Sonic 2 - Wing Fortress Zone Orchestra

[zombiefighter5]

WW2

[hammerzomg]

So powerfull. The ONLY... "Remixed" version I would approve of. This is simply amazing. Thanks alot for this, Dummeh. Subscribed just because of this masterpiece.

[Mobius14]

@hammerzomg Again, my number one rule for Remixing a class tune.. you make the ORIGINAL look like a Remix. That's how you do anything justice.

[comptongameLA]

duuuude you're the "shit" serously nice one :D ha

[Link12ize]

best level in sonic 2 for 2 reasons.

1 Epic music

2 Tales isn't fucking in it.

[TheXraptor]

That pit, it is still my fucking nightmare......

[CajNatalie]

Oh my God... this is Goddamn amazing

[Reliken]

Hey - did you end up finishing this so we could get an mp3?

One of my favorite Sonic scores and you did a great job with it - I'd love to have an mp3!

[EWil313]

I feel like I'm watching an VERY old-school cartoon of Donald Duck flying an airplane.

[SIMPDUDE]

Now I REALLY wanna join the Air Force.

[HaylzTheHedgehog]

This is amazing also :) i love your stuff!

[teqrevisited]

Manly tears were shed. Excuse me, I have to go hook up the Sega.

[sonofdark18]

@teqrevisited go buy sonic mega collection or sonic mega collection plus . that game will feed your nostagia ^-^

[kirasaji]

AHAHAHA. I laughed at just how interestingly close the begging of this reminded me of Flight of the valkyrie by Richard Wagner somehow..... still impressive though.

[cidiazinha]

This music is so amazing!!!!!!!! 

[sstuddert]

I love the runs in the woodwinds.

[mybranson78]

royal airforce zone!

[HYPERIndustries]

"YES! TIME FOR MY DAILY PROMOTION!"

[TheRedGameboy]

in light of the design of the original, there's a hint of redundancy in this. .....DOESN'T MEAN THIS AIN'T AWESOME!

[apex2000]

hells yeah, this probably what our minds thot we cud hear when we was lil kids.

[TheCalebWeb]

It Completly feels like a march, Its Epic :D

[IvoryGecko1993]

Royal Airforce Anyone?

[BubbaDaPitcha4]

Its sort of like a star wars sound.. very nice

[Fosterkm]

I just logged on to tell you how friggin' amazing I think your musical pieces are. Have an awesome day.

[djibizu666]

I can just imagine a formation of spitfires flying overhead on their way to bomb Berlin.

[MockingVenus]

wow, i've been listening to your videos and I just saw from the conversation above that this is not a real recording! I thought you recorded this from something!

[racingfan312]

Man! I'd love to play this in band.

[racingfan312]

Beautiful!

[ReconUnitZero]

Is this still not available for download off your site yet ? Or does it still need some last minute tweaking to be perfect ?

[Shishizurui]

the 2 who disliked this song was none other than sonic and tails.

[FireproofP]

Absolutely one of the best renditions of Wing Fortress I have ever heard I think. I have to say it really feels like what the track was inteded to be, can't wait to hear future remixes as good as this. You really have a knack for picking good instrumentation for these things.

-MofoMike

[SirWillig]

can i use this for my work in progress CGI sonic movie?

[dummeh]

@SirWillig Sure feel free. All I ask is that you give credit and you send me a link to the finished thing so I can see the awesomeness you get up to.

[SirWillig]

@dummeh of course i would give you credit, id be a fool not to! if you want any plot details i will gladly tell you as you are in the credits. lets just say its not your average fanfic. its a lot more robotnik based

[cwoherem]

@SirWillig Really? sounds cool, have u finished?

[FinalHazardComms]

@cwoherem nowhere near im afraid, predicted release date is late 2012

[franklinbadge1215]

Eggman Empire National Anthem!

[hhds113]

@franklinbadge1215 hahahah I love it. "Please stand for your Eggman Empire National Anthem!".

[supersmashbro596]

@franklinbadge1215 HEIL ROBOTNIK!

XDDD

[MannPower]

I always thought the music from this zone resembled WW2 era film scores, notably all the newsreels they used to make. If I had to compare it to an actual film score, I'd say it has more of a Rocketeer feel than a Star Wars feel (as someone else stated.)

