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Hi all, this is my first post here. Was hoping for some feedback on this latest attempt at putting the whole orchestra to work: Peace -Rob

Wrote this last night, I'm kind of excited about it. Anxious to hear what you guys think.

It's a nice piece, easy to see why people have commented on its cinematic potential. In real life the opening harp would be a lot quieter but that doesn't matter here. The harmonic flow is interesting, engaging, and I love the strings during the woodwind figuration - sounds as if the violins are doubling the cellos at 2 octaves and briefly 3 at some point (unless my ears are deceiving me). That gives it an ethereal quality but perhaps should be a little louder. Also to mention the way you gradually bring in the instruments toward the end to build up the density. Well, if you're working without too much theory, you're a natural for orchestration. Your intuition has served you well. The spacing between the lines is very well worked out - a large space between the bass and the next line up and so on. Your piece has a clarity about its mood. Very well done.

It's very dramatic and intense. The growling low octaves create a dark atmosphere. A couple things: Clefs: I think writing in the baritone and bass 8vb clef is a bit unusual. It's better to write with a bass clef for the right hand. Bar 7: These A#s would be better to write as Bbs. Have you any plans to make this longer? I think it seems a bit short and underdeveloped - it has a lot of potential.

Thank you, I love Danny Elfman. Thanks, I am researching instrumentation right now along with some other things. That's true, I didn't really think about how it would be played by an actual orchestra. As for the harp I see what you're saying. I started composing the song with just that framework to cling to at the beginning and I knew I didn't want it for the whole piece, maybe I kind of lost track of it. Yes just straight into a DAW. thank you jean. You are awesome!

Hi, thanks for your work. Would you be so kind to add the pdf file to the post. I cna't open it. I can try to do it for you, but I would not edit your post without permission. Edit: don't worry, finally I could open the file.