music, and moreover your reasons, are completely honourable. You've hit upon the very reason why people become composers - because you have something you feel is worth saying. All I can say to you, my friend, is don't stop, and never give up.


dannyfrench : AAH, nice initiative! Thank you for posting this. Btw, what's your usual style?

You know, that question is possibly the most difficult question I've ever been asked in my life!

I have actually written three paragraphs trying to explain it, and have deleted them all and started again when I realised that I was trying to translate music into English, which you just can't do - any more than you can paint a stunning picture of a beautiful woman, with a tin of spray paint and a sheet of toilet paper. So I'll just be as broad and as general as possible: My style is very slow, introspective, lonely, and insensely emotional. I usually compose when I'm upset and I think that shows. I've been told I have a unique melodic, harmonic, and orchestral style. I reject form, and I reject cliche.

I don't want to turn this thread into something about me - so if anybody's interested in hearing more of my music, perhaps I should post it elsewhere? :)

Just posting to let everyone know I'm still around but can't listen to/download much at the moment, so I'm many pages behind. I don't think there's much left I can post in the ways of a Hollywood score compilation since everything is pretty much covered nicely. So give me some time, because I'm finally upgrading to Kontact (and maybe even getting VSL) and I'll be able to post some original works that will sound 100 times better than anything on my site already. Trust me, it's going to be great. I get pumped just thinking about it. :D

Good news, Streich. Glad to see you back. :)

I really wish I could have gotten Kontakt to work with cakewalk... and taken a second shot at composing.

Oh well. I guess I'll just keep lurking and waiting for more compilations to come up.

Carry on gentlemen.

Well...
Maybe I could post a few wannabe-orchestral pieces I have made here, although they are pathetic. I still enjoy making them, though, and that's really all that matters to me. I know that my talents are extremely low and I am still pretty new to use my software.

These songs are posted to a Finnish site, but just click the play button to listen. It shouldn't be a problem.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/96805 A very poor attempt to use choir to create atmosphere.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/109104 This one is actually originally meant to be a piece from game soundtrack, but the project has been dead for quite a while.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/95479 A small battle theme -like clip.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/94234 This one was made for a fan video for Zero (from Megaman Zero series). I love shakuachi so I tried it. And the result is... well, this is one of my best but it isn't even fully complete.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/88732 A short piece that I wrote for one of my friends. If you have read the papers, then you should be familiar with Jokela school massacre. He lost one person that he really loved in there.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/104399 This one was for an amateur movie project, which died pretty soon after I completed this track. Frankly, I can see why...

Dannyfrench: That your piece was actually pretty awesome! Please post some more! =)

Thanks EE. :)

I just started listening to your posts and it really, really sounds good to my ears. I'll listen to the whole pack and then post some comments about each piece later.

Oh, and for a special treat (Well, depending on how you view it) here's some pieces I composed myself quite a few years ago, using Cakewalk and Gigastudio (POD and maybe one or two others are even older and made in Modplug Tracker). I don't/can't compose anymore... so yeah.

Definitely not on the level of legends like Debney (or anything remotely industry-worthy)... but perhaps something new for you.
http://doack.campaigncreations.org/SK/AnahnImperialMarch.mp3
http://staff.samods.org/iskatumesk/SPIRESTORMC.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/AThousandStorms-b.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/EchoesoftheAbyss.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/FuryOSTAbyssAmbience01.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/darkempiretest.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/Desolace.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/fury01.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/fury01revise.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/mauutheme.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/undeadlightbattletest.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/xykranashau3.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/ThemeofDyiithMaahn.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/MalkorWarAmbience1.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/testyb.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/Journey.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/HeidomusTheme.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/BurningSkiesUndeadLightCombat01.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/mehtest1.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/RoyalGuardLoopNewb.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/POD.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/FURYOSTmenu.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/TheDarkEmpire.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/dawnoftheeclipse.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/eternitum.mp3
http://www.upload.campaigncreations.org/TheHekkromaen.mp3

Enjoy, flame, or eat pie!

Interesting selection, I'd say it would sound very good in a game, like a rpg, an adventure game, a point and click, or someting similar. It's obviously mostly a music meant to create an ambience, a background atmosphere, to immerse the listener/player.

To say the truth it's not excatly my type of music due to the fact it's for the most part slow and ambient music. Of course this is not a criticism of the quality of the music itself, simply the fact that I'm mostly hooked to upbeat and powerful orchestral music (otherwise this thread would be named "the big orchestral ambient music thread" ;)). But people appreciating atmospheric music will sure enjoy it.

I'm personally more appealed by cues like "mehtest1", "BurningSkiesUndeadLightCombat01" or "Baletongue, and the Spirestorm" where the rumbling, pounding timpanis and the powerful choir pump things up. Also some moments surprise the listener and thus are quite interesting, like the sudden brass outburst in "AThousandStorms-b" or the choral part in "xykranashau3". Another enjoyable aspect is the use of asian instruments in some cues, wich adds a delicious exotic touch.

Overall I'd highly recommend your selection to people fond of good atmospheric music in the fantasy genre. Also I highly appreciate listening to a new and original style like yours.

Thank you for sharing with us your creations. :)

Yes, nothing about me is really upbeat, so I fear you won't find much of that. :)

I wanted to create more powerful, "full" pieces, but lack of soundfonts and skill had a hand in restricting my desires to expand quite a bit.

Elemental Eye >-- Only on the first one but it's really, really good.

Hey great job on those songs you made there. Very well crafted. Thanks for sharing them.

What a great music staff here O.O i like that so much...

I hope you like these (not only action)
Secret of Mana - Fear of the Heavens.mp3 -> from Fifth Symphonic Game Concert in Leipzig (Germany)
Secret of Mana (http://rapidshare.com/files/157704163/5-16_-_Secret_of_Mana_-_Fear_of_the_Heavens.mp3)

Commodore 64-Medley - Shades, The Great Giana Sisters, The Last Ninja, Wizball, Forbidden Forest, Zoids.mp3 -> from Fifth Symphonic Game Concert in Leipzig (Germany)
Commodore 64 Medley (http://rapidshare.com/files/157707780/5-02_-_Commodore_64-Medley_-_Shades__The_Great_Giana_Sisters__The_Last_Ninja__ Wizball__Forbidden_For)

Earth Painting (Legend of Mana) -> from Drammatica ~ The very best of Yoko Shimomura
Earth Painting (http://rapidshare.com/files/157710687/09_Earth_Painting__Legend_of_Mana_.mp3)

Hometown Domina (Legend of Mana) -> from Drammatica ~ The very best of Yoko Shimomura
Hometown Domina (http://rapidshare.com/files/157712468/04_Hometown_Domina__Legend_of_Mana_.mp3)

Thanks, Billie781. :)

The Symphonic Game Music Concerts feature some truly gorgeous orchestral arrangements, and the 2 pieces you selected are indeed magnificient. What a pity they didn't release official albums with a CD quality sound. That would have been a real treat for many of us.

04_Hometown_Domina__Legend_of_Mana
Yoko Shimomura is one of my favorite game composers. I'm totally fond of her energetic and powerful style, but sometimes she can also write some beautiful pastoral pieces like this one.

09_Earth_Painting__Legend_of_Mana
This cue is typical of Yoko Shimomura's music. She has a very personal style and frequently composes powerful, very rhythmic action cues. And when it's played by a real orchestra it just sounds superb.

As we speak of Yoko Shimomura, I'll go a bit off-topic here. In fact I'm totally fond of the scores she composed for SNES games like Live-a-live, Front Mission, etc. So I remastered some of my favorite cues using various filters to heavily enhance the original SNES sound, and here's a sample of the result :

Yoko Shimomura - Live A Live - Pure Odio.mp3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/smgb9b
Final Boss music : An incredible techno-gothic-choral-symphonic piece, sounding absolutely awesome for a SNES game.

Yoko Shimomura - Live A Live - Live for Live.mp3
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ofndh5
End Credits music : one of the most beautiful Ending Themes I've heard. A 6:20 minute piece, starting with a solemn version of the theme played by an organ, then followed by a superb upbeat version, then we have a medley of various other themes of Live-A-Live. Just gorgeous!

First off, let me say I love this thread. So many great soundtracks and cues. Here are some action tracks I really like, including some new scores.

David Arnold - Quantum Of Solace
I have listened to this score for the past week and I think it's even better than Casino Royale. There are some great action pieces like Pursuit At Port Au Prince and Perla De Las Dunas. But my favorite (action) tracks are: Time To Get Out, The Palio and especially Night At The Opera. It's so layered and when the snares come in it just sounds amazing.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158085249/09_20-_20Night_20At_20The_20Opera_1_.mp3.html

Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
Great score, but I think I like Batman Begins more. The best action piece of the album is in my opinion Like A Dog Chasing Cars, but it wasn't used to full effect in the movie. I really like the high strings around 2:37.

Jerry Goldsmith - Air Force One
I haven't seen this in the thread. I really like this score.

Alan Silvestri - Contact
One of my favorite scores. Good To Go is just brilliant.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158075065/19_20-_20Good_20To_20Go_1_.mp3.html

Alexandre Desplat - Hostage
The title track is amazing. I love Desplat's style. Can't wait to hear what he composed for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158076227/02_20Hostage_1_.mp3.html

David Shire - The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three
I'm not sure if this fits in the action genre, but it's certainly exciting. Main Title is great.

