"puppet march" in Am

i know i havent posted music in a while, so i felt like i had to post this one since i laboriously hammered it out just now

this short piece (roughly 2:30) is designed for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoon, and strings

the moment of inspiration came to me when i went to my girlfriends house and she showed me this puppet she has had since she was a wee lit-le girl. she said it was so "cute", but when i saw this horrendous creation i thought it had been spawned from the devil. i saw it and began a trance-like daydream (which i always wind up doing, even around her...shhhh ) about me shoving the puppet underground and have it buried alive. then i would go home and unfortunatly for me this puppet would rise from the dead and bring his minions in a vengeful plight against me. His march towards my house is what i have for you to listen to.

i have the score coming soon but its a mess as it looks like vomit so ill have to clean it up soon

enjoy and please critique!

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This is video-gamey and classic at the same time. I think it describes what you meant to portray quite well. The writing sounds idiomatic to me. I particularly liked the stacatto bassoon, it's a cool sound.

TG

I'll give you my 1st impression after 1 listen

WOW!!!!

Be back after a couple more times thru

Ron

Vince

This is some great work here. Granted it works for incidental music, but it also stands alone very well. It reminds me of something, but I find what it reminds me of in my mind.


.......(This is when I am thinking hard to remember).....

I think that it reminds me of something out of the movie Fantasia by Disney. Maybe when Mickey was playing with the broom.

What I mean by that, is that it is in the style, not the same music.

Where are you hiding all the rest of your music? Surely you have composed more than just this one and the other one in the last 6 months. I would love to hear more.

Also what Software are you using to come up with this?

I am highly impressed with this!!!

Here is my impression now after 3 or 4 listens

WOW

Well done
Ron

M is D: thanks for listening! idiomatic is such a great compliment to me as i tried so hard to make the instruments mimic my voice. thanks again!

Rolifer: hey Ron, glad you liked it! i have written more works, but they are what they are, and they in fact need lots and lots of work. i have some large scale projects underway, one is a 3 movement piano concerto (which the original plan was a piano sonata but i felt i needed more to get the idea out ) that im particularly excited about, but im not the best orchestrator yet and ive been studying scores like a mad man, mostly of shostakovich and stravinsky. i use Notion software but im not happy with it ( brass is HORRIBLE with it...but again i think i just dont know how to use the instruments properly ). i can hopefully post and work on composing more if i get another break from school, drama, work, drama, and drama. thanks again for you time and criticism Ron

here is the disgusting score

Awesome, really cool and QUIRKY, would be great for a film IMO, like when people are sneaking around or something.

Chris: glad you liked it!

I really enjoy a work when it is neatly packaged in a shiny wrapped box.

From start to finish this work is well executed and thought out with a great grasp of structure and especially handling of themes and sectional distribution.

Outstanding job!

Thanks for the heads-up Ron ...

Michael

thanks michael, i enjoy it when people as skilled as yourself take the time to review my work. any more grand orchestral works in the making?