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This piece here, despite the timing and the name of the piece, has nothing to do with the solar Eclipse this year. This piece was actually written back in 2012, and I've recently remastered it. It was wrote back when I was still very much into the ponies, and was actually inspired by Luna. The intro is meant to be grand, and fade into a sense of regalness while still keeping a dark undertone, signifying Luna's dark past. This piece starts off in f# minor, and then hits a mood change and goes to A Major in measure 82 until the last segment of the piece which is a modified version of the melody used from the center. This will be track number 8 on "Dust of the Past" when it is released.

@Monarcheon - True, your time constraints are pretty challenging. Judging by how quickly you produced that waltz, though, I bet you could pull it off. @Maarten Bauer - Thank you, Maarten. I wish I could've kept writing. I realize it's kind of a 'First World problem' because composing is just a hobby for me, but it has been too emotionally draining to sit down and come up with nothing, night after night. On a lighter note, my house has been really clean lately.

Honestly, I am speechless. In my opinion, the music is as good as the visual art. Friedrich's Mondaufgang am Meer supports your work and vice versa. The description of Friedrich's work completely fits the atmosphere of your composition: Lightness; romance; restful. The orchestration is simple, yet very powerful. You show that you do not need to have a complex orchestration. Simplicity can lead to the greatest beauty as well. Furthermore, both melodies and harmonies are splendid and I really enjoyed the solo violin part; wonderful! It is a pity that you have a writer's block, since this beginning is so impressive and promising. A writer's block is the most terrible nightmare, a composer can have... Nevertheless, you have done a great job! I love it and you have a talent for composing. Well done!

On that note, I've been coming to terms with, probably due to the little amount of time I gave myself, I'm really struggling to get a piece started for the competition despite really wanting to do it.

What's here is beautiful. Lovingly lush and serene. The rhythmic consistency is just the right length without feeling too sparse or overdone. I guess what I mainly miss here is melodic motion, even though the harmonic motion is so great in this piece, just to match what's under. I do see what you were going for, I really do, what with the sweeping parallel chords, but it works as more of an opener or a bridge type situation, and doesn't give much for the audience to latch onto. The other thing is that I personally (take that with a grain of salt) the Lydian mode works best when it intertwines with the Ionian mode giving the piece a sense of push and pull throughout. I had a lot of push in this piece with the raised fourth but never felt like I was on a roller coaster, more like those stereotypical swan love rides, if you know what I'm talking about. Your harp writing looks generally good, save for a few sharp 4's here and there requiring a chromatics pedal, and the rest of the orchestration was generally good too. Use of oboes for the ostinato is a great color. Modulations were good, but I'd throw in some courtesy naturals/accidentals at the beginnings of some of them, especially 7th of B to tonic of Ab. I know the feeling of being proud of a first part and not really knowing where to go from there, fearing a stagnation. Sometimes it's better to just go with it sometimes and see what happens. Worst that can happen is that you have a separate piece you can edit later.

I think if you really have a shortage of 15 sec. you do not have to compose another 15 sec. because I want that you go for quality and not for time and thus nonsense.

https://youtu.be/aCFtUOKIZtg

Hi peeps, Recently started composing again. Forgot that I even had an account on here from nearly 10 years ago, I feel old. Been trying to put together a sound for a film I'm working on at the moment. It's set mainly in the Australian bush, so I'm trying to go for a very raw, exposed sound. I've put up just one example. I've listened to it so much lately, it would be nice to get some second opinions. Please be as harsh as you like. Still trying to find "my sound"... Thanks!

Mini pieces, each one explores an idea (no matter what). (I've seen pieces shorter than these ones...) Flash.pdf