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LoboLives · « **Reply #700 on:** July 13, 2021, 03:19:49 PM »

This week I wanted to try something more traditional and I began revisiting a lot of scores for Made For TV films. I wanted to try something more minimalistic but also orchestral so I used the Prophet X with a single piano patch and also some creepy quartet phrases. Some cymbal rolls with a thick Phaser to really capture that 70s mood as well.

I couldn't resist adding some analog synth hits through the piece from the Prophet 6 and then I realized it began to sound very similar to Jerry Goldsmith's score for The Reincarnation Of Peter Proud.

Overall, I'm really happy with how this turned out.

© Everett Dudgeon 2021
℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhdNbWcBJNk

Soundquest · « **Reply #701 on:** July 15, 2021, 09:39:54 AM »

Quote from: Sacred Synthesis on July 09, 2021, 08:00:52 PM

Improvisation #103 for Poly Evolver Keyboard and Prophet '08:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u87H5lesS3w

Epic Sacred Synthesis! Really like the theme on this one.

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #702 on:** July 15, 2021, 03:51:40 PM »

Thanks very much, Soundquest!

LoboLives · « **Reply #703 on:** July 23, 2021, 04:14:47 PM »

This week I wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite obscure Spanish flicks, Necrophagus aka Graveyard Of Horror aka Butcher Of Binbrook. It is one of the weirdest and wildest gothic horror flicks from Spain. The organ heavy score was done by Alfonso Santisteban.

INSTRUMENTS USED:

Prophet X: Overdriven organ (done by cranking the drive of the analog filter on the PX), church bells and faux Mellotron choir.

Prophet 6 is doing a 70s analog string machine/orchestrator type patch. This is done using only a single square wave with heavy PWM and thick Phaser on it. It's also doing some slurping filter sweeps near the end run through a BBD delay.

Hope you enjoy!!

© Everett Dudgeon 2021
℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlqpYXXODTU

LoboLives · « **Reply #704 on:** August 02, 2021, 06:31:16 PM »

This week I wanted to pay tribute to not only one of my favorite horror films of all time but also one of my top favorite horror stars of all time. The immortal Jacinto Molina aka Paul Naschy and his ultimate gothic masterpiece: Horror Rises From The Tomb. I absolutely adore this Spanish icon's work.

The soundtrack to this film was done by Carmelo A Bernaola and is done entirely on organ. It has an appropriate gothic feel with lots of melodrama. The Prophet X is doing everything here, from the blown out organ (burned through the drive section of the analog filter), to some menacing cymbal rolls and percussion effects as well as an eerie ghostly whisper that's slowed down to demonic levels.

No additional effects added, everything is pure PX.

Alaric de Marnac hopes you enjoy!!

℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvew7J6gbgg

Manbird · « **Reply #705 on:** August 06, 2021, 02:43:25 PM »

Hi all - I'm getting set to fly to Berlin on Monday, where I'll be selling off or shipping home all of my studio gear. I'm doing some audio tidying before I go, since I won't be able to do much recording while in Germany. This is a fitting track, perhaps... a touch of Berlin School meets... uh, not sure. It was a commissioned piece. I often run crowdfunding campaigns to fund my albums and one fellow always chips in, with the "I'll write a song for you!" reward as his pick. I've written silly songs for each of his two kids, and this track was written for him specifically. Allyson Seconds joins me on vocals.

The track features Prophet 6 doing the arpeggios, Prophet 5 (my wife's rev 3 - this track is from before the age of the rev 4) is doing sawtooth chords and bass, and there's an Evolver in at the end soloing its head off. The only non-Dave track is the VSM strings...

I only did a quick mix of this last night, but one thing I like is the "pizzicato" string plink. It's actually just the Pro Tools click track run through a harmonizer plug in. One of those happy accidents.

Hope you dig, and thanks!

https://soundcloud.com/anton-barbeau/berlin-skoo-of-hugs-farm-2021-mix-1/s-b5c1B7foUUz

LoboLives · « **Reply #706 on:** August 14, 2021, 02:28:39 PM »

This week I wanted to try something completely different. I'm a huge fan of 1950s/60s exploitation flicks. Films like The Sinister Urge, Strange Compulsion, and one I saw recently titled....you guessed it....Violated!

The soundtrack for the film was done entirely with electric guitar by Tony Mottola and it was the main inspiration for this track.

The Fender Stratocaster is being run through the Roger Linn Adrenelinn iii Guitar Effects Box with a Fender Reverb setting, with the gain slightly cranked and a vibrato effect on it....giving it that classic 50's surf vibe. There's also some overdubs with a Maestro style fuzz sound as well.

The Prophet X is doing some slow jazz drums and some period appropriate Beatnik Bongos.

I hope you enjoy!!!

© Everett Dudgeon 2021
℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NspVr6PZEcU

LoboLives · « **Reply #707 on:** August 25, 2021, 09:31:31 AM »

One of my all time favorite films is 1958's Misterios de Ultratumba (released in the United States as Black Pit Of Dr. M) directed by the criminally underrated Fernado Mendez. In fact I would dare say it is a contender for "greatest horror film of all time." In my eyes, it is.

