Sir Joshua

Thank you for your review. I agree, now, that the harpsichord seems to drone on. In the future, I hope to re-master this piece (and ones like it) paying more attention to practicality and playability.

I don't bite.

Grant Grant's Overture (In Two Sh.mid Grant's Overture for Piano.mid

Thank you for your reviews. Sorry for my long absence, I went on a soundcard upgrading spree (you just can't satisfy this guy). I believe I will try reducing the amount of precussion but proabbly not before this year is up. I should hope to get another work uploaded soon. And I wonder what IMHO means?

My goodness... it filled me with excitement! I saw that someone had mentioned John Williams... well I kindof think about Danny Elfman here because of the serineness in the use of bass (bassoon near the end isn't it?). I enjoyed it.

This sounds fasinating to me. It makes me wish my old High School had an orchestra. Well done. However, I found the finale to be a bit weak (take no offense). In symphonies, I am used to hearing/composing gallant endings that set themselves aside from the rest of the peice. Or it could just be my MIDI device. I will try lisining to it with my softsynth later. :P

I heard the first movement and decided to listen to them in a consecutive fasion. I enjoyed this set (more preferably movement 3) because of the piano and pizzicatto strings combination. I have yet to compose effectively using that combo. I think it sounds really nice. So the numbers go 1,2,3, and 8? Are there a 4,5,6,and 7 or is 8 supposed to be 4? That was a bit confusing. Other than that, it had nice transitions. It also had a very calm ending (something I don't really find very often in a symphony) and you made it work. Loved it.

I enjoyed this peice. I do agree that it sounds like a thematic peice but in my opinion, themes are the basis of most peices I have heard. Also, it might not be a bad idea to go into a movie/video game soundtrack-related field because original soundtracks have become more popular over the years, I think because of their easy listining and simple understandings. Cheers.

Grant’s Symphony Click here to go to the music page: Sir Joshua - Band page with free MP3 music downloads on SoundClick Myself and the Piece This is my first upload to these forums. I wish to get a better understanding of composing methods even though I compose only on the digital level. I have tried playing and learning to play but I find that I am not very good. This musical piece is called ‘Grant’s Symphony.’ I began shortly before Thanksgiving ’05 but I was not finished with it until April because someone I know had suggested that I add percussion, which I did try. This piece was unique to me at the time because it was my first time using the French Horns patch in my software synthesizer. In fact, it was the first composition I had made using a program I had not used before, Sonar by Cakewalk. I enjoyed Sonar very much and it grew to be my primary audio editing program. At times, it was difficult to compose because I would sit down and think but just could not put anything down. Gladly, I had inspiration in the form of a Renaissance Festival where I was able to let out motion related energy. The Structure The structure of ‘Grant’s Symphony’ consists of several themes that may or may not change the mood of the listener. They are outlined as such: • Fanfare- resides in the first 53 seconds and reoccurs later. • Slowing- after a brief break, it steps back into a jazz related theme that brings mystery when the harp is introduced. • Pickup- at 1:30, it picks back up the pace with constant strings and clarinet/oboe interchanging melody. • Reoccurrence- at 2:18 the fanfare reoccurs this time with a greater clarinet contrast. • Mood Change- next is a mood change and yet a greater one later with the harp. • Pickup- at 4:04 it does yet another pickup using constant strings. • Preparation- the harp solo and bass strings play in preparation for the finale. • Finale- at 5:16, what I would consider to be the Finale begins. It loops four times with a greater intensity in each passing variation (as I have found most musical pieces do) before ending in an instrument hold. Please note that the MP3 file may sound much better than the MIDI file due to the fact that I had a software synthesizer in mind when composing it as opposed to a MIDI device. Thanks. Grant's Symphony.mid

Very nice. Very enlightening.