Tharatariel10 she/her Posted July 8, 2016 Posted July 8, 2016 Here is my first musical composition for the Stormlight Archive. This is what I imagined for Tien's theme, which would (theoretically) be used for Kaladin's memories throughout The Way of Kings. The first melody you hear (A section) is for Tien - it's meant to be song-like and sad. The B section has some major chords and is more or less Kaladin's hero theme. It brings a sense of determination and resolve to the overall "Tien theme" which seems appropriate for Kaladin. My goal was to create a theme for both characters that brings together the emotion of their story. This is all on piano - although feel free to imagine a full orchestra! :-D WhenIf I figure out a program to make that happen, it will definitely be on my list of things to do! (Please excuse the "lameness" of the video. I only have Windows Live Movie Maker and for anyone who is familiar with it: you know my pain. For those of you who don't: it stinks. But, hey, I'm a musician not a film maker :-P) Enjoy! 12
Tetriona she/her Posted July 9, 2016 Posted July 9, 2016 Storms! As I said regarding your "Veden's lullaby" rendition... WELL DONE INDEED!! 1
mirahound she/her Posted July 9, 2016 Posted July 9, 2016 Right. I vote that if/when the books are adapted to screen, you are hired to compose the music. 1
Amanuensis he/him Posted July 9, 2016 Posted July 9, 2016 21 hours ago, Erklitt said: Got goosebumps. Thank you! Same for me! Eyes even watered up a bit towards the end 1
Erklitt Posted July 9, 2016 Posted July 9, 2016 Just enjoyed it for the ??th time. Just wow again. One remark: For a not-so-quick reader, the text sometimes changes too quickly. I like to spell out the words in my head, and got a little rushed now and then. Which is such a pity. Just a suggestion for your next work - which I really hope we'll hear soon! 1
Tharatariel10 she/her Posted July 9, 2016 Author Posted July 9, 2016 5 hours ago, Erklitt said: Just enjoyed it for the ??th time. Just wow again. One remark: For a not-so-quick reader, the text sometimes changes too quickly. I like to spell out the words in my head, and got a little rushed now and then. Which is such a pity. Just a suggestion for your next work - which I really hope we'll hear soon! Wow, thanks! My sister @esamitch told me the same thing - you're right! Honestly, I just got sick of editing it! Haha again - not a movie-maker. I have no patience. The reason I kept it is because I was more concerned about getting the quotes to go with specific points of the music. So I sacrificed readability for drama...Thank you for the critique though. Maybe I'll get better at creating movies :-P Incidentally, the two I'm working on now are an over-arching theme for The Way of Kings, interchangeably Dalinar's theme (exciting, "hero' music!) I'm also trying to create a more lively Shallan theme that can easily relate to the lullaby (musically speaking), but is from when you first meet her in SA when she enters Kharbranth. On 7/8/2016 at 5:00 PM, Erklitt said: Got goosebumps. Thank you! 5 hours ago, Amanuensis said: Same for me! Eyes even watered up a bit towards the end Hooray! That's what I was going for! You guys are amazing! Thanks for being so encouraging! 1
Dani she/her Posted July 10, 2016 Posted July 10, 2016 Wish I could give you more than one upvotes for that. It's lovely! 1
esamitch she/her Posted July 10, 2016 Posted July 10, 2016 So glad you posted this @Tharatariel10/big sis! And thanks everyone for being so nice...It took some convincing on my part to get her to put this out there! I can tell you that Dalinar's theme is coming along awesomely, and it's my favorite out of the bunch so far. 3
Erklitt Posted July 10, 2016 Posted July 10, 2016 8 minutes ago, esamitch said: So glad you posted this @Tharatariel10/big sis! And thanks everyone for being so nice...It took some convincing on my part to get her to put this out there! I can tell you that Dalinar's theme is coming along awesomely, and it's my favorite out of the bunch so far. I gather from this that we all owe you thanks - have an upvote! 1
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