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Lost Language of the Lakes
by LunaTrick

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Submitted on: May 13, 2008 - 11:13:50 PM
Last Updated: May 13 2008 - 11:13:50 PM
Keywords Classical (408)Filmscore (10)soundtrack (148)cinema (24)orchestral (82)
Description This piece was inspired by a couple of trips to the Lake District in Northern England, once home to famous poets like Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey. A less known fact is that the great essayist and art critic, John Ruskin, also resided there - and it was from these banks that he championed the poor working class and attacked the laissez faire attitude of the day. This piece attempts to capture the idyllic and pastoral setting - with very slight currents of unrest pulling at junctures. Hope you enjoy it.
Hardware M-Audio49e, skelital digits
Software: GB OrchJP
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Feter said 239 days ago
Lost Language of the Lakes
very impressive writing for the stings ..the strcutre
of your insteruments like along with the percussions
outstanding ..as it brought us from strings to mixture
then to winds with remarkable touches of percussions !
one of you best pieces ..sure I enjoyed this thns alot
for sharin it !!!!

LunaTrick said 239 days ago
Thanks for your support Feter!
I'm glad you liked this piece - and even moreso that you provide detailed feedback.

lavalamp said 239 days ago
Classical
Love the strings. Really not an expert in this genre, but sounds nice to me. Classic classical.

LL

LunaTrick said 239 days ago
Don't need to be an expert
to listen and like. Thanks for your vote of confidence!

lengold said 239 days ago
Very
beautiful.
Cheers
Len



LunaTrick said 239 days ago
Thanks Len
Always good to have your chime.

davisamerica said 239 days ago
hello daniel
have indeed captured the feel of your description ... i am so impressed with the "composer" talents on this site and you are one of the most amazing .. when the strings came in it took me totally away ... the play between them and the other instruments including the percussion is brilliant ... and i use the word correctly my friend ... Brilliant!

LunaTrick said 239 days ago
Gawsh!
I'm very flattered by your comment - but I think there are many composing talents to aspire to ahead of mine. I really do appreciate you compliment though - and look forward to hearing more of your music.

said 239 days ago
Lost Language of the Lakes
Hey!!! You captured this real good
I have indeed been to the lake district and went
inside Wordsworth Cottage and Beatrix Potter's It was a fantastic experience
I have a picture taken outside one of the' Famous Cottages' I think it was Wordswoth.
Samual Taylor Colleridge Wow I am not familar with John Ruskin though Championing the poor working class .Interesting Fact.

It was many years ago. When I went there. The music you created is fantastic LunaTrick
Thank you for bringing most of that lovely memory back of that one and only visit. So far, I will go again hopefully one day.
I recall sitting in a rowing a boat on windermere lake too.
I won't mention the Guy I went with at that time. That bit fits with the 'Down Side'- with your slight currants of unrest pulling at junctures.
Lol

Peace Dee xx






LunaTrick said 239 days ago
Ah Dee...
It's a magic place isn't it? And I forgot about ole Beatrix and her tit-mouse stories! Yes, rowing around Windemere - with me packet of Twizzlers and Ribina - I miss the old country at times! Thanks for sharing in the memory with me!

Skean said 239 days ago
I'm dreaming
This is a piece I can sit down close my eyes and just dream away lovely piece of work.. Bravo

LunaTrick said 239 days ago
Coming from a master like yourself...
I'm happy to receive your praise Kenta. Thanks for listening and your show of solidarity!

ic42 said 239 days ago
it is a cascade
it is a cacaphony of countryside. it feels like a stream, then a hillside of animals. then there are birds. and clouds. and a small forest path. it is heard in the music, and it is seen in the mind. it is almost peaceful. however there are constant surprises, and distractions. it feels like home. it is a great music piece. 0x0

LunaTrick said 239 days ago
Thanks Len
For your colourful (Wordsworthian) comment. That is exactly what I was going for.

echoroom said 239 days ago
Great
i have a M audio 49, but cant get it to sound like this! Nice work - very haunting.

steve

LunaTrick said 239 days ago
Thanks
It took me a while to get adequate sounds - and I'm still tweaking. I find the keyboard responsive enough - but the orchestral sounds in the software don't always have the right timbre or natural reverb. Just keep playing with the settings and listening to your mixes on different speakers.

michael2 said 239 days ago
great
this is so well conceived and performed. very impressive. i really love your classical side. you have a way with creating something monumental. great job.

