Noir7's Compositions
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That's pretty cool. I need to get the hang of good "accompaniment," like you have in Seikatsu Shakou. What does that mean, anyway? Is it actually the opening theme to something, or did you just WANT it to be?

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There it's done for now ~ re-opened.

You still didn't answer my question...but that's a good song too.

Oh, Seikatsu Shakou means "Wandering Shadows" or something cheasy like that.

Nice spelling. Good job on that winter night saga, though. You got the tune stuck in my head, and it's one that I don't mind. The only comment I have is that it kind of seemed to not have a constant rhythm. Maybe it was just my computer making it skip.

Was that "Nice spelling" sarcastic? If it was, I don't like people who do what you just did.

About the misplaced rhythm, it's not the computer's fault, it's me who can't handle syncronising.

You don't like sarcasm?!?!?!?! You must HATE me then! My whole family is sarcastic! And yes, it was sarcasm. You spelled cheesy wrong.

Winter Night Saga sounds pretty cool - the 1st part of the overdriven guitar theme reminds me of Chrono Cross a bit though, and the acoustic guitar kinds of remind me of the style of music from Kaze no Yojimbo (ie, nu-Western, if there's such a genre ;)). The mixing is done pretty clearly, though the electric guitar parts could be turned up more when it's playing the theme. It's also a bit repetitive (the contrasting section was pretty short) - it kinda feels like a theme and variations piece, though variation is done mostly through instrumentation rather than counterpoint. What is the background for piece, might I ask?

I added Alphonse Nguyen's (Al's) recording of my Nocturn in C# minor. Thank you so much for recording it Al!

aww, it really does sounds nocturn-ish! great job again Noir :)
The gentle melody and accompany... I could imagine playing a song like this on the piano at night anytime.

You're welcome, it was my pleasure to record such a nice song =)

Aw, thanks! ^^; Your recording made it better though ~ You added the feeling I was looking for, which couldn't be found in a digital mp3 conversion. :)

Ill try to rate but Im not really good at ratings so...ill just try to rate what I think
Piano Fantasia IIIwow very classical to me seemed a bit odd, but thats what makes it good. um 8\10

Piano Fantasia VNice I like the melody in this one. 8.5\10

Nocturn in C#minor a very sad night song This is one of my favorates 9\10

El Corazón another sadish song(i love sad songs) at times i got mixed up which istrument was play a guitar or harp sry. Which was it? :heh: 8.5\10

Corazón Oscuro (experimental version of El Corazón) haha nice change its good to have something different. wao that percussion went on and on. :heh: but it was experimental so who cares. 8.5\10 :heh:

Main Theme Nice this has a very memorable melody to it. and the instruments mesh well with each other. What program was used? 8.5\10

Manoshikan Mist I dont know what to say this is an excellent song. Definately one of my favorates. Everything is great melody and all. 9.5\10

Opening Theme ~ Seikatsu Shakou Very nice dramatic piece another of my favorates. 9\10

Winter night saga (sometimes out of sync)Great I love in the en with the little addition of the electric guitar(I think) or distorted i dont know.
and yet an other song I Favor 9\10

Well all I can say is that you are a very good composer and you seem to have experience. :)
Waiting for more :heh:

They all sound great but I like the "Main Theme" the best. It's soothing and memorable..

What program was used?

They were mostly done in Finale, and then recorded as Mp3's in Cakewalk Sonar using soundfonts :)

Piano Fantasia III - Liked the chord progression, though the pedalling sounds kind of awkward at parts. Not much melody, but I don't mind, as long as the harmony makes up for it (and it certainly does in this case;)).

Piano Fantasia V - Sounds a bit gypsi-ish with the bouncy chords and harmony near the beginning. I liked how you varied the accompaniment for the second part, but unfortunately you kind of just repeated from there instead of further developing. Oh well, but still not bad at all.

Saraga's Stairway, aka the erroneous file. Al and Gnomish called it "the erroneous file" because the opening sequence is somehow out of tune. :hey: but hey, it's a unique name XD

Aww my computer kept on freezing when i tried listening to your song I think its the storm outside.(maybe I shouldnt even be on the computer. But I got to hear your song after a few tries.Ha that beginning went out of whack but just for a while, just call it a special effect. ;)
Well anyway I liked the song couldnt find anything wrong or boring, and liked the scales(theres probably a musical term for it) around 00:37 it reminds me of one of the christmas songs i forget which one. I hear classical in your song(well in alot of your songs) is it intended or just your style, technique or whatever you wanna call it :heh:
well Great job

er.. probably not intended, call it influence if you will.

Wow is someone actually playing nocturne, thats amazing

Yes, Alphonse Nguyen (Al) performed and recorded it.

I found that it wasn't too hard to perform, but since I haven't been practicing piano in ages, my fingers were terribly rusty, and I made sooooo many mistakes =P I ended up dividing/cutting the song into four manageable sections (which I could replay as much as I wanted, rather than play the whole song from beginning to end). And then I used Acoustica to merge everything together as seemlessly as possible :heh:

That explains the little sound just before the first tuplet section XD

how advanced is that sheet music?? i can play to zanarkand is it so much more complex? the song has so much feeling to it..

Wha? oÔ; The sheets for the Nocturne are not advanced. It's harder than To Zanarkand, but that's mostly because of the key signature (C#m) and the fact that it is supposed to be played with more expression.

your songs are great. but if i remember correctly... i thought you had a piece called "zieke's theme" (am i wrong?) i must say i like that piece for some reason. maybe you already post the song and i just missed it. Winter Night Saga is definitely enjoyable. 9/10 (my favorite actually)

Saraga's Stairway

*listens again* Ahhh! Not the erroneous file! :heh: I like this song very much. The constant broken chords in the RH along with the tremolo-like LH create a very cataclysmic atmosphere, just what I think you were trying to capture with this piece. Around one minute in, the staccato notes are a pleasant touch. I can't help but get excited by this song whenever that high run descends in the RH every so often. At first I thought the ending would be iffy, but those last two chords truly reinforce a sense of completion. Well done, mate!

Thank you Gnomish for the nice comments,

Anyways.. this is my newest composition. It's an attempt to create an atmospheric piece of music, that reflects scenes with a certain weather. Here are my intentions for this composition:

00:00 > 00:30

A sombre rainy scenario, where a thunderstorm is seen in the distant horizon, slowly approaching. Thick black clouds surround the lands, with pouring rain smattering to the ground.

00:30 > 00:43

The raining begins to soften, and all of a sudden some of the clouds break up, and a glimpse of the sun's rays are seen.

