Dragon of the Mist


This was made using the Music Animation Machine, available at http://www.musanim.com and recorded with CamStudio from http://camstudio.org/

It is playing a piece a wrote called “Dragon of the Mist” … notice the wonderfully annoying computer bog down at the piece’s climax, what with all those descending string arpeggios… yikes!

I discuss the process of composing this piece in the first two episodes of my podcast at: http://www.thecomposepile.com/

The sample library used was Garritan Personal Orchestra, available at http://www.garritan.com

Instrumentation: alto flute, flute, 2 oboes, english horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 french horns, trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, cymbals, tambourine, mark tree (sounds like wind chimes), bass drum, snare drum, harp, celesta, and strings.

All my music is available to download for free here: http://www.wizardwalk.com/home/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2

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WOW!
Truly …

WOW!
Truly incredible music, like absolutely inspirational!

nice :P
nice :P

Beautiful, truly …
Beautiful, truly amazing.

this song reminds …
this song reminds me of a lily floating in a pond.. and at the climax stones are being thrown in the pond but the lily stays up stronger than any other lily in the pond.

Thanks! :-)
Thanks! :-)

:’D Tear-jerkingly …
:’D Tear-jerkingly amazing~

I’d love to… as …
I’d love to… as long as the director preferred my style of music :D

Have you ever …
Have you ever thought about composing for film?

Many thanks! :-)
Many thanks! :-)

This sounds really …
This sounds really professional! It’s exactly the sort of thing I want to do for my animations 0___0

Ah, don’t worry …
Ah, don’t worry you’re not alone.

I know alot of people that use computers with metronome for rock music and that too sounds very robotic.

The best way I’ve found is to treat the computer more like a tape recorder.

I’ll still record say anything from 2-8 bars for a segment, then copy and paste but, I won’t align or snap it to the bars of the sequencer page. That way it sounds more organic by not being perfectly in time, just a wee bit out.

Its time consuming but works.

Good luck!

Thanks!

Yeah, I …
Thanks!

Yeah, I think that “roboticness” is one of the weaknesses of composing entirely on a computer… I can’t seem to get around it :-(

Nice melody, sounds …
Nice melody, sounds like a theme to some kind of rustic cartoon!

Critisism, sounded a bit too robotic, I could almost here the metronome in the background. ‘ And now its time for the crescendo’ type of development.

Still nice though!

Thank you for …
Thank you for watching, I’m glad you like it! :-)

your music is very …
your music is very good!
i saw your other vids , you have talent with composing music.
i like this 1 the most.
^^

Thanks! :-)
Thanks! :-)

Wow, superb. Love …
Wow, superb. Love all your compositions but this is my favorite.
Keep your work up, it’s great!

Thank you! The …
Thank you! The program I used to make the animation was the Music Animation Machine; there’s a link to it in the video description.

Wow, this is …
Wow, this is beautiful. What program is this? I really enjoy all your songs. Keep it up!

My four year old …
My four year old and I thoroughly enjoy your music. To see this mapped out and illustrated in a way that reinforces the fluidity of the music is beautiful.

Many thanks! In …
Many thanks! In some episodes of my podcast “The Compose Pile” I do talk about the orchestrating to the climax … a lot of percussion build up and rapid arpeggios are what I tend to use a lot.

Oooh, I’d of course love to hear a piano reduction! :-) Yeah, it probably does merge with some of my other pieces; I think I use the same chords a lot (I iii IV V). Not sure what key it’s in… starts out in C major and switches a couple times throughout… my music theory is also not the best :-)

My favourite piece …
My favourite piece of yours of all time (though a better phrase is in Hour by Hour). The development of melody to a climax is something I’ve been trying to emulate since I first heard it. 4:08-4:54 is awesome!

I made a piano reduction (since I love to play themes that I hear in songs on the piano). It’s a bit different. I’ll record my playing it on video and show it to you. I found it also merged well with a couple of your other songs in the same key (I’m so bad on music theory. Is it E minor?)

I would love to …
I would love to play this I play Clarinet and bass clarinet. If you ever play it leet me know I will be there. I was at all-state last year (i’m a frshman in high school and I am an understudy for a pit musican. So if you ever need anyone lemme know. I love all of your music. I played you Quartet in G minor, it was nice but the clarinet part wasn’t transposed it was kinda annoying but I got used to transposing in my head. Keep it up :) ))

Which program do …
Which program do you mean, Garritan Personal Orchestra? GPO’s virtual violins are ok, but they’re quite limited in scope compared to all the expressiveness a real violin is capable of. Check out my string quartet video to hear how solo strings sound with the programs I use.

Many thanks for your kind words! :-)

I love the music …
I love the music you compose. It really is amazing and beautiful. Just one probelm i play violin. I like the program you use. Before i go out and buy something i would like to know if it can work for stringed instruments?

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