isnt really bad..it just dont have any emotion..you should take a look at rimsky-korsakov orchestration manual...if youplan to writte for real instrument that wont do...it would be appropriate for electronic music dought....but for real instrumentist it just lack devloppement expression and it dont follow the natural registry of the intruments..my opinion.
written with a mouse directly in a computer i guess...sound a bit like it...i doubt it would sound very nice on real instrument....because obviouly you dont have knowledge of orchestration...
fantastic! it sounds great and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. don't worry about minimalistic, blah blah. it's not always a bad thing.
my advice is to go on with it and elaborate more. play with silence. if you're basing on the notes on your wind chimes then you've given yourself a pretty tonally strict mold. do what you can with it. you may take all of the intervals in the scale and raise or lower them to get an "outside" sound. play with it and be creative. great stuff!
I actually finished. It's 7 minutes long, and the beginning is COMPLETELY diferent.. I have the strings harmonizing with pizz... it's dope! My teacher's idea actually.
there are a couple of good ideas within this piece. once the texture thickens out it has some really rather redeeming features. I felt the opening 30 seconds with the violin on its own was unsatisfying. There was no real 'point' to it, which does not make it minimalist. maybe you have done something with that since? the last 45 seconds are ok though, i see the correlation with the gaming sounds (which make good money!) keep it up
I think it's pretty unique and awesome. If people feel like they don't like it. well duh, it's not a pop song being covered or anything like that. If anyone loved the music from the old final fantasies or even kingdom hearts I think they would enjoy this. Bravo kyle.
to tell u the truth i did not like this i personaly thought it was too short and i dident like the sound which shocked me cause 95% of the time i love your stuff but i dont know why but i just dident like the music
Sounds like either a pause screen music or sort of like a "you're on hold, but we'll get back to you in a few hours... Have fun listening to this while you wait" kind of music to me.
This is a really cool composition! I love it! Also, as a cellist, I'd love to hear it performed by the proper instruments- the fact that it's MIDI does kind of make it sound like a video game soundtrack, at least at the beginning. Anyway, great job, it's great.
Sometimes I hear a great song, and its in my head all the day, and a few days later you uploaded the song. It's like you can see whats inside my head:P Just like the Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire ending theme, those who fight,Zelda overworld and more.
Now I have the "Animal Crossing Wild World theme, piano arrangement" all day in my head. I was wondering when your going to play that:P
i really enjoyed this one for its simplicity, each note can be separately heard and easily focused on and it has a smooth steady relaxing pace to it, could definitely hear it in a video game!!
this is kinda minimalist...not reallllllyy but has some of the same elements...i personally hate minimalist but that's just me. really cool piece tho! the next section should be slow and should have a big clarinet solo ^_^ because like the clarinet doesn't even come in for a while...
Kyle, you WILL become a world famous composer. Your level of talent is simply staggering. It's unbelievable that you're only 19. There's people on youtube who've been playing piano for twenty years yet aren't nearly as talented as you.
that would be probably becouse it's MIDI :D and the instruments sound really similarly (especially the flute) ... but the music itself didn't really remind me of RS :)
Worst part about the song is that it's not completed. It's so very good...it reminds me of video games and it causes me to want to write. I can't wait to hear the final product. I've listened to this over and over...can't imagine what I'll do when the full thing is done. Hehe.
Very, VERY nice! Writing music is fun and enjoyable (and sometimes frustrating) :P I'm more of a lyric writer though (as enjoyable as playing the piano is)
Your sound card could use some upgrading, try using some sampled instruments, they are relatively inexpensive and can create quite dynamic sounds. Go listen to EastWest/Quantum Leap brand of instruments. They are also pretty reasonable for what you get. Just because you are using a MIDI setup, doesn't mean your track has to sound computerized (which it does unfortunately).
Aha, this has definitely got a Legend of Zelda feel to it. At first I was thinking it was too boring and all over the place, but when the other instruments kicked in, it was awesome.
Great development of the song, Kyle. I like to compose my own music when I can, unfortunately not as talented as you are :P. I personally would also do what your roommate says, and add your other compositions to it.
Also, I'd like to know what program that is. I'm using Sibelius 4, it's a bit clunky, what are you using?
This is great! I, like others, don't have a lot of experience in writing music, but I think the way the music builds up is great. I'm a little afraid of giving my opinion on how you should continue, but maybe there's someone else in your comments who has a more coherent view of your music, lol
Personally, I think it's wonderful what you're doing with this. :D
Oh I also had a question...what software did you use in order to upload this? I'm thinking about uploading some of my pieces in hopes of getting some input.
Like your notation said, I think you should add on little bits here and there, and also continue on from where you left off. I was expecting (from the last note) for it to go down another note like it was written at 1:40 and then go into a kind of legato section from there. But since that's what I expected, maybe you could go in a different direction from there so it's not predictable. I really like it so far, would love to hear more!