00:43 > 01:04

As the clouds form a break-up, the sun immediately shines upon the lands, and overpowering the dark clouds. The lands are filled with the sun's warmth.

01:04 > 01:22

Although it seemed like the sun conquered the thunderstorm, the black clouds struggled their way back, eclipsing the sun.

This is a brilliant composition Noir7. Sounds perfect for a soundtrack of a film! I love the storm effects. How did you do that?

I particularly like the brass part. It's so warming! Also, the semi-staccato strings are so wonderful! Nice modulations. The rain adds a whole new aspect to the song. This piece surely is one of the best not only in your thread, but on Ichigos altogether!

This peice? I think you mean MOST of his peices ;) Main Theme is also a very good peice as well. I can't tell you how badly I want to listen to this song, but right now I can't, because the computer I am using has no sound. But I would love to critique it later this week.

these are amazing!

do you mind if i make a cd to listen to on the way to work?

these are amazing!

do you mind if i make a cd to listen to on the way to work?
Well he's hardly going to jump out of your glove-compartment and kill you is he? lol

Er, yeah.. as my scottish Matthew Perry here said, of course I don't mind XD

Well he's hardly going to jump out of your glove-compartment and kill you is he? lol

:lol: i know but i figured i'd ask anyway... does taht make me wierd? :unsure:

That's a great song. ^_^

i really like the "Manoshikan Interlude", the melody of oboe( or english horn),of voice and the music backround of strings, of brass. could you tell me what midi squence software you use to do that orchestra piece ( something like a picture ).

I used my keyboard to record those sounds, using soundfonts. Sounfonts replace the normal MIDI instruments. The recording software I used was Cakewalk Sonar.

I like Saraga´s Stairway, it sound like a mix between a Nokia tune and `Mario acapella`

Five points. The orchestration was great.

I used my keyboard to record those sounds, using soundfonts. Sounfonts replace the normal MIDI instruments. The recording software I used was Cakewalk Sonar.

you mean the sf2 soundfonts,i think there are great,they are really like the acoustical instruments. and maybe you have learned a lot about instrumentation and orchestration.

Definitely shows your experience in music. Very nice use of music painting. I honestly think I could imagine the cloud and the sunlight and all that good stuff just by your title.

Cool,

Anyways, I have a new composition that I finished today. I'm quite disappointed with the outcome though. First off, the quality is horrible, and that's because I had to use my microphone to record it off my keyboard. Secondly, the feeling that this piece is supposed to have it gone. But overall, it's an okay composition =]

Deteviga (sheets included)

"O.K." Right... <_< That's twenty times better than any of my compositions.

I hate you...

I like the progression of chords that you used (but I believe it was your sixth bass chord progression that was a bit of a shocker; it seemed out of place for this kind of balad), and how simplistic the melody was. I would comment more, but I would be getting into a comparison with Interrupted by Fireworks from FF VII. This song and that are somewhat similar.

9.3/10

The chord progression is simplistic, well-accented, and ornamented perfectly with the broken chord patterns. The melody is very lovely. I particularly enjoyed the part just around 1:50 where the higher register of the piano is reached in order to lighten the piece. The ending arpeggiation is pleasing to the ear, though I particularly noticed that it feels noticeably unresolved due to the fact that it started in a more obviously major key. There's nothing wrong with that, though; it just lends the piece more character. :) This piece is great, and the recording quality is the only thing that stands in the way between this being album-quality rather than just a pretty song.

Hmm... This piece is good. The melody is nice, and there's a few chords that help to strengthen it; however, the left hand then goes into block chords, and though they make sense with the melody above, I feel that you could've been a little more
"experimental." Maybe it's just me basing your work on my musical ideosyncrasies, but still-- it's a very nice piece. ^^;

If you decide to go back to this composition in the near future, please consider editing those block chords. >_>

Wow. That was AWESOME!!! I really loved it! The only thing that I can suggest for this song is that on the blocked chord section, that you do add something to the lower bass clef. It's just a matter that it seemed like there should possibly be something there, but that could just be my preference.

@Mies: why u h8 me?

@Gnomish: It's amazing how you understand a composition, just like that. I've already told you I envy your analyzing skills. Thanks for you comments =]

@Ureshii & death: You both didn't like the block passage, huh? Then, if it's not much of trouble, would you mind changing it the way you would prefer it? You can use the Finale file I uploaded.

I didn't say I didn't like it. I just said if there WAS anything you should correct, it would be adding something to that section. I feel like if I did anything to it, I would be ruining something.

As deathraider stated, in no way do I not like the block chord passage, but I think that it could've been a little better. >_> Besides, in order to change it to the way I envisioned it, I would have to change the melody slightly; because of that, I refuse to do it. ^^;

....I hate you because your good.... And I'm not satisfied as how I compose my own music (prefering your style)

Alright, lol. I thought I did something to you that I didn't remember XD

hey noir7 may i ask u what program u use to compose these really good pieces? because i truly dont know...lol

I use Finale '04 for most of them.

This is a very nice song. A good memorable melody too.
Great job :)

I changed my mind. I had some free time, and I changed 3 little things in the song. Tell me what you think.

Very nice use of instrumentation, lovely mood. I was quite impressed with the introduction, your new sense of harmony perhaps? Actually, I didn't mind the blocked chords (it was so brief that they didn't bother me), and besides, they helped slow the tempo and bring things to a very nice ending. Very good job! And I was just wondering what the title meant.

I can SEE how many have listen to my slightly modified version! I SAID TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK *dies of nervousness that [I] somehow ruined the song*

To be honest, you fixed one problem, but started another. >_> It's a little hard to explain; perhaps I really do need to give my rendition in order for people to see what I mean. O_O

THANK you!

Quite a beautiful piece - I really liked the chord progression for the most part, and the melody is simple but elegant. Also, I liked how you added some tempo and velocity variation to make it sound a bit more humanized. Some minor problems I have with it are: 1.) The modulation into ms. 17 sounded kind of unsmooth, relatively speaking - this tends to happens when you follow up the phrase by a transposed version of itself (and it does in few other places too, but this one was the most distracting for me); from the listener's viewpoint, you'd naturally want the pattern to keep going indefinitely - the trick is to gently break from the phrasing to the next passage; 2.) The repeat near ms. 30 could use a slight tempo dip before repeating the section; 3.) The pedal marks are kinda weird - I don't know if it's intentional, but generally you should switch pedalling for every different chord; and 4.) The audio version uses a fairly poor sounding sample - it sounds like it's clipping in the louder parts even though it's not. Anyways, here's the editted passage, which works a little better in my opinion (the ritardo doesn't work perfectly, as I can't really draw smooth tempo curves with my sequencer).

