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The problem I imagined, at first, with the limitations of the orchestra and the fact that it should be film-music based was: No brass, no low woodwinds, no piano, and no harp. But piano was added, which I figured could add to the lack of bass sound in the orchestra. And then I realized, I can work around not having exactly what instruments I wanted, and even writing for instruments I didn't necessarily want to write for. I don't understand why people are willing to quit just because there is a new instrument in the ensemble to write for, or because they're not getting everything they wanted.
To Calehay: Many a time, piano has substitued for harp in orchestral scores, and it sounds pretty much the same, done correctly. I heard Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker with piano replacing harp, in that one movement, whatever it is... And it sounded pretty spot-on.
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