I'm not really qualified to comment on this as I don't like hard-core atonal stuff, and I don't really know how to interpret this. But this is an amazing piece. the realism of the instruments is fantastic. The moods you evoke are minimalistic yet powerful and specific.

A couple times, the space the solo instruments live in and the space the strings and brass live in don't quite sound the same. There's no tunes to hum, and I'd have to listen to it a lot more to decide about the structure. But to my superficial ears, me likey!

Link doesn't work for me but I finally got to listen to piece by going directly to http://michael.goldberg.free.fr/demos/">http://michael.goldberg.free.fr/demos/

Interesting combination of atonal, tonal, sfx and voice. I particularly liked the woodwinds- very natural-- except for the very highest woodwind (piccolo??) in first half which sounded odd to me. Also some of the brass in second half sounded too close for my taste.

But all-in-all a thought-provoking piece.

Best,
Jay

Thanks for your comments !

First of all let me confirm the working link:

http://michael.goldberg.free.fr/demos

and download "Théâtre_alité" when the page opens up...

Jay,

there's indeed a piccolo playing with the other winds. I must confess I'm not convinced myself by the way it sounds but I wanted to add a touch of shrill tone color. I might not have used the right articulations and I should make further refinements.
Mainly speaking my current concern is to get the right balance in terms of respective loudness and reverb. I did this on only one computer, which means I had to split the piece in three parts for the mix.

Metrobot,
Thanks for your nice comments. I was looking for evolving athmospheres and raw energy when I started writing this one. One thing is for sure: I wish listeners took this piece just for what it is and just liked or disliked it. I'm happy you liked it at a first glance !


Michaël

I like very much.
i like your atonal approch. The instruments are rappresented in a very natural way. May be the strings sections are a lit of bit "no-naturalistic" but i like too.
The voice part give a sort of theatrical situation. Good the piano part.
i'm not a expert in atonal music but here is some sentiments and i keep it.

good work

Piernick

A beautifull piece. I like atonal music. Sure do...
The beginning reminds me of various movies from the 60s and 70s when serialsm was still in use in film scores (Planet of The Apes, The Mephisto Waltz). The transition to the more tonal and sweet middle part feels smooth... the transition back to the atonal end part does not.

I also listened to that Nouvelle lune piece... wich I liked even more. It feels very much like a modern day, urban film noir score. Does this belong to a suite of some sort? Is it for a film? Or just a singular piece?

Thanks for those encouraging comments...

Weslldeckers,

"Nouvelle Lune" is indeed part of a little 5-part suite I wrote a year ago for demo purpose. This suite was not specifically written for a given project but, as I'm trying to make my way through music to picture business, I presented it to TV and film production societies. Nouvelle Lune and another part of the suite were used in a french TV show.

In that suite I wanted to introduce different athmospheres typically designed for movies, and Nouvelle Lune was introduced as an "action, drama and suspense" cue.

Well if you like I might upload the other parts of that little suite. If you'd appreciate listening to it, please let me know about it .

Michaël

@Another User said:

Well if you like I might upload the other parts of that little suite. If you'd appreciate listening to it, please let me know about it .

Cool! [H]

Ever considered writing librarymusic? There are some excellent labels in France...

Sounds pretty good mikhail. I especially liked nouvelle lune. Which library did you use? Pro Edition I'd imagine? Keep up the good work!

Very stimulating and musical.Loved the Messiaenesque bird section,though some of the strings didn't quite sound realistic (could be the brittle little speakers i was listening on):that's always the toughest call.The woodwinds were very good.A fascinating mix of old and new,and quite impishly humourous.Very well done!

Yep, both tracks sound great to me. I'm seeing Fantasia-style animation - I'm sure a professional animator would have a ball with these.

If I can leave compositions like that behind I'll die a happy man [:D]

Colin

[:D] Waw! Thanks for all those nice comments !

Omega: First ed for Nouvelle Lune and Pro ed for Théâtre alité.

Weslldeckers: I'm indeed thinking about library music but I know only one label here (Koka media). Maybe do know some other ones ?

By the way I uploaded 3 other piece which were part of the little suite featuring Nuvelle Lune. However Nouvelle lune and Le héros are the ones I like the most.

http://michael.goldberg.free.fr/demos/

@Another User said:

I'm indeed thinking about library music but I know only one label here (Koka media). Maybe do know some other ones ?

labels in France:
-Koka, that one you know
-Kosinus (e-mail info@kapagama.fr) (www.playkosinus.com) Not sure if this info is still correct since they left BMG, if I'm not mistaken)
-Galerie (57 Boulevard de Montmorency, 75016, Paris) (e-mail info@zpm.com.fr) (www.zpm.co.fr)

My favorite labels are actually from the UK:
-Atmosphere Music Limited
-Chappel Recorded Music Library
e-mails changed too often in the past few years, but you could check out 'production music' at http://www.bmgmusicsearch.com/uk/home.asp

Whatever you do: stay away from labels from USA, Netherlands or Germany. Those are nowhere as good as the British or French labels (sometimes they do have some nice tracks, but generally it can't compare).

Thank you very much for those valuable informations!
I'll try to contact them as soon as possible.

Michaël