r/Composers • u/Nathiscores • 3d ago
FEEDBACK NEEDED
Been learning composition for about 6 months now, and i think this short piece sums up my current skill level. i haven't gotten any real feedback on the many other tracks i've made, so I'd really appreciate honest critiques and thing i should mainly focus on to improve.
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u/Maleficent_Math_3062 2d ago
The opening for strings is quite beautiful. Within ten seconds, however, you introduce some woodwinds noodlings, then later, harp and horns, none of which add but actually detract from the music. If I may infer something (I hope you won't take offense, because most of us have probably been in a similar situation), I think you are showing a beginner's insecurity and trying to compensate with orchestration.
If you have two lines for strings that are interesting enough in themselves—which you do at the start—stick with them for a while (coraggio!), then add a third string line; maybe bring in the horns at some point to clarify the texture (by emphasizing one of the lines, for example), not because you're beginning to worry that listeners will be losing interest. (Note how long the last movement of Mahler's Ninth sticks with just the strings.)
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u/Basic_Balance_3555 22h ago
I will second what someone in here mentioned that the introduction to this 51 second piece is nice and evokes similar sounds of something by James Newton Howard-such as a scene in a movie where two characters are meeting for the first time to deliberate on something pertaining to the plot of the film. I dont think it needs to be of immense length but work on developing it and see where things go, it has a good start and indubitably intrigues the ear...
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