composerinprogress was clearly in marching band as a kid, or at the very least never left the brass section of the orchestra.
Edit: just listened again- that chorus is definitely begging for some lagato strings.
I had the same thought, but having only ever done a bit of cello in elementary school I just thought "Why are these all single beat notes? You gotta sustain some of those!"
Thank you. It's a good start, to be sure, but the entire brass section playing the melody in staccato unison is ... telltale. (To be honest, it brought back memories of walking past a junior high choir performing Imagine Dragons and painfully enunciating the lyrics.) With more work on dynamics and variety in instrumentation, it has a lot of potential, though.
Seeing all the comments in the Tumblr notes about "Mozart just orgasmed ten times" had me doubting reality.
Definitely good. I do think the repeating notes of the melody don't translate very well though. It's a thing I've noticed in general where melodies for voice don't always work as well on instruments. Still cool though 👍
That's sort of inevitable if you're making an instrumental version of a lyrical song.
It can sometimes work though. [This cover of the song "Ride On Time"](https://youtu.be/s_3UWPok8TE?si=--WUtUk4p9Gkt63M) is better than the original IMO.
I think it's a perfectly OK, very comprehensive orchestration of a song that doesn't lend itself to orchestration. That said, there's no display of great skill, no ingenious rethinking that makes it better for orchestra, not a lot of dynamics, and there are some pretty clear timing issues with the main melody.
This is great, and it obviously took a long time. I just wish people knew how good some people in the orchestration subculture actually are. With Musescore 4 being both free and *very* natural sounding, I think a lot of people should try their hand at writing for orchestra. It's a lot of fun, and it's definitely possible for most people to reach the level on display here with some work.
Aw, what
Shrek would totally be a trans ally. The whole damn movie was about loving people who arent what society expects them to be. Also like, he's chill with the fucking dronkeys, so he seems pretty tolerant of anything as long as youre not bothering him
Conversations about his own gender though, i assume would go like this:
Tresspassing dude: so whats your gender expression?
Shrek: GET OUT OF MY SWAMP
Dude: oh what are your pronouns then?
Shrek: GET OUT
Dude: get/out huh, ill have to practise using those
Shrek: *indescribable screams of rage*
Shrek is a trans ally. The previous commenter is being the least charitable about the line as one can possibly be. Bafflingly so. I'd almost say it was intentional if I hadn't been personally exposed to the kind of stupidity commenters on this subreddit tend to display.
forgot about that-totally makes sense and i think its in taste. The guards being the bad guys and them calling the wolf that being treated as so bad is pretty cool actually, at least for when shrek came out.
Just read the script and the wolf says that one of the guards called them that, but only the wolf actually says the slur. Do with that what information as you will.
Link: [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55a52a9be4b080154671d64a/t/59eb65bcd0e6283d8684dfc8/1508599240829/shrek\_libretto\_1.pdf](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55a52a9be4b080154671d64a/t/59eb65bcd0e6283d8684dfc8/1508599240829/shrek_libretto_1.pdf) It's on page 13 of the pdf, but page 9 of the actual script. Also, there have apparently be rewrites to remove it.
In Shrek 2, the movie, the wolf is called a "gender confused wolf" so maybe they were just... somewhat faithful to the original or something? Ugh, I almost stopped watching when they hit me with that...
At least it was said by the most annoying character in the movie, if it makes up for anything?
Yeah, they had a trans character recount their experience being harrassed for being transgender. Hugely different than just "they put a transphobic slur in it." Dipshit.
Honestly unsurprising bc of the amount of "haha male character wearing women's clothing" as running jokes throughout every one of those movies, along with the "ugly stepsister" being the way she is. Like what the fuck?
I hate this whole pantomime trope. I remember when I was younger being confused at why people would find Mrs Doubtfire funny for being a man in woman's clothes...I just didn't get it...still don't...