Wow! I'm impressed! ^.^

They were mostly done in Finale, and then recorded as Mp3's in Cakewalk Sonar using soundfonts :)

Just wondering, what soundfont did you use on your piano pieces? They sound great! :lol:
And the Piano Fantasy III reminded me of Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu. Rate: 12/10! Thats my style. Fast and kinda loud.^_^

Although I didn't really like the pieces, here's what my mind is saying.. And i'm all for trying, i love when people try, weither its bad or not... even some of my stuff people like, although i hate the sound...

the piano fantasias weres ok..

they got worse when i found out they sounded alike :\

i know from the name Fantasias that the sound of it.. ahh kinda of a mustic prelude comes to my mind.

the nocturne in c# minor is what turned me off.. correct me if im wrong, but it sounded like a big rip off of Chopin's nocturne in C# minor.. the left hand... it made me angry and sad. one composer of that level, needs to be respected, not posed from.. my impromptu on here may sound like his fantasie, but i ADMITTED to the fact that it did. i didn't make it an opus or anything.

the rest sounded the same all together.. i can see each of their themes.. just.. had the same plot.. if you can kidna see what i mean by plot..

anyway.. just things to take into consideration.. as they say:


"You either take a compliment, or an offence."

Never heard Chopin's nocturne in C#minor, so I won't "admit" anything. The left hand is posed from Chopin? That left hand progression is as basic as it gets, and is probably used in a bazillion songs.

then listen to his song... the full name is:

F. F. Chopin (1810-1849) - Nocturne in C# Minor No. 20 - Op. Posth

Then.. as yes it is basic, just with the kind of "slow" melody.. just sounded so much like his nocturne.

Never heard Chopin's nocturne in C#minor, so I won't "admit" anything. The left hand is posed from Chopin? That left hand progression is as basic as it gets, and is probably used in a bazillion songs.

I really agree with noir7. The left hand is just kinda like a style that he used with the chords. I really dont think he ripped off anything. I myself have tried that technique with the left hand.

I mimic Noir7 and klonoa on this one; that progression is used so often, it's crazy. There's only so many ways you can progress on the piano, but Noir7 obviously chose the one most appropriate. >_>;

You have to look at the music as a whole. How about the right hand melody? And the harmony? Put it all together to compare, and then you'll see that it's distinct from Chopin's. When I first heard and performed Noir's piece, at no time did I think it sounded like Chopin's, and I am quite familiar with that more famous nocturne.

alright, opinions are your own lol.. just (as i posted in another topic) i am new to this style of music. im like all classical lol.. so it's different.. im not used to.. well whatever it's called... style of music.

But...isn't that style sort of classical too, since it is Chopin (by Classical, I don't neccessarily mean from the classical period)?

.. yes he was-in both senses of the words lol

you have very nice compositions. very elegant. :] I like Det eviga.

noir. i'm interested in knowing what software u use in composing ur mp3 format music. mind to intro? I've been searching for a good software for composing orchestral music and urs seems to be the right one. I cant really make orchestral music using Fruity Loops. T_T

I've lost count of how many times I've gotten this question.. and I've also lost count of the times I've given out the same answer, over and over again :P

Fruity Loops is fine, and so is Reason. I use Cakewalk Sonar though, but that's just a coincidence. The soundfonts I use for this program is a bank named "Fluid3"

i asked that question too. lol

You don't like sarcasm?!?!?!?! You must HATE me then! My whole family is sarcastic! And yes, it was sarcasm. You spelled cheesy wrong.

I believe its cheezy

You´ve got some talent, I really like it, check out my stuff too will you.
oh... I was wrong it´s spelled cheesy...
:sweat:

:whistle:

... WOW O.o u know... i dont really wanna say nething... just to let u know that itz really good i like it... reason i dont want to say nething iz cause i'd just look like a complete dumbnut with all these professionals around me :P

Well, you shouldn't feel like that :/ Besides, I doubt any one of us is professional.

Well, you shouldn't feel like that :/ Besides, I doubt any one of us is professional.

True, I agree lol..

BOOM *dust flying around*

So anyway.. I composed this little duet for nylon guitar, if anyone wants to check it out. It was originally my way of practising writing for two instruments, and try to combine them.

I just love this one!! strange but fitting sounds and a nice composition.

Indeed, nifty ^^

It's good, thogh some parts sound like other songs... I don't know... Maybe it's cliche? Even if it is, I'm liking it! :)

The only problem I had with this song was that in a couple places it sounded like one of the guitars was going too low. This might just be the soundfont or whatever, though.

These are all really good!! I can tell you have a passion for this!!! I'm a fan!

Ugh... Every orchestration I hear on this forum makes me feel even more jealous. My orchestrating skills are crap! TT These are very good but short pieces nonetheless, especially the "MIDI-fied" version. I can imagine hearing that on the next handheld Zelda. XD That's always a good sign.

Haha, that was awesome! Keep composing!

These are good, but I miss old school Noir 7.

How long ago is old school?

I wish it was longer, but other than that it's very cool.

Fun stuff, especially the more synthy version. A nice taste of things to come, I guess - looking forward to more full-fledged pieces from you ;).

I liked both of the versions even though there are some missplaced notes here and there.

väldigt fin liten bit det där, bra jobbat!

Sorry if Im asking a stupid question, but do you have the sheet music for your compositions posted somewhere? If so, could you please direct me to where I can download them? Your music is fantastic and I'm itching to play it.

Which one are you interested in playing?

Any and all of them really. Im running low on new things to play. If that happens, I force myself to try and learn Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement ( I can get 3/4 of the way thru no problem, then my hands get tired and i start going off tempo) and then i get bored cause my hands just dont have that kinda stamina currently. Do you have a link with all of them or would you just have to post individually?

I don't have the sheets for all of them. I think I have the sheets for: Nocturne, Piano Fantasia V, Deteviga and Saraga's Stairway. They're all in Finale format though

Noir7 - Could I use the sheet music for those four?

Use them for what exactly? You play the piano? :huh:

Yes, I play the piano...

I'd like them just for leisure playing. I'm not going to say it was mine or anything. When I hear good songs, I'd like to play them.

Story - Wings

The story of two birds, Kato and Mandarin. Kato is a black bird who was born without any wings. He knew he couldn't travel with his flock, yet his heart was set on the beautiful singing bird Mandarin. They shared their first summer together, but as winter came, the flock of birds had to fly south. Mandarin was forced to travel along her family to the warm south. Kato spent his last days in solitude under his and Mandarin's tree. Eventually, Kato froze to death. As time went on, both Mandarin and Kato finally meet in Heaven. Now they are flying together around the world. Even Kato, with his new white angel wings.

