mc16584

This song is written in the style of the old 8-bit video games. Hope you enjoy :) An Adventure to Remember

Thanks for the reply, Cheese. To answer your sample question, I used EWQLSO Gold with FruityLoops Studio 9. I have been fishing around for a better french horn sample, because I agree that it's too synthy and punchy for the epic level it needs to be, but it's still a work in progress to find that... As for the percussion, it's funny you should mention that. I actually panned them out and back to make it sound more distant right after I posted this, and I will probably update this file with the new one in the next couple days after I make adjustments. Thanks for posting! :)

This may be the intro movie theme for a video game my friends are programming. It's intended to be dark, but adventurous and majestic. Any comments are appreciated.And sorry, there is no score. I made this with a sequencer, writing out each part but not notationally. I could probably make one if someone wants to see a score, but as of now, there isn't one. Dark Adventure Intro Music

Reminds me of Call of Duty... I think tremolo strings with strong dissonances when I listen to this. Maybe try some of that when you lengthen it? I say when because I expect to hear more from someone with such a great start as this. MC

1. Wow. 2. WOW! This is one of the better pieces I've heard today, and I completely agree with Marius and Cheese. It has a great "undiscovered" feel to it, and I think the title describes the work with perfect accuracy. Your recording sounds very professional and clean, so whatever you did on the second mix, keep doing that in the future. I personally use FL Studio 9 with EWQLSO Gold, and my computer (a mid-grade desktop) can handle almost everything I throw at it in there. The worst problem I get is a slight fuzz when too many EWQL channels are playing at once, but that's easily manageable. All in all, amazing job with the writing and construction of this piece. I could easily see this put into a game or something like that. Congratulations on a good work. MC

Hi, Ben! Thanks for your response. I will be sure to try and find a program to make a .pdf with as soon as I can, and I will post it on here with the sound file. As for the piece, I am still working on the opening to give it a slightly less cheesy feel and a little more interplay between parts. The same goes for the slow section: I was intending to put in some percussion parts in the trumpet-horn duet section, as well as in the oboe solo section. Again, thanks for your input, and I would love to hear from you again once I have posted a new update of this piece. MC

I began writing this piece a long time ago, and have recently pulled it back out of my incomplete works archive to attempt to finish it. I would like comments, critiques, or suggestions (basically anything you want to say) about what I have so far. The opening is what gives it the feel of a march. Bright, loud, and jovial, it has a simple melody with a simple background. The melody is stated, then repeated, first in the low winds and saxophone, then in the trumpets and clarinets. After that statement, the introduction is repeated, but switches to minor. Solo trumpet and solo horn play a duet over a pedal. The next section has a sort of "battling rhythms" background, which would challenge each section's ability to focus on their part and play it correctly, while still feeling the beat of the whole ensemble. Then, after the background is stated and settled, an oboe solo floats over the rest of the band. That's as far as I've gotten. I will try to upload a .wav file of the piece, but if I can't get it to load, I will just upload the score (.mus) and a midi. 10-8 March.mus 10-8 March.wav

I've updated the files with newer versions. They now include a portion of what will be the ballad (the Ocarina of Time theme from Zelda). Please continue commenting and stuff :D

Good. :) I'm glad you were able to listen to it. Thanks again for your input.

The marching band I'm talking about is the performing style you would see at a football game at halftime. As we like to say in the band, "it's more creative walking than marching." We can pretty much take any tempo and/or style of music and put a marching show together around it. I don't know what the issue would be with the midi... maybe I can try to email it to you or something?

I am in a marching band at the University of North Texas, and our director writes our music for us. Marching music (at least at a college level) can be pretty much anything the band or the director wants to perform. I know that our show we performed this year had a large mixture of tempos and styles, and our band pulled it off rather easily. No offense intended at all, impresario, but I'm not sure where you got your information from. Marching bands should have the flexibility and adaptability to adjust to several tempos and styles with no problems. In reference to the transitions, this is a very stripped rough draft. Most of this is just pieces written down so I will remember them for later, and they will be fleshed out and improved upon later in the writing process. For one, there are almost no percussion parts. Second, I have almost no dynamics included. Thank you both for your comments, and I hope I didn't come across harsh in my response. I greatly appreciate you taking time to listen and judge my music. I hope to hear from you again. mc16584