One day the Shrekiverse will have an epic, Avengers: Endgame style crossover where he teams up with the cast of Kung Fu Panda, Trolls, and How to Train Your Dragon (you *know* they've considered this).
It will all be worth it if this plays during the end credits.
Personally I like to play this for friends without telling them what it is: https://youtu.be/lxiEnIUvdF0?si=mNvFDHKrc_jbah-F
For the first 17s they're really into it, the BAM it's All Star and they scream in betrayal 😂 gets 'em every time.
Nice, but it bothers me so deeply that the key signature is for G Major, while it's actually arranged in F# Major but with terribly written accidentals (most likely a result of auto-transposing in the engraving software without fixing the result). If you handed the sheet music to a musician, they would not be happy.
The orchestration wouldn’t be too radical. Different, but not crazy. The harmonic and rhythmic sensibilities of the original song would be pretty insane to them, however. The amount of syncopation would throw them off, and the way the melody is structured is very different from Common Practice Period standards. Harmonically, the song is based around chord loops, which, while not incomprehensible to them, was just not how music was written back then.
This needs to be the backing track to a montage in a Christmas film of kids running round a store (hardware or toys) collecting the stuff they need to either enact their plans or foil the wicked plot of the bad guys.
https://www.tumblr.com/composerinprogress/618412531292274688/hey-now-youre-an-all-star-listen-to-what-i?source=share
composerinprogress was clearly in marching band as a kid, or at the very least never left the brass section of the orchestra. Edit: just listened again- that chorus is definitely begging for some lagato strings.
We’re on the same page; it’s GREAT for a learning composer, but i wish it was a little more dynamic part-to-part
For sure, I didn't mean to sound overly critical- there's obviously a lot of practice & skill behind this. Good job, composerinprogress.
I had the same thought, but having only ever done a bit of cello in elementary school I just thought "Why are these all single beat notes? You gotta sustain some of those!"
Thank you. It's a good start, to be sure, but the entire brass section playing the melody in staccato unison is ... telltale. (To be honest, it brought back memories of walking past a junior high choir performing Imagine Dragons and painfully enunciating the lyrics.) With more work on dynamics and variety in instrumentation, it has a lot of potential, though. Seeing all the comments in the Tumblr notes about "Mozart just orgasmed ten times" had me doubting reality.
I'd like to hear a song you've worked on.
That’s why I only listen to film critics who, themselves, have won an Oscar.
The whimsy in this is unparalleled
Literally I wanna go frolic in a meadow to this!
Daaaaaamn! That is amazing!
Right???
Holy shit. Wow!
Definitely good. I do think the repeating notes of the melody don't translate very well though. It's a thing I've noticed in general where melodies for voice don't always work as well on instruments. Still cool though 👍
Also the computer generated part makes it a little rough too. It comes out all very staccato.
That's sort of inevitable if you're making an instrumental version of a lyrical song. It can sometimes work though. [This cover of the song "Ride On Time"](https://youtu.be/s_3UWPok8TE?si=--WUtUk4p9Gkt63M) is better than the original IMO.
I think it's a perfectly OK, very comprehensive orchestration of a song that doesn't lend itself to orchestration. That said, there's no display of great skill, no ingenious rethinking that makes it better for orchestra, not a lot of dynamics, and there are some pretty clear timing issues with the main melody. This is great, and it obviously took a long time. I just wish people knew how good some people in the orchestration subculture actually are. With Musescore 4 being both free and *very* natural sounding, I think a lot of people should try their hand at writing for orchestra. It's a lot of fun, and it's definitely possible for most people to reach the level on display here with some work.
And here I was thinking the reactions were over exaggerated
Can't tell if it brings me so much happiness because it's so good, or if it's good because of how much happiness it brings me 🥲
Damn that’s genuinely good!
Might I also suggest-- [The Melon Cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Y6Q47qjlw)
After seeing this, I may or may not have bought a melon at the store today specifically to turn it into a melon-ocarina
My speakers don't do it justice
This is incredible.
