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I have used various orchestral instruments to enhance the sound of some of the songs I have posted here, but for this one I wanted the orchestra to take on the full responsibility of carrying the piece. I was trying to write something that begins with a feeling of introspection, maybe doubt, even darkness, that begins a journey that takes a look at the life we have created for ourselves, bringing us more and more into the light until eventually we come to the realization that we are all marinating in great love and beauty, regardless of our circumstances – it’s all a matter of shifting perspective until we can clearly see what has always been right in front of us. We soar as high as we believe we can.
Photograph by Siobhan Kelly Feehan, used with her kind permission.
Lyrics:
Instrumental...
Hardware:
Mac and master keyboard
Software:
ProTools, various software sound modules
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Sierra Madre &mdash 04/09/08 - 01:48:19 AM
Danke &mdash 04/09/08 - 02:01:47 AM
Thank you, Andreas. It's always nice to hear from a superb musician such as you. I am in awe of your talent. [ Reply to This ]
One of my all time faves! &mdash 04/09/08 - 02:13:04 AM
Glad you brought this over to MJ! Impeccable orchestration, mixing. A very emotional piece beautifully produced and played (as always!). You make Miroslav sound incredibly rich and full...the moving Horns behind the swelling strings is gorgeous...and the english horn at the end to bring it back down to earth...nice.
--Graham [ Reply to This ]
Thanks so much... &mdash 04/09/08 - 02:21:12 AM
How great to read this, Graham. I'm pleased you enjoyed this piece. Miroslav is an amazing tool - we are all very fortunate to have at our disposal these packages that allow such expression. And people like you who listen and leave such a nice comment make the process of composing with such tools that much more gratifying. Thank you very much, Graham. [ Reply to This ]
Who needs lyrics! &mdash 04/09/08 - 05:19:20 AM
Your description is how it is - I felt emotions and had a feeling of change when I listened to this Patrick (and not a B3 in sight!).
Astounding how you get orchstral things happening - I wouldn't even know where to start.
Lovely music Patrick.
Neil [ Reply to This ]
Thank you, Neil &mdash 04/10/08 - 12:58:36 AM
Hey, Neil, I'm pleased this got through to you. As you know, it is very gratifying for the composer when someone feels emotions and emotional shifts when listening to his music.
By the way, I think if you had orchestral software and some time, you'd be surprised by what you were able to come up with. [ Reply to This ]
Sierra Madre &mdash 04/09/08 - 06:26:40 AM
This is simply excellent in every way. The orchestration , the structure of the piece and the melodies are all beautiful. The thing that struck me funny though is that I have a piece sitting in GB right now that uses harp and English horn. It was planned as the next version of my string piece I posted here recently. The English horn has such a nice timbre.
This piece deserves a lot of attention which I hope it gets! Great job!
peace,
chip [ Reply to This ]
The double-reeds... &mdash 04/10/08 - 09:03:10 PM
I am an avowed over-user of the English horn. I find its sound ideal for expressive melodies.
I have been enjoying listening to your music as well. The second version of your string piece has strengths you'll be building on. I look forward to hearing more from you. [ Reply to This ]
Through The Eyes of an Eagle &mdash 04/09/08 - 08:42:09 AM
We are grounded in our own humanity until the spirit takes flight. Then, and only then, can we witness our existence through the eyes of an eagle.
This piece serves well as an aural exhibition of that perspective, Patrick. Majestic and inspiring... and masterfully done.
Once again... Major Motion Picture soundtrack material. ;)
--- Joe [ Reply to This ]
And once again my thanks &mdash 04/10/08 - 08:52:21 PM
Ah, Joe, it always seems as though you see all the way in. I appreciate the composition that is your comment. I value your opinion. [ Reply to This ]
whoa.... &mdash 04/09/08 - 08:59:09 AM
This is gorgeous. Seriously my heart is beating faster and I have goosebumps!! This is my favorite type of music. Soothing, loving, heart touching.... You have so much talent Patrick and this is very moving to me. Thanks for sharing it with us. [ Reply to This ]
So very nice of you... &mdash 04/10/08 - 10:10:43 PM
Gail, you who writes such heart-felt music, your telling me that this song affected you in this way is quite a gift. So nice to read what you wrote here...
