Stravinsky Petrushka - Tomita style by Paul Shillito

[saxon954]

Thanks for your e-mail Paul. I have listened to Petrushka as you suggested and as you say it is a vast improvement on Karalia but can i make a further suggestion? Keep the bass down a bit and experiment more with tonal qualities. I don't think it was a co-incidence that Tomita chose composers whose works were in the tone poem genre because they literally painted pictures with their music .

Perhaps sometime in the future you could have a look at the music of Delius.

[NINJATRONdnb]

cool video!! nice effects

[BAZHE]

beasutiful

[blaqsparrow]

The midi is well programmed, but the timbre of most of those virtual instruments needs to be refined. I'd expect to hear this music in the backdrop of a 1970s education film. "The Masqueraders" was the only piece that sounded like it was produced this decade -- but that one I really did like. If you want the project to sound retro, then you've achieved it, but honestly some of those voices are laughable and almost hard to listen to. Keep it up, though.

[paulshillitomusic]

@blaqsparrow Thanks for the comments, Well I have achieved my aim :-), this was meant to sound circa mid 70's with lots of analogue FM effects, synth brass and spring verb ala Tomita complete with odd voices, have a listen to Tomita's early works from that time and you'll hear them, if i were to do this in a contemporary style it would sound quite different again

[loren108]

wow!

just curious if you used midi sequencing to make this, and also your source of visuals, they compliment the audio nicely!

also really enjoying the timbral variety and the spatial mixing

Loren

[paulshillitomusic]

@loren108 Yes, it the whole piece is midi sequenced but it I tweaked extensively to try and give a more human feel, the graphics were produced using a winamp Mikdrop plugin and then recorded using FRAPS and re-edited in Premier Pro, Glad you like it :-)

[reitoe]

Cool.

[runnermonkey]

Excellent work

[rattrap551]

These works are a fantastic blend of homage and originality! To start, it is refreshing to hear some of these sounds outside the context of club electronica, or anything our 21st century ears are used to

[skoulaman]

Truly Tomita sounding..excellent job, love it

[MyNexus2]

Absolutely wonderful! Interesting and good Music. More please



[robot0face]

you got some radical stuff going on.

[Iandsonmusic]

Respect and support to your wonderful composition from I&SON. Happy to find you here. Both video and musi is great. Wsih you luck. A&P

[followyourbliss101]

this reminds me of cheezy 70s-80s scifi theme music... and i mean that in a good way - no disrepect --- sure, there's the purists who'll gasp in horror at your creation, but i think more power to ya for putting a unique spin on something old

[austinsplace1]

Awesome Work!! Great video!!

As many thumbs up as you can get up there******

J. Austin/ Bear High Paw!!

[sweetsugar191]

interesting Very nice:)

[Tabatarj]

Paul, Beautiful Video. Very Well Done. Graphic Designs Magnificent. Unlike music. I loved it. Congratulations. Hugs. E / T: Sorry, but I do not speak English, use the Google translator.

[salcarusomusicvideo]

EXCELLENT Music / performances & visuals ... !!

[Jimmyjumpnjive]

Very nice.

[Poohsan1053]

Fantastic! It's really a TOMITA style.

[zymoticsspot]

Very nice video & track !!!

[Susanna129]

I loved the electronic music and colors that are presented in this short film...Merci, thank you, Zuzanna

[gubinable]

Paul you are super!best wishes!

[camaro5229]

amazing!!

[TheMScaracola]

Excellent*****

[Annabelle006]

Fantastic , ty for making & sharing. annabelle

[gisltome]

Your music is wonderful. Love it! Thank you for the talent and creative sharing.

[RoadDog56]

I loved it!! Thank you.  Amazing!

[SuperXavier30]

Keep on!

[eyelightedcolours]

Wow, this is amazing stuff, your very talented : )

[davidbrucemusicvideo]

What the... U do the music AND the video editing?! This is very cool!

[fishybishbash]

Sorry - just read the description

[fishybishbash]

Like. Whats it written on?

[anonima8187]

Straordinario...!!!

[oceanofmusic]

Excellent mix of this piece of music by Stravinsky, and i am truly delighted of visuals.

I love and now is into my favorites.

