Mooravioli

Hello Ivan, I would be interested in joining this competition. I shall email you my selected paintings.

Hello Peter, I’ve been meaning to comment on your topics for a while(procrastination is really a personal crime:(). Thank you for this, It really is quite festive and brings about the holiday spirit well. I can clearly picture the snowflakes and glimpse the Christmas decorations, which feels wonderful because Christmas is my favorite season. The orchestration is, of course, very nutcracker inspired. My only real nitpick would be the Waltz theme introduced by the solo piano; I really wished you brought in the full melody more often. For more emotional contrast, you could try adding in a sad minor variation. well done on this and I also liked your harvest moon variations. There were some great textures in that piece

Sorry for coming late to the party, Henry. I’ve been planning to comment for a while and actually listened to this piece quite a number of times. I can clearly hear the Beethovenian influences with the fate motif, and the piano writing is indeed chopinesque. As others have mentioned, the harmonies are completely suitable for the type of work you are writing. Although there are touches of Henry Ng in this piece, I do think there are heavy influences from other composers shaping your music. In the process of finding originality, I think you should try shaking those influences a bit more. Perhaps add some 7ths or sharp 9ths to those V - I progressions, and spice up the rhythms of the fate motif. Writing smaller pieces will help, that way you can fully work with a specific idea you want to explore. Hope this helps Great work on this, though. I could probably never write or play this well.

Hi Composaboi, This is quite beautiful. I can clearly feel the anguish and torment in Mvt 1, brisk repose in Mvt 2 and compassion in Mvt 3. As Henry mentioned, I think you could possibly bring even more imaginative orchestral techniques and harmonies to develop your themes. I'd check out the "Omnibus" progression and expand your string palette with scores by sensei korsakov. Again, congratulations on this new work. Sometimes, I wish I had the grit and tenacity to accomplish something this large-scale but that is a question for another time. )

Hey Henry, sorry for the late reply. I just performed this on Friday, and thought It got pretty good reception!(though there were quite a few mishaps). Unfortunately, I had to cut out the C section because it was too hard to perform. Obviously, it wasn't anything serious since the C section was a little weaker, compositionally speaking. I'm more than glad that this work has satisfied your standards. Don't worry about the shoutout, I hope you've recovered fully now. Hope to share more compositions soon.

Hello all, It's definitely been a while since I posted. I've mainly been preoccupied with school and making analysis videos, but I haven't stopped composing however! In fact, I've been able to get regular composition lessons quite recently, and it has definitely helped me expand my horizons(though the bulk of the work still depends on me). Here's what I came up with, and I've also been fortunate enough to be allowed a performance at the composer's concert. I would appreciate if yall could give me some feedback before I maul and butcher this piece in front of my peers and professors. Special shoutout to Henry Ng, and hope you get better soon. Proof: Nov 2 Concert Program (1).pdf Score: Whimsical waltz.pdf Audio Thank you truly

Sorry I'm a little late to this one. A lovely little piece you composed here(especially since you were basically living 18th century when you wrote this). As many others have mentioned, the piece does get a little bit mundane after a while. A little trio section might help(with varying texture and key), as well melodic variation here and there(you could sometimes break up the three note motif using dotted eights unless you really want consistency). Lastly, plan out your modulations a bit more so they sound coherent(elaborate more on m. 34 so that we can fully capture the shift to G major). Again, a change in texture might help. I am actually a fan of the harmonic minor since it gives your work a bit of an individual touch(perhaps influenced by scarlatti?). Anyways, I wouldn't be able to come up with anything half this good if there was an outage.(probably be hiding under my parent's bed) Keep it up.

Hey Gustav, thank you for the encouragement! I used Musescore 4 for this project. Though lacking in extensive reverb and other assets, I thought it wasn't bad at all. My friend did recently suggest I use FL studio(just downloaded the magical 8-bit to work with as well). TBH, I found a bit more difficulty working without a score because it obstructs my workflow(having to adjust note values and placements all the time). Not sure if FL has a music notation option, but if it does please let me know. Here's another track I worked on using Musescore:

Thank you as always for the reply, Henry. Once again, summer school has impeded my attempt to produce a quick response. Muzak is a genre outside my comfort zone as well, but I am really hoping to expand my grasp on multimedia music(especially if I am to write for the screen). I am thinking about putting in different drumsets to get a more soothing sound. I love the suggestions on the instrumentation(though i think the vibraphone might be a tad dull). Commercial music is tricky business when you think about it; definitely not your typical "sit, down and listen" classical etiquette. Also, your sextet in G-flat is a very well-conceived work, congratulations on it and thank you for enriching the world with new cultural soundscapes.

Hello Everyone, This is my first serious attempt at a video game soundtrack. I used the free plug-in called "plogue sforzando"; highly recommended with plenty of soundfonts to work with! Anyways, I was hoping you guys could further shed some advice on this track of mines(The feedback wasn't too good on this one, probably need to refine my commercial music skills). I would love particular feedback on Instrumentation, form & structure, and melodic continuity("flow"). Score Audio Thank you truly.

womp, https://drive.google.com/file/d/16mdUyFYLl5ZBtwQlpV484MOlrKEQ8wbe/view?usp=sharing, I think that should work now. Sorry about that, Peter.

Hi Peter, I've actually made changes since the last post(https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/19gXnaZlSKRurEp3iXgNITQY0VPfYPWvj), much better overall I think. Sorry to hear you didn't like the piece. I was actually one of the early viewers when it first came out on Lionel Yu's channel(few years ago), it was featured with one of his other piece called "Debbie's march". The waltz struck me as being very beautiful, and I recently rediscovered around early 2023. No one attempted to orchestrate Rizal's work(apart from himself) so I felt it'd be a good idea to make history. This is also an exercise to hone my newfound abilities in orchestration, and it was great fun transcribing/re-imagining different ways to enliven the piece. So to answer your question, I think it's a combination of both sentimental and educational reason.

Hey Daniel and Henry, I know this thread is probably past relevant to you two now; I've been so busy with school and the recent competition that I've procrastinated on this for quite some(actually a lot) time. Thank you to Peter for bringing this to thread to my attention once again. I am happy you guys enjoyed my arrangement. Unfortunately, the composer never acknowledged my fruit of labor, but I hope that this arrangement will find its way to whoever needs it. Here is one more banger to listen to:

(Edited) I found a way to fit my score to page. Here it is: RM Rizal Sorry about the careless reply, Henry. Pleased to know you enjoyed it.

Realized the link to the score doesn't share: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wFtCMPDyeZqF6rUQD544d0jbiqmKR2Od/view?usp=sharing. Sorry about that.