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Hi @JorgeDavid! I really like this orchestration! I like how you didn't just orchestrate the piano piece but instead chose to meld the piano and orchestra into a kind of short little piano concerto. I also loved the serene and simple introduction which really fit the character of the piece nicely. The introduction also seems well related to the main thematic material of the piece. My only gripe is that sometimes I feel like the orchestration is too light. For example, I felt like when the contrasting F minor development theme comes in, I would have expected it to be more padded by some background sustained tones. Nit-picks: In the score order, the solo instrument (in this case the piano and solo violin) goes on top of the string section, just under the percussion. Also, I feel like the piano was really dry in this rendition and could have used some more reverb and/or delay to really make it sparkle (imo). Thanks for sharing!

Hi all, I used to come to this forum all the time. It really helped me grow with my compositions. I've met a lot of composers in IRL from this website. I'm really glad it's still around. Anyway, I wanted come back here and share a piece I wrote for an amusement park. I hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/CQQofPp2IDo?si=BCQZJbE16Hb1_fhF

Hi Peter! Thank you so much for taking the time to listen so attentively. Actually while composing it, I also found measure 57 a bit troubling… I thought of doing a smoother resolution but I was absolutely out of brain juice. Maybe I will revise this composition sometime and smooth out the parts which stick out. I have a love hate relationship with the ending. I just felt after a long, heavy, overly romantic coda, a little humour was needed to sort of knock some sense into the pig headed passions invoked by the section which came before. I think it kinda works? 😂 Thanks for you suggestion regarding the balance issue… I have nightmares thinking about trying to bring out the melody using muse sounds. I tried almost everything. I will surely try using MS basic once. Again, thank you so much for your constructive thoughts!

Hello @Adamich and welcome back to the forum! My friend on this website @Bjarke mentioned you in a personal message and the next day I know here you are! What a wonderful piece and realistic mock-up! You use many unusual instruments in this rendition, care to inform us what they are? (and what libraries you used?) Also, I noticed that the choir is singing actual words - what language are they in? The piece is perfect for an amusement park as you intend - it's well themed toward depicting it's titular subject and it is upbeat, using percussion to create an energetic vibe. Great job and thanks for sharing!

Hi @ComposedBySam! Great to hear another one of your lucid compositions! Many parts of it remind me of an adventurous hero beginning their journey or quest in some RPG. Something that sometimes brings me out of this vibe is for example, in measure 57, your seemingly premature resolution of the harmony when it seems like a more extended resolution should have been forthcoming. The harmonic resolution makes the music seem like a harmonic exercise for a second there, but maybe that was your intention with making this piece sound absurd? I do think that was your intention since the piece ends in such an absurd and sudden way that it's almost funny. Great concept! Nit-picks: I think this was rendered with the Musesounds Piano, am I right? Something I notice in your rendition is that it is often difficult for it to sound like the melody is brought out. When I write for piano in Musescore, I solve this problem by using the MS Basic soundfont for piano because that allows me to change the velocities on specific notes and gives me much more control over the volume of specific notes in the score. That's how I can say, balance the different notes in a chord for one hand (if the melody is the top note and only that note should be brought out in high relief). This problem with balance is especially apparent with pedaled trills in the left hand which end up sounding ridiculously louder than anything else that's happening on top. You can change the velocities of specific notes if you select the note and go into the properties tab, but this only works with the MS Basic soundfont, not with the Musesounds Piano (but they both will still sound pretty good if you apply some reverb effects). Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much, @Luis Hernández! I am really glad you liked it! I agree., there is so much to learn about Orchestration. That is why I started studying the Adler's Orchestration book (it has many audios so, for people like me that can not often experience orchestral instruments' sounds in real, it does help a lot). Lots of pages and information so I guess I am in for a really long journey into Orchestration! Thanks for listening and commenting!

Bravo, It sounds phenomenal and, although I believe that in orchestration one never reaches the top, it is all balanced.