Thank you, Gail. [ Reply to This ]
Sierra Madre &mdash 04/09/08 - 09:14:39 AM
Oh Patrick - what a stupendous masterpiece! I can only dream of writing like this - I am your humble servant! Your orchestration here is so movingly perfect, what finesse you have. If I move next door to you, will you teach me how to do this? (I'll wash your dishes every day for life as incentive!) (OK, OK - here's my life savings instead!) I'm in awe and just want to say this is about the finest orchestral piece I've heard on MJ or anywhere in the universe. congratulations my friend! [ Reply to This ]
You're better than you think... &mdash 04/10/08 - 10:14:29 PM
You can only dream of writing like this? Such a wonderful thing to say, but I must respectfully disagree. You are a vastly talented player and composer. You can write anything you want to write. What you've posted here is of very high quality, and is rightly widely appreciated by the community.
Thank you for your very touching comments, Karen. From you they mean very much to me. [ Reply to This ]
super strings &mdash 04/09/08 - 10:09:50 AM
powerful stuff, Patrick. Incredibly vivid, as if you invented 3D for music. The depth and separation is remarkable. A beautiful instrumental that would also make an amazing soundtrack. Closing credits please! Where the hero/heroine rides slowly off after vanquishing all evil. Bravo [ Reply to This ]
From a real player &mdash 04/10/08 - 10:24:38 PM
Aren't our tools great these days? I'm so glad you like how this turned out. This took a great deal of work, but every minute of it was enjoyable (and frustrating at times, too, but that's what we sign up for writing music). It pleases me greatly that you hear depth in the sound. It always feels great when the top keyboard guys leave a comment. Thanks so much, John. [ Reply to This ]
ah patrick mee boi &mdash 04/09/08 - 03:39:18 PM
this is a beauty. you are a masterful composer and arranger. ya play ok too.
as always, you have touched me deeply my friend. god bless you!
deepest respect
z [ Reply to This ]
Thanks very much, Zeets &mdash 04/10/08 - 11:02:40 PM
Brother Fran, it's a blessing to know I have a friend here who is always appreciative of what I write. What a great gift. Thank you.
I return the respect in kind. [ Reply to This ]
You really seem to be one of the best to create rich &mdash 04/09/08 - 04:03:25 PM
beautiful melodies at Mj, this to me this your most prolific. To my knowledge I don't If i've heard a better or more beautiful conventional orchestration done here.
This is magnificent and what is very impressive is that you got HIGH quality sampled orchestration-al sounds. So deep in richness, depth.
WAy to Go! [ Reply to This ]
The North Bay speaks to the Peninsula &mdash 04/10/08 - 10:28:42 PM
From the most prolific composer on the site, these are nice words to read. Your music continues to display more and more heart and skill. I'm glad you enjoyed this piece, Bill. [ Reply to This ]
Beautiful &mdash 04/09/08 - 04:13:20 PM
Patrick this is simply divine so relaxing, wonderful. I must download this
I had no idea you were a master.This is by far the best I have heard so far
I really mean this. Well done.
Peace Dee xx [ Reply to This ]
grace, strength, dignity... &mdash 04/09/08 - 04:29:35 PM
... acceptance, love, light.
How marvelously expansive this composition is.
I love the ideas in the song notes, as well.
Music and inspiration are meant to go together, and this piece is in total harmony.
Thank you :) [ Reply to This ]
I am very grateful to you &mdash 04/10/08 - 10:33:27 PM
Cat, you say much with an economy of words. Such is your composing style as well.
Your comments always touch me as much as your music does, which is greatly. Thank you for expressing these beautiful thoughts. [ Reply to This ]
Sierra Madre &mdash 04/09/08 - 04:52:16 PM
what can we say Sit Patrick futzpucker's gem !
thnx for sharin such delightful music !! [ Reply to This ]
Mr. McBlues &mdash 04/10/08 - 10:35:31 PM
Feter, thank you for listening and finding delight in this song. Very kind of you. [ Reply to This ]
One of my criteria... &mdash 04/10/08 - 07:06:22 AM
...for enjoying certain sorts of classical/cinematic work is if, listening to it, the melody starts evoking words, or an almost-sense that words COULD come out of the melody lines if I just listened harder, or again...
