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Buddha Bar

This was written for the recent Acidplanet Killzone 3 remix competition.  Rather than simply make a dance/techno/dubstep remix, I created this piece from scratch completely (no stems that were provided were used). It uses themes and motifs from the third game and hopefully has the same hectic/crazy feel as Joris De Man's soundtrack. 

It's heavily based on the motifs and themes from Joris De Man's Killzone 1/2/3 soundtrack, made from scratch by ear. Similarly to the last Killzone piece, because it's so short the video contains the original piano score that I wrote when I was playing with ideas. The final composition differs slightly in places but is mostly the same. As usual I was trying to get the orchestra sounding as realistic as possible. I was also trying to get some of the synthy-sounds into it.

The usual software was used:
FL Studio 9.9, Kontakt 4.2, Guitar Rig 4, WIVI 2 Brass, Spitfire Harp, Percussion, Symphonic Strings & Great British Brass, Orchestral String Runs, Shreddage, Cinesamples CineOrch, Hollywoodwinds, Deep Percussion Beds & VOXOS, Tonehammer Requiem & Liberis, Project SAM Symphobia 1, Symphobia 2 & True Strike, LA Scoring Strings, Evolve Mutations 1 & 2, various private libraries, my own voice overdubbing the choir.

Killzone 3 - Helghast Battle Piece

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Excision & Downlink - Existence VIP

This is an orchestrated version of Temple of Time 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.

Anyways - the choir. Meh, I am a bit of a perfectionist so I'm never ultimately happy, but they were a nightmare to work on with this. Hopefully they sound ok to everyone.

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 4, Spitfire Albion, Symphonic Strings, British WoodWinds, Great British Brass, Harp & Percussion, Cinesamples VOXOs, CineSnare, Project SAM Symphobia 2 & True Strike, Tonehammer Requiem, My awful chorally voice. Private strings library.

Zelda OoT - Temple of Time Orchestrated

Pleasant atmospheres and evokative rhythms transport you to a time and place where your mind can engage in social but relaxing activities.
Our Lounge Music is designed to give you an inviting musical background you can use for a stimulating conversation, an intimate evening with friends, or a more relaxing afternoon with that special someone.
Written by Juan Carlos Camarena of Mexico.
Album available on iTunes and most digital stores:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lounge-music/id466007610?uo=4


An orchestration of 'Space Storm' from Episode 2 of Duke Nukem 3D. This was mostly an experiment with some things but I figured I would post it for people who remember the Duke Nukem 3D soundtrack - this was from the space episode.

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, FM8, Sonokinetic Vivace, Sample Modelling French Horn & Tuba, Cinematic Strings 2, Spitfire Albion, Harp, Percussion, Orchestral Grand Piano, British Woods & Great British Brass, 8dio Requiem Pro, Cinesamples CineBrass Pro, VOXOs, CineSnares & CineOrch, Heavyocity Evolve R2

Duke Nukem 3D - Space Storm Orchestra

An orchestration based on the motifs from the Killzone games. I tried to stick closely to Joris De Man's style while adding a little of my own touches. It's a blend of original composing and following the orchestration of the Killzone themes.

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Harp, Percussion, British Woods & Great British Brass, Symphonic Strings, 8dio Reqiem Pro, Liberis, Cinesamples Cinebrass, Cinebrass Pro, HollyWoodwinds & CineSnares, Orchetral Tools Orchestral String Runs & Symphonic Sphere, Project Sam Symphobia, Symphobia II & True Strike, Cinematic Strings 2, SoundIron Mars

Killzone - Helghan March

I'm still in a Killzone mood and wanted to try something with the Helghast & ISA themes from the second game. I was trying to get the orchestra sounding as realistic as possible and should sound more professional than the recent Killzone pieces I posted. 

It's heavily based on the motifs and themes from Joris De Man's Killzone 2 soundtrack, made from scratch by ear. I stopped myself listening to the soundtrack itself while writing this so that I wasn't completely influenced. Also, because it's such a short piece, I did a fast-speaking-high-level 'How I made this thing' at the end. I might try a more in-depth one in the future when I don't have a cold.

