#orchestral arrangements

[edge-oftheworld]

5sos fanblog with a twist!

hi!! welcome to the chaos :) you can call me ariel or silver and I’m a punk violist from sydney, australia, and tbh I’m still figuring out what that is.

here I post my projects: ideas, in progress, and when they’re done I’ll put them up somewhere you can hear! project requests on at all times, can’t guarantee I’ll def do it but I will always think about it and get back to you with ideas even if I can’t make it myself. I mostly make orchestral arrangements as I’m classically trained and can read too many clefs. but keen to experiment with anything! if you want me to arrange something for you to play please include your instrument and I will assign you which 5sos member or sierra or brandy I see your instrument as too for a bit of fun.

find me over at @faithfromanewperspective for less specifically music things! but you’ll find me blogging all my thoughts here too so hope u like!

PROJECTS IN PROGRESS:

FINAL EDITS: - orchestral arrangement of CALM minus no shame and easier and kmt plus ghost of you (teeth/lie to me/nitsw//lom/goy/lonely heart//old me/best years/wildflower/high/red desert) here - (nessa barrett) plane to paris orchestral

IDEAS: - vapor/lie to me/wwylm/bad omens for @ghost-of-you - efyts rock version for @ghost-of-you’s anon - something with tgwcw or os/co or airplanes idk - easier/more plus youngblood, no shame, kmt for me - red line (hornsby version) idea i got listening to ash's voice memo - (Taylor swift) dwoht/labyrinth for @speaknowtaylorsversions

COMPLETED: -only ever completed my child of the universe (delta goodrem) violin/viola duet which is what got me into this to start with!

on this account I fully immerse myself into the mood of the songs so you’ll see some heavy stuff, I use trigger warnings and tags, and reference neurodivergence and urban design and my own experiences. it’s all for the art and connection and I hope it might be encouraging for you too

p.s. check out the exclusive photo of the sunrise in sydney that’s burning for days

#pinned post #musician #violist #orchestral arrangements #5 seconds of summer #5sos #sierra deaton #almondmilkhunni #luke hemmings #calum hood #michael clifford #ashton irwin #silver creates #<-wish me luck with tag consistency lol #silver arranges 5sos #<-oops i found my old tag

[rachelfc-art]

Once Upon a Time

#undertale #undertale fanart #frisk #I was listening to #Undertale - Epic Orchestral Medley [Kāru] #on YouTube while drawing this #pleaseeee go check it out it’s so beautifully arranged

[astriexxe]

Please tell me someone got the whole thing I didn't get the start

I cannot get over I'm Alive with an orchestra it was just like so good honestly one of the best things I've ever seen

#next to normal #jack wolfe #guys #the orchestration #was fucking on point #who arranged this i love them

[dawntrailing]

#tomorrow and tomorrow #amanda achen #tokyo philharmonic orchestra #nikikai chorus group #final fantasy series #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy xiv: online #ffxiv #ffxiv: music #final fantasy xiv orchestral arrangement album vol. 3

[human-sweater-vest]

hi welcome back to me once again screaming about our flag means death and its use of gnossienne no. 5. heads up for spoilers for the first three episodes of season two and each episode the theme pops up in going forward.

cool cool cool. so it's been established that gnossienne no. 5 is the love theme for ed and stede as it was used during many of the pivotal moments of their relationship in season one. I'll do a brief recap but for a post breaking that down more see this bad boy.

the main thing with my previous analysis is that the instruments and tone changed each time the song came in, sometimes being loud and brash, other times being a whisper in the back of a quiet realization. therefore, I was so incredibly excited to see if/when/how it made its reappearance in season two. below is a compilation I'll update with each episode .

episode one and two don't have any use of it as far as I caught on my first watch through. please let me know if you catch it!

episode three:

5:40 - when stede boards the revenge for the first time after ed destroys it. he's looking for his love and it makes sense that this would be our first instance of the song in the season so far. however, the slow and almost hesitant piano of the song is cut off by the sheer destruction of the ship. we know how much the revenge means to stede, it was his lifeline and his home and the place he and ed found their love for each other. naturally it being destroyed would halt the music. it's also fun that we make it all the way to episode three without it appearing because that's when ed makes his first appearance in season one. good symmetry. good soup.

12:35 - when stede enters the captain's quarters alone to clean up the daggers the song comes in and we hear the iconic melody instead of just the notes leading up to it. he's fully allowing himself to stew in the mess the man he loves has made and how he's a direct cause of it. the main part starts as the camera shifts to a dagger right before stede pulls it out, perhaps indicating that their love has wounded them. he knows that ed is gone but the crew hasn't revealed where or why. the music then ends on a sour note and cuts out as izzy starts to speak, breaking the spell as he's confronted with the reality of one of the people who has been both complicit and victimized by ed's breakdown.

