Orchestra piece progress 001

I'm up to bar 50 but the piece is still kind of like a checkerboard. I'll work ahead with a section and then fill in behind it. I haven't written the intro yet, the music currently starts at bar 18. I'll probably leave at least one blank bar at the beginning for controller setups, initial keyswitches, etc.

Due to the time constraints, I've decided that the piece will ebb and flow by changing the textures of the rhythmic chords. It starts with horns doubled with woodwinds and then moves to brass and then strings and low brass (while the trumpets play the melody) and then down a bit with the strings and then adding the brass and then everyone will be playing big fat chords while the voices take the melody.

Right now the mix is a total mess with everything too loud and after I get the parts in, I'll go back and add the more subtle controller tweaks and begin to refine the mix.

The good thing about having a roadmap laid out ahead of time, is that the foundation is already down and the execution can be done more efficiently. Of course, things will change as the sketch is filled out, but it's way less hit and miss because the path forward is clearer before the computer ever gets booted up and the samples loaded.

Back to it!!