Wow, you really hit the ground running! Super impressive voicing and mixing on your first ever go at an orchestral arrangement. Everything sits really well together. Nice change up at 1:20 when the very pretty, minimalist piano takes the stage. This could totally be the soundtrack to the final scene of a motivational, feel-good flick. Looking forward to seeing where you continue to go with orchestral arrangement

Wow, you really hit the ground running! Super impressive voicing and mixing on your first ever go at an orchestral arrangement. Everything sits really well together. Nice change up at 1:20 when the very pretty, minimalist piano takes the stage. This could totally be the soundtrack to the final scene of a motivational, feel-good flick. Looking forward to seeing where you continue to go with orchestral arrangement

As if your Sunday afternoon piano improvisations weren't impressive enough, this is what you come up with the first time sitting down with BBC Orchestra? Wow.

100% agree with everything littlebig said. Beautiful and lush, with great movement and variation through the piece. The change to the quiet piano theme was perfect. Excellent use of instrumental accents as well, like the timp and the harp. This is absolutely movie ready

As if your Sunday afternoon piano improvisations weren't impressive enough, this is what you come up with the first time sitting down with BBC Orchestra? Wow. 100% agree with everything littlebig said. Beautiful and lush, with great movement and variation through the piece. The change to the quiet piano theme was perfect. Excellent use of instrumental accents as well, like the timp and the harp. This is absolutely movie ready :)

Impressive orchestration given the time constraint! And you were entirely right, this will work great with the piano, as you already demonstrated in the second half here.

Nitpick: it cuts rather sharply at the end.

Impressive orchestration given the time constraint! And you were entirely right, this will work great with the piano, as you already demonstrated in the second half here. Nitpick: it cuts rather sharply at the end.

Thanks for the comments, and yes, I noticed the cutoff at the end and will fix that.  Thanks again.

[quote=rplktr]Impressive orchestration given the time constraint! And you were entirely right, this will work great with the piano, as you already demonstrated in the second half here. Nitpick: it cuts rather sharply at the end.[/quote] Thanks for the comments, and yes, I noticed the cutoff at the end and will fix that. Thanks again.

Thanks for the feedback. Given the mood of this piece, it just seemed the piano needed to be a bit muted and delicate and fit well on the outro.  I lowered the strings and elevated the horns slightly in that part, but decreased the levels of both to give it a higher resonance background more balanced with the piano. I plan to play with this one a lot more and maybe lengthen it too.  Thanks for all the fun plugins !!

[quote=littlebigmosaic]Wow, you really hit the ground running! Super impressive voicing and mixing on your first ever go at an orchestral arrangement. Everything sits really well together. Nice change up at 1:20 when the very pretty, minimalist piano takes the stage. This could totally be the soundtrack to the final scene of a motivational, feel-good flick. Looking forward to seeing where you continue to go with orchestral arrangement[/quote] Thanks for the feedback. Given the mood of this piece, it just seemed the piano needed to be a bit muted and delicate and fit well on the outro. I lowered the strings and elevated the horns slightly in that part, but decreased the levels of both to give it a higher resonance background more balanced with the piano. I plan to play with this one a lot more and maybe lengthen it too. Thanks for all the fun plugins !! :)

Thanks for your kind words. I'm excited to have more tools and sounds to play with and to hopefully expand my creatively with the piano. I've been wanting to venture out, and this is a great community to learn from with all the diverse styles, talents, and experience. Have been enjoying your works as well.

[quote=Paisleyfrog]As if your Sunday afternoon piano improvisations weren't impressive enough, this is what you come up with the first time sitting down with BBC Orchestra? Wow. 100% agree with everything littlebig said. Beautiful and lush, with great movement and variation through the piece. The change to the quiet piano theme was perfect. Excellent use of instrumental accents as well, like the timp and the harp. This is absolutely movie ready :) [/quote] Thanks for your kind words. I'm excited to have more tools and sounds to play with and to hopefully expand my creatively with the piano. I've been wanting to venture out, and this is a great community to learn from with all the diverse styles, talents, and experience. Have been enjoying your works as well.

you certainly did, Bunjigram!
this was a lovely way to start my day. I feel motivated and ready to face whatever comes my way.
nice work, and I look forward to hearing more.

[quote=littlebigmosaic]Wow, you really hit the ground running![/quote] you certainly did, Bunjigram! this was a lovely way to start my day. I feel motivated and ready to face whatever comes my way. nice work, and I look forward to hearing more.

coming back for a little pick-me-up 

coming back for a little pick-me-up :)

Wow, thanks so much for your comments, jwh. That means a lot coming from you. I'm excited to explore the orchestral arranging more and see how where I can go with it. LittleBig just downloaded the Philharmonic on my laptop a couple days ago, so now I have lots of goodies to play with.  As always, thanks for listening.

[quote=jwh][quote=littlebigmosaic]Wow, you really hit the ground running![/quote] you certainly did, Bunjigram! this was a lovely way to start my day. I feel motivated and ready to face whatever comes my way. nice work, and I look forward to hearing more.[/quote] [quote=jwh]coming back for a little pick-me-up :)[/quote] Wow, thanks so much for your comments, jwh. That means a lot coming from you. I'm excited to explore the orchestral arranging more and see how where I can go with it. LittleBig just downloaded the Philharmonic on my laptop a couple days ago, so now I have lots of goodies to play with. As always, thanks for listening.

Beautiful. Barely two and a half minutes but it feels so full, so much story told, really lovely. Piano at the end is just perfect.

Beautiful. Barely two and a half minutes but it feels so full, so much story told, really lovely. Piano at the end is just perfect.

sun just came up and this is perfect for just sitting back in my chair and feeling positive vibes for a good day to begin.  The orchestration sounds awesome.  Such a cinematic ending too.  Well done!

sun just came up and this is perfect for just sitting back in my chair and feeling positive vibes for a good day to begin. The orchestration sounds awesome. Such a cinematic ending too. Well done!

just beautiful

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Great brass lines in here.  Sits very nicely in the the strings.  Overall has a very sweeping mountain vista at sunrise quality to it. 

Great brass lines in here. Sits very nicely in the the strings. Overall has a very sweeping mountain vista at sunrise quality to it. [img]https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExMGg4bGg5bTc4Y2dlOWI0NjFlajByOHByb2NsMXRscTR3NXVuMGM5ciZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/WzLDljBpplUvm/giphy.gif[/img]

Absolutely stunning performance. A very smooth pivot from the usual piano stuff.
- Raioh

Absolutely stunning performance. A very smooth pivot from the usual piano stuff. - Raioh