The usual software was used:
FL Studio 9, Kontakt 4, Akoustik Piano, Project SAM Symphobia & True Strike, WIVI 2 Brass, LASS

Killzone 2 - Helghan/ISA medley

An orchestrated version of the The Royal City of Light from the Tales of the Abyss soundtrack. This was Mostly to stress test some sample library updates and put my current setup to the test. This is the first track I've managed to get note drop outs on my machine with, though I was using 18gb of ram and crazy polyphony.

Used:
Kontakt, 8dio Liberis, Requiem Pro, Audiobro LA Scoring Strings 2, Cinematic Samples Cinematic Strings 2, Cinesamples CineBrass, CineBrass Pro, CineOrch, CineSnares, HollyWoodwinds, Piano in Blue, VOXOs, EWQL Symphonic Choir, Orchestral Tools Orchestral String Runs, Symphonic Sphere, Project Sam Symphobia, Symphobia II, Sonokinetic Vivace, SoundIron Venus, Spitfire Albion, British Woods, Chamber Strings, Great British Brass, Harp, Percussion, Piano, Solo Strings, Symphonic Strings

Tales of the Abyss - The Royal City of Light Orchestra

An orchestration of the Overworld 2 theme from Super Mario Brothers 3. I kept faithful to the original with a few wiggly improvs here and there. It was a practice in a closer, more intimate orchestral setup. I kept a few detunings and weird things here and there to give it a bit less of a Hollywood feel and more like you've gone to see a crazy orchestra playing some Mario - hopefully that comes across.

Used:
Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Solo Strings & Percussion, Cinesamples Piano in Blue, CineBrass, CineSnares, VOXOs & HollyWoodwinds, Sample Modelling Tuba & French Horn, Fablesounds Broadway Big Band, Audiobro LA Scoring Strings 2, Wavefactory Tea Towel Drum

Super Mario Brothers 3 - Overworld 2 Orchestra

An orchestration of Super Ghouls & Ghosts - Haunted Graveyard. Okay, so it's obviously heavily Beetlejuice inspired, but I figured I'd let loose with the Elfman this time.

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Harpsichord, Great British Brass, British Woods, Percussion, Cinematic Strings 2, Cinesamples CineBrass, CineBrass Pro, CineWinds, HollyWoodwinds & Cinesnares, Sonokinetic Toccata, Orchestral Tools Symphonic Sphere, Orchestral String Runs, Sample Modelling French Horn & Tuba, BRSO Brass

Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts - Haunted Graveyard Orchestra

SUPER METROID SYMPHONY  is the culmination of years of experience working with the Synthetic Orchestra and my biggest project to date. With the aim of faithfully recreating every piece of music from the series' 3rd game, the album is an hour long journey through 30 tracks that were lovingly crafted - minute by minute, note by note.

I hope you enjoy listening to the final album as much as I enjoyed working on it.

You can pick up a copy from Loudr (http://blake.so/supermetroid) in DRM-Free MP3/FLAC format or find out more information from the website (http://metroidorchestra.com)

Super Metroid Symphony : Ridley - Draygon Encounter (Preview)

Previews from the upcoming Chrono Trigger Symphony album by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra. Find out more over at http://thechronosympony.com or follow on facebook at http://facebook.com/chronosympony

Software Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Loegria, Solo Strings, Percussion, British Woods, Harp & Piano, Cinematic Strings 2, Cinesamples CineBrass, CineBells, Piano in Blue & VOXOs, Orchestral Tools Berlin Woodwinds & Orchestral String Tools, Project Sam Symphobia II, Orange Tree Samples Evolution Acoustic Guitar & Tiny Box, Various private orchestral libraries

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Chrono Trigger Symphony : Volume 2 : The Last Day of the World Orchestra (Full preview)

An orchestration of the main theme from Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya's game "Cave Story". I freestyled a little more from the original tune than usual for this piece, so hopefully it still fits the game. I was mainly testing out various patches and generally practising with instrumentation.

