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Orchestration of a Beethoven Piano Trio - op 70,2

Lately I enjoyed very much orchestrating chamber- and piano music by Beethoven. I am not sure whether this forum is also open for such orchestrations, but I am just so overwhelmed by this Piano Trio in Eb-Major op. 70,2 that I present to you here the

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From DAW to Scoring Stage

I have written a lot of music over the years and even scored two feature films, one getting a theatrical release. However, all the music I’ve ever written went directly from DAW to tape (finished audio file). One of my biggest fears is that someday s

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Is there a superior method of composing for orchestra?

I am taking a class in school called Inquiry Quest, which is an independent research project that takes an entire semester. Because of the freedom to choose any topic I could think of, and because I had been planning for a while to compose for orches

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Orchestration Feedback

Hello Everyone, It has been a long time since i have been active on this forum.  Since then I have completed several pieces, but would like to dive into orchestration and theory more.  does anyone have any advice or feedback regarding this piece, Anc

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Octet No. 1 for Winds and Brass (or just clarinets)

I'm composing this piece for a clarinet octet, but I think it may sound better with a french horn, flute, and the rest clarinets.  What do you think?  I don't have much experience orchestrating and arranging.  For a comparison, I attached the origina

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Orchestration of String Quartet No. 1

Hey, everyone.  He is the orchestrated version of my String Quartet no. 1.  Let me know what you think.

Orchestration of String Quartet No. 1 by Hunter Bolton.mp3

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Orchestration for rock album

The chat room has seemed rather baron recently so I'm hoping someone could catch this post soon. I was invited to supply a quote for a full length album of a female vocalist and inquiring about fees if I score an entire album with backing music. Pro

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Choosing the right key signature

I'm sure I could figure this out by trial and error, but maybe someone already has a handle on this....

It seems there must be certain key signatures that work best for different styles/moods/textures. For instance, if I want something dramatic, I wo

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Composition for small ensembles

This seems like a great forum to discuss composition techniques so I wonder if I can raise a discussion on composing for a small number of instruments.

 What do you think are the advantages and limitations of writing for small groups? How best can y

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Super Nova - Sci fi Orchestral composition

Hello, I've been watching the Composers Forum for quite some time now, and after hearing a lot of great pieces, I finally had the guts to actually join the community and post an original piece for critique! I would love to hear what everybody's got t

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Hero Theme

Hero Theme pdf

 

I have Orchestrated my theme from yesterday. let me know what you think!

 

sounds are rubbish a it is from Sibelius 6

Hero Theme Orchestration 1.mp3

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Hero Theme needs advice on Orchestration

Hero theme pdf.

 

 

This is the theme i made today. There is no articulation or dynamics i just wanted to focus on the theme. I have used a string quartet to get down the basic ideas and am now ready to orchestrate the piece. I'd like to have the hor

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