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Well, well, well. Quite the expansive piece here, both in the literal and metaphoric senses.
Much has been said, and I'd be wasting your time to echo so much sentiment, so I'll wrap up that section of my review simply enough: it was, indeed, a lovely piece; I was also reminded of a few Prokofiev- and Rachmaninoff-like moments... though all-in-all, it held its originality well enough. In my opinion, at least.
On to some other notes...
I've noticed that you've done some film scoring, and you say that's what you're about. Power to ya, mate. This point, and another you made along the lines of "still finding your compositional voice," go together quite nicely in my mind, as I can relate to them both.
In reverse order, I know exactly what it's like to be searching for your own voice, all puns aside. I've only posted one meager little sketch of a very classical sonata here on the forums, but what one would find in my computer files would be incredibly confusing. I'm in between romantic, classical, and modernistic influences; it's very often rather frustrating, as I'll sit down to write one thing, say, an organ sonata, with a classical ideal in mind, and find myself leaning more towards my avant-garde tendencies.
All this mumbo-jumbo of mine aside, let me say that hearing works like this offer me a bit of mental stability, per se. I can hear many influences from many different eras in this, as well as something that seems to be uniquely yours; this is the very goal for which I've been struggling for nearly three years, now. Congratulations and thanks on that point.
As far as the film music aspect is concerned... heh heh. I've always DREAMED of composing music for either one of those post-modern/apocalyptic films (my personal preference), or, alternatively, for a Video Game. (I play the Final Fantasy games more for their music than even for the novel-like plots. I'm a nerd.) So in that vein, I totally know where you're coming from and going to.
Well, I'll step down from my rickety little soap box here... and a final congratulations on such a wonderful piece. I wish you the best - or at least, the continuation - of luck, my friend.
-Dallas
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