Thanks. I'm from a folk and rock live touring and recording background so no point straying too far from that. Others do orchestral much better than me!
Wow, what a creative way to score that scene! Like how you bring it down after the rescue and how you build it up till the crash. Good luck with the competition👍
Excellent job! The musical themes are great and move nicely throughout the scene changes. Very nice choice of instruments and instrumentation. Good luck in the competition!
That's very generous. I'm not really in it for anything other than fun and a learning experience to be honest. Too many utterly brilliant orchestrators out there to compete at that level!
Hi Moonhare, it rocks, thumbs up, nice cue, what a huge community on here, the overall level is huge, learning a lot by watching participants entries, wish to you the very best luck on the competition.
Wow this might be the best one ive seen so far! I love how you are being orginal and still closely following the action and keeping the quality high. Really great job man.
Now this is exciting!! Love the live instrumentation for the action parts and then how you brought the vibe down to a calm dramatization infused with orchestral elements, fitting the picture. This is some serious piece of work - All the best with your entry, btw the story telling vocal opening cracked me up - I love it!!! 😁 😁
Thank you so much for that. Intro was ripped off unmercillessly from Richard Burton's voiceover on The War of the Worlds album but as the competition finished at the exact same time and date as Mars attacked I just couldn't pass up the opportunity! Got to have a bit of fun with these things haven't you?
Wow! I wasn't expecting the rock-ish rescue scene haha! That kinda blew me away 🔥 Love the mandolin or whatever that instrument is that comes in after the rescue scene. Also the bassline coupled with the voices/choir before the crash is *such* a nice duo! The eastern violin melody is lovely too... And then the ending - woah lol. It felt very Left 4 Dead inspired, and the synths were perfect 👌 Such a great entry. Good luck man 🧡
I love "traditional" superhero orchestrations, but man, I have to say this is a very refreshing take on the scene. Love the extensive use of guitars. But I think the best aspect of this work is that it still fits the scene! You don't replace the orchestra to place a couple of eccentric instruments that destroy the scenes's message. Instead, you complement the orchestral approach and hit the important cue points. Like it. Best of luck in the competition.
Thankyou. I appreciate that analysis. I can't begin to orchestrate as well as many of the entrants so better to fall back on my roots touring with folk and rock bands.
Thank you. I actually preferred the shorter clip to the Westworld one last year - not sure if you entered that one too? It also means you can listen to more entries without wearing out your ears!
New discovery and very interesting new approach here! It's different. And it's always good to do something different. The surprise effect ;-) I wish you good luck for this competition and the best for your artistic future.
Ah this is great! I totally see the War of the Worlds influence but you've made it sound contemporary as well - and made it fit the picture really well too! I particularly like the bit after it calms down on the bus with the mandolins, piano and electric guitar.
Thank you. The coincidence that the competition finished at the exact time the Mertians launched their first missile was just too good to be true so that launched me down the rabbit hole!
Nice work as well! It's not anything that I was expecting and it works really well! There are so many great music elements. The e-guitar has an awesome tone. Great playing as well! I love the music change with Icicle's breathe. Also, way at the very end there is a really cool part of the music. You could miss it if your not paying close attention. Excellent!🎶🔥🤘🏻🔥🎶
Nice work, too. ;-) Your entry is completely different than many entries I have listened to already. I mean this in a very positive way. It sounds very individual and interesting. I like the use of different guitarvibes. Best of luck to you.
Oh man, I laughed so hard at the voice over in the intro! Great use of meter in the opening to build tension, and I’ve been looking for an entry that uses guitar in its instrumentation. Well done and good luck.
Well you have to have some fun with competitions like this don't you? And the coincidence that the competition ended at the precise date and time the Martians launched their first missile in The War of the Worlds was just too good an opportunity to pass up!
Thanks. REALLY enjoyed your score. For Westworld I did a walkthrough of my piece and a rundown of other composer's tracks before the announcement (I picked one of the runner ups!). Could I have permission to feature yours if I do one for Stargirl?
@@MoonhareStudio of course you can!! I’d love that :) I’ll have a watch of your west-world one, but if you want I can send you the all track stems for my Stargirl one if you think it would help your walkthrough video!
@@liamfuller very flattering. Thanks. The main thing with these competitions is just enjoy crafting your music and learn from it. No point worrying about winning because most of us never will. Keep up the great work on your music. I predict lots of good times ahead for you.