Lyrics - Wings ------------------------------------------

Mandarin = Flute
Kato = English Horn

(piano intro)

[Mandarin] Tender and warm
[Kato] Our love grew strong
[Mandarin] Time made us part
[Kato] The winds turned cold

[Mandarin] Time flew by...
[Kato] ...and winter came
[Mandarin & Kato] And all we had were fading memories of you and me

[Mandarin] Now we are free
[Kato] Just you and me
[Mandarin] Mornings and nights
[Kato] We'll fly alone

[Mandarin] Spread your wings...
[Kato] ...open your eyes
[Mandarin & Kato] Together soar above the clouds and let our love take wing

(piano play)

[Mandarin] Flying over seas and lands
[Kato] Singing songs of summer sands

[Mandarin & Kato] We're together now, forever, on and on...

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noir its nice to hear that your still coming up with such lovely compositions ^_^

@dominate: if you had patience you could transcribe noirs compositions but that would be out of order on the composer if he merely wishes for the audience to listen rather than play

It's pretty good. :)

Aside from the actual composition, I do enjoy the lyrics a lot. (For some reason I really want to listen to Melodies of Life from FFIX now. :P)

As for the intrumentation and voices I think you did a good job over all. The two "Voices" had some nice moments harmonizing around one another which was pretty cool. For instance there was the part starting around 1:30ish where I enjoyed the harmony. I do think that some of the song was just a bit repititive though, mainly in the piano. It had some nice moments now and then but sometimes it just kind of repeated the same little measure in the background without much variation. (This is mainly when they sing back and forth to each other like the very first vocal entrance, but this may just be me)

I did like the Piano toward the end though, around 2:07 on, along with the vocals.

I enjoyed this piece overall. There could be just a little more variety and color in some places but in others you really got it down and things seemed to blend together. Nice job! :)

@dominate: if you had patience you could transcribe noirs compositions but that would be out of order on the composer if he merely wishes for the audience to listen rather than play

I could (and probably would)... if I knew how. But even if I did I wouldn't have because it would have been better to ask instead of just making your own without permission.

The piano part is calming and nicely composed. This is a very nice Piece.
:)

Thanks,

@dominate: I'll see what I can come across (I have everything on my computer in disorder...) but of course you are welcome to transpose them yourself.

Holy Crap!!! When did Klonoa get back?! Good job, Noir7. I enjoyed the piece.

^^ I'm really glad to see this song up.

Thank joo.

Anyway for those who requested it, here are the only sheets I found on my PC for the moment :\

Thank you very much.

I don't have the sheets for all of them. I think I have the sheets for: Nocturne, Piano Fantasia V, Deteviga and Saraga's Stairway. They're all in Finale format though
Cool! so... um.... do ya have them uploaded somewhere?:sweat:

Edit: Whoops! Did not read the recent responses.... heh heh heh.... Thank you very much for putting your sheet music up. Makes me happy...

Heh no problem. I'm glad people are playing my stuff =P I'll look for more sheets, I promise :P

Quick (perhaps stupid) question: What program do you need to view the sheet music? Because it just opens up in Microsoft Word and has random symbols and no music notes...

Finale (Notepad) 2004 (?) or better: http://finalemusic.com/notepad

Just download the 2006 version and you'll be able to view everything.

Edit: Had it in pdf form also :heh:

Which song is L? I don't have a chance to play it until I get back, but I was just wondering.

(Thanks for the PDF by the way.)

It's the piano version for "Nifty little guitar duet". The name was originally ":L" a smiley that pissed Nightmare off when I used it, haha.

i think i'll learn the nocturne 1 but your music is really great noir i'll look forward to learning more of your songs in the future ^_^

Warming words friend :)

~

Anyway.. I had some extra time tonight so I wrote a little theme for Angelic =P And yeah I know it says "Cello" in the sheets, but I changed my mind in the last second and I'm generally lazy -_-

Edit: added a slightly orchestrated version (Angelicv2)

So.. Angelic's theme!

*bows down before you* The piano solo in the middle was my favourite section!

I really enjoying the version two mp3! :o I can't get enough of the piano at :36. I love it! Nice job. :)

If awesome were a shade of red, then this piece would be...you know what, screw the metaphors. The song rocks. Out loud.

Story - Wings

The story of two birds, Kato and Mandarin. Kato is a black bird who was born without any wings. He knew he couldn't travel with his flock, yet his heart was set on the beautiful singing bird Mandarin. They shared their first summer together, but as winter came, the flock of birds had to fly south. Mandarin was forced to travel along her family to the warm south. Kato spent his last days in solitude under his and Mandarin's tree. Eventually, Kato froze to death. As time went on, both Mandarin and Kato finally meet in Heaven. Now they are flying together around the world. Even Kato, with his new white angel wings.

Lyrics - Wings ------------------------------------------

Mandarin = Flute
Kato = English Horn

(piano intro)

[Mandarin] Tender and warm
[Kato] Our love grew strong
[Mandarin] Time made us part
[Kato] The winds turned cold

[Mandarin] Time flew by...
[Kato] ...and winter came
[Mandarin & Kato] And all we had were fading memories of you and me

[Mandarin] Now we are free
[Kato] Just you and me
[Mandarin] Mornings and nights
[Kato] We'll fly alone

[Mandarin] Spread your wings...
[Kato] ...open your eyes
[Mandarin & Kato] Together soar above the clouds and let our love take wing

(piano play)

[Mandarin] Flying over seas and lands
[Kato] Singing songs of summer sands

[Mandarin & Kato] We're together now, forever, on and on...

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That was awesome. I'm especially loving the piano solo sections. Great job ;)

Ja Album-blatt! Gut, gut!

Heh, I like that Angelic's Theme. Sounds good! (Listened to the 'orchestral' version). Just wished the Cello was un poco louder during it's solos-but hell, might have been your decision to keep my on my seat. :shifty:

I especially liked Angelic and Wings, I still have to listen to the rest:heh:, they're great, just wish I could compose music like that (heh, I can hardly play my keyboard with two hands yet...)

@everyone: Thank j00.
@maestro: yes, I'm aware that the lineup isn't very optimized. I'm using a new sequencer which I'm not familiar with. It's like speaking a foreign language :/
@darksage: :bleh: You're banned!

Lol. I see what you mean there.

