Alesis makes good products, and this is proof of that! Nicely put together. And may I ask what of Horner you like best? I am partial to his Star Trek II score.

Thanks a lot for the comment, my friend!

James Horner... yes, as a matter of fact his "STAR TREK II" score is supreme. He has used almost 90% of this score in ALL his other compositions, suchs as "ALIENS" or "AVATAR" or some other scores.
Though... "AVATAR" is more or less a crown jewel because it combines his old habits and some new ideas. So, THIS would mark the top of his career, I think. It is one of his very best scores in my opinion.

Sounds very nice! My only critique is that many of the fast notes for the brass have too slow an attack speed.

So this took nine hours for you? Trying to gauge how long I should work on my own, which rarely exceeds a third of that time.

Thanks very much!
Ok, good advise about the attack speed. I'll see what I can do next time.
I'm sure I just have to check the voices' settings to change it... to make it more sudden and strong.

You're welcome.

.... ....
Now , I don't listen to this type of music but I assure you that my comment won't be bias at all (or I will it ?.. XD JK) anyways...
To me music is just music , there is no particular style of songs that I can't listen to. It's just good or bad music. And this falls in my good category.
I want you know that I fell in love with this piece @ the 1:40s.
As far as I'm concerned, it flowed nicely and I really enjoyed my listen .
It kinda made me think of going into battle .. Or a warrior training for battle.
Everything worked together here from the voices to the brass so I think it was blended kinda nicely.
Now on the speed change .. I would have punched the notes a little bit more and shorten how long the notes were being held by the voices... But remember, I don't compose music quite like this so what I would have done probably doesn't have that much weight to it XD..
I think the drums were pretty much on point during this piece , very nice sounding .
Well I hoped you enjoyed my terrible attempt at a useful comment

Hello and thanks for the useful comment! ^^

Well, any comment is appreciated... but people who take their time to write even MORE than the usual are even more appreciated.

I'm glad that I made it in your "Good" category... it was a 50/50 chance, after all! *joke*

This song was supposed to have some changes in speed but it wasn't easy. The previous versions of this theme are rather moderate... slow marching. In this case, I wanted some MORE force and speed. It's still something I need to work on.
^^

THANKS very much!

Welcome.. and changing the speed of a song can get rather complex.
Especially if it's odd timing or if the increase is not a even ratio..
Example
like going from 73 bpm to 100 bpm..(beats per minute)
Now you could go from 73 to 146 which would be less complicated .. BUT that might be too fast of a speed , then you have to worry about if that much of a tempo increase works with the song.
But anyway much

I was only changing it on a small level.... from 140 bpm to 136 and back again! XD
I usually love 120 bpm, that is my most favourite tempo to work with.
^___^

Agreed.. I fools with the 120 sometimes . It's a nice speed

Oh, and yeah... like I said, the best part starts at 1:40, after all!!!!
It was mostly a coincidence... everything fits there and the fast strings and percussion makes it very cool.

Not bad Not bad, but I feel that the beginning part needs more drums. I suggestion using African drum beats to create more of a fullness in the intro. In the transition from the slower part to the faster part, I suggest doing Decrescendo with small drum roll then crescendo with a cymbal roll to bring up that faster tempo. But Overall Not bad ^W^

The first part of many of my compositions are usually very soft and silent. ^^ It was supposed to be smooth and calm while the middle part explodes!!!
Though I do love African drums, hehe. Gotta try that in time.
Thanks for ideas and comment!! ^^

Once again your best instruments are drum and BOSS. ^^

Sure thing ^W^ But I do admit this piece is well done. Kudos on that ^W^ And I hope to see more music from you. I too am a person of music for 19 years so hearing music and making music is my life and passion

Take care Mr. Reppy ^W^

Awesome to hear another piece from you! Glad to see you're still going strong <3 It's a wonderful piece!

My only suggestion has to do with the strings in the middle portion. You're going for a really strong sound but the strings have a weak attack. You could either change the sample you used for that portion or you could layer a different sample that has a strong attack to give you more of a punch to the strings. Same goes with the brass section as well. That should help really add to the aggressive style that you used in that portion!

Hello and THANK YOU for the comment. ^^ I was just (!) waiting for you to write something, hrhrhrhr... it means really much to me.
After all, you've taught me quite a huge deal about this.

As for the strings, it was ONLY ONE section of strings.... XD
I could double it... yeah, that's it.
You once told me to double some channels to get a stronger outcome.

Thank you.
NExt piece should be a rather calm one again... ^^ I'm trying to have a huge variety of songs on this current album.

Sounds great for one section! I usually have two tracks per "section" i.e. two tracks for violins (part one and part two). Gives you a lot more control over each section and it can sound lovely ^^

I've done what you suggested.
The string and brass parts are doubled now!!!! :D

Wow, it sounds much more powerful!!!!!!!!!

agreed! Sounds much bigger! :)

Thanks! :3

Aw, yeah... and I just realized that my strings are rather soft in the attack of the first notes. ^^"
I should've struck the keys harder to get more touch response, hehehe... yes.
:D

I like this! Very epic-like!

