Orchestral Music by Arvianth

[Arvianth 8]

Greetings, everypony! I'm from faraway land of Russia and I do some pone music, mainly orchestral stuff. 

My most recent track:

 

Edited August 29, 2015 by Jeric
Slight edit

[碇 シンジン 27,427]

This music is absolutely beautiful <3  you done amazing job my friend =)  YAY =)=)

[Mobley 113]

Oh my goodness, that's great! What do you use? I've been trying to learn how to do this sort of stuff but I don't know where to start :/

[Stormghost 136]

It reminds me of hell march in RA.

[An Unknown Pony. 370]

Excellent orchestra composition which perfectly reflects on a war on equestria

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,809]

This is just amazing. 

 

However, I do have to point out a few things. 

 

1. Your percussion: It's too shallow and repetative. It started to get bland midway through the piece. Maybe start with some accented reverberating and decaying drums, and then develop into a steady percussive beat. I missed some crash cymbals and maybe even a gong. A gong would work perfect here. 

2. Your brass: Your brass is too thin! Bring it out, especially the horns, trombones and trumpets. It seems like you had your brass grouped in to high brass and low brass. Bring that low brass out in the beginning and the high brass out later on. Besides, brass is one of the major key elements of a well-composed march. 

3. Your strings: I liked the 8th note flowing movement, but at some parts, you could've added 16th note staccato arco runs. This means the strings, perferablly the violins would be bowing at 16th notes, since your piece is in 6/8. Bring those strings up a bit. They sound drowned out by the brass.  

4. Your ending: When it seemed like it would be another part...it just...stopped...even though you had a crash cymbal at the end, I wouldn't just end this piece just like that. It felt like a cliffhanger, even though you ended in the i. I suggest that maybe close to the end, shift to the relative major of Ab/G# minor, which is B/Cb Major. There are several ways you can end this piece effectively. 

a. After the crash, maybe have some chimes end with a reflective melody in G# minor

b. End on the V of the III, which is B Major and do a sudden cut. Play a reflective melody with chimes in B major

c. Shift the whole piece into B Major with a bright outro

 

There are many more possibilities you can do. 

 

Overall, this was a well composed piece, but there's always room for improvement.

[Electron 39]

Are you implying that there are wars in pony world?

However, you did a great job. Keep up your going.

[Arvianth 8]

Thanks for your kind comments and special thanks to C. Thunder Dash for such an extended critique!

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,809]

Thanks for your kind comments and special thanks to C. Thunder Dash for such an extended critique!

 

No prob dude! Were you able to understand all that I said?

[Arvianth 8]

 

 

No prob dude! Were you able to understand all that I said?

Sure, i do know some musical theory

[Aadelrun 284]

Awww Awesme ! I love it ! I love Epic music so much x3

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,809]

Sure, i do know some musical theory

 

That's good. Glad you weren't offended by my critique. 

[Arvianth 8]

 

New track! :3 I follow my usual "mood swing", so not so much epic this time