Ooh, my very own personal theme tune :shifty:

lol that's what I thought when I first saw the song title....
Noir is worshipping Angie???? lol
and then I realized that it was just a song lol

O_o; Yeah, it's for the Ichigo game actually.

You are very talented noir7. One day I hope to be as good as you. What program do you use for composing? a form of finale? I'm having a lot of trouble finding the right one. Finale notepad it ... well what can you expect it's free...and finale print music isn't what I'm looking for..I need something where I can transfer finale songs I wrote on finale into midi or wav or even mp3s. What do you use? because what ever it is it's amazing! Keep writing because every song of yours blows me away! ^-^

I use Finale 2004 to notate, then other shite to orchestrate.

With finale , can you save music you wrote on finale as an MIDI, WAV, or MP3? and is it expensive?

Yes, and yes.

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Just made an instrumental arrangment of Nostalgia. *Practises articulation and instrumentation* I was inspired when I heard Alfonso de Sabio play a tune on the cello, and I rather liked its higher pitched bows.

Nicely done! I love how some parts of the orchestration were delicate and bouncy.

LoL. Isn't that the same song name for the entry ruhinat posted up for the Composition Contest? XD

Anyways, your song is AMAZING. I've never heard anything quite like it. Great job. :thumb:

A very old song which has just been sitting around in my 'unfinished songs' folder for too long x_x I don't want to continue working on it so I'll release its spirit free ^_^

Sounds like that FF9 piece - that cave... starts with a T. >_>

The beginning chords aren't strong enough - you could use better chord inversions to bring out the better notes. But I love the ending... the chord progressions are quite sexy during the fast run section..

Sounds great, keep working it, baby! ;)

I like this piece. The changes to major chords were really good, especially at about 0:35. Great job! ^_^

I really like ur compositions but especially ur fantasia's and that orchestrated version of Angelic(i think that's what it is called). For some reason they tend to stick in my head. your compositions seem to have a certain something that makes them sound unique(i can't describe it). Well anyway i liked them.

Sounds like that FF9 piece - that cave... starts with a T. >_>

The beginning chords aren't strong enough - you could use better chord inversions to bring out the better notes. But I love the ending... the chord progressions are quite sexy during the fast run section..

Sounds great, keep working it, baby! ;)

Well, if it sounds like an FF song it probably wasn't intended :\

A very old song which has just been sitting around in my 'unfinished songs' folder for too long x_x I don't want to continue working on it so I'll release its spirit free ^_^
Oh my, that piece is beautiful!! Shame you wont continue it. Very nicely done!

Oh and i was wondering, i have finale too but how did you get that to sound like a 'real' piano?

wow your stuff sounds wonderful!

nice spirit haha. Awsome, that woke me up pretty good.

@musicangel: It's a Steinway sample... you can get them all over the web I think, but this particular one is pretty huge (340Mb)

Been a while since you've released something ;)

Good job! I liked it a lot! I love those 'bouncing' chords and little melodies.

Hmmm, I hear a familiar melody in there around :28 Suddenly it brings to mind a song by "They Might Be Giants," I think the one about Istanbul/Constantinople...not that it really sounds anything like that song...

^ Heh, I could understand if it's not very original. It was supposed to be a comical composition but then I lost interest in it X_X

Oh, I didn't mean it wasn't original. I just wasn't expecting that in there and it struck me funny when it came up. In other words, you succeeded in the comical aspect.

Okay, before I post some of my new stuff here I'd like to re-upload an old song which I dusted off a bit. I didn't like the piano sound in the old one so I changed it. Anyway, some of you might remember it, an etude called "Saraga's Stairway" in which I tried to use a descending scale-like melodic pattern.

Ah... I remember that piece, but haven't commented... How should I put it... XD :heh: It's a very interesting piece, but the very interesting part is that you seem to manage to put game music's essence into a study fashion... XD Which is good. I'm sure a lot of people would like to play it, but I'm not too into studies, so yeah. And yes, you used your musical symbol for 'stairways' very well. Awesome job! ;)

OMFG. Christian Erhamo? That name is so familiar. I know you said you're from GFF.... were you that X---- guy? .. Xaijon! Yeah! Something like that! Lol! HEY! :P

Great piece though! Sounds a little like Kuja's theme. Really like the 'stairway' style. Keep it up!

Whoah, you're really good man. I hope you're not entering the contest, we'll all lose lol.(Kidding, by the way. I hope you do, it'll put up more of a challenge.) You said you use a steinway sample? Do you have a link where I can download it from? It sounds way more realistic than the soundfonts that came with my program.

I'm sure a lot of people would like to play it,
I think Sephiroth tried to play it, but he said it wasn't playable XD

Lol! HEY!
Hi!

You said you use a steinway sample? Do you have a link where I can download it from? It sounds way more realistic than the soundfonts that came with my program.
When did I say I used a Steinway sample? Um.. perhaps I did, but this one is Artvista grand. You can probably download it off a torrent-site. (It's 7GB though so be aware of that)

I think Sephiroth tried to play it, but he said it wasn't playable XD

Hi!

When did I say I used a Steinway sample? Um.. perhaps I did, but this one is Artvista grand. You can probably download it off a torrent-site. (It's 7GB though so be aware of that)


One page back, the last comment. But thanks for the Artvista grand info. I'll look it up later.

I don't know how I overlooked it >.< but El Corazón is really awesome! I listened to it a few times and after a whileit all started to seem to come from one instrument, it was just great overalll. And I love the last section (about 3:27 to the end). The piano portion is so awesome... I figured out most of it myself ==D haha but do you think you could send me the sheets for the piano parts (or the whole thing XD)?

Saraga's stairway is a nice piece as well, I like the descending melodies ;)

I'm sorry I don't have the sheets for El Corazón anymore... they're hiding *somewhere* under a pile of crap in my harddrive jungle. That _particular_ part is pretty easy though if you play it in a basic key:

C - Em - F - G

That would be an awsome study. :lol:

Wow. How long have you been playing piano? Or...that is if you play....anyways my favorites are Saraga's Stairway, Nostalgia, and Angelic. I prefer dark pieces but great job! (Better than I could do :()

I don't really 'play' piano, as in practise it... I just have a keyboard next to my computer which I come up with some passages/melodies/chords and occasionly play some tunes I hear in films or video games and whatnot ^_^

You say you like darker pieces? I have one pretty dark song coming up for the contest, just gotta fix some minor details.

I've been writing stuff for a story I wrote not too long ago. The songs' names are placed in the story in bold letters!

