Symphony for Roshar - Beta listeners needed!

[ChrisMc]

I would love to create a collection of contemporary concert music for Sci-Fi/Fantasy literature based on the fictional planets on which they take place. A sort of update to Holst’s The Planets for nerds, if you will.

Stormlight Archive is one my favourite series in Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and so I have begun on a symphony for Roshar. I figured the best place to start here would be on the Shards. So I made some music and have presented it on YouTube alongside some wonderful fan art:

Cultivation (Beta) - Tones of Roshar from The Stormlight Archive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylGq8WraLxM

Honor (Beta) - Tones of Roshar from The Stormlight Archive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elOI8vxwbv4

Odium (Beta) - Tones of Roshar from The Stormlight Archive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRJkrOXnm5o

It would be really great to get some feedback from the community here. These are slightly longer pieces to experiment a little bit, but I would like to condense these down to their essence. I have some ideas of changes I would make, but if you are happy to take a few minutes to check these out, I would really appreciate hearing some of yours.

Cheers!

[Ascended Grubberfly He/Him]

2 hours ago, ChrisMc said:

I would love to create a collection of contemporary concert music for Sci-Fi/Fantasy literature based on the fictional planets on which they take place. A sort of update to Holst’s The Planets for nerds, if you will.

Stormlight Archive is one my favourite series in Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and so I have begun on a symphony for Roshar. I figured the best place to start here would be on the Shards. So I made some music and have presented it on YouTube alongside some wonderful fan art:

Cultivation (Beta) - Tones of Roshar from The Stormlight Archive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylGq8WraLxM

Honor (Beta) - Tones of Roshar from The Stormlight Archive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elOI8vxwbv4

Odium (Beta) - Tones of Roshar from The Stormlight Archive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRJkrOXnm5o

It would be really great to get some feedback from the community here. These are slightly longer pieces to experiment a little bit, but I would like to condense these down to their essence. I have some ideas of changes I would make, but if you are happy to take a few minutes to check these out, I would really appreciate hearing some of yours.

Cheers!

I love this!

The drums in Cultivation fit with the way I imagine the Rhythms, but I think you could have built more. At least the way I imagined it, it grows, becoming more complicated and louder. You kinda had that, but I think if you make certain parts more complicated and louder as the song progressed, it would be really cool.

The rhythm behind Honor fit, and the brass was cool. I don’t have much to say here, except that it was cool but not my favorite.

Odium is in competition for my favorite. The electric guitar has energy that fits imo. I just wished I felt more chaos during it that slowly revealed to be a much larger theme (or something, I don’t remember the musical term). 
 

Overall, very impressive! Very excited to hear the any changes you make!

Are you planning to make the Rhythms for the 13 other Shards by any chance? I would love to hear what you make!