Fantasy/Frontiers- Double Feature!! (with thanks to Christian's extremities)

Retroblueman

Hi all - hope those of you affected coped with the heat this week!

So, following CH's recent ice bath I picked up Chamber Strings on offer and am blown away by it - phenomenal sounding library (the ensemble patch sounds better out of the box than most strings libraries do when you write out the parts separately) and so much to explore! Thought I'd share a couple of preliminary efforts:

This first one is for the Ryan Leach July '22 composing challenge - still just about time to enter (deadline is 31 July - link to the challenge video in my YT description). You have to write a 90 second piece that "fits" the picture. Am using SCS for the strings and BBCSO core for everything else. I went for a pastoral vibe with a hint of the fantastic/sinister - the tree is a bit too massive if you ask me and the guy on the horse may or may not be a baddie so I thought there needed to be some darkness to the proceedings...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDUX30KLLP0

This second one, which I am a bit sheepish about posting here as everything but the strings is EastWest's Goliath library (but SCS is ably carrying the show on it's own for the entire B section- 1.25 ish onwards), is a bit of Wild West fun to match the weather!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzPkG1RYfNQ

Hope you enjoy!

Best wishes

R

Londoneye330

Hey Retro!

The first one sounds cool! I really liked the jumpy woodwind lines, and the pacing and the flow.

The second one sounds really lovely too! It certainly has a that wild west feel with the choices of instruments. Especially with the choice of percussion in the A sections.

Amazing job as always!

Retroblueman

@Londoneye330 Thank you kindly sir!😉