Klaus Badelt - The Promise
Freedom Of The Wa is one of the most beautiful tracks I've ever heard.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158077084/Freedom_20Of_20The_20Wa_1_.mp3.html

Marco Beltrami - Live Free Or Die Hard
Some great action scoring on this one. My favorite tracks: Shootout and Copter Chase.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158079014/02_20Shootout_1_.mp3.html

John Williams - Raiders Of The Lost ArkI'm not sure if this was mentioned before. If it is, I'm sorry. Brilliant score ofcourse and Desert Chase is really something.

Thomas Newman - WALL-E
Another new score. I love it. Action may not be Newman's primary territory, but he composed some great sci-fi/action cues, like WALL-E's Pod Adventure and Rogue Robots.

David Julyan - Insomnia
The cue Fog is a nice mix between suspense and action. I thought some of you'd like it.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158083881/Insomnia_20-_2005_20-_20Fog_1_.mp3.html

John Williams - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Another JW score. Again, I'm not sure if the cues fit in the action category, but To Rouge City and Man-Hattan are really rousing.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158089802/02_20Man-Hattan_1_.mp3.html

Elliot Goldenthal - Alien3
I love the End Credits.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158081643/24._20End_20Credits_1_.mp3.html

Thank you for these interesting recommendations, Fox_M. :)

I must precise though that the principle of this thread is to upload the orchestral music we enjoy most. Otherwise if this was only about recommendations I would have created this thread in the Music Discussion section.

So if you have the possibility, Fox_M, it would be great for all of us if you could upload a selection of what you consider as masterpieces, essential highlights, orchestral gems, etc. I'm looking forward to listening to the pieces you mentioned.

Edit : I forgot to mention that this thread is not only for Action cues only anymore as I explain in the modified 1st post HERE (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1117943&postcount=1), I do prefer by far action music but great orchestral pieces with less action are also welcome.

Thanks, Billie781. :)

The Symphonic Game Music Concerts feature some truly gorgeous orchestral arrangements, and the 2 pieces you selected are indeed magnificient. What a pity they didn't release official albums with a CD quality sound. That would have been a real treat for many of us.

I'm glad that you like it, arthierr. ^///^
I have the the complete fifth soundtrack from the Symphonic Game Concert, if there interest in this soundtrack, i would upload it. The other Soundtrack, too (Drammatica)

I love Yoko Shimomura so much, at the most Legend of Mana, Kingdom Hearts and O-sama Monogatari (the little King)

By the way, Arthierr your avatar is sweet XD, i like the smile on his face ^^

I have enjoyed the song selections many of the forum user. This selection i post isn't particularly action related, but more along the lines of a overview or scan through the vast market place. This song grabs my attention everytime it plays. I feel there is nothing more important when it plays. I think this song is my favorite.

Dot Hack Roots OST 1 - 08 - be eleganthttp://www.badongo.com/audio/11859333

If there is an issue with the link, I can reupload. I hope everyone enjoys this selection. Thanks.

Thank you for these interesting recommendations, Fox_M. :)

I must precise though that the principle of this thread is to upload the orchestral music we enjoy most. Otherwise if this was only about recommendations I would have created this thread in the Music Discussion section.

So if you have the possibility, Fox_M, it would be great for all of us if you could upload a selection of what you consider as masterpieces, essential highlights, orchestral gems, etc. I'm looking forward to listening to the pieces you mentioned.

Edit : I forgot to mention that this thread is not only for Action cues only anymore as I explain in the modified 1st post HERE (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1117943&postcount=1), I do prefer by far action music but great orchestral pieces with less action are also welcome.

OK, great. I will modify my previous post and upload some tracks. I'll even add some more now that I know the thread is not specifically for action scores anymore.

Hello folks,
Here's a bit of a treat for you all - a 80 minute compilation of some of my favourite orchestral Library Music. Written for no movie in particular, these pieces are licenced out by the production company for producers wishing to get a "quick and dirty" score - licence the track, edit it in, there you go - all done.

The quality of the music on offer, however, is quite stunning. This selection is biased quite severely in the favour of esteemed composers Christopher L Stone and Richard Harvey, both of whom have worked in film. These pieces, written to evoke a general mood, are the perfect way for a composer to show off. It's the perfect assignment. No cue points to hit, no interfering directors - just an instruction: Write something that's happy/sad/heroic/romantic, it has to be three minutes long, and you can have the London Symphony Orchestra.

Look at what these guys came up with - I tend to think of these as mini symphonies rather than film scores - evocative miniatures.

Fans of British sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf may recognise some of these pieces... RD were quite prolific users of library music!

Enjoy, folks! :)

Andrew Jackman - Faces Of Love.mp3
Brian Gulland - Network International.mp3
Christopher Stone - Dawn Of A Nation.mp3
Christopher Stone - Flight Of Fantasy.mp3
Christopher Stone - Grand Scale.mp3
Graham Preskett - Pride Of Place.mp3
Ilona Sekacz - The Silver Blade.mp3
Matthew Cang - 20th Century Gothic.mp3
Matthew Cang - Tales Of Adventure.mp3
Paul Pritchard - Fugitive.mp3
Richard Harvey - Days Of Glory.mp3
Richard Harvey - Fantasia.mp3
Richard Harvey - Infinite Space.mp3
Richard Harvey - Life Source.mp3
Richard Harvey - Noble Destiny.mp3
Richard Harvey - Opening Ceremony.mp3
Richard Harvey - Reach For The Stars.mp3
Richard Harvey - Spirit Awake.mp3
Richard Harvey - Symphonic Rodeo.mp3
Richard Harvey - The Natural World.mp3
Simon Chamberlain - Screen Heros.mp3
Tony Hymas - Final Victory.mp3
Tony Hymas - Saturn.mp3
Tony Hymas - Silver Swan.mp3
Tony Hymas - Super Hero.mp3

http://sharebee.com/e2a93749

I'm glad that you like it, arthierr. ^///^
I have the the complete fifth soundtrack from the Symphonic Game Concert, if there interest in this soundtrack, i would upload it. The other Soundtrack, too (Drammatica)

Oh! That would be really nice! Thank you in advance. :)


By the way, Arthierr your avatar is sweet XD, i like the smile on his face ^^

First let me tell you that I wanted to say the same thing about your avatar but I forgot. But now that you mention it, your avatar is adorable. <3 ^^

Now, as several people showed some appreciation about my avatar, here's what it is :

I'ts a french-belgian comic character named Gaston Lagaffe. Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Lagaffe. I chose it because :

1) I'm a HUGE fan of this comic. it's the funniest comic I've read, absolutely hilarious. The first volumes, published in the sixties are quite funny, but as the series evolved and the characters became more complex and humanized and the graphic style became more mature, it simply became a masterpiece of humor. His creator Andr� Franquin is considered as many, including myself, as a genius, and this comic is a cult, a national pride, in its native country. What a pity that only the first volumes have been translated in english.

2) The values and personal traits of this character (and in fact of his creator) match mine. I share a lot of values with him, like pacifism, ecologism, etc.

Sample :

OK, great. I will modify my previous post and upload some tracks. I'll even add some more now that I know the thread is not specifically for action scores anymore.

Wow! Thank you for your posts, Fox M. This selection looks quite interesting. I if could do just a little recommendation here : it's usually better either to upload a zipped pack of mp3 to Rapidshare, or to upload individual mp3 to a host allowing direct listening of mp3 and without waiting line like ZShare or Badongo.

Much appreciated, thanks again for sharing with us your favorite music. :)


I have enjoyed the song selections many of the forum user. This selection i post isn't particularly action related, but more along the lines of a overview or scan through the vast market place. This song grabs my attention everytime it plays. I feel there is nothing more important when it plays. I think this song is my favorite.

Dot Hack Roots OST 1 - 08 - be eleganthttp://www.badongo.com/audio/11859333

If there is an issue with the link, I can reupload. I hope everyone enjoys this selection. Thanks.

Thank you, Mwright, this is a truly gorgeous waltz. I didn't know Dot Hack Roots featured such beautiful music, but now, thanks to your post, I do.


Hello folks,
Here's a bit of a treat for you all - a 80 minute compilation of some of my favourite orchestral Library Music. Written for no movie in particular, these pieces are licenced out by the production company for producers wishing to get a "quick and dirty" score - licence the track, edit it in, there you go - all done.

Exceptional post, my friend. =-O

I didn't know these, so it's a veeeeery welcome pack you posted here. I'll have some comments later, as usual.

Thank you very much for these delicious orchestral treats. Yummy!

