Examples: in the album Dreamland by Robert Miles, i enjoyed the first part of these tracks: Fable, Princess of Light, Red Zone.

After the openings the songs became very cheesy and borring. The rest of the album was even cheesier.

I'm looking for sophisticated, multi-layered orchestral trance with or without lyrics. Beat or no beat, either is fine.

another example: Voices of Summer 2007 (beauty) by GT vs Project C.

jump to 1:13:00 which is during the last track.

The synth/orchestra for the next minute or so is the best music i have ever heard from these mixes (i have them all). There are so many subtleties.

please help me!!!!! I would really appreciate recommendations on artists!!

PvD did a live performance of all of his tracks arranged for a philharmonic orchestra once. It was actually kind of neat.

The song that comes to mind though is Hello Strings, can't remember the artist. Also the opening track of Danny Howells' latest Essential Mix had gorgeous strings.

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thanks a lot for the info! anyone else with suggestions? I want as much as I can get.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov PvD did a live performance of all of his tracks arranged for a philharmonic orchestra once. It was actually kind of neat.

Exactly what came to my mind when I read the thread title...

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov The song that comes to mind though is Hello Strings, can't remember the artist.

Is it "Synergy - Hello Strings"?

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov Also the opening track of Danny Howells' latest Essential Mix had gorgeous strings.

Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Top of the Pops extract)

Rob Dougan's your man, some songs that come to mind are:

Clubbed to Death (Kurayamino Remix)
Furious Angels
Born Yesterday
I'm not Driving Anymore

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Last edited by woscar on Oct-03-2007 at 03:45

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Originally posted by woscar99 Is it "Synergy - Hello Strings"?

That's the one. I don't have it anymore and I was too lazy to look it up on discogs.


Oh, and your sig reminds me I have to check out a Rowan Blades set - I've noticed our taste in music is pretty similar, and you always plug him. I'm a Masiello whore, so I'm sure I'd like Blades as well.

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LIKE.
THERE.
WEREN'T.
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FUCKING.
GENRES.

give me a break ffs! and i dont want any smart asses saying "oh orchestral trance has been around forever waah waah wahh"

There are genres and then there are descriptive modifiers of genres. Check?

I would suggest looking into Juno Reactor's body of work, especially the album Labyrinth. Infected Mushroom's Classical Mushroom might also be of interest. Bust-A-Move, anyone?

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov That's the one. I don't have it anymore and I was too lazy to look it up on discogs. Oh, and your sig reminds me I have to check out a Rowan Blades set - I've noticed our taste in music is pretty similar, and you always plug him. I'm a Masiello whore, so I'm sure I'd like Blades as well.

Yeah, we sure do

If you're gonna start listening to Rowan Blades, I recommend getting the August Chinese Laundry set. As a Masiello whore like myself, I'm sure you'll be all over it like flies on shit.

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Nice thread! I too am interested in orchestral tracks.

Synergy - Hello Strings is an awesome track! Just wish it was a little faster.

Fable - Nightshift is a beautiful track that opens with some very strong strings.

I'd love to hear the PvD tracks mentioned above!

A little bit of faux-strings does not warrant the use of the word "orchestral". Do you even know what an orchestra is?

You bet, however following the theme of the thread many of the tracks listed seem to follow a certain trend involving "strings". Now then strings are part of an orchestra are they not? Therefore it wouldn't be completely erroneous to call these tracks "Orchstral". Suggesting that someone does not know what "orchestral" means simply because they are referring to strings seems rather ridiculous.

It's rare that you'll find full on orchestral trance with brass, percussion, woodwinds etc... You could however look at The Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions soundtracks which were a collaboration between Don Davis & Juno Reactor. Awesome tracks! Not sure if any of them are mixable, but they're certainly fun to listen to.

Another track to look at would be: Nickelson - Yin (Solide Globe mix) which features some beautiful strings from The Last Samurai, composed by Hanz Zimmer.

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Originally posted by djcrono Now then strings are part of an orchestra are they not? Therefore it wouldn't be completely erroneous to call these tracks "Orchstral". Suggesting that someone does not know what "orchestral" means simply because they are referring to strings seems rather ridiculous.

Sure, if we are talknig about a real string enseble, or perhaps even one of these wonderful ultra-high fidelity sample libraries, then yes. But the "strings" in many or most of the tracks mentioned are synthesized, which is just fine, really, but it's not orchestral.

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It's rare that you'll find full on orchestral trance with brass, percussion, woodwinds etc... You could however look at The Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions soundtracks which were a collaboration between Don Davis & Juno Reactor. Awesome tracks! Not sure if any of them are mixable, but they're certainly fun to listen to.

Yes, only a few tracks are Don Davis/Juno Reactor collaborations but they are really amazing. Don Davis' work on the entire trilogy is absolutely brilliant and Ben Watkins contributing on a few selected pieces turned out to be really nice.

My favorite one is "Burly Brawl", such a sick piece, but it's certainly not trance.

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Another track to look at would be: Nickelson - Yin (Solide Globe mix) which features some beautiful strings from The Last Samurai, composed by Hanz Zimmer.

I think it's quite awful, and i love the Last Samurai score.