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March of the Killer Ants for string synthesiser Opus: 2 Length: 6:20 Instruments: 1979 - Korg micro-preset synthesiser, 2003 - MIDI Composed: 1979 Re-written and re-recorded: 2003 |
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| Original recording | The second thing I tried to do with the Korg was an attempt at writing a string quartet - I wasn't really up to it in 1979, and neither was the Korg, but I did manage to create an interesting and highly unusual piece of music. You can download the whole Early Works album from MegaUpload. | |
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Here is a MIDI string version with some minor alterations. Still doesn't sound right, although it is an improvement on the original. A failed experiment I thought - until I tried using a piano sound instead... |
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Now it sounds like some mad prehistoric march when played on piano (or rather two pianos - or maybe one piano with two pianists, I don't know) The title came to me when I made this version and realised it reminded me of the music in a Tom & Jerry cartoon when the ants are marching single file towards Tom's picnic basket. |
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