I made orchestral music sheets for this song for my Orchestra to play. Hopefully we will perform it. If we do I'll show you.

I think a very light and subtle orchestral pad would add a lot to the first few bars. Imo, just filling in the rest of the frequency spectrum at like -20dB with respect to the melody would be an improvement for sure.

Giga nit-pick I know.

I like the dreamy arpeggios at the beginning and the rich bass line at :15. There’s a nice subtle sense of build into :34, and the texture fills in nicely by then as well. The piece has a really bright tone to it, and at times actually seems to be missing some frequencies in the lower register. I also feel like you didn’t quite release all of the tension that you built up in the piece over the first 1.5 minutes. Instead, by 1:45 the piece has descended into this eerie, meditative texture which suggests a lot of lingering tension, maybe even a transition into something more sinister-sounding. That said, I’m a steady admirer of your knack for phrasing and cinematic flair. Beautiful sound design and melodies as always, Lordant, and the production here is quite clean as well. Keep it up! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
2/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1.25/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.75/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
1/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
9/10

Lovely cinematic piece with very tasteful composition. I think my only gripes are that one, it's fairly short, some of the dynamic contrast is just slightly too loud here, or not loud enough there. At 1:20 I was sincerely hoping for a further development of the themes at 37 seconds, or a big blasting chorus. It really felt as if that was where we were going.

at 1:01, I felt there could have been a more dramatic swell into this moment, as well as dynamic contrast after, to follow into the build at 1:28

Overall, lovely composition, just wanted more punch! I always have the greatest expectations from you. Keep on doing what you do!

If this piece has any flaw is that it isn't longer.