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With the Rider Came the Storm

Tommy Grimes III

November 18, 2018

Genre: Rock

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I always loved the soundtracks to 70s Westerns by Ennio Morricone. So without listening to any of them again, I set out to make something based on the impressions in my memory - instrumental only (well, some vocals, but they are "nonsense sounds")

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Bob Abner

1) Early in your song, the “shaker” part seemed a little awkward, as I was not sure whether you were trying to play the shaker in time, or out of time as a simple background sound effect.

2) You did a nice job of getting the Morricone/Eastwood “musical feel/flavor” (though the musical bed from those movies would sometimes get quite “aggressive” and not always just “deserted and windblown.”

I AM aware that there were some quite nice things going on in your “musical bed” and what you managed to come up with is, imho, no small accomplishment!!!

Best wishes in all your future musical endeavors!!!

November 22, 2018

Bob Abner

P.S. I DO think you have some talent in this area of music (“movie musical tracks” for lack of a better word), and I do want to encourage you to pursue this area.

November 22, 2018

Tommy Grimes III

Thank you Bob! I definitely agree about those Morricone / Eastwood sound tracks and how aggressive they could get - the “Ahyahahyahahhhh” and the backing choir and the amazing brass section in “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” theme are just stunning stuff! Certainly I couldn’t do those elements justice with synthesized choirs and brass lol - but perhaps in future creations I’ll go for a more energized and wild, frantic and aggressive feel and see what parts I can come up with instrumentally to achieve that feel. I have a suspicion this is a genre I will be returning to : )

On the shaker, that’s interesting - there is no shaker in the piece, and it must be a frog in the background environment (could be a cricket, if there are any - I think it is all frogs, from a swamp environment in Geosonics). My ears hadn’t locked onto the background and the timing of things, perhaps just because I know it’s a background and listened to it as such, and that may not happen for a listener. Based on that, I might have a peek into it and see if I can EQ the offending critter to make it quieter and so less ‘contradictory’ to what else is going on!

As ever, ty for feedback, always valuable!

November 27, 2018

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Jamie Wilkinson

Fantastic score, man! I like to write scores myself. I love how you implemented the sounds of nature. We get caught up so often on how a song has to have so much focus on beet or vocals and forget to be creative and utilize other types of sounds in our music. I could totally feel myself in the scene you created. Great work!

September 17, 2019

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With the Rider Came the...

Written by Tommy Grimes III

No lyrics, just nonsense sounds - which are harder than they may seem!

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Bob Abner

1) Early in your song, the “shaker” part seemed a little awkward, as I was not sure whether you were trying to play the shaker in time, or out of time as a simple background sound effect.

2) You did a nice job of getting the Morricone/Eastwood “musical feel/flavor” (though the musical bed from those movies would sometimes get quite “aggressive” and not always just “deserted and windblown.”

I AM aware that there were some quite nice things going on in your “musical bed” and what you managed to come up with is, imho, no small accomplishment!!!

Best wishes in all your future musical endeavors!!!

November 22, 2018

1

Bob Abner

P.S. I DO think you have some talent in this area of music (“movie musical tracks” for lack of a better word), and I do want to encourage you to pursue this area.

November 22, 2018

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Tommy Grimes III

Thank you Bob! I definitely agree about those Morricone / Eastwood sound tracks and how aggressive they could get - the “Ahyahahyahahhhh” and the backing choir and the amazing brass section in “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly” theme are just stunning stuff! Certainly I couldn’t do those elements justice with synthesized choirs and brass lol - but perhaps in future creations I’ll go for a more energized and wild, frantic and aggressive feel and see what parts I can come up with instrumentally to achieve that feel. I have a suspicion this is a genre I will be returning to : )

On the shaker, that’s interesting - there is no shaker in the piece, and it must be a frog in the background environment (could be a cricket, if there are any - I think it is all frogs, from a swamp environment in Geosonics). My ears hadn’t locked onto the background and the timing of things, perhaps just because I know it’s a background and listened to it as such, and that may not happen for a listener. Based on that, I might have a peek into it and see if I can EQ the offending critter to make it quieter and so less ‘contradictory’ to what else is going on!

As ever, ty for feedback, always valuable!

November 27, 2018

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Jamie Wilkinson

Fantastic score, man! I like to write scores myself. I love how you implemented the sounds of nature. We get caught up so often on how a song has to have so much focus on beet or vocals and forget to be creative and utilize other types of sounds in our music. I could totally feel myself in the scene you created. Great work!

September 17, 2019


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