Btw, I didn't forget your music nor Elemental's, I'll post some comments later. ;)

Oh! That would be really nice! Thank you in advance. :)

Hehe, no problem, you and the others are welcome ^____^


First let me tell you that I wanted to say the same thing about your avatar but I forgot. But now that you mention it, your avatar is adorable. <3 ^^
Hehehe, he is a sweet little guy, isn't it? XD


I'ts a french-belgian comic character named Gaston Lagaffe.
Ahh, now that you mention it, i know this sweet and really jolly comic, a friend of mine have the comic, she says Gaston was one of her favourite comics. Maybe i buy this comic, too XD
Hahaha, the sample was really funny, i don't understand what they say, but the pictures speaks there own language. Thank you ^^

I hate rapidshare, it was so annoying!! And the other uploader hate me, too XDD, but don't worry, i was downloading the Fifth Symphonic Game Music Concert (Leipzig) from here:

Symphonic Game Music Concert (http://joshw.info/mirror/bonus/Fifth%20Symphonic%20Game%20Music%20Concert%20(Leip zig)/)

and the other here:
Drammatica (http://sonixgvn.blogspot.com/2008/09/drammatica-very-best-of-yoko-shimomura.html)

Thank you very much for the persons, they gave us these two great soundtracks

I've had a bit of a change of heart regarding letting out my own music. Here's a small piece I wrote about five years ago. It's a short concertino for cello and chamber orchestra. It was written for a college orchestra, which sadly never performed the piece in the end, so this is performed by a synthesiser. I never intended this one to be high art - I was asked for a five minute, bouncy overture-style piece, and I think that's what I did. It's a pretty unique entry for me, as it's not manically depressive - it's quite cheerful as it goes!

http://sharebee.com/af69af28

Criticism greatfully received. If anybody's interested, I can post some more - but this isn't my usual style, folks. ;)

Cheers gentlemem :)

[Edit: What the hell, have a bit more. A year later, the same orchestra disbanded and a small group of them re-formed an ensemble with a very odd lineup. The first trumpet player approached me and asked for a piece. I think they had one soprano voice, two trumpets, six violins, one cello, one bass, a flute, a bassoon, and a set of timpani (but nobody to play it).

I started writing this piece for them. I made the timpani part ridiculously simple so I could play it myself, and conduct at the same time. I began what I think is a really, really lovely piece - the instrumentation sounded quite nice, and I think it was awfully lyrical. Then, as usually happens to me, it all came tumbling down. The first trumpet player suddenly decided she was in love with me, and shortly after (when I explained to her that I was already attached) withdrew the commission - and shortly after that, the "orchestra" disbanded again. So I gave up writing the piece. I got about two and a half minutes finished before all this happened, so here it is for you now. Once again, a synth rendition, as the bloody orchestra never actually performed *anything* of mine...

http://sharebee.com/c5292325

I wanted to listen to your music since a long time. Thank you for posting this. :)

Cello Concertino.mp3
Very beautiful music indeed. This piece is so light and gracious that the notes seem to fly around you with a smile on their face. I’m fond of elegant music played by instruments like flute, harp, celesta, etc. I also like very much the sound of your strings staccatos patch. One great thing you could do (some people I know did the same) is to play yourself the solo instrument part (or ask someone playing cello to do it) while being backed by the programmed part. This generally produces remarkable results.

el26.mp3
Oh, what delicate, haunting piece! At 2:12, your use of timpanis and flute ostinatos is clearly professional-sounding. Remarkably done, sir.



Well...
Maybe I could post a few wannabe-orchestral pieces I have made here, although they are pathetic. I still enjoy making them, though, and that's really all that matters to me. I know that my talents are extremely low and I am still pretty new to use my software.

These songs are posted to a Finnish site, but just click the play button to listen. It shouldn't be a problem.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/96805 A very poor attempt to use choir to create atmosphere.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/109104 This one is actually originally meant to be a piece from game soundtrack, but the project has been dead for quite a while.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/95479 A small battle theme -like clip.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/94234 This one was made for a fan video for Zero (from Megaman Zero series). I love shakuachi so I tried it. And the result is... well, this is one of my best but it isn't even fully complete.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/88732 A short piece that I wrote for one of my friends. If you have read the papers, then you should be familiar with Jokela school massacre. He lost one person that he really loved in there.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/104399 This one was for an amateur movie project, which died pretty soon after I completed this track. Frankly, I can see why...

So, you were hiding us you have so much talent, didn't you? These pieces are superb, my friend, and even if they don’t reach the level of complexity and technicality of, for instance, Streich’s compositions (but this guy is a prodigy), they are clearly above what one can expect from an amateur composer. I’d even say that they’re superior to most modern orchestral game music composed by professionals I listen here and there.

Besides, I don’t know what soundfont you use but the sound is awesome. Clear, powerful, realistic to an extent, it adds a lot to the quality of your compositions. The French horns are very good, so are the timpanis.

I like all of these pieces, but my favourites are:

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/109104
Very powerful, rhythmic piece, IMO professionally composed. Easily beats the crap out of many professional scores. The use of fading-in trombones notes (a bit like in horror music) is an excellent idea.

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/95479
Wow, the nervous string ostinatos are quite something here! Superb piece. If I could do just a little suggestion, the use of harp to make transitions would be very welcome in this sort of piece (Globally all your cues lack of harp glissandos and arpeggios to my taste, but maybe it’s only me, as I’m a big fan of harp…).

http://www.harhakuva.org/view/104399
The flute (or is a Celtic flute?) is very well used here, with even some gracious slides at times, and the use of the piano adds a sentimental touch which is an interesting contrast with the overall actioney nature of this piece.

Thank you for posting your beautiful music. :)

I hate rapidshare, it was so annoying!! And the other uploader hate me, too XDD, but don't worry, i was downloading the Fifth Symphonic Game Music Concert (Leipzig) from here:

Symphonic Game Music Concert (http://joshw.info/mirror/bonus/Fifth%20Symphonic%20Game%20Music%20Concert%20(Leip zig)/)

and the other here:
Drammatica (http://sonixgvn.blogspot.com/2008/09/drammatica-very-best-of-yoko-shimomura.html)

Thank you very much for the persons, they gave us these two great soundtracks

Thanks for the links, Billie, they're much appreciated. :)

It would be much easier if you uploaded one rar file rather than uploading each MP3

John Williams Compilation

Here is a John Williams compilation that i made today.

Disc 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/155892373/John_Williams_Compilation_-_Disc_1.rar.html)
1. The 1960's: The Turbulent Years (Nixon)
2. Abandoned In The Woods (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
3. Wild Horses (The Cowboys)
4. To Thornfield (Jane Eyre)
5. City Theme (Earthquake)
6. A Baby Boy Arrives (Cinderella Liberty)
7. Re-Entry (SpaceCamp)
8. Cinque's Theme (Amistad)
9. The Seduction Of Suki And The Ballroom Scene (The Witches Of Eastwick)
10. Dinner With Amelia (The Terminal)
11. Love Theme From The Paper Chase (The Paper Chase)
12. The Big Wave (The Poseidon Adventure)
13. Reflections (Images)
14. Mann At Rosewood (Rosewood)
15. Dorinda Solo Flight (Always)
16. In The Moonlight (Sabrina)
17. Mom Returns And Finale (Home Alone)
18. End Credits (Far And Away)
19. The March From "1941" (1941)

Disc 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/155904810/John_Williams_Compilation_-_Disc_2.rar.html)
1. Catch Me If You Can (Catch Me If You Can)
2. Cadillac Of The Skies (Empire Of The Sun)
3. Visitor In San Diego (Jurassic Park: The Lost World)
4. The Ferry Scene (War Of The Worlds)
5. Cua Viet River, Vietnam, 1968 (Born On The Fourth Of July)
6. Gloria (Monsignor)
7. Theme From "The Eiger Sanction" (The Eiger Sanction)
8. The Globetrotters (A Guide For The Married Man)
9. Crimebuster (Heartbeeps)
10. The Ancestral Home (The River)
11. Quiet Moments (Seven Years In Tibet)
12. Attack On The Water Skier (Jaws 2)
13. Death On The Carousel (The Fury)
14. Hymn To The Fallen (Saving Private Ryan)
15. Psychic Truth And Finale (Minority Report)

Disc 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/155915912/John_Williams_Compilation_-_Disc_3.rar.html)
1. Prologue (Hook)
2. Roy And Gillian On The Road (Close Encounters Of The Third Kind)
3. Family Funeral/Lucious' First Drive (The Reivers)
4. Montage (Jaws)
5. Remembrances (The Missouri Breaks)
6. Theme From Angela's Ashes (Angela's Ashes)
7. Immolation (With Our Lives, We Give Life) (Schindler's List)
8. Encounter In London/Bomb Malfunctions (Munich)
9. Going To School (Memoirs Of A Geisha)
10. Learning The Hard Way (Sleepers)
11. Attack Begins (Midway)
12. Dracula's Death (Dracula)
13. Garrison's Obsession (JFK)
14. Putting It All Together (Stanley & Iris)
15. The Boat Scene (Presumed Innocent)
16. The Patriot (The Patriot)
17. Journey To The Island (Jurassic Park)
18. Escape/Chase/Saying Goodbye (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial)


John Williams

Thanks a lot for this great post, Sanico. :)

I tried to say something interesting about John Williams, but nothing I wrote seemed really original. This composer is far too famous, he's a true legend of movie music, and doesn't need a presentation. My objective is mainly to introduce or to put the spotlight on lesser known composers who deserve to be better known (with a big exception for some of the previous composers presented in this thread, but now I'll try to focus on less famous ones).

So instead of writing some unoriginal comments, I prefer to give several links to some interesting stuff.

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams

IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002354/

JOHN WILLIAMS Fan Network
http://jwfan.com/
Great site frequently updated with many informations.

The John Williams Web Pages
http://www.johnwilliams.org/
Good unofficial website.

