Elizabeth

(Reattaching the file after a long absence ;)Theme for a short film. The film got warm reception and I was lucky enough to compose this theme for it :) In a few words. The main character is an elderly woman who is forced to put her husband in a care home after realizing that she is no longer capable of living a normal life with him. "Elizabeth" - Theme for a short film

Elizabeth

lovely sad melody. I cant open SIB, so a PDF would be appreciated. The final V-I cadence felt a bit to slow. As if I expected already the I while you are still prolonging the V. Since you repeat this 3 times I got used to it, but still... ;)

jrcramer, thanks for the comment. I actually spent some time on the final cadence and I guess that at some point I thought it sounded fine I have uploaded the PDF version of the score for an easier access

i can feel the sad melody , of maybe two married people that have to be separated and you deliver the message clearly . the orchestration is very smooth and nice , easy to the ear , good job ,that would fit nicely in a film.

I agree with everything abd said. Well done!

Awesome piece, Neehoo!

It had a great theme that you could easily identify and listen to. I listened to it twice for sheer enjoyment purposes. When all the parts came in, that was a nice bit of arranging with the countermelodies not interfering with the main theme. Solid writing.

What did you use to compose this? Finale/Sibelius?

Excellent work, Neehoo!

-John

Hi guys,

Thanks for all the comments, I appreciate it a lot

When all the parts came in, that was a nice bit of arranging with the countermelodies not interfering with the main theme. Solid writing.

What did you use to compose this? Finale/Sibelius?

John,

I used digital piano and Sibelius.

I have still a lot to learn so it was not a full spontaneous composition that jumped into existence all at once:)

I came up with the harmonic structure on piano.

Later, I transcribed piano bits into Sibelius and came up with the initial clarinet theme (actually the initial theme was on flute but I replaced it with clarinet after suggestions from my teacher and it worked great;) ) and strings in Sibelius. Later on, most of the piano bits became harp since this way it did not compete with the main theme too much.

thanks nee hoo. it sounds so oriental. i felt the depth of such simplicity.

This is a really nice little piece. I liked the subtle pianissimo use of all instruments... and the tempo is just right. I just wish it was longer, it basically stopped when it was the sweetest :)