Happii

Original piano cover of MP3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hNd58GQVFk

Alternate MP3 download link - http://www.mediafire.com/?1xu393gollp9xpu

Steins;Gate OP - Hacking To The Gate - Piano Cover By ZackyAnimePiano

Every Synthetic Orchestra Originals album needs its quirky, contemporary, blippy evil track; here's a peek at the one from the upcoming Originals volume 3!

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, FM8, Spitfire Albion, Loegria, Solo Strings, Cimbalom, Piano, BML Brass, Sable Strings & Percussion, Project Sam Symphobia 2, Various private libraries

Inside your Brain

Previews from the upcoming Banjo-Kazooie Symphony album by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra. Find out more over at http://banjosymphony.com or follow on facebook at http://facebook.com/banjosymphony

Banjo-Kazooie Symphony : Bubblegloop Swamp (Full preview)

Official demo for 8dio´s new virtual instrument "Alto Flute Virtuoso" from Claire series.

composed by Valentin Boomes 2014 (c)

Earthchild

Operation Robodachi (Recreation Cover)

I had a little test of YouTube live streaming and just played about for 2-3 hours. This was made from scratch with the challenge of only using commercially available Spitfire Audio libraries. The only part of this that is Bespoke is the Bassoon (purely because we haven't made BML Bassoon yet!). 

Before you mentioned the missing notes - this is based on the 'Hollywood Directors - Steven Spielberg' version of the track 'Flying' by the City of Prague Philharmonic available at (http://play.google.com/store/music/album/The_City_of_Prague_Philharmonic_Orchestra_Hollywoo?id=Bgdaqsfd7tp6jqzhjdotgqgu32i). I picked this version for reference simply because I didn't have longer to spend with the full original score.

It's almost straight out the box  - I did boost the highs a little with EQ but only to replicate the original score's sound. No additional reverb or convolution - just the Spitfire sound! It's also recreated from ear (I don't have any of the JW scores) so excuse any bad notes or improvisations!

Used:
FL Studio 11, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Percussion, BML Mural Volume 1+2, BML Sable Volume 3, BML Flutes, BML Reeds, BML Low Brass, BML Trombones, BML Horns, Albion, Solo Strings, Harp, Orchestral Grand, British Woods (Bassoon staccato only)

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E.T. Mockup from live YouTube stream

The second in a collection of extra tracks to complement your Banjo-Kazooie Symphony album! Enjoy this track but have yet to pick up the album? Check out previews and more at banjosymphony.com

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Sable, Horns, Trumpets, Reeds, Low Winds, Percussion, Albion & Iceni

Banjo-Kazooie Symphony

Banjo-Kazooie Symphony Encore - Gameboy Remix Orchestra

It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys

I haven't orchestrated anything in ages so wanted to sit down for an hour and make something at least a little musical. I also wanted to sharpen up my sheet reading skillz. This is a sugar plum doodle just messing with the new Spitfire Percussion update, and BML Sable/Low Winds/Reeds/Flutes.

Feel free to grab the MIDI to have a peek at what's going on over at http://blake.so/midi/sugarplum_bml.mid

Danse de la Fée-Dragée

This is an orchestral cover of Inside the Kakariko Village from Zelda Ocarina of Time. I'd never paid much attention to the Zelda music until recently. I wish I had gotten into it much earlier as there's so many good pieces of music hidden behind 8bit blips and blops. I tried to keep faithful while adding a little of my own style.

Like my music and want to support me? You can find my Banjo-Kazooie Symphony album over at http://banjosymphony.com. You can also find my original music over on my Bandcamp - http://blake.so/bandcamp that's available to use in your YouTube videos and indie games

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Used:
FL Studio 11, Kontakt 5, Spitfire BML Sable, Mural, BML Woodwinds, BML Brass, Percussion, Harp, Orchestral Piano, Albion, Loegria, Iceni, SoundIron Requiem

The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time - Kakariko Village Orchestra

An original ditty made during a YouTube live stream. It's a bit all over the place in terms of theme and style as I was half taking suggestions as people were chatting.

Watch the making of here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OWpiGtJzXY

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Waltz of the Welfman

Get ready for ALL THE FEELS. This time, Rozen will take you to the last moments of Skyward Sword, when the hero has the inevitable and saddening task of saying farewell to Fi, who will stay dormant within the Master Sword.

Revive this emotional scene from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and help the artist to make more tracks like this, with your generous donation.

Available on iTunes (US only): https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/may-we-meet-again-fis-farewell/id999985253

Amazon (Us Only): http://www.amazon.com/May-Meet-Again-Fis-Farewell/dp/B00YG6PMNO/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1433449538&sr=1-1&keywords=may+we+meet+again

Loudr: https://loudr.fm/release/may-we-meet-again-fis-farewell/ZqzyH

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Rozen_May_We_Meet_Again_Fi_s_Farewell?id=B23m6qazmjyd6p6vft5ueqlgmcm&hl=en

 

Tracklist:

01. May We Meet Again (Fi's Farewell)

 

Credits:

Music Arranged, Produced and Sequenced by Rozen.
Violin Solo - Ariana Monsanto
Clarinet Solo - Alma Huerta

Music by Koji Kondo, Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yokota and Takeshi Hama.

