Elegy 1: The Deserted Lands

by RiffMaster

  • Released 30 June 2000

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From the homepage; "For the Trax In Space Fantasy Compo 2000... Maybe not really finished ;) But nevertheless I really like this one."

"Reviewer: Risto Suomela - Date of Review: 12/9/2000 - Overall Impression: 6/10 Very interesting fantasy-piece, nice feelings with that lead-horn/pipe and strings. But I think this tune is incomplete, time was not enough and the ideas went off... . 2-3 more days and this tune could reach rating 8-9 ? Hint: Do not make a piece in a hurry ! Artistic License: 6/10 - Interesting and fine melodies. Style was Fantasy/Orch, the feeling of this style the composer reached quite fine. Best instruments were 5 (strings) and 7 (synth-pipe), hard work was done with these melodies. Guitar (inst 8) I liked a lot, but why it started to play so late (patt 24)? Time (2:52) wasn't quite enough. Hint: Taking part of the Fantasy-Compo would not be the main-reason for leaving the piece incomplete. Arrangement: 5/10 - In the intro-part you used that drum-riff (samp 6) and another drum (inst 1 -4), the changing between those two drum-beats was not smooth. Panning worked fine. Stereos sounded decent. 2 or 3 more nice and interesting instruments and more time ( both making and in the piece) needed, this tune could be better fantasy-tune. Hint: Use of 2 different drums must be smooth, change between 2 rhythms could be better. Creativity: 6/10 - Very original and lot of imagination. I would use more nice-sounding instruments, result was quite poor with drums,bass and only 3 more instruments (str, horn, quitar). Sample Quality: 8/10 - All samples sounded quite nice and clean. 6x 16-bit samples. Does It Work as a Piece of Music: Y - As a whole this is working as a piece.
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