The Fairies' Waltz

When the fairies crown a new queen they get very serious about it. The royal composer must compose a new waltz for the new queen. The royal choir flaps their wings creating various pitches sounding much like human humming. This is the waltz for the new crowned queen.

BiaB style = Waltz Soft - Slow Smooth Waltz
Tempo - 60 BPM

I deleted the drums and modified the string, bass, and guitar tracks.

Strings - Kontakt - Kirk Hunter's Virtuoso Strings and Amadeus - Full String Ensemble
Bass - Kontakt - Amadeus - Full String Ensemble
Guitar - Kontakt - Pure Jazz Vibes
Piano - EZKeys - Dream Machine - Mark VII Dreams
Utility - EastWest - Play - Full Choir
ME - Guitar
Via my keyboard controller - Kontakt - Amadeus - Cellos
Viola - Cellos 8via

As always all comments welcomed

Mario,

Wow! This is stunning and beautiful... So delicate and superbly arranged.

This is a new favorite for me!

Bob

Absolutely beautiful your string arrangement and the overall mood of the song is just wonderful to listen to.
Very nice job!

Thanx Bob. I appreciate your very kind words.

Thanx Elliott. I did a lot of work on the BiaB string track so I'm glad that you liked it.

HI Mario ...

Elliott already said, pretty much, what I was going to say. Whatever you did to the strings, you aced it. They're so beautiful. The entire production just oozes warmth and satisfaction. Simply gorgeous!

Best to you ...

Alan

Thanx Alan. The effects on the strings are a touch of chorus and reverb. I read that adding a touch of chorus to strings can make a huge difference so I tried it. Yes, it did make a big difference.

The article also said it works on vocal and seeing as I need all of the help I can get on my vocals I will try it.

You (or they) seem to start with some sadness over the loss of the OLD queen. Man, you are so good at creating musical magic, Mario. Mario The Magical Music Man. Gotta love that alliteration. I wish I could play this for my 4 year-old granddaughter. We used to watch a lot of the fairy movies back then. Unfortunately she is 8 now and we won't see that 4-year-old part of her personality back for a few years yet. Mine, however, is in full bloom.

I played it twice just to hear how brilliantly you portrayed those wings building the song with each flap. Well done.

Bob pretty much nailed it there.
Totally agree.

And I like your description of the fairies creative process...

fj

Soothing, calming and an all-is-well feeling in this song.
I can see her slowly becoming air borne as the flower petals open.
Great job.

Nothing to add that hasn't already been said: beautiful song with a really good arrangement (not just the strings).
Well done.

Hi Mario,

Another great movie soundtrack - well done.

Best Regards
Nigel

The royal choir hummed up a good one Mario.

And you with your skill on all those multi-faceted tracks took it to an ethereal and wonderful place.

I hope the newly crowned queen sends you adequate payment for a job well done!

J&B

Thanx so much Marty. Your "Mario The Magical Music Man" is much better than what my coworkers called my wedding band. That was Maestro Mario's Merry Music Makers"!

Thanx so much Floyd. I'm glad you liked it.



Thanx Steve, I really appreciated you comments.

Thanx B.D. for these very nice comments.



Thanx Nigel for listening and commenting. I appreciate it.

Thanx J&B for this wonderful review.

Yes the queen did pay me two liters of fairy dust!

Mario

Good ethereal piece, very relaxing and well composed.

Nicely done.

Peter

Thanx so much Peter. I'm glad that you liked it.

Hi Mario, great job enjoyed my listen are you using Komplete 14 on this ? thanks for sharing Eric

Oh so faint echoes of Tammy and Moon River helps this shimmer.
Lovely.

Hi Mario, it's gorgeous.
I am wondering on the chord progression reference if any, there are a few beautifully tensioned passages that would love to know about if you are willing to share.

Thanx Eric. No, the only NI programs I have are Kontakt and FM8.

Thanx Ray for this wonderful review.

Thanx so much Artur.

Attached are the chords. Parts of the chord progression is from Lay Lady Lay and similar to I fooled Around and Fell in Love. The chorus is like many 50's choruses.

Smooth strings; guitar makes a nice contrast.

Good soundscape.

Thanx so much David.

Thank you very much for sharing.
If I am not wrong, what triggered my curiosity are those consecutive progressions in the form of
IV-ivm-I-I7 in contrast with
IV-ivm-I-V7,
loving it.

Lovely Mario. Really liked the mix on this one. The bells panning left and right was really cool. Guitar melody was really nice as well. Well done

Mario,
Silky. This can be made to a soundtrack for indie fantasy video game. Very nice guitar picking and interesting layered arrangement. Mix is very clear. Thank you for sharing,
Misha.

Another one bites the fairie dust.

Beautiful and exceptional. You have a knack for composing intriguing instrumentals.

Thanx so much Scott.



Misha, I appreciate your very nice words.

Thanx so much for listening and commenting, I appreciate it.

Hi Mario,

I thought it would be an original angle to talk about your strings, but the I read all the posts. No exception, they all were impressed by how you did it. A beautiful emotional song you've made here. You are really a man for all seasons!
I don't know what to say more than the others did. very, very good. i could almost see the fairies do their work.

Oh, wait... I have something. you named it a waltz, but that I did not hear as in 3/4 and a bit swinging.
Are that my ears, or did you tricked us with the name?

But whatever it is, it is beautiful!
Hans