Anywho, I'm fairly certain - given the nature of the level - that it was originally intended to resembled 40's era fanfare for newsreels, like I said. Either way, awesome work!

[EnXh94]

listen to it in 720p

[supersonic71097]

TOTALLY resembles Star Wars.

[SuperAwesomeTiago]

Sonic...I am your father.

[segar1234]

Yes! well Done YES! This song was ment to be played by an orchestra. And this confirmed it even more.

[tyutyu]

Such a good job. Well done.

[GeneralMcNuggs]

You my friend have done an amazing job with this.

[MO77H3W]

this makes me want to kil germans all over again ;)

[fearsomesnow]

Anyone else here Ride of the Valkyries somewhat in this?

[Gamermonty5]

DAMN! If I got to play music like this when I was in band, I'd try to play as epic as possible!

[Darkforrest408]

you used WIVI from the brass section? I've listened to numerous pieces that used WIVI and they all have the same Metalic buzzy sound. I think the VSL brass patches sound more natural.

[dummeh]

@Darkforrest408

Indeed, WIVI used for the brass. I had tried VSL but it was futile (staccatos articulations just sound awfully unnatural). I'm not completely happy with how it sounds still but I think it's as best as I'll get it without recording live (at least, with current samples).

[Darkforrest408]

@dummeh This is the best possible brass? Don't get me wrong. this is an excellent rendition. Especially, considering the source material.(Wing fortress zone sounds like the worst possible FM bleeps and blips on the sega at least to me). However, from what you list, it seems like you have the top of the line VSTs, yet even then theres a synthiness to the music that's inescapable. It's very discouraging to someone like me, who is scrimping and saving to amass a library of VSTs similar to yours.

[dummeh]

@Darkforrest408

Brass can be really hard to get sounding realistic, even with the best libraries. It's all down to what you're trying to compose. Certain things work better with samples. Other things will always sound a bit synthetic with VSTs. Hopefully 2011 should see some better brass libraries now Kontakt is 64 bit and the scripting language has evolved.

[VernianProcess]

@dummeh You should look at EWQL Brass library, and Edirol has a great Brass Ensemble patch in their Orchestral VST kit too. EWQL has the best individual brass sections I have found yet. You can here them in my renditions of the Sonic themes (including this one), on my channel.

[theamvgirlx]

This sounds EPIC and so RELAXING!

[RunGunStudio]

Sick. What programs are you using to sequence / record this gem?

[dummeh]

@RunGunStudio

This piece used FL Studio 9.1, Kontakt 4 WIVI2 Brass and Woodwinds, Project SAM True Strike 1, LA Scoring Strings and HollywoodWinds.

[Pauloopc]

PERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRFECT

[birdsofafeather1990]

The one who disliked it was probably Sonic, he must have hated doing this zone. I don't fancy swinging on bars and jumping across platforms in the sky either.

[leracos]

HELLS YES. You win everything, forever.

[Stedman75]

I just lost about 20 million spermcells upon pressing the play button...

[twibkidx]

the one who disliked this was a fat clucker who couldn't get out of the whole to shoot at sonic

[Jaeger7793]

Wagner would be proud!

[zsybrant]

I say this replaces the current theme of the United States Air Force

A1C Sybrant, Zachary C

820th Security Forces Squadron

[sslaxx]

@zsybrant The fact that it's a Japanese-composed piece means many of your fellow Americans might disagree with that sentiment?

[zsybrant]

@sslaxx

>>implying you're a weaboo

[SongsToReason]

wow man. where do u get ur samples from? verrry impressive!

[dummeh]

@SongsToReason

Thanks! For this piece, wallander, cinesamples, projectsam and audiobro's sites sell all their samples I used

[PineappleSkewer]

Absolutely fantastic! I have always wanted to hear an orchestrated version of Wing Fortress. Thank you so much for this wonderful remake of such a memorable piece.

[leracos]

@PineappleSkewer Now we just need it extended to oh, say FOREVER.

[SpeedSlasher]

DID SOMEONE SAY SUPER SONIC GALAXY?

[dsnee001]

4 words: is there a download 0.0

[zyriuz2]

this is how wing fortress zone would sound if sonic 2 got ported to sega CD ^.^

[birdsofafeather1990]

I should so learn this on flute...

