So here is my latest noodling; mostly using my Crow Hill toolbox! As per usual apologies for the bad video and thank you for your time and scrutiny!
Crow Hill : Storm Cello, Marshal Brass, String Murmurations, Glass Strings, Small String Gestures, Prehistoric Strings, Cello Motors, Vertical Piano, Concussion Drums, Vaults: Wavering Choir.
UJam: SubCraft
Heavyocity: Damage
Well, another month and I managed to get a score out for another cuetube challenge.
The score mainly uses pianobook’s “Joana’s Music Box” library. It also uses TCHC’s “Marshal Brass” near the end.
The additional libraries used are: the low strings from Spitfire’s “Abbey Road One - Legendary Low Strings”; the bassoon from the “Discovery” (free) version of Spitfire’s old “BBC Symphony Orchestra”; the Uilleann pipes (played with the drones and regulators turned off) from Best Service’s “Celtic Era 2”; & a children’s choir pad from Audiobro’s “Genesis Childrens Choir”.
I welcome any and all feedback and thank you in advance if you spend the time to watch it.
Nice one Pat well done 
I’m completely out of my depth with music for visuals, Pat, but to me this sounds as if that music ‘should’ be there, if that makes sense…? It sounds so ‘at one’ with the images and spoken words that they become one thing. To me that’s remarkable.
Thank you, sir, for sharing that. It pleases me that you find the score fits so well that it “should” be there.
Not sure if any of you compete in the IFMC (Indie Film Music Contest), but I am this year. Of the two films offered, this was the safer (the other was about caretaking and that was still too fresh for me to deal with). While I wish they had let us compose for the entire short film this is based on, this is my entry for what they offered:
The full Dot Allison library is used in one section (both solo and with a choir plugin over it).
I welcome any and all feedback.
Nice Studio Ghibli vibe to this Pat; well done!
Thanks. I had to look up who Studio Ghibli was, and (if the wiki list is complete) I must admit I’ve never seen any of their work to know what vibe I’m close to, but I take it as a serious compliment that this score gives you that level of positive feel.
Most certainly a serious compliment! Studio Ghibli have done some of the most inspirational animated films, in my opinion!
I have mentioned this on the ‘Share your Music’ topic but I also thought I’d share these two extracts videos for my double Origyne album.
Hi, I’m Raffunk.
I am an Italian composer, musician, and sound designer.
This video is an excerpt from the theatrical production “Ten Minutes – The Collapse of Primo Carnera,” for which I composed and perform the music and sound design live. In this specific segment, I am exclusively using the Small Strings Gesture library - a true gem in terms of sound quality and the creative inspiration it brings to my compositions.
To provide some context for the video: Primo Carnera was the first Italian World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, a title he held for only one year, from 1933 to 1934. This was the height of the Fascist era and, in his naivety, he was transformed into an icon of the regime and its power. He was known as “The Giant” due to his massive physical stature and immense strength.
The play unfolds and develops within the ten minutes during which he lost his world title by knockout.
Hope you enjoy it!
Best
That was really moving. Those gestures are just so perfect for pairing with movement like that, and I would have thought as those opening notes sounded that there was a live group of musicians in the room. What a brilliant and super inspiring creative use of the plug-in. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Thank you Ros!
Working with contemporary actors and artists is truly inspiring for me because when empathy is created, a channel of communication opens up in which unexpected colours and expressive forms can emerge. In this specific case, it was very similar to a brief but profound meditation.
Have a good day! 
Wonderful, Raffunk. The connection between the music and the movements of the actor, which seem almost like interpretive dance, is so strong…. Which came first, the music or the acting?
To add to the story, Carnera was defeated by Jewish-American Max Baer (who wore a Star of David on his shorts for the fight to emphasize his opposition the fascists’ antisemitism) who was himself only champion for a year. Baer’s defeat by J. J. Bradock was the subject of the Russell Crowe film ‘Cinderella Man’.
Welcome Raffleft/Raffunk to the Crow Hill community. The interweaving harmonies of the music gelled very well with the movement of the actor in this theatrical drama. Your use of Small String Gestures created a kind of small chamber sound to enhance the overall mood. This was an interesting short section of the drama with good emotional acting. Well done.
Hi! Thank you very much for your words… and your data too! 
The actor and I often work together, and when he gave me the script he’d written with the general idea for the production, we began building the soundscapes (using period sound fragments, ambient sounds from boxing matches, etc.), and then I began writing the music.
In this particular section, he wanted to incorporate a mix of contemporary dance and Qi Gong movements to convey the sensation of “floating” the protagonist is experiencing, almost as if he were trying to escape the real moment of the fight and enter an almost dreamlike dimension.
Have a good day
R
Thanks for the insight into your creative process. You and the actor obviously have a great working relationship. More please! 
Hello all,
I was looking at the new Glass Beaker challenge and was reminded of my own sunrise video from a few years back. So, shared for your amusement.
This was before I found Crow Hill so no Crow Hill instruments were abused in this video.
I am very amused! Reminds me of Pink Floyd in places (both from about 1971, Meddle, and later maybe AMLR or Division Bell). Nice bit of time lapse too. Thank you for sharing. 
Here is a piece of music I wrote using Pocket Strings. So I made a video. It’s called Sacral