LunaTrick said 239 days ago
Thanks Michael
I take pleasure in your comments having listened to some of your wonderful stuff. I still hope to allure you with my other non-classical side though...

kassia said 238 days ago
Luna
This is a very interesting piece. I definitely heard the unrest in there. There were little bits that reminded me of Beethoven's Pastorale Symphony....the idyllic. It seemed to me, especially at the beginning, that the panning and positioning of the instruments was way off. All of the strings were in my left ear for whole first half of the piece and that was a bit distracting. I think maybe spending some time on spreading things out a little might really bring this piece together. I was kind of hoping for more of the idyll and a little less of the championing..but that's because I'm a romantic at heart and my visit to the Lake District was amazingly beautiful. I love the story/history you gave along with the song. Overall I think this has great potential and really tells a story - both in the compositional choices and in the instrumentational ones. LOL Hope all that makes sense! Good work again - thanks Luna!

LunaTrick said 238 days ago
Thanks for your words
I take your point about orchestral positioning - and I'm striving for depth of field along with proportioned panning. As I've said earlier, few achieve exact verisimilitude - but we all keep trying!

magnatone said 238 days ago
Lost Language
You're one of the few who can so successfully genre jump. This is really impressive as a classical piece, well constructed, thoughtful, interesting. Great work Luna!

LunaTrick said 238 days ago
Thanks Karen
Perhaps if I would stay in one genre, I'd be more successful though. Still, I love to roam.

Heightened said 236 days ago
Use to play
flute so I like this one very much. Wife is now learning Japanese flute so I will play this for her. And love the classical elements - as always deftly done!

LunaTrick said 235 days ago
Please do
Play it for her. And perhaps use her flute on your future recordings!

Morning Light said 234 days ago
OH!
I HOPE TO BE BACK HOME IN SWEDEN TO MY OWN COMPUTER WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD THIS....A SUSPENDING BEAUTY, INDEED! VERY LOVELY AND MOVING :)* THIS FITS YOUR DISCRIPTION PERFECTLY.... IT HAS AN UNSETTLING UNDERCURRENT...

LunaTrick said 228 days ago
Ah Sweden...
Perhaps we will do a Swedish piece in your native language someday... that would be wonderful!

composerclark said 230 days ago
Very fine
It reminds me a bit of "The girl with flaxen hair" at the beginning, although a whole tone lower... but as it unfolds, it quickly develops its own unique character. Speaking of unfolding, I like the way it does, with the addition of the second flute, then violin, tambourine, remaining strings, which take it in a different harmonic direction, and when the trumpet figure comes in it seems like just the right thing to have there.

However, it feels to me like you repeat the strings plus trumpet fanfare-ish figure a bit too much.. obviously this is a matter of personal taste, but I think it might be interesting to try changing something during this repeated section, like subtly changing harmonies, or rhythmic changes, overlapping entries, or perhaps even a hocket effect.. Just a thought.

Anyway, I think this is very fine work!




LunaTrick said 228 days ago
Thanks for your very close listen
...and your words of advice... which considering the source.. I will take to heart.

said 228 days ago
Killer!
Your sounds are so real, great strings, fine percussion work and really a great composition. KUDOS for your work my bro., you're a great addition here!

Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi

LunaTrick said 228 days ago
Positive encouragement
from a very fine musician - makes it all worthwhile. Can't wait until you post more of your work.

BossHook said 224 days ago
Magnificent
arrangement and score. As a frustrated English Literature major from back in the college days I long to visit thise place to walk the same paths of the great wordsmiths.

You are sure right about the currents of unrest, wow, those major/minor battles are quite complex.



LunaTrick said 224 days ago
Thanks Boss
THose lit walks are inspiring aren't they?

Char said 131 days ago
I am inadequate
education and training to be able to describe what is so outstanding about this most professional work.
There is an honest, clear intent with the beginning notes.
A young man walks along the outer rim of a quite lake, thinking. It might be peaceful outside but inside, he is making plans as ideas come to him, fast and furious. Rather than being rested after his walk, he is enervated. How can one just wake each day and not attempt to change at least, one thing? Heroes do what is impossible for those with lesser will. Thank you.


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