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Sepharite
November 3rd, 2009, 04:53 pm
Woah, haven't been here in AGES. And I come back to check my inbox, 26 unread messages asking for Spirited Away sheets :\

Here's some pieces I did recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-QRhw9eAcY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8aAbUr-C4k

Most of this is improvised, and cheesy :P

KaitouKudou
November 5th, 2009, 05:25 pm
I would very much like to hear your piano improv 4 orchestrated. I feel that piano alone just doesn't feel enough to really get the battle theme feel for that piece. :)

PorscheGTIII
November 10th, 2009, 11:45 pm
Yeah, you have some nice stuff going for you there. Nice! I think your Improve 4 also would sound cool orchestrated!

Sepharite
November 11th, 2009, 04:42 am
Thanks for the comments. I'm thinking of orchestrating it but I've only really written for piano. :S

Alfonso de Sabio
November 16th, 2009, 08:50 pm
Yeah, I definitely prefer the Improv piece. I think you could orchestrate it and it would be cool, but I think it works as a stand-alone piece as well. It either version would have its own distinctive awesomeness. For example I love the fully orchestrated Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, just as much as your next guy, but I'm just as much a fan of the Horowitz reduction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_oDYAe70SM

They emphasize different aspects of the music-experience.

Sepharite
December 7th, 2009, 05:57 am
Ooh! i love danse macabre. =3

I made another short and simple improvisation recently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS3IiFCWZm0

Initially, I was thinking of the feather theme from Forrest Gump, with a touch of dissonance. And I tried to make it as sweet as possible, until the buildup. Hopefully I was successful. ><

Sepharite
December 11th, 2009, 09:23 am
One more random one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2H3rf8zsTk =3

Alfonso de Sabio
December 16th, 2009, 05:40 pm
Man, you crank out these improvisations. You should put them all in a volume and sell them or something.

No. 13: It's good mood music, but it left me wanting more. I think you stay too long in that initial chord progression.

No. 14: This is what I'm talking about. For one, this sounds much more like improvisation. It also sounds much more interesting. I love the dissonance and the development and metamorphosis of the theme. It builds really well. Well done.

Sepharite
December 25th, 2009, 02:54 am
Thank you for the comment! Sorry for the late reply, Christmas Shopping is doing a toll on me =(

Whenever I'm about to practice piano, and I'm in the mood, I'd bring my laptop and record maybe 10 minutes of material. I choose and pick, and if I'm lucky, I managed to hit a few right notes.

I'm glad you enjoyed 14. It was really fun to play with. It's based on a piece I uploaded, "Pissed Clowns" ><''

I also composed a little background music yesterday. It's nothing really, I just conjured it in about 2 hours. Any suggestions on how I can improve it, would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSCeq8jh6iQ

Thanks for listening. =)

Nyu001
December 31st, 2009, 03:31 am
You delivered well the atmosphere of the image. I could felt what you described. The parts that worked better was the intro and the "solo" instrument. The low strings were a bit loud when you had that single melody playing. But overall well done with the atmosphere.

Pissed clowns is a fun little piece, but feels too messy as to give the sense that the piece is going somewhere in specific. It's enjoyable the ideas there, though.

One_Winged
January 1st, 2010, 11:30 pm
hehe I love ambiguity.
No matter if I picture clowns staggering around drunk out of their heads or just going on a rampage in pure anger it works :p

As for the youtube-link you put up, you could try some movement in the bass-section, other than that I can't think of anything that would improve it of the top of my head.

Good job man!

Sepharite
February 14th, 2010, 06:26 am
Hehe. Thanks for the comments guys. You're right with the ideas never really develops, my music generally doesn't have a set goal, I just compose in fragments which I sadly have not been working on. I don't know if I can. Maybe I need to focus on form?

I made another piece that sounds similar to the "clowns", maybe I'll post the recording if it's decent enough.

Also improvised something. Hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmu22qKsK0