Hello forum,
Here is my performance of Bruce Broughton’s “The Riddle’s Solved” cue from the 1985 movie “Young Sherlock Holmes” produced by Steven Spielberg.
Young Sherlock Holmes - Cubase project
In an alternate universe where John Williams grew up to become a carpenter instead of a composer, I'm sure Bruce Broughton would have scored a lot more films and become a lot more famous. 😄 Nevertheless, this score was nominated for a Grammy Award.
The music is youthful, celebratory and exuberant with very colorful orchestration. I love the fact that Broughton featured so many different woodwinds, giving each prominent little solos. I used both the Synchron (piccolo & English horn) & SYNCHRON-ized woodwinds (flute, oboe & clarinet) for these solo moments.
Originally, I used just the Synchron Strings Pro and Elite Strings for the strings, but after the release of the Duality Strings, I went back and layered in the Duality Strings during a number of the melodic sections.
For the mix I went for a bit of that drier, more up front, sound stage quality. What do you think of this type of sound that was popular in the 1980's?
VSL Libraries used:
Synchron Woodwinds
Synchron Brass
Synchron Percussion
Synchron Harp
Synchron Strings Pro
Synchron Strings Elite
Synchron Duality Strings
SYNCHRON-ized Woodwinds
SYNCHRON-ized Dimension Brass (mutes)
SYNCHRON-ized Solo Strings
All questions and comments are welcome.