The Open Plains

This is a piece I made recently to represent the plains of the west-very Copland inspired.

The Open Plains

Listening to it in the background while I surf the internet, I feel like a Jeremy Soule game is playing.

It's a very environmental kind of song, but, it also reminds me of portion of Jo Hisaishi's soundtracks, namely the parts toward the end of Howl's Moving Castle's score...maybe a bit of Rise of Legends score...

All in all, it does what it's meant to do perfectly I'd say, I don't know if I could actually suggest any changes here...

If you are creating a soundtrack to a film, and you have this kind of score, though, I might suggest having a main melody or two that are found and repeated in different ways throughout the entire movie.

Listening to it in the background while I surf the internet, I feel like a Jeremy Soule game is playing.

It's a very environmental kind of song, but, it also reminds me of portion of Jo Hisaishi's soundtracks, namely the parts toward the end of Howl's Moving Castle's score...maybe a bit of Rise of Legends score...

All in all, it does what it's meant to do perfectly I'd say, I don't know if I could actually suggest any changes here...

If you are creating a soundtrack to a film, and you have this kind of score, though, I might suggest having a main melody or two that are found and repeated in different ways throughout the entire movie.

Thanks! This was based off the score to Oblivion, and Jeremy Soule is one of my film/game score heros. As a mostly atmospheric piece, I was trying to avoid melodic structure, although I know it can drag if there is none for 3 minutes:)

Well, to look at things a bit optimistically, it won't drag if you're a player walking around a forest or town, city, or wandering from shop to shop, with the nice graphics to look at, the sfx, like footsteps, the rustling wind, etc...

Totally true-I could try putting it in Oblivion and see how it works

This is quite lovely. What string samples are you using?

very nice composition! I like the thematics of it.

Would look for a sample libraries with better legato transitions though. The string entrance at 1:34 sounds 'synthy'. Woodwinds seem out of tune.

I enjoyed listening (that's the top compliment in my book :) )

Thanks! Yeah, the woodwinds do need a bit of fixing, I learned that flute patch works well on it's own, but not with other instruments. Murr-I'm using Hollywood Strings by EastWest/Quantum Leap