The story, "Wings of Tragedy" (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/Wings%20of%20Tragedy.rtf)

Finished song list:

1 - Prologue (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/1%20-%20Prologue.mp3)
4 - Life and Death (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/LifeandDeath.zip)(sung by Chama)

What program do you peoples use for digitalized MP3

Why is it that whenever I post a new piece, all that I get is "What program was used?!?!" etc... No matter how many times I've answered that question people still keep asking.

I use a combination of harmony, rhythm, pitch, silence and different melodic patterns to generate different forms of audible sound which in turn will be interpreted and recognized as a phenomenom we call music by the average human ear. That's how I create music.

Those are very good pieces, and the recording sounds great, too! The music isn't much of my style, but I can easily recognize they are both amazing. Good job. ^_^

The prologue sounds like the song played during the movie "Angels in the Outfield" (unintentional of course). XD

And Life ad Death is amazing!

Me likey them both ^_^

Well, definetely everyone's heard Life and Death (Competition) and how.. you got like 1-fucking-million votes. Lol. Anyway, the prologue is ggrreeaatt. Such a simplictis melody though. I like those, but it seemed, a "tad" bit over-done. I liked the key change gave it some character; really did make a good, fast, bridge to the key change also.

The minor part twoards the ending was neat also. 8/10. ;)

If this wasn't a prologue, I would actually criticized it heavily on how it ended but since it IS, awsome work. I commented on life and death already in the competition so...gj, I think we have a winner LOL!

wow!~ the "Life and Death" is really really awesome~ cool~

I think im the only one to not like "life and death" not because of the composition but because of the singer(s). him or they wichever it is, is trying so hard to sound "fantom of the opera" but fail misserably... in my opinion...=).
and that "correct" articulation. crrrumbling.... I´ve said too much, no hate ok?

Believe me, you're not the only one *not* liking it. This is basically the only place where I've gotten good reviews on it. The singer is Swedish, and so his rolling RRRRs are his trademark, lol.

Fear not, I'm currently working on a Symphony-X-ish rock rendition of this song.

COOL

I think im the only one to not like "life and death" not because of the composition but because of the singer(s). him or they wichever it is, is trying so hard to sound "fantom of the opera" but fail misserably... in my opinion...=).
and that "correct" articulation. crrrumbling.... I´ve said too much, no hate ok?

Yeah, I know what you mean. He seems to sound overly dramatic, and the effect he is going for is not made very well. :heh:

Nior7 , can u post the scores for life and death ? i found the song is nice and interesting and I and my friends want to perform this song in my school . Thx ^.^

Cool, could you show me the recording afterwards? *Digs after the score*

Is that a bassoon in the beginning of Manoshikan Mist? The song is very beautiful! I play the bassoon, so that is another bonus! ^_^

Could you put up sheet music for "Saraga's Stairway"? PLEASE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! (I love this one too!) ^_^

@ your first post: Yeah, that's a bassoon.
@ your second post: I don't have readable sheets for it. Here's the irony... I chose to call it "Etude" (which means study) yet I think it is fairly unplayable :lol: Haha, but if you have Finale I could give you the working score if you'd like.

Oh my word, Noir7 I absolutely adore you compositions they are very very good. Do you take courses at University for that cause they are very impresive. I'd love to play some one day if you allow it. I was wondering whle I was listening to a few of the piano ones if you make or have made some for violin only. If so I'd like to listen to them.

No--I don't think he doesn't.

He's just PP.

a PP?
Well if he doesn't then I'm highly surprised of his talent.

Nior , my frenz loves ur songs and we decided to play any of ur songs ( i mentioned last post) .. Do you hv any scores for it??p/s : I got finale 06 but i don't know how to use it.... and pls be fast cause holidays in coming

Thank you Celeste. I never took any courses, I like to be my own teacher :) I don't think I've composed something for just a violin yet.

Alwyn, I found three scores for you.

Reficul.mus = Life and Death

Thank you Celeste. I never took any courses, I like to be my own teacher :) I don't think I've composed something for just a violin yet.

Alwyn, I found three scores for you.

Reficul.mus = Life and Death

Very good, I hope you'll looking for a musical career with your talent. And when you do a violin peice I would like to hear it or if you permit even play it.

I'd be honoured to get someone playing my music! I'll see what I can come up with :)

Then it's a deal, make one I'll play one.
cel.

I'd be honoured to get someone playing my music! I'll see what I can come up with :)

We are going to perform next year....now jst learning....I think I will record it when we start to perform..

I've been writing stuff for a story I wrote not too long ago. The songs' names are placed in the story in bold letters!

The story, "Wings of Tragedy" (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/Wings%20of%20Tragedy.rtf)

Finished song list:

1 - Prologue (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/1%20-%20Prologue.mp3)
4 - Life and Death (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/LifeandDeath.zip)(sung by Chama)
Do you have, like, a cool, realistic sounding mp3 version of Life and Death without the singing? >_> lol no offense but it kinda ruins it for me it's a weird combination, the mp3 sounds way better than the midi, but the singing kills the mp3. When I read it and sang it to myself I didn't imagine it being sung by a theater/opera-like voice XD

Lol, I was just looking through Life and Death's score.

You really have A LOT of accidentals eh? It was funny, but in the best way possible. ;)

Life and Death

Right. Noir7 I know I haven't really written much on your compositions. I think the song is just average. I don't get why you switched to the happy major section from the minor "more angsty" bit so randomly. It would make more sense if you put some sort of fill in so that it just doesn't switch so suddenly as it stops the flow of the music. 3:17 sounds a bit cheesy with the music which I don't think suits the rest of the piece's style. I think the one thing that hampers your composing talent is that you haven't played in an orchestra yourself.

Observing and performing a piece gives you different viewpoints. When you observe and orchestra, you only see their interpretation of the music in front of them. Whilst actually playing it, you do all the interpreting yourself which helps you understand that it can be so boring if you're not doing anything. Most pieces utilise the musicians for the majority of the time even if its just a minor accompanying role. As One Wing said the singer tried to make it phantom of the opera-ish which demonstrates the performer's viewpoint. Composing has to accomodate for that by putting instructions in.

I think if you take up an orchestral instrument and get into an orchestra (doesn't matter what standard) it'll help your composing.

On a side note, I also want to ask if you take into consideration the range of notes each instrument can reach? (because I know you don't really play much instruments)

Sorry it's so long but I know you like constructive criticism so I did as best as I could to help you >_<

@musicangel820: I removed the singing, and uploaded an instrumental version in this post :)

@Mazeppa: You know me, I notate like a dyslectic whale...

