Midis
These are midis I did recently from various Film-Music piano books . I've tried to capture the original quality of each piece as I remembered them. Obviously the arrangements aren't exactly the same as the originals as I was only working off two music staves, but I'm pretty pleased with the results.
Keep checking back...I'll be adding more midis soon.
>Ben's Death and TIE Fighter Attack.mid>(John Williams)
>Flag Parade>(John Williams)
>Jar Jar's Introduction>(John Williams)
>River Wild>(Jerry Goldsmith)
>Psycho suite>(Bernard Herrmann)
>Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves>(Michael Kamen)
>The Godfather>(Nina Rota)
>Out of Africa (Love theme)>(John Barry)
>The Munsters theme>(Jack Marshall (II))
All midis sequenced by G. Malaponti (C)2001
Midis are great for composing,testing out your arrangements, reading scores,re-editing music etc...anyone who has worked with them knows this. They are invaluable to any person who wants to compose and hear the results quickly. The old fashioned pen and pencil way is fine for those established composers who have a full symphony orchestra to command to hear all of their hard work actually performed. Unfortunately, the average person who enjoys composing and arranging music doesn't have that luxury of a full orchestra to hand. The other advantage of course is that MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a Universal Language that can be understood and interpreted by all General Midi equipment. In theory a MIDI track should sound the same on all MIDI equipment but of course in practice this isn't true as every equipment has its own unique voice sounds. So a MIDI file that sounds like a FULL ORCHESTRA playing on a top of the range Roland or Korg etc, wont sound nearly as good on equipment at the cheaper end of the market. This can cause annoyance if you've slaved for hours getting the exact texture and balance to your arrangement on your equipment and then hear it sound totally different when played through something else, ruining the overall effect. The amount of times I've gone to play one of my midis on a different keyboard from which it was composed, only to hear myself saying in an exasperated tone of voice...."It sounded much better on mine though!"...."Yeh, yeh, we believe you!" is the common reply. Also, when sending Midis by E-Mail etc, I have known data to change or parts to be lost etc depending on the programs that are used to open the file. So, when you put up a midi to show to the world, you're always concerned with the fact that it will sound different to each individual listener, with the worst nightmare being that everyone is listening to your midi through their computer sound cards and your Midi sounds no better than a child's toy keyboard low on batteries!! Aaaaghhh!!!! So, basically, if you're not connected up to an external keyboard or sample module or have a superb sound card or other gizmo, my advice would be "Please Dont listen to any of these or other Midis!!!" Otherwise, you'll be doing the composer/arranger an injustice...as well as yourself! Gae
I may even eventually record these midis through my keyboard equipment and save to MP3. At least that way, I'll know that the pieces are being heard how I want them to sound! Any comments? Send me an E-Mail!! Gae