In the 1950s and 60s, Mexican horror was at it's pinnacle. Films such as The Vampire, The Witch's Mirror and The Man And The Monster took elements from the 1930s and 40s Universal gothic horrors and surpassed them. It is a shame that the video label "Casa Negra" is no longer around, they were giving these films the treatment they deserve. I highly recommend tracking down the long out of print DVDs if you can get them.

One of the best element of the film (and there are many) is the riveting score by Gustavo César Carrión. Gustavo César Carrión was a Mexican music composer for film productions, having scored for dozens of films during a thirty year career. The thunderous timpani drums and sweeping mysterious strings truly evoke the mysteries of the afterlife and the horror that might await us.

This is entirely done with the Prophet X. Mostly using factory samples with a few user samples thrown in. I'm quite proud of this one and I hope you enjoy it.

© Everett Dudgeon 2021
℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSgs10h0P-w

Soundquest · « **Reply #708 on:** August 28, 2021, 01:43:06 PM »

I used the Modor NF1 synth to make this. I was able to get a pretty convincing hammered dulcimer sound. Only thing not Modor is the fiddle-which is done on the ASM Hydrasynth. Did all the controlling with a Linn Instrument 128. This helped with the slide guitar.

I wasn't aiming for any particular bird species, but this sounds similar to a bird in the woodlands here in Ohio. Possibly a chickadee, but I'm not sure.

https://soundcloud.com/wavescape-1/frolic-under-the-canopy

LoboLives · « **Reply #709 on:** September 03, 2021, 05:10:13 PM »

Hey gang! I've been on a huge giallo kick lately with the awesome sets from Vinegar Syndrome and I decided to try my hand at a Giallo inspired soundtrack.

The Prophet X is doing electric bass, overdriven organ and also the music box at the end of the piece.

Fender Stratocaster is doing a typical Alessandro Alessandroni fuzzed out electric stings.

The Tempest is providing some nice drum rhythms to drive the piece.

Enjoy!

© Everett Dudgeon 2021
℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cei-TMFP0mY

LoboLives · « **Reply #710 on:** September 13, 2021, 02:20:16 PM »

This is my first track with my newly acquired ISLA Instruments S2400 Drum Sampler. It's absolutely incredible and I've already done a few tracks with it alongside my other gear. I'll be doing a review video in the next few weeks but for now I wanted to see what this puppy can do.

This is a cover of Brad Fiedel's wonderful tribal score for the voodoo masterpiece Serpent And The Rainbow. Brad used two Fairlight CMI 2s (as he did on Terminator 2) so I imported a bunch of CMI samples into both the S2400 and the Prophet X. What you are hearing is synced percussion from both the Prophet X and the S2400. The main lead is done by use of a CMI sample of a trumpet layered with the famous Arr1 sample). There is also some slowed down vocals from the factory PX's library as well.

Hope you enjoy! Expect to hear more in the coming weeks

℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHgLl9XxGR8

Manbird · « **Reply #711 on:** September 17, 2021, 02:12:46 AM »

I've no idea if "Space Goat" is the name of an Italian horror film from 1976, but this is the theme song from the song of the same name! I'm in Berlin, selling off or shipping back home all my gear. Prophet 6 is the only thing left! It's on this track for the squishy solo, plus the second-chorus riff and the arpeggio bit on the bridge. The "guitar" on the verses is a Reface CP. There's a bit of Arturia CMI running throughout the song - the "space-y" fx thing. I never use the Arturua stuff, but my old computer in Berlin has it handy so I went with it. Lots of good stuff in there, but I'm not so much a softsynth type.
Synths aside, this track kinda revolves mostly around the bass track. Before I sold my Jazz, I stuck it on a half dozen tunes.

https://soundcloud.com/anton-barbeau/space-goat-bln-bnc-8/s-E3lMb67lD5x

Soundquest · « **Reply #712 on:** September 17, 2021, 09:56:04 AM »

I like that line "space goat speakin thru my throat" Fun weird song.

Manbird · « **Reply #713 on:** September 17, 2021, 10:02:45 AM »

Quote from: Soundquest on September 17, 2021, 09:56:04 AM

I like that line "space goat speakin thru my throat" Fun weird song.

Thanks! I admit, it was a much more gruesome line originally, but my mother-in-law is signed up for my Patreon page
- where I first posted the song - and I didn't want to freak her out! Fortunately, the lyric change probably helped the overall song, so win-win!

LoboLives · « **Reply #714 on:** September 23, 2021, 06:36:30 AM »

Here is my second track with the ISLA S2400 Drum Sampler. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III has always been my favorite entry in the series after the original and Jim Manzie's score for the film is fantastic. I'm not sure what gear he used on the original but for this tribute I used a ton of EMU samples in both the Prophet X and S2400.