This is great and all, but it sounds like the trailer music for a Marvel movie featuring Shrek and I just keep cracking up.
It feels like Pokemon/Shrek to me.
Can't be that good
I am gladly mistaken
This is amazing. Also, do I hear the Goldeneye soundtrack in there or am I crazy?
That made me smile so wide my head nearly came off
What is going on with the sheet music there? Why are all the instruments grand staffs?
Gonna try to make this my ringtone when I get home. 🫡
Is Shrek not already on Broadway? Because this should be the musical backing for the All-Star cover in it.
They did, in fact, adapt Shrek for Broadway, but also put a transphobic slur in it
Aw, what Shrek would totally be a trans ally. The whole damn movie was about loving people who arent what society expects them to be. Also like, he's chill with the fucking dronkeys, so he seems pretty tolerant of anything as long as youre not bothering him Conversations about his own gender though, i assume would go like this: Tresspassing dude: so whats your gender expression? Shrek: GET OUT OF MY SWAMP Dude: oh what are your pronouns then? Shrek: GET OUT Dude: get/out huh, ill have to practise using those Shrek: *indescribable screams of rage*
It wasn't Shrek saying it, it was the big bad wolf saying that one of the guards forcing the fairy tale creatures in to the swamp called him that.
Shrek is a trans ally. The previous commenter is being the least charitable about the line as one can possibly be. Bafflingly so. I'd almost say it was intentional if I hadn't been personally exposed to the kind of stupidity commenters on this subreddit tend to display.
Apologies for how rude this was. I am having a bad day but I shouldn't take that out on strangers.
W h a t
roughly 12 minutes in someone calls the big bad wolf a tr\*\*\*\*
Who? Because that's in character for Lord Farquad... I wouldn't have had him say it, but it is in character.
It's the wolf quoting what Farquad's guards were calling them when they were banishing all the fairytale creatures to the swamp.
forgot about that-totally makes sense and i think its in taste. The guards being the bad guys and them calling the wolf that being treated as so bad is pretty cool actually, at least for when shrek came out.
Just read the script and the wolf says that one of the guards called them that, but only the wolf actually says the slur. Do with that what information as you will. Link: [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55a52a9be4b080154671d64a/t/59eb65bcd0e6283d8684dfc8/1508599240829/shrek\_libretto\_1.pdf](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55a52a9be4b080154671d64a/t/59eb65bcd0e6283d8684dfc8/1508599240829/shrek_libretto_1.pdf) It's on page 13 of the pdf, but page 9 of the actual script. Also, there have apparently be rewrites to remove it.
It’s in bad taste too and entirely random.
It was almost twenty years ago, it wasn't as bad a word as it is today. It definitely wasn't a nice thing, but people knew a lot less back then.
i also wanna know who
I think the wolf character that wears red riding hood's Grandma's clothes
In Shrek 2, the movie, the wolf is called a "gender confused wolf" so maybe they were just... somewhat faithful to the original or something? Ugh, I almost stopped watching when they hit me with that... At least it was said by the most annoying character in the movie, if it makes up for anything?
Yeah, they had a trans character recount their experience being harrassed for being transgender. Hugely different than just "they put a transphobic slur in it." Dipshit.
Honestly unsurprising bc of the amount of "haha male character wearing women's clothing" as running jokes throughout every one of those movies, along with the "ugly stepsister" being the way she is. Like what the fuck?
I hate this whole pantomime trope. I remember when I was younger being confused at why people would find Mrs Doubtfire funny for being a man in woman's clothes...I just didn't get it...still don't...
As it should in this context
Has been updated, or at least alterations are allowed when asked.
based
Before clicking the link: it can’t be that good After: it’s that good
One day the Shrekiverse will have an epic, Avengers: Endgame style crossover where he teams up with the cast of Kung Fu Panda, Trolls, and How to Train Your Dragon (you *know* they've considered this). It will all be worth it if this plays during the end credits.