As a gamer, I thought the intro as a bit too long. I liked how the instruments were brought in. The last part was definately the best. It was getting better and better along the way. Good job, though you might consider building the song up faster. But then again I have minimal knowledge of writing music. I was never able to compose something anyway =/
lol, it sounds a little like what would play while you're traveling on the map of an old rpg. But that's a compliment. It stands up there with Uematsu. It's very relaxing.
at the beginning it didn't really have the game type sound, but when all the instruments were in it definitely was game-like. What music program do you use? I would suggest using one that used recorded samples for the audio instead of midi sounds, unless that's the effect you were going for. From personal experience Finale 2009 or 2010 is the best that I've found and it has options to use midi or sample sounds. Only thing about the piece is that it could use a stronger cadence at the end.
The piece has just begun. It's not cadencing lol. And I'm not using sibelius in search of good sounds.. it's just so easy to use and creates beautiful sheets.
lol I guess that's a good reason for no cadence. If it were me writing the piece I would continue to a sense of cadence, without losing the motion of the piece, and then go through some chormatic passages much like you'd see in the development section of a sonata allegro form. It would give some fresh tonalities to explore.
Well, at m42, the clarinet plays what you could easily turn into a theme. Also, 45- end in the flute and clarient, could be a wonderful theme also. Use both! You have the material, just play with it. Switch up the orchestration, take to new keys.
I didn't know how long this video was, so I was bopping my head along and when the music stopped I was very upset. But yeah, certainly Final Fantasy worthy. Maybe some type of plain or grasslands. Somewhere maybe near the beginning of your adventure. But I loved it, it was really neat!
I just got to the end, usually, it sounds pretty good, I was a little shocked because I wasn't expecting all these instruments to come in at once, but it sounds very "traveling the world" type music. I can still see this working for game music, you seem to have found a basis of melody, and if it's game music I think simplicity is the best thing to go after.
It sounds nice Kyle. Very minimalistic, but seems like it will work properly on a GameBoy MIDI style. It just gave me feelings of TOZ: Link's Awakening, when your in that dream house. Yeah my bro's been composing his own music as well. What program do you use for creating your compositions? My brother loves Finale Print Music 2009, and I have gotten use to I still haven't yet finished my composition. Anyway, keep up the good work dude!
Wow Sibelius 5, haha never heard of that one either, GermanSea bass doesn't seem to like finale that much.
Yes MIDI is terrrrrrrible, did you convert this into mp3? Or is it still midi format? With finale you can convert it to mp3 and the quality, increased quite a bit, by the sounds of it maybe you did convert the sound into mp3.
MIDI and MP3 are two toally different things. MP3 is an audio format taht contains audio data. MIDI files, on the other hand, do not contain actual audio. Instead, the music sequence is recorded as a series of numbers which explain how the music is to be played back. The advantage is that MIDI files are very small, but the sound is totally dependent on the output device (usually the sound card in the computer). If you have an awesome sound canvas, MIDI files CAN sound quite good.
Yes that is correct, however with Final Print Music 2009 you can convert the written MIDI sheet music into MP3, which converts the sound into a fuller and realistic sounding quality, then if saving it as a midi file.
Where to go from here? Well that depends entirely on what it is for. If it is for a video game (does sound like one) or picture then we'd need to see the picture that goes with it. If for you than I would suggest that it continue to build up a bit longer leading into a new key where it will repeat some of the earlier material and then build into a climax in the original key. Just my opinion. By the way love that B flat chord.
It sounds like videogame music definitely. I like what you've done. Modulate to another mode similar to the mode you are in. It seems like you are in F Dorian. You are using wonderful colors to compose. After the Bb chord you changed colors in a suitable way (quite similarly to your etude for piano and flute). If you don't mind my suggestion, I believe you could turn the piece into a fugal like piece (not a FULL fugue) without changing the color. I hope your final product comes out well!
Mmmmm, I want to hear more. Reminded me of video game music...particularly from the final fantasy games. That's a pretty nice compliment considering how I view the composer for the FF series, :P
I really enjoy it, it does sound like a midi from a early 90s video game but it is totally unique and awesome. I dont know the type of sound you were going for for the overall piece and maybe that would help with the critique. But I can say this, you are getting better and better at composing, keep up the work.
love it! i can try to get it down on clarinet and post it. haha people can post with the flutes and the clarinets and then we can have a song going all together :-] XD
Hey Kyle, I was wondering are you majoring in composition because I heard that majoring in music can be a big mistake but I would want to major in music (just my luck haha). So any advice on whether to do it or not?
I think the only reason it sounds like videogame music is cos it's made on a transcription program with basic MIDI style sounds. If you got orchestral musicians to play it, you could have an amazing masterpiece!
It does sound quite a bit like music, and I think its because of the fast tempo along with the violin's runs. It's a very nice tune and would love to hear more of it!
Definitely has a video game overworld sort of feel. That's a compliment from me cause I always find those themes refreshing.