This has that, Patrick. And although I can appreciate music that breaks all rules, real and implied, my sense of song tends to stay simple: a lyric set to a melody. When there isn't a lyric, if the melody seems to EVOKE a lyrical sense, I always feel like the piece is in the right territory.
After THAT, people like you, who can do the harmony and orchestration and all that, are able to add icing to the cake, and believe me, I like icing...
What I'm saying here is that icing's better if the cake is good, and what I appreciate here is that you've got that basic cake nailed down...
Ed
I'm having this troubling image now, of someone nailing down a cake... Oh well... [ Reply to This ]
Patrick this is a gift to all of us &mdash 04/10/08 - 08:50:19 AM
This is a gorgeous work to be sure. The rising and falling melody of the strings in the opening seem to mirror the eye tracing the rising of rocky peak followed by valley that climbs to the next peak. I also had the sense of the metaphor of the mountainous skyline as a series of trials and triumphs through a lifetime. The oboe and later the violins seem to soar over this landscape, introducing for me a sense of perspective from a great height but also seeing what is true across time. With the entry of the piano I sense the conversion of what is seen in broad perspective into wisdom, into realising the power and beauty of the landscape and of life generally which grows into a majestic and dignified celebration, becoming a joyous expression as the orchestration builds. The conclusion carried by the oboe is a really nice touch, which to me brings the image back down to the personal - we have been here all along, and some small part of us is comforted by having what it always knew to be true be now understood by our whole being.
Thank you again for your note about offering this work into the Hero's Journey Project. Your notes sum it up so very well: "it%u2019s all a matter of shifting perspective until we can clearly see what has always been right in front of us". Right on.
Keep well,
Doug [ Reply to This ]
Wow... &mdash 04/10/08 - 11:00:02 PM
Doug, I am so moved by what you wrote that I cannot find the words. It's the kind of reaction that every composer would love to hear. When music creates images, evokes thoughts and emotions, there is no greater gift to the composer. It implies a deep listen, and a deep level of communication, which is what we all strive for. I can't thank you enough for making this happen for me, Doug.
I should add that I am honored to have this song be part of something I consider a very worthwhile - your Hero's Journey Project. It's a lofty and ambitious undertaking. I am glad you had the vision for it, and I'm glad you allowed me to participate. Thank you so much, Doug. [ Reply to This ]
wow patrick &mdash 04/10/08 - 10:29:11 AM
Mr. Davis America &mdash 04/10/08 - 10:54:51 PM
You evoke &mdash 04/10/08 - 11:58:22 AM
a sense of graceful movement. Very fluid, yet a sense of purposefulness, too. I really like your interplay between the string ensemble and the solo wind instruments. I also really like the way you use the piano, here. Very much the harmonic master, but never overtaking the melody. I'd go on, but it seems that other commenters have said what I want to say so much better. Lovely. [ Reply to This ]
Glad to hear from you, as always &mdash 04/10/08 - 10:58:50 PM
Kristine, you know I love it when the music teacher stops by, listens, and leaves a nice comment. I don't know where I'd be today without my music teachers. What you write always has great impact on me, and I'm very pleased to read what you wrote here.
I did make an effort to give time to the winds without the strings. This is still very challenging to me, and I spent a great deal of time trying to learn how to do this while in the composing phase of this piece. It's nice to have that noticed. Especially by the music teacher. Thank you so much, Kristine. [ Reply to This ]
Grand. &mdash 04/11/08 - 07:02:41 AM
Elegant. Beautiful.
Patrick- I have no idea how to describe it beyond that. Your talent is appreciated! [ Reply to This ]
From Maine &mdash 04/13/08 - 12:22:28 AM
Thank you for those adjectives, Adam.
