February 11, 201016 yr This is another opening idea of an RPG apocolayptic game, i think its better "sourced" than the previous, i feel an epic theme coming after that...? Scrid theme2
February 11, 201016 yr I like this theme much better. It has a bit more urgency and a lot more groove with all of the rhythmic ideas you put in. Very nice work. What are your ultimate plans for this piece? How long will it be? WIll it have better samples? Have some crazy cool effects? Peace on Earth, -John
February 11, 201016 yr This does work better than the previous one but I am curious as to why you don't take your pieces further? This one as is isn't ready to loop and just ends in mid sentence. Ron
February 11, 201016 yr Man... I know I have some scrafty sounding samples, but you took it to another level :P Just kidding, it's nice, altho' I would change the marimba (is it?) with celesta, it has more of that epic-fantasy kind of color you're looking for. Unless ofcourse your imagined rpg is taking place in some kind of jungle enviroment, then the marimba fits in perfectly. The theme is nice, and string harmony is in place, but it would benefit from some humanization. As Ron already mentioned, it needs more development, or at least a cooldown period and a planed ending of the theme. A scale rundown with expressive instruments like staccato strings or piano is always a good way to bring the theme down to the root or the dominant, in that way you set the mood for a cadence, and there it is, instant ending right there :). Cheers!
February 12, 201016 yr Just a question because you keep saying it's for an "apocalyptioc" kind of game: Isn't this too peaceful? While listening to it I had rather thought of abeautiful, maybe bit sad athmosphere. But the piece is very pretty though, I like the flute melody above ;-)
February 12, 201016 yr What do you have doubling with a flute? It sounds like maybe a violin and flute? The horn harmony in the background is really pretty, I really enjoyed this. Thanks
February 13, 201016 yr Author thank you all for responding, great comments on all :) john, my ultimate plan hehe, i want it to be crazy epic'ed theme, this is obviously just an intro for it, i would say make it around 5-4 min long. i intend to change samples when i'll get some better ones before..i've tried pushing it out of the intro but nothing good came out still. ron, i usually have 2-4 hours a day to work on compositions, so i've been practicing alot in those times not making anything serious, as i feel i have more "composer tools" to learn. i am still unsure which of my "creations"(just ideas basically) are solid material to invest the time in developing them. from my experience, its very frustrating to work on a piece you might like, but you are the only one, especially since its not art music. phant, solid composer's idea for the ending mate, i will check it out, i was looking for a motif to make the connection for the second part, but there is no second part lol. olibrehm, you are so right, i will need to make something sinister in the background, maybe change those "nice horns" to "evil".. BDW, there is no doubling of the flute, might be the horns on the start they are close.
February 13, 201016 yr J I could compose countless 30-60 second pieces as exercises in getting to learn the tools. But one of the things we have to do as composers, is to also do exercises in development of our ideas. I force myself to go further just for that purpose. At this point, I don't think we should be thinking whether a piece is worth more work; we need to realize that our composition skills need the extra work. So it really doesn't matter if the piece is all that good or not. What matters is that we do the work. I am probably not explaining what I mean very well. What I am suggesting though, is that you force yourself to expand on your ideas without wondering if they are worth it or not. The experience of doing it is what makes it all worthwhile. Sometimes it takes quite a while to figure out if a composed piece is as good or as bad as we initially think. I have worked on many pieces that I thought were great until later I realized that they were total crap, while the opposite has also occasionally happened. Also at this point I wouldn't worry too much if you are the only one that likes your music. In the end, we compose for ourselves so we just have to make ourselves happy with the music. Ron
February 15, 201016 yr Not much to add here, J: this is pretty (FAR too pretty and clean for anything close to an apocalyptic feel), and it could use some production polish, but it does make for a nice introduction to a longer piece. I agree with Ron though in that you should definitely start focusing more on actually taking your pieces and developing them fully. It will help you grow as a composer. :)
February 15, 201016 yr Author marius, this is not apocalyptic also??? :P , jk. my approach is that i can't develop a piece i'm not content on its essence. now i've got a nice essence, but its not related to theme. frustrating. maybe i do need those drama lessons.
