Welcome to the Show Orchestral Remix (Critique wanted)

[Melody Shine Veysel 8]

Hallo! I made a remix of Welcome to the Show, and I am seeking critique and tips on what I could do to make better covers! Here's a link to the video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PLYm_LAWHw

Any and all critique, helpful tips, or anything is wanted!

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,809]

Ok.

 

Your samples have somewhat of a cut that makes them sound quite digital and not natural. Either adjust the decay on your samples so that way the notes can flow smoothly into each other, or add some reverb so that way the decaying note flows right into the next one. This is especially evident in your brass, woodwind and string samples.

 

Also, some of your instruments were too loud. They started to clip and distort in terms of sound. You must lower the volume on these instruments so that way they won't clip. On the topic of loudness, some of the melodic instruments are drowned out by other loud instruments. This is especially the case with your brass, where the low brass tends to clip. 

 

Your percussion was a bit drowned out by the other instruments. The gong roll and strike however, clipped. You might need to lower the volume of the gong and raise the volume of the drums a little. 

 

The content of the remix was okay. You gave too many instruments the melody, which made it sound digital because of how many cuts that were going on at once. I would suggest starting with only chugging strings with no percussion. What you have is an orchestral/rock fusion, minus the guitar. Have the woodwinds play the softer parts of the melody, while the brass play the more aggressive parts of the melody. For instance, when you're reaching the line "And now it's time to finish you!", have the upper brass play that melody, while the strings tremolo it. Have the lower brass play a Phrygian harmonic dominant descending scale. Since you're in the key of b minor, it would look like this:

 

F#-D-C#-B-A#-G-F#

 

It would've been better to stay on the V and not resolve to the I, since it is technically a cliffhanger moment in the actual song.

 

All in all, it's a decent remix, but it could use quite a bit of work when it comes to mastering, volume and melody assignment. I'm here if you need any clarification of any terms you don't understand.