Other than throwing it into a pro orchestra synth, you might want change the mood abruptly at the end of the climax to something a little lighter. Something upbeat or maybe something soft. Then, afterwards, you could bring us back to the main melody.
It sounds like it could be in a video game because the computer made the music, I think if you would play it on the instruments it wouldn't sound like music for a video game.
Reminds me of an early RPG. With some improvement it could be fantastic. Still sounds like some of the generic music you'd get with RPG Maker, but I think that's cause of the synth instruments, not the music itself. You should grab a copy of something like FL Studio and get the Orchestral plugin. I'm no composer but I've made some good sounding stuff on that by fluke. You can get some real great orchestra sounds. Good luck :D
I like it. It's very old school video game style. I can see it fitting to a good old 2D side-scroller like Rayman or a platformer like Zelda. But you know what would probably be cool? Trying to put such old school music like this in a modern game. It would create a unique atmosphere. It's cool to see you using something else than the piano, but personally I think your piano arrangements like Dearly Beloved have much richer tunes. Nothing you can't fix by adding more instruments though ;)
And one tiny thing. The transitions between the melodies at 0:15 to 0:17 sounds a tad too little similar so it feels a little like it's changing songs instead of altering the melody. If you could make the first melody be a tad more similar to the second melody (since the second melody is the longest and kinda the "main" melody) it would sound better I think.
Kyle you encouraged some critique etc in the comment box so here are my few cents.
I wasn't sure what was really happening in the beginning as whenever an idea formed the style changed. However from about 0:40 onwards the piece started to become more organized and became much clearer. Then at about 1:00 it finally became a piece as the flute bought out the melody.
You should carry on with this piece. Once it gets started it is very 'videogame-esque'. I can see it on a ff start menu (like ff7s)
I know that it is based off the same notes the whole way through. I just felt that the piece was much better from 0:40 onwards. Style changing was the wrong thing to say lol. Sorry.
Stick with the melody there was just some off parts in the beginning that hindered the flow. Other than that, great concept. I like it ... this would work well in a Zelda game :)
I don't know why, but I think the Viola melody from 24-26 would be better in the Cello, then give it to the Viola on the pickup to 27. Also I think you should drop the first three clarinet notes, and let it start on beat 3 of measure 41, because you have a brief motif going with the jump of a third and the interjecting melody conflicts with that idea, so I think it'd feel awkward as the clarinetist.
Great composition! I like it so much :)
Pawels233 8 months ago
I love minimalism I love yann tiersen a brilliant minimalist ...
manuelusilva3 11 months ago
take a look at my composition and leave a comment....be sure i take critique pretty well..hope you do also.
M.J lapierre
lapmarty 1 year ago
isnt really bad..it just dont have any emotion..you should take a look at rimsky-korsakov orchestration manual...if youplan to writte for real instrument that wont do...it would be appropriate for electronic music dought....but for real instrumentist it just lack devloppement expression and it dont follow the natural registry of the intruments..my opinion.
lapmarty 1 year ago
written with a mouse directly in a computer i guess...sound a bit like it...i doubt it would sound very nice on real instrument....because obviouly you dont have knowledge of orchestration...
lapmarty 1 year ago
the clarinet really adds that weird video game sound
IrishPotatoSack 1 year ago
check out Ricardo Acosta's sonata for piano and violin :D:D you won't believe it
davidovich00 1 year ago
Wow this is amazing. You're very talented. :D
flyingcookie101 1 year ago
fantastic! it sounds great and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. don't worry about minimalistic, blah blah. it's not always a bad thing.
my advice is to go on with it and elaborate more. play with silence. if you're basing on the notes on your wind chimes then you've given yourself a pretty tonally strict mold. do what you can with it. you may take all of the intervals in the scale and raise or lower them to get an "outside" sound. play with it and be creative. great stuff!
zenaccident 1 year ago
I actually finished. It's 7 minutes long, and the beginning is COMPLETELY diferent.. I have the strings harmonizing with pizz... it's dope! My teacher's idea actually.
kylelandry 1 year ago
woah!!!!
that is so beautiful!!!
i tried to play it on my clarinet...
didn't work out!!
LMAO!!!
WATUZ4ever 1 year ago
So beatiful it was amazing !!!
pcma1970 2 years ago
there are a couple of good ideas within this piece. once the texture thickens out it has some really rather redeeming features. I felt the opening 30 seconds with the violin on its own was unsatisfying. There was no real 'point' to it, which does not make it minimalist. maybe you have done something with that since? the last 45 seconds are ok though, i see the correlation with the gaming sounds (which make good money!) keep it up
saki5587 2 years ago
Very nice. It looks like classic game soundtracks. Something like those old plane shooters. ;)
Good luck!
