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Hello. Can somebody tell me which sound library is used here for percussion loop from ~1:04? I heard it in numerous unrelated places so I'm sure it is a library of some kind, must be a rather old. I'm just curious. Thank you.

I agree. But I'm talking about musical score and main attention is always on the picture. Effects like ponticello even alone can really well hold the pressure. Not forever of course.

Well, I meant that your piece at times sounded very New Age-y. As a fan of Chris Franke I'm used to such musical metaphors, they work great for me when it comes to drawing the nature.

I liked solo horns introduction. I liked the brass work here in general. It nailed the adventure feeling, and is indeed a classic gesture. Complex piano passages were good. If they were improvised by hand then it's just impressive. There were some harmonic decisions I didn't get into though, in rich orchestration after introduction and in the part before the end. Maybe it's just me but music seemed to jump around randomly without center. Anyway, just for horn parts I love this piece.

Nice one! Nice imagination in the first minute. And a lot of energy after. Sounds like wonderful waterfalls and green nature don't calm you down, instead it calls you go on adventure for unknown! And I liked New Age nods. Really draws nature for me.

Thank you :) Live and learn. Definitely added to my knowledge.

Ok, sorry. What I meant is like the start of and especially like this (sul ponticello continues for 15 more seconds after the end of the track), because this is my current project.

Thank you, John! As I said above there always should be counterpoint to main characters of the story. Little symphony of some sort. Decent analogy indeed. I can see where you were pointing. Listening to it now, I agree, woodwinds could add a little more texture to this cue. I guess I was scared by the introduction. I secretly thought of it as a bit noisy and wanted to balance it with more modest orchestration in the rest of the piece.

Hello I want to ask strings players out there or anyone who's familiar enough. For how long at max quiet tremolo could be played by violinist (cellist, violist) realistically? For how long an orchestra can prolong the tremolo strings part? Because I noticed that recently I often used a lot of tremolo strings in my ambient cues. And very long parts I should say, about one minute long. Got me thinking, since tremolo technique should be pretty demanding when it comes to specific physical articulations performers do. Thank you for answer.

Thanks for your comments, Jared! Yes I understand what you're saying. I see the idea behind this piece as a flight which slows down to the middle and then resumes for a little while. Then the minor part goes in symbolizing the opposing force to main characters, as there is always should be one. The finale is a little dragged. At first I planned to it to end right after last strings minor rising move at 2:54, right before violins and contrabass part, But I felt that some kind of happy ending would be needed. I also wanted to make it a little mysterious.

Purely orchestral work, continuing my unofficial 'Tales of Alagaesia' series. (previous being 'Dragon Ride').This picture served as inspiration: http://skysealer.deviantart.com/art/Cloud-Dancers-Sketch-Commish-185518080 United in the Sky

Thank you very much for comments! I guess this was one of those pieces where I forget about the fact that I was trying to compose a piece for orchestra and just tried to achieve certain 'sound'. For example cellos in first part actually sounded a bit forced, but my blinded ears seemed to be ok with that. Also my other half-mistake was probably the fact that I again composed a piece for a movie considering a sequence of scenes in background in my head, hence all those long background-ish introductions appeared. Stand alone symphonic composition should be a little more detailed I guess, you're right. Still, in terms of composition and orchestration I consider this one of my best, especially the second part. First part might be a little too long, yes. And forced cellos screamed too much 'we're sampled!'. I thought of that but in the end stopped on taiko ensemble percussion between two fast movements in the second part. Whole piece was my tribute to a wonderful composer Patrick Doyle.

Kids have to travel to a magical land to find a cure for a disease to save their parents. And somewhere on their way they encounter a kind sorcerer who agrees to help them, but the only way to travel further is to take a ride on mighty dragons.Dragon Ride Dragon Ride

Thanks so much for comments. Shame on me I didn't notice them before. @John Axon, Yes, I sometimes feel a bit of repetitiveness in the first half. But as you said it was written as an underscore for a mini scene, if I may (which was never filmed, just my imagination). So I kind of prolonged it to fit imaginary length of scenes sequence. I don't know how to explain =) @Madman3123 Thanks)

You know, you quelled my fear. :) The only thing I dislike in FL Studio now is the lack of one good video synch tool. Standard plug-in bugs terribly when tempo changes. Another reason why I was thinking about DAW change is because often when I'm being asked about what software I use by someone who's familiar with the topic, and I answer, I get frowned upon attitude. And with my small experience in other software I start to think that maybe I'm missing something. Like you can master putting screws into the wall with hammer, but there is a screwdriver which can do the job ten times effective and accurate. And it would be useful to learn how to use it in advance, not when you suddenly get a chance to install a redwood shelf on a pro finished wall. I think I'll put this venture aside for a time being though. Just needed to hear some reasonable opinion on the topic. Thanks for that.