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Yeah, this is my own original material, just inspired by Medtner (as I've put it in my catalogue) Really appreciate the feedback, thanks for commenting!

Hey @ferrum.wav! I don't remember if I reviewed this piece anytime throughout its development. I definitely feel like I am really well familiarized with the music by now however, having heard it multiple times before. I think the piece has a great melodic, harmonic and rhythmic identity! And you sustain this melodic adventure for upwards of 7 minutes which is a feat! I went back to the original post to maybe read up on whether this is a piece based on themes from somewhere - but I couldn't find anything, so I assume that this is all your own original material? Great job and thanks for sharing!

I'm nervous because this is my first ever musical comission. This waltz is intended as a birthday present for a friend, she likes a lot studio ghibli and Tim burton's so I decided to write a waltz trying to imit these styles Since my friend is not a classical listener I used simpler harmonies, but my perfectionist self wanted more so I decided to orchestrate the waltz and, duuuude, it's the best desition i could have ever made I hope you like it!!!

Hi to all. Here's my latest attempt at orchestration practice. This one's from a piano miniature by Ravel. Haven't put all the slurs and fermatas in yet; but it's otherwise more or less complete.

Thanks, I might give that a go! I'm actually doing Ravel's "Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn" next. (In fact it's almost finished.)

ah, I see your point now, brotha. Since I've tried to emulate a more "jazzy" style, there is probably a lot of improvised-sounding sections. At that time, I wasn't sure how to develop the theme since it doesn't really lend itself to motivic transformation, at least in the classical sense. I just had to, most of the time, repeat it with slight variations and different key schemes throughout the piece. You're actually right about the ostinato being the center of attention from bars 1 - 20; it makes its full appearance at b.21. Now that you've mentioned it, I can't stop unhearing the piano ostinato in the B section, perhaps there are balance issues there too. Thanks for clarifying your thoughts, peter. I am glad you found good things about my piece.

Danke, Henry!

I still think it's the best piano piece I ever wrote, in 38 years. I am 56. When are they going to kick me off this site for not being a "Young Composer?" Young at heart, I guess.

Hi all! As the Halloween season creeps closer, I decided to produce a small, ultra-short film rooted in my love of the holiday. A couple years ago I produced a similar short featuring some of these same characters, which I did also share on here. This is a pseudo-sequel to that video as well. I would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and such! I did submit this to a local film festival and will hear back soon on if my submission was accepted. It was fun trying to play with some different things sonically, especially with the introduction of the theremin into the mix. While trying to go from an almost cartoony sound and look at the beginning, to a more sinister one at the end. Hope you enjoy the watch/listen!

Henry, you may play this piece with the repeats or not, but I do think it is more temporarily balanced WITH the repeats.

Let it come naturally. "When the gentlemen can think of nothing else to say, and can go no further, they swiftly call in a diminished seventh chord, and their troubles are soon ended." Beethoven.

...or a better singer!

Orchestrate this:

Schumann orchestration? Contrary to legend, Schumann was not a bad orchestrator. Workaday, like Brahms. Not a colorist like Mahler, Ravel, let's see...Rimsky -Korsakov? Just keep working, but only when you feel like it. That would be my advice, and it is what I do. Great exercise to orchestrate a Schumann piano piece, and piano music in general is hard to orchestrate.

Thanks! there are like two mistakes before the bass comes in but it's kinda lowkey.. Yeah maybe it could benefit from a change of rhythm in the bass. I kinda like that it sounds simple in the piano version but surely as an orchestral piece it would be more serious and complex.

This is so unique in such a familiar format. I see see this representing a chaotic character for sure! And I don't think you're using microtones here but for some reason it sounds like you are lol. Very fun to listen to, and great job at keeping it interesting throughout.

Hi, I don't know about Jewish influences, maybe the phrasing suggests that. This could be related to Finnish 20th century romanticism (such as Oskar Merikanto) or finnish folk songs (unless I'm mistaken).

@therealAJGS so far i've finished 9 variations, theme, 1 - 5 is the first section, 6 - 9 is the 2nd section (9 is just an orcrhestration of "The Legend"), and after is the finale, which i haven't started anything yet. the whole piece currently sits at 17 minutes. i plan to do 3 - 5 rapid ones after the 2nd section.

how many variations are you going to make?

Lovely and simple

Sounds great at least for as much as what the title suggests. Jewish influence?

Thanks Peter, I'll give that a try. In the meantime, I've made a few tweaks to the piece, and added some extra material. Hopefully this makes the transitions sound a bit smoother.

Also some description of Variation 3: It's in 3/4. Tempo will be a metric modulation: the quarter note will be the same length as the 8th note from the 2nd variation.