16:06 - as stede admits to zheng yi sao that he feels like he's the cause of ed's destructive streak and that he let him down, the theme once again comes in, this time softer than the previous two appearances in the episode. notably it's also piano, keeping in line the same tonal theme of simplicity and hesitance. it once again runs its course until an interruption happens with auntie bursting in to announce that she found "the jackpot" aka a dying ed stored in the secret room.

episode four:

00:00 - right at the start as ed is coming back to life. it ends abruptly as ed hits stede in the face, showing us that things aren't going to be all lovey dovey.

26:05 - it starts as ed says "buttons, people don't change" (before buttons turns into a seagull, proving this to be false). this is a really important one for several reasons. the first of which being that stede has once again left him alone in the woods, but this time he comes back for ed. ed is confronted with change, assured by it, things can be better. the second and infinitely more exciting to me, is the fact that this version is played on the harpsichord. where did we hear the harpsichord version last? the bathtub scene of season one, when ed decides to change for the first time. when he trusts stede to change with him.

episode five:

26:03- "you wear fine things well" part two. y'all. Y'ALL. it's the same exact version as the first time this scene happened. the critical difference is that they're experiencing it as reality and not a lovestruck delusion. they're flawed and fucked up and the moon isn't as full but the song is still the same. they're still in love.

episode eight:

12:10 - "I feel it in my soul, a love like ours can't disappear in an instant" Y'ALL I FUCKING CALLED IT I KNEW WE'D GET A BIGGER ORCHESTRATION OF THE SONG. we have strings as well as the piano and the theme is joyful and beautiful and reflecting that ed finally admits to himself that he loves stede. this is it. I'm buying dinner and going feral as my original tags promised. y'all this season was a doozy and you can best believe that if we get a season three I will be losing my noodle on how they decide to orchestrate the final usage of this song.

#our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 #gentlebeard #gnossienne no 5 #ofmd meta #y'all I've been waiting for this one #if we get a full orchestral arrangement this season I'm going to buy myself a nice dinner and then go feral #balls to the walls crazy because this sort of analysis is my shit and this show does such an incredible job in the music department #this is my ongoing passion project #keep an eye out for updates #this is how I'll be surviving waiting each week for another episode #please lmk if I miss any instances of the song!

[too-many-paper-cranes]

my new passion is remaking the hk soundtrack to include samples of grub sounds

(watch with sound on, of course! 🐛🐛🐛)

#blossom.txt #blossom plays hollow knight #hollow knight #grub #i'll probably release a custombgm pack with all the ones ive finished at some point #grub knight: coming soon to theaters near you #lol 99% of the time i spent on this was making the orchestral arrangement #grub noises took like...10 minutes tops #ignore me repeatedly walking into orbs on second phase #it's um more suspenseful if i do climb on one health #the grubbies were cheering me on it's fine

[lesbiangiratina]

I know its been over 2 decades but can they release the gg drama cd music. I need more bloodstained lineages

#theres 2 arrangements… theyre so nice… #a sad little piano 1 in x vol 2… and like a happier orchestral piece in xx side black ITS SO NIIIICE #i got like halfway through recreating the piano 1 but i got scared by Chords. i should try again #the kat goes meow

[faithfromanewperspective]

friends i need to know something. anyone else here other than me and @tleeaves a musician? and if i start blogging about chords and music theory the way we analyse literature do you want it like. in normal person speak? bc musicians can get real nerdy and there's a heap of lingo but i want it to be followable for anyone who wants to follow musician or not

#can you tell my 5sos orchestral arrangements are taking up my brain at all times #i've also got dwoht/labyrinth on the to-do list for a mutual #and i do take requests if you have songs i would enjoy arranging or just knowing the musical specs on #this is why i don't have any time

[coquelicoq]

me: how about...natori contracting some kind of youkai illness & matoba finding out about it & showing up to his set & natori dragging him off to his trailer bc it would be bad for his sparkly reputation to make the angry faces he feels coming on in front of his coworkers & matoba offering to help but in that smarmy condescending way that raises natori's hackles so he refuses but unfortunately he doesn't know how to cure it so matoba just keeps showing up every day & natori keeps carting him off to the trailer every time & being suuuuper cagey when people ask him who his visitor is & what if his coworkers get the wrong idea & matoba is fully aware of this & what if one day in the trailer natori reluctantly agrees to let matoba help him & matoba's like okay fine off with your shirt i gotta paint this spell circle on your bare chest & what if he's in the middle of doing that when they hear somebody opening the door to the trailer & obviously they don't want anyone to know what they're actually doing in there bc youkai-exorcist confidentiality so matoba's like no worries i got this & he KISSES NATORI omg classic kiss-as-misdirection trope & the person at the door is like whoops my b carry on gentlemen & after they've left natori is like wtf matoba????? & matoba's like well it's what they all thought we were doing anyway & your mouth was right there & it allowed me to cover the writing on your chest with my body & also you kiss people for a living so i figured it wouldn't be too complex for you & your part-time exorcist training to handle & natori recovers admirably quickly & is like WELL for your information that was a TERRIBLE kiss & no one is gonna buy that i professional makeout artist natori shuuichi would be swapping saliva with somebody on the reg without any of my considerable skill rubbing off on them & matoba's like so what do you propose we do about it & natori's like obviously i have to teach you how to kiss in case they come back -

