"The Impossible Girl", a.k.a. "Clara's Theme"....  another Murray Gold composition from Doctor Who arranged for two pianos (plus a hand) by Jimmi Thogerson who does a brilliant job with these arrangements (which is why I play so many of them).  I did flesh out the arrangement a tad... adding a bit more bass, changing the dynamics a bit and ignoring a tempo change to keep it around Lento.  My arm still isn't 100%, so this seemed a perfect little test seeing as the dynamics never really escalate above piano (p), so I didn't have to apply much pressure at any point during the 3 separate recordings.   The Hohner was shipped freight from L.A....  ON IT'S SIDE!!! (I would have shot the individual responsible for that f@%#-up), so it's a bit out of tune... especially in the lower register (A2 is REALLY bad.... luckily A#2 is nearly a half-tone flat, so I used it instead).   All rights are the property of Murray Gold and The BBC.

Hardware - Hohner Schwarzwald Grand Piano, 3 DPA-4099P Mics (on soundboard), 2 Audio-Technica AT4050 Multi-Pattern Condenser Mics (horizontal dispersion)
Software - Avid Pro-Tools 11, Steinberg Cubase 7, iZotope oZone 5... Oh, and Cakewalk Sonar X2... but only for the upload to Soundcloud.

The Impossible Girl - M.Lowery - September 2013

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This is the first version of the COMPLETE 'Star Wars Episode 4 - A New Hope' orchestral score, written using Sibelius 7 and Noteperformer 3. I worked a long, LONG time at transcribing the whole score to the best of my ability, and for me, this is a huge achievement. I know there may be discrepancies here and there, but I have listened and re-listened and used all resources available (of which there aren't many!!) until I could get a result that sounds very close to the originals. All the cues are covered here, from the Main Title to the End Credits. This is solely meant as a scoring project and no infringements are intended. The original work (including the STAR WARS logo) is the property of Lucasfilm/Disney etc., and the main rights, of course, are those of the maestro himself, John Williams, who in my opinion, is the best living composer we have! I hope you enjoy listening to this playlist and understand that I cannot share the scores, even if they are my interpretations. I thank the universe for giving me such good ears!! Enjoy!!!

The Impossible Girl - M.Lowery - September 2013

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