Very original approach 👏 I like the ethnic vibe you have going on in there.Nice to hear some guitar in there too 👌 If I'm being honest I haven't really listened to many entries so don't know if this is something others did too but it just felt very unique and interesting. Well organised piece of music good luck in the competition and thank you again for the encouraging words to say I felt down about my entry is an understatement. But anyway good luck 👍
Thanks for taking the time out to give that feedback. We can all get something from listening to each other. You learn new skills and ideas. The problem with a 'competition' is it gives the impression we are rivals. I simply don't approach it that way. The only rival is myself. I couldn't care less who 'wins' as long as I have fun myself. I'm still finding new scores to enjoy. Anyway take care and enjoy your writing. I'll see you on the next one!
I really did enjoy this! I wasn't expecting something so dramatic, I just love the guitar, I enjoyed it that much it went really fast when I watched it, I'm not an expert in movie scores because this competition was my first attempt, but when I made mine I didn't want to cloud the score with my music, I wanted the watcher to experience the film and not get distracted from my music, I really did take the elements from the film, the birds tweeting after she says we must find icicle, that's why I used a faint mysterious sound so that people could hear these beautiful sounds, well without sounding weird I loved the sound of the bird tweeting haha! all in all you did a really good job and I'm proud of you mate!
Hey thank you. I do know what you mean about not crowding the scene and you are right of course. I think if I were doing it for real I would definitely have done that. Pinar had no music over the playing card for instance. With this competition I just decided to have fun and score the whole thing. It's good practice and I have as I have no expectations of being in the running the pressures off.
@@MoonhareStudio I agree it's the best experience I've ever had, in the video when Pinar speaks to us, she advised people to make space around the special effects and voices, she said that's what she is looking for in the competition and majority of the submissions have ignored her and overlapped the music, she also wants to see how somebody can add music to the card flick scene how to incorporate sadness after Joey meets his maker she wants to see how we can can transition between the emotions, my failure was the start bit, I was torn between keeping the sonic theme or going for a real hectic bus tumble, I chose the path which I knew was wrong but it was right for me to keep the sonic feel, I created a beautiful theme for stargirl with the energy and life, I incorporated the start theme all the way through, even though the ending outro bit wasn't included in the competition, I linked the start with the end so if you press replay after watching it, you'll hear the sonic theme I went for brother.
LOL. We only hear what we feel we got wrong and not the vast majority we got right! But that's the joy of it. We get a chance to better ourselves when the next one comes along.
@@MoonhareStudio Yep! I've got into a bit of a groove with it recently. I've mainly been doing soundtracks just now, but I've got lots of songs waiting recording and videoing too
Really great track, super cool tone, love the sound of those tremolo mandolins (?) and the drop into the new tempo at 1:21 is smooth! However, what I really want to talk about is that video intro. Such art! Seriously well done and good luck to you.
Thanks. Yes they are mandolins. I realised early on it was better to stick to my folk rock roots than go full orchestral which others do far better than me. And the intro was just a bit of fun. The competition finshing at exactly the time Mars launched its attack on Earth in The War of the Worlds was too good an opportunity to pass up!
Haven’t seen anything LIKE THIS! WOW! epic!! And so individual. Spitfire audio will surely pay attention to this one!! Great sporting and orchestration. What are your favourite libraries??
I love Spitfire Chamber Strings but for sheer versatility and value for money, Zero G's Ethera Gold 2.5 cannot be beaten. I've done a video on it. SO amazing and SO cheap.
This is great - deciding to not use a conventional JW orchestra is a brilliant move, and I especially like how you used the guitar lyrically... lovely!
Great score. 👏
Intro voice is sooo "geil". 😄
Guitars too.....! 👍
Good luck to you.
Thanks and back at ya!
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Great work! I love the use of the guitars, mandos, and bazouki...it gives it a really unique sound. Brilliant! Good luck with the competition.
Thanks. I'm from a folk and rock live touring and recording background so no point straying too far from that. Others do orchestral much better than me!
Oh awesome. Love the guitars!
Thanks. Love guitars in scores.
Wow, what a creative way to score that scene! Like how you bring it down after the rescue and how you build it up till the crash. Good luck with the competition👍
Oh man! This is seriously brilliant. You have serious chances to win this. I have enjoyed it sooo much. Flawless work! Best of the best.