the bedtime story fairy who thought this was gonna be an easy assignment: please just go to sleep im begging u have mercy ur brain cells are dying

#my other bedtime imagine also features misunderstandings in natori's trailer/dressing room but this time it's established relationship #natori and his costar are in his trailer practicing a kiss & matoba comes in & thinks natori is CHEATING 😲 #& packs up & goes back to the matoba estate & natori's calling him daily like i LITRALLY dk what i did wrong...miss u baby... #but also tell me what i did wrong u asshole!! you just left & didn't even tell me if/when you're coming back! wtf!!! #and eventually matoba comes home & they talk & natori's like mkay well first of all kissing that lady is my literal job that pays me #but i understand that it upset you bc we were alone in my trailer & looked startled to be interrupted. hey i know #why don't you come with me to set & you can see just how incredibly unsexy these practice sessions are? #so matoba accompanies him & it's literally just natori & his costar like calculating exact face tilt angles & figuring out #their precise height differential during the scene in question based on the shoes she'll be wearing & testing out ideal #degree of mouth openness & choreographing switching sides of the face to correspond to the movement of the camera #(bc obviously it's one of those epic 360-degree shots with the swelling orchestral score and w/e 🙄) #& figuring out where they should put their hands & whether it makes sense for them to be smiling at this point in their arc &c &c #& matoba starts like observing them from multiple angles & critiquing their technique & giving pointers to the costar #& grabbing natori's chin & bodily arranging his limbs like a mannequin & showing the costar the best ratio of lip give to firmness #by demonstrating with his own lips on natori's lips. & so on & so forth. meanwhile #the sleep i am forgoing in favor of having these thoughts is something i will NEVER get back. #natsume's book of friends #horrible exorcists #f #my posts #i am such a clown to watch one of the sweetest and most poignant shows i have ever seen and for what? #to get fixated on imagining ways to get these chuckleheads to smush their mouths together? unbelievable. #like these scenarios barely (if at all) have anything to do with what makes them so fascinating as characters. i just want them to Kiss #idk though i do feel like their first kiss has to be some sort of dare or 'accident' or w/e like these weirdos can't just KISS each other! #who does that! have you heard of a little thing called pride and invulnerability and plausible deniability!!!! #but i also completely imprinted on this one established relationship fic i read last year so sometimes i just skip ahead #to the kinds of misunderstandings and shenanigans and conflicting priorities they could get up to as a couple #i guess i just want the fact that natori is famous for kissing people to be Matoba Seiji's Problem in some way or another #is that so much to ask #(i also CLEARLY imprinted on a fic in which natori teaches matoba to kiss at a bar?? i should reread that one)

[ruinsoftime]

Radical Dreamers ～盗めない宝石～ Radical Dreamers -Le Trésor Interdit-

Chrono Cross Orchestral Arrangement (2019) Arranged by Kosuke Yamashita Music by Yasunori Mitsuda

Tracklist: 01. Chrono Cross -Scars Of Time 02. Arni (Home World) / Shore of Dreams (Another World) 03. Whirlwind / The Brink of Death 04. The Girl who Stole the Stars / Dreams of the Ages 05. Bound by Fate 06. The Frozen Flame / Dragon God 07. The Darkness of Time / Life -A Distant Promise- / Reminisce -Enduring Thoughts- 08. Radical Dreamers -Le Trésor Interdit-

#chrono cross #クロノクロス #chrono cross orchestral arrangement box #yasunori mitsuda #Complete! I love this arrangement #Happy 24 years

[edge-oftheworld]

a snapshot in time of my CALM orchestral arrangement

so I just discovered that this is a thing you can do on tumblr and i've been debating putting it up here (i'm not even sure it's legal) but at this point, to me it's worth the (very slim) lawsuit risk to show you guys the inspo behind making this blog. for @bluewrite who i've been meaning to email this to for ages but never got there. for @tleeaves who i think got a slightly older version as did @ghost-of-you but this is also for all of you who've heard me rattling about music things, for people i've gotten into 5sos by talking about this project such as @thevagabondexpress (thank you for drawing the U2 link).

