This is a definite work in progress. My overall goal of this piece is to depict a story which outlines:
An small airplane, flying in the midst of a storm, spiraling out of control and crash-landing on an unknown island.
The main character (who remains unnamed for now) waking up and looking around in a state of delirious state.
The main character regains full conscienceness and realizes that he and a few others were the only survivors of the crash...and they're stranded on an unknown, uncharted island in the middle of the ocean.
The survivors, led by the main character, band together to find a place to make camp.. along the way they hear strange noises unlike any other creatures they've heard before...
As they people are looking about, they start seeing things... After hearing a few strange and unknown sounds, one of the survivors wanders off to investigate further... only to be surrounded by a horde of tiny green lizards (Compsogathus) with longish tails and razor sharp teeth and claws.. She's screams as they pounce on her, and out jumps the main character, revolver in hand. He shoots a couple rounds into the air and frightens the creatures off... only to discover he's too late....
As they solemnly bury the mutilated corpse of the victim, they look around themselves, wondering: what else is out there? Or there more of those tiny creatures? Is there something much more terrifying lurking among the foliage just waiting for them?
It appears they are not alone on the island...
This is all I have so far... I'll upload more as soon as I make it!! :)
Comments (15)
Wow. This is just amazing! This is just about as great (or maybe even better!) than your Night Rider score. This is super amazing. I can't wait for another update! I think you are one of my favorite composers...
Aw really?? Thanx :) that means alot!! This is definitely one of my more different pieces..I'm stuck right now though!! DX
Your welcome! If you need ideas, I would like a few more choir parts. Do you think you could add a choir part after the current ending? Also, I know that the page is filled with instruments, but if there is a way to make the page larger or you don't end up using an instrument too much, maybe you could add a bassoon or clarinet?
This score receive's Venona's Official Stamp of Approval.
Yay!!!!!!!!!!
Is your Stamp of Approval hard to get? I've seen a lot of those floating around out there.
Here's another MIDI version of the song:
http://www.youngcomposers.com/files/getdownload/8998-the-forsaken-isle-wip/
Beautiful!
Wooooow!!!! You are really good at making stories for pieces, and making the pieces follow those stories. I was able to picture EVERYTHING you had in your description. The whole hearing strange creatures thing sounded really creepy when I read it, I was guessing you'd mimic some really weird noises behind the melody. Do you think it would be hard to do that? You could probably invent a really creepy sound....... And, according to the story so far, it seems there is going to be a chase/attack. I'm all in suspense now, it's almost like a movie, I don't know what's gonna happen next :P Looking forward to the next update!
Thanks!! I'm trying to create this piece for my dad, cuz' he is a huge corny Syfy flick fan...and he's a dinosaur nerd (check out his website www.dinofan.com) I'm glad you liked it so far!! :D :D
Some suggestions:
Measure 10: Add in the horn! Some nice horn rips would nice. Maybe the melody around measure 37 in half notes, just to give that section some more power.
Measure 53: Add some underlying eight note line in maybe the harp or across the synth to give some motion to that section.
Measure 63 (Allegro): I assume this is the part where the survivors band together, Maybe incorporate some ethnic percussion, such as a cabasa, claves, and especially a low tom to beat out a "jungle rhythm" to create the feel I think you are going for.
Awesome! Great! I listened to it with an HQ soundfont because you told me to :)
Thanks for the suggestions!! I'll try to implement them because they're great ones!!! :D thanks for listening :)
Wow. That's pretty good. It goes along well with your storyline too. Hm. This is awesome(:
AWWW THIS LOOKS GOOD. I haven't even played it yet, but it already looks epic.
You'll definitely have to listen to the song in Musescore to get the full sound qualityzzz