Original Symphonic Garageband Composition

[Kirschminator]

Woooow that's great my friend !!! You will like my video man !!!

[DevinRossFilms]

what keyboard do you have? are these sounds from garage band or from the keyboard?

[nintenfreak8]

This could be in a video game awesome.

[jellysword]

AHHH GOD MY EARS!!! TOO MUCH EPICNESS!!!

[pattennis151]

you rock



[TheStudioJarvis]

my garage band dosnt have most of these instruments, why not?

[PMHSSOCCERno6]

@TheStudioJarvis You have to buy a separate library for these instruments. There are like 5 different libraries with different categories of instruments, this one would probably be orchestral.

[TheStudioJarvis]

@PMHSSOCCERno6 thanks this would really help with my work

[braedenn0]

:O

AWESOME

[Kierpm96]

post the rest of your songs



[WithASideOfFries]

THAT IS GOD!!!!

[weeflen]

Where did you get the vibraphone(s)?

[mariskaANDmadtv]

Amazing!!!

[hellomate639]

That bell gets annoying.

[southparkobsessive]

How do you run so many tracks without it crashing?

[supremebliss7]

awesome l! keep it up !

[cincijazzdrummer]

Beautiful work. I am a jazz drummer and composer as well. Great stuff

[Transterra55]

Very original and creative! Excellent work.

I enjoyed this immensely.

[Gotfish]

teach me my good musical man!!

[Haleana25]

I love this! Are the midi instruments ones that are already included with Garageband or have you bought them seperately? If so, which are you using? Keep it up, you're really good at this!

[KoopaKonartist]

You've convinced me to buy this...

[lennyranallo]

really insteresting piece. You should notate it out in finale or sibelius.

[deguesstheboxingfan]

This is really awesome dude!!! ENCORE!!!

[GarageBander1]

This is kinda cool. I make songs with garageband too

[QuietFaceProductions]

could u send me this!!!!

[sxephlI]

at about 30 seconds it sounds like james bond :P

[sxephlI]

@sxephlI in fact the whole thing sounded abit like spiderman, it was well made, one thing though. personally i would have had the little tune that was on its own at 3.06 also at the end and fading out when all the other music finished. :)

[Aloyalgamer]

hey, great job here! I'm also trying to compose for Garageband but I need that midi keyboard. Are you using the one Apple sells? I want to write original music for an RPG I'm making in the program called RPGMaker VX based off of Miki Higashino's works in the game Suikoden, something with ethnic instruments as you don't hear that too often is video games, let alone RPG's.

[lolking4]

sounds like runescape

[Zarraya84]

This is amazing. I was wondering if you could email me at austinnafziger@yahoo.com. I have a proposition for you.

[mcculloughpj]

awesome

[chillaxify]

this piece is amazing..I compose music as well on garageband..i have been told that I was great..but this...no..THIS is great...keep it up...I would love to hear more from you

[Orionseventyeight]

Good ! ;)

[Orionseventyeight]

Good song! ;)

[YourCountdown]

Thumbs up for originality :D

Sounds pretty good or even awesome, keep it up :)

[gavinksong]

holy cow. i gotta get one of them jam packs. you're amazing.

[Blarghman777]

That was awesome! Have you had any formal composition or theory lessons? I attached one of my videos of a song I made using garageband. If you're interested, I'd really appreciate it if you'd check it out.

[TheSweatdreams94]

is that possible to have the garageband file not the mp3 one but the garageband pliiiize ? you're freaking amazing !

[TheSweatdreams94]

OMG

[kierax001]

O.o Wow. that's amazing.

[Ocelotte]

Awesome, from one composer to another! 8^D I also use Garageband to compose, but am nowhere near the proficiency you are at, ha ha. :-P I especially like how you used the brass section to build up power in certain sections.

[RkdKu]

...How??

[jorganbon]

Excellent work. for my music final this year, I have to create a composition, but I have to use loops. Which is good cause its due next week. But damn, i gotta get this program for myself at home. Is there any substitute for windows?

[megamaidensabbath]

so you used jam packs for this m8? how much is it for them do you know?

[edhusse]

how do you get everything to sound so clean together? it blends real nice. how long have you been playing a musical instrument? what version of garageband is that?

this is fucking inspirational

[dpearman2006]

coolperson58946,

you said, you play in your school's wind ensemble, as in you're in high school? This score is simply amazing, brilliant. Like someone else said, parts of it really do seem like a movie soundtrack, beautiful. This was all done over the course of a week? Wow. Kudos

Cheers-

Devin

[TAATheAntiArmyTAA]

It reminds me of Jurassic Park when they first see the island. I love it.

[bitterbum1]

the thing i hate about garageband is that the trumpets dont sound real enough. am i right?

[bub777]

@bitterbum1 maybe, I feel rather satisfied however with the horns in the AMG expansion pack.

