How to Use orchestration in a Sentence

orchestration

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  • The orchestration, the lyrics, the production, the sound, the noise, the level, et cetera, et cetera.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023
  • This fall's orchestration pairs the grit of chains and grace of music.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2010
  • The new orchestration brings the score to splendid life.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
  • Now think of the feather floating in the air to the gentle orchestrations at the start of Forrest Gump.
    — Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2019
  • His orchestration, which includes the English horn phrase at the top, was one of the great secrets.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2022
  • There is no melody in the third piece; the focus is a series of chords with shifting orchestrations.
    — Christian Hertzog, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2018
  • With the right orchestration, this cycle could have run for months.
    — Patty Limerick, The Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2019
  • But the orchestration of Jason Neri and his six-piece ensemble helps save the day.
    — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • And with the great Jonathan Tunick crafting the orchestrations.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Austin worked hard to capture that unique sound in his orchestrations.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the software world, Orquestra is what's known as an orchestration platform, hence the name.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2020
  • As Cole and Boyles discussed in the pre-concert talk, there are some tweaks to the orchestration and more noticeable changes in the piano part.
    — Jessica Rudman, courant.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • While many of the era’s songs had been passed down orally through families in Bolivia, the orchestrations and choral works were thought to be lost.
    — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 8 May 2018
  • This movements stands as a tour de force of orchestration and tone painting.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 15 July 2019
  • There's a sense of sadness here, enhanced by the string orchestration as well as the way their voices play off each other.
    — refinery29.com, 8 June 2018
  • The orchestration has no washes of sound to hide a momentary lapse.
    — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Music and lyrics by the Go-Go’s, with orchestrations and arrangements by Tom Kitt.
    — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2018
  • This inevitably raised the question of just how suited her pop hits are for pure orchestration.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2022
  • Nine years older, Robert did much of the orchestration, without quite making a silk purse of what he was given.
    — Dallas News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • But for now, OSE wants vendors to build a policy orchestration layer that can talk to all of them.
    — Stephen Lawson, PCWorld, 24 Apr. 2017
  • The large-scale orchestrations rarely complement the mood.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2019
  • The show is also up for scenic design, sound design and orchestrations, as well as the big one, best musical.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 May 2023
  • Even sans singers, the moods and colors of the opera shine through in the orchestration, with percussion and accordion sending the music for a burlesque spin.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The orchestration lets up on its assault for a breath, and the intimate moment carries.
    — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 18 May 2022
  • Some frustrated players have insinuated that the lack of deals is the result of orchestration on the part of the clubs.
    — Robert O'Connell, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Musically, Favreau’s film learned a few lessons from Taymor’s stage version, at least; there’s a lot less white bread in the orchestrations and in the vocals.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2019
  • Rick Edinger was the show’s music director, and Charlie Rosen wrote the orchestrations.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Charlie did the orchestrations for Moulin Rouge on Broadway.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 July 2024
  • But this fusion has existed in me forever – from the lyrics to the harmonies and orchestration.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 24 July 2024
  • The opera was heard in Strauss’s reduced orchestration; under David Neely’s baton, the musicians still made a splendid racket.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024

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