@zann-music said:

Sounds very good, congratulations.

It is very "Danny Elfman" like and could be used in "Spiderman" or "Mars Attacks" as a soundtrack title.

 

Quite...I immediately thought of Hellboy. 😊

I'd hate to be less than original, but facing the facts: Danny Elfman is my favourite composer.  I know his stuff pretty well.  My natural inkling is towards dark East European spookiness and belting percussion, like him.  I got this job off the back of promising 'something like Danny Elfman'.  I've listened to a lot of Sleepy Hollow and Hellboy II in the last two weeks.

Rumbled!

Still at least I'm on the right track.

@dagmarpiano said:

I've listened to a lot of Sleepy Hollow and Hellboy II in the last two weeks.

Which are two of his finest, in my opinion. I was listening to Hellboy II for some inspiration and also purely for the (excellent) production values, and I think it's the best thing he's done in years - certainly better than the spiderman stuff.

As the old German saying goes, "Better to steal well than to self-make poorly." - I live by that principle. 😉 Anyway, loved the piece - you certainly have that darkish quirky tone down.

I've just finished the full 12-track project today so I uploaded them if you'd like to listen. The link (also at the top) is:

http://ooberman.net/dkf.htm

Needless to say this is under the publisher's copyright so you shouldn't for example sell it on iTunes under your name.

:-)

  It's beautiful; I especially liked "dark fairytale" :-) Reminds me of Fable, one of my favorite games (which Elfman co-wrote the music for, I later found out :-))

 Now i heard all the pieces. 

My feelings are mixed about the suite, it´s a very buffed music, indeed, very perfect in technics but it doesn´t touches my heart. The chords and harmonies too often persists in one's viewpoint and the melodies seems to be always very similar.

It´s a bit like a toy car with a shining surface but after playing with it for a while the tires are dropping away and playing with it is no longer fun.

Others may have other opinions but for this is this forum for i think.

Regards,

Markus Brylka

 Interesting to get some negative feedback!

Not sure what you mean by "The chords and harmonies too often persists in one's viewpoint" - do you mean that there's too much repetition and/or that the harmonies stay static for too long?  If so, not sure if I agree, I think it's fairly restless harmonically, often modulating around.

In terms of it seeming sheeny, in that it's all surface polish which you grow tired of quickly, yes, it's possible that this is because they were commissioned for use on Movie Trailers, where the aim is all about surface impact.  It's hard to achieve surface impact without losing depth. 

Whether they will be entirely successful in their commissioned use remains to be seen though, so I don't claim them to be perfect.

The one track where I put something personal into it was 'Song For The Dead', so hopefully you can see a bit more depth in that one.

Still, as I say movie trailer music is always going to be a bit superficial and over the top.  One day when I get onto my First Symphony I'll get onto those still waters running deep.  :-)

 ..I just listened to some of your music so I can see a bit more behind your perspective.  Yes, although I feel like my harmonies are restless and modulating, they are in fact very 19th century and tonal compared to your shifting sands :-)

@Another User said:

One day when I get onto my First Symphony I'll get onto those still waters running deep.  😊

I am looking forward to your 1st Symphony

I wish you a merry christmas,

Markus

http://www.opus100.de

http://www.zann-music.com

http://www.iapg.de

(International Allan Pettersson Society)

Hi, I thought I would write in that you have a lot of talent.  Keep up the good work!