John Williams MIDI files
http://musicby.jw-music.net/midi.php?critere=film&lang=us
If you like midi compoisition and orchestration, then you have to go there. Some of the midis here are truly exceptional and crafted with an incredible talent.


A bunch of nice videos:

John Williams with LSO for SW2-AOTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRWOudms6sk
A must-see for all fans!

John Williams with LSO for SW3-ROTS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KiI84LSIrw
This one is for the sequel.

Movie Rocks - John Williams and Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnJR5SBmli0
JW conducting a Hollywood Music medley during the Oscars (and introduced by Harrison Ford!).

Indiana Jones 4 - John Williams interview PART 1 and 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5atseGwKis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPySkteoi0Q
An interview about the last Indy movie.

John Williams Talks The Phantom Menace part 1, 2, and 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdYflV5-a2c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPacQ6_V6ZM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUZmf68rzU8
A very long interview of the Maestro.

Enjoy!

arthierr
Hirohshi Takagi - Beet The Vandel Buster Animation Soundtrack - Confrontation~ A Desperate Situation, Be Driven Into A Corner.MP3

that track any more like this can i i have an actiony track from start to finish thamks

I made a compilation and thought it would be a good addition.

* will mark more action packed orchestral pieces since that is what this thread was made for.

Orchestral 1.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0tnyi5zwyy2

Orchestral 2.
http://www.mediafire.com/?31zetmwwgmu

Orchestral 3.
http://www.mediafire.com/?zn2utmmjlbz

Orchestral 4.
http://www.mediafire.com/?n4jlmmjdzzh


Orchestral song list...

1:
Ace Combat Zero The Balkan War Mission 16. The Ace Combat Series.*

Symphonic Poem. Drakengard*

Prologue To The Ancient Land. Shadow Of The Colossus.

Silhouette Of A Breeze- Victorian Romance.

Sora Kara Futte Kita Shoujo. Laputa.

Metal Gear Solid Main Theme. Metal Gear Solid 3.*

Oakvale. Fable.

Strange Wind. Phantom Brave

3rd Mov. Road Of Hope. No idea. Edit: drakengard I think.

Hometown. Legend Of Mana.

Wind Of Phantom. Suikoden 5.

My little garden. Phantom Brave.

2:

Finding Neverland. Peter pan overture.

Hedwig's Theme. Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone.

Flight To Neverland. From Hook.

Duel of fates. Star Wars episode 1 The Phantom Menace.*

End credits of E.T.

Metal Gear Saga. Metal Gear 4.*

Time's Scar. Chrono Cross.

Liberated Guardian. Shadow Of The Colossus

Ocean. Windwaker.

Allegro: brandenburg concerto No.4. Bach

Dance Of Pales. The Castlevania series.

Umi No mieru machi. Kiki's Delivery Service. (it's labled as day forgive me.)

Squall's battle theme. FF8

Hareta hi ni. Kiki's Delivery Service. Labled as morning ; ;.

Rat-Dash. Ratatouille.

Rat-Wall Dash. Ratatouille.

Shadow Of The New World. Shadow Hearts.

Tokyo Drift. The Fast And The Furious.****

Spell Of The Unown? Pokemon the third movie.

3:

Sleepers Awake. Bach.

Thais Meditation. Jules Emile frederic massenet.

Revenge. Spiderman.*

The End Of These Excited Thoughts. Phantom brave.

Omae no x x x de ten wo tsuke!!! Tengen toppa gurren lagaan.*

The Opened Way, Battle With The Colossus. Shadow Of The Colossus.

Stormwind. World of Warcraft.

Leap The Precipice. Eternal sonata.

Snowberry. Phantom Brave.

Last three on the third rar file were in the second one, my mistake.

4:
Fable theme. Fable.*

The Shire. The Lord Of The Rings.

Harry's Wondrous World. Harry Potter And The Sorcerers Stone.

Flornel forest. PopoloCrois.

Tabidachi. Kiki's delivery service.

Popolocrois Kingdom. PopoloCrois.

Costume montage. Spiderman.

Die zauberflote K620 overture. Wolfgang Mozart.

Anakin vs obiwan. Revenge of the sith.*

Rapal. (No idea, from Granado espanda.)

Main Title. From Star Wars.

The Imperial March. The Emperor Strikes Back.

Ice symphony. (No idea, from Granado espanda.)

Finale. Indiana jones and the crystal skull... I think.

Theme. From jurassic park.

To the end of the wilderness. Wild arms.

Red green wild Pokemon battle. Pokemon.*

Spirit. Pokemon.

arthierr
Hirohshi Takagi - Beet The Vandel Buster Animation Soundtrack - Confrontation~ A Desperate Situation, Be Driven Into A Corner.MP3

that track any more like this can i i have an actiony track from start to finish thamks

Here you go, my friend:



Beet The Vandel Buster OST complete
http://www.mediafire.com/?fddrmt0oy4z

Composer: Hirohshi Takagi
Year: 2005

Tracklist:
01 - bouken ou beet main theme
02 - aban title A~Darness eyes
03 - aban title B
04 - bouken ou beet
05 - senkai arasuji ( last sumarry )
06 - safu Title
07 - jaaku naru kehai ( sign of becoming evil )
08 - mamono shuurai ( invasion of monster )
09 - beet theme
10 - beet and his friends
11 - feelings of zenon
12 - shinobi yoru kyoufu ( the fear of stealing )
13 - Tragedy of the king Beltoze
14 - confrontation~ a desperate situation ~a turn around
15 - the end of the mortal battle
16 - Brothers's bonds
17 - oath
18 - aratanaru teki ( a new ennemy )
19 - Hero
20 - theme of evil visitor
21 - Director shagi
22 - Prosperity of the street
23 - futur of the bride
24 - looking the night sky
25 - Time suspense
26 - entry of gurinide
27 - string of tension
28 - explosion of anger
29 - Final battle
30 - Calling on Busters
31 - agile fang of this hand
32 - The hit for the victory
33 - Hope for tomorrow
34 - Eternal Wing
35 - Next episode

Very nice selection, darktk. :)

I wanted to post some comments later in the thread where you posted it first, but now I'll post them in this thread. Leave me a few days to listen and appreciate your huge selection.

Thanks a bunch.

Here you go, my friend:



Beet The Vandel Buster OST complete
http://www.mediafire.com/?fddrmt0oy4z

Composer: Hirohshi Takagi
Year: 2005

Tracklist:
01 - bouken ou beet main theme
02 - aban title A~Darness eyes
03 - aban title B
04 - bouken ou beet
05 - senkai arasuji ( last sumarry )
06 - safu Title
07 - jaaku naru kehai ( sign of becoming evil )
08 - mamono shuurai ( invasion of monster )
09 - beet theme
10 - beet and his friends
11 - feelings of zenon
12 - shinobi yoru kyoufu ( the fear of stealing )
13 - Tragedy of the king Beltoze
14 - confrontation~ a desperate situation ~a turn around
15 - the end of the mortal battle
16 - Brothers's bonds
17 - oath
18 - aratanaru teki ( a new ennemy )
19 - Hero
20 - theme of evil visitor
21 - Director shagi
22 - Prosperity of the street
23 - futur of the bride
24 - looking the night sky
25 - Time suspense
26 - entry of gurinide
27 - string of tension
28 - explosion of anger
29 - Final battle
30 - Calling on Busters
31 - agile fang of this hand
32 - The hit for the victory
33 - Hope for tomorrow
34 - Eternal Wing
35 - Next episode



oh my god thank you can i ask is there a cartoon aswell im in love with this cartoon music i need to know everything about it plz tell me plzzzzzzzzz

You can watch some episodes on youtube:

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=S3WPfxGosbY&feature=related

oh my god thank you keep this thread alive man the best thread ever more action epic music plz and if there anything i can do

Cello Concertino.mp3
Very beautiful music indeed. This piece is so light and gracious that the notes seem to fly around you with a smile on their face.

Thank you! That's definitely what was happening when I was writing it. I had the main theme first in my head (I had to write it out on the back of a train ticket as I was travelling at the time) and then the rest of it just did itself really - the syncopated tuttis (like 2:19 to 2:23) are all based around a motif that I've been working into every single piece since 1999. It's upside-down there, and the right way up at 2:23 to 2:27 - the full motif is a four-chord progression (a ridiculously simple one) that I just adore, and so I try to slot it in everywhere!


but then I I�m fond of elegant music played by instruments like flute, harp, celesta, etc.

Me too. The choice of instrumentation was pretty much dictated by the weird orchestra that was going to play it, and I think it's really light and fun. I think they had a glockenspiel, not a celesta - the part would have been better off on a celesta though! But in the end nobody played it so it doesn't matter. ;)


I also like very much the sound of your strings staccatos patch.

It's about the only good thing I found from the old Hammersound site about ten years ago now, I think. It's nowhere near as good as the staccato strings in EWSQL, but it was pretty good at the time. I'm in the middle of re-performing this piece with EWSQL at the moment, and it's sounding a great deal better.


One great thing you could do (some people I know did the same) is to play yourself the solo instrument part (or ask someone playing cello to do it) while being backed by the programmed part. This generally produces remarkable results.

Absolutely - it's amazing how much you can fool the human mind by having just one, or a couple of live players amongst a synthesiser. If you do it right, sensitively, you can really make some good improvements. I tried to tempt a cellist friend into doing this for me about a year ago but she moved to the opposite end of the country and we lost touch - but it's still a thought that's there in my mind.


