'Dream's End' - a symphonic composition written with Musescore 4 and Muse Sounds
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
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Here's my first full-length orchestral piece, based off of that sketch I posted last month! Really enjoying writing with MuseScore 4, though I had to cater much of the piece to the strengths of Muse Sounds, and avoid choices that pushed the samples too far. As always, inspired by Debussy, Ravel, and Joe Hisaishi.
Headphones because it's very dynamic.
Composed by Thad Bailey-Mai
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
For someone who attempted their first orchestral piece only a few months ago this is insane man! You have such an amazing harmonic and colour palate and I'm in love with your style. I absolutely can not wait to hear your next work.
Stunning work as always :)
Don't want this dream to end...
I love the use of counterpoint, and great orchestration. Nice one man ✌️
Totally feels like something you'd hear in a classic disney movie. I keep picturing classic Snow White or Bambi listening to this - super impressive man!
Wow, I may not know much about orchestral writing, but you made this piece awesomely!! Another favorite to the list!!
But for real, Thad, you are one of the few composers that get the vibes I like to listen 🤔😄
Like the moment just as the sun is coming up, the in-between spaces of the day. Love this.
All that sound is coming from musescore 4? Wow! Beautiful composition! Love It! :)
The playback is outstanding!
Dang blew my expectations out of the water
Great job man
this is insane so good
Like hot water poured out in colours. Amazing.
That reminds me of Stravinsky and Debussy.
This is absolutely wonderful!
Wow Thad, this is beyond beautiful. Brilliant, brilliant stuff - would love to hear your work performed by an orchestra one day:-)
Hey Karl, thanks so much for checking it out! Yeah I’m definitely hoping to get that done one day
Stunning..so beautiful!
Thank you for listening!! Glad that you’ve been enjoying these pieces.
Fantastic piece, harmony, orchestration
as always, incredibly impressive Thad!
this is just brilliant
Beautiful piece
Beautifull composition ! Congrats !
Beautiful, beautiful work!
I like this little phrase played on the oboe 4:59 and 5:56 like a blues guitar solo on the pentatonic scale. Are you also a blues/rock guitar player ?
Thank you! I’m actually a jazz trumpet player, but I do love listening to blues and rock guitar.
quick question: is the background done by a simple green screen? It's a really cool idea for visually identifying your pieces that I might want to try.
It’s actually done using MusesScore itself. Under the appearances tab in the settings, there’s an option to use an image file as a background for the score.
@@thadbaileymai How did you set up the recording of the score? Is there an option to save the score playback with the playing line as a video file?
@@Thunshot Unfortunately there’s no video export built into the app. I had to use screen capturing software, and recombine it with the exported audio file after.
@@thadbaileymai I appreciate it. Did you use OBS or another screen cap software?
@@Thunshot I’m using a Mac, so just QuickTime. Nothing too fancy!
Great piece; very impressionistic! This is personal taste, but I think that you dwelt too long on the woodwinds, and the piece lacked a contrast in color. My ear became very disinterested once I had reached about 3 minutes into the piece. Very great work again!
Thanks for feedback! With hindsight, I’m inclined to agree with you. The piece definitely leans on certain colours/textures quite heavily. I’m currently working on a piece with much more contrast for that exact reason. Hopefully I’ll be able to upload it within the next week or two :)
On a related note, I’m really hoping that the Musescore team will put more work into the brass sounds. At the moment, they’re quite finicky, and sound notably artificial at louder dynamics and faster tempos. I’d be more inclined to demo them here if they were fixed up a bit more.
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Very nice! I love the impressionistic vibes. Do you like Lili? Also, very nice use of Muse Sounds-I think you have a really good handle on how to use the software most effectively to create a compelling mockup!
Thank you! I haven’t done a deep dive of Boulanger yet, but she’s on my list!
@thadbaileymai Definitely check her music out. She genuinely embodied the spirit of French impressionism, but her music was also remarkably forward-looking for the 1910s. I think you'd enjoy it :)
Excellent! May I ask if you used MIDI or did you just input everything yourself? Thanks.
Thad Bailey Mai is the hidden son of Maurice Ravel and Lili Boulanger ! 👍
was that a rite of spring reference at 1:09 ??
Possibly, but not intentionally!
Hello, how do I display the partition reader on the entire screen? How do I remove the tools panel at the top? (Musescore 4.1) Thanks
I can only speak for running Musescore on Mac OS, but I was able to remove the top panel by going to view -> toolbars -> then unchecking all of the options there. The side panels can be removed individually within the menus accessed by clicking the 3-dots next to their category names.
That being said, I didn't take a full screen capture. I used QuickTime to make a cropped screen capture once I had more free space from the above adjustments.
@@thadbaileymai Thank you. I have already listened to your composition twenty times so much that I love the beauty of the harmonies and the atmosphere. I hope that you will develop your symphony over around thirty minutes to have the pleasure of hearing the rest? All the media talk about the harmonic genius of Jacob Collier and make tons about him who has still not put his abilities (?) at the service of a symphony or a piano concerto content to make songs.. The media would do better to take an interest in you, you are a contemporary composer capable of doing something very beautiful, this is rare in contemporary “classical” music which seeks dissonance at all costs and produces “ugly” music. so as not to resemble what has already been done before.
@@franciscluster Your words are incredibly kind and touching. I have a lot to improve upon, but I do hope to build the skills necessary to create longer works. My creative process is still quite inefficient.
I actually appreciate Jacob Collier’s music more and more each year. I find some of his work to be questionable in taste, but there’s no denying that he has incredible skill as both a performer and composer. I would love to hear what he’d write for an orchestra or chamber ensemble if given the chance.
Anyway, thank you for listening to my work so far, and I’m glad that you’ve enjoyed it!
@@thadbaileymai Sorry if I write poorly in English (I'm French). I played your work with friends (professional musicians or music teachers) and they all had the same reaction as me: "impressive", "very beautiful, astonishing harmonies", "subtlety of nuances", "delicious atmosphere", “music that manages to convey emotion despite the fact that it is played by the Musescore machine” these are the words that come up often. Only one small flaw that we notice but rather linked to the mixing I think: (2:55 and 3:52) crescendo too exaggerated in power which causes saturation (at this moment we have to lower the sound). Personally I like this crescendo (3:25) with a big tremolo bass which makes me imagine a scene from a cinema film, this bass produces the similar noise made by the propeller engines of large bomber planes (2nd World War) flying in squadrons in the early morning at the rising sun with a beautiful landscape below and approaching the target! (we should make this crescendo last longer with this bass for a film) Good luck. 🙂
@@franciscluster Thank you for sharing my work with your friends! I really appreciate that my music is reaching new listeners, and it is nice to hear that it is being enjoyed.
I'm still learning how to effectively balance dynamics in an orchestral context, so there's definitely going to be lots of flaws in my work for the time being. I'm going to have some of my works performed by a real orchestra soon, which will hopefully remedy some of these deficiencies!
Musescore does need some additional improvement regarding its dynamic playback, too. It is pretty tedious getting it to sound realistic at the moment.
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I don't like it. Its very uncomfortable to listen to.