COMPOSITION

SCORE

COMMENTS

CLASSICAL & ORCH.

Promised Land

9.50

Great opening themes! I like. The motives are well orchestrated, and they have "that quality" that good pieces of music share- ya' know, that 'goosebump factor'. Excellent! I love the crescendos… building, building… climax! A beautiful climax. Top quality work.

Recessional

9.50

Liked the short Mixolydian measure, and the seuge into the strings was great as well. The instruments get a little muddled, but we'll chalk that up to different sound cards/fonts. Beautiful. Fits a wedding perfectly. I would love to hear a live recording of this. Excellent!

Symphony 1 Redone

My piece. Cannot review.

Can't Find My Way Without You 2

8.50

Not really too orchestral, but that's okay! It sounds great. The flute sounded a little low, but I think figured that was just the Cadenza flute. I tried a different sound font, and the flute sounded wonderful! The percussion was well done, and although the piano track(s) were a bit loud, it was a good effort. Nice job.

To Aquarius

6.50

Slow intro. No- really- slow intro. A synth solo- not a bad thing per se. The warm pad patch kind of is hard to follow until around m. 30-35, when the velocity controller gets turned up, and the horns come in. Sounds like hints of a great theme are hiding in the backround, and it builds a little slower than my liking. So that there is no confusion on this- I'm taking NO points off for it- this is not classical. Very New Age/Ambient feel. Look at the harmonies- they don't diverge from the home key often... What this piece is really lacking is structure. It kind of takes a while to get to the point, without enticing the listener into the slow introduction with interesting/captivating musical ideas.

12 Winds in 4 Parts

7.00

Very… atonal. Dissonance- I like it. The bottle patch was a great choice, but the saxes don't really 'blend' with it well, and they both end up sticking out… Perhaps I don't truly 'appreciate' this piece, but I find it meangering and never really one the grabs my attention.

Spring

8.00

I looked at the Sibelius file, listened to it, listen to the midi, changed soundfonts… love the piano, but for the life of me, I can't make heads or tails of the string parts- they kind of squish together into a mass of sound in places… hard to hear, to understand. I do like the piano motive with the sixteenth notes and all... tempo changes are good. Could use some cleaning up, but a great place, just past starting... its almost there.

Little Waltz

6.00

"Common Waltz Themes"? I know I'm the advocate of arrangements, but specific. You definitely… hear the 'familiar' themes, and so originality is a little lacking. But the midi quality seems good. Nice music too, I think…

The Ethereal Mist

Midi file wouldn't play for me. Is it corrupted?

Phoenix Suite No 1

10.00

What can I say? This is incredible! I don't like giving a perfect "10" often, but this piece takes the cake. I'm sure that other reviewers loved this piece! Interesting musically, midi quality beyond compare… a whole lot of work went into this piece, and it payed off! Wonderful. Incredible! Wow!

Snow Bound

9.80

The excitement! Great intro- grabs my attention… dynamics! Quick things flying by… Beautiful things! Great themes, great midi work, top job!

A Boyus Dream

8.80

The beginning is kind of interesting, but… I'm not sure if I like it. The taps sound realistic. The pan flute sound could be replace with something else. Kudos for a special intro that adds a little bit of much-need spice to the category. Even if I don't like it, I recognize the creativity behind it. Other reviewers may have like it, though.

NON ORCHESTRAL

Kattorna

Kann denn Liebe

The Tora Bora Boogie

Orango Tango

January Ides

Fedora Mania

Magnus Piano

This Fire

MIXED & UNKNOWN

Arachnilado

Melody for Thursday

Disorder in the Sands

Going Home

Falling Star

Pain and Passion

Lost Beat

EXPERIMENTAL

Mana-la-torfa

Serenity

Entrails of Snow

Whales Call

TOTAL AVERAGE

8.36