Quote Originally Posted by dirty_bass
Well, it`s a fun project, but "the bells" is hardly an orchestral track.
Timpany for the kick, cymbals for the hats, maybe a sax for the housey noise, and then some idiot on tubular bells.
I mean, I`m all up for a bit of pretentious artiness, but converting some very simple 909 based tunes into orchestral score? it`s almost a joke.
Writing music for an orchestra is another thing altogether.
He`ll be doing some Jeff Mills and Garth Brooks country and western techno next.
The Bells, western style "yeeeeehaaaaaa ding ding ding ding, boom tish boom tish"
Theres alot of classical music that is alot more minimal than the bells. It would be quite good fun to be in the orchestra that played it I would have thought. Theres actually alot of room in something like the bells for an orchestra to amuse themselves and the crowd. How well it worked would be down to the guy who did the arranging and the conductor, but I'm guessing it came off pretty damn good or Jeff wouldent be putting this on a CD. And while the bells would be good, stuff like Amazon and 4Art would be ace I reckon!

Thing is, I have a feeling that when the orchestra does this, they will be using more than a Timpani, Cymbals, a Sax, and some Bells. I've never heard it, but I would guess they will be using as much of the orchestra as makes sense. No doubt there will be a big string arrangement, and the bells bit in particular would be excellent if done with violins/violas/cellos/basses. I dont know how much things got changed around, but the bells could quite easily be made to sound like a movement from a Beethoven symphony if people wanted to do that.