Thanks and back at ya! Really enjoyed your piece.
Excellent job! The musical themes are great and move nicely throughout the scene changes. Very nice choice of instruments and instrumentation. Good luck in the competition!
Thank you. This scene was great for practicing wasn't it.
Very nice! Loved the use of guitars 😀 wishing you all the best with the competition!
Thank you very much. Enjoyed putting it together but loving listening to other people's scores now.
Fantastic work!!!
The last part is so good!!
Congratulations.
Good luck!!
Thank you. Just a great opportunity to have fun with ptofessional video isn't it!
The most creative and unique so far, yet still appropriate for the scene. You’re definitely a top 5 at the very least. Best of lucks!
That's very generous. I'm not really in it for anything other than fun and a learning experience to be honest. Too many utterly brilliant orchestrators out there to compete at that level!
Nicely done! I love the variety of instrumentation and how they shift to compliment the emotion of the scene. Best of luck in the competition.
Thanks for that. It's been great fun and I did enjoy your piece.
Hi Moonhare, it rocks, thumbs up, nice cue, what a huge community on here, the overall level is huge, learning a lot by watching participants entries, wish to you the very best luck on the competition.
Wow this might be the best one ive seen so far! I love how you are being orginal and still closely following the action and keeping the quality high. Really great job man.
Thank you. I think as long as we all have fun and learn a bit along the way then it's been worth it.
Definately made me smile. That's unique. Unique sound as well. Good luck!
Thank you. It was meant to be a little bit of tongue in cheek fun at the start.
Excellent work! Very original and with unconventional sounds that make it all very interesting and impressive. Congratulations!
Great writing! I like your approach with a blend of rock and orchestral music. Good luck!
Thank you. It was a great scene to score wasn't it.
Well done. I like your music. Amazing motion and emotion on point. All the best! I did my entry yesterday.
Great one... loved the guitar and mandolins!
Ahaan! Such a different sound pallette. I loved the ideation behind this. Great job mate!
Thank you. Too many great orchestrators out there to try to compete on that battle ground!
Very good work!. Excellent modulation and Instrumentation 👍👂. I believe your work is outstanding.
Thank you so much. I think we have all enjoyed the opportunity to get our hands on some new video to score to. Best of luck with yours too.
Now this is exciting!! Love the live instrumentation for the action parts and then how you brought the vibe down to a calm dramatization infused with orchestral elements, fitting the picture. This is some serious piece of work - All the best with your entry, btw the story telling vocal opening cracked me up - I love it!!! 😁 😁
Thank you so much for that. Intro was ripped off unmercillessly from Richard Burton's voiceover on The War of the Worlds album but as the competition finished at the exact same time and date as Mars attacked I just couldn't pass up the opportunity! Got to have a bit of fun with these things haven't you?
@@MoonhareStudio Totally agree! 😁
Well done. Good luck in the competition.
Thanks Steve. Back at you. Loved your take on the score.
Wow! I wasn't expecting the rock-ish rescue scene haha! That kinda blew me away 🔥
Love the mandolin or whatever that instrument is that comes in after the rescue scene. Also the bassline coupled with the voices/choir before the crash is *such* a nice duo! The eastern violin melody is lovely too...
And then the ending - woah lol. It felt very Left 4 Dead inspired, and the synths were perfect 👌
Such a great entry. Good luck man 🧡
Hey thank you. I'm no orchestral composer so you just have to work with what you've got in the toolbox and have some fun along the way.
@@MoonhareStudio And damn it was a lot of fun! Absolutely loved it! 🧡
I love "traditional" superhero orchestrations, but man, I have to say this is a very refreshing take on the scene. Love the extensive use of guitars. But I think the best aspect of this work is that it still fits the scene! You don't replace the orchestra to place a couple of eccentric instruments that destroy the scenes's message. Instead, you complement the orchestral approach and hit the important cue points. Like it. Best of luck in the competition.
Thankyou. I appreciate that analysis. I can't begin to orchestrate as well as many of the entrants so better to fall back on my roots touring with folk and rock bands.
Great score! Very original take on the scene. The way you handled the transition between the bus rescue and Icicle was really well crafted. Good luck!
