Lost In Time

Hello Guys,
This is my entry to the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition. What do you think?

Edited February 8, 20233 yr by olivercomposer

Hi @olivercomposer,

I love the opening zither sound and the pentatonic or sometimes modal harmony and melody, and I feel quite familiar with the Chinese elements in it! In 1:49 a nice transformation of the originally gay theme. I will make the gay theme more pentatonic or modal though by reducing the Bb in 1:36, since it appears too tonal for me. In 2:17 nice augmented second of Eb-F# with mysterious power from the green jewel. Very nice change of modality but I hope the leading tone F# can be used more personally. Nice theme in 3:56 as well with the woodwinds with the phrygian colour! Great resume to G major in 4:54 but I don't like the Eb borrowed tone though in 5:03 since it appears not uniform for me.

Thanks for sharing!

Henry

Thank you for your comment and your analyzation! What do you mean by "gay theme"?

3 minutes ago, olivercomposer said:

What do you mean by "gay theme"?

i take the theme played by the flute in 1:36 as the "gay theme" since it appears joyful, naive and gay for me. Of course not in the homosexual sense!

Henry

I didn't know, "gay" has another meaning than "homosexual". 😄 Sorry, I have deficiencies in my English.

15 minutes ago, olivercomposer said:

I didn't know, "gay" has another meaning than "homosexual". 😄 Sorry, I have deficiencies in my English.

Originally gay means light hearted or happy or something and then the word is used by the homosexual men to describe their sex choice as light hearted or happy, and now the word means homosexual. Maybe I read too many Shakespeare and ignore its modern usage, lol!

I think your music is great support to the film.

Edited February 8, 20233 yr by Luis Hernández