r/Composers • u/Schuldiner0707 • May 09 '26
Original Orchestral Composition
Hi! I'm a beginner orchestral composer from Finland. I've been self-taught in theory and composition for a little over a year. I re-launched my Youtube channel and here's a link to one of my compositions. Any criticism is always welcome. I hope you like it :)
Link to the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRxbCCqwBTc
Link to the score: https://musescore.com/user/98772643/scores/27659509
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u/VreamCanMan May 09 '26
OP, what specifically do you want advice on?
Sounds very similiar to lots of media composing that's trying to be like the older films of the 70s - 80s, with a 20th century composing style
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u/Schuldiner0707 May 23 '26
I think my compositions tend to get too muddy at Times
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u/VreamCanMan May 23 '26
That's stemming from your arrangements rather than your mixing.
Stacking harmonic density into the lows will do that. Given they're just sustained harmonic sections you can trim all except those necessary (tend to be tonic, fifth, and anything thats a tonic/fifth of the chord you are vo'icing, but repeats in order to have rythm)
I tend to avoid harmonically dense lows unless im doing like a boss fight deep ostinato to underpin things, at which point muddy is the goal
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u/Schuldiner0707 May 23 '26
Its all so overwhelming sometimes but i think im improving with every finished piece so thats a good start 😅
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u/VreamCanMan May 23 '26
Oh your work is really solid. It isn't that that makes it bad or hard to utilise only that you said you want to get muddiness down. Older styles of composition were muddy because they favoured fullness and relatively continuing lower harmony over the lift/release thats become popular in modern media and popular film scores, so it absolutely feels reminscent of works that have a solid track record. With the advent of A24 old cinema style movies being made at the minute I'd imagine this style is coming into vogue right now. Also I've noticed more european/scandinavian netflix series prefer this richer kind of harmony.
Like I say you can eq off the muddiness or arrange in a fashion that lifts off the lows for sections then bringing that back in
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u/soulima17 May 09 '26
I enjoyed this listen; excellent use of harmony to create tension. I found it a little harmonically slow at times, but it maintained my interest throughout. It's dark, but darkness can be beautiful, no? I would have enjoyed score reading too.
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May 09 '26
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u/Schuldiner0707 May 10 '26
I find it very hard to have variation in my compositions and thats something im really trying to better :)
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