Btw I have an encoder so if you have it on Midi, you can send it to me and I'll record it for you with realistic instrument sounds. :)
Arykermanchi 2 years ago
I think it's pretty unique and awesome. If people feel like they don't like it. well duh, it's not a pop song being covered or anything like that. If anyone loved the music from the old final fantasies or even kingdom hearts I think they would enjoy this. Bravo kyle.
719Zack 2 years ago
to tell u the truth i did not like this i personaly thought it was too short and i dident like the sound which shocked me cause 95% of the time i love your stuff but i dont know why but i just dident like the music
bvgyhn0 2 years ago
Fabulous!
sarahatp 2 years ago
you OCMPOSED this???? AWESOME!!!!
hastrasaudre 2 years ago
Sounds like either a pause screen music or sort of like a "you're on hold, but we'll get back to you in a few hours... Have fun listening to this while you wait" kind of music to me.
Wolfezth 2 years ago
I think its good for a sidescrolling platform game
iMacxXuserXx485 2 years ago
I loved this composition when the other instruments joined the melody! :) Very nice made indeed!
May i ask, what program do you use here Mr. Kyle? :)
RoflmaoPopzorz 2 years ago
I kind of pity your performers... All those staccato 16th notes... Definitely sounds like an 8-bit menu screen song.
BlacKKawaru 2 years ago
LMAO!!!!!!!! Your too funny =)
kylelandry 2 years ago
You know your right.
reminds me of some nerdy online midevil game.
jongsong86 2 years ago
Next thing we know, Kyle Landry is commissioned for the next installment of Evony Online...
BlacKKawaru 2 years ago
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what a sh* is this :(?
VELOURS22 2 years ago
This is a really cool composition! I love it! Also, as a cellist, I'd love to hear it performed by the proper instruments- the fact that it's MIDI does kind of make it sound like a video game soundtrack, at least at the beginning. Anyway, great job, it's great.
WoodrowClock 2 years ago
This is really awesome! I enjoyed it! :)
foxpilot64 2 years ago
Nice composition.
I know you study piano.
But do you study composing?
Sometimes I hear a great song, and its in my head all the day, and a few days later you uploaded the song. It's like you can see whats inside my head:P Just like the Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire ending theme, those who fight,Zelda overworld and more.
Now I have the "Animal Crossing Wild World theme, piano arrangement" all day in my head. I was wondering when your going to play that:P
L4RSLink 2 years ago
After this is finished, may I have the sheet music? I play the clarinet and it sounds fun to play.
PoondasLMAO 2 years ago
Sounds like something from a Zelda game.
jjaapp18 2 years ago
i really enjoyed this one for its simplicity, each note can be separately heard and easily focused on and it has a smooth steady relaxing pace to it, could definitely hear it in a video game!!
chillydog357 2 years ago
this is kinda minimalist...not reallllllyy but has some of the same elements...i personally hate minimalist but that's just me. really cool piece tho! the next section should be slow and should have a big clarinet solo ^_^ because like the clarinet doesn't even come in for a while...
clarinettedude 2 years ago
OH OH OH don't get me wrong, I hate minimalism just as much as you haha.
kylelandry 2 years ago
I wish you'd play Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement. :o
donnyinlakai561 2 years ago
keep writing it. Me and my friends will play it when you're finished, if you'll let us.
Awesome piece.
obligotoryoblivion 2 years ago
Unbelievable!
Kyle, you WILL become a world famous composer. Your level of talent is simply staggering. It's unbelievable that you're only 19. There's people on youtube who've been playing piano for twenty years yet aren't nearly as talented as you.
Meself58 2 years ago
wow...for some reason brings back memories of runescape O_o
spoilingbrat 2 years ago 2
that would be probably becouse it's MIDI :D and the instruments sound really similarly (especially the flute) ... but the music itself didn't really remind me of RS :)
MaJJ007 2 years ago 2
yh lmao!
specialkayah 2 years ago
Worst part about the song is that it's not completed. It's so very good...it reminds me of video games and it causes me to want to write. I can't wait to hear the final product. I've listened to this over and over...can't imagine what I'll do when the full thing is done. Hehe.
drgnicefire 2 years ago
dude you should just start posting more original midi comp.s that turned out to be amazing after all the instraments came in
ChiefinCheba 2 years ago
Damn that's a nice piece for a video game opening.
It sounds weird, but very ingenious as well.
Un1234l 2 years ago 3
Very, VERY nice! Writing music is fun and enjoyable (and sometimes frustrating) :P I'm more of a lyric writer though (as enjoyable as playing the piano is)
knyght4christ 2 years ago
sounds kinda like an old Square RPG from the SNES era.
ninjamatic5000 2 years ago
Your sound card could use some upgrading, try using some sampled instruments, they are relatively inexpensive and can create quite dynamic sounds. Go listen to EastWest/Quantum Leap brand of instruments. They are also pretty reasonable for what you get. Just because you are using a MIDI setup, doesn't mean your track has to sound computerized (which it does unfortunately).
