skyy38

I can "borrow" ALL I want to from John Williams-it doesn't mean that I'm going to *sound* like him though.... https://soundcloud.com/skyy38/launch-capsule-final Mr. Moderator. I know that you don't want "music uploads" in this section of the forums, but I DID notice that one of your many posters DO provide *links* to their work, in the "signature section". The above is just a *link* to the piece in question, but if it is still "against the rules" I'll understand if you delete it...

One time, I wrote a short spec piece called "March Of The Penguins". Not terribly complicated at all, and I thought I had come up with the perfect "motif" for the penguins- a sort of plodding yet playful piece of music, like penguins themselves. Basically I was right-I could hear and see the perfect match between visuals of penguins and the music I came up with. I thought to myself "well played sir!" The next day though, I found myself watching an episode of a certain, dysfunctional, animated family show. As usual, the main titles blasted out in that "old time", break-neck speed, cartoon frenzy- business as usual EXCEPT a tiny alarm went off in my brain about the main titles. I watched the show then fired up my keyboard to investigate the cause of that "alarm". It turns out that I had changed the theme to "The Simpsons" to suit my own purposes,even though I hadn't been aware of it , at the time. Now,when I say "changed", that doesn't mean I changed the basic tones of it-BUT I did change the rhythmic notation, tempo AND my orchestration of it was certainly going to be different from "The Simpsons". Instead of discarding this, I decided to keep it! If John Williams can "lift" from Stravinsky (STAR WARS) and Danny Elfman can lift from Christopher Young (HELLRAISER 2 for BATMAN-main title theme) with NO dire consequence whatsoever, then I'm keeping my "March..." :)

Very true! This means you're putting more energy into worry, rather than into composing...

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This online course is *free* and has audio examples as well! http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/77-Principles-of-Orchestration-On-line

You mean like taking "Composing 101"? No. Ear training, theory, rhythmic notation and orchestration: These are the things to develop and study. These are the disciplines that will help you become a composer. But finding your own voice as a composer is entirely up to you. Listening to everything that you can get your hands on doesn't hurt either! Don't put too much worry about developing a certain "style" or "having an identity", in terms of composing. Style is something that is inherent in you already-it's simply the way you approach or do things-that's your style, which will naturally carry over into your music. Study as much as you can, listen often and ask questions. And when anything starts coming into your head, write it down! Believe it or not, these opportunities don't hit you 7 days a week!

What is a "leavers song" if I may be so bold?

Imagine paying for an orchestra with your own money and finding out that the results are less than what you'd thought it would be....

Albert Einstein was not a composer...per se, but..... "Imagination is more important than knowledge"........ wow, just imagine.....

If you haven't seen it already: http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=9262 Enjoy

I write because I NEED to. Doesn't make a difference if I "make it" or not, I need to write. There are far too many things around me that influence and inspire me to write music and it's something that you just don't "turn off". ______________________________________________ www.soundcloud.com/skyy38

Screenplay writing software merely puts your words into screenwriting form. You still have to come up with the words......

VERY cool site! Thanks a lot! Only complaint is that some of the javascript examples fail to launch. Just as a lark, I decided to try this. This is me(pay attention to the first three measures only.): http://soundcloud.com/skyy38/ras-al-ghul My results on musipedia: http://www.musipedia.org/result.html?sourceid=flash&tx_mpsearch_pi1[submit_button]=Search&tx_mpsearch_pi1[pc]=hum+00-92-100%2F2488-99-100%2F3741-97-100%2F4765-99-100%2F7356-97-100%2F8329-99-100%2F10768-100-100%2F11981-97-100%2F14256-96-100%2F16127-93-100%2F17112-92-100&coll=m&rvp=0.5&filtertext=&onlymatchfrom=0&ofs=0 I think I'm safe! :)

Let's see-one post...."PM Me..." vague details on WHAT kind of music...wants that music for free... Does anyone else smell something?

Thank you for your kind words John- I really appreciate them!Especially since most people on the OTHER 'boards seem to be in permanent "put-down" mode. The "violins" that you refer to is probably the cello patch that I used but didn't blend well enough in with the rest of the ensemble. I probably should drop it altogether because it might be "brightening" things up too much. I couldn't find the scene anywhere on Youtube-Sorry! If you have the movie at home, go for it! Threepio will say something like " Please come back Artoo.You wouldn't want my life to get boring would you?" Artoo beeps a reply.RIGHT AFTER THAT BEEP, start the cue and let it run until the end. Seeing how this is a re-recording of something I did before, I *might* have dropped a couple of measures from the original arrangement but that shouldn't be too much of a problem. I need to make an official record chart of this anyways for consistency. There's really no need to make this longer because it just covers the aforementioned scene...... The "nagging" part of this, is that I keep thinking that I should be approaching this differently somehow, but I keep on coming up short in the "solution dept.") Maybe there *isn't* a solution, but one of these days I just might surprise myself! Again, thanks for the encouraging words!