[Th3Skull3r]

this is what the original wanted to be... imperial march of Robotnik. Haha

[Winduct]

John Williams would be proud

[Armalizilto]

drummeh! lol

[executableapplet]

wow.... it wasn't until 2010 before I finally get a Wing Fortress Zone remix! this is BY far one of my favorite songs from the game!

[PSxsports]

This orchestra arranged music actually fits so perfectly on this stage alone. It 's .....just perfect!!

[jedihunter176]

Wow. You got this song to tell you "Dude, you're FLYING. In the SKY."

[GX2000GX]

I see scratch, grounder, and robotnik in the backdrop.

[danielallen12]

@GX2000GX

Thats Cluck, not Scratch.

[aquadragon89]

@danielallen12 It's a robot that looks like a chicken so let's just call him Scratch.

[GX2000GX]

@danielallen12 I think we know them by 2 different names.

[tbskirk]

dummeh man this is freaking great ! But what are you going to do next ?

[MarineMechX2]

I don't even LIKE this song. You made this sound so epic! How the...

I should really invest in looking into more accurate plugins...

[WitchChao]

@MarineMechX2 That'd be alot of investing; all of those plugins cost hundreds and thousands of dollars. God knows how much money dummeh poured into those bastard's companies just to bring us this epic piece of music.

Short answer: If you're anything like me and live with an income and family who cant/wont pay 15 hundred bucks for some digital trumpets, you aren't getting "accurate plugins".

[dummeh]

It's about £4000/$6000 worth of software used to make this piece (though only bits and bobs used from the software make up the song).

The samples are expensive, but they're aimed at professionals who make money from composing. A recent contract I worked on paid ~£2000 for 20 seconds of music so a couple of these and you have your costs covered.

It's only been the past few months I've actually made money from my composing. All my libraries were bought from scrimping and saving.

[littlemacaddict]

I have just graduated from Robotnik University with this music. Also, there is a fool who has no taste in music...

[Pgirts]

Simply beautiful. I can't wait to hear it with the choir.

[ReconUnitZero]

This music remake totally suits the massively epic absurd flying contraption that is Dr Eggman's Wing Fortress.

[doominator96]

@ReconUnitZero feels like your in a parade overtaken by robotnick

[themole90]

What kind of a jerk could possibly dislike tihs? Good job dummeh, an epic song made even more epic by your talents!

[Trea2030]

This sounds like this should be the music for an epic battle scene!!!!

[Armalizilto]

This music so powerful... OoO

[GreatFox42]

It sounds like two air fleets meeting for a ,ajestic battle above the clouds. Awesome.

[seekertosecrets]

It has that Pop and Constance feel to it.

[Cam3leon]

If there was any Sonic track I could imagine having an awesome orchestral remake, this was the one. Excellent job, sir.

[ReyaitheShadowWolf]

Robotnik has graduated college! :D

[Shishizurui]

@ReyaitheShadowWolf and now he can get that PROMOTION!

[dummeh]

@MusicThatDoesNotSuck

I had contemplated it. I might have a go.

[tbskirk]

@dummeh I agree Sky chase should really be next.

[Leishmaniasisably]

@tbskirk Dummeh, you need to make a remake of the staff credits at the end.

[Stedman75]

@dummeh holy shit do it... Sky Chase is the best sonic theme.

[Sonic3323]

deserves more views!!!!!!

[Trudermark]

@Sonic3323 IKR????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[WannaBeComposer]

wow impressive!

[GangstaHedgehog]

IS THlS STILL A SONIC GAME??

[darkangelsv1]

Mind = Blown

[videogamer810]

This is clearly a bootleg recording of a live orchestra, so let's all fla--

*handed a sheet of paper*

I have just been informed that it is not a real orchestra, and is in fact entirely dummeh's own creation.

In other news, my mind is blown. How many surgeons will it take to put it back together? Details at 11.

[ubergrau]

It sounds very good; awsome brass power, harmonies and percussion! The word "epic" should be banned,

 It's grandiose!

[Crazep0per]

Hedgehogs.......In......Space!­!!!!!

[Popnetic]

EPPPPPPIC!

[silverpandaz]

E P I C

[Shadow87Rage]

top notch as always bud

[Vandelay16]

Fucking awesome!

[Xaragon64DS]

I've ALWAYS heard trumpets in the intro. Win

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