Orchestral Film Music Demo

Some of these demos are a little outdated, for newer versions and more demos please visit my website www.davidportugheis.com. I hope you enjoy them!

Covered genres: Nature Documentary, Action/Thriller/Adventure, Drama, Comedy and Horror.

Photographs by Daniel Talevi, Marina Torres & myself

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[xxxthejokerxxxx]

this music is amazing! so many images come to mind while im listening...it all sounds really good!!!

[davidportugheis]

@xxxthejokerxxxx

thanks! makes me happy :)

[ComposingDan]

Great stuff man!  Love your writing, keep up the excellent work.

[davidportugheis]

@ComposingDan

Thank you!! I'm really glad you like it :)

All the best,

David

[davidportugheis]

If what you're saying is right, if using a similar set of notes, rhythm or chord progression is a rip then everyone rips from everyone all the time, no-one is original and composition as a profession is hopeless and should be abolished. Just kidding! But I believe I have a point.

[davidportugheis]

On the third piece 'Drama', I can only see that maybe I use a similar set of notes to that of the Godfather theme, but they are nothing alike, both themes convey completely different things. On the fourth piece 'Comedy' I really have no clue how you could see a relation to Rocky, I admit my ignorance on this one...

[davidportugheis]

That is in no way a ripoff, these little coincidences happen all the time, and they are inevitable. On the second piece, the rhythm pattern (not the notes) in the cellos is the same from the pizzicato strings on Signs' main theme, but again, there is no real relationship, same rhythms are used everywhere and they are not considered copies or imitations of eachother.

[davidportugheis]

Thanks for the comment tharpdevenport, but I feel what you're saying is little farfetched. First of all, all that is similar between the first piece and 'Suicide is Painless' is the first arpeggio, and it happens to be in the same key so they sound pretty much the same, thing is, after that first chord, the song develops thematically into something extremely different than my piece and they have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

[tharpdevenport]

Enjoyed, it, but the rips were too noticable; Johnny Mandel's guitar notes from "MASH" for the first piece / the motif from J.N.H.'s "Signs" in as the basis of the second piece (at least the opening) / Rota's "The Godfather" theme -- played cleverly on piano for the third piece / a theme from "Rocky" for the fourth. A lot more than just one rip.

[786285]

Excellent music and excellent presentation. Thanks