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Nice job - I really enjoyed the "hare" writing in the first minute, and the subtle inner-voice glissando around 0:35 is a smart little brush-stroke. I agree with the others that you may have left the tortoise, as well as the story concept, behind after 1:00, but it was fun to listen to.

Dusk makes fun on Boyd because he was drunk on the job. He was drunk on the job because his beloved horse died and he got sent off duty due to his drunkenness. Boyd’s father was an alcoholic and Boyd sometimes mimic that trait. He wants to stop drinking to not follow his father's habit. The statement/joke that Dusk stated really offended him and after she said her slander, he rides off to the hill. I agree. I actually struggled writing the beginning part, and now that you've said it, a more comic approach should've been better. Yes, that's their banter. Sexual jokes and other awkward conversation. It happens almost every time they interact with each other and with other characters, especially Dusk. Her character meant to be like the most awkward person in the world. Every time she tried to make conversation, she'd always fail and made the conversation really awkward. I really like these dialogues before like, a serious scene and if you're uncomfortable with it, I understand. It's pretty foul for a first time listener. Trust me, there are far more worst dialogues that have been said by these characters. I also agree. It's my first time doing this kinda stuff and I'm working on to better that. Thank you for pointing this out! Yknow, I actually feel like this is the most straight forward love story. This two had a crush on each other, the guy already had a girlfriend, the girl made fun of him, the guy cried, the girl felt bad and confronted him on the hill, then they each shared their feelings about each other, and it ended in an ambiguous/awkward way because the guy thought this was wrong. When you compare this to some of the scenes I have ready to be scored, in my opinion, this is like the most obvious and clear story out of all of them. Thanks for the criticisms!

I'm not sure I understand the dialogue. The guy gets offended/starts crying because the other girl accused him of being drunk? I'm also not entirely sure that the music when he runs off really matches the scene. The music sounds uplifting and exhilarating, but a more comic approach I thought would have been a better match for the content of that scene. I also have to question your choice of this dialogue and coarseness of the discussion of bodily fluids etc. The music is also too complex/busy most of the time. I think dialogue is for this reason very difficult to score because the music has to emulate the somewhat ambiguous emotion or moment-by-moment emotional meaning of specific words. I just personally would not have even deemed this scene worthy of music in the first place, but that's just me. I think if you're happy with it you should be proud. Thanks for sharing!

Original hymn by GospelPiano12 transcribed and arranged by Paper Composer.

Very cool that you guys made a successful collaboration, that's something I rarely see around here. I have to admit the phrasing seemed a bit awkward at first, but it grew on me after a while. I think the piano sounds make it a bit hard to imagine, but once I got past that and listened with the intent of it being choir, it all started to flow pretty nicely. I think the language used fits the setting very well, as in something that could be sung along with everyone in mind...kind of the intent imo. The score and arrangement is very well done, I especially like to see the chords above. Nice work Peter!

Seems like the start of a piece. Kind of a bit all over to be honest. I echo Henry, what are the intentions? It also helps to get involved in the community here, feel free to share some of your thoughts with other composers! They're more likely to give yours attention if you give some advice or critique. Even a simple "this is cool!" or "at :35 you could have done this" would help.

Saved your comment for last because you are the unsung hero of this forum! Thank you for your amazing hard work keeping this place running and vibrant. You are helping new generations of composers learn the way I did, by interacting with each other. Thank you for your always warm and understanding takes on music and me.

Thank you Henry, yes the high register cello is kind of my signature move, it sounds good with east west! Yeah I understand the concerns about the cello I share them too now. I'll have to check out some of your music, you've been pretty prolific on here! Keep it up man!

Thank you man.. thank you. You have no idea how much your support means to me and helps me keep going as an artist. So thankful to have you as a friend and in my life.

Incredible harmonic taste and great melodies to follow! Love how you follow the "golden ratio" around 1:25. I've always had an interest in your music and believe that you are one of the best composers on this forum. Keep up the great work.

I think it's very beautifully played. I still have to listen to this one + the one played by Diego Salazar (which went unnoticed a bit) in order to see which one convinces me the most. In any case it's a good work and It'd have been good to have the score at hand to read it while the pianist performs. In any case it's, as Henry said, very poetic and honest. The performance helps a lot in these kind of pieces where expressiveness and pedal handling is crucial. Liked and subscribed BTW :). Well mate that's really up to you. What's your most powerful reason to compose? Do you like what you do? Isn't that enough in worst case scenario? Even lack of motivation to write music can be a reason to write music, as long as you want to compose nothing that happen next should worry you. Again, in worst case scenario, you'll have produced a nice piece and people from here and perhaps other forums or sites will value and perhaps even like it. If there's no space for "classical" music, I don't know but stopping making it will not create more room for it. On the contrary, so in my opinion you should keep writing! Kind regards, and thank you for sharing this version of your nocturne!! It does really sound good.