Oh, what delicate, haunting piece!

Thank you again, sir!

I remember, when they were telling me what the orchestra was - crazy instrumentation and a warning that they couldn't play very fast, I was sitting there thinking "Oh crap, what the hell am I going to do with that?!" but the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. The restrictions I was under, I think really helped me focus. I have a real love of slow, romantic trumpet solos (I think this comes from Goldsmith) and it all just slotted in. Every part is ridiculously simple. The only two competent players in the orchestra were the two trumpeters and the female soloist I stole from the choir - so they got the forefront stuff, whilst the rest of the orchestra provided colour.

It makes me really sad to think of what this piece would've sounded like in the concert hall - I wonder if I should finish it off. It was originally going to be about 10 minutes long. I have all the sketches floating around somewhere in a four foot landslide of paper on my desk, but I never put them together...
Ah well, opportunities will arise again! :D


At 2:12, your use of timpanis and flute ostinatos is clearly professional-sounding. Remarkably done, sir.

Thank you for a third time! That part is probably the best hint as to what my usual orchestral style is. Fancy a little more? ;)

oh my god thank you keep this thread alive man the best thread ever more action epic music plz and if there anything i can do

You're welcome. :)

Of course you can help. What about posting a selection of your favourite orchestral music?



Fancy a little more? ;)

Please be my guest. ;)

i just know now that japan or foreign orchestra is better than usa hey guys i have a few good tracks i will upload im looking for a few good battle tracks like

Hirohshi Takagi - Beet The Vandel Buster Animation Soundtrack - Confrontation~ A Desperate Situation, Be Driven Into A Corner.MP3

like that one above in that track stlye


arthierr should know what i mean

Yeah, I'll upload a nice compilation of similar pieces, very upbeat and energetic. You'll like it.

thank you artierr upbeat and energetic thats right u r da man arthierr christmas only 2 months away yaay

i just know now that japan or foreign orchestra is better than usa hey guys i have a few good tracks i will upload im looking for a few good battle tracks like

Hirohshi Takagi - Beet The Vandel Buster Animation Soundtrack - Confrontation~ A Desperate Situation, Be Driven Into A Corner.MP3

like that one above in that track stlye


arthierr should know what i mean

Thomasdaly, here’s your requested selection of anime music similar to the piece you mentioned (Beet The Vandel Buster Animation Soundtrack - Confrontation~ A Desperate Situation, Be Driven Into A Corner).

I call this selection the EXTREME UPBEAT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PACK, because all these pieces are incredibly energetic, lively and powerful. You have to listen to this to believe it! I even consider some tracks here as the best of Anime Action Music ("Glide! Pegasus" is an absolute masterpiece).

If you want more, I could upload some next week.


Akihiko Yoshida - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger Symphonic Fantasy - Dragonranger Ayawaru!.mp3
Akihiko Yoshida - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger Symphonic Fantasy - Onna Senshi Lami.mp3
Akihiko Yoshida - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger Symphonic Fantasy - Seinaru Go Hito.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Precure Max Heart 2 Movie - Yuuki Wo Yuriokoshite.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star - Gekitou! Pretty Cure Vs Dark Fall.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star - Pretty Cure No Kiki !~ Dai Gyakuten.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star - Pretty Cure Splash Stars -Stars No Theme-.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star - Pretty Cure Toujou !~ Dai Pinchi.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart - Mezameru Atarashii Chikara.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart - Precure Henshin Maxheart!.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart - Sparkle Breath.mp3
Naoki Sato - Yes!! Pretty Cure 5 - Precure Sound Dream!! - Itsutsu No Kokoro! Precure 5!.mp3
Naoki Sato - Yes!! Pretty Cure 5 - Precure Sound Dream!! - Metamorphose!.mp3
Naoki Sato - Yes!! Pretty Cure 5 - Precure Sound Dream!! - Otome No Chikara, Uketeminasai!.mp3
Seiji Yokoyama - Saint Seiya - Burn Cosmo.mp3
Seiji Yokoyama - Saint Seiya - Galaxian Wars.mp3
Seiji Yokoyama - Saint Seiya - Gilde! Pegasus.mp3
Tanaka Kouhei - Angelic Layer - Angelic Fight!!.mp3
Tatuya Hirakawa - Mahou Sentai Magiranger - It's On Magi! (Bgm) .mp3
Tatuya Hirakawa - Mahou Sentai Magiranger - We Are The Magic Kings! .mp3
Toshikiko Sahashi - Gundam Seed Destiny - Kira, Sono Kokoro No Mama Ni.mp3
Toshikiko Sahashi - Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed - Saikisen.mp3
Yamamoto Kenji - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger Symphonic Fantasy - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.mp3
Yamashita Kousuke - Shion no Ou - Destiny ~Symphonic Version~.mp3


http://rapidshare.com/files/159192876/Extreme_Upbeat_Orchestral.zip


Enjoy the awesomeness! :)

Thomasdaly, here�s your requested selection of anime music similar to the piece you mentioned (Beet The Vandel Buster Animation Soundtrack - Confrontation~ A Desperate Situation, Be Driven Into A Corner).

I call this selection the PACK, because all these pieces are incredibly energetic, lively and powerful. You have to listen to this to believe it! I even consider some tracks here as the best of Anime Action Music ("Glide! Pegasus" is an absolute masterpiece).

If you want more, I could upload some next week.


Akihiko Yoshida - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger Symphonic Fantasy - Dragonranger Ayawaru!.mp3
Akihiko Yoshida - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger Symphonic Fantasy - Onna Senshi Lami.mp3
Akihiko Yoshida - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger Symphonic Fantasy - Seinaru Go Hito.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Precure Max Heart 2 Movie - Yuuki Wo Yuriokoshite.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star - Gekitou! Pretty Cure Vs Dark Fall.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star - Pretty Cure No Kiki !~ Dai Gyakuten.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star - Pretty Cure Splash Stars -Stars No Theme-.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Splash Star - Pretty Cure Toujou !~ Dai Pinchi.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart - Mezameru Atarashii Chikara.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart - Precure Henshin Maxheart!.mp3
Naoki Sato - Futari Wa Pretty Cure Max Heart - Sparkle Breath.mp3
Naoki Sato - Yes!! Pretty Cure 5 - Precure Sound Dream!! - Itsutsu No Kokoro! Precure 5!.mp3
Naoki Sato - Yes!! Pretty Cure 5 - Precure Sound Dream!! - Metamorphose!.mp3
Naoki Sato - Yes!! Pretty Cure 5 - Precure Sound Dream!! - Otome No Chikara, Uketeminasai!.mp3
Seiji Yokoyama - Saint Seiya - Burn Cosmo.mp3
Seiji Yokoyama - Saint Seiya - Galaxian Wars.mp3
Seiji Yokoyama - Saint Seiya - Gilde! Pegasus.mp3
Tanaka Kouhei - Angelic Layer - Angelic Fight!!.mp3
Tatuya Hirakawa - Mahou Sentai Magiranger - It's On Magi! (Bgm) .mp3
Tatuya Hirakawa - Mahou Sentai Magiranger - We Are The Magic Kings! .mp3
Toshikiko Sahashi - Gundam Seed Destiny - Kira, Sono Kokoro No Mama Ni.mp3
Toshikiko Sahashi - Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed - Saikisen.mp3
Yamamoto Kenji - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger Symphonic Fantasy - Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.mp3
Yamashita Kousuke - Shion no Ou - Destiny ~Symphonic Version~.mp3


http://rapidshare.com/files/159192876/Extreme_Upbeat_Orchestral.zip


Enjoy the awesomeness! :)




EXTREME UPBEAT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC yes more plz thank you we need the EXTREME UPBEAT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC sequal the EXTREME UPBEAT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC 2 the album

arthierr that selection you upload i didnt like any of them at all notting like the track you gave me :( more like Hirohshi Takagi - Beet The Vandel Buster Animation Soundtrack - Confrontation~ A Desperate Situation, Be Driven Into A Corner.MP3 please

Really nice job arthierr
Hope for another compilation like this one.
Thanks a lot

Thanks for the nice compilation, arthierr.

Here a nice track from bill brown
Finding Treasure (http://rapidshare.com/files/159588824/01_Finding_Treasure.mp3)

By the way, arthierr, have you more from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger? I like this

Anterak and Billie : Thank you for your support. I was seriously considering abandonning doing uploads if the only thing I get is criticism and no thanks AT ALL!


Billie : Thank you for the Brown piece, very nice indeed. I was planning a presentation post for this composer, because he's really one of the best western game composers out there.

Here are both complete albums of Zyuranger - Symphonic Fantasy
http://www.megaupload.com/fr/?d=ryuglh08
http://www.megaupload.com/fr/?d=om7d9gaj




Thomasdaly : sorry to disappoint, I did my best on this one. As you asked for a similar piece I looked for pieces having similar characteristics :

- extremely upbeat, lively and powerful
- coming from animes
- very brassy, and in some cases including electric guitars
- including a modern beat

All pieces here match at least 3 of these aspects, and to my ears many of them are very similar to the one you mentioned.

If you want me to try again you'll have to be much more precise and tell me what you mean exactly by "like that one above in that track style".