Your having listened and commented is likewise appreciated. [ Reply to This ]
K-bella! &mdash 04/11/08 - 09:09:07 AM
how very lovely.
the warm, rich strings pull the heart in wonderful directions.
beautifully poignant piano. gorgeous Epic Sound - made for the big screen of our ears. i thoroughly enjoyed it.
anne [ Reply to This ]
Honey-voiced Anne &mdash 04/13/08 - 12:25:57 AM
Anne, I appreciate this very much. I'm very pleased to read what you wrote.
I love "made for the big screen of our ear." Thank you for listening. [ Reply to This ]
Stunning mastery. &mdash 04/11/08 - 12:48:18 PM
Very, very beautiful. You are a remarkable composer. This sounds as good as anything John Williams wrote. Wow!
There is a moment when the english horn comes in that reminds me of the famous slow movement theme to the Dvorak New World symphony. Stunning! [ Reply to This ]
I was hoping to see you here... &mdash 04/13/08 - 12:34:46 AM
Clark, thank you for the listen. I consider having a composition professor listen to one of my works a privilege. What you have said about it here had great impact on me, for which I am very grateful.
Whereas I am unworthy of the John Williams comment, I am very moved that you used his name here. Wow...
Thank you so much, Professor Clark. [ Reply to This ]
This &mdash 04/12/08 - 12:09:19 AM
is an amazingly beautiful piece of work.How you did this I don't know but I'm glad that I get to enjoy it!Thanks! [ Reply to This ]
Mark, &mdash 04/13/08 - 12:32:00 AM
I am equally puzzled by how you come up with your beautiful music and play it with such mastery and heart. Thank you for telling me you enjoyed this work. [ Reply to This ]
Impressive Patrick &mdash 04/12/08 - 02:40:22 PM
Not only the composition... which is heartbreaking... but technically, this sounds more like a real orchestra than any software module I've heard... there are all the subtle dynamics.... the swelling and shifting inside the composition... may we ask how you did that... are you manipulating volumes all through... is this achieved by touch sensitivity... or are the samples just that real?
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Thank you, Scott &mdash 04/14/08 - 02:28:08 AM
I am glad to see you have listened to this, Scott. I think I know what you mean by heartbreaking, and I'm grateful to hear the song got in.
The dynamics, the swelling and shifting you're hearing, were done either with a foot pedal or a fader on my master keyboard while I played the parts, or by the fader as an overdub.
I've been including string parts in my music for a long time, and it wasn't that many years ago when I realized that by not playing string parts dynamically I was able single-handedly to kill the sound of a decent string section. When I realized that string players don't stay at the same dynamic level over the course of a phrase (or even a note, if it's long enough). I was stunned at the time, because it seemed so obvious once I discovered it for myself. Velocity enters into it, too, if that's what you mean by touch sensitivity (no aftertouch here). That's it. The dynamics are just played in, or overdubbed.
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Been in the country &mdash 04/12/08 - 05:14:50 PM
a few days and you try to slip this by me huh! Well I'm already familiar with this piece but it is still just as amazing as the first time I heard it. I have to agree with Scott on the "real orchestra" comment. The amazing thing to me is.......I know how meticulous you are and have to be to get this wonderful, realistic sound.....but at the same time, capture all the emotions you sought in this beautiful melody and arrangement. Hey but wait! Did you say "darkness"? Now you know who to call if you need that Boris Karloff touch ha!
Once agian a great example of how it should be done! [ Reply to This ]
Welcome back, Paul &mdash 04/13/08 - 10:43:28 PM
I wondered if you were off in the country livin' the good life, having not seen you here for a while. Several of us were asking each other if we had spoken to you. Glad to see you're still with us.
Emotion is very important to me in music, so the fact that you mention it here is very gratifying. Thank you for your continued support of my music. I appreciate it and you greatly. [ Reply to This ]
Incredibly Powerful! &mdash 04/12/08 - 08:11:52 PM
As a person who use to live in the foothills of the Sierra I can tell you that you captured the feel of a beautiful day there. I'm very enthusiastic about this piece and its four 10's in my book. Further, I think this piece has allot of healing energy and I intend to play it for my mother who is in the hospital....Great work! Thanks for the download!....Peace, Norman [ Reply to This ]
How wonderful... &mdash 04/13/08 - 11:13:55 PM
I am moved and honored that you would bring this song to your mother. May it bring her peace and healing. My brother brought our mother a piece of music he wrote and the two of us recorded for the same purpose when she was hospitalized. This is very close to home.
