a collection of ideas for string orchestra

A bunch of ideas I churned out in a day, eventually leading to the piece "wandering cleric."

This is mostly just a bunch of random ideas I came up with, but I also made a weird cover of "Over the Rainbow" wedged somewhere in there.

LORE

A vast majority of the melodies that I concocted in this video came from a single day, eventually resulting in the idea for "wandering cleric." Like that piece, these ideas are orchestrate for two orchestras: one panned to the right, and another mirrored to the left. The original intension was to create a "dueling orchestras" piece, where each orchestra fought a musical war, trading blows and occasionally coming together. All the while, a central string quartet would act as a narrator of sorts or perhaps represent a set of protagonists within the larger conflict.

I ended up abandoning that idea because I couldn't think of any ideas, but the larger number of string sections and alternate audio panning was fun to work with! I had to think about more than just what instrument was playing, but which side it would be played.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this little collection of unfinished ideas! Also, I feel you can tell I started to lock in as the ideas progressed, which what was able to push me past creative block into making "wandering cleric."

DISCORD

Check out this Discord if you like music and stuff. I occasionally post work-in-progress stuff there if you're interested in that :D
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CHAPTERS (i.e., the separate ideas)

0:00 Idea 1 (low string feature except for a few violins)
0:29 Idea 2 (little resolution)
0:41 Idea 3 (string quartet)
1:16 Idea 4 (shimmering thing)
1:44 Idea 5 (growing chords)
2:13 Idea 6 (anticipation)
2:31 Idea 7 (idea 7)
2:55 Idea 8 (i like this one)
3:26 Idea 9 (part 1)
3:53 Idea 10 (mysterious fifths)
4:07 Idea 11 (wannabe fugue but not really; references idea 9)
4:34 Idea 12 (i love low strings)
4:40 Idea 9 (but higher)
5:08 Idea 13 (crystal growth chords)
*i have no idea what i mean by crystal growth chords
5:47 Idea 9 (for right cello and right viola with special guests from left orchestra)
6:08 Idea 14 (we love quarter notes)
6:23 Idea 15 (descending lines)
6:41 literally just "Over the Rainbow" but silly chords
7:32 Idea 16 (intense) (my favorite of all of these)
8:47 Idea 17 (perhaps like peacefully falling asleep)
9:23 Idea 18 (the last one)

TOOLS

DAW: Cubase Pro 12
VSTs: Cinematic Studio Strings, Cinematic Studio Solo Strings
Effects: Standard EQ, Reverb, and Limiter from Cubase; Ozone Elements 11
Video Production: OBS Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro

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