TLB Orchestration | Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre - Re-orchestrated by T.L.B. @TommyLapointeBlondin | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 3 hours ago
This song has been a long time in the making so let me tell you a bit about it.
This song was written in 1874 by Camille Saint-Saëns and is meant to represent a little story where Death wake up the dead to dance with them for a night. It is full of symbolism and has all sorts of really cool things inside that let you follow the song. A quick example is how death was represented by the violin solo which starts off by "adjusting" itself in a series of tritone, which was commonly associated with dissonance, telling us that it is indeed Death itself (Or maybe even the Devil)
But I'm rambling. It's a really good song that barely feels like a classical song at time, and I struggled to find better version both in interpretation and sound quality than "that" version on Youtube that everyone, even my music teacher, refered to when talking about Danse Macabre, so I decided to give a try at remaking it myself.
Now of course nearly all of what you're hearing is digital like all the music I do, so there are some parts that took me hours to get right just because digital instruments don't sound as well as real ones, and I had to tune them a whole lot to even get what I got here. Even still I can hear some part that I can only hope could be better if I had access to either better programs or just real musicians. Still, having everything be digital does have some ups, like for instance I could add my own instruments that were not a part of the original song, like a bit more percussions, chimes, glockenspiel and a good old choir. And finally there is the addition of the cello solo.
The story behind that is quite simple : I didn't want to use digital instruments for the violin solo the song is built around just because I know for a fact that it would suck, so I went out and got some help from someone. That's where I met Tom and Jess, a duo of professional musician who made me an offer and recorded the violin solo of the song while adapting it for a violin/cello duo. Why? Well I like cello, and I had a duo to work with so I let them be free with their interpretation. While it does technically mess with the original meaning of the song as the solo is meant to represent Death leading the danse, I decided that for the sake of making this version both unique and sounding better it was worth sacrificing a bit of emaning while still educating you all on the original message so it's still not lost. Let's say that Life and Death decided to dance together for this version, alright?
Anyways, this is already way too long of a desciption. I'll let you enjoy this piece I've work hard on.
BIG THANKS to Tom and Jess for providing the violin and cello solo for this song. If you're interested in their services, don't be afraid to go check them out at fiverr.com/severnduo
As well, big thanks for danushka_art for once again providing the artwork for the video. He's the one behind the images you see in some of my mario music covers so don't be afraid to go check him out too at fiverr.com/danushka_art and you can always go see his Youtube channel as well : youtube.com/channel/UCzrGDP98OeD4nXH9jqb7VYw
You can also follow me on Soundcloud as some of my songs are posted there early while the artworks are worked on : soundcloud.com/tommy-lapointe-blondin
Finally, if you really like what I do, don't be afraid to support me on Patreon to help me put more time on these songs : patreon.com/tommylapointeblondin
This song has been a long time in the making so let me tell you a bit about it.
This song was written in 1874 by Camille Saint-Saëns and is meant to represent a little story where Death wake up the dead to dance with them for a night. It is full of symbolism and has all sorts of really cool things inside that let you follow the song. A quick example is how death was represented by the violin solo which starts off by "adjusting" itself in a series of tritone, which was commonly associated with dissonance, telling us that it is indeed Death itself (Or maybe even the Devil)
But I'm rambling. It's a really good song that barely feels like a classical song at time, and I struggled to find better version both in interpretation and sound quality than "that" version on Youtube that everyone, even my music teacher, refered to when talking about Danse Macabre, so I decided to give a try at remaking it myself.
Now of course nearly all of what you're hearing is digital like all the music I do, so there are some parts that took me hours to get right just because digital instruments don't sound as well as real ones, and I had to tune them a whole lot to even get what I got here. Even still I can hear some part that I can only hope could be better if I had access to either better programs or just real musicians. Still, having everything be digital does have some ups, like for instance I could add my own instruments that were not a part of the original song, like a bit more percussions, chimes, glockenspiel and a good old choir. And finally there is the addition of the cello solo.
The story behind that is quite simple : I didn't want to use digital instruments for the violin solo the song is built around just because I know for a fact that it would suck, so I went out and got some help from someone. That's where I met Tom and Jess, a duo of professional musician who made me an offer and recorded the violin solo of the song while adapting it for a violin/cello duo. Why? Well I like cello, and I had a duo to work with so I let them be free with their interpretation. While it does technically mess with the original meaning of the song as the solo is meant to represent Death leading the danse, I decided that for the sake of making this version both unique and sounding better it was worth sacrificing a bit of emaning while still educating you all on the original message so it's still not lost. Let's say that Life and Death decided to dance together for this version, alright?
Anyways, this is already way too long of a desciption. I'll let you enjoy this piece I've work hard on.
BIG THANKS to Tom and Jess for providing the violin and cello solo for this song. If you're interested in their services, don't be afraid to go check them out at fiverr.com/severnduo
As well, big thanks for danushka_art for once again providing the artwork for the video. He's the one behind the images you see in some of my mario music covers so don't be afraid to go check him out too at fiverr.com/danushka_art and you can always go see his Youtube channel as well : youtube.com/channel/UCzrGDP98OeD4nXH9jqb7VYw
You can also follow me on Soundcloud as some of my songs are posted there early while the artworks are worked on : soundcloud.com/tommy-lapointe-blondin
Finally, if you really like what I do, don't be afraid to support me on Patreon to help me put more time on these songs : patreon.com/tommylapointeblondin