[TheCGIMaster]

@bitterbum1 So true, I was gonna play William Tell Overture with em, but they didnt sound right =/

[munchkinhead15]

@bitterbum1 Yes

[jduartemiller1]

@bitterbum1 albeit, better than the default trumpet sections, those are terrible

[mcboogerballs100]

hey man, your songs a really good. keep it up. doing some similar stuff myself but kinda adding electro stuff with it. just wondering though, how did you get the choirs and brass instruments, tubas and trumbones etc. i'm stuck with all the original stuff...like did you download them, buy them or wat? cheers mate.

[Julesrules05]

Are you a musician? Obviously you compose well but do you play any instruments?

[coolperson58946]

@Julesrules05 yea, i play percussion in my school's wind ensemble and drumset in the jazz band.

[dilydan]

That was ... AMAZING ... Seriously but for some reason when listening to this I imagine bank ad or age or empires lol but seriosly you are unbelievable

[realityzombie]

NICE !! i love this Composition ! im gonna go get a mac aftr seeing this !! SCREW WINDOWS !! MAC FTW !! YOU RULE !! MAKE MORE PLEASE !!

[Darkfoxmcloud888]

Is it just me? Or did it change tempo?

[bub777]

it did. It wasn't until this video that I started looking aroung GB to figure out how to do just that.

[kinghellick]

@bub777 The master track has settings for automation points for volume, tempo, and pitch. Under "Track" you'll see an option for 'Show Master Track.' The keyboard shortcut is Command+B.

[ratninja09]

Phenomenal, This definitely deserves more attention. Great job

[skaterrock]

This deserves more attention

[ricoderks4]

GREAT EPIC!! :D  the intro and some parts sounds like Danny Elfman, Like it *5

[dzunku1]

This is a shockingly great composition! I will be even more surprized if you are not a pro!! I love your work A LOT!

[snapdatcracker]

The song is a story its self. This has so many great key elements that one of a profesionally orchestrated song would have. Congratulations bro. I love your songs! FIVE STARS

[Julesrules05]

Whoaaaaa awesome! How long did this take to make?

[thesockknocker]

lol i'm the 5,555 view :P but anyways great job, this is one of the things that really got me started on garageband! you have an amazing talent! this sounds like it could be in a musical score for a movie! you could get a job making songs like this :) great job, great job!

[bogidol]

great sound!

[GWStreicher]

Great work!

[philtesonevids]

Nicely done! Kinda reminds me of the new Star Trek soundtrack, very upbeat and dynamic. . .Good use of the instruments and layering- I can almost imagine some kind of space thing going on. . .

[Noruego]

its perfecto for a movie great job!!!

what instruments did u use? and how do make a sound go from quiet to loud? stupid question but i just started using garageband

[santy300]

@Noruego use automatizations...... i think its spelled like that...... easy stuff, just tag it in the help bar and youll find the resat out by yourself easily....youll be able to change the panoramic position too and even control effects in the same way.....

[WeBeMunchin]

this song is BEAST!!!!!! soooo good! keep it up

[KirbyDude666]

Great.

[LMAwrence]

you should sell this track :P

[mrkoowl02]

legit

[buddhadonut]

I feel like I'm flying when I listen to this.

maybe it's because I'm high.

either way, this was fucking amazing. did these instruments come from the orchestra jam pack?

[IMAJesusFreak1234]

@buddhadonut i wanna know the same thing. i am getting a computerwith garage ban don it soon. :)

[coolperson58946]

@IMAJesusFreak1234 yea almost all of the instruments are

[IMAJesusFreak1234]

@coolperson58946 so are did you hook it up with a cord or something? i play piano and keyboard, so i didnt know if you just clicked the buttons to play the notes on it or not (am i confusing you? haha)

[pitchman94]

fuck yes

[SpeedyBoo]

Great! Your composition is so good!

Congratulations... continue like that... !

[GrahamGJohnson]

It was okay. Not a symphony by any means though. More of a movie soundtrack excerpt than an actual, formulaic, classical symphony.

[souljafanO]

u have to be a pro composer or a god ,this was fantastique!!!

[joebob701]

You have too much time on your hands :)

(joking)

[skonicki28]

pretty impressive. You should score people's independent movies for a fee.

[MusOfKev]

love the ending!!!!!!!

[mushanekoproductions]

Could you get me an mp3 of this? I'm making an animated movie and i'd love to use this in it!

[FatmanTwin]

you should take out the zyliphone. At thet part it sounds like charley and the chocolate factory

[awesomerthanuhp]

*gapes in amazement* no words to express how WOW this is

[ItsActuallyAdam]

makes me want to buy a midi keyboard

[jeroen55garageband]

Very nice!

[HELLxYA]

dude all ur songs are sick as f*ck...no doubt one of the bet garageband composers out there :D

[thesockknocker]

OMG, THIS IS ONE THE BEST GARAGEBAND SONGS OUT THERE!!!!! this sounds like it could be in a movie soundtrack or something!!! beautiful, very eargasmic! XD u have got talent my friend. epic win

[Ghillie2011]

this is fantastic!!