Thank you. I actually preferred the shorter clip to the Westworld one last year - not sure if you entered that one too? It also means you can listen to more entries without wearing out your ears!
New discovery and very interesting new approach here!
It's different. And it's always good to do something different.
The surprise effect ;-)
I wish you good luck for this competition and the best for your artistic future.
Back at ya!
wow! I really liked the guitars! Very creative! Good luck!
Thanks. I think we've all been able to have some fun with this.
Ah this is great! I totally see the War of the Worlds influence but you've made it sound contemporary as well - and made it fit the picture really well too! I particularly like the bit after it calms down on the bus with the mandolins, piano and electric guitar.
Thank you. The coincidence that the competition finished at the exact time the Mertians launched their first missile was just too good to be true so that launched me down the rabbit hole!
Nice work as well! It's not anything that I was expecting and it works really well! There are so many great music elements. The e-guitar has an awesome tone. Great playing as well!
I love the music change with Icicle's breathe. Also, way at the very end there is a really cool part of the music. You could miss it if your not paying close attention.
Excellent!🎶🔥🤘🏻🔥🎶
Thanks so much gor those beautiful words and well done on noticing the little reprise at the end. It was subtle but just used to bookend the score.
Nice originality- I really love the unconventional approach. Nice work- Good Luck to you !
Thanks. Learning a lot since finishing and listening to other entries. I hope we've all had fun taking part.
@@MoonhareStudio Couldn't agree more- it was a lot of fun! :)
Hey there! Good job. I loved the guitar . Really great 😁👍
Very nice! Love how you used a band sound.
Thank you. I come from live bands so feel at home with that sound.
Love this. Such a unique score. Best of luck.
Thank you for checking in. Loved you entry too.
Love it! I really like your artistic unconventional approach..Good luck to you!
Hey thanks. Loved your one too.
Great Score! super original, great Music, best of luck!
Very different to yours but that's what is fun about listening and learning from other people.
Wow, you actually made guitars work! Great stuff - good luck!
Nice work, too. ;-) Your entry is completely different than many entries I have listened to already. I mean this in a very positive way. It sounds very individual and interesting. I like the use of different guitarvibes. Best of luck to you.
Thank you for that. I'm not really an orchestrator so I figured best to go with my rock and folk roots.
Oh man, I laughed so hard at the voice over in the intro! Great use of meter in the opening to build tension, and I’ve been looking for an entry that uses guitar in its instrumentation. Well done and good luck.
Well you have to have some fun with competitions like this don't you? And the coincidence that the competition ended at the precise date and time the Martians launched their first missile in The War of the Worlds was just too good an opportunity to pass up!
Most unique one I've heard. Kudos to you! Good luck and well done :)
Thanks. REALLY enjoyed your score. For Westworld I did a walkthrough of my piece and a rundown of other composer's tracks before the announcement (I picked one of the runner ups!). Could I have permission to feature yours if I do one for Stargirl?
@@MoonhareStudio of course you can!! I’d love that :) I’ll have a watch of your west-world one, but if you want I can send you the all track stems for my Stargirl one if you think it would help your walkthrough video!
This whole score is sublime and so unique yet not at all alienating! This is one to watch for sure :)
Thanks. Thoroughly enjoyed your piece too. So unique.
@@MoonhareStudio I'm on my 4th listen - it's not just the instrumentation- harmony and melody are really special !!
@@liamfuller very flattering. Thanks. The main thing with these competitions is just enjoy crafting your music and learn from it. No point worrying about winning because most of us never will. Keep up the great work on your music. I predict lots of good times ahead for you.
I love the non conventional orchestra. Awesome!!!
Very original approach 👏
I like the ethnic vibe you have going on in there.Nice to hear some guitar in there too 👌
If I'm being honest I haven't really listened to many entries so don't know if this is something others did too but it just felt very unique and interesting.
Well organised piece of music good luck in the competition and thank you again for the encouraging words to say I felt down about my entry is an understatement.
But anyway good luck 👍
Thanks for taking the time out to give that feedback. We can all get something from listening to each other. You learn new skills and ideas. The problem with a 'competition' is it gives the impression we are rivals. I simply don't approach it that way. The only rival is myself. I couldn't care less who 'wins' as long as I have fun myself. I'm still finding new scores to enjoy. Anyway take care and enjoy your writing. I'll see you on the next one!
