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Hello all! I'm here with another piece, this one titled "Raptors in the Grass". As I composed this piece, the imagery I "scored" in my mind was a chase scene, leading to a moment of unreliable calm, that leads to a dramatic end! In my mind I imaged scenes akin to those in the "Jurassic Park" franchise with Raptors hiding and chasing through the tall grass. For this piece I am using a new VST. This is composed entirely using Native Instrument's Symphony Series (which is on sale at the moment at steep discount.) This was my first composition using the more advanced articulations and options available in this set of instruments and I am excited to get to do more. I was extremely pleased with the quality of the samples and how they come across in this piece. I tried to capture more momentum, especially in the first half. Wanting to keep up that "chase" but continue to vary and change the sonic environment to fit the changing actions of characters, such maybe getting in a car and driving or trying to fight back. With that unreliable calm coming in at the second half and a final crescendo when our characters get surrounded by the beasts they were trying to avoid. I would love to hear your impressions from listening and what story it tells for you. Looking forward to the feedback and hope you enjoy the listen.

Thank you so much, Alex! Appreciate you taking the time to listen and write a response. Glad to hear you enjoyed the piece! I haven't experimented a lot with different mic positions yet. But, I've just dipped into the Symphony Series so still trying to unlock all of its mysteries, haha! That is something I do want to experiment with though. Cinematic was certainly the angle I was intending to hit. Often when I write pieces I have to visualize scenes in my mind that I can play through to "score" it. So glad that the feeling came across. I greatly appreciate the kind words! Side note, speaking of Symphony Series. I am happy to hear you're downloading! It was a deal I just couldn't pass up. And a major upgrade from my previous BBCSO Discover. My experience in just this little time I've had it has been great. I was not prepared for the download sizes however, but those have proven absolutely worth it tenfold in the sample quality.

Thanks for the excellent tip about Symphony Series. I'm downloading it right now! I wonder, have you tried experimenting with different mic positions yet? Your piece sounds very cinematic to me: so I think you've hit the nail on the head! You're very good at crafting an atmosphere with your music, and sculpting a mental image. It felt like a very tense scene from a sci-fi action flick.

Hi to all! Here is my latest composition based on an extrasolar planet that may support life. The previous ones were "Tau Ceti" and "Iota Draconis (The Dragon's Quest)". Am planning to combine these into a symphony or suite eventually. The score is designed for midi playback, hence the strange note lengths and dynamics. Think I probably need to allow more time for winds and brass to breathe? Also my bass-line in the celli and doublebass is really boring: so perhaps I should change it? Looking for some feedback on how realistic the orchestra sounds, and what further steps I can take to improve this? I used MuseStrings and MuseWoodwinds with Berlin Brass. Haven't done any stereo panning yet. Think I may have pushed the dynamics too high in the climax at the end, as it sounds like it's clipping to me.

Hi folks, I'm back to composing after an inspiration drought of several months, that I attempted to break this week 🙂 This is an allegro moderato, first movement of a string quartet that will have three of them. It's not aimed at being technical or something, just pleasant to one's ears. Regarding the structure, I wrote 2 main themes A and B, which you'll find in A B A C B A structure Regards Marc

Hi @Layne! This is an impressively exciting track. I really love the intense opening and the sliding figure in 0:29, reminds me very much the dangerous scene and music in the famous shower scene of Psycho. The 1:00 theme reminds me of both the finale of Tchiakovsky's Fourth Symphony and Prokofiev's 6th Piano Sonata. You also provide contrast in 1:40 with the bassoons and flute as well as other quieter instruments. What I love most is that you don't go for a clichetic gradual crescendo till the end as many boring and uncreative trailer music does, as the music ends quietly with confusion and mysteries at the end! Thx for sharing, I like this! Henry

Hello @Marc Deflin! I really enjoy this classical style movement. I love the imitation between instruments in the piece, particularly when you give the theme to viola, the poorly neglected child in a quartet in b.17! In theme C in b.61 you give the theme to cello which is a great variation to me! Also your usage of pizzicato is good, I love it. Maybe one thing is the melody of the piece, as both themes A and B is more motivic and less melodic, but this is personal. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hello everyone, Times have gotten... bumpy these past few weeks, which gave me inspiration to create this reflective piece for solo piano. It depicts an image of a person shedding tears of emotional pain, whether because of unrequited love, loneliness, helplessness, overwhelming hardships, etc. Musically, I was somewhat influenced by Chopin (of course), David Orr's Nocturne, other YouTube composers writing in a similar style, among others. Some addenda: For now, I decided to post my more recent compositions mostly on here, while I'm trying to figure out how to make better visuals for my YouTube channel's original composition videos. If any of you have suggestions for creating visuals, do tell me! I really appreciate it. So reflect on yourself to this music! And like always, feedback is welcome! ~Frank

Hey @Alex Weidmann! I really enjoy this Vaughn Williams like piece! I enjoy your modal style very much as always, and your pacing and spacing is always great for me as they are not always following the same formula or having suffocating full sound all the time as in many film music and trailer music. I absoultely love the way you allocate the themes to different sections. However within the different sections I hope there will be even more variety for allocating the themes, as now it's usually the flute, Horn and 1st violin carrying the theme! I think especially for the woodwinds you can have at least the oboe and clarinet carrying the theme, while for strings you can have cello for a low register presentation of the theme! Nonetheless I enjoy it. Thx for sharing! Henry