Chasing Starlight

[Louis Marlowe]

I finally managed to rack my brains a little to present (reluctantly) a small 1'49" composition entitled 'Chasing Starlight', which I feel needs to be expanded, but whenever anything gets climactic, I tend to do something bad! Considering you're all experienced users and musicians, I would love criticisms, feedback and ideas from you guys.

There's a lot of reverb, I was going for 'mystic' to begin with, almost all of the instruments are simulated using the 'Dark Abbey' impulse at roughly -14.4dB.

Instruments Used:
EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Platinum Plus
- All Cymbals 24-bit, Stage Mic
- Solo Flute KS Master 24-bit, Surround Mic
- Celesta 24-bit, Stage Mic
- 70 Piece String Section Marcato RR 24-bit, All Mic Positions
- 6 French Horns KS Master 24-bit, Stage Mic

EWQL Stormdrum 2
- Bamboo Sticks
- Godzilla Hits
- Hang Drum (Tuning at 1.00)
- O Daiko Set

EWQL Goliath
- Shakuhachi

Click Here to listen!

[Lemmonz]

Hey Louis!
Your track sounds pretty good. What seems to be lacking is that there is really only one idea that builds until it runs out of steam. Nothing wrong with that, but to expand your track try building one idea and dropping the listener off into another (a new groove, melody, harmony, ect.). This way your music goes somewhere and not in circles (unless minimalism is your thing, then by all means go in circles). Hopefully this is helpful and makes sense.

-Zach

[Louis Marlowe]

Yeah, I think you've pretty much hit the nail on the head. I still don't have a keyboard yet, so trying to visualise ideas in my head is still proving to be trickier than I'd like! But thanks for your thoughts, this will be improved soon!

[Energie]

groovy, short, but I likes it

[mgulbrandsen]

Very good. I liked it.

[chama]

I like the atmosphere of this piece, especially the beginning part. I'm thinking of its progression as a movie cue, and then it's easy to imagine how the intensity curve playing over an essentially repeated theme works perfectly.

[wlad]

Very interesting piece, I think. I like that you used quite uncommon time signature at the beginning (I guess it's: 3+3+3+3+4), but covering this awesome rhythm with string section playing hackneyed passages in 4/4 time doesn't seem to blend in very well. I would keep this rhythmic structure for the entire piece instead. But after all, it's a very good cue, congratulations!

[danieljay]

I'd put this type of song in a short film if i was making one. I thought is was great!!

[halftone]

Hi Louis,

I like this piece quite a bit. I don't see any problem with the arragement itself as it is short. If you wish to expand, then of course it will need some different aspects to prevent repetitiveness.

My only reservations are concerning the transitions. Speciffically where the strings are introduced and then later when they stop. It sounds a bit to abrupt to my ear. Perhaps fading them in and then out instead of starting them and ending them at volume.

As a suggestion the drums could be less evident therefore providing more impact when they do sound.

regards John