Jamie Frost

Oh and some mp3s if people prefer: http://www.jamiefrost.co.uk/music/pianoconcertoMvt1.mp3 http://www.jamiefrost.co.uk/music/pianoconcertoMvt2.mp3

If it's of any help, here's a YouTube video of me playing a number of the Harry Potter themes (all of them from the 1st movie) for those not familiar with all the soundtrack: :happy: and a higher quality audio version: http://www.jamiefrost.co.uk/music/harrypotter07.mp3

Thanks for your comments, they're really helpful. Apologies for the strings, I'm having problems selecting anything other than GM sounds on my keyboard (I blame Vista, I never had the problem on my old computer!) so I can't get some nice orchestral strings rather than the horrible tinny strings currently there (although I'll thin out the strings a bit anyway.) Here's the first part of the 2nd movement. Comments appreciated :happy: Sorry for midi-ness. PIANOC2B.MID

Hi guys, although I'm an oldbie on these forums I haven't posted in about 4 years I think! I'm working on a new piano concerto, and have never really attempted orchestral writing so am fairly new to it. Please could you have a quick listen to what I've done, and give any feedback to steer me in the right direction! http://www.jamiefrost.co.uk/music/pianoconcerto.mid (or see attached) PIANOCO2.MID

Here is the MIDI file - I can't imagine it'll sound very good on anything other than my keyboard unless you tinker with the instruments a little. BBC4.MID

I've never been happy with what's at 1.40 - I've already redone it once! But I will consider redoing it again. As for the syncing at the end, I got to the point when I was writing it that I couldn't be bothered to sync it any more :glare: - I just wanted an extended section to fully show off the main themes with full orchestra. Thanks for the feedback. :P

Hmmm I just read the 'guidelines', so I think I need to justify this thread a little more. Although the music is 'background' in the sense of accompanying a video, I feel with the development of themes and the effort I put into it, it is a piece in it's own right. Also, I felt posting here would possibly get a little more feedback. :o Plus it's something a little bit different! Hope you like it. :D To answer the questions: 1. Techniques used Ermmm, lots? The main one was trying to capture lots of different moods, while keeping the fluidity in the piece. 2. How long it took to compose About a week, on average 3 hours a day. 3. Structure ACT 1 0-15: Main 'Galapagos Theme' (you here the short theme 4 at about 10s). 15-21: Theme 2 21-33: Theme 3 - brass 0.50-1.02: Reprise of Galapagos Theme with brass for seal fight. ACT 2 1.08-1.24: This act is supposed to be 'cultural', so I threw in a piano and arabic percussion! 1.25-1.38: Galapagos Theme again, the second part disguised in 'crab' style. Theme 4 on clarinet. 4. Obstacles you ran into when composing By far the hardest thing was the fact that the video consists of lots of short clips, rather than a few extended clips. This made it very difficult to avoid having too many separate ideas, and to try and get the piece to flow (this was less of an issue for the last minute where it's one big long shot). ACT 3 1.46-1.53: Theme 2 on oboe in sunset scene. 2.02-2.14: Flight preparation music, using Theme 2. ACT 4 2.14-end: Climax with Galapagos Theme, aswell as themes 3 (at 2.38) and 4 (2.26-2.37).

Hi there, The BBC Natural History Unit (i.e. wildlife) are running are competition, where you download a 3 minute clip of the Galapagos islands and basically write the music to it. I've been working on it all of last week, and here's what I've come up with: [Removed to comply with BBC rules] Obviously the mp3 won't make much sense if you listen to it on it's own, but I've included it just incase you want to evaluate it without being influenced by the video. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated - I have almost 3 weeks to tinker with it before I send it off. :o