Thank you. Happy New Year!

[martimax34]

I enjoyed your work very much !!!

[123synthland]

great stuff, thanks for sharing!

[AnkeZohm]

spectacular!

[DaCapo2010]

surprisingly faithful to the original. tho what's being emphasized at some passages are a bit odd at times. all in all, it quite an eargasm! good work.

[HaywardMusic]

Absolutely superb... I always admired the work of Tomita, so it was great to hear (and watch) your excellent work, here on YouTube. Many thanks indeed.

[MajesticSuperiorHen]

I found it to be pretty interesting and well done. Nice graphics too.

[holgerhoja]

awesome Video and great Classitronic ^^

[AnimalsRightToDance]

Dreamy...especially the beginning of charlatans booth. I wonder how someone would react to these visuals and music after lsd

[vincentx77]

I'm always intrigued by the music people make with purely synthetic instruments. This is a very interesting adaptation with some very bold choices in instrumentation. It's great to see people doing things like this, and I wish I had the talent to things like this myself. Excellent vid!

[michellehogan123]

great stuff

[sloneczkoist]

Awesome...

[googledroid]

great work !!!!!!



[SynthPlaysYou]

This great piece of music works well as an electronic version, very nice synth sounds.

[TheHenry1953]

Beautiful musics and animation, and superb synth sounds.

[RODALCO2007]

Excellent version, I like this very much.

As a kid i like Petrushka veru much on the vinyl 33 LP record.

[JackOasys]

very very Wendy Carlos !!! Great!!! ... but i hear also an evocative sound ...

Greetings from Italy...

[unamacarana]

Tomita would be proud.

Excellent work!!!

[EmbryonikMusic]

niiiiice!!!!!

[OneQuarkMore]

your video was quite entertaining. the visuals didn't distract from the wonderful sound. great video!

jane in nyc

[msalimon]

Very well crafted. I'm impressed.

[TVBarlinek]

Great:) Music from forest:)

[AllisonBrustofski]

very cool, Paul!

Ali:)

[Toracube]

Very creative !!! Great vid I thought. Want to see more of your stuff.

[tydymanz]

Cool visuals & sounds.

[RossiPink]

*****

Absolutely wonderful!

RossiSinger's MUM

[NickDrake101]

Very enjoyable. it does sound much like Tomita. I agree with you that the electronic interpretation of classical works can translate perfectly fine into the mainstream: why shouldn't it they're just non-traditional instruments, that's all. A fine body of work can be extrapolated one way or the other. I'm sure that the same mutterings of irrelevance were made about Toots Thielmans when he first graced the stage with the harmonica errr....harp.

[snowfactorytv]

Thank you, Paul! It is very surprising, nice music!

[arealbladeofgrass]

Really nice stuff, I reckon you've done it really original and exciting... thanks and good luck.

[justwaving]

Sounds wonderful Paul, can't wait to hear the whole piece.

[MrRaph87]

Hello!! To tell the truth, I prefer the traditional version... But it's a very beautiful version, too!!

Even if my ears prefer to hear Stravinsky written and thought for the orchestra...

beau travail, mon cher !!

[paulshillitomusic]

@MrRaph87 Thankyou for you comments and I respect you views as not everyone is going to agree with what I do with famous pieces but just as Stravinsky himself broke way from traditional composition with some of his works, I and some others try to show these in a different light with non traditional instrumentation and although I say so myself the results can be quite striking. I was introduced to the Classics by Tomita and I still think that his electronic versions work as well as the originals.

[MrRaph87]

@paulshillitomusic :

You know, I understand you perfectly!! And I'm sincere when I say that it's really not bad whole... The main part is in the respect for the score... !! Thanks, and best regards...

[jaroslorenc]

♥♥♥♥♥!

[synthypnosis]

Great !!!!

Best regards from Switzerland

[spinach0pizza]

Excellent, Paul! You've captured the feel of Tomita's Pictures, no doubt.

[Boonfield]

Very nice! And also interesting in its construction :)

[Booger6995]

Love it. Very nice rendition especially in capturing Tomitas style.

[davidryle]

You've done it again Paul. Very nice. This is exciting!!

[spaceagebachelor]

Wonderful!!! I'm getting that CD!