Empire of Sand (EWQLSO+SOV+Bosendorfer 290)

This is a demo I did in 2004. It was one of 3 that I did to showcase my favorite styles to write in (Brianfreeze and Pull were the other two) I used the book Dune as a focus point for the music when I wrote the main melodic idea. I don't know if I'd call it a Dune theme though.

The background image is my work as well. I modelled the Dunes and foreground arhitecture in Blender 3D, used a photo of Castle Sant Angelo, and touched up in GIMP (basic smudging).

The Music uses these libraries:
EWQLSO Gold (NI Powered)
Roland Orchestral Family
Symphony of Voices (Soprano Soloist)
East West Bosendorpher 290

Here's the form if you are interested:

0:00 (5/4)Intro chords. These hint at the chordal ideas in the main theme.

0:16: (faster 5/4) A Theme - Alto flute and bassoon duet w/harp backup

0:38 (6/4) B theme more instruments enter.

0:52 (5/4)This is the build up to the full orchestra version of the theme.

1:04 The A theme with French horns and tutti backgrounds. (same one as in the duet at 0:16)

1:25 (6/4) The B theme follows full orchestra style.

1:39 (mostly 3/4 with tons of Rubato) Piano and voice. Not really a true development since I don't use the original motifs.

2:38 (3/4) strings doing low chords, prepping for another full orchestra section.

3:05 (5/4) New theme which sort of a lead-in to the return of the A and B themes.

3:39 A theme played by the strings with french horns playing counterpoint.

4:06 (6/4) B-theme in the horns

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• East
• West
• Quantum
• Leap
• Symphony
• Orchestra
• Gold
• Dune
• Frank
• Herbert
• Morganstudios
• Demo
• Blender
• Blender3D
• Epic
• Score
• Soundtrack
• Movie
• Howard
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• John
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[CedricKristian]

Woow, you are really musical

the sound and melodies are really unique

only structure is missing at the middle part (its not just the beautiful piano but also the themes following afterwards who make it feel a bit messy)

[M0rganstudios]

@CedricKristian Yeah I just explore sounds for a bit until 3:45 where the main theme finally returns with counterpoint. Ignoring form and technical analysis, those "through composed" sections are actually my fav parts of the piece.

[Thadah2]

Really awesome dude!

[ChurchPianistFL]

incredible



[PabloDarioLi]

Those french horns are so so nice!

[puukkaproductions]

That´s great!

[MarvelMusik]

Amazing!! :D

[3picFilms]

i love dune <3

[captainbaptain]

Excellent job!  Very inspiring!

[ageshero]

I wish i had the money and know how to do this, Guess ill stick to my Yamaha psr-540.