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| andreasvanharen said 887 days ago (June 21st, 2007) | |
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hi Hi Drakonis, funny that you call the main theme a circus theme; my wife said exactly the same at the beginning and was even worried that I would get into copyright problems! i didn't took that theme conciously though and hear that there is something a like but at the same time they are different. About the time: I didn't work so very long on it, maybe about 3 months to write everything and another 2 months to get it into Sibelius. The other 3 parts took me much longer to write, probably because they were they first time I wrote for orchestra. I wrote them about 10 years ago or so. There are really nice harp glissandi in part 4 but Sibelius doesn't play them back, sad... --- Better a bottle in front of me then a frontal lobotomy... Check out my latest song called For Beatrice. variations for string orchestra
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| Magritte said 888 days ago (June 20th, 2007) | |
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Wonderful fun! I have to ditto pretty much everything drak said -- I was anticipating something sort of silly (not that silly is bad) with the opening theme, but it developed into something with much more depth. I would dearly love to hear this played by a real orchestra as the complexity of the composition definitely comes up against the limitations of the software instruments. Check out my latest song called Tango Macabre
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| paul f. page said 887 days ago (June 20th, 2007) | |
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And the... ...band played on. This does very much have a circus feel to it...and a bit of Keystone Cops...The serious sections with lower winds plucking out a nice bass sequence don't seem to sit right with all the higher imitation. That may be the problem with the samples you are using. I certainly admire you putting all of this together, though. Quite an involved job to be sure. I hope you will keep posting music such as this that shows intelligence and skill. Peace. Paul Check out my latest song called Double Etude
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| thetiler said 887 days ago (June 21st, 2007) | |
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love the interplay between all the instruments and the list goes on. What a great addition to MJ your music is! Would Love to hear this in a program like Jam pack 4 or better yet one those ultra pro sample software orchestrators. This stuff really deserves the best you can bring it to. Way to go Great stuff here! Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)
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drakonis
Of course, not hearing the first 3 movements doesn't give me an idea of the whole work, so I am not sure how well this ties together themes and ideas from the beginning of the symphony... but I did enjoy this last movement. Sibelius does a pretty good job with the sampled instrument sounds, but it does have enough problems to be distracting sometimes. And of course, the hand-written trills sound too even and mechanical, but that is normal for a computer playing right off the score (this is what I do too.) Possibly a little more "Concert Hall" reverb would help as well, the recording was too "dry" sounding. But those are all recording issues. As far as composition, when your first theme began, I was worried that I wouldn't like this piece much, because it was too "trite" or silly sounding... it started to sound like the opening of a circus act... but then you went into much more complex depth, with very nice transitions and thoughtful development sections, sounding like Haydn and even a little Beethoven here and there. Then when the "circus theme" returned, I enjoyed it much more, it added great whimsy to the piece. Overall, this was quite satisfying, with bits of seriousness and humor... just what I like. It was also a more traditional "Classical" style, and very nicely scored and orchestrated.
I would be very interested in how long you have been working on this piece... I'm very impressed with your work!
ttfn,
Drakonis