Waltz with Death

Thanks to nikolas I have YET ANOTHER forum to check daily (gee thanks nik)

No in all seriousness this looks like a great forum to read and listen to various composers ideas.

Here is my latest entry, I didn't think this would go in the major works catagory as I haven't really whipped up a score but perhaps some would enjoy this.

Its esentially a rescoring of the Masquerade scene from Phantom of the Opera. Its part of a CD project I'm working on.

http://www.wingsofworship.com/Waltz.mp3

Very enjoyable - to my ears well-orchestrated. I thought the clarinet entering near the beginning when the piano gives way to the orchestra started slightly too soft. Also those high pitched "sqeaks" just before the end are debatable. But aside from these two trivial issues, excellent work.

Yup this version is greatly improved! I think that everything sounds great!

One thing you might want to study a bit, is a little technique on the violin, when they actually use portamento, and when not. At some points, it is used "grammitaclly wrong" (who gives a scraggy, but anyways... I'm an academic as well, I have to say it :o)

Other than that mixing is great now, and the composition is brilliant!

also, do you need my address for inviting you to this forum? You know, to pay me, for getting you in touch with this lovely place! :)

Is there a referral program? I didn't know that. Let me know what I can do.

I'm trying to think of what high pitch squeeks your talking about before the end? There just a few level adjustments that need to be done. But well...I'm kinda not in the position to mix now (something with my ear)

Nik, your right about the violin. There are correct ways to do portamento, however this piece (and almost the whole soundtrack) has to have some gypsy violin to it. My mother wrote the phantoms part where he plays a violin gypsy style. That's why I bent more than usual. I usually bend 5ths or 3rds, with some violinist I know could do.

Hey Nathan,

just sayin hello,Nik lured me here as well..like a sexy greek siren... I just could'nt resist!

As I said over at CG great improvement re mix and articulations,well done.

Dean.