 
Artwork by LS Kuroyami. (https://www.facebook.com/Monochroma.keys?fref=ts)

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May We Meet Again (Fi's Farewell)

An orchestration of 'Village of the Beginning' from the video game Tombi.

Enjoy my Orchestrations? You can find a ton of other video game orchestrations on my new Loudr page (http://blake.so/loudr). Also you can check out my new website which contains all my orchestrations and original music - http://syntheticorchestra.com

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Used:
FL Studio, Kontakt, Spitfire BML Sable, BML Flute Consort, Loegria, Iceni, Percussion, Harp, Orchestral Grand Piano, CineBrass, SoundIron Requiem

Tombi - Village of all Beginnings Orchestra

From the Steins;Gate 0 original soundtrack

Steins;Gate 0 OST: Re-Awake

Divinity Original Sin 2  – MainTheme

From the Stellaris OST by Andreas Waldetoft..


https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stellaris-original-game-soundtrack/1126754752

Complete OST:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/492740/Stellaris_Complete_Soundtrack/

Mj.419

Towards Utopia

An orchestration of 'Ventilation Shaft' from the video game 'Gremlins 2'.

A Collection of Orchestrations

On Youtube

Gremlins 2 - Ventilation Shaft Orchestra

Bee Gees ♫ Stayin' Alive

Originally composed by Martin Galway on the C64. Later remixed by Jogeir Liljedahl in the .xm format.

Green Beret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fZzOQrcAGE

Rambo First Blood Part II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k86tGq3kbV0

Jogeir Liljedahl - Galway is God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FApoZDu7EhY

Liljedahl is God

Excerpts from the album 'THE ULTIMATE BEE GEES'.
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ABOUT THE BEE GEES
Formed: 1958 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

No popular music act of the '60s, '70s, '80s, or '90s attracted a more varied audience than the Bee Gees. Beginning in the mid- to late '60s as a Beatlesque ensemble, they quickly developed as songwriters and singers to create a style of their own that carried them from psychedelia to progressive pop. Then, after hitting a popular trough, they reinvented themselves as perhaps the most successful white soul act of all time. What remained a constant throughout their history is their extraordinary singing, rooted in three voices that were appealing individually and melded together perfectly.

The group was also music's most successful brother act. Barry Gibb, born on September 1, 1946, in Manchester, England, and his fraternal twin brothers Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb, born on December 22, 1949, on the Isle of Man, were three of five children. The three of them gravitated toward music, encouraged by their father, who saw his sons at first as a diminutive version of the Mills Brothers. The three Gibb brothers made their earliest performances at local movie theaters in Manchester in 1955, singing between shows. The family moved to Australia in 1958, resettling in Brisbane. Now known as the Brothers Gibb — with Barry writing songs — they attracted the attention of a local DJ, and eventually got their own local television show. It was around this time that they took on the name the Bee Gees (for Brothers Gibb). The trio was astoundingly popular in the press and on television, but actual hit records eluded them.

By late 1966, they'd decided to return to England — which, thanks to the Beatles, was now the center of the world for rock and popular music. The group had sent demo recordings ahead of them, and "Spicks & Specks" — which became their first Australian hit while they were in mid-ocean — had attracted the interest of manager Robert Stigwood. The trio was signed by Stigwood upon their arrival, and began shaping their sound in the environment of Swinging London. Barry and Robin Gibb alternated the lead vocal spot, harmonizing together and with Maurice. Barry played rhythm guitar, while Maurice played bass, piano, organ, and Mellotron, among other instruments. Their first English recording, "New York Mining Disaster 1941," an original by the group with a haunting melody and a strangely surreal, almost psychedelic ambience, was released in mid-1967 and made the Top 20 in England and America. They had successful follow-ups with "Holiday" and "To Love Somebody," the latter actually written for Otis Redding to record, and "Massachusetts," which topped the U.K. charts.

After Bee Gees' 1st, the Gibb brothers took over producing their own records. It was easy, amid the sheer beauty of their recordings, to overlook the range of influences that went into their sound, which came from a multitude of sources, including American country music and soul music. At this point in their history, they were most comfortable deconstructing elements in the singing and harmonies of black American music and rebuilding them in their style.

In 1969, the trio split up in a dispute involving the Odessa album. A lushly orchestrated double LP, it was their most ambitious recording to date, but they were unable to agree on which song would be the single, and Robin walked out. Barry and Maurice held on to the Bee Gees name for one LP, Cucumber Castle, while Robin released Robin's Reign. Without a group to promote it, the Odessa album never sold the way it might have, even with a hit, "First of May." Cucumber Castle generated several successful singles in England and Germany, including the gorgeous, African-influenced "I.O.I.O.," while Robin had a hit with "Saved by the Bell."

