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Hello! Earlier this year I had the pleasure of organizing, hosting and judging the "From Bits to Bangers" Instrumental Music Composition Competition, and now I've finally had time to write a piece using the requirements of the contest as inspiration! I've chosen an 8-bit track that nobody else used - Harvest Moon - "Mountains" which I've also attached here for your listening pleasure. I didn't write this in my regular method, by first finishing everything on paper before even allowing myself to input anything into the computer. I think the very repetitive nature of the original track was a challenge for me to make something interesting out of and I coped with that by entering the music piecemeal into Musescore. Let me know if you like the result or not. I welcome your constructive critiques, suggestions and observations! Thanks for listening.

This is the updated, final version of my Baroque keyboard suite, in the style of Bach. Overture Allemande Courante Air Scherzo and Trio Sarabande Bourrées Gigue Duration: 35:10 For details on the suite as a whole (including its architecture), and of the individual movements, please refer to commentary.pdf.

A little big fugue. I too appreciate those parts where the texture thins out and then comes back. I think it allows certain things to stand out and create contrast, while not being too heavy for the listener.

Same theme and similar rhythm, but a completely different context! Very modern sounding and I love your opening. Almost sounds a little like Secret of Mana (not sure if you know that game, its from the SNES days). But it reminds me a lot of the overworld music from that game. But interestingly enough I just got recommended by a friend to listen to Sibelius' Violin Concerto, and wow, the beat is very similar. I know you are going for the Harvest Moon beat, but I think you slightly change it up a little, and it sounds more like Sibelius now haha! I don't have any recommendations musically, it's a very good rendition. But in terms of your dynamics, I felt like the strings "release" were getting cut off by their attack. The strings just felt a bit too sharp and unnatural at times, but it could have been an issue with recording.