Fix You (Orchestrated Coldplay Cover)

So, it's been quite some time since the last piece I've done (The Farmstead), however on my vacation in NY, doing my nightly searches of orchestrated covers of popular songs I stumbled upon a few pieces that were ok......an orchestrated cover of Owl City's "Fireflies" and some others.....the only orchestrated cover I actually was super impressed with was The City of Prague Philharmonic's performance of Coldplay's "Yellow". So I decided to take it upon myself to do a cover of one of my favourite Coldplay songs - Fix You. So after returning back from my vacation, that night I began my project......almost a week later, here it is. So as I always say, this is by far my favourite piece I've done. Everything from the strings to the woodwinds to the brass, everything just kind of meshed well.....Earlier this week, I was in a sticky situation deciding if I wanted to bring in the drumkit and the bass since I had the electric guitar featured, however whenever I tried doing the orchestration on top of it, it just didn't fit well....it wasn't like Metal Gear Solid well....so I had to figure out a different way to make it upbeat and triumphant without the aid of a drum kit......Luckily an inspiration came along and it was all figured out! However the next problem was that progressive triumphant segment.......this is where Coldplay is singing "Tears stream down your face" blah blah blah.....so I had to figure out how to keep the orchestration captivating and yet still endure 32 some odd measures at the same time.....But it was interesting to note that within two days I was able to knock off those 32+ measures....And the of course the ending was another issue to figure out......did I want it to end like coldplay's original? and then I though "Pshh, I'm the arranger, heck no!" So all in all, in a matter of 5 days this piece came to life........I was getting tired of listening to terrible orchestrated covers on youtube and what not so I had to do a cover to prove that you can do a proper orchestra cover on a rock song using a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) like Logic Pro or Cubase or whatever and some proper sample libraries like EWQL or MOTU. So yes, this entire performance is all done on a computer, precisely my 13 inch MacBook Pro with 8 GB of RAM with a 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, using Logic Pro and everything was used with EWQL with a few instruments from the Logic library (the piano and the guitars with some cymbals). Anyway, so some influences......John Williams work on Saving Private Ryan, the piece "Hymn to the Fallen", and also Jurassic Park haha! But otherwise there was no other outside influence for this piece, aside from Coldplay and their melody.....oooh I will mention that Lex de Azevado was an influence for the piano segment when you first hear it trickling down. Other than that, yeah I'm just super impressed that I managed to complete it within 5 days.....anyway, enjoy it, comment on it, suggest stuff, whatever......and also I'll have a youtube video up whenever later this week displaying the massive file in action....ENJOY!

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[seisendsix]

this is massiv.. very well orchestrated and mixed.

[jscottrakozy]

@seisendsix Cheers, mate! You have some incredible recordings as well! Keep up the great work!

[jaqweexp]

oh you have no idea how this song has changed my life ='] thank you so much

[jscottrakozy]

@jaqweexp Well good! If it managed to help somebody out, then it has served its purpose!

[jscottrakozy]

Also for a download of the song, go to soundcloud and type in J Scott Rakozy.

[jscottrakozy]

Just wanted to share some news with this piece - found out it was psoted on tumblr and shockingly within 3 weeks it's been played almost 26,000 times! So just wanna shout out to all you bloggers and tumblrs out there,"Thanks for sharing this with everyone!"

[XxMonochromexX]

That could very well have been the most beautiful thing I have ever heard...

[victwi]

TUMBLR <3

[whatup212ify]

I love this so much , it just fits so well with the jim and pam love story :) well done

[HatTheFatCat]

Wow i was expecting undercooked shit, but kudos, you've pulled this off really well. One advice: break your description into multiple paragraphs, so it isn't an eyesore to read.

[motato1395]

There is a great video with this song used in it! It's called "Jim + Pam: Office Love Story"

[buzzerbeater9000]

Wow this is absolutely amazing! Not only the greatest rendition of this song, but one of the greatest things I've ever heard.

[Aminomi]

THUMBS UP if you think this is perfect !!!!!! and this dude is the new mozart =)

Big fan of COLDPLAY i made a cover of this Wonderful song : watch?v=xe5yQ_a94mA

[elbens11]

This arrangement of "Fix You" is by far the best I have heard. Your work is very appreciated and admired. I would love to learn how to arrange music like this.