MACIEK DOBROWOLSKI

Congrats!

Awesome news Maciek, glad to see all the attention it got finally got it its much-deserved release! Congrats Maciek, will to purchase when able!

Thanks guys that you were so supportive, this finally led to fruition also thanks to Maciek's perserverance about the release.

I have a signed version, it will always be limited. ;-)

good to see Maintitles makes dreams come true

Glad to hear a Cd is finally coming on the market

The Windé is a great follow-up to Clockwise. Well done!

I think I waited for Clockwise for two years or so, so I can probably stand to wait a bit for a CD for The Windé.
Thanks for putting your comments up, Richard! Always great to hear from 'behind the scenes'.

BUT, it's a shame though that some of the tracks are, IMO, spoilt by the inclusion of SFX. And in some of the most beautiful passages too.

Yes, it is. I wish that the music had been left alone rather than adding what sounds like wind, rain and thunder to the two "The Moorland" tracks.

As for the sfx in music, in my personal opinion, when it's outside the narrative (out of visual context too) and if we are talking purely musical forms of release (digital or physical (CD)), including sfx or spoken words into music is always a horrible idea. No matter the intention.

Thanks Richard for your insights into the genesis of the "The Moorlands" piece and the inclusion of the SFX in the music.

I suppose that the first thing to bear in mind with The Windé is that this is a piece that is inspired by the short score Maciek wrote for the film and so the music on the release is not constrained by the narrative. Therefore, anything can be incorporated into the piece.

It's clear that the need was to have the sounds of rain, wind & thunder in the music rather than to re-create those elements by musical means (whether it be with guitar or additional instruments).

I was definitely approaching listening to the music from a score point-of-view rather than anything else. And therefore, the appearance of the SFX was a surprise - and a disappointment. (Hence, everything following is based on my own point of view and preconceptions.) Rather than appreciating the intention of the composer, the inclusion of the effects makes the tracks containing them sound like a DVD rip of the film's soundtrack. Perhaps not the primary intention of Maciek or yourself.

The inclusion of effects such as this rarely sound as well recorded as the instruments they accompany. And, therefore, they sound a bit "bolted on" to the piece as a whole. Either trying to mimic the effects required musically or even using a specially-recorded wind machine in the studio would have helped bind it all together.

The use of effects can work in the context of a score - Roque Banos' use of a siren in his recent Evil Dead is a great recent example.

Siren in Evil Dead is incorporated musically to the point that one cannot easily differentiate it if not paying close attention. Because it is used as a musical instrument, and has been used as such in the past. It has musical qualities such as tone, timbre etc. The dialogue and nature sounds (rain, wind), don't.

Here you go:

http://youtu.be/2CS-QyKR21s

Have you listened to it, Thor?

To those interested, I'd like to remind you that The Winde is also available on Spotify .