I really did enjoy this! I wasn't expecting something so dramatic, I just love the guitar, I enjoyed it that much it went really fast when I watched it, I'm not an expert in movie scores because this competition was my first attempt, but when I made mine I didn't want to cloud the score with my music, I wanted the watcher to experience the film and not get distracted from my music, I really did take the elements from the film, the birds tweeting after she says we must find icicle, that's why I used a faint mysterious sound so that people could hear these beautiful sounds, well without sounding weird I loved the sound of the bird tweeting haha! all in all you did a really good job and I'm proud of you mate!
Hey thank you. I do know what you mean about not crowding the scene and you are right of course. I think if I were doing it for real I would definitely have done that. Pinar had no music over the playing card for instance. With this competition I just decided to have fun and score the whole thing. It's good practice and I have as I have no expectations of being in the running the pressures off.
@@MoonhareStudio I agree it's the best experience I've ever had, in the video when Pinar speaks to us, she advised people to make space around the special effects and voices, she said that's what she is looking for in the competition and majority of the submissions have ignored her and overlapped the music, she also wants to see how somebody can add music to the card flick scene how to incorporate sadness after Joey meets his maker she wants to see how we can can transition between the emotions, my failure was the start bit, I was torn between keeping the sonic theme or going for a real hectic bus tumble, I chose the path which I knew was wrong but it was right for me to keep the sonic feel, I created a beautiful theme for stargirl with the energy and life, I incorporated the start theme all the way through, even though the ending outro bit wasn't included in the competition, I linked the start with the end so if you press replay after watching it, you'll hear the sonic theme I went for brother.
LOL. We only hear what we feel we got wrong and not the vast majority we got right! But that's the joy of it. We get a chance to better ourselves when the next one comes along.
Woooow is super original !!! Good luck!!!
Wow right back at ya! Seems like we both had a bit of similarities in our approach ;) Best of luck to you too!
Very interesting how you integrated different kinds of guitar in your score. Wish you lots of luck!
Thanks. Love elctric guitars and folk instruments and as I'm not an expert orchestrator I think it best to play to my strengths.
Very Cool!!!
Thanks. I think we both had fun with it.
Awesome Work..
Very unique and ethnic !!!! 👌
Thanks. I come from the UK folk rock live scene so it creeps in everywhere.
Nice work ! Good luck .
Thanks. Back at ya!
Very Nice ❤️❣️💗
Nice entry. Well done
Thank you. Just checked your channel again. You are a very prolific video maker!
@@MoonhareStudio Yep! I've got into a bit of a groove with it recently. I've mainly been doing soundtracks just now, but I've got lots of songs waiting recording and videoing too
Really great track, super cool tone, love the sound of those tremolo mandolins (?) and the drop into the new tempo at 1:21 is smooth! However, what I really want to talk about is that video intro. Such art! Seriously well done and good luck to you.
Thanks. Yes they are mandolins. I realised early on it was better to stick to my folk rock roots than go full orchestral which others do far better than me. And the intro was just a bit of fun. The competition finshing at exactly the time Mars launched its attack on Earth in The War of the Worlds was too good an opportunity to pass up!
Very original!
Thank you. It has been great fun hasn't it.
Thank you. Such good fun.
Cool title card, man!
Thanks. Just a bit of extra fun really but I love mucking about with title cards.
Nice 7/8 groove in the beginning and transition into 4/4 and tension chord before Joey gets hit!
Thanks. I love 7/8 when things are off balance!
Haven’t seen anything LIKE THIS! WOW! epic!! And so individual. Spitfire audio will surely pay attention to this one!! Great sporting and orchestration. What are your favourite libraries??
I love Spitfire Chamber Strings but for sheer versatility and value for money, Zero G's Ethera Gold 2.5 cannot be beaten. I've done a video on it. SO amazing and SO cheap.
@@MoonhareStudio love chamber strings!! They’re so great. And will have to look into Ethera, haven’t heard that one before, thanks for sharing!
Hmm... intriguing (in positive way). I wish you all the best :-)
Thank you. Just a great opportunity to practice and have fun. Glad Spitfire run these contests.
This is great - deciding to not use a conventional JW orchestra is a brilliant move, and I especially like how you used the guitar lyrically... lovely!
it's original i like it .
Thank you. Much appreciated.