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Since this section has been a little slow, I thought I'd repost the completed movements of my requiem. I'm almost done with the first part (Introitus and Sequentia), just needing to finish the Recordare (part VI) which I've been a little stuck. I've been making minor revisions to the other movements. I've been working on this off and on for quite a long time, since college, though more in earnest over the past couple years so it is a bit of a microcosm of my development as a composer. It initially was heavily inspired by Mozart's Requiem (I plan to setting the same text as his including the Sussmayr completion) but I've also drawn inspiration and influence from many other Classical and Romantic settings. When I get a chance, I'll post the scores as well. Any thoughts welcome!

Hi everyone, New here... I'm inviting you to listen to my new piece "empty thoughts" youtube link:

My music portfolio: https://soundcloud.com/hiwes/sets/my-best-music-and-my-portfolio Twitter: HIWES433 Email: Niko433aclo@gmail.com I will make you a Theme song for your Video Game or anything else that you need music for. Be specific about what kind of style the music needs to be: Rock, Synth, Chill, happy, sad, or whatever you want it to be. The right music can make an emotional moment that much more emotional, a tense moment that much more tense.

One of my favorites overall is the soundtrack from BoTW. A particular favorite is Rito Village:

I can't believe you haven't gotten replies to this topic. I don't play games anymore, but I still have a lot of music I listen to from games. The intro to lords of thunder always gets me pumped Great melody in this one; would also make a good metal song Castlevania probably has the best music in video games The Witcher's soundtrack is, tbh, pretty over-rated, but there are some great tracks on it none the less

Strange, there must be something wrong with the playback. My intention was that the violin should play these triplets. I will check it again (Thanks for the reply)

Hi PaperComposer Thank you very much for all your comments, I am really grateful! Here is my reply: 1st movement: Yes, I agree that the piano part is too dominant. This is probably because I am a piano player myself (ha-ha). I should have given a more balanced role to the strings. I will make an attempt to change some of the solo sections by giving work to the strings (and perhaps also adding some more interplay between both strings) This will actually be an interesting exercise in music writing for me. 2nd movement: Wow, the Brahms Symphony! Thanks for mentioning. I was not aware of this at all. I cannot recall that I ever heard this symphony. But then, these things seem to happen now and then. But It does not bother me too much. His Andante moderato has a different meaning, structure and development. Nevertheless, the onset is indeed very similar to my Andante con moto. You suggested a theme with variations. Well, this would certainly have been an option, and it would be fun to do this (you almost get me to do it!) But I was not in the mood for this at the time when I wrote the piece, so I will stick to the present version. 3rd movement: It is relief for me to know that you did not dislike my dissonants. Nevertheless, I think that, in view of the replies by other people, I will have a renewed look at them. You are right about the cello line in rehearsal K (I assume that you mean measure 144-146. I would like to have it played by the cello, because I feel that the violin sound would be too airy. But of course, I will change it into the tenor clef. Then there is the issue of the coda. You are of course right that, traditionally, I should end the piece in Eb- (major). I have to say that I felt a bit in a hurry to end the piece when I wrote it, and left the end in E-major. Although I do not get a feeling that it sounds unfinished, it would probably be better to return to the tonal Eb- major. This is a fairly simple job (for example in the way you suggested). I will actually rewrite the whole part from 192-209, to obtain an ending which fits with rest of the movement (thanks for pointing out this issue). Again, thank you a lot for your valuable inputs! Best regards

It's definitely a 3/4 piece. Your rescoring for 3/4 also 'looks' better which is a good sign. Good piece by the way. It sounds complete as it is. However, if you wanted to extend it, it looks like a very good basis for a set of variations.

Did you finish this piece? I really like your style.

The melody is memorable and solemn with a touch of the baroque. When I listen in my minds ear to hear what comes next I can imagine a choir as if it were an introduction to something profound. I'm a sucker for a good melody and I've played your piece a few times now. Thank you for sharing, its beautiful.

Thank you for your honest review. This was my first ever composition written about 10 years ago, I wrote a few minuets after this around the same time when I first joined the forum but gave up music and composing as other priorities came about and started composing again in September this year due to being stuck at home isolating. Its quite special to me being the first time I wrote anything down but I thought it was worth a review before I compose any other longer pieces that I'm planning. Your advice is stellar as always, the chordal phrases are rather long winded! Thank you once again for reviewing!

