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    • Henry Ng Tsz Kiu
      Jamie's Casting - "Will I find true love?"

      By Henry Ng Tsz Kiu · Posted

      Yo Peter, This one is so goddamn mesmerising just like love. It’s tricky, addictive, dreamy, a bit horrible, just like your music here. It’s so amazing that you come up with so great of the harmonic colour and timbre for a random theme. Like Vince I am in awe with the theme and left hand piano, but I am also in awe with the flute and dreamy echoing right hand of piano. The only thing I love less is the voice haha. I mean, even a gamelan would have been better than the voice!!😝 Thx for sharing! Btw hope Jamie finds his true love! Henry
    • Henry Ng Tsz Kiu
      Lurking for Symphonic Orchestra

      By Henry Ng Tsz Kiu · Posted

      Hi @Some Guy That writes Music, I finally have time for this one! I had longed for listening this one but I had to compose my music so I reviewed nothing here. The beginning section sounds peaceful, but you introduce a lot of colours here and make it interesting. As we are both featured in Mike’s video, I really love the Ab modulation Mike quoted. I have to note that, you do prepare for that modulation introducing an Ab in b.90. And it’s fxxingly beautiful here. For me the section is more in F Aeolian. It’s so fresh here and the themes are so beautiful. Maybe in b.204 the sustained brass like the trombone is a bit too loud and overshadow the woodwinds and strings, until b.218. The 218 passage is so grand and I love it very much! The military theme is less in my liking, but again b.285 theme is so freakingly beautiful. B. 308 bassoon is nice! That modulation back to C major is so goddamn beautiful!!! One thing is that I think the F minor section is somewhat a bit too long and suppress the original C major too much for me, but that’s subjective. The ending struggling is really great and push that one final climax at the end! One of the great things here I think is that I never feel boring in any of the 18 minutes despite knowing that there are repetitions. Your orchestration is so good to create the aura and atmosphere! The themes are simple, but the effect is so great. I am in awe of this piece, congrats for this achievement! Thx for sharing! Henry
    • olivercomposer
      Faust (powerful metal track)

      By olivercomposer · Posted

      Thanks for your comment. I appreciate your perspective. The song is more focused on Faust's inner struggles rather than his romantic relationships. I aimed to create an epic metal song that delves into his inner turmoil.
    • Henry Ng Tsz Kiu
      In the Last Days

      By Henry Ng Tsz Kiu · Posted

      Hi @pateceramics, We have countertenor, and thx to you we now have countersoprano!    I love the modal feeling here. Those parallel fifths and octaves add the feeling of it. It’s so English here. I like this! Thx for sharing. Henry
    • Henry Ng Tsz Kiu
      Faust (powerful metal track)

      By Henry Ng Tsz Kiu · Posted

      Hi @olivercomposer, Even though I didn’t read Goethe’s Faust, I like Faust and Mephistopheles. They are cute. They really represent Western culture and thoughts, even though they are extreme version of it. On the music using Bb minor and Neapolitan sixth is great for the evil theme. Btw where is Gretchen? And where is Helen? I find their love with Faust great! I remember watching an old silent film on Faust and Gretchen’s love and I loved it so much. Thx for sharing! Henry
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