Sky Passage - Blakus

I had the pleasure of composing a demo for Orchestral Tools new library, Berlin Strings.
You can find more information about the library here - orchestraltools.com/
You can find more of my music at the sites below:
Website: blakus.com
SoundCloud: / blakus-mfm
Facebook: / blakusdotcom

[@hamlierd7400]

Back here 7 years later just to listen this piece again

[@OlecramJosmusic]

Extremely beautiful !

[@CinematicSoundMaestro]

This is Art. Pure Art.

[@URANOSFRIAS]

Brilliant!!! Marvelous work!!! Congrats from Portugal.

[@UntoldStoriesProductions]

This is simply one of the most amazing pieces of work I've listened to in a while. The flow is effortless and superb, and the melody is just perfect. I could listen all day.

[@Blakus]

Really happy that you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!

[@UntoldStoriesProductions]

You're welcome, I am truly inspired by a lot of your work. I recently just got into composing orchestral music myself, and you and the other Blake Robinson (aka The Synthetic Orchestra) have been a great source of information and ideas. So thank you!

[@piterpb7188]

very good

[@kimseniorb]

Yes, walk-through would be greatly appreciated, Berlin Strings seems to be a really powerful library with lots of unusual articulations (as I hear). The production and music itself are totally mind blowing. Well done, Blakus! Hope to see some sort of tutorial from you ever again. You're doing a great job.

[@jazzsinger91]

I like this a lot! FREAK!

[@ChristopherByrumHarris]

Very well done Blakus. I would love for you do do a walk through of this sometime. Always nice to see the behind the scenes of these type of big libraries in action.

[@Blakus]

Thanks mate! Hopefully I can get time to do that! :)

[@shintsu01]

Hi there Great music, found you thanks to the great track you put on the latest corridordigital star wars video!

[@MrJewilli1]

Well written! Really enjoyed your composition. Awesome job! I've been thinking about picking up Berlin Strings library...deciding between this library and Spitfire Sable.

[@paytonwalters9351]

What did you use to make the video with the Spectrum analyzer and counter?

[@seyittahirozuolmez1026]

it is really really cinematic and a lovely woodwind timbre - game sound just like Tomb Raider series got. Fantastic job. if you make a detailed tutorial for this orchestral cinematic piece, it will be a very popular for who want to start to make a cinematic sound scapes...

[@Blakus]

Thank you! I did a small walkthrough video that breaks this piece down a little bit further. Template Walkthrough 4 - SkyPassage - Orchestral

[@LukeWestComposer]

This is truly a work of art and Berlin Strings are awesome. Great job! How long did it take you to compose it and what kind of a computer do you have? BS is very heavy on RAM...

[@arnodorian7704]

Lucasfilms should choose you to compose the music of their future Star Wars movies.

[@TEMAOHI2787]

NICE!!! It's been a while Blakus....where 'ya been?

[@Blakus]

Haha wow! You're right, I didn't realise it's been 11 months since my last video!

[@ReikiBarbosa]

Excellent composition and mixing!! Just would like to know about the elements besides strings.. what choir library, woodwinds, percussion and brass libraries did you use?

[@ReikiBarbosa]

never mind, just watched the making of :) really awesome work, very inspiring!

[@AmodeusR]

How you make the video ? This line that react to the sounds of the music ?

[@AmodeusR]

+Dustin Powell Do you know how to do this effect?

[@anthonyoriens]

+Richard GS Audio reactor- there's a free tutorial on KZbin: Audio reactor (equalizer) Adobe after effects.

[@kennethjackson4858]

Very good writing Blakus. New to orchestration and so many, many libraries out there and they all are good sounding to me. But what made you choose Orhestral Tools? I assuming you have other experiences in using string libraries. Hope to hear fro you.

[@Blakus]

Hey Kenneth. Thanks for the kind words mate. I really love the expression and emotion in the Orchestral Tools strings. To be honest, I think that you need a variety of string libraries if you are serious about it. They all have such different strengths and weaknesses!

[@jesusmorata4108]

Hi, I like your music a lot. I have a question, .. can you export the score like a finale or sibelius?

[@Blakus]

If you're after the score, you can see it here - dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3363455/Sky%20Passage%20BlakeRobinson%20-%20Full%20Score.pdf

[@jesusmorata4108]

blakus | music for media Thanks a lot, but I want to know if you can export the score automatically when you finish a work, for example in Logic or Cubase .

[@Blakus]

Jesus Morata Not easily unfortunately. I usually just recreate from scratch in Sibelius.

[@Sqwompy]

blakus are we allowes to use your creations in our videos aslong as link them?

[@Blakus]

Sure! And as long as the videos aren't monetised! :)

[@Sqwompy]

+blakus | music for media Alright thank you!

[@Bunford69]

How have you created the EQ track title and time logo in you video? Only asking as I have seen this used by a few others too and would be quicker than trying to find a video to stick to my music :) PS a friendly request from a co-VI Control user :)

[@Blakus]

I used a template inside Adobe After Effects!

[@SaleAbleAGate]

Do you make the chords yourself? If so there's a bad chord in 0:16. Otherwise if it's on purpose it's pretty awesome what you've done here. :)

[@Blakus]

Thanks Peter, yes I composed it all - That chord was intentional! I guess it's a bit subjective though haha :)

[@SaleAbleAGate]

Probably is a question of who likes what, just didn't quite sound proper in my understanding of the "Marvel superhero" kind of genre this music is. :-P In my opinion it is awesome that you have made it all by yourself! I'm trying to do a bit of composing myself, doing brass band music as that is the kind of music I play and have played for almost 11 years.

[@makkon06]

I really liked that chord. :P