Thank you both for your responses. I agree, this piece is slightly corny, but it's not intended to be anything flamboyant or impressive. It is my first completed full band piece, and it was meant to be a gauge of my abilities as a composer. I greatly appreciate both of your replies. @impresario: Thank you, it took me a while to decide on that title. I always wait until after completing a piece before naming it, and it took me almost as long to title it as it did to write it. :/ Still, I'm glad you agree with the title. On the topic of dynamics, are you referencing the point where the key changes to minor? It's intended to be a subito-piano, but Finale doesn't play it quite as I would like it to sound. When I finally get a chance to have this piece played, I will make a point to have the group perform an instant piano, but maybe not quite as soft as the computer generates this one to be. As I listen again, I agree with you that the piano is too soft for the feeling at that point in the piece. Thank you again for replying. :) @benxiwf: You can't open it? Are you using Finale or Finale Reader? I used Finale 2009 to write this, and saved it as a .mus file through the normal saving process Finale chooses. I'm sorry there was a problem with the score. I'm glad you feel the optimism I attempted to convey through this music. Again, I agree that it is corny, possibly a bit repetitive, but it's intended more as a chorale, an easy piece where technique isn't required as much as perfect intonation and group blending to get the full effect. I feel that the impact of the piece will be greater with an actual brass band performing the music rather than static, electronic tones from a computer. Thank you for your input, and I look forward to hearing more from you later on. :)

This is a piece I wrote for my Brass Band. It isn't intended to be difficult technically, but more of a concentration on melodic and harmonic perfection. It describes difficulties with obstacles or problems in life, then the will and ability to overcome them. Inspiration and Perseverance

Hi, I've posted a piece here before (a completed one called Inspiration and Perseverance), but this time I need help, I think... I'm writing this piece for marching band as a medley of video game classics, and I'm stuck as to where to go with it next. So far, I've included Pokemon, Star Fox, and am working on adding Ocarina of Time. I would like suggestions on which pieces to add in next (looking to have this be 7-7:30 in length total). I would also appreciate comments and/or criticism on the parts I already have written. Please keep in mind this is a work in progress and none of the segments are final drafts. Thank you in advance, mc16584 Fledgling Composer Here are 2 files: a midi and a .mus file. I don't know how to make a .pdf with Finale, so I apologize if some of you can't view this. (Finale Reader is free and allows you to view and/or play Finale .mus files, for those of you who are interested) Marching Video Games.mid Marching Video Games.mus

Honestly, I was kind of doubtful when I read your program notes for this piece, and I wasn't sure if I was going to like the way it sounded or not, but, after listening, I was astonished. I found myself captivated by every moment of it, and I couldn't predict at all what was coming next. I have not heard any of Reineke's works, so I can't compare you to him or others like him, but I feel that you could easily edit a couple of things in this piece and get it published. I don't like being nitpicky on a first post on a work, so let me know if you'd like to hear a couple of very specific and critical comments. I had to dig deep to find something I could comment on, but they're honestly very trivial. Overall, very great work on this piece, thoroughly enjoyed listening. M. Carter

I posted an incomplete version of this work a couple months ago, but it was written for wind band. I had the idea to transpose it to brass band, and ended up liking the timbres and octaves better, so I finished it in brass band form rather than wind band. It is written to represent perseverance and a will to continue through hardship. Please listen and/or read the score and tell me what you think. The parts are not fully fleshed out, and there is usually only 1 part for each instrument, but that will change later. I just wanted to put up the "complete" work for critique and/or comments, and would appreciate any input from others. Thanks in advance! :) Inspiration and Perseverence.mus Inspiration and Perseverence.mid

If this is an arrangement, which piece did you arrange it from? Can you post a link? With respect to this on its own, I actually really liked this piece. The chord structure and harmonies fit well with each respective instrument, but there were some points where it felt a little dry to me, such as right after it changes keys to A major. I feel like the solo should hold over a long tone, or one of the other instruments could bridge the gap between the solo statement and the chords in the next measure. As it is, it still sounds wonderful, but almost a little sudden. Honestly, I'm being very picky here, and overall, this piece is well constructed and arranged. I look forward to seeing/hearing some other works from you. Thank you for joining Young Composers! MC

I liked it as a whole, and the piano solo part overlaying the whole piece sounded very neo-American, as per the goal of the piece. However, some of the dissonance underneath in the various instrumentation felt somewhat less than additive to what the piano was doing. I felt like the segment from 1:39 - 1:50 really clicked to what the piano was conveying. Some of the dissonance seemed to fit, but some just felt like it was taking away attention from the piano. I may be incorrect as to what you were trying to do with this piece, but overall I still liked where it was going. Thanks for posting! :)

Here's a piece I've been writing with the intention of having my ensemble play it at my college. It's intended to be reasonably easy, but written to the specific abilities of the players in each section. Please post feedback and/or comments, they will be appreciated. Any suggestions of titles for this piece would be even more greatly appreciated. The best I've come up with thus far is "Hope" or "Perseverance". Ignore the loud dynamic markings on the horn part... that's just to make the notes more audible on the sound file. Insert Title Here.mus Insert Title Here.mid