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Just two short parts. I wanted to write "emotionally" using contemporary tools. I think most contemporary idioms are linked to ancient ones (in music). @Rabbival507 The second part (2:35) uses the In Sen scale all the time in the right hand (except a few passing notes), and also in the left hand but less. I think you called this scales Miyako Bushi.

Woah a lot of things happen under this sea!! Really like the overall atmosphere and sound, after 2:30 I had kind of the feeling that you discover a hidden palace full of wonders under this sea, otherwise I don't know why it should go so epic! Beautiful job, very fluid, just like the water!

I think a climax depends on what happened before. OK, supposing you want to use previous material, I don't think it's a good idea to go atonal because it's a radical change of idiom. All the tools you mentioned are good, but some more;: Modulate to somewhere higher (a second, a third). Use previous material with a brighter scale (if mayor, change to lydian).

Okay this started out beautifully and when the trumpet came in, I felt it broke the magic of it all. But really enjoyed that first half a lot.

♫Darling it's better Down where it's wetter Take it from me Up on the shore they work all day Out in the sun they slave away While we devotin' Full time to floatin' Under the sea!♪ Oh, wait — wrong song. Anyway, I think it sounds good but I would say that some of the mallet and wind instruments, and definitely the arpeggios around 3 minutes feel too loud. I'd also say that a lot your harmony is a tad too "dark" to me. At least, when I think of the sea and the picture you've chosen, I think happy and floaty and not like Jaws. But around 2:10 or so, the chords and everything there feels more like 1930s murder mystery. Also, those brass samples Overall though, I enjoyed the piece! I'd just look at fixing up the dynamics a bit.