Wuaaah, thank you so much for both soundtracks, i love your music-flavour, arthierr.

i have one track for the thread ^^ from L.K. Minelli
For Our Brothers (http://rs161.rapidshare.com/files/159630363/14_For_Our_Brothers.mp3)

You're welcome. ;)

Hey, very nice track. Is the whole ost of HEROES orchestral?

Billie : Thank you for the Brown piece, very nice indeed. I was planning a presentation post for this composer, because he's really one of the best western game composers out there.
Yeah, i agree, Bill Brown is one of the greatest composer for Game- and Musicsoundtracks


You're welcome. ;)
Hey, very nice track. Is the whole ost of HEROES orchestral?

Hehehe, you are welcome, too ^^
Yes, there are all orchestral, really epic and heroically (it was from a trailersoundtrack)

Hey, thanks for uploading Beet The Vandel Buster OST! I'm going to listen to how this sounds.


arthierr
Hirohshi Takagi - Beet The Vandel Buster Animation Soundtrack - Confrontation~ A Desperate Situation, Be Driven Into A Corner.MP3

that track any more like this can i i have an actiony track from start to finish thamks

I think I have something that you might enjoy, here: Misleading Route.MP3 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/i7o2i2)

This sure would fit great into a James Bond Movie!:)

I think I have something that you might enjoy, here: Misleading Route.MP3 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/i7o2i2)

This sure would fit great into a James Bond Movie!:)

Oh, thank you very much qqqqqqwe, the sound is really funky *dance* and it's fit into a James Bond Movie or maybe into Maxwell Smart Series

I have one more from Bill Brown from the Soundtrack The Lord of The Rings - The Battle For Middle-Earth
Dark Times (http://rapidshare.com/files/159662474/Dark_Times__Original__Original.mp3)

arthierr Beet The Vandel Buster Animation Soundtrack - Confrontation~ A Desperate Situation, Be Driven Into A Corner listen to the track and ull kw what i mean action epic music

Oh, thank you very much qqqqqqwe, the sound is really funky *dance* and it's fit into a James Bond Movie or maybe into Maxwell Smart Series

I have one more from Bill Brown from the Soundtrack The Lord of The Rings - The Battle For Middle-Earth
Dark Times (http://rapidshare.com/files/159662474/Dark_Times__Original__Original.mp3)




that track was great

Ok, so I have been downloading music from here for a good long while. About time I shared too. I think you guys would enjoy this, it's Johan De Meij's Symphony No.1 The Lord of the Rings.


http://rapidshare.com/files/159729506/s1jdmlotr.rar.html

password: lotr

I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I do :)

First a big thanks for this post, JRL3001. :)

Then I have to admit it's the first time I hear about this. So I just downloaded and listened to the first track, and it's truly gorgeous.

So I tried to know a bit more about it and as I'm reading about this marvelous symphony and its composer, why not share the articles with every body here?

Johan de Meij, from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_de_Meij

An interesting and detailed article about this symphony
http://www.euronet.nl/~amsmusic/toelicht/lordof.htm
This article is very good because it goes deep into the analysis and description of this symphony.

Ps : good idea to add the cover. ;)

I'm really glad you like it, arthierr :)

I stumbled on this piece several years ago (when I first learned that the movies were coming out) and had downloaded the first movement (Gandalf) I fell in love with the music and hunted down a CD of the entire piece. At the time it had not been officially released in the US...or didn't seem to have been anyways so I had a copy imported. My personal favorite parts are movements 1, 2 and 4, which I can listen to all day. With Lothlorien especially I can just see the forests that Tolkien describes in his books when I close my eyes listening to it!

I just wanted to ask which version is it?

Because the cover in your pack isn't the same than the cover in your post. I also noticed there's a version played by the London Symphony Orchestra, is it this one?

Thank you so much for this JRL3001, the tracks are awesome

Two tracks from Bill Brown - Lord of the Rings - The Battle For Middle-Earth
Hordes Attack (http://rapidshare.com/files/159743169/Hordes_Attack__Original__Original.mp3)
Fellowship continues (http://rapidshare.com/files/159747077/The_Fellowship_Continues__Original__Original.mp3.m p3)

qqqqqqwe : thanks for Misleading Route.MP3

thomasdaly : ok I'll try to upload something else a bit later.

Billie781 : thanks for your various uploads! As we speak of TLOR, why not upload the whole ost Bill Brown - Lord of the Rings - The Battle For Middle-Earth?

I'll also post soon a full album about LOTR, another great interpretation of Tolkien's universe. Hope you'll like it. :)

Billie781 : thanks for your various uploads! As we speak of TLOR, why not upload the whole ost Bill Brown - Lord of the Rings - The Battle For Middle-Earth?
Yes, why not. Okay, i upload the soundtrack tomorrow, i really glad that you like the music ^^

a track from Lord of the Rings, but another soundtrack
Epilogue Farewells (http://rapidshare.com/files/159752926/Epilogue__Farewells_.mp3.mp3)

ok arthierr

Excellent choices! Thanks a lot.

Here are some composers I know in it :

-Metal Gear Solid 3-4 : maybe Gregson-Williams, needs confirmation

Someone correct me if I'm wrong

I'll listen carefully to your list, and I'll post my comments when I'm done.

Norihiko Hibino composed roughly half of Metal Gear 3's soundtrack, and he composed the whole soundtrack for the Metal Gear Solid game on PSOne.
I actually think his tracks are the better ones over Harry Gregson's.. but that's just my opinion :)

For Metal Gear Solid 4, Nobuka Toda, Harry G.W, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Norihiko Hibino, Takahiro Izutani, Shuichi Kobori and Kazama Jinnouichi contributed.

arthierr:

This isn't the LSO version - this is the original military brass band version as performed by Ensemble Vents et Percussion de Quebec. The posted cover art is correct.

I have the LSO CD (conducted by David Warble) - the recording is absolutely dreadful (it was recorded in Abbey Road, but whoever engineered the sessions really should be shot) but the performance is not bad at all. If you're used to the leisurely pace of the first movement adopted by most of the brass band recordings, you'll have to get used to a pretty energetic reading by the LSO - they zoom through it almost a minute faster the Quebec band!

There is apparently also a recording by the Nagoya Philharmonic, but I suspect this is hard to get hold of outside Japan.

As far as the arrangement (by Henk de Vlieger) is concerned, it's not massively different in tone; the smaller brass and woodwind compliment necessitates moving a lot of their notes over to the strings, and it sounds a little more like a symphony and less like a brass band test piece. I prefer the original - but then I love brass bands; if you don't, the orchestral version will be much more rewarding.

De Meij's 3rd symphony is absolutely stunning. It has no officially released recording, but I have one made from the Dutch radio broadcast of the premiere. It's much more minimalist - if you take the first symphony, add in a bit of Phillip Glass, double the size of the orchestra, and add a large chorus, you're getting somewhere near it. Anybody interested? :)

Yeah, this is the Ensemble Vents et Percussion de Quebec. For some strange reason when I ripped it from the CD the album art that was attached was wrong... heck even the cover on my copy is different from the one I posted since I could not find a picture of mine....very strange. Seems they had re released it not long ago with the blue cover. Mine has a piece of artwork showing an anchient city or ruins of some sort. *shruggs*

I would love to hear De Meij's 3rd symphony!! Sadly all I have heard of his stuff so far is the lord of the rings!

I played this in my University's concert band. I don't like it as much as Rosenman's score or even Shore's because it's just lacking way too much in melodic consistency. I think the "elven" motif in the second movement (heard prominently in the oboe) is taken from Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 2. The orchestration is top notch though, especially in the Gollum movement. Lots of Bartok and Stravinsky (3rd movement) and Shostakovich (4th.) I guess the appeal lies in the images it creates rather than telling a story. The Hobbit music at the end is cheesy and anti-climatic, but then again, so is Rosenman's and Shore's.

De Meij's 3rd symphony is absolutely stunning. It has no officially released recording, but I have one made from the Dutch radio broadcast of the premiere. It's much more minimalist - if you take the first symphony, add in a bit of Phillip Glass, double the size of the orchestra, and add a large chorus, you're getting somewhere near it. Anybody interested? :)

100% interested! Please post. :D

Also if you have a full orchestral version of Symphony n�1 it would be very welcome, because even though I like brass bands to an extent, strings are very important to my ears, so it would be interesting to listen to this symphony performed by a full symphonic orchestra (no criticism intended, JRL3001, I totally enjoy your post).

Norihiko Hibino composed roughly half of Metal Gear 3's soundtrack, and he composed the whole soundtrack for the Metal Gear Solid game on PSOne.
I actually think his tracks are the better ones over Harry Gregson's.. but that's just my opinion :)

For Metal Gear Solid 4, Nobuka Toda, Harry G.W, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Norihiko Hibino, Takahiro Izutani, Shuichi Kobori and Kazama Jinnouichi contributed.

Thanks for the tip, even though it's quite an old post!

First off, let me say I love this thread. So many great soundtracks and cues. Here are some action tracks I really like, including some new scores.