[darinarrick]

Beautiful! It makes me want to go out and explore the universe!

[DesoloZ]

loving it

[URHShufflers]

this makes me cry. It's so amazing!..should have added some reverb to the horns.

[OMGL33TH4X0R]

Amazing! Like your style! I'm posting a vid response of one of my songs :)

Check it out when you got the time, I think you'll like it :)

[snfrnsco]

wow dude. two words. SCORE IT. u have some serious talent lol.

[EtaCar927]

so what upcoming movie is this going to be the soundtrack of....

just kidding, seriously though put this on a cd, make a few more, and sell it. I have a few garageband songs out but they aren't nearly at this level

[MethodicSpontaneity]

this is absolutely fabulous. i also write songs on the computer, i've never gotten around to symphonies though. i only wish i had this much talent. i could listen to this song all day. could you post a download link or something?

oh and it does sound a bit like spiderman, but i love that soundtrack, so no worries :)

[DjCovenant]

go on w.w.w.zamzar.c.o.m. and you will be able to download any audio from a youtube vid :) but leave out the dots between the w's etc :)

[luishomeroremohsiul]

this should do for the average mind..

[guthansoftware]

Btw please send me a dl link!

[guthansoftware]

Woah!!

[MaliceDren]

Amazing my friend. I love the fantasy atmosphere it produces! 5 stars for sure. I been trying to do stuff like this but it just doesnt turn out the way I want it too most of the time.

[remedyz0802]

this is absolutely beautiful work. I'm impressed. this is one of the best pieces i've ever seen written only with the software instruments, most people underestimate their power. 5 stars. check out my vids.

God bless

[nonFireresist]

wow, masterpiece...

[MaventaofCosta]

This is a good contemporary piece. It feels as if some parts of it belong in a movie score. My question is how long have you been composing (in general, not specifically garageband)?

I would really like to see more work from you, this is a really good piece.

[coolperson58946]

Thank you, glad you liked it. the only composing i have done has been through garageband. ive never composed any other music. i decided to try to put something together during my winter break, and ended up making this song. im only 16 and just mess around with garageband on the weekends. Im currently working on a new piece, which i feel is much better than this one. ill put it up as soon as its finished.

[asicismic]

excellent!!!!!!!!

[R0RYRAM0ND0]

How long did this take you?

[coolperson58946]

a few hours everyday for about a week.

[sourberrymusic]

so which Jam Pack is this?

[coolperson58946]

This is mainly the Symphony Orchestra jam pack. i think the chorus is from the voices jam pack though....

[coltsandersman]

beginning sounds like spiderman

[harijaja]

Why does this have only 612 views?? this is a master piece worth of a movie!! Absolutely amazing!! I need to learn to use this program ASAP!!

[coltsandersman]

amazing

[VACOIDZ]

well done man! very nice music

[ivanivory]

this is amazing! the organs do sound digital but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It reminds me of Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy works.

[JohnAngusFTW]

AWESOME :)

[banditbutterfly]

absolutely brilliant.

[DesoloZ]

MY GOD!

[Art2Fly]

Damn good my friend but i think you should elaborate more on the first theme that you have. I find it incredible you did this with only a USB midi keyboard. You have my vote.

[coolperson58946]

Thanks! i thought about taking the melody from the beginning and sticking it at the end with more instrumentation, but i never really got around to trying it out.

[cyrone0us]

Hot damn. thats really great

[TrueSongTech]

VERY nice!

[tseekr379]

i was so excited i forgot to say: nice composition my friend ;)

did you use a midi keyboard or the on screen??

[coolperson58946]

Thank you! I used a usb midi keyboard. its extremely hard to do anything using the on screen keyboard.

[tseekr379]

m-audio axiom by any chance?? if so, or not, how many keys do you use??

[coolperson58946]

No, its a Yamaha s08. it has 88 keys. it has a great feel but the interface could be better. if your question is asking how many keys do i use at a time in the song, then it depends. it can range from just single note melodies to 8 notes at a time in some of the brass and organ chords. if the question is asking how many keys i use out of the 88, then i use pretty much all octaves, especially in this song because it has low organ notes at c0 all the way up to notes on the glockenspiel.

[tseekr379]

just got a macbook and can't believe how easy it is to use compared to everything else - i used to use sony acid pro for windows and i am just plain sick and tired of pc/windows for home recording...

any tips for recording guitar from amp to macbook??

[coolperson58946]

I completely agree. I attempted to use a windows PC to record my drum set and just ended up frustrated. I tried using my Mac mini to record and was shocked to find how straight forward and powerful garageband was. I resorted to buying an old Powerbook G4 so i didn't have to move my mac mini to and from my garage. I cant say much about recording guitar, I have only had to deal with recording my drum set. Good luck, and enjoy your new computer.

[rhael84]

This is great! did you use the symphony add-on to do this or just the standard instruments?

[coolperson58946]

Glad you liked it. I used the symphony Orchestra Jam pack. its great, it has so many instruments that actually sound pretty decent.