http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8bN7lJMAPc

Artist Name: concertoldham (http://www.youtube.com/user/concertoldham)
Track Name: The Night Will Last Forever

Hello DusK, This is my submission for the Brony Music Spotlight:

Comments: I tried taking this piece in a different direction that I normally do. Being a Nightmare Moon/Luna piece, I wanted something to portray darkness in an intense way.

Thanks!
Maxwell The Damaged (concertoldham)

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Oooh, my first scheduled blog post. How exciting!

Today's Spotlight that I totally wrote yesterday comes to us from concertoldham, known to some here on MLP Forums as Maxwell The Damaged, and the night is definitely what this track embodies.

Right from the beginning of the track, the choices in instrumentation and notation reflect a somberness that's characteristic of many tracks revolving around Luna/Nightmare Moon in the fandom, but the way Max does it is very mood-setting and thematic. It reminds me of some of Mitsuda's work on Chrono Trigger, with a clever piano piece leading into the track as it builds and remaining as a mainstay throughout in a way that doesn't seem repetitive by being pushed to the background in favor of other instruments throughout. The combination of timpani and the way the strings are textured, in addition to the chosen chord progression, make it sound Egyptian or Middle-Eastern. The leads are simplistic when they're there, but the lack of complexity is presented in a way that preserves the feel of the track. Something more energetic would have broken that mood.

The production is pretty solid as well, save for a rather quantized, static piano and, in a few places, woodwinds. The timpani is rather repetitive as well, but doesn't detract too much from the track as a whole thanks to variation in all the other instruments.

This really is one piece that embodies its title quite well in this piece, and does it in a fantastic way. The night is definitely there, and if you stick this on repeat, it truly can last forever. Excellent work from concertoldham.

-DusK