David Arnold - Quantum Of Solace
I have listened to this score for the past week and I think it's even better than Casino Royale. There are some great action pieces like Pursuit At Port Au Prince and Perla De Las Dunas. But my favorite (action) tracks are: Time To Get Out, The Palio and especially Night At The Opera. It's so layered and when the snares come in it just sounds amazing.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158085249/09_20-_20Night_20At_20The_20Opera_1_.mp3.html

Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
Great score, but I think I like Batman Begins more. The best action piece of the album is in my opinion Like A Dog Chasing Cars, but it wasn't used to full effect in the movie. I really like the high strings around 2:37.

Jerry Goldsmith - Air Force One
I haven't seen this in the thread. I really like this score.

Alan Silvestri - Contact
One of my favorite scores. Good To Go is just brilliant.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158075065/19_20-_20Good_20To_20Go_1_.mp3.html

Alexandre Desplat - Hostage
The title track is amazing. I love Desplat's style. Can't wait to hear what he composed for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158076227/02_20Hostage_1_.mp3.html

David Shire - The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three
I'm not sure if this fits in the action genre, but it's certainly exciting. Main Title is great.

Klaus Badelt - The Promise
Freedom Of The Wa is one of the most beautiful tracks I've ever heard.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158077084/Freedom_20Of_20The_20Wa_1_.mp3.html

Marco Beltrami - Live Free Or Die Hard
Some great action scoring on this one. My favorite tracks: Shootout and Copter Chase.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158079014/02_20Shootout_1_.mp3.html

John Williams - Raiders Of The Lost ArkI'm not sure if this was mentioned before. If it is, I'm sorry. Brilliant score ofcourse and Desert Chase is really something.

Thomas Newman - WALL-E
Another new score. I love it. Action may not be Newman's primary territory, but he composed some great sci-fi/action cues, like WALL-E's Pod Adventure and Rogue Robots.

David Julyan - Insomnia
The cue Fog is a nice mix between suspense and action. I thought some of you'd like it.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158083881/Insomnia_20-_2005_20-_20Fog_1_.mp3.html

John Williams - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Another JW score. Again, I'm not sure if the cues fit in the action category, but To Rouge City and Man-Hattan are really rousing.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158089802/02_20Man-Hattan_1_.mp3.html

Elliot Goldenthal - Alien3
I love the End Credits.
http://rapidshare.com/files/158081643/24._20End_20Credits_1_.mp3.html

Very nice cues, Fox M. I didn't know half of them, so they're very welcome. Thanks for posting.

By the way, I noticed that your Contact (Alan Silvestri) is only a 128k version, so here's what I found for you:

Contact (complete) - Alan Silvestri (192k)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jd1b7k



Edit: oh, sorry, I just noticed that the cue you posted is the same than the one in the album, so you probably already have this very ost.

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth

Release Date: August 28th, 2006
Published by: Electronic Arts
Composed by: Bill Brown, Jamie Christopherson



01 Spreading Hope 2:03
02 Forces of Good 1:08
03 Hordes Attack 1:05
04 Allies Unite 1:05
05 Battle of the Dead 1:03
06 Building an Empire 3:59
07 Casting the Shadow 2:03
08 New Lands 2:03
09 Unstoppable Evil 1:03
10 The Fellowship Continues 3:59
11 Dark Times 4:08
12 Devastation 1:07
13 Doomed to Fall 1:01
14 Expansion of Darkness 3:59
15 War Chant 1:06
16 Fight for Freedom 1:05
17 Heroes Shall Rise 3:56
18 Riding the Plains 4:10
19 Swords Drawn 1:04
20 Valiant Fight 1:11
21 Path of Destruction 0:59
22 Victory is Near 1:01

Disc length 44:18

The Lord of the Rings - The Battle For Middle-Earth (http://rapidshare.com/files/159898172/The_Lord_of_The_Rings_-_The_Battle_For_Middle-Earth.zip)

Thanks for the great post, Billie, but do you have by any chance a link for the ost?

Thanks for the great post, Billie, but do you have by any chance a link for the ost?
Sorry, link is trailed ^^

Lol, no problem, it sometimes happened to me too... ;)

Lol, no problem, it sometimes happened to me too... ;)
Hehehe, i'm lucky that this not only happen to me XDD
here more stuff
from Steve Rucker - > Attack Of The Crawlers (http://rapidshare.com/files/159901809/11_Attack_of_the_crawlers.mp3)

I played this in my University's concert band. I don't like it as much as Rosenman's score or even Shore's because it's just lacking way too much in melodic consistency. I think the "elven" motif in the second movement (heard prominently in the oboe) is taken from Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 2. The orchestration is top notch though, especially in the Gollum movement. Lots of Bartok and Stravinsky (3rd movement) and Shostakovich (4th.) I guess the appeal lies in the images it creates rather than telling a story. The Hobbit music at the end is cheesy and anti-climatic, but then again, so is Rosenman's and Shore's.

Yup, it's the London symphony. The motif doesn't half get a work out, though - more like "Variations on a theme of Vaughan-Williams".

The composer intended it to be impressions upon the book, more than a straightforward retelling of the story. Two things it most definitely isn't: 1), Leitmotivic, 2) a film score. I take it as just 40 minutes of melody and overall good fun. I don't get a lot of intellectual stimulus from it, but I certainly don't get bored listening. :)

The Rosenman score is my favourite Rosenman (though as I've said before, I'm not a particular fan of the composer) - the man with a thousand scores and one theme, and a completely boundless (and baseless, IMO) ego to match... Having said that, it *is* a fine score, and far more satisfying to me purely as music.

arthierr: Now uploading the LSO version - will edit this post when it's done. Working on Symphony No. 3.

edit:



Johan De Meij - Symphony No 1 "The Lord Of The Rings"
The London Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by David Warble

http://sharebee.com/4d735643

[Edit: Forgot to mention - this CD is coupled (for some bizzare reason) with "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Dukas. I have omitted this track from my upload because a) It's nothing to do with De Meij's symphony, b) It's a mind-bogglingly awful recording, and c) There are fifty thousand other (better) performances of the piece freely available. Believe me - you're not missing anything, and you don't want it. It's absolute crap.]

And here's the Third... (Sorry - no covers, this is a live recording.)

Johan De Meij
Symphony No 3 (Planet Earth) - 2006
http://sharebee.com/82c1224e

1st Movement: Lonely Planet (start - 17:00)
2nd Movement: Planet Earth (17:00 - 29:05)
3rd Movement: Mother Earth (29:05 - end)

This is a live recording (unreleased) of the world premiere of the piece - I believe the orchestra is the North Netherlands Philharmonic. They have recorded it in the studio, and this CD is available - and is no doubt sonically superior to this recording, which was made from the Dutch radio broadcast of the premiere concert. However, there is a certain vitality to this recording - that live excitement that you never quite match with a polished, perfect, studio performance.

About this symphony...

This is a massive piece, clocking in at nearly fifty minutes. De Meij intended it as a companion piece to Holst's "The Planets" - whereas Holst looked at every planet but the Earth, De Meij composed his symphony as an ode exclusively to our very own planet. The choral writing is, in places, reminiscent of Holst - indeed, there is even a quote from Neptune, but this is very much De Meij's piece. It's scored for full symphony orchestra, choir, plus electronics - pre-recorded sound on tape, and synthesisers. Incidentally, Joris De Man (Killzone) helped out with the electronic sections of this symphony. This piece has a considerably more modern feeling about it than the first symphony - De Meij is channelling John Adams (a great deal) and Phillip Glass (to a lesser extent) here as the piece is essentially minimalist in construction - a handful of motifs and melodies, repeated and expanded throughout the piece. If you like the way Ravel's Bolero builds and builds, you'll like the way this piece is set out. If you like John Adams, you'll like this. If you like the sound of an enormous orchestra, noble brass, and anthemic lyricism, you'll like this. Give it a try - it's a wonderful piece written about a wonderful planet. :)

About this recording...

This recording was made, as I have noted previously, from Dutch radio. Please, do not download this if less than perfect sound quality offends you. It is nowhere near bad - but it's not absolutely flawless. The recording came to me mere days after the concert - in mono, and in absolutely appalling condition. I spent six months arriving at the fully remastered edition I'm uploading for you today. I have performed noise reduction (there was low frequency hum and tape hiss present all the way through) as well as re-equalised to bring out the midrange and higher frequencies, calm down the lower frequencies, and generally provide a bit of breathing room to what was initially a pretty boxy recording. I have also applied a light reverb, once again, to try to give the piece a little breathing space. It's not perfect, but it's definitely listenable, and it's also RARE!

Enjoy, folks. :)

Think I may crosspost this in the classical thread if this is OK?

thank you so much dannyfrench for your uploads

good upload im a actiony guys epic i want goosebumps lol

dannyfrench: Thanks a lot for these great posts. :D And a bigger thanks for your brilliant comments about them. Good idea to post it in the Classical thread, a) because it totally belongs b) because I consider this thread as a partner thread, after all it's all about Orchestral Music.

