Live transcriptions

[bryla]

EDIT: Updated the title to just let it be a collection of performances of my arrangements.

Sort of a mock-up: One of my jobs is to transcribe soundtracks for live performances:

My Neighbor Totoro // Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir & DR Big Band (Live)

"The Path of Wind" From "My Neighbor Totoro"Composed by Joe HisaishiPerformed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Big Band and Danish National Conc...

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MADAGASCAR 2 // Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir & DR Big Band (Live)

"Once upon a time in Africa" From "Madagascar 2"Composed by Hans ZimmerPerformed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Big Band and Danish National C...

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Elden Ring // Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)

Elden Ring : Elden Ring / Malenia, Blade of MiquellaComposed by Tsukase Saitoh / Yuka KitamuraPerformed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, The Nation...

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ARCANE - What Could Have Been // Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)

Arcane - 'What Could Have Been' from League of LegendsComposed by Alexander SeaverPerformed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, The National Concert...

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The Prince of Egypt // Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir & DR Big Band (Live)

"Deliver Us" from "The Prince of Egypt" Composed by Stephen SchwartzArranged by Thomas BrylaPerformed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, DR Big Band ...

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[Markrs]

Fantastic transcription @bryla and wonderful performance. Though I do have one question, why the manakins in the choir ?

 

[bryla]

Thanks!

Fantastic transcription @bryla and wonderful performance. Though I do have one question, why the manakins in the choir ?

I'm no set designer but I guess they refer to one of the movies featured in the concert.

 

[Henrik B. Jensen]

Fantastic transcription @bryla and wonderful performance. Though I do have one question, why the manakins in the choir ?

Maybe it’s like at the Oscars where they put a stand-in in your seat if you have to go to the john

 

[bryla]

Maybe it’s like at the Oscars where they put a stand-in in your seat if you have to go to the john

Wonder if it will exist for orchestra musicians or conductors?

 

[bryla]

Updated the first post with this new arrangement they posted:

 

[bryla]

Pirates of the Caribbean:

 

[bryla]

Bathroom Dance from Joker:

 

[bryla]

Updated with one of my favourite pieces of music. Michel Legrands I Will Wait for You from the movie The Umbrellas of Cherbourg:

 

[b_elliott]

Admirable work!
A few years ago I watched Steve Hackett perform Genesis' Suppers Ready with the North Iceland Symphony Orchestra. I was struck by the quality of the orchestration and wondered who pulled off something orchestral which enhanced a Genesis classic.
Any chance you had your hand in that?

 

[Gil]

Hello,
@bryla congratulations for your incredible work, these are amazing transcriptions/arrangements!

Great to see Ludwig Wicki conducting as usual (saw him conducting LOTR 4 times)

If I may, I have 3 questions about your work:
- What is your workflow? Starting from an existing sheet or transcribing from scratch on a piano/DAW/Notation (Dorico/Sibelius/Finale + NotePerformer) ?
- Why doesn't your name appear on the Youtube information on the videos? That would be so great, because of the value of your work, obviously, but also because questions like @b_elliott one above...
- Do your transcriptions available somewhere to buy, or to read on Issuu, like Georges Fenton's Planet Earth in Concert).

Thank you and congratulations again!

Regards,
Gil.

 

[Rob]

great work there Thomas!

 

[bryla]

Admirable work!
A few years ago I watched Steve Hackett perform Genesis' Suppers Ready with the North Iceland Symphony Orchestra. I was struck by the quality of the orchestration and wondered who pulled off something orchestral which enhanced a Genesis classic.
Any chance you had your hand in that?

Thank you! I have not been a part of those concerts but made similar in mainland Europa.

 

[bryla]

great work there Thomas!

Thanks Rob!

 

[bryla]

Hello,
@bryla congratulations for your incredible work, these are amazing transcriptions/arrangements!

Great to see Ludwig Wicki conducting as usual (saw him conducting LOTR 4 times)

If I may, I have 3 questions about your work:
- What is your workflow? Starting from an existing sheet or transcribing from scratch on a piano/DAW/Notation (Dorico/Sibelius/Finale + NotePerformer) ?
- Why doesn't your name appear on the Youtube information on the videos? That would be so great, because of the value of your work, obviously, but also because questions like @b_elliott one above...
- Do your transcriptions available somewhere to buy, or to read on Issuu, like Georges Fenton's Planet Earth in Concert).

Thank you and congratulations again!

Regards,
Gil.

- The producers send me a Spotify-link for the specific soundtrack they want to have performed and then I transcribe them from that. I use all the tricks of the trade to slow it down, loop it around and what-not to try to hear as many voices and instruments as possible. I just notate in Sibelius, yes. No magic there. It's all about how it looks on paper for the producer to evaluate it and the conductor to prepare.
- Sometimes they forget to put all the correct credits in. Thank you for bringing it to my attention so I could write them about it.
- Unfortunately the production company (The Danish Broadcasting Corporation in this case) hires me to deliver them a product so I can't share any of those.

Thanks for the comments and great questions!

Best,
Thomas

 

[Kyle Preston]

Bathroom Dance from Joker:

This is so wonderful Thomas, fantastic work! I love that you transcribe the soundtracks as they were recorded too -- I feel like I can especially tell with this one, it's perfect

 

[bryla]

New arrangement up on the channel:

 

[bryla]

Not a transcription but thought it might be of interest:

Last year Don Davis asked me to arrange his music from The Matrix Reloaded for a performance with Juno Reactor.

The music was performed on Tenerife and features Ben Watkins (JR) El Amir (guitar) and Greg Ellis (drums).



(it's only available on facebook atm)

 

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