I hope that this doesn't strike as too.. egocentric or something.
It's been a little while that I finished a piece for a friend of mine (and along for my studies) and I just feel like sharing it with you. I didn't put it on the C&C forum, since there's nothing to critique: I can't change the piece anymore.
Anyways...
THE MUSIC (http://www.nikolas-sideris.com/stuff/Unique.mp3)
THE SCORE (http://www.nikolas-sideris.com/stuff/Unique.PDF)
The idea is the following:
There is a UNIQUE, single copy, which is a present for a dear friend of mine. Both the score and the recording exist in a single copy (score printed in quality paper, blah blah, and recording in DVD (24-bit) and CD (16-bit) takes). I actually do NOT have a copy of the perfrect quality project. Nor the project files anymore.
A unique copy then.
What you are getting above is a "bad" quality recording (96 kbits and mono, instead of 24-bit and stereo), and the pdf is again in low quality and with an ugly watermark.
Still, I'm rather excited with the result and felt like sharing.
Thanks for reading and sorry for this burst of personal stuff in this thread. :-\
Wow... Simply striking score. I could totally see this in some film and being quite distinctive/memorable.
I'm at work so I won't able to enjoy it till evening :( but before even listening, thanks for sharing!
I could certainly hear the uniqueness. Very artsy fartsy! Although music isn't exactly my area of expertise I still appreciate interesting musical experiments. Well done!
The first part kind of reminds me of the music in Evil Dead 2 when Ash is freaking out in the cabin and remembers his girlfriend Linda. The rest of it has an almost spy thriller type tone to it, though it could still work for a horror film.
I'm probably going to butcher traditional music terminology here...this seems to be a very through-composed work, shown in its emphasis on emotional impressionism. In the first section, whatever melodic order the trumpet is allowed to establish is always hastily undermined by the chaotic yet rhythmic dissonance expressed by the piano.
When it slows down, the trumpets notes feel reminiscent of Charles Ives The Unanswered Question. The rest of the song, aside from the section which was a variation on the intense first section, felt very free form and emotional. Overall I found it to be an enjoyable piece and made me want to grab my trench coat and hang out at a local speakeasy for a while. I guess a Starbucks is as close as it gets though where I am...ahem.
Overall, cool song!