I think you're on the right track.
Scorewise, the only thing I see missing might be that the timp parts sound like they're rolling where as yours sound like single hits.
Soundwise, can you get better distinction between the brass and strings?
Mixwise, The original horns are a little thinner. Yours are fatter. The original is a little more distant. Your's is a little too much in your face.
So keep working on the eq, and place your whole 'orchestra' in a bigger hall.

Hard to imitate the London Philharmonic........

natural, post: 368390 wrote: I think you're on the right track.
Scorewise, the only thing I see missing might be that the timp parts sound like they're rolling where as yours sound like single hits.
Soundwise, can you get better distinction between the brass and strings?
Mixwise, The original horns are a little thinner. Yours are fatter. The original is a little more distant. Your's is a little too much in your face.
So keep working on the eq, and place your whole 'orchestra' in a bigger hall.

I'm gonna break out the original soundtrack to this and take a closer listen and also take your suggestions to heart.

Timp? No problem, I'll correct it.

On the pan scale, brass is panned to dead center but I guess I need to spread it out. The low strings are panned 084 while the high strings are 044.

I was afraid of the horns sounding TOO thin so I'll go back and try it with a single brass patch instead of brass+trumpet.

I *wish* I had an EQ but, for the most part, I'm glad I don't.

I can handle the HALL though!

For the record, I recorded this as an MP3, so, it could have been worse!

Thanks again!

TheJackAttack, post: 368396 wrote: Hard to imitate the London Philharmonic........

Actually, that would be the LSO that would be hard to imitate.

"Hard"....yes...but not impossible....

Mea culpa. Of course back then the musicians swapped orchestras so frequently its hard to keep track without a dance card! :-)

I know who the pricipal horn was if that counts....

Part of the problem is just how you're trying to emulate it.

Create your orchestral sections. The violins never sounded the way you created them. You'll need one orchestra section on the left, one on the right. It's not straight up down center nothing. You can't just press the violin button & get violins. When you sweeten the violins up, Only relying upon first & second violins, for that airry sound you'll have to take some of that honking midrange out, also. Then, they'll sound sweeter making more space for beautiful light but discernible timpani hit. I mean, not to be cruel, I don't think your version even sounds close? It's down right brash. You don't want to hit people over the head. You want to make a point. I used to have to teach people how to play their string synthesizers, when they first came out, in the late 1970s. People would play them like piano's. They sounded like a bunch of ducks quacking & geese honking. That's not how a string section plays or is recorded. Legato not Let's Get Go.

The French Horn's were even stopped up not stomped out. You need to create great finesse For the sound of great brute force. Or is that the other way around?

French horny honey
Mx. Remy Ann David