Make it Rain


Date Submitted

12/13/2006 | 12:09AM EST

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Classical Song | 3 MB | 3 min 18 sec

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4.15 / 5.00

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A man finds that his lost son is dead. He asks for it to rain to hide his tears.

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Average Score: 9.8 / 10

Score: 10
IJazzI

"Amazing."

by: IJazzI
date: September 1, 2009

I love this piece. It has to be one of my favourite ever pieces of music. I heard it on the flash animation Taking Flight 2 which IMO it really suits.

September 2, 2009

Author's Response:

Hm...don't think I've seen that one. I'll have to look it up now.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you like it.

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Score: 9
yotipo91

"Impressive"

date: April 4, 2009

I often aspire to create such emotionally moving pieces such as this. You could implement more dynamic contrast throughout the piece; however the motion of score is consistent... I think some additional auxiliary could be added to give it more flavor. Overall, very nice!

April 4, 2009

Author's Response:

Thank you. It's hard to think back enough to say that this piece is actually 6 years old now. =S

I'm actually writing the screenplay (84-pages in, currently) to the production that this piece, and a couple others here, were originally intended to establish themes for.

Thanks for the input. When I actually get to scoring that scene once I finish making it (which'll likely be a year or so from now) it'll sound very different, but I will be using this as its base theme.

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Score: 10
imagine0134

"AMAZING!"

date: January 24, 2009

Heartfelt, deep, truly amazing.

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Score: 10
GameRate9o9

"He made it rain, on those hoes...."

date: December 30, 2008

This is veyr good, emotional and deep i love how you put thought into a story and helped add more dpeth to your music. Just form listening i can see the story play out, beautiful indeed.... ^_^

December 31, 2008

Author's Response:

Thank you. I'm actually writing the screenplay to the story that this piece (and a handful of others on my list here) were composed for. I won't be using these exact pieces in the film when it's done, but they will act as guidelines and themes that I'll build upon.

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Score: 10
GreyBard

"Sorrow..."

date: December 15, 2008

...and pain. If you are familiar with the American Civil War, this song reminded me of the origins of the song Taps...

"In 1862 during the Civil War when a Union Army Captain, Robert Ellicombe, was with his men near Harrison's Landing, in Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of this narrow strip of land. During the night Captain Ellicombe heard the moan of a soldier who lay mortally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it were a Union or Confederate soldier, the captain decided to risk his life and bring the stricken man back for medical attention. Crawling on his stomach through the gun fire, the captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his own encampment. When the captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead. The captain lit a lantern. Suddenly, he caught his breath and went numb with shock. In the dim light he saw the face of the soldier. It was his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, he had enlisted in the Confederate Army. The following morning the heart-broken father asked permission of his superiors to give his son a full military burial despite his enemy status.
His request was partially granted.

The captain had asked if he could have a group of army band members play a funeral dirge for the son at the funeral. The request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate. Out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him only one musician. The captain chose the bugler to play a series of notes musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of the dead youth's uniform.

This wish was granted."

For some reason this struck a chord in me, and I appreciate the time, effort, and meaning behind this song. Thank you sir.

December 16, 2008

Author's Response:

Thank you. Additionally, I'm currently writing the screenplay for the film that this song was originally composed with the intention of being in 5 years ago. The film will be animated, and the score (the few pieces for it that I have here: "Make it Rain", "Gift of a Feather", "The Sky is Calling", "Unending Love", and "This Land of Ours") will be treated as guideline themes, because I'll compose the entire soundtrack around the movie using these themes instead of using the actual pieces.

I expect this film to take a few years to get through, so no rush. =p

Thanks again for the review and appreciation.

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