PianoSoulos 2 years ago
It's like it's taken straightly out of RuneScape LOL!
simpsons225 2 years ago
hell yeah that really sounds like a runescape song or final fantasy :P
poirepoire22 2 years ago
I love the Clarinet entrance :D
You should finish it!
KStrick92 2 years ago
Aha, this has definitely got a Legend of Zelda feel to it. At first I was thinking it was too boring and all over the place, but when the other instruments kicked in, it was awesome.
ImAFlyingDinosaur 2 years ago
Same feeling here Dinosaur. The Drug called Music, greetings.
TheDrugMusic 2 years ago
Wonderful piece Kyle! For your effort, the Drug called Music, thank you.
TheDrugMusic 2 years ago
Great development of the song, Kyle. I like to compose my own music when I can, unfortunately not as talented as you are :P. I personally would also do what your roommate says, and add your other compositions to it.
Also, I'd like to know what program that is. I'm using Sibelius 4, it's a bit clunky, what are you using?
Prophabulate 2 years ago
What program do you use? Because it looks like the same one my Junior High band director used to make ensemble pieces.
SavvyWildcat2012 2 years ago
this sounds like some runescape song lmao.. sounds great..
xDonCx 2 years ago 3
This is great! I, like others, don't have a lot of experience in writing music, but I think the way the music builds up is great. I'm a little afraid of giving my opinion on how you should continue, but maybe there's someone else in your comments who has a more coherent view of your music, lol
Personally, I think it's wonderful what you're doing with this. :D
JEROyROSA 2 years ago
yea im getting a video game vibe :D
thatotherguy186 2 years ago
Oh I also had a question...what software did you use in order to upload this? I'm thinking about uploading some of my pieces in hopes of getting some input.
acexvii 2 years ago
Like your notation said, I think you should add on little bits here and there, and also continue on from where you left off. I was expecting (from the last note) for it to go down another note like it was written at 1:40 and then go into a kind of legato section from there. But since that's what I expected, maybe you could go in a different direction from there so it's not predictable. I really like it so far, would love to hear more!
DragonFire381 2 years ago
Yeah, I could definately hear it in a video game!
MuteMusicalMorgan 2 years ago
As a gamer, I thought the intro as a bit too long. I liked how the instruments were brought in. The last part was definately the best. It was getting better and better along the way. Good job, though you might consider building the song up faster. But then again I have minimal knowledge of writing music. I was never able to compose something anyway =/
viviones 2 years ago
very nice :)
19musiclover96 2 years ago
i really love the last bit at the Bb chord. maybe repeat that bit some more and add another section in the style of that
phoenixkh93 2 years ago
lol, it sounds a little like what would play while you're traveling on the map of an old rpg. But that's a compliment. It stands up there with Uematsu. It's very relaxing.
balamb25 2 years ago
at the beginning it didn't really have the game type sound, but when all the instruments were in it definitely was game-like. What music program do you use? I would suggest using one that used recorded samples for the audio instead of midi sounds, unless that's the effect you were going for. From personal experience Finale 2009 or 2010 is the best that I've found and it has options to use midi or sample sounds. Only thing about the piece is that it could use a stronger cadence at the end.
acexvii 2 years ago
The piece has just begun. It's not cadencing lol. And I'm not using sibelius in search of good sounds.. it's just so easy to use and creates beautiful sheets.
kylelandry 2 years ago
lol I guess that's a good reason for no cadence. If it were me writing the piece I would continue to a sense of cadence, without losing the motion of the piece, and then go through some chormatic passages much like you'd see in the development section of a sonata allegro form. It would give some fresh tonalities to explore.
acexvii 2 years ago
sounds like this could be in an adventure game haha..
ToNyBaLlin93 2 years ago
where to go from here?
Well, at m42, the clarinet plays what you could easily turn into a theme. Also, 45- end in the flute and clarient, could be a wonderful theme also. Use both! You have the material, just play with it. Switch up the orchestration, take to new keys.
Great start regardless.
deadchicken76 2 years ago
I didn't know how long this video was, so I was bopping my head along and when the music stopped I was very upset. But yeah, certainly Final Fantasy worthy. Maybe some type of plain or grasslands. Somewhere maybe near the beginning of your adventure. But I loved it, it was really neat!
WolfGod2010 2 years ago
I think this is such a game style, maybe if you add piano notes you'll notice it
KarimBoukhalf 2 years ago
intro was a little to long but when the other instruments set in it was ok.
kaasetermetdinge 2 years ago
Wow! The beginning was boring, but the ending was very good! :)
LearningPiano80 2 years ago
"Does anyone feel like this is like a minimalist/video game style? "
Yes, I do.
DaiseSsu 2 years ago
I would so like to hear the real thing perform this, especially when you finish it.
maybe you can put a key transposition after this to make it more dynamic. Don't you think? well, it's just a suggestion though. :D
F7dim 2 years ago
that so reminds me of FF9 :s
and yes, the MIDI sounds horrible on sibelius T_T you should try and get cubase or somethin :D
N3vre 2 years ago
Dude you need to invest in the East West Composer's bundle. Totally serious about that. It's on sale right now and completely worth it.
