Score: 10
"Not bad for a 23 year old!"
date: August 11, 2008
If I rate you against the other composers on this site it's because I don't know how the review the piece based on its own merits. If I compare you with cinematic composers I'm missing the mark by about five miles seeing as though this is programmatic it clearly does not function as a film soundtrack. If I compare you with the student composers that are studying composition around the world and give you a 3 it's to inflate myself as one of said composition students. If I compare you with the greatest composers of all time I'm not actually helping you at all, I just sound like a douche for comparing apples with oranges. And here is a list of names I like to throw around like certificates of how well rounded I believe I am as a musician, and also just to sound like I'm helping you when in reality I'm mostly showing off
(I mean, you obviously haven't heard of Stravinsky, what a no-name).
Who knows, maybe I had good intentions? Maybe, until I send you an obnoxious PM full of baseless accusations.
Hey would you look at this! It's right underneath this text box I'm typing in:
"If you are giving this submission a low score, please offer constructive criticism that will be useful to the artist. The review space is not a place for you to act like a total asshole."
ANYWAY, you captured your mood very well, sometimes I wanted a fuller orchestration because the celesta has a tough time supporting the texture by itself. Slightly unrelated: whatever happened to your GPO :( Back to the orchestration comment, it's really a question of texture and supporting the more mobile and essential elements at spot like 3:52 where the drama could be enhanced by some subtle additions that don't take away from the skeleton already outlined there (melody, violin runs, bass line), same thing with the couple of spots with timpani and horn/clarinet (and eventually violin) melody.
Blahdiblah, anyhow amazing work, see ya ;)