Dance of the Dragon

I've been inspired a lot by Joe Hisaishi's soundtracks for Miyazaki films (i.e. Laputa, Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke, etc.) as well as music from the Legend of Zelda.

My main self critique is that I think it could use light sections and breathing room, and I think it's a symptom of having focused on other things and forgetting to think about that. I'll think about it next time. There IS some breathing room at the beginning of the last quarter, very refreshing, but I think I should be careful next time and have more space and light sections.

But I'm probably not going to fix that because I'm relatively lazy, plus I think the whole thing is too rooted in the idea of constant sound to easily change it.

Edited November 20, 20178 yr by Hugget Zukker
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I think your self criticism isn't as warranted as you think. The entire "fast" section was, to me, a huge cresc/dim and felt rewarding to the end, with really good instrumentational and tone changes. 
The ending section around 3:00 after it is much more awkward than the beginning. Your IV V chord progression in the end of every phrase is really weird with some altered tones, along with everything until the end. The section failed to capture me like the beginning did. I also found the ending pretty abrupt. 

Thanks a lot for your feedback.

Thanks to your critique, I've decided it's not finished yet, that I'll write a new last portion, and that I need a plan. I just had a plan a moment ago, but when I re-listened to the piece just now, I realized my plan was no good, so I'm still working on a plan.

Edited November 21, 20178 yr by Hugget Zukker

This is strange.

For me, the middle (and the last) section belong to a different style.

The first part sound "epic" if that's a good adjective..., but from 1:00 aprox. the music changes to a style that reminds me to the 80's (the music of the TV series). From 1:50 you develop a long transition until 2:50 when the pieces goes over the initial feeling. The last part 3:30 is "romantic" but it fits more with the idea.

7 hours ago, Luis Hernández said:

This is strange.

For me, the middle (and the last) section belong to a different style.

The first part sound "epic" if that's a good adjective..., but from 1:00 aprox. the music changes to a style that reminds me to the 80's (the music of the TV series). From 1:50 you develop a long transition until 2:50 when the pieces goes over the initial feeling. The last part 3:30 is "romantic" but it fits more with the idea.

 

 

I'm a strange person.

I think the piece may not have it entirely together in the long run. I should spend more time on it, and practice "kill your darlings" more... Not as dramatically so as Carlo Gesualdo, but more.

Edited November 23, 20178 yr by Hugget Zukker

OK. Well the piece is fine, and I like it.

But when somebody puts titles like this one (Dance of the Dragon) one imagines some kind of story or film, and in that sense, the music goes in different directions (always to my taste). But the music itself is very nice.

Hi @Hugget Zukker This is wonderful piece,  a great music, that might be used for a good movie. If this music was words, it could be a good story :) Keep up your good work!

Edited February 25, 20188 yr by Dream Sown