Orchestral idea

Hey,

I've been working on this piece for a while on and off now - It's my first attempt at a large orchestral piece, but its had a very strange genisis. The first 28 bars where written in one afternoon, about a year and a half ago. I didn't do anything to the piece for over a year, then came back from Portugal this summer, and completed what is there in another afternoon :happy: .

I'm by no means entirly happy with the work - i like the first theme, the second sounds (in my mind) a little like somthing from Pirates of the Carribean, but the third theme, to me, doesn't quite...sit :) . However, i've exhausted my ideas for the moment...so i thought i'd submit it here, get a second opinion :)

Please let me know what you think, good or bad

Thanks

Adam

Adam_Symphonic_start.sib

Adam_Symphonic_start.mid

Hi,

Are you in a band? The one thing that kept the piece together was your use of percussion. The snare drum seems to glue or help relate each of the sections together. I also noticed good use of dissonance. Your different sections tied nicely together and kept my interest. Even though you had some minor slow parts the piece had a nice fast pace that felt exciting. Good job. And keep writing.

Hope this helps.

i don't know about pirates of the caribbean but it definetely sounds like movie music, good contrast between sections, and also between the slower parts and snare drum, i thought was cool. i liked the fast section at the beginning and consistant ostinati. I liked the use of horn in the piece. I thought the introduction could have linked differently with the next section, but of course i am probably wrong that's just my opinion, hope it helps