Orchestral Piece (WARNING: NAME NOT FOUND)

yeah, via the title you may gather that i have not decided on a name for this piece. i may say that ive been working on this piece for half a year now, but in reality it's been about 4 years since i began work on the piece. i initially started backwards, writing the coda section, but i wrote it as if it were the beginning section, but sounded very much like a natural ending to a piece it just didn't really work out, and for all 4 years, i had been working, actively and inactively, on trying to find out how to flesh this out into a full work, until i had the fantastic idea to stick at the end of the piece and figure out what comes before it. it's the first time i've ever worked "backwards" on a piece, but it's been quite rewarding, i very much enjoyed figuring out how to connect the themes of the end to the rest of the piece, and the joy of finally being able to use that piece i wrote four years ago is a sense of joy that's not very easily put into words lol. but anyways, open to criticism, specific and general. feel free to access the kinda rough and ready score i've provided, there may be a bunch of errors, but anyone else who's able to offer engraving feedback please do!

Hi @sned!

What a wonderful quirky piece this is!  It has so much character - very often it reminds me of Prokofiev.  I haven't heard the piece in a long time but for some reason his "Love of Three Oranges" comes to mind.  Or maybe his "Romeo and Juliet" is kinda bold in the same way as the finale of this piece.  I am glad that working backwards was an effective strategy for you!  I have recently been using a work ethic where I work on any and all parts of my composition at once - only at the end do I actually try to fit the parts together into something that makes sense.  At that point it's somewhat like fitting together puzzle pieces LoL.

I like how adventurous this piece is both melodically and harmonically.  You really take the listener on a journey!

As for what to name it - "The Birth, Life, and Death of a Giant" is my suggestion.  Take it or leave it though - it's your piece.  But for me it does seem to suggest some mysterious character - something akin to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".

Thanks for sharing!  Imo it's a masterpiece.

1 hour ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Hi @sned!

What a wonderful quirky piece this is!  It has so much character - very often it reminds me of Prokofiev.  I haven't heard the piece in a long time but for some reason his "Love of Three Oranges" comes to mind.  Or maybe his "Romeo and Juliet" is kinda bold in the same way as the finale of this piece.  I am glad that working backwards was an effective strategy for you!  I have recently been using a work ethic where I work on any and all parts of my composition at once - only at the end do I actually try to fit the parts together into something that makes sense.  At that point it's somewhat like fitting together puzzle pieces LoL.

I like how adventurous this piece is both melodically and harmonically.  You really take the listener on a journey!

As for what to name it - "The Birth, Life, and Death of a Giant" is my suggestion.  Take it or leave it though - it's your piece.  But for me it does seem to suggest some mysterious character - something akin to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".

Thanks for sharing!  Imo it's a masterpiece.

 

thank you so much! it means so much to me, probably one of the highest compliments ive gotten on a piece of mine. im really glad you enjoyed it, feels like my hard work has been put to good use.