anyway, as you probably know i'm a classical violist. i know my instrument and i know a fair amount of music theory and i know how to play the keyboard/piano as well and at the start of this project i knew very little about building orchestral scores or anything about wind instruments at all. i'd written arrangements and original pieces before but only for strings-only orchestras, and though i'm alright at pulling out instrumentation from songs my experience is largely in the more classic 2000s pop/rock/worship with very minimal synth activity and max 3 part harmonies. to say this was a challenge is an understatement.

it's also not finished yet. i've gone back and forth on this getting feedback from a bunch of people, much of which i didn't understand and wasn't ready to implement. i've also found ashton and calum's videos explaining these songs in more detail and the acoustic version of teeth and best years with the actual chords of the songs and now, differently to the week tfofu came out but similar, i'm on it again, noticing things. noticing musical trends. most of this was done by pure sound intuition and a handful of piano scores arranged by @/keudae on youtube i bought and played to get a feel of the songs. I feel really stoked to have picked up on the whole lover of mine setting us up for lonely heart and being a bit like ghost of you and some of the themes within the album!

but there is a lot i didn't pick up on. especially in the last movement i don't truly feel like i did any of those songs justice. nor lonely heart. and there is a stark difference between the quality of the songs that were played at the RAH and the ones that i only had a studio version to work off (my strings background comes out here). i've also looked at all the 22 individual parts and realised, hey, i want to be in the 5sos spirit and make every single one of these fun to play and right now the only one that is is the cello which carries luke's main melody line but it's also kinda working too hard.

and that's the thing i know, probably apart from that one keychange into lonely heart from ghost of you, this for the most part sounds good and i want to share it here before i rejig it too much, make it too much more orchestral, so we can remember it and see it evolve. because i have a bunch of juno and guitar and percussion and harmony parts i haven't put in. general song vibes. shake up the choruses and make them a variation on themselves each time. maintain the atmosphere it's got but add more layers to it, be more true to the original songs. make something i would be proud to show 5sos if the opportunity ever arose, something that would actually astonish them and I think I can. because their musicality in this album is astounding, and something i haven't seen in heaps of other artists, and i want to recognise that and draw it out in something that can do it justice like an orchestra.

#silver arranges calm #silver arranges 5sos #5sos #5 seconds of summer #ashton irwin #luke hemmings #calum hood #michael clifford #fan arrangements #orchestral arrangement #calm

[realpennoink]

You decide to end Death itself, the outcome of this battle will be a bitter one regardless...

SPOILERS

Self explanatory, I like Death from Puss in Boots and he’d make a kick ass soulsborne battle, so I did my own take on what if he was a boss and had this theme playing, prepare to die... a lot. 

#puss in boots 2 #music #orchestral #dark souls #death #arrangement

[thekidsarentalright]

imagine patrick scoring a star wars project. that would be INSANE he would eat that shit UP

REALLLLL as ive been watching the star wars movies and listening to the scores i keep thinking abt this like. he would eat and leave no crumbs he would slay so hard pleaseeee let patrick score a star wars project god pleaseeee

#dude loves creating dynamic orchestral arrangements filled w emotion he was born for this‼️ #asks #anon

[dawntrailing]

#flow #amanda achen #tokyo philharmonic orchestra #nikikai chorus group #final fantasy series #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy xiv: online #ffxiv #ffxiv: music #final fantasy xiv orchestral arrangement album vol. 3

[prophecyofgray]

psst hi @returntoregalia (+ fans of return to regalia) i composed a lil extended version of ur intro. for funzies! hope that's alright lol

there are several things about the composition that i'm not suuuuper jazzed about (cough cough the piano part, cough cough want to do more with the viola part, cough cough need to fix the dynamics in some places, etc etc) so maybe ill tweak it and post an updated version at some point. but im mostly happy with it! this was rly fun to do and im excited to maybe compose some tuc-inspired stuff in the future hehe

(btw i did this instead of the actual music composition assignment i have due friday but. we ball!)

#it's a catchy lil melody yknow #i think a full orchestral arrangement would be INCREDIBLE but i dont have the time/effort to commit to that rn #the underland chronicles #tuc #audie talks #return to regalia

[depressedraisin]

donny hathaway's recording of a song for you is probably the most perfect song to ever exist

#the vocals??? the piano???? the orchestral arrangement??? #POPPED THE FUCK OFF #i used to be a amy winehouse a song for you truther... but im converted. #thanks alex for informing me of this song's existence #donny hathaway #leon russell