Orchestration of "Character Select Screen" by @gaspard

@gaspard has asked me to orchestrate another one of his Clavichord pieces and I was happy to oblige!  You can view his YouTube video here:  Character Select Screen  And you can view his score here:

It took me about 8 days to do this orchestration and I am presenting here two versions - one that repeats the piece from the beginning and one that doesn't.  I hope you enjoy and I'd love to hear any critiques, comments, suggestion or just observations that you may have!  This is the 2nd time that I've orchestrated one of @gaspard's Clavichord pieces.

So cool hearing both versions side by side. Same melody and overall song, but very different outputs.

In the original, I feel like the music is very precise with high articulation. But the orchestral version, I can hear the harmonies and chord changes much more clearly. It may have to do with how the orchestral instruments can hold notes.

Very nice rendition!

Nice Peter! I like the original too @gaspard, is there actually an early music video game in the works? Cuz i'd be very interested in that 👀

unfortunately @user011235 there isn’t any video game in progress.  That would be amazing though.  i wrote the clavichord version thinking it would be a character select music for such a video game though.

So interesting to see what @PeterthePapercomPoser does with keyboard scores.  The middle part really shines much more in the orchestrated version in my opinion.  I used to do orchestration before the obsolescence of finale and I feel like peter has much brighter and friendlier symphonic takes whereas my ideas usually skewed much harsher.  And some of the things Peter knows how to do I never got around to learning.  The kid knows what he’s doing!

Hi to both @gaspard and my baby Peter,

I like both your work! To @gaspard’s original: I love the omnibus progression at the beginning and the virtuosic Toccata after it! The ending reverts to opening texture too nicely.

To Peter: Your orchestration is masterful! I really love how you arrange for brass for those opening and ending chords, as you transform the opening to something from a mysterious black hole. I love how you strings for the running notes and especially love those bass drums and snare drums for transforming the original piece to a match, possibly to space lol. The running of harps with diminution gives so much colour to the running which I may steal it to my variation on your themes haha. Your buildup to climax with a gradual crescendo throughout the piece is wonderful too, as well as the punching percussion to enhance the intensity till the end! I feel like this one is much longer than just a minute given how colourful it is. Very nice job Peter!

Even I say a lot to Peter’s arrangement, it doesn’t mean I like Gaspard’s clavichord original less lol! Thx both of you for sharing! And thx to Gaspard asking  Peter for arrangement so now we can kill two birds with one stone!

Henry