Hi to all! I've recently been asked to write a theme for an unofficial Star Trek podcast. Obviously I'm not allowed to quote any of the original themes, but the brief was: James Horner! Its supposed to evoke "Star Trek", without actually quoting any copyright material. So this is what I came up with. Think my percussion needs a bit of finessing (especially at the end), and I still have some work to do on the balance of the mix, and the mastering. (Sorry about the score: it's designed for midi rendition only, as I don't expect this will ever be played by real life musicians!)

@Henry Ng Tsz Kiu Thank you very much man, I haven't gotten such compliments in a long time wow. 😮 I agree, the tritone leap at the local climax from the start sounds like it comes from a Mahler piece, it has the same type of expressive nature (this choice was intentional). The harmonic exploration I did at the start is something I want to study in detail for future compositions, it feels atonal but grounded in tonal harmonic structures. Thank you! For me the central climax feels like watching a movie scene where a man has lost everything in war, or something similar.  The Christ comparison is too much in my opinion haha, but I do try to transform my personal suffering into something people can enjoy. 🙂 @Luis Hernández Thank you! Yes, I used a similar idea, this is achieved by delaying the C# minor resolution for the very last chord of the composition. All the time I avoid a pure C# minor chord like in measures 2, 13 and 20. @Thatguy v2.0 Thank you! I wasn't expecting to express so much in less than two minutes, I guess my body was craving expressing itself after months of creative silence. @PeterthePapercomPoser Thanks. 🙂 Yes, I made some little experiments in this piece and the results seem interesting. I do hope this helps me get the courage to compose a small symphonic poem in the near future.

Thanks 😁

Dang how did I miss this one I know every midi rendition of a piano piece could be enhanced with a live performance, but this especially could. I found myself wanting to hear so much rubato, it would definitely give this piece added life. I forget, do you play? I hear a lot of pain and despair in this, broken up by little rays of sun here and there. I think when you have writer's block, something improvisational is a good move to get out of it, where you kind of forego form and just write. I like the story-arch of this, because it was hard to "expect" anything, and I was just forced to listen.  Bar 72 was probably my favorite moment, the high register was a lovely touch in color to your theme. Reminded me of some of Liszt's stuff. 106-108 was really cool too.  But I think my favorite thing overall was the fact that nothing really felt forced. If you wanted to be simple, you were. If you wanted to added dynamic depth, you did. Nothing felt like you were trying to break boundaries, you just wrote good music. I took a lesson from a jazz piano player one time, and he asked me how I play my C chord. Not how to play C, but how to play MY C chord. Did I like to add a 6th, or omit the 5th, or whatever. I didn't care for that, because sometimes a plain old C chord is just fine as it is, it just depends on what you're going for. The language in your music is simple yet elegant, and it sounds like you're a wise and mature composer from it.  I like Henry's suggestion of small pieces, they are helpful when in a rut. The act of starting something but COMPLETING it too can't be understated for your compositional well-being, and might be an avenue worth pursuing in the future when stuck in your musical ways.  Great music as always, it's good to hear something from you again. Excited for more!  

@Luis Hernández thank you for your thoughts! I actually thought it was going to be a nocturne at first, but it ended up going a different direction. @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu I agree, I love and appreciate short and sweet. Maybe one if these days, I’ll try my hand at writing a series if preludes, too 🤷🏻‍♂️ but no promises, LOL