@an-kun: Thanks for the feedback! The transitions from minor to major work well in my ears, and I don't see what's so cheesy with the last C-section. But you're probably right, the transitions could be smoother. As you correctly guessed, I hardly play any instruments so I don't know much about orchestration. I guess it would help my composing if I did, but I don't take composing that seriously yet.

For you side question: Yes, I must take that into consideration since I use samples which are only available on those frequencies an instrument can play in. This goes mostly for orchestral instruments such as the trumpet and the viola (which I used in this piece) but with instruments like synth-strings and synth bass, there's no particular limit.

Thanks for sharing!

thanks!

I still love the song, although the major section is surprising. It's so beautiful, though.

Thank you Deathraider, and everyone else for your comments.

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Well, today I finished the finale portion of my musical story, "Wings of Tragedy". It is supposed to play when Kato, ('Death' personafied in a bird) ignites mid-air because of Cedur's brave sacrifice. I'll post the full story later if there are requests.

Anyway, my ten poor fingers are now officially butchered of constant massive playing-on-the-keyboard. Seriously, if I would take the time to count all the re-takes I made when recording all of these instruments (13 in total) I think many of us would have grown a full beard. So, any rhythmic imperfections and/or velocity issues that are found are because of this. Probably.

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5 - Wildfire Flight (Kato's Defeat) (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/5%20-%20Wildfire%20Flight.mp3)

New song! YES YES YES YES!! Awsome as expected. But wow, 8MB for such a short song. The percussion felt a bit loud at times but it might have just been because half of my speaker isn't working. Love your music, if I could I'd shake your hand lol.

I like the percussion entrance... And ah... EWQL samples... ^_^ Well... For the first 20 seconds of the song, the progression wasn't too justify... But that's all right to average ears cos the rhythmic section is more important at that point. I also really liked that 1:25 note. This piece is more of an ambience piece, right? Cos it sounded like it. :P It's quite nice overall... What reverb did you use? Cos the reverb was really really fitting.

The chord progression in part of it reminded me of "O Holy Night." The main thing I didn't like about it was that I felt like in the ambient part stradling the 1:00 mark there were too many major chords, or they came in too fast. It kind of felt like it slightly threw off the mood or something.

"Wings of Tragedy"? Isn't that the story that includes "Prologue" and "Life and Death"? Um, can you please post the story? ^_^

@Deathraider: Hmm, I get what you mean... although there weren't that many major chords in there =P That section is supposed to be nearly muted because it's supposed to contain a narrating voice in that section -- just before the solo instruments kick in.

@ajamesu: Yeah, it's that story. I decided to post the story once all songs for it have been completed instead :) (2 to go)

Nice song! overall it really captured an ambience-like mood like everyone's said, and it does seem to fit into the story where the bird ignites. I really like the percussions too. 8.5/10

10/10

My favorite tied with Life and Death.

It's perfect I thinks--Great job buddy. ^.^

I listened to it when the competition just ended and I loved it then...but now the instrumental version...it's soooo beautifull. It really does take you away to another world, that's the feeling I get.

Wonderfull job :thumb:

awesome song that wild fire... there is one thing bothering me though, there is a melody that is repeated throughout the song and I feel I´ve heard that bit before. I have been searching my memory but I cant seem to figure outwhere I have heard it, it might be from the final fantasy series... Bah. If its a steal its a good one! =)

Great drums by the way, vst? in that case wich one?.. have you used any premade loops?

Hm... well if you do find out where you recognised the melody from, please tell me =P I don't want any plagarizing to befall me. The drums are from a library called StormDrum.

awesome song that wild fire... there is one thing bothering me though, there is a melody that is repeated throughout the song and I feel I´ve heard that bit before. I have been searching my memory but I cant seem to figure outwhere I have heard it, it might be from the final fantasy series... Bah. If its a steal its a good one! =)

Great drums by the way, vst? in that case wich one?.. have you used any premade loops?
Now that you mention that, it did remind me of a Pirates of the Caribbean song... I think..

Other than the last part being in the same key signature as the theme from PotC, I see no similarity. Care to fill me in? :)

Other than the last part being in the same key signature as the theme from PotC, I see no similarity. Care to fill me in? :)
I don't know XD there was like 2 seconds of it at the end that reminded me of it, and then that was it. lol sorry i don't mean to insinuate or anything.

what is the lyrics of Wings?

Wow Noir7... You are amazing! I love your compositions. *Adds Noir7 to hero's list* :heh:

@Light-Okami: They're... somewhere buried in this God-forsaken thread.
@Disillusionist: Thank joo!

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Anyway, I have a newold song! Broken chords and 6/8 rhythm! I tried combining modern band instruments with an orchestral mix:

1959 Acoustic Guitar
Upright Acoustic Bass
Studio Drumkit
Keyboard Pad
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Small string ensemble, with solo Violin & Cello
Women's choir

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"Light" (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/Light.mp3) (MP3 file)

OMG, I loved this song when you first posted it (as Det Eviga) and I have it on my mp3 player! YAY!!!

Good job of renewing it, though, although I like the simplicity of the original in a lot of ways.

Thats nice one. I Only have one thing to critisise, the drums, they were too far back in the sound-scape maybe you could use a compressor to bring em forward a bit?

that said, Its a lovely and soothing song and I am seriously envious of your chord progression in this one.

karate (punch) in another one as fast as you can =).

Sounds beautiful, especially the minor section. Though I thought the strings were a little too thin (volume-wise). You should make them more prominent. Other than that, it's beautiful. :)

I didn't amplify the drums or the strings much cos I wanted to bring forth the acoustic bass/guitar more, making them the main instruments :)

But thanks for commenting!

bull =)...

Rrr... I'm telling you the truth! :P You know how hard it is to play drums realistically on your keyboard? I want them to be heard as little as possible!

Yeah, true. Its like a finger is an arm and a leg put into it. Technically, you'd be like a spider playing the drums on keyboard. :sweat:

I wish I could compose a song in a major key :P .

The strings did get quiet at times, yes. :) Otherwise, it's great.

I didn't think this was your best work, not to say that it was bad. I didn't think the melody was clear enough at certain parts. I think it was because your guitar fuse with with the harmony and comes back into melody too much. I loved the gentle choir background. Your use of strings is as flawless as usual. The drums did feel a bit repatative for a short bit though. What is that sound I hear at the beggining that sort of "womps". Is that a trick with the KB or maybe just low notes on the choir?

