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I love this song, and I enjoyed listening to these variations very much. My favorite was the last one, I think I may even like it more than the original!

I'm in!

I thought this was absolutely amazing. I loved the marimba part throughout the piece. I could picture myself sailing along on the ocean to a beautiful island. Edit: Also, what sound library did you use for this? It sounds great.

I enjoyed listening to this piece very much, but as many have said, it seems more of a level/traveling piece than and epic battle scene. Great job, though, and I look forward to hearing more.

I read jfmayii's post before I listened, which may have been a mistake, but I completely agree with what he is saying. I think you should name the piece something having to do with "The New World" or "Colonization".

I think that too often today, people jump to conclusions about plagiarism and the first word that come's to their mouth is "sue!". I see nothing wrong with taking ideas and motifs from other composers and using it in your own compositions/arrangements, as long as it is not copying them exactly. Personally, I think John Williams is a very good composer and I enjoy listening to the soundtracks from the movies he has worked on. From what I have read from previous posts, lets use Star Wars as an example again, George Lucas came to him with the pieces that he wanted the score to sound like, and Williams made a score in the way that Lucas wanted him to. Isn't that his job? It's good to come up with new ideas, but it is not completely necessary in his line of work, and as long as the director likes the result, everything is good. There was one example I listened to, the Stormtroopers example, I think, that was very similar, and I think this is pushing it a little bit too far. Overall, I don't think its important to come up with new ideas, but if using old ones from someone else, they shouldn't be copied exactly and a new idea should be added onto the old. There are only so many rhythms and note patterns that can be used, there are bound to be similarities somewhere along the line.

I disagree, I think this song has a lot of melody, and it is really beautiful. It is wonderful as an instrumental piece, and I do not think it needs lyrics.

You have lots of talent, both musically and video-production wise. I am very impressed with the intro to your movie, and I am looking forward to seeing and hearing more of your work.

Thanks for your feedback. I'll take some more looks at it and get back soon.

I think I need to pay more attention to detail. I didn't notice this, though I know that the 1st parts play above the 2nds. Thank you for pointing this out.

Thank you for your feedback. I'm fairly new to the world of composing (which may be obvious), so I don't know a lot of the "tricks of the trade" so to speak. Many of the pieces I've written are basic and very structured, so that's part of the ""Put the same rhythms in the violins, fill things in with the viola, and write harmony in the cello"" as Qmwne235 put it. I should try to start breaking away from this habit. I also write basic harmony, you have a point. So what did you mean about the akward harmony in measure 3 beat 2?

Wow I had a dumb moment. I put this in Chamber music. I'm such a noob... Anyway, here's the intro to a string quartet I'm working on. Please let me know what you think. String Quartet.mid String Quartet.pdf

This is a string quartet that I have been working on. So far all I have finished is the intro. This may be a multi-movement quartet, but I'm not sure yet. Please let me know what you think. I've attached a pdf of the score and a MIDI. String Quartet.pdf String Quartet.mid

This piece is really wonderful. He is such a talented saxophonist. I wish I was there to see this being played. Good job on everyone's part. This piece was one of the most beautiful I have heard in a while. I think I might start writing for saxophone.

Thanks, I'll take a look at it.