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Hi - enjoyed the work ... it reminds me of parts of the movie sound track for 2001! Quite eerie ... ~!

Hi, I enjoyed the mood very much; I wonder if you incorporated some contrasting/conflicting musical lines against the main theme - would it enhance the feelings of conflict and dread? At the moment the sparseness of the orchestration creates an image in my mind of the"no man's land" - desolate wasted fields of world war 1. Mark

Nicely done. I recall reading something about (or maybe by) Paul Hindemith to the effect that he used consonant chords as momentary "points of repose" within a more unstable movement, and I hear a similar kind of thing here. If you want a suggestion, I'd say eliminate the tremolo in the strings (that is, just bow normally) in bars 18 - 23. Also, production-wise, your horns are too far in the distance. And it looks like the score doesn't quite match the audio version, so if you feel like posting a score update that may garner some more detailed comments.

I love this piece. It is "sensual", with a nice impressionistic atmosphere. Are there 4 violin sections?

The augmented second theme you used is effective in the sense that it never resolves, resembling never-ending qualities. To me, the quality is more like eerieness, doubt and scare, instead of any from of tradegy or anger. I particularly like your addition of cymbal and vibraphone, which adds white noise to the piece, giving a sense of "I don't know what to expect". The muted strings are well-chosen in this theme. Nice touch. Could be a nice music in cinametic settings.