I had the chance, when I was about 20, to study music in school. They had one spot open and I passed their theory exam and audition (had to play my guitar with a quarter since I lost my pick in the parking lot). They wanted over 10k per year and offered for the first to teach me the same stuff I just proved to them I knew. I said "no", and it was a great decision. Instead, I went off to work on a video game score with a more experienced composer. Got paid, did a couple more and got paid too. Then studied a bit about digital audio at a technology institute and got to learn some thing I wanted to know from Juno (they count) award winning sound engineers. 7 years later, I got picked from 10 people in my country to be in the screen composers' apprentice program. Met some bigger name composers who I learned from (still hang out with them every now and then and got to work behind the scenes with the music and recording for some popular shows and stuff). It is also highly probable you won't learn much of value from modern music study anyway, since they're putting this kind of nonsense into it. I saw it creeping in back when. https://www.thecollegefix.com/college-music-department-pledges-to-remove-the-systemic-racism-from-its-curriculum/ So why am I telling you this? It's not to brag or something. It's to show you that you don't have to spend stupid amounts of money and time in school to learn a lot and go places. To be frank, depending on school, you may learn less of value than people in the past did. Further, through just studying on your own, you'll ultimately learn more than someone who just goes to school. I'd been playing and writing my own music for nearly 10 years before I did that college audition. I knew more than many of the students already in the program by then! One of my friends graduated from the very program I auditioned for, and I would definitely say I've surpassed her. Study scores, read up on theory, get feedback, study scores and write something short every day if you can; always put new concepts you have learned into practice and experiment. It's all about consistency and commitment, really. And study scores. Here's the thing about music careers that no one tells you. It's something everyone actually knows deep down, even if they don't realize it. This is something that, due to life experience, a lot of things changing over the last few years, and me being almost the big 30 now, which is probably ancient compared to many users on "young" composers: The truth about music careers is that nobody who pursues them actually cares about making a career out of music, specifically. What people want, is for the work that they do, how they put food on their table, how they get that daily supply of Federal Reserve notes in an unending cycle of perpetual usury, to actually mean something. Oh yes, if you go study to be a civil engineer, modern architect, insurance, IT, or whatever: You can definitely get those Federal Reserve notes. You'll also be doing the same meaningless bullsh*t day after day. Creating absolutely nothing of beauty or value or unique. Just a replaceable cog in a corporate machine, chained to some desk or manual labor, the latter of which you don't even get respect from society for doing anymore. Medieval peasants, contrary to popular belief which seeks to demonize our past with lies at every turn, worked an average of 20 hours a week. Most everyone grew their own food, and they ate better food (unless there was a famine) than we do today. Most people had better teeth too, because of low sugar in their diets and stuff (they also did brush their teeth with hazeltwigs, salt paste and cloves which is actually effective). Every single person, no matter how rich or poor, could afford a large family. Your taxes were just a fraction of the total land you had and your sons owed military service to the lord. Other than that, people had time to do all kinds of creative things. Even the peasantry. They beautified the environment around them, they painted, they wrote music and poetry, they had parties and festivals with their neighbors, etc. They did and made things that actually meant something, and have lasted for hundreds or thousands of years after their death. What do we do now in this plastic dystopia of consumerism and usury? You go to work at a retail job, that is paying increasingly less while your cost of living rises, jobs themselves are becoming more scarce, just so that you can get enough Federal Reserve notes to eat and not be homeless every month. BUT, although you maybe can't afford a family and things that would actually give your life a sense of meaning and purpose, fear not! There are all manner of mass produced, meaningless goods that will give you temporary relief! You can buy ever more legalized drugs to numb the pain! You can buy all these plastic Funko pop figures (that millions of other people have) to line your shelves with to show that you're a fan of X consumer product! You can bingewatch that product on Netflix for the low price of 15 per month! Don't forget to get excited for the next cookie-cutter Marvel film and buy the next AAA video game to escape fantasy land (just like with drugs) for hours on end! Then, get back up tomorrow, and hit that 40 hour work week to get those Federal Reserve notes and do it all over again! What people who want careers in music, or any other art, actually want: Is an escape from this clown world system. My advice to n00bz is to try and find a more reliable job that is also in something you enjoy and allows you to be at least somewhat more creative. Because trust me, I've been there, if you don't — you'll be miserable every time you're not writing music.

You shouldn't give up on music composition. Why would you if it's who you are? Are you giving up on yourself? Who cares how much knowledge someone else has, there will always be someone who knows more than you about music. That in no way should deter you from really living if you have found who you are as a person. When I made the decision for music to be my career, my dad was pretty disappointed. He didn't talk to me for a while, and when he finally did, he only told me that artists will suffer. I knew he was right, and I knew he said that because I excelled in school and could have chosen an easier path to success. But I knew who I was, and only you really know that. Of course it absolutely helps to have a leg up with tutors. I teach private guitar/piano lessons for a living (I would be performing for supplemental income, but well, you know, Covid in the U.S..................), and sometimes I'm just amazed at what they're learning at early ages. But a lot of them are ungrateful rich kids, and don't have the passion you have. And honestly, I think the passion for composition is the only fuel you could have to move forward, no matter where you're at with your music education. Go for something unique in your writing. Be you. Sure you could post another pastiche form that composers 200 years ago did way better than you might ever do, you could adhere to a common practice harmony and study Bach all your life. You might attain a position at a university, teaching the same shiit that a million others do when you could just buy an 18th century counterpoint book. Sure, learn from that, but keep going forward. The evolution of music stems from hearing what the world around you has done and is doing, and putting the Keaton Hoy spin on it. The thing is, you'll never know it all, and neither will the ones who had an advantage over you with earlier lessons. You've completed AP theory, I'd say that's a one up over some people who are applying against you. I'd focus on finding your musical voice, absorbing all you've learned and molding it into what you want to give this world. Keep in mind, we live in the information age. It's 2020, dude. I don't know what kind of music you write, but cater it towards the age in which you live and I guarantee with perseverance and lots and lots and LOTS of HARD WORK, you will find success as a composer. No one is going to copy your work. And plus, when you post a written or audio form of your music online, it is automatically a copyright. I'd say post your music for peer review if you're trying to put together a portfolio. There are tons of wonderful people here that give great reviews and constructive insight to members works FOR FREE. Take advantage of that! It's truly a humble community, and being here off and on for years has helped keep my inspiration alive. Oh, and welcome! 😄

@caters @Eickso Too late, I already did it. I found the XML on musescore.org Here is a Mp3 March_of_Iwo_Jima.mp3