Friday, July 27, 2007

Desert 40 - First Scene

&OUT OF TIME&

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*****Based on bible Numbers and Deuteronomy *****
*******Use your heart to feel. Use your ear to listen. ********
Use your sense to touch!!
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It is a great training piece for me to explore the different styles of music in orchestration. The hard thing is how to coordinate all the instruments in producing the sound that I want to create. Therefore, the knowledge of different instruments are dare needed. Imaginative and creativity lead me get into this orchestral world with passion. At that time, it is the most excited area in my past music life.


Instrumentation

2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Tam-tam, Piano
Strings (12, 10, 8, 6, 4 ) - Minimum


Content

It should be a standard size of Orchestra work. Desert 40 is describing how God in parting with Moses to rescue his people from the hand of the Egyptians' army. Moses brought them into a promised land with 40 years suffering in dry land. Their journey began in accordance with Numbers chapter 33. The forty years were God's punishment for the distrust of Israelites.

The main thing that you can find in my music is how they suffered from the dry land, without food and water. At that time, they had to flight as well. On the way, God replied their needs. HE provided them manna and water.

Composed by Cheng Po Chun (Eva) 13 Dec, 2007


12 comments:

Anonymous said...

開頭非常似爆機畫面o既背景音樂 (尤指當有字幕升上黎果陣). 3 分幾開始似個武士 / hero 拎住把劍入左敵人基地, 一個打一千個果 D. 但有 d 鼓o既聲破壞左呢個感覺, 因為似因為個鼓似史太龍打杖, 去左近代. 每過一段, 就好似入左唔同o既細關卡 / 去到另一版, 但係過極都搵唔到個最終頭目 (大佬). 細關卡與細關卡之間通常有一些小頭目阻礙你前進, 但前進後最終頭目好似不知所終, 下落不明, 亦即係成個 movement 好難捉摸到邊一段先係高潮. 到尾段, 好似入左個花園, 果度好安全, 有個 save point. 呢個時候已經玩左好耐, 係時候 save 熄機, 留返下次玩.

Anonymous said...

其實呢類咁澎湃既style我一向都好buy既....
你知格~~
哈哈~

但係聽既過程,some how我又期待有的靜少少既moment出現...未必只係靜...可能係1只係一個兩個layer咁就ok,依家好似聽極都係好多重既layer,聽完唔係好咀嚼到首曲既形態係點....

但係你話只係1st movement麻....咁就唔可以單曲而論啦...

Anonymous said...

其實很好,因看過你的少少簡介,所以更明白


可以感受到以色列人在礦野時心情的起伏
他們的埋怨
最終出迦南

不過中間有好幾次的鼓聲,都叫人會感到要完結,似乎太長了..

三毛 said...

我覺得都幾好~~
睇左個Content 我先開始聽~~
成首樂曲都幾能夠表達到所想表達o既野~~
(不過MIDI 真係聽起來有D難搞...有D位要用D想像力先得...因為普通MIDI 真係唔係好表達到String)

Anonymous said...

i think it is like the movie music.. if i only listen the music.. not really like the symphony format..

Anonymous said...

Very good, quite dramatic and you can hear a story being told with the music, however a little repetitive at times.

Anonymous said...

前段音樂似冒險, 中段音樂似發現事物。
2:19-2:21 這段音樂好似唔係好夾
5:00-6:00 幾有氣氛
8:23-8:30 這種音樂長了點吧..

Anonymous said...

I am impressed with your works. Well done~
But how about expressing their pleasure when they got manna and water in dry land.
Anyway well done indeed

Anonymous said...

感覺:開始時音量很沈, 慢慢感到舒服, 相信是配合故事內容, 中間曾有感覺很急速, 若這種急速不太緊, 感覺上有空間,後來都有急的快速, 但感覺可接受

then with emotion:
match with the story that fine

Anonymous said...

very good work ar... i listen to it with my eyes closed, some session seems like background music of some movies. Overall, proud of you!!1 Keep it up...

Anonymous said...

Artiste wrote:
it is very refreshing to hear a simple melody ethnic melody line fused with so much chord tension & a-tonal energy, truly reflective of struggles in the Biblical narrative, a brave & bold attempt that deserves serious attention.

Adrian Tsing 程理高 said...

very good wor! I'm very impressed. Especially you can do all these things on computer. Very good!

Keep up the good work Eva!