I am quite grateful for your enthusiasm and ratings as well, but nothing compares to this act of playing the song for your mother. Please send her my love.
I'm curious about where you lived, Norman. Auburn? Grass Valley? Am I close?
Thank you so much for telling me about your mother. Blessings to you both.
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Love the description - very moving &mdash 04/12/08 - 09:21:52 PM
especially "marinating in great love and beauty". You've managed to capture the spirit of your message quite well here. Thanks for shedding some light. [ Reply to This ]
Light from you as well... &mdash 04/13/08 - 11:23:21 PM
Bud, thank you for mentioning the description. I knew that some people would read it and dismiss it as new-age tripe, but I also understand that through the ages extraordinary men and women of great vision have expressed this idea in a multitude of ways, and have deeply perceived it as literal truth. If the music captured any of that spirit, I am very gratified. Thanks so much for the listen and for commenting. [ Reply to This ]
I think &mdash 04/13/08 - 07:45:13 AM
you achieved all that you set out to in your description of this piece.... it's truly beautiful and grand with the melodies that could be associated with 'the wild west' in films,i.e.Copeland etc. Wonderful, regards M [ Reply to This ]
I am grateful &mdash 04/13/08 - 11:29:28 PM
Thank you, Maurice. I love much of Aaron Copeland's music, and while I'm not delusional to the point of comparing my music to his, I appreciate the mention. I particularly enjoy the imagery, wild west or otherwise. It's wonderful to have one's music create pictures in a listener's mind. Thanks very much, Maurice. [ Reply to This ]
wow... &mdash 04/13/08 - 10:41:02 PM
grand.. epic... As I listened to it I was imagining some great Hollywood blockbuster that your music can be a befitting backdrop to. This kind of soundtrack evokes emotions that can make a movie scene very memorable. [ Reply to This ]
Nice adjectives &mdash 04/14/08 - 01:03:51 PM
Like you do with your wonderful singing, Leon, I try to imbue my music with emotion ini an attempt to bring the listener where I was when I wrote it. Thank you for your kind words.
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Nice &mdash 04/14/08 - 10:07:38 AM
Sounds like it would be fitting on the Soundtrack to a Final Fantasy computer game. This sounds awesome. Stunning arrangement and sound. [ Reply to This ]
Thanks, Liam &mdash 04/14/08 - 01:03:01 PM
Good to hear from you. I am not at all familiar with video game soundtracks, but from what you say they've come a long way since the blips and bleeps days... I'm pleased you like the sound of this track. Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment. [ Reply to This ]
Lush! &mdash 04/19/08 - 11:42:59 PM
Gaelic feel - reminds me of Irish composers like Moeran. Really well mixed - sounds like a real orchestra. Very impressive! [ Reply to This ]
This is... &mdash 04/22/08 - 11:36:52 PM
absolutely fantastic. You're an amazing musician/composer and i just love the feeling of this piece. Favorited. [ Reply to This ]
one more thing... &mdash 04/27/08 - 11:18:24 PM
This is inspiring &mdash 04/23/08 - 10:13:22 AM
Reading the description, then listening, yes, it is all there... and I can feel it. Very touching and real emotions expressed with the instruments. Now I need to go listen to all your songs, wow... What have I been missing?? So many songs, so little time... [ Reply to This ]
Roxanne &mdash 04/29/08 - 10:34:03 PM
Thank you for finding this song and leaving a comment. I know it's impossible to hear all the music that is available here, and as the site grows so does the number of people we know and want to keep up with. In light of that, I appreciate hearing from you. [ Reply to This ]
Great! &mdash 04/25/08 - 03:27:17 AM
Simply magnificent. I love your touch on the strings, wonderful piece. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi [ Reply to This ]
Young Yeman &mdash 04/29/08 - 10:39:56 PM
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