Homemade Soundtrack 9 (Lord of the Rings)

[933Jammin]

could you try to make a pirates of the carribean one?

nice video by the way

[A7Xile]

I could also imagine hearing this song in a Metal ear solid game :)

[GermanEagle1000]

nice

[cheul]

How did you learn orchestration ? You have serious skills.

[highflyer]

it really does sound like it was made for the movie.

[emmibebu]

U made me cry! <3

[davidmcdonald86]

Hey Denny, Do you compose for films at all? Because I'm an independent filmmaker who would really like to have some music like the kind you make in some of my films. I'm producing a short film that will need some music in the next couple months and if you're interested in doing an original score it would be awesome...It's low budget but there would be some money in it for you.

[coffeechick1989]

Ok, I have watched LOTR about a million times and litstened to the soundtrack that many more times. No doubt Howard Shore did an amazing job portraying the sound of the movie, however you have summed it into this one amazing composistion!! You are awesome.

Question, how did you do it? All on keyboard? Or do you have your own orchestra lol? I am amazed either way. I have been trying to figure out how to compose my own, but there is no way I'd even know where to start!

Advice? Tips?

:)

[dennyvelt]

@coffeechick1989 Unfortunately: i don't have my own orchestra :-) The trick in this case is to use the EWQL orchestra libraries. These are soft-synth containing lots of good samples. I use the midi-output from my synth/keyboard to play and record those samples in midi-format. I use Cakewalk Sonar as a sequencer to record the midi and playback the EWQL SO samples.

Thanks for your comment,

Denny

[musichome19685]

sound very dark and epic. Sweet composition.

[mauroem23]

epic score



[Clarakokseby]

At 1:10, the song takes som kind of at turn, and its really sounding amazing :)

[ErlynWind]

wow i love it

[TheSnowDemon]

At the begining of this song , there is a bit from Pirates Of The Carribean :P

[HybridLPFM]

is this by YOUR own?! AMAZING!! *-*

[jimlefreak]

This is a profesional sound quality composition !!!!!! You've got a "HANS ZIM" TALENT...that's for sure!!! :-)

[MrLeypoldt]

2.14 - pure magic

[philter105]

I think more of a Pirates of the Caribbean sort of composition. But still brilliant none the less.

[chuckmax1701]

Outstanding work! I agree with thegaurdian050. It does have a Hanz Zimmer sound quality to it.

[jodifan20]

brilliant!:)

[theguardian050]

Pretty cool... Very Hans Zimmerish.

[MymixProduction]

Pffoe! goed hoor XD ik wou dat ik dit zo kon maken.

[agustinbs]

You really don't have an idea of what you are talking about

[DerekHartley]

From what soundtrack? It's an original piece :\

[Keyboardplayer]

Al je gecomponeerde soundtracks klinken buitengewoon professioneel! Met wat lobbyen bij de filmindustrie zie ik je zo aan een grote filmproductie meewerken.

[tigriskarom]

man, U have a talent, that U shouldn't put aside...keep doing this, and i really hope that one day i can hear your music in on of the grat movies...u absolutely have the chance to make it....

[dennyvelt]

:-) Thanks for your comments. We'll see what the future brings.

Cheers,

Denny

[BxMxFx]

Awesome.

[captaincel]

How in the world did you make this music?

[spawette]

Excellent job man 5*

[ozmaregent631]

sounds great but too close to the narnia soundtrack (the battle). Probably not intentional.

[agustinbs]

I don't think so! For sure! Please listen again Narnia's Battle music!

[Zenta123123]

yeah... it is

[agustinbs]

Nooo! This is truly amazing my God! i am a amateur composer too and i can tell you that don't need to wish something from James Horner and so, you are too much talented Composer and artist!

[alekmosingiewicz]

In some ways better than Shore's original score, in my opinion...

[dennyvelt]

Hey, thanks for your comment. It was not my intention to create 'a better score' than Howard Shore. I like all the original scores i try to 're-score' very much, including LOTR. But thanks anyway :-)

[ricksilva]

it sounds like a real orchestra! giant work! keep it up my friend.

[1dgandy]

Denny, you wrote back last and said you used the quantum leap symphonic. Did you use the silver, gold, or platnum? Thanks again. Dave

[dennyvelt]

Hi Dave, I used the Gold Edition.

[ronttiro]

Fantastic one. Keep up the good work!

[Eximius84]

Sounds absolutely amazing! Excellent job!

[ThirdCultureKidTCK]

Congratulations on your CD - that's fantastic!

[dennyvelt]

Thanks for your comment :-)

[rickh2005]

Sounding good mate. Well done :)

[dennyvelt]

Thanks

[misiek7582]

Amazing like usually ;) Keep going bro

[diazfamily3]

Denny you did it again!

My particular congrats and my best wishes with your first mp3 album release!

FD

[dennyvelt]

Thanks for your kind words my friend :-)

[Pirate454]

Holy Crap! Very very nice man, loving the composition - and how the hell did you make your strings sound so real??!! Mental! Keep at it man, very nice work ;)

[spiritofthemustang]

you should become a movie composer, I'd totally hire you!

[dennyvelt]

:-)

Thanks.

[loki1200]

Very very nice indeed!

May I ask what software you use, and do you use specialist orchestral plug-ins?

[dennyvelt]

Thanks for your comment.

I used Sonar as a sequencer, and EWQL SO Gold for most of the orchestra sounds. The begin of the video describes all the gear i used for this track.

Cheers,

Denny

[loki1200]

Thanks for the reply!

Oh yes, so it does :) Not sure how i missed that.

Cheers, and good work.

[dennyvelt]

haha, no problem :-)

Cheers..

[myrtorp]

Wow!

You have real talents!

very harmonic melodies

[dennyvelt]

Thanks my friend!

[davidmcdonald86]

beautiful. I can't believe this isn't an orchestra.

[dennyvelt]

Thanks for your comment