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I Re-scored the HBO teaser with Hedwig's Theme just for fun. Let me know your thoughts!

u/Alphahead2020 — 5 days ago
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How do I actually get composing?

This is an extremely broad question I know but I know of no better way of asking. I’ve been interested in composing for a while (a few years at this point) but I’ve never really started until recently. So a few months ago I decided to start talking piano lessons, learned the basics of music theory I got a MIDI keyboard for Christmas and I was kinda fiddling around with stuff.

But shortly after I stopped taking piano lessons because I just didn’t practice. I tried playing around with my MIDI a bit more but it eventually started collecting dust on my shelf as I got busy with finishing up my senior year of high school… and I was okay with it for the most part. Because something was at the forefront of my mind every time I sat at my laptop: either “I have no idea what to start making” or “This idea that was cool in my head sucks and I hate listening to it.”

I really don’t know what to do. I come from a very musical family and I don’t want to be the one who doesn’t do something with music. I feel inspired to make something but whenever I sit down to actually try to write something I stop because something isn’t clicking. I’ll maybe get a little ways in and find a few notes I like, but very quickly things devolve and I get frustrated.

I’d like some possibly solutions. Do I have a bad ear? Is a DAW just not for me? Is making music just not for me? Something hasn’t clicked and I feel very discouraged

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u/ibabyjedi — 3 days ago
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arranging pop music into horn quartet

Hey yall ive become more interested in composing and arranging as I've begun my music college journey, but never done these things before. I want to arrange a horn quartet version of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli. I have never done an arrangement before, and I'm wondering if those with experience in that could give me advice and steps to follow on this??

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u/ur-mom7 — 7 days ago
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Hello there!

This is my first try re-scoring The Lord of the Rings. It felt too big to even attempt, as I am a huge fan of the saga and the original music by the magnificent Howard Shore. I don't think it needs to be said, but this is not an attempt to surpass or belittle Shore's work, which is the best in cinema and therefore unbeatable. This is just for fun and training.

I wanted this re-score to feel close to the trilogy. While the arrangement is mine, I’ve purposely woven in some of Howard Shore's iconic themes and style as a tribute to his original work. This was kind of an exercice and training to recreate (trying to) something like that.

Of course, the brass section deserves special mention.

By using the original main themes, I wanted to avoid making them exactly the same and instead show them incomplete or changed.

I had some trouble separating the music from the scene and keeping only the dialogue and sound, so in some parts it may sound worse.

I really hope you like and any comments are welcome!

Thank you!

[reposted this uploading the video file instead of the youtube link]

u/FilmScorer5328 — 12 days ago
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I’ve just finished the first piece in a set of piano sonatinas I’m composing, inspired by the style of Friedrich Kuhlau. This one is in G minor.

I’d really appreciate any feedback — especially on form, harmony, and overall style. I’m aiming for something in a light classical/galant idiom.

Thanks!

u/Barbabrava — 13 days ago
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Hello- my elementary aged son has been composing on the piano. He loves it. I’d like to nurture this interest. Other than playing instruments, I have no experience. What do you all recommend as software and/or hardware to introduce him to?

Thank you!

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u/blackbeard-22 — 10 days ago