Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis. Recreated by Julian Croot
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- A full cover / recreation of Chariots Of Fire by Vangelis.
Everything was worked out by ear and produced in Cubase 13 Pro.
I've included some details of the instruments I used for this in the video itself, but in summary it includes the following:-
• Roland FP60 digital piano
• Native Instruments Grandeur & The Gentleman
• Arturia CS-80V
• ReFX Nexus
• Steinberg Retrologue 2
• EastWest Hollywood Orchestra & String Machine
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UA-cam is clearly broken! This should have a million views.
I have listened to many covers to 'Chariots of Fire' and this to me, is the best ever version i have ever heard. Very well played....
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
Agreed
Holy S**t! This is a cover? Outstanding.
Thank you Julian, stunning as always. Ever an inspiration to a hobbyist like me.
Cheers Mike 🙏
Wow julian this the best cover version on youtube , well done Vangelis will be proud.
Man I hope he's watching and appreciates the love for his work. Thank you 👍
Hey, where is the studio assistance Charlie
He appreciates your concern. He's still with us.
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Wonderful ... from which Nexus expansion did you take the strings ? And from which presets did you create the sequence line from the start ?
I'm really impressed by your work ...
@@kinishaothanks 👍. the synth strings were the Sound of the 80s expansion, blended with East West string machine.
If you're asking about the bouncing bass line at the start, it's not a preset. I made it in Retrologue 2.
@@juliancroot thanks !
This is amazing and gave me Goosebumps.!!!!
Thank you. Glad you liked it.
WHAT A WONDERFUL, JULIAN :O I have to say it's one of the most beautiful you've ever recreated!!! Most importantly, the soul and passion behind those who created them shines through. I will never get tired of saying it... there is no point in making sounds well if you don't put your soul and the human touch into every note!! A myth recreated with elegance and accuracy from start to finish!!! A SUPERB work, my dear friend :) :) :)
Thank you for the kind words Kos. You are so right.
And it's especially true for any of Vangelis' music.
Its really great when a fellow musician like you notices those intricacies that make it soulful.
Thank you. 🙏
Did you use a string synth like ARP solina emulation for the chord in the background ? I can probably replicate that using only Arturia V collection, for the timpani and some pseudo acoustic sound i have some very good result with modeling synth like Objekt or Parsec in Reason studio, i use East West sample long time ago but it's to much waist of space since a lot of modeling VST exist that can also work with wind controler . Nice Job for the cover.
@@Meteotrance Thanks for watching 👍. Yes, I used East West String Machines.
@@juliancroot ok so a Freeman or Solina string machine can be use, i discover the power of those Lush sound, on many of my favorite David Bowie or even The buggles, Cheap Trick , Sparks or Even and many New wave band from post 70's until 80's era it was realy something special that was in the background of many famous pop and Rock n Roll sound, like the Mellotron or the Chamberlain it make (That ) kind of Epic and cinematic ambiance music often need , i try a lot of wierd thing on Keyboard in my band (Silence of Paisley) sometimes it's hard to convince the guys that play with me that we need a bit of exotic stuff like that, something the bass and guitar can't add to our songs ...
@@Meteotrance I get by mixing different synths, and I probably didn't need EW String Machines for this... It just made it quicker. It's fun for 5 minutes, then it gets boring.
@@juliancroot i know but sometimes i need a sound that make a background cushion , without a good lead tone from guitar or synth like minimoog or CS 80 plus organ or piano , it could be useless i have the G force collection that sample almost every string machine and also Mellotron and Chamberlain, my Nord stage keyboard also have that as a patch directly downloadable for free in the Nord Clavia homepage, behind a piano or harpsychord and marimba it made a good combine layers of sound that can be usable...
Awesome performance... THX vy much.. One question.. What device is that, which is always in the background and displays a Cat from time to time.. :)
Thank you.
The display you're referring to is a Pixoo max. It's a pixel art display (32 x 32).
wow, excellent, one of my favorite soundtracks of all-time, it is wonderful always with the certainty that Julian will play it exactly the same and we can SEE the MUSIC, thank you Julian, I'm a big fan. The Studio seems like magical.
@@stefanocson6237 thank you for the kind words 🙏
Powerful tune, performed brilliantly as always. Thanks for making this available for everyone to enjoy.
Thanks for watching 🙏. Glad you enjoyed it.
Ooh very nice J 👌
Thanks 🤗
Excellent work!!! 😊
I like it better than the original. Is this recreation a tad faster?
Cheers from Germany 🇩🇪
Wow, that's high praise... I'm glad you liked it. Thank you.
I'm playing it at the same beats per minute I calculated from the movie version. It's possible the album version might run a little slower.
Wow loved that one mate. Actually sounds like one of the most complex ones you have done 😊
Thanks mate. Yep, I thought it was going to be quite simple when I started, but there's loads going on beneath the surface that you just don't notice on a casual listen.
Knocking it right out of the park, once again. This is amazing. It's beautiful. I always felt this piece should and does lift emotions and anyone can play this piece but to be able to recreate that emotion is something else. Delivered again. Brilliant
Wow thanks 🙏. Vangelis' work is so beautiful I had to be careful with it. 🙂
You have merged smooth synths with strings. It's a mix vangelis himself would be proud of. @@juliancroot nailed it
Great cover. I love it as always. Thanks. 👍👍👍😍😍😍
Thanks Sharon.
WoW!
Superb.
Thanks a lot
Wundervoll. 🦚
Insanely well done. Bravo!
Thank you 🙏
Seu trabalho é incrível
Thank you 🙏
Very nice recreation, love this!
Thank you so much!
Well done Julian.
Appreciate it Steven. Thank you 🙏
Absolutely fantastic!
Many thanks!
very good cover ! it s right up here with doctor mix version imo ;)
Thank you.
They're both great, but after listening a number of times I think Julian's version is much better.
Superb!
Appreciate that. Thank you.
Brilliant cover Julian, it definitely blows mine away. In my defence, I only had 8 midi tracks to work with when I did my version lol.
Seriously though, welcome back, all with a bang and a crash 🙂
It's all about having fun Geo.
You're doing great and I look forward to watching your progress.
8 tracks! Yeah that would be a challenge for this lol.
Thanks as always 🙏
@juliancroot I had a work around by saving 8 tracks to the audio track freeing up 8 tracks again. But glad I bought the full version of the DAW now to make my life easier lol. Have you got an idea for your next project?
That's pretty much how the 'old boys' had to do it back ih in the day so you're just been authentic 😁.
I am working on something, but as usual I have no idea if it will get finished.
There's usually a point at which I know I'm gonna make it to the end, but I'm not there yet!
I'm also thinking of how to attract a broader audience without selling my soul... Might experiment with a different sort of video next.
@@juliancroot By selling your soul you mean Tiktok? lol. It could be worth setting up a channel on there but I think your are limited to 60 second videos, but put links to your YT channel. I'm no expert though. There are popular channels out there that dish out shorts almost every day, but to be honest it's quantity over quality. One I follow just won a YT award for content. And it's not very good, but the short piano examples they do is always topical, i.e. when Barbie came out they did all the songs within a week. Or parts of songs. Sometimes the cover of videos catch peoples interest?
My young niece and nephew keep telling me to set up a tictok account, and I'm contemplating it.
Great cover as always - well done!
Thank you, as always 🙏.
Fantastic cover! Easily the best I've seen on UA-cam. If you had done an impression of Mr Bean that would have been the icing on the cake 😂
Thanks. Yeah the Mr Bean thing always springs to mind with this lol. . Love Rowan Atkinson.