As we spoke about it, here's:

The Lord Of The Rings (Leonard Rosenman) (1978)
104 MB, 192 kbps, thanks to the original releaser.

http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=YJQ8T7WI
PASS: golfo

Tracklisting:
1 Theme From Lord Of The Rings
2 The History Of The Rings
3 The Journey Begins / Encounter With The Ringwraitbs
4 Ride Of Roban
5 Escape To Rivendell
6 Mines Of Moria
7 The Battles In The Mines / The Balrog
8 Mitbrandir
9 Gandalf Remembers
10 Frodo Disappears
11 Following The Orcs
12 Attack Of The Orcs
13 Helm's Deep
14 The Dawn Battle; Theoden's Victory
15 The Voyage To Mordor; Theme From The Lord Of The Rings

arthierr, may i kiss you for this link? ^_____^

If you're a girl, with great pleasure. ;) Lol

If you're a girl, with great pleasure. ;) Lol

Hehehe, yes, i am a girl *kiss*

dannyfrench, Thanks for posting Symphony No.3! I am listening to it right now and its great! :D ...Some of the opening reminds me a lot of Symphony Antarctica by Ralph Vaughan Williams... The choir is haunting.. before the rest of the orchestra starts kicking in.

[edit] 8 minutes in now....and wondering why I never looked for this before.....!!!

arthierr, woo! I have the original LP for Rosenman's Lord of the Rings score :) Awesome music. And I don't care how much people think the movie as terribly done or that they ran out of money less than half way I still love it :)

Edit.

dannyfrench, just finished listening to the music. Absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much for posting it for us to listen to :) I really enjoyed it and am now going to play it again :D

dannyfrench, Thanks for posting Symphony No.3! I am listening to it right now and its great! ...Some of the opening reminds me a lot of Symphony Antarctica by Ralph Vaughan Williams... The choir is haunting.. before the rest of the orchestra starts kicking in.

Definitely more shades of Vaughan Williams in there - De Meij appears to be a fan, given his quote in Lord Of The Rings from RVW's London symphony discussed earlier.

But it's great stuff, eh? Wait until you get to the final hymn to the earth. ;)


arthierr, woo! I have the original LP for Rosenman's Lord of the Rings score Awesome music. And I don't care how much people think the movie as terribly done or that they ran out of money less than half way I still love it

Just listening again after a long period of not hearing it - fine stuff indeed... Those Rosenman brass pyramids! And a harpsichord - how often do you hear a harpsichord in such a modernist setting.

Great score - although I can't comment about the film as I haven't seen it!

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Hehehe, yes, i am a girl *kiss*

Aaaaaw... *Blush* ^^ *Blush* http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Amour/0020.gif

I have a difficult request, could anyone find Orchestral music like this (http://www.sendspace.com/file/6uhtca) song right here?

Its Arcade Sound-Chip (If you can actually beleive that)

It may not be Orchestral (I'd like to hear a Orchestral translation or some sort of remix here!) but its got action like you wouldn't beleive!!!

Give it a chance and tell me what you think?

If you have trouble with SendSpace, here (http://66.57.175.1:34463/Crazy%20Duds!!!.mp3).

One thing you should totally try is this:

The Scorpions - Moment of Glory (Live with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (2000)
http://rapidshare.com/files/133762129/S-MOG.rar
Password : TTL



1. Hurricane 2000
2. Moment Of Glory
3. Send Me An Angel
4. Wind Of Change
5. Crossfire (Instrumental)
6. Deadly Sting Suite (Instrumental)
7. Here In My Heart
8. Still Loving You
9. Big City Nights
10. Lady Starlight

An incredibly bombastic combination between a big symphonic orchestra and a hard rock band. Listen to "Crossfire (Instrumental)" and "Deadly Sting Suite (Instrumental)", they're absolutely breathtaking and have some similarities with the piece you mentioned.

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Thank you for the moment of glory, arthierr ^_____^
and thanks to you qqqqqqwe for the link ^______^

here a track from queen emeraldas -> Epilogue (http://rapidshare.com/files/160324874/14_Epilogue.mp3) a sweet and sad song

Hey, me again.




I figure I'd put together a album based on songs that you contribute on the Orchestral thread.

arthierr:

This isn't the LSO version - this is the original military brass band version as performed by Ensemble Vents et Percussion de Quebec. The posted cover art is correct.

I have the LSO CD (conducted by David Warble) - the recording is absolutely dreadful (it was recorded in Abbey Road, but whoever engineered the sessions really should be shot) but the performance is not bad at all. If you're used to the leisurely pace of the first movement adopted by most of the brass band recordings, you'll have to get used to a pretty energetic reading by the LSO - they zoom through it almost a minute faster the Quebec band!



I had never listened to the LSO version until now. Wow it is VERY fast. They do just zoom through it at an incredible rate! Usually I like how the LSO does stuff but this time its just too fast for my liking. I am glad I picked up the Ensemble Vents et Percussion de Quebec performance... The pacing is much better, doesn't seem rushed....

I figure I'd put together a album based on songs that you contribute on the Orchestral thread.

Hope you like (http://66.57.175.1:34463/Music/) it.

Thanks, qqqqqqwe, I'll try it. :)

Billie: as usual thanks for the beautiful little gems you post regularly.

To Billie.

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I figure I'd put together a album based on songs that you contribute on the Orchestral thread.

Hope you like (http://66.57.175.1:34463/Music/) it.

Wuaaah, i love these tracks so much, the first one is soooo lovely with the flute *______*, thank you so much for the tracks qqqqqqwe *hug* *kiss* X3

@arthierr you are very welcome and i love your thread ^^

Everybody, you absolutely HAVE to listen to this one:

Hana Ki Sou Symphonic Orchestra (thanks to Firestorm717)
Thread 61327




A pure marvel! A sublime moment of orchestral splendour! That's what it is. Once again I downloaded it by curiosity, just attracted by the word "symphonic" in the title. Then I saw the superb cover illustration and it felt more and more attractive. But when the music started it was just wonderful, pure orchestral grace and elegance.

Thank you very much, Firestorm717, for uploading such a gorgeous score. :)

Oh, great, another soundtrack, i try it, thanks to firestorm and arthierr for the threadlink ^^

a another track, but it is a little bit eerie XD, hope you like it -> Getting Closer (http://rapidshare.com/files/160359289/10_Getting_Closer.mp3) from Bill Brown

Good lord, I love this place... So much great music showing up here, but best of all, friendship, collaboration, respect, and (mostly!! ;)) impeccable taste in music. Thank you all, and thank you arthierr, for starting this. I have been trying to get this place to "Think Symphonic" for over a year, but you've really made it work.


I had never listened to the LSO version until now. Wow it is VERY fast. They do just zoom through it at an incredible rate! Usually I like how the LSO does stuff but this time its just too fast for my liking. I am glad I picked up the Ensemble Vents et Percussion de Quebec performance... The pacing is much better, doesn't seem rushed....

I discovered the piece through the LSO recording, many years ago - I downloaded it from Napster (I think) believing it to be Jerry Goldsmith's Capricorn One Overture (which is what the file was called!) but instead, I got the first movement of De Meij's symphony.

So, from my perspective, every other performance is too slow! ;)

In all seriousness, though - the numerous (less frenetic) performances present the piece so much better - there's a real sense of ebb and flow, and a great deal more emotion. I think if I were conducting it, I would go somewhere between the LSO and the Quebec performance, because to me, it seems just a little too slow sometimes; for instance, at 1:34 in the first movement, it all feels so laboured. Obviously the intention is for swelling emotion, but I don't think the band is good enough to be taking it that slowly - it sounds a little awkward to my ears. But it's still better than the LSO, who seem as though they were late for some other engagement and the conductor said, "Right lads, get your backs into it, and we can pop down the pub for a quick pint before we go to the Albert Hall!"

On top of that, I feel that the piece just works better in its original version for wind band.

I think we can blame the conductor (not the orchestra, who are one of the world's very finest) for this bizzare formula-one performance... Although I suppose it's possible Henk de Vlieger made some changes to the tempi in the score in the course of his orchestration. I don't know - I've never seen the scores of either version.

Hello, again.



here a track from queen emeraldas -> Epilogue (http://rapidshare.com/files/160324874/14_Epilogue.mp3) a sweet and sad song

^ That is really good, something akin to what I am looking for.

I am downloading some of the other stuff posted, but rapidshare is extremely slow, so no comments yet.

Something to look forward to after more very hard days for me, though!

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Finished Hana Ki Sou Symphonic Orchestra, and it is very good indeed. If I was still working on my Age of Wonders 2 total conversion, a lot of this would get added into the huge compilation of music I was putting together for it.

Hello, again.
That is really good, something akin to what I am looking for.


I'm glad you like it. ^^
I have the Ost Queen Esmeraldas ^_______^
I would upload this, when somebody interest in this Ost

Seal Of Sea (http://www.sendspace.com/file/pz58fk)

I've got another one for you Billie, that you might enjoy: Seal Of Sea (http://www.sendspace.com/file/pz58fk)

Uaaaah, i like this, at the most the seagulls *_______* Thank you so much

i hope you like this one -> Tough As Nails (http://rapidshare.com/files/160605776/03_Tough_As_Nails.mp3) from Christopher Franke
it's a Dramatic action-adventure theme (trailermusic)

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Here's something I thought I'd contribute. I don't know if it classifies as Orchestral, but it's rare enough, as an OST doesn't exist for where it's from - Shadow Raiders: War Planets. I really wish an OST existed, but it doesn't, so I had to lift this myself from the credits. It's one of my favorite soundtracks for sure. Beast Wars (The show) is also on that list, which you can't get, either.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/r4ramc

And to add to that is a piece from the Hellsing OVA OST which is also excellent in my eyes, Gradus Vita.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/r3sywq