#How to Compose Music

[seaglassdinosaur]

The most brilliant and impressive thing Ryan Coogler did in my opinion was figure out how to communicate to the audience the actual tangible power of Sammie’s music, so we could truly conceptualize what it was that Remmick wanted and what he threatened to take away.

[sgtpeppers]

That was... wonderful... to just hear it done for real, after... what? Four years of thinking about it? Wondering whether it would work, wondering if I'd written bits too fast, or too slow, or... to actually sort of... hear it done by real, professional people and the singers. It's... there isn't a word for it, actually.

Standing Stone, by Paul McCartney

Royal Albert Hall Performance (x)

Making Of Documentary (x)

Standing Stone is a 74 minute long classical piece of music, which Paul worked on for four years. It premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 October 1997 with the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus, conducted by Lawrence Foster.

After his success with his first classical piece, The Liverpool Oratorio, Paul was commissioned to create some music to celebrate EMI's centenary. He came up with the idea of exploring "the way a Celtic man might have wondered about the origins of life and the mystery of human existence" and tied this in the with standing stones which to him symbolised something mystical and long lasting.

Photos by Linda McCartney, included on the album.

Paul wrote a poem to assist in getting the story he was trying to convey straight in his head, and it was printed in the booklet of the album. However, Paul wanted the music to work without the listener necessarily knowing the story, for the music to speak for itself, and so wanted to create a piece that "relies entirely on colours and effects drawn from orchestral and choral forces".

He also created two paintings to go alongside it:

I really recommend watching the documentary, Paul is absolutely delightful throughout the whole thing. It's the first time he'd used a computer and software to help him compose and he seems so excited to talk about it (and he has a Wallace & Gromit mouse mat!).

What's also interesting is how the rest of the team spoke about him. They all make a point that this was Paul's creation, and although David Matthews, John Harle, and Richard Rodney Bennet were brought in to assist with the composition, they all talk about Paul's talent, hard work, and the freshness of approach he brought. (The words 'benevolent dictator' may get used at some point, but they also speak of his kindness and generosity.)

It amazes me that someone with no formal music training could make a leap for pop/rock to classical. Composing for an entire 80 piece orchestra and 120 member choir is a completely different skillset to writing a song for the radio (and I'm not saying that's a lesser thing to be able to do, just different). The fact Paul was not only willing to take on the challenge and push himself, but created something so magical speaks to the sheer creative force that he is.

[ifuckedurmomwithmy12inchschlong]

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[sunkissedliterarylightofchrist]

On a basic human level if you do not like the Rings of Power soundtrack, composed by the excellent Bear McCreary, I do not trust you.

[melit0n]

"So, dear, no matter how we part, I hold you sweetly in my head—and, if I do not miss a part of you, a part of me is dead. If I can't love you as a lover, I will love you as a friend, and I will lay a bed before you; keep you safe until the end."

[suenestrellas]

i personally don't understand the amount of hatred i've seen for the recent rose of versailles movie, considering the fact that they summarized a whole 14 volume / 40 episode anime in just 2 hours is honestly rly impressive

this is not to say any criticism for it is invalid (RIP proper rosalie screentime & the backstory for why lady oscar has this role in the first place, you're not going to understand this movie properly unless ur already familiar with this series; think of it more like a tribute / anniversary special) but still this is one of the first animations fully released for this iconic manga in literal DECADES, i still think that in & of itself is something to celebrate

[r-aindr0p]

Cooking a nice piece for my sideblog rn so I don't have much being worked on for here sorry :'>

I draw most stuff on impulse and saw a Liszt fanart (it's his bday today (22 oct) I think) and it spiraled into classicaloid nostalgia, here it is, my fave irl and in anime my dude Chopin 🙏

Favorite absolute loser in the anime, uses vocaloids in his songs/musik, never touching grass or seeing the sunlight, spirals in a social anxiety attack and summons towers of cardboard to protect himself on his first introduction to the show. Surprisingly one of the only composers that actually pays the rent in the house...

(so close to put on the "erm" glasses on and yap abt that vocaloid song used in guardians of the galaxy 3 and how it's actually a classicaloid ost originally and other stuff related that ticked me off hhhgsrehh)

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance - Symphony of Sorcery

[yamsgarden]

just came back from seeing Sinners with friends

and eh...

holy shit?! it was really GOOD-- Rly rly loved it, especially the songs. Writting was really good, cuz from the trailer i htought it was gona be cheap ngl...

Miles Caton has the voice of an angel... Litterally. OST were so GOOD?!

gonna be listening to them on repeat for a while...

[evelynpr]

TIL Arknights has used Mongolian Throat Singing for a battle theme and holy fuck the sheer AURA of this track. God fucking damn actual jaw drop once the vocals came on.