In 1970, almost two years older and a good deal wiser, they decided to get back together. They related to each other better and had also evolved musically, now creating a progressive pop/rock sound similar to the Moody Blues. They came back on a high note with two dazzling songs: the soulful "Lonely Days," the group's first number one hit in America; and the achingly lyrical "Morning of My Life," which proved so popular with fans that the group was still doing it in concert decades later.

Their success began to ebb, however, after another huge international hit with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" in 1971. The single "Run to Me" made the Top 20 in 1972, but the album To Whom It May Concern was forgotten almost instantly after a brief chart run. Their fortunes continued in reverse during 1973 withLife in a Tin Can and the single "Saw a New Morning" — despite a move to America and a heavy promotional push, the song never made the Top 40 and the album stalled out.

The trio was falling into a deep creative and commercial hole. Rescue came from a suggestion by Eric Clapton, that they try recording at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, where he had just cut an album. The Bee Gees took his advice and came back with Mr. Natural (1974), produced by Arif Mardin. This record was a departure with its heavily Americanized R&B sound, and the following year they plunged headfirst into the new sound with Main Course — the emphasis was now on dance rhythms, high harmonies, and a funk beat. And spearheading the new sound was Barry Gibb, who, for the first time, sang falsetto and discovered that he could delight audiences in that register. "Jive Talkin'," the first single off the album, became their second American number one single, and was followed up with "Nights on Broadway" and then the album Children of the World, which yielded the hits "You Should Be Dancing" and "Love So Right." Then, in 1977, their featured numbers on the soundtrack to the Robert Stigwood-produced Saturday Night Fever, "Stayin' Alive," "How Deep Is Your Love," and "Night Fever," each topped the charts, even as the soundtrack album stayed in the top spot for 24 weeks. In the process, the disco era in America was born — Saturday Night Fever, as an album and a film, supercharged the phenomenon and broadened its audience by tens of millions, with the Bee Gees at the forefront of the music.

It was a profound moment although, ironically, there wasn't that much difference in their sound. Amid the dance numbers, the Bee Gees still did a healthy portion of romantic ballads that each offered memorable hooks. They'd simply decided, at Arif Mardin's urging, to forget the fact that they were white Englishmen and plunged into soul music, emulating, in their own terms, the funkier Philadelphia soul sounds that all three brothers knew and loved. In one fell swoop, the group had managed to meld every influence they'd ever embraced, from the Mills Brothers and the Beatles to early-'70s soul, into something of their own that was virtually irresistible. Spirits Having Flown was their crowning commercial triumph, topping 30 million in sales and yielding three more number one singles.

By the end of the '70s, however, the disco era was waning from a combination of the bad economy, political chaos domestically and internationally (leading to the election of Ronald Reagan), and a general burnout of the participants from too many drugs and profligate sex (which would precipitate an epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases and herald the outbreak of AIDS in the United States). There had already been an ad hoc reaction against the group's dominance of the airwaves, with mass burnings of Bee Gees posters and albums organized by DJs. The group itself helped contribute to the end of the party with their participation (at Stigwood's insistence) in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, "inspired" (if that's the word) by the Beatles' album. The movie was a commercial and critical disaster, and an embarrassment to all concerned.

In America, the Bee Gees were virtually invisible for most of the '80s. Instead, Barry Gibb pursued work as a producer for other artists, creating hits for Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross. By 1987 and the E.S.P. album, their sales had rebounded everywhere but the United States, yielding a number one single (outside of the U.S.) in "You Win Again." Their 1989 album One got a good reception around the world and generated a Top Ten U.S. single. And in the '90s, Polygram Records released the four-CD anthology Tales from the Brothers Gibb, which sold well around the world. The trio's 1997 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame led to a resurgence of interest, which heralded the release of the live album One Night Only (1998), cut at their first American concert in almost a decade.

The Bee Gees remained active until the death of Maurice in January 2003, from cardiac arrest during surgery. Following his death, Robin and Barry decided to cease performing as the Bee Gees. Their recorded legacy, however, subsequently became more visible than it had been in decades with the move of their catalog to Warner/Reprise. The latter company began the long-awaited upgraded CD reissue of the Bee Gees' post-1966 library, including the first-ever release of outtakes and rehearsal versions of songs. Robin was diagnosed with and underwent treatment for cancer in 2011. He died in London in May 2012 due to complications from cancer and intestinal surgery; he was 62 years old. Given the previous deaths of Andy (who had several number one hits and who died of an inflammatory heart virus in 1988) and Maurice Gibb, Robin was the third Gibb brother and second member of the Bee Gees to pass away.


Music ℗ & © 2009 Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and The Estate of Robin Gibb under exclusive license to Warner Strategic Marketing Inc. a Warner Music Group Company.


Happii

Andrew Michael Lipp