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Danny Elfman "Goosebumps" Mockup !

Discussion in 'Critique & Feedback' started by Emmanuel Rousseau, Jul 22, 2018.

  1. #1 Emmanuel Rousseau, Jul 22, 2018
    Hello everyone,

    First post here ! I've created an account on Redbanned for quite some time now, but somehow never went further. Hopefully that's done now, and I'm sure this is a great place to learn and practice :)

    I'd like to present my latest mockup, which is a cover from the "Goosebumps" main theme, by Danny Elfman. I've transcribed everything by ear, which turned out to be a fantastic exercice for me.



    If interested, you can also compare it to the original piece, mixed by Dennis Sands at Fox Studios.

    All feedback and critique is appreciated ! Thanks :)

    Emmanuel
     
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  2. #2 Sylvain Provenzano, Jul 22, 2018
    It sounds really great ! Good job !
     
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  3. #3 Haakon Davidsen, Jul 24, 2018
    Wow, great job! I think you are spot on with the orchestration, at least to my ears. What libraries are you using?
     
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  4. #4 Emmanuel Rousseau, Jul 24, 2018
    @Sylvain Provenzano : Thank you Sylvain !

    @Haakon Davidsen : Thanks :) I used the following libraries :

    Percussions : Metropolis Ark 2 & 3 (except the Piattis, which are from Spitfire HZ01)
    Strings : Metropolis Ark 1, 2 & 3, layered with Berlin First Chairs - and a touch of Spitfire Tundra at the very end
    Brass : Berlin Brass, with some guests from Metropolis Ark 1 & 3
    Woodwinds : Metropolis Ark 2 & 3, layered with VSL Woodwinds SE
    Choir : Metropolis Ark 1 & 2
    Additional Instruments : Glockenspiel, Harp & Xylophone are from 8Dio AGE. Electronic Percs are from Tundra's "Brunel Loops" and Heavyocity DM307. And last but not least, the Theremin is from Soundiron :)
     
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  5. #5 Paul T McGraw, Aug 5, 2018
    Great work on the track, and wonderful mix / mastering. Was this "out of the box" or did you do additional processing?
     
  6. #6 Emmanuel Rousseau, Aug 6, 2018
    Last edited: Aug 7, 2018
    @Paul T McGraw : Thank you Paul ! There is additional processing, but really not much : I tried to keep things really simple for this one.

    The mix is almost only Console & Tape saturation, and tiny EQ moves. I would say 90% of the processing comes from the Mastering, which is :

    1. Multiband Envelop Shaper : just to tighten the lows a bit, other bands are bypassed.
    2. Console Emulation
    3. Additional EQ for the subs and low-mids.
    4. Tape Saturation
    5. "Glue" reverb
    6. SSL-Bus style compression
    7. A touch of multiband compression between 3k and 6k for some "harsh" frequencies
    8. Limiter

    That's it :)
     
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