Find more of the Synthetic Orchestra on the sites below:
YouTube: http://youtube.com/dummeh
Facebook: http://facebook.com/syntheticorchestra
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/syntheticorch
Google+: http://plus.google.com/b/116523306548488804710/
Site: http://syntheticorchestra.com

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Loegria, British Woods, Percussion, Harp, Harpsichord, Piano & Solo Strings, Cinesamples CineBrass, CineBrass Pro, HollyWoodwinds & Piano in Blue, Project Sam Symphobia II, Orchestral Tools Berlin Woodwinds

Cave Story Orchestra

Ao-slamonoclast - Quad City DJs vs. KOTOKO

An orchestration of Song of Healing from The Legend Of Zelda - Majora's Mask. 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 have a 'making of' video for this piece of music that's coming as soon as I chop it up!

Zelda Majoras Mask - Song Of Healing

An orchestration of 'The Office' from the video game 'Gremlins 2'. Made to test various percussion patches as I'm tweaking them.

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Loergia, Percussion, Harp, Piano, Symphonic Strings & British Woods, Cinesamples CineBrass, CineBrass Pro, CineWinds Pro, HollyWoodwinds & CineSnares, Orchestral Tools Orchestral String Runs & Berlin Woodwinds, Various private libraries

Gremlins 2 - The Office Orchestra

An orchestration of the Dexter theme, made a while back but never posted... until now.

Enjoy this piece? Maybe you'll enjoy my Dexter for Orchestra EP on iTunes! http://syntheticorchestra.com/dexter

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Albion, Percussion, Harpsichord, Solo Strings, Great British Brass & Harp, Orange Tree Samples Cherry Bass, Evolution Acoustic & Piano, Fablesounds Broadway Lites, Various orchestral & ethnic custom libraries

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Dexter - Theme Orchestra

Previews from the upcoming Chrono Trigger Symphony album by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra. Find out more over at http://thechronosymphony.com or follow on facebook at http://facebook.com/chronosymphony.

The full album will be released on August 22nd, 2013!. Want to be alerted as soon as the album has been released? Head over to the site's email signup page and pop in your details - http://thechronosymphony.com/email

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Loegria, Albion, Percussion & Symphonic Strings, Cinesamples CineBrass, CineBrass Pro, CineOrch, CineWinds, CineWinds Pro, HollyWoodwinds & CineSnare, Sonokinetic Vivace, Orchestral Tools Berlin Woodwinds & Symphonic Sphere, Project Sam Symphobia II, Various private orchestra libraries

Chrono Trigger Symphony : Volume 1 : Frog's Theme (Full Preview)

An orchestration of Orange Ocean from Kirby's Adventure. I improvised quite a bit on this one to test out some things - hopefully it keeps the feel of the original while adding a touch of my own style

Used:
FL Studio 10, Kontakt 5, Spitfire Loegria, Albion, Symphonic Strings, British Woods, Solo Strings, Piano & Percussion, Cinesamples VOXOs, CineBrass, CineBrass Pro, HollyWoodwinds & CineWinds Pro, Project Sam Symphobia II, Orchestral Tools Berlin Woodwinds & Symphonic Spheres

Kirby's Adventure - Orange Ocean Orchestra

Buddha Bar 6 - CD 1 - 01 - B-Tribe - Angelic Voices (Rebirth Remix)

my first mash-up that turned out quite well out the previous recordings i did. so in a nutshell this one was pretty good for my amateur ass lol 

Excision and Downlink - Heavy Artillery (SKisM Remix) vs Excision & DatsiK - Swagga- Mashup by Teddy

This is my new Destroid Remix with cinematic style and superheavy drops.

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Destroid - Raise Your Fist (Winside - Remix) FREE DOWNLOAD

I've been tinkering with music since I was a kid, composing tunes for fun. Nowadays, I mainly write orchestral scores for video games. Alongside this, with an extensive career in the games industry as a tools programmer I've now focused my skills on developing next-generation sample libraries and music software.

Killzone - Helghan March

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