Comments on: Jim Cooper score – “BUNNY OF DEATH”

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:25:53 +0000

woops. wrong song. duh

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:25:05 +0000

Monotonous?
“forever forever forever forever…”
Wasn’t that sort of the effect that was sought out here? I get lost in that beautiful, hypnotic reverberation.

By: detholz

detholz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:47:59 +0000

Brian: Gots to get down with the lingo, home skillet.

From the first wave of off-blog responses, the general consensus was that the timpani is the most “canned” sounding element in this recording.

I suppose I will have to call my local kettle drum dealer and rent a few next time!

Tyler: TYLER! Been a long time, amigo. Thanks for weighing in, and hope this finds you well. Been a long time since the Ogden Avenue Omni 6, my friend.

You’re right, of course, that it ultimately wouldn’t matter if I pressed this onto 220 g/m² vinyl from 6-inch tape. No amount of post-production will hide the fact that this is a Synthony Orchestra under the direction of Sir General MIDI. No amount of stretching, compressing, cutting, pasting, or VST plugin effects will change the fact that there are no real people playing real instruments.

And let’s take a moment and thank God for that, shall we?

…

I take comfort, though, in that most of the orchestral scores I hear on TV and in video games haven’t been overly tweaked to sound “authentic.” Obviously, hiring orchestras can be cost-prohibitive (cf. the growing amount of canned accompaniment on Broadway, for example), and though I fully support the doughty orchestral musician in his/her plight to find work, I am also grateful that if I continue to work at this, I, too, might secure some gainful employment as the digitized conductor of a faux symphony… big hair and all.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:50:43 +0000

Hello Detholz!!
Well, the symphonic endeavors must be respected. To answer your questions about the track, I would say that it would be worth while to find an orchestra that would be willing to try this out. The sound does, uh, sound, rather “canned.” I’m not sure what the stats are for your streaming capabilities on this site but MP3 is a format which is given to sounding “canned,” regardless of care taken during production of the track. MP3 is also given to sounding muddy, of which this track is guilty as well. I think it’s the compression that is so overly used in digital recording (I think without the operator’s intent), especially when combined with the compression that takes place when converting to MP3. The good news to me is that the song is effective, such so that it sounds quite cinematic. Your reference to the Jaws-like opening is very accurate but I don’t know if I would have made the connection without the reference. The track is pretty cool. I think you guys could do something pretty neat with this as the Detholz! as well. Thanks for posting this.

By: Brian Sole

Brian Sole — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:35:17 +0000

There’s a lot of lingo in there that is hard for me to follow, yet there is also some good advice I will remember next time I sit down to write a new piece for taiko. To give you feedback on your questions:
1. I think the orchestra sounds fine until the timpani come in. Then it sounded “cann3d”.

3. I like the music, and I think it fits the animation well.

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