I also thought the song could use an ocarina. The biggest unsettleness I had with the song was that I thought it should have had another instrument specifically for melody that either carries the melody even when the guitar switches with a different instrument, or plays in Canon with the guitar while it plays the melody and goes into the "Glue" for the song when the guitar goes into harmony.

To me, the song feels more like floating down a slow stream inside a forest with the orange light of a setting sun. The cymbols that added the mysterious twinkle was superb!

Great review, thanks alot KK! The lack of melody was probably because I were initailly planning it to be sung (by the same guy who sang Life and Death a while ago) but I skipped it because I couldn't come up with lyrics :P

Great review, thanks alot KK! The lack of melody was probably because I were initailly planning it to be sung
by the same guy who sang Life and Death a while ago) but I skipped it because I couldn't come up with lyrics :P

Here is another song for my musical story, "Wings of Tragedy". It's titled 'The Fated Hour' and is supposed to symbolise the flow of time, ticking slowly towards a character's death. Ironically the song is very short in lenght :P

"The Fated Hour" (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/The%20Fated%20Hour.mp3)

Sounds more like BGM for a movie than some of the other ones. I like it very much.

Okie, so a new song. A weird one. Don't try to analyze its lyrics -- they make no sense since they contain a crapload of inside humour amongst me and my friends. This song is supposed to play during the closing credits of a film we're making in school with the same name.

Anyway, it's cliché. I thought if I can't avoid it, then I'll embrace it :)
The singer is once again my fellow swede, Chama C. Fox! I made him sing in a way too low register, so that's my fault and not his. The instruments are played virtually through a keyboard, and they consist of:

Bas, Drums, Piano, SynthPad, Women Oohs and a small section of strings.

"The Story of ZeeWee" (http://www.chama.de/music/zeewee.mp3)
(Lyrics) (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/The%20story%20of%20ZeeWee.rtf)

I like it very much.

lol man that was halarious. A girl jacked all his money and left him on the streets...the singer sings those parts in such a positive way I bursted out laughing!

I thought the zeewee song was kind of boring, maybe because I didnt listen to the lyrics...

I know you can do better than this though as I understand, this song was´nt supposed to be a "good" song. Dont get me wrong there´s nothing wrong with the song but IMO it wasnt a good song. =)

I couldnt listen to "The Fated Hour" maybe my computer is on strike again or something. I might get back to you on this one.

/your fellow swede who does not know how to hand out construktive critisism

lol man that was halarious. A girl jacked all his money and left him on the streets...the singer sings those parts in such a positive way I bursted out laughing!

XD ... same here.

Okie, so a new song. A weird one. Don't try to analyze its lyrics -- they make no sense since they contain a crapload of inside humour amongst me and my friends. This song is supposed to play during the closing credits of a film we're making in school with the same name.

Anyway, it's cliché. I thought if I can't avoid it, then I'll embrace it :)
The singer is once again my fellow swede, Chama C. Fox! I made him sing in a way too low register, so that's my fault and not his. The instruments are played virtually through a keyboard, and they consist of:

Bas, Drums, Piano, SynthPad, Women Oohs and a small section of strings.

"The Story of ZeeWee" (http://www.chama.de/music/zeewee.mp3)
(Lyrics) (http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/The%20story%20of%20ZeeWee.rtf)

I think its good, but it was that 80's cheesy gundam theme feel to it, you know what I mean? But its not like your some 40 years under the belt composer.

Your music is just great! I was going through all of the pieces and they caught my attention. I really enjoyed the way everything sounds. Each one has a unique feel to it.

I especially fell in love with your Nocturne in c# minor. I had so much fun playing it myself.

Keep up your good work!

A new track, tell me if you recognize the melody :)

http://two.xthost.info/fanom12/Bday.mp3

lol, so mellow! I love it, it's so ironic... ! But it's sad... I imagined a poor boy humming the "happy"birthday-to-you-song while crying alone in the corner of his small room.. which he has to share with his 5 other brothers... no friends whatsoever.... and he didn't get any presents because his family is soo poor... ;___; aww too sad! x___x

Hehe, very interesting indeed. I like your progression since it's not easy to put a major piece into minor.

love that happy bday song =)

Great, as usual :) . What is the instrument playing at :58? It sounds like a type of Trumpet... (I really don't know. I'm trying to memorize timbres...)

Good idea... Personally, I would have obscured the happy birthday melody a bit just to make it more subtle.

This is the first part of a rather big composition, it's the 'mood-setter' so to speak. Please, drop a line or two!

http://two.xthost.info/fanom13/a.mp3

This piece has a beautiful progression. The atmosphere was well done. Very enchanting for many parts. Perhaps you were carried away by your progression but, one thing that kind of bugged me is that you phrases seem to not end, they're like as if when they were about to end, another section came in. So I felt that you could have some more complete phrases.

There were places that made me twitch cause the chord progression wasn't what I expected. I'm not really sure if thats good of bad but yeah, that's what it made me do lol. I know you hate answering these types of questions but I have to ask...

What is the progarm you use to adjust your composition to sound more realistic. Is it something like GPO or do you get the quality just from the playback? I love the sound of the choir "ooo".

I can't wait to hear the finished version of the song. I swear you get better at such a rapid rate. The use of your strings just puts me to awe lol.

Wow, nice mp3. Very good and realistic effects. I personally think it is well structured. I like the arrangement of the strings, sounds very sweet to me. A very nice bittersweet melody u have there.

@Dot: Thanks!
@KK: No no, I definately do not get this quality from direct playback. I spend hours slaving over Sonar (the program I use), adjusting and mixing the instruments until I'm pleased with how they sound. Frustrating, but it has to be done :)
@Rovski: Thank joo

This piece has a beautiful progression. The atmosphere was well done. Very enchanting for many parts. Perhaps you were carried away by your progression but, one thing that kind of bugged me is that you phrases seem to not end, they're like as if when they were about to end, another section came in. So I felt that you could have some more complete phrases.

Wow, you must really hate Wagner.

Definitely a haunting feel. I'm really curious to know what your goal for this piece is.

Wow, you must really hate Wagner.


How did you know? :O Lol. Yeah, Wagner's music is definitely not my cup of tea.

I've been really into playwrights and story composition as well lately, and 'The Mysterous Lovers' really gave me the thoughts of a great movie scene, or a section for a play.

Great interlude you made there. I love it! 10/10! ^.^

Your songs have these hopeless tunes, it made it really, really, really, hopeless with a capital "H" and it was also dreadful with a capital "D".

I didn't get to ban the troll :(

How did you know? :O Lol. Yeah, Wagner's music is definitely not my cup of tea.

Well, Wagner did write an opera that essentially never cadenced until the end.