COMPOSITION SCORE Technical Originality & Composition Other COMMENTS  
          SCORE = Average (Tech.+Original & Comp) + Other  
Josh's Rag 9.00 8.20 9.8   Great piano piece! I'd like to hear this one played live.  
Bach Fantasy            
Rozhnik 7.25 7.5 7      
A Little Weird Song 7.00 8 6      
Edit J. Forever 6.00 7 5      
Symphony in C minor, mov 1            
Symphonydenada 7.50 7 8   Great ideas, could have been developed more though and been a bit more listenable in a few places  
Trio Opus 44            
Concerto 53            
Piano Sonata 3            
Brandenberg Echoes         Couldn't make it play, probably something wrong with my computer still.  
The Lost Flamenco 9.75 9.5 10   Seems pretty straight-forward to follow in my opinion, the temp/meter changes happen where they're "expected" in the structure progression of the piece so it works quite well. Great guitar work, some of the best I've ever heard in midi.  
Journey 7.10 7.2 7      
The Blue Sea            
Freddy's Morning Daybreak 7.55 7 8.1   Good composition overall, but the rhythm could have had more variation, especially in the strings and brief sections with percussion.  
The Depot 8.90 8 7.8 1.00 Hillarious composition! Definitely some good bits of humor captured, which is a dificult thing to do in music, especially in midi. (extra points for that)  
Day Dream 7.70 7.9 7.5      
Yukon Territory 7.70 7.9 7.5   Sounds like it could have been a continuation of the previous piece, Day Dream. All the thematic ideas are very much the same.  
Final Battle 8.50 8.2 8.8   Do I hear a bit of Sailor Moon movie themes sneaking in? lol just noticed that in a few interesting useages of instruments that seem similar stylistically in the first part. I don't quite understand the gaps in the middle though.  
Opening Fire 8.95 8.8 9.1   Great usage of driving and conflicting rhythms in the various instruments. That last part at the end though was a bit out of place…  
Spanish Impressios 10.00 10 10   Wonderful! I always love hearing fusions of styles, and this one is perfect. I couldn't resist picking up my classical guitar and jamming along with it. I'd add extra points on for the very real feel, but the score's already a 10 lol Bravo!  
Never Forgotten 8.15 8.4 7.9      
When I Dream of You 8.10 8.2 8   Nice piano piece, very predictable through most sections though with the unique sounds only coming near the end.  
Trio Fugue in G minor            
Introit & Kyrie            
Violin Concert 1, mov 1            
Will you be my Valentine 6.85 6.5 7.2      
Opus 11 v2002            
Spinnaker 8.15 8 8.3   Nice jazz work, seemed repetative though  
2nd Symphony, vivace            
Under Attack 9.00 9 9   Reverb! This piece screams for reverb! (I do not score controls and such though so it is just a comment on the side). I love the use of harpsichord. I know what it is supposed to describe, but it sounds very comical in places (it fits the piece, though I don't know if it was intentional). It just needs to be longer...  
Forty            
Wirqcha 6.65 6.5 6.8   Interesting ideas, but very chopped phrases that lacked continuety (lack of continuety can be effective sometimes, but if it is overused it creates confusion)  
Flight of Fancy            
Average: 7.99          
             
Technical Instrument usage, effectiveness of orchestration (where it applies), rhythm. Note: Technical does NOT mean Controls!  
Originality & Composition Originality, flow of composition, harmony, overall sound of piece  
Other Added points for exceptional demonstration of various characteristics (an emotion, sounds live, etc.)  
Comment I have not judged category A this month for reasons of lack of time (it's a big category!) and it does get many reviews normally. In the pieces I have reviewed, there are many very good works, with a lot of improvement in the "all quarter notes" sound that has happened a lot in previous months. Also, this month I broke my scoring down into the elements I judge so I can judge faster and let excel do the math (every saved second adds up).