M0rganstudios 2 years ago
I just got to the end, usually, it sounds pretty good, I was a little shocked because I wasn't expecting all these instruments to come in at once, but it sounds very "traveling the world" type music. I can still see this working for game music, you seem to have found a basis of melody, and if it's game music I think simplicity is the best thing to go after.
CheonHoPark 2 years ago
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CheonHoPark 2 years ago
It sounds nice Kyle. Very minimalistic, but seems like it will work properly on a GameBoy MIDI style. It just gave me feelings of TOZ: Link's Awakening, when your in that dream house. Yeah my bro's been composing his own music as well. What program do you use for creating your compositions? My brother loves Finale Print Music 2009, and I have gotten use to I still haven't yet finished my composition. Anyway, keep up the good work dude!
CheonHoPark 2 years ago
Yo man, I use sibelius 5. I may get 6!
The midi sounds are horrible right? I can't wait to get it performed!
kylelandry 2 years ago
Wow Sibelius 5, haha never heard of that one either, GermanSea bass doesn't seem to like finale that much.
Yes MIDI is terrrrrrrible, did you convert this into mp3? Or is it still midi format? With finale you can convert it to mp3 and the quality, increased quite a bit, by the sounds of it maybe you did convert the sound into mp3.
CheonHoPark 2 years ago
MIDI and MP3 are two toally different things. MP3 is an audio format taht contains audio data. MIDI files, on the other hand, do not contain actual audio. Instead, the music sequence is recorded as a series of numbers which explain how the music is to be played back. The advantage is that MIDI files are very small, but the sound is totally dependent on the output device (usually the sound card in the computer). If you have an awesome sound canvas, MIDI files CAN sound quite good.
PianoSoulos 2 years ago
Yes that is correct, however with Final Print Music 2009 you can convert the written MIDI sheet music into MP3, which converts the sound into a fuller and realistic sounding quality, then if saving it as a midi file.
CheonHoPark 2 years ago
Where to go from here? Well that depends entirely on what it is for. If it is for a video game (does sound like one) or picture then we'd need to see the picture that goes with it. If for you than I would suggest that it continue to build up a bit longer leading into a new key where it will repeat some of the earlier material and then build into a climax in the original key. Just my opinion. By the way love that B flat chord.
BrianSladek 2 years ago
Almost like Sonata form haha.
kylelandry 2 years ago
this is pretty awesome. i though of video game music right when it started.
Jordie21020 2 years ago
Reminds me of Nobou Uematsu for sure. :P
XFaCt0rSS 2 years ago
It sounds like videogame music definitely. I like what you've done. Modulate to another mode similar to the mode you are in. It seems like you are in F Dorian. You are using wonderful colors to compose. After the Bb chord you changed colors in a suitable way (quite similarly to your etude for piano and flute). If you don't mind my suggestion, I believe you could turn the piece into a fugal like piece (not a FULL fugue) without changing the color. I hope your final product comes out well!
Sakio442 2 years ago
when that Bb chord comes in it doesnt sound like its the tonic. your song definatly isnt in Bb, it sounds like some mode of F.
euphoniumhumper 2 years ago
Yeah you are right lol.
kylelandry 2 years ago
Mmmmm, I want to hear more. Reminded me of video game music...particularly from the final fantasy games. That's a pretty nice compliment considering how I view the composer for the FF series, :P
drgnicefire 2 years ago
O_O LUV IT!! ^_^
FRC27 2 years ago
I really enjoy it, it does sound like a midi from a early 90s video game but it is totally unique and awesome. I dont know the type of sound you were going for for the overall piece and maybe that would help with the critique. But I can say this, you are getting better and better at composing, keep up the work.
zenjarius 2 years ago
Speechless... ^_^
cyndaquazy 2 years ago
That brought a smile to my face....
Anyway, it sounded like it was starting to build, so maybe add a climax and repeat the theme in another form.
I've only played piano for three years, so I don't exactly know what I'm talking about.
84Fish48Fish 2 years ago
Would be totally awesome for video game music!!!! x-D
xartoriax 2 years ago
love it! i can try to get it down on clarinet and post it. haha people can post with the flutes and the clarinets and then we can have a song going all together :-] XD
SuperKattt99 2 years ago
i agree with some of the other comments, it does sound like video game music. =) lolz
Animeforever15 2 years ago
amazingg. really. <3
shannonWHEE 2 years ago
canu actually play this on d piano???
inseogsong 2 years ago
Can we put this song in the next Zelda? :)
Awesome work Kyle! I don't know how you do it!
5/5
JDFF7 2 years ago
Hey Kyle, I was wondering are you majoring in composition because I heard that majoring in music can be a big mistake but I would want to major in music (just my luck haha). So any advice on whether to do it or not?
