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This pirate themed track "Ghosts of the Ocean" is a release back from July. I was curious to hear other composer's opinions and thoughts on the composition. I create all of my music using virtual instrument libraries (namely from Spitfire Audio) and was also curious if anyone had any suggestions on certain libraries that would enhance a score like this. Thank you for listening! Spotify Link YouTube Link (edited)

Hello all, I haven't posted a piece in a little while so thought I'd share one of my favourite recent works. This piece was written for a young composer competition here in the UK. It was shortlisted (!) and as such I was lucky to receive an astonishingly high quality recording by a period string quartet. I then decided to submit it to the Youtube channel TheExarion for the August 2022 Original Compositions video. Did anyone else from this forum enter a piece? It's a fantastic collection of almost 9 hours of new music! Rather than uploading the score and recording for copyright reasons, I have linked TheExarion's score video below. Hopefully the video will start from my piece, but if not, you can skip to 07:36:00. (There is also a programme note and performance note in the score-video, but I can copy it into a post if anyone would prefer.) Hope you enjoy the piece, and any feedback will be much appreciated!

You have so many interesting ideas! I really hope that you can utilize and develop them to a longer piece, instead of staying in the form of sketch! I think a developed piece is better than a number of sketches, and composing a piece is harder too!

That's really interesting! But that's not comprehensible to me, an idiot on physics 🤣! Is that the reverse of entropy? From chaos to culture?

It's notated as it's physically played, one octave below the sounding pitch. Usually indicated with "harmonics" or "harm." and terminated by "ord." or "naturale" or something like that. I'm just using Roman's convention. I made a video on it for violinists, but not really one for composers specifically, though it's a very agile technique without many unexpected limitations in the hands of a skilled player. Unlike standard harmonics, the notes can be played extremely fast, with vibrato, in scales, trills, and so on. They tend not to speak well above the middle of the string (so you get about an octave's worth of useful range on each string), but it's not a hard ceiling. In fact I break this ceiling slightly in the Romance myself; in m.85 there is a single pitch that must be fingered a minor ninth above the open A. The pitches in harmonics that would be associated with the open strings must be achieved on the string below, obviously. Of course there is no string below the G string, so getting the harmonic at the pitch G4 (392Hz, one octave above the open G), requires the use of the usual natural harmonic at the second partial instead of a forced harmonic, which may make some passagework a bit awkward in some cases.

Hi, here a Cantata movement I wrote in the last few days. I try to create some contrast within the movement with some parts just instrumental without voice and basse. The structure is a ABA form, being B some of the main motives transform minor keys in some modulating sequences. All through the eightnotes momentum never stops, first played be the basses with the main motive and then by the violin I with the second motive. The movement ends with a fugato with before the final cadence. 1st motive (is repeated after modulating to the dominant D) Bass in 1st motive 2nd motive 2nd motive (Exemple of combination second and third species counterpoint). 3rd motive (exemple of more free counterpoint style in fifth species and contrast with 1, 2 and 3 voice texture) Final Fugato Motive (Repeated by Violin II, Viola 1 oct. below and Basses 2 oct. below) Fugato broken cadence (exemple of third species counterpoint). I could extend more in some technical details, but better hear and feel... Let me know your opinion. Cantata movement in baroque style.mp3

So, I'm looking for commentary and opinion.... I've decided to begin another Orchestral work -in the hopes of having one around to submit to competitions in the future. I've decided that I want to create an orchestral tone poem depicting the creation as mention in the book of Bereshit (Genesis). My take is a multilayered approach that includes incorporating concepts derived from Quantum Mechanical understanding of matter from both the macro and microcosmic understanding. Thus, it's going to be a rather large scale work in scope that incorporates many different compositional techniques which I've already begun sketching out. Anyways, what I'd like to glean from others on here is your own personal takes on Haydn's Creation. Also, if any of you have any other works that deal with the topic of creation.... please share in. Haydn's Creation