The Prophet X is doing the dobro, filter sweets, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, non tonal percussion as well as some sinister string scrapes, choir, reverse cymbal rolls and some low French horn parts. The samples in some cases are being looped and synced to the external clock from the S2400. Thus providing simulated guitar strumming and additional percussion.

The PX is also providing the chainsaw sound effect as well.

The S2400 is doing some low tuned kicks, rim shot, shaker and claps.

Hope you enjoy!

GO GET THE MEAT!!!!

© Everett Dudgeon 2021
℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mq9jSyfmBM

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #715 on:** September 29, 2021, 07:00:52 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkyjKIUMSbA

Sacred Synthesis · « **Reply #716 on:** October 01, 2021, 07:30:17 AM »

For what it's worth, I now have a Bandcamp account:

https://themusicalsynthesizer.bandcamp.com/

LoboLives · « **Reply #717 on:** October 01, 2021, 01:16:28 PM »

Another of my tracks with the ISLA S2400 before my official review video.

Paul Zaza is quite a prolific Canadian composer, scoring such films such as Popcorn, My Bloody Valentine, Prom Night, Flesh Gordon Meets The Cosmic Cheerleaders and the wonderful holiday classic A Christmas Story.

He also scored some awesome synth based soundtracks for films like Bullies, The Vindicator and the awesome monster flick...The Brain

Zaza used a DX7, Emulator 3 and EMU SP-12 Drum Machine and I tried to incorporate as many of those sounds into this track.

Prophet X is doing the DX7 sampled arpeggiated pattern (using the DX& harp preset and bass preset combined) as well as some EMU samples (Strings, sitar, Liquid Stack and the famous shakuhachi sample) Zaza also used some original samples he made in the score such as lion roars and whale sonar sounds but pitched down to give them an unearthly feeling. I've done the same during the opening atmospheric build and the unnerving ending...as well as sewer gurgles and heart beat.

The S2400 is loaded with classic EMU SP-12 samples. There's some lowered pitched on the crash toms as well as a super lower tuned percussive "Zap" which I used to great effect to simulate some type of cerebral attack.

I hope you independent thinkers enjoy! OBEY THE BRAIN!!!

© Everett Dudgeon 2021
℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djP8yYY7JQM

LoboLives · « **Reply #718 on:** October 09, 2021, 02:50:50 PM »

I was absolutely beside myself with joy when I found out that AGFA was releasing 1982 Shot On Video shlockfest "BoardingHouse" on Blu Ray in a special edition.

Watching this film is an absolute mind melting experience. From the terrible green screen computer generated credits to the Betacam camera work...to the over 100 minute running time.

Anyway, I decided to celebrate by doing a cover of the score. I have no idea who did the score but music is credited to "33 1/3" so we'll go with that.

The Tempest is actually doing not just the LinnDrum Kick but also almost all of the synth bass lines and filter sweeps in this piece while the Prophet 6 is doing the Theremin style lead and some dark pads and "Horror Vision" stings. Lots of use from the onboard distortion of the P6 to give it a really low fit ugly feel....just like the movie.

So I hope you enjoy, and remember girls, if you are between 18 and 25, unattached and beautiful, then you can share this 10 bedroom house for approximately $100 a month. The rent won't kill you, but something else will...Call Jim.....at the Boardinghouse.

℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76gU5vug3Mo

Quatschmacher · « **Reply #719 on:** October 15, 2021, 08:24:34 AM »

Quote from: LoboLives on October 09, 2021, 02:50:50 PM

I was absolutely beside myself with joy when I found out that AGFA was releasing 1982 Shot On Video shlockfest "BoardingHouse" on Blu Ray in a special edition.

Watching this film is an absolute mind melting experience. From the terrible green screen computer generated credits to the Betacam camera work...to the over 100 minute running time.

Anyway, I decided to celebrate by doing a cover of the score. I have no idea who did the score but music is credited to "33 1/3" so we'll go with that.

The Tempest is actually doing not just the LinnDrum Kick but also almost all of the synth bass lines and filter sweeps in this piece while the Prophet 6 is doing the Theremin style lead and some dark pads and "Horror Vision" stings. Lots of use from the onboard distortion of the P6 to give it a really low fit ugly feel....just like the movie.

So I hope you enjoy, and remember girls, if you are between 18 and 25, unattached and beautiful, then you can share this 10 bedroom house for approximately $100 a month. The rent won't kill you, but something else will...Call Jim.....at the Boardinghouse.

℗ Everett Dudgeon 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76gU5vug3Mo

Everett, there’s a new interview with John Carpenter on his latest score that I thought you may be interested in checking out:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010phy?at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom3=%40BBCRadio3&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=64&at_custom4=1872AEAE-2DC0-11EC-8522-C5E139982C1E&at_medium=custom7&fbclid=IwAR08ipW-rJBip8RQb6gRQvc5KHN70blAs49Vr8122sq8mSTon0Yk4g3ak7U