Lorne Balfe / Doctor Fate, Pierce Brosnan ~ "You Have Two Choices" [Black Adam audio, edit]

Shem von Schroeck's musical score for the action-packed opening sequence of Dean Yurke's sci-fi adventure X0DUS
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Fighting to save their home planet, a band of nomadic rebels launch a strike against the Star Drive: a weapon of inconceivable power, threatening to destroy the last remains of their beloved Earth, only to be intercepted by military forces from the planet's now orbiting empire city, The Colony, ruled by its ruthless cyborg Queen.

X0DUS: Main Title & Nomad Strike

Several years ago, a great film music composer, Lorne Balfe, posted one of his Cubase projects online. This is my version, which started with his Cubase project. No copyright infringement intended. This was done solely for educational purposes and thus it falls under the fair copyright act law. This is, of course, not for sale.

With the exception of the synths section, which contains only presets from Omnisphere, I had to replace all the instruments in the rest of the tracks, because he did this in 2016 or 2017 and he had used several instruments under Kontakt 5, which only works in the Intel version of Macs. Also, he had used a lot of libraries that I didn't have and it would've been impossible for me to buy, as they would've cost thousands of dollars or euros and I had plenty of good libraries already. 

However, replacing most of the instruments was only part of the fun, because I had to replace them with my own libraries, and make the whole thing sound as close as possible to the original. For that, I ripped the CD to my Mac (one of my favorite film scores), and aligned it with his project. I was really glad to realize that once I synced it, everything aligned perfectly, as if this was the final project he had used for the album.

Whether or not this is the actual project he used I don't know for sure, but it gave me a great learning opportunity. Going track by track, assigning different instruments in my libraries and listening to them to get as close as possible to the original. Then I had even more fun and duplicated several tracks, sometimes entire sections, and loaded different libraries into those as well. I also added a bass guitar because, why not?

Because MOD and EXP are never the same for each library out there, even libraries from the same publisher, I had to edit most of those too, as well as volume automation that Lorne set but didn't work the same with vastly different VSTis, even if it was the same actual instrument I was trying to replicate. But violins in Cinesamples are not going to sound the same as those in Spitfire libraries, Eastwest, Orchestral Tools, Cinematic Studio Series and so on. So while Lorne had programmed those perfectly with Spitfire libraries mostly, once replaced with other libraries, I needed to do a lot of MIDI programming, and that was a lot of fun, as well as a great learning experience. I wish there were more composers that offer online their projects like he does, because it's an invaluable tool for composers that are just getting started like me and so many others.

DAW

Cubase Pro 13

Virtual libraries

Cinesamples
• Cinestrings Core
• Cineperc
• Cinebrass Pro
• Cinebrass Core
• Musio Cineperc Orchestral

Spitfire
• Albion One
• Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional
• Originals Felt Piano
• Originals Cinematic Percussion
• Kontakt Factory Library

Orchestral Tools
• Berlin Series Main Collections
• Berlin Strings Bundle
• Metropolis Ark 1

Vienna Symphonic Library
• Epic Orchestra 2.0
• Synchron Prime Edition

Native Instruments
• Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass
• Electric Sunburst Deluxe guitar

Eastwest
• Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition

Spectravision
• Omnisphere

Project Sam
• Symphobia 2

Effects used

Liquidsonics
• Cinerooms

D16 Group
• Frontier

Brainworx
• bx_limiter True Peak

Steinberg
• Included audio FX plugins like Stereo Delay, Standard Limiter, EQ, etc

iZotope

• Ozone 11

Mission Impossible Fallout - Main Theme MIDI Programming from Lorne Balfe's Cubase project

Featuring the tracks 'Cutting On One' and 'Free Fall' from the Mission Impossible Fallout OST by Lorne Balfe..

https://music.apple.com/us/album/mission-impossible-fallout-music-from-the-motion-picture/1412117276

Loopers

Freefall On One (Loop Mix)

The Fabulous theme of Mission Impossible Fallout composed by Lorne Balfe. Hang on!

Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhiPhV9bWEo

List of VST used in this track :

Spitfire Audio | BBC Symphonic Orchestra Core
Spitfire Audio | Hans Zimmer Strings
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Appassionata Strings
Spitfire Audio | Abbey Road One
Spitfire Audio | Abbey Road Two
Spitfire Audio | Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional
Spitfire Audio | Percussion Joby Burgess
Spitfire Audio | Symphonic Brass
Spitfire Audio | Originals Epic Choir
Spitfire Audio | Originals Felt Piano
Native Instruments | Factory Library
Heavyocity | Forzo - Modern Brass
Heavyocity | Gravity Pack 01 Natural Forces
Aaron Venture | Infinite Brass
Spectrasonics | Omnisphere

Mission: Accomplished

Mission Impossible Fallout -  Mission: Accomplished (Theme by Lorne Balfe)

The generous theme of Pacific Rim Uprising movie composed by Lorne Balfe. Open your ears!

