Reviews for A Hero Rises

[NicholasCabraja]

I can really feel the connection from The Reward. (Great episode btw for anyone who hasn't checked it out)
Nevertheless. I love your brass section what library did you use? I wanna say Cinebrass?? It sounds very warm and brings that heroic vibe.
The production is amazing and your did yourself good taking your time with it especially with expression (CC11) to add that realism.
I find it much easier to mix when everything is in the right place.

Very well done, and if you are looking for collab work I make music like this and am very much intrigued to work with you thanks to this wonderful result!

Cheers!

sleepFacingWest responds:

I actually used East West. The samples are primarily from Symphonic Orchestra, but the Tuba/cimbalo (SUUUUPER low brass) is from Hollywood Brass. Good ears! I did, in fact, jockey the expression quite heavily. I feel like the brass should always swell in and out. I also ended up sending all the brass out to a bus and added some overtone distortion to beef up the overtones. Don't tell anyone...that's my secret brass beefing up trick ;)

I'm actually concerned mostly with the reverb. I work a lot with nuance of attack (there are actually 3 french horn parts layered together to get the right articulations) and dynamics, but once I have to throw it in a room I have a hard time finding the right sound. Did the decays seem artificial?

(thanks for listening)