CatchTh3Wind 2 years ago
not kyle but, "you can never practice to much" xD!!!!
JaeChoi94 2 years ago
Really cool sounding
sounds like video game music
krnkid5 2 years ago
Its kinda of a minmalistic game thing like in pokemon for gameboy
missmistro 2 years ago
awsome!!
2517155 2 years ago
awesome! I love the flute part. (because i play it) what program is this?
pottersgirl72396 2 years ago
Thats so cool
^_^
EthanMasse 2 years ago
The intro reminds me of some random forest you would find in a Zelda game...lol. But it's cool you were inspired by your chimes!
I really liked it when all the instruments came together...was really cool.
keetner 2 years ago
dude, if they made a pokemon game just for God, this would definitely be on the soundtrack lol.
and the section right after the transition at 1:36 reminds me of part of your semester project (1st movement) you composed last year.
great job though. keep up the good work man.
kryptonSkies 2 years ago
0:30 "copyright © Kyle Landry" xD
thats ofc important.
first step u made :D?
FeelsDeep 2 years ago
question:Does anyone feel like this is like a minimalist/video game style?
answer: yes. but the flute doesnt suit to the video game style. :S
FeelsDeep 2 years ago
ha yeah sounds videogamey like watch?v=_46dI02enAM&feature=channel_page
haxnerfplz 2 years ago
*goes to learn clarinet part*
^.^ If you finish this, this would be really cool to hear live.
AkaneKonae 2 years ago
i really like how you started out really simple and gradually got more and more complex, great piece!
newton896 2 years ago
Exactly. That's what I was going for!
kylelandry 2 years ago
What program is this? Awesome comp btw.
Flapjackoftheyear 2 years ago
awesome job<3
:D
parescuel 2 years ago
heheh great job ;) nice tune ;p
andrew06210 2 years ago
At first I wasn't feeling it, but then about halfway until the end it got super epic. Nice job :D
xxNinjaBean 2 years ago
thats amazing. i would love to see this turn into a full composition
yaypenguins 2 years ago
you are amazing (:
xxlillianxx19 2 years ago
I bet you'll end up with a job making compositions for games. That would be so cool.
LainaLain 2 years ago 2
i would totally play all the games that kyle made the music for. hypothetically speaking(for now haha)
Smarty4789 2 years ago
It sounds like something from Final Fantasy.
Great work, Kyle.
tjoa8 2 years ago
nice it sound like the lost forest in zelda ocarina of time
demsoti 2 years ago
I REALLY LOOOOVE the piece since 0.52... the final is AMAZING!
cmgcarlos91 2 years ago
I think the only reason it sounds like videogame music is cos it's made on a transcription program with basic MIDI style sounds. If you got orchestral musicians to play it, you could have an amazing masterpiece!
UncleRob199 2 years ago
Exactly!! Thank you so much.
kylelandry 2 years ago
It does sound quite a bit like music, and I think its because of the fast tempo along with the violin's runs. It's a very nice tune and would love to hear more of it!
DragonFire381 2 years ago
Reminds me of adventure music for when you're in an open field XD
When all the instruments came in I was thinking, "Wow...that's complicated..."
Now all you need is a group of musicians playing it, and you're set :D
ZenityChenity 2 years ago
sounds like gamboymusic ^^
5/5*
teamsgo1 2 years ago
I love it... Dude, you´re a great musician, you really should do this for living :)
davidovich00 2 years ago
sounds like town music
WafflePirate 2 years ago
good stuff
ualnomis99 2 years ago
Wonderful!!! This is very good. It could be in a video game or something. But you are very good:)
TheMusiclover1705 2 years ago
runescape music!
roxannexxx09 2 years ago
Do not shame Kyle's musical genius by comparing it to any part of that horrible game.
dbRossEnterprises 2 years ago 7
lol i get where you comin' from.
seems like a vintage rpg/action game.
Shinitkun 2 years ago 2
The end is weird.
It's just all of a sudden....OFF!
Really video game-ish.
Morgannnx13 2 years ago
It's not over yet.
kylelandry 2 years ago
where is the rest??
Morgannnx13 2 years ago
Definitely has a video game overworld sort of feel. That's a compliment from me cause I always find those themes refreshing.
Other than throwing it into a pro orchestra synth, you might want change the mood abruptly at the end of the climax to something a little lighter. Something upbeat or maybe something soft. Then, afterwards, you could bring us back to the main melody.
cow9654 2 years ago
This could've definitely been spyro the dragon music.
keyblademonkey12 2 years ago 3
This has been flagged as spam show
this is my new favorite peice of music
ImYourDeity 2 years ago
Waauw, this is really beautiful!
It sounds like it could be in a video game because the computer made the music, I think if you would play it on the instruments it wouldn't sound like music for a video game.
hanneswasco 2 years ago
Good.
I agree with others, it does sound like it could be in a video game.
Newguy92 2 years ago
;D
Nice!