List of VST used in this track :

Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Appassionata Strings
Spitfire Audio | Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional
Spitfire Audio | Percussion Joby Burgess
Spitfire Audio | Originals Felt Piano
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Symphonic Brass
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Symphonic Strings
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Orchestral Grand Piano
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Solo Violin
Spitfire Audio | Joey Santiago
Spitfire Audio | The Grange
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Martyn Ware
Sptifire Audio | Spitfire eDNA Earth
Sptifire Audio | Spitfire Albion One
Sptifire Audio | Spitfire Albion III Iceni

Pacific Rim Uprising

Pacific Rim Uprising (Theme by Lorne Balfe)

The deeping opening titles theme of the videogame Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) composed by Lorne Balfe and supported by Hans Zimmer.

List of VST used in this track :

Spitfire Audio | Hans Zimmer Strings
Spitfire Audio | Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional
Spitfire Audio | BBC Symphonic Orchestra Core
Spitfire Audio | Percussion Joby Burgess
Spitfire Audio | Abbey Road One
Spitfire Audio | Abbey Road Two
Spitfire Audio | Originals Epic Choir
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Symphonic Brass
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Symphonic Strings
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Solo Cello
Sptifire Audio | Spitfire eDNA Earth
Native Instruments | Action Strikes
Native Instruments | Rise&Hit

Opening Titles

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Opening Titles (by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe)

End Credits

His Dark Materials - End Credits (Theme by Lorne Balfe)

MegaMind - End Credits

Assassin's Creed 3 Main Theme

Assassin's Creed III - Assassin's Creed 3 Main Theme (by Lorne Balfe)

I Just Made An Edit of this beautiful piece of ART by Lorne Balfe

Ghost in the Shell forever ::: LOVE

Reborn - Ghost In The Shell OST By Lorne Balfe - Iko Mowsa Edit

Composing Hollywood: An Interview with Lorne Balfe

In this special simulcast episode of the Neil Haley Show and the Storehouse Media Group Podcast, host Sherrie chats with the illustrious Lorne Balfe, a Grammy Award-winning and Emmy and BAFTA-nominated composer. Known for his iconic scores for films like "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Mission Impossible," Lorne shares insights into his creative process, his journey from a musical household to Hollywood stardom, and the inspirations behind his celebrated compositions. Tune in to hear about his latest project, "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F," and get a behind-the-scenes look at how this musical maestro brings stories to life through his exceptional scores.

Composing Hollywood: An Interview with Lorne Balfe

The majestic, historic Netflix series about the life and reign of England's Queen Elizabeth II. This track can be heard in Season 1.

List of VST used in this track :

Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Symphony Orchestra
Spitfire Audio | BBC Symphonic Orchestra Core
Spitfire Audio | Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional
Spitfire Audio | Hans Zimmer Strings
Sptifire Audio | Spitfire Albion One
Sptifire Audio | Spitfire Albion III Iceni
Spitfire Audio | Abbey Road One
Spitfire Audio | Abbey Road Two
Spitfire Audio | Originals Epic Choir
Sptifire Audio | Originals Felt Piano
Sptifire Audio | Originals Cinematic Soft Piano
Sptifire Audio | Spitfire eDNA Earth
Native Instruments | Action Strikes
Heavyocity | Forzo - Modern Brass

The Crown Duck Shoot

The Crown (Netflix series) - The Crown Duck Shoot (Theme by Lorne Balfe)

The cover version of the score from TV Series by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe.

List of VST used in this track :

Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Symphony Orchestra
Spitfire Audio | Hans Zimmer Strings
Sptifire Audio | Spitfire Albion One
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Solo Violin
Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Solo Cello
Spitfire Audio | Hans Zimmer Percussion Professional
Spitfire Audio | Percussion Joby Burgess
Spitfire Audio | Originals Epic Choir
Orchestral Tools | Metropolis Ark 1
Heavyocity | Forzo - Modern Brass
Spectrasonics | Omnisphere

Faith

The Bible (TV Series Soundtrack) - Faith (by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe)

Classical Soundtrack 85

Prysm 187 Soundtrack Minimal

The cute and emotional title of the film Kung Fu Panda composed by Lorn Balfe and produced by Hans Zimmer.

List of VST used in this track :

Spitfire Audio | Spitfire Symphony Orchestra
Spitfire Audio | Abbey Road One
Sptifire Audio | Abbey Road Two
Sptifire Audio | Eric Whitacre Choir
Sptifire Audio | Chamber Strings Essential
Sptifire Audio | LABS
Spitfire Audio | Percussion Joby Burgess
Spitfire Audio | Originals Felt Piano
Spitfire Audio | Originals Itimate Grand Piano
UVI | Grand Piano Model D

Father and Son

Kung Fu Panda 3 - Father and Son (by Lorne Balfe & Hans Zimmer)

Creating custom compilations of Soundtracks and other Cinematic music..

I'm passionate about instrumental music and film soundtracks. .
Since 2017, I've been working on a few compositions and covers as a self-learner.

Good listening !

Composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer. Former bassist and principal backing vocalist with the GrammyAward™-winning band TOTO. All music composed, orchestrated, and produced by Shem von Schroeck.
Ancient Games Music, BMI © 2010 - 2024

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