DylanE

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Hey guys Its been a while since I was here, busy scoring 2 new films and a TV series! Just finished building my 3rd recording studio as well I finally have a clip of Ace of hearts.. if you enjoy Industrial please check it out and let me know your thoughts ;) Thanks :toothygrin: D and here are some pics of my new studios Control room studio A Live Room Studio A I'll post new pics of Studio B, and the new vocal booth soon!

Any of you guys seen synthmaker? Its a free program that came with one of the computer music magazines.. Its quite a bit of fun.. I like the u-he zebra, i've tweaked some of the pads and used it to back up some of my native instrument synths, like absynth.. It makes some interesting textures :) Crystal also has some interesting sounds and fx.

The Duduk is a wonderful sounding instrument, and realatively in expensive and easy to get a few notes out of.. it can be quite haunting on its own with a nice impulse responce reverb! Great instrument to have in your collection.

Sometimes keeping the instrumentation accurate, but the actual compositions simple is key to a good score in unfamiliar territory. The Discovery Sounds “real world” libraries also have some authentic clips that are good to borrow ideas from in terms of your instrumentation, and the register of each instrument. You are already aware of the harmonic characteristics, but when you listen to your reference music take special note to the cadences that pop up.. I find that there are normally two or three types of cadences that are more commonly used per style of music. if you find the right cadences and types of chord structures, the key notes that make up their scales, the instrumentation and register of each instrument and you take in account the variety of moods that are needed and the time the film is set in, it will be very hard not to have something to be proud of. But it really depends on the projects brief. I did an Egyptian piece called “dream scape” that had to be a modern piece with a hint of the traditional sound, so instead of authentic instrumentation I used modern instruments like the acoustic guitar, bass, and kit with a few orchestral cymbals and gongs.. but purely because of the scales I used it sounded rather Egyptian/middle eastern. You can hear it here:MySpace.com - The Music of Dylan Ellis - Johannesburg - Other / Visual / Experimental - www.myspace.com/dylanellismusic My track is in a song structure that was key a specific scene, this peice isnt a traditional score. Hope that helps?

Danny Elfman.. Nightmare before Christmas.. what amazing themes or hooks , lyrics, melodies, orchestration.. I love all his work, but this score in perticular stands out as legendary composition to me.

YAY!!! Thanks so much! I had so much fun making it! The movie is about a serial killer who is hunting his victoms bassed on a game of cards.. Bassed on Saw and Seven! ;)

Heya! Dylan Ellis here.. Im a composer from South Africa, working on some decent films at the moment, please let me know what you think! Here is a link to my myspace: MySpace.com - The Music of Dylan Ellis - Johannesburg - Other / Visual / Experimental - www.myspace.com/dylanellismusic There are clips from the films "Ace of Hearts" and "The Fight" I just finnished the film "Ace of Hearts" by Andrew Macdonald (Group One Films) and M-net And Im currently working on: "Child Theif" by New Entity Films "Code of War" by Street Car Moving Pictures "Snow white in the wilderness" by New Entity Films "Spy VS Spy" by Afrikan Connection Films let me know your thoughts! D