EmptyRec 2 years ago
Reminds me of an early RPG. With some improvement it could be fantastic. Still sounds like some of the generic music you'd get with RPG Maker, but I think that's cause of the synth instruments, not the music itself. You should grab a copy of something like FL Studio and get the Orchestral plugin. I'm no composer but I've made some good sounding stuff on that by fluke. You can get some real great orchestra sounds. Good luck :D
redcloud02 2 years ago
WHY IS NOBODY RATING THIS ??? - please do it above !
ManCityFan1988 2 years ago
Since the clarinet's in Bb, it's key should be C.
BobbleTurtle 2 years ago
I like it. It's very old school video game style. I can see it fitting to a good old 2D side-scroller like Rayman or a platformer like Zelda. But you know what would probably be cool? Trying to put such old school music like this in a modern game. It would create a unique atmosphere. It's cool to see you using something else than the piano, but personally I think your piano arrangements like Dearly Beloved have much richer tunes. Nothing you can't fix by adding more instruments though ;)
darthguy3 2 years ago
And one tiny thing. The transitions between the melodies at 0:15 to 0:17 sounds a tad too little similar so it feels a little like it's changing songs instead of altering the melody. If you could make the first melody be a tad more similar to the second melody (since the second melody is the longest and kinda the "main" melody) it would sound better I think.
darthguy3 2 years ago
I love it,
and yes, it sounds like a song from zelda, or pokemon xD
MuziCCfreak 2 years ago
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NozFwbit 2 years ago
I agree with others before me: sounds like it came right out of a Zelda game (which is a VERY good thing! xD).
Goten1992 2 years ago
Everything is enjoyable, but from 1:38 it really is magical.
LinguesonoVita 2 years ago
I'd say the same thing ^^ A Zelda's song ^^
Zexion04 2 years ago
sounds like something you would hear on a nes/snes rpg
i like it
n1bigdaddy 2 years ago
can't help it but it sounds pretty much like a melody from a zelda game. please upload a longer version soon ;)
eddiesamigos 2 years ago
Don't like the beginning, but the middle and the ending are awesome
SeeTheSea89 2 years ago
same here.
everydayvids 2 years ago
yo that was SO good. it is 5 am and someone in my apartment pulled the fire alarm. so i was pissed but now i am happy because this song is legit.
weeeooooeeeeoooooooo! more plx!
haxnerfplz 2 years ago
make it into a piano concerto lol :D
Moore0806 2 years ago
This is something I'd expect out of a video game, haha. :P
Which isn't to say that it's not good.
But lol, the ending..
fratboyfrat 2 years ago
How do you feel about the ending?
kylelandry 2 years ago
Well, not so much the ending notes. But HOW it ended.
I just wasn't expecting it to end so abruptly.
From my amateur pov, however, I liked just about everything else.
Just thought it could use some closure, you know? But, reading the description, I guess you ran out material or something?
fratboyfrat 2 years ago
Kyle you encouraged some critique etc in the comment box so here are my few cents.
I wasn't sure what was really happening in the beginning as whenever an idea formed the style changed. However from about 0:40 onwards the piece started to become more organized and became much clearer. Then at about 1:00 it finally became a piece as the flute bought out the melody.
You should carry on with this piece. Once it gets started it is very 'videogame-esque'. I can see it on a ff start menu (like ff7s)
LonePianist8 2 years ago
Style changing? The whole piece is based off of the same motifs and notes even.
kylelandry 2 years ago
I know that it is based off the same notes the whole way through. I just felt that the piece was much better from 0:40 onwards. Style changing was the wrong thing to say lol. Sorry.
LonePianist8 2 years ago
yeah it feels a lot like something you would hear from a rpg (final fantasy)
sounds awesome though. a bit electronic.
Oturan219 2 years ago
Thanks. But you can't judge a piece by the midi sounds. That means absolutely nothing haha.
kylelandry 2 years ago
i was a little surprised about the ending, it could have gone on for a few minutes i think =)
i hope you'll find some people who are actually able to play this with real instruments!
tommyleejones999 2 years ago
I already have them =)
kylelandry 2 years ago
Ending? It's not even close to being done yet.
kylelandry 2 years ago
dude u should sell this piece to Square Enix
ezuan88 2 years ago
Not a big fan of the opening, but once it really got started it was pretty impressive. 1:35 onwards was just beautiful.
SyllaRa 2 years ago
Stick with the melody there was just some off parts in the beginning that hindered the flow. Other than that, great concept. I like it ... this would work well in a Zelda game :)
HyoRiN89 2 years ago
I don't know why, but I think the Viola melody from 24-26 would be better in the Cello, then give it to the Viola on the pickup to 27. Also I think you should drop the first three clarinet notes, and let it start on beat 3 of measure 41, because you have a brief motif going with the jump of a third and the interjecting melody conflicts with that idea, so I think it'd feel awkward as the clarinetist.
AirborneMind 2 years ago