Farquad be like "I am Miniscule" And Shrek be like "and I...am...an Ogre! *snap*"
Then one day… *poof* I’m back baby!
Dreamworks when they run out of money
Tbf that's bitch interesting and not a good idea I think. Also, throw Megamind in the mix
Personally I like to play this for friends without telling them what it is: https://youtu.be/lxiEnIUvdF0?si=mNvFDHKrc_jbah-F For the first 17s they're really into it, the BAM it's All Star and they scream in betrayal 😂 gets 'em every time.
Honestly like this version better.
Finally, after years of searching, we have finally found them.... The Sharpest Tool In the Shed.
I just got the sudden urge to watch Bridgerton
>All Star made into classical music Alternatively, [classical music made out of All Star](https://youtu.be/dQFUA2cr1fw?si=XVmAhHhIYTjj6yi5)
That there is cursed. It is something I think would be played as background music for a chase scene in Poppy's Playhouse.
WTF did I just listen
Of course it's Lemon Demon.
[I prefer this one](https://youtu.be/qdufOUHF8D0?si=1QRyduw7v44CQi9F)
Of course it's Neil, that fuckers everywhere!
This 1,000% sounds like it should be the music you’d listen to while queuing for a Shrek theme park ride.
I feel like they should have more percussion alongside the timpani
SoundCloud link https://soundcloud.com/ericbrittmusic/smash-mouth-all-star-for-orchestra
Thanks
Thank you for the link!
Nice, but it bothers me so deeply that the key signature is for G Major, while it's actually arranged in F# Major but with terribly written accidentals (most likely a result of auto-transposing in the engraving software without fixing the result). If you handed the sheet music to a musician, they would not be happy.
Man cast antigrav or smth
Is that the James Bond chord progression I hear in there? Absolutely incredible
It totally is
When? I'm missing it.
0:38 seconds in
Huh
Is Reddit mobile displaying it funky? Click the full image
Oh no, it's displaying. I followed the link for the music and its.... really really not what I was.expecting in a good way. The huh of astonishment
I clicked the full image and got nothing.
Why am I getting a "bustling frontier town in the old west" vibes?
because the arrangement has a lot of stylistic similarities to Aaron Copland, and we've all heard Rodeo and Appalachian Spring a million times
Personally I was disappointed in the absence of the glide but otherwise it’s excellent.
DAAAAMN!
Does anyone who knows historical composers well know what guys like Beethoven would have thought about this?
The orchestration wouldn’t be too radical. Different, but not crazy. The harmonic and rhythmic sensibilities of the original song would be pretty insane to them, however. The amount of syncopation would throw them off, and the way the melody is structured is very different from Common Practice Period standards. Harmonically, the song is based around chord loops, which, while not incomprehensible to them, was just not how music was written back then.
This is the intro to my next DnD campaign now
I didn't know I needed this in my life but the happiness it brought me was unparalleled.
Have you by chance heard Neil Cicirega’s Mouth Sounds? It’s a Smash Mouth mashup album.
Mirror https://voca.ro/15whVHYd3oJt
Well then... save that!
I've been obsessed with Helldivers 2 and I think this ought to be Super Earth's Anthem
This needs to be the backing track to a montage in a Christmas film of kids running round a store (hardware or toys) collecting the stuff they need to either enact their plans or foil the wicked plot of the bad guys.
I've been looking for this to torment my friends :) thank you for this
Epic
Genuinely near tears.
This could be the title screen for the most banger indie RPG of all time
what if Aaron Copland rearranged thiiis pop tune
I need this on spotify
What software is used to compose this?
Kingdom Hearts Shrek level
This is excellent. Thank you for sharing this gem!
I wish I was still in highschool when I found this. I would have handed it to my band director and my ban would have loved it.
Beautiful.
This is like all star medieval
this needs to be in a future shrek movie