Thanks very much!

My pleasure!

And do you have a picture or drawing of Groul?

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7917122/

Oh I see. I like the female choir. Well done buddy

I love it! the little changes made a great difference : D

Seriously man, this is amazing. I still remember the old version and how amazed I was with this. Definitly the new voices made an amazing touch ^ ^ It almost work as a music for some sort of trailer man! Congratulations!

Hrhrhrhrhrhrhrhrhrrrrrr... awww... thank you very much! I'm glad you like it!

I'm only now getting a chance to listen to this, but it's a very fitting theme for him. I think it really captures Groul's image as a warrior. :)

Thanks a lot, buddy!!!

Quite welcome. :)

Ich bin begeistert daß es endlich einmal wieder neue Musik aus der HaD - Serie gibt.

Auch wenn ich den kämpferischen Hintergrund nicht mag, die Klänge erzählen Geschichten und lassen Bilder vor dem geistigen Auge so intensiv erscheinen wie kaum etwas anderes.

Einen Wunsch hätte ich allerdings für zukünftige Stücke: Kannst du die HaD - Melodie wieder stärker hervortreten lassen weil die leider nur noch sehr zart durchscheint?
Bei Return to Riverstone https://www.furaffinity.net/view/7937505/ und Horses and Dragons https://www.furaffinity.net/view/10587601/ kommt die so richtig mit Breite und Tiefe heraus, das ist für mich dein Markenzeichen.

Hallo und vielen Dank für den Kommentar!
Freut mich immer sehr, wenn auch zu meiner MUSIK was gepostet wird. ^__^

Es handelt sich bei diesem Song um ein Remake eines Klassikers. Darum hab ich mich sehr an meine originale Komposition gehalten und sie nur frisch neu interpretiert.
Das ist auch der Grund, warum das "HaD" (Oder auch "Rising Menace" oder auch "Kyle") Thema nicht zu hören ist.
Dennoch, keine Sorge: das wunderschöne "Rising Menace" Thema (wozu ich ja auch einen Song gesungen habe, genau!) kommt in der Regel in JEDEM Track kurz vor... außer bei GROUL, denn der hat hier eigentlich nix verloren.
^^"
Aber ja, es wird in den nächsten Tracks wieder gut zu hören sein.

Hier ist nochmal der Link zum SONG, wo das Thema prachtvoll mit Klavier gespielt wird:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/12667157/

^____^
Auch wenn du meinst, dass die "harten" Klänge des Themas mein Markenzeichen wären, was ich gut finde, so sind zarte Lieder anscheinend noch eher meine Stärke!
XD
Na ja, ich mag beides.

Mag sein daß ich da ein Außenseiter bin aber ich verfolge deine Galerie nur wegen deiner Musik. Du bist speziell mit der HaD - Serie so erfrischend anders, Abwechslungsreich und mit Dynamik.

Ich bin auch nicht so der Feund von "harten" Klängen. Was mir gefällt ist mehr "Tiefe" und "Breite" bis hin zu orchestralen Klängen.

Als Markenzeichen der HaD - Serie empfinde ich die Melodie an sich.

Deine zarten Lieder mag ich auch, finde aber daß diese sich nicht so deutlich von anderer Musik abheben. Sicherlich hast du deinen Stil wie z.B. daß im Gesang die Sprache klarer hervortritt.

Allerdings fehlt mir dabei ein wenig die Dynamik im Sinne von Variationen der Lautstärke und die Abwechslung im Sinne verschiedener Grundmelodien und Spielweisen.

Vielleicht empfinde nur ich das so, aber die meisten Liedern die ich noch zufällig irgendwo höre Rauschen voerbei wie der Verkehr auf der Autobahn, es fehlen mir die Ecken und Wendungen die eine Geschichte erzählen.

Uii... das ist... viel Ehre und Lob. ^__^"
Vielen herzlichen Dank auch für den netten Kommentar.
Freut mich sehr, dass du meine Musik so magst.

Leider ist die visuelle Kunst noch mein Hauptgebiet... und Komponieren dauert enorm lange.
Aber keine Sorge, ich werde weiterhin komponieren.
Besonders, wenn ich weiß, dass es so treue und klasse Fans gibt, wie dich!

Oh wow! I did not know you did music too!
This is quite epic! Those synths are gorgeous!

Hehe, yeah... I compose music, as well.
Since "Original Filmmusic" is one of my other passions, I've started composing the same type of music... peew... 22 years ago!
XD
And I have no synthetic sounds here... these are recordings of real instruments.

Well... they are synthetic, somehow... after all, I didn't record an actual orchestra... though the sounds are real.
XD

Sorry I should have been more specific, I meant synth has in the keyboard! I love those choir sounds!

Choir sounds may have been the wrong word to use their but oh well. Sounds cool regardless!
Have you ever put together a little album with these pieces?

http://www.reptile-universum.de/rep.....f%20Rulus.html

All my REPTILE related music is here.
Click at the cover art to reveal the track list or download the ZIP! ^^

Okay, thanks!