REVIEWS
Radio Airplay - Review by Jon Wright, July 2020
Song: TEMPTATION
Overall Impression:
Alain Amouyal's Temptation is an immensely articulate, engrossingly immersive, and tonally rich piece of Neo Classical orchestration - full of deeply dramatic and literally fantastic musicality! With a masterful attention to detail and a hauntingly impactful musical narrative, Temptation plays out like a sweeping piece of cinematic scoring - driving listener imaginations to the farthest reaches of their creative capacities through an emotionally dense and harmonically complex composition; perfectly performed and pristinely captured.
Strongest Point(s):
This is an incredibly skilled performance of an extremely well composed work! The full and comprehensive use of traditional orchestral voicings is given even more dramatic weight by the additional choral elements to produce a sound that is endlessly engaging. The piano feature at 3:44 is gorgeous and tense - giving way to the following swell beautifully. Really stellar attention to dynamic contrast as well as rhythmic tension and release. Truly inspiring work!
Target Audience Appeal:
Temptation is a very impressive piece of Neo Classical orchestration, bearing all of the grandeur and dramatic charge associated with the most celebrated forms of storytelling. Cinematic depth of detail and Wagnerian narrative cues make Alain Amouyal's Temptation the ideal listening experience for fans of the Classical tone pallet with a specific focus on listeners with an appreciation for epic film scoring or those with highly active imaginations! Thanks so much! - Jon W.
About the Reviewer:
Jon Wright is a trained multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and music educator with nearly twenty years of experience in the field. Working with musicians and their individual sounds is his passion and profession, and he strives to interact with and understand every aspect of the production process - from theory and songwriting to recording and mastering. He continues to teach students of all ages and is currently collaborating with artists in a wide variety of genres.
Vocals: Strength
Lyrics: Not Applicable
Instrumental Performance/Execution: Strength
Melody/Rhythm: Strength
Arrangement/Flow: Strength
Recording Quality/Overall Mix: Strength
Song: Certainty
Overall Impression:
The dramatically charged finale of Alain Amouyal's Frames For A Fairy Tale, simply titled Certainty, bears a sense of resolution that cannot be captured by words. Amouyal's full use of the orchestral range, in addition to a full choir, creates an emotionally dense and artistically arresting sound, creeping from the softest, lowest, and darkest depths of musical expression upward through some of the most tense and ethereal orchestrations ever recorded.
Strongest Point(s):
Masterful use of the ranges and timbres available! The majority of this piece resides in a quiet and somewhat tense sonic space, with surprisingly explosive moments maintaining a sense of narrative drive.
At 8 minutes and 45 seconds into the piece, the lone soprano's softening of the soundscape feels immense against the rest of the piece's tonality - climaxing at 9:22 with a high note that sends chills. Gorgeous lyricism from the vocalist, with the presence of words creating a much more sentient sensation. The warmth that follows in the humming and woodwind feature is endlessly engaging, and fully impressive. Bravo!
Target Audience Appeal:
Alain Amouyal's Frames For A Fairy Tale is gorgeously conceived and fully narrative-driven - making it a prime listening experience for fans of fantastic imaginary-fueled narratives and scoring. Those who seek the emotional complexities and story-telling capabilities of masterfully crafted orchestral music will find Certainty to be a deeply rewarding venture - with the piece's fifteen minute runtime dissipating in what seems like an instant. Thanks so much for submitting these beautiful works! Wishing you well in the midst of these tribulations. - Jon W.
Artist target suggestions:
Howard Shore, Jeremy Soule, Alan Silvestri, Jerry Goldsmith, John Debney, James Horner, John Powell, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Russell Shaw, Richard Wagner
About the Reviewer:
Jon Wright is a trained multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and music educator with nearly twenty years of experience in the field. Working with musicians and their individual sounds is his passion and profession, and he strives to interact with and understand every aspect of the production process - from theory and songwriting to recording and mastering. He continues to teach students of all ages and is currently collaborating with artists in a wide variety of genres.
Vocals: Strength
Lyrics: Strength
Instrumental Performance/Execution: Strength
Melody/Rhythm: Strength
Arrangement/Flow: Strength
Recording Quality/Overall Mix: Strength
Song: LIBERATION
Overall Impression:
Optimistically cautious, Liberation carries a sentimental hopefulness that resonates to the core. The penultimate piece from Alain Amouyal's Frames For A Fairy Tale brings dark and bombastic energies to reconciliation with softer and more pastoral tones - speaking to a hard-won freedom through spritely woodwind and spring features, a blend of full choral sounds and solo soprano moments, and an emotionally poignant chime before winding itself into a succinct finish with resoundingly triumphant brass.
Strongest Point(s):
This is such skilled composition - it's very clear that Alain has a full grasp of the capabilities and intricacies of the orchestra. The passing of themes from voice to voice within the orchestra is very emotionally satisfying, and the shifting meters create a vivid sonic world. The male-driven choral moments with soaring female voices feels immensely poignant and prescient - giving way very well to the softer and more wind-driven passages. Big fan of the accelerando through the end - very engaging and cathartic with a perfect brass finish. Wonderful!
Target Audience Appeal:
Listeners seeking warm and inviting soundscapes, clever classical orchestrations and cinematically satisfying emotional composition will find themselves entranced by Alain Amouyal's Liberation, and doubly so if listening within the context of Frames For A Fairy Tale! As engaging as any fantasy film score and twice as satisfying, Liberation offers a wondrous depth of musicality to any that choose to listen! Marvelous works - I'm very grateful for the opportunity to listen! - Jon W.
Artist target suggestions:
John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat, Jeremy Soule, Ennio Morricone, John Powell, Dario Marianelli, Richard Wagner, Randy Newman
About the Reviewer:
Jon Wright is a trained multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and music educator with nearly twenty years of experience in the field. Working with musicians and their individual sounds is his passion and profession, and he strives to interact with and understand every aspect of the production process - from theory and songwriting to recording and mastering. He continues to teach students of all ages and is currently collaborating with artists in a wide variety of genres.
Vocals: Strength
Lyrics: Strength
Instrumental Performance/Execution: Strength
Melody/Rhythm: Strength
Arrangement/Flow: Strength
Recording Quality/Overall Mix: Strength
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