[stevetwisp]

What is your favorite mlp song

i genuinely could not choose a favourite..

anything from Rainbow Rocks, ACADECA Hope Shines Eternal You'll Play Your Part Friends Are Always There For You We're Friendship Bound Art Of The Dress Rules of Rarity

those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head, but there are probably many more songs I love

[presence-of-darkness]

Hello!! I've been working on a podfic of the wonderful @aachria 's one piece fic Surely Some Star Binds Me to You. You see I've been using the eyecatchers for line breaks and I got just a tad carried away and made an eyecatcher for the original character E. D. Domino.

Hope you enjoy!!

[zhenyabetelgeuse]

my fucking CLASSICAL MUSIC HISTORY special interest came back, hiii. (I'm happy asf)

[jessicameleon]

anyway, if you don't know, ive been making a pokemon fangame for the last about 8 months now using pokemon essentials for rpgmaker xp. ive done basically the entire game by myself, including map and game design, drawing custom sprites, arranging remixes of pokemon music in gen 3's sound font to play in the game (which you can hear on my YouTube channel), and programming in the story events and some features of the game (with some occasional help on some script writing from @miamakesmods)

now, ive had this kind of master plan for the story and plot and progression of this game for maybe 6 years now, and this idea has just been simmering in my mind all this time, and i finally took the leap last year to make it happen for real. it takes place on a pacific island region called Isoal that was home to an ancient people who existed before humans and pokemon cooperated, and got by by engineering these devices we now call Runestones, geometric white stones with glowing blue lines that run through them. these people are long gone now, but the Runestones remain littering the island.

ive been putting a lot of myself into this game, little bits and visual gags that i think are funny and charming, here and there there'll be little meta commentary on genre tropes and things that you expect out of the main series. don't mistake my pastiche for disdain though, because i really do this out of love for the series, and i want to make the rest of the gameplay fun and engaging too, because really im trying to make the game that's one that id really want to play myself.

so far, ive released some small private demos of the game to give to ~10 friends to playtest it, and they have all given it very high praise across the board! but soon, i will be releasing version 3.0.0 of the game, which will be its first public demo!! the goal for this demo is to have up to 5 challengeable gyms, about half the game's plot worth of story, a couple side quests and optional content, 7 towns to explore, among other things for you to find if you play it yourself :3

im working really hard on it!! and im putting my all into it!! i hope that when the demo ends up having its public release that you become interested and try giving my little passion project and glimpse into my soul a shot 💖

[akuma-tenshi]

hey guys new emilerick dropped

[lycoryspreachin]

i was wandering life unaware and unbothered until i saw lovely @royalthorned post about regulus and rabastan and my life hasn’t been the same since. i could never before really see regulus with anybody because it just felt ooc for the way that i view him but rabastan ???…yeah, yeah actually.

rabastan is an awful little thing, all bark and no bite, arrogant, loud in a wanna-be sophisticated way and has a black-and-white superficial, liberal view of life. he does lots of things but never too seriously, he’s impulsive but seldom for good reasons but one thing that he fully is, is himself. maybe he is just too simple-minded to lie, manipulate, and cheat or maybe that’s just how he is, but he is quite probably as honest and true as one can be in his context. he is awful at what he doesn’t do but good enough about what he does, so everyone is content with him. rabastan is the epitome of a Lestrange, he is loyal to an absolute fault and though no one is close in the family, blood is all. and he stands on their motto more than he stands on anything “Corvus oculum corvi non eruit” ( a crow will not pull out the eye of another crow ). he has the charisma and tone of an heir but everyone is glad he is not. he’s chaotic and anger-driven. when his temper becomes uncontrollable he recluses himself to sculpt. ( idk why but i’m convinced all Lestranges have an affinity with art and where rabastan sculpts, rodolphus plays instruments and composes ) 

regulus on the other hand is hard-headed, sneaky, and far too smart for his own good. and he somehow now had the thick and unwavering attention of the second son of the Lestranges. to rabastan, regulus was the most interesting being he had laid eyes on. a pretty and scrawny man who held all the power he could ever want and chose instead to read stupidly long books about things no one knows about and write equally long manuscripts about things no one could ever think of ( regulus who plays out experiments in his books is dear to me ). he was a ghost who acted all proper and well, and roamed the halls of the black manor. he had the answer to every question, and had everyone tightly wrapped around his finger, and believed in a god everyone faked at hearing, and held grudges like an old victorian lady, and remembered everything all the time, and rabastan wanted nothing more than for that god-sent, angel looking boy to see him too.  he had never really tried to get anyone’s attention, always receiving it with little effort, but with regulus he was desperate.

they first met in a family gathering, humble conversation found its way through loud speeches and ceremonial family rites. it was a quiet thing, sweet and poisonous. to regulus rabastan was the forbidden fruit, the epitome of what he couldn’t do but needed to try. some sort of sinful desire he had succumbed to. his life was tidy and plain, and rabastan was the chaos that kept him on his toes wrapped in luxurious clothes, and shiny smiles, and elicited in him a morbid interest he couldn’t shake. i think he liked to know he had with no effort on his part the complete attention of someone like that. 

this one is for you Irene @katakosmos