Whew, this is a lot to read, and I will react with awe and sheepishness one post at a time. (And you know what? It may not be up to me, but I'm okay with double-posting on this particular thread because I've done it multiple times.)
Yes, I do indeed plan on orchestrating this for a full symphony, they are only electric piano voice tracks because that is the best I can do with available resources and my limited musical knowledge. Yes, I have software that allows for orchestration, but I am still in the process of learning such things instrument by instrument. Kickstarter... *shrug* I dunno if I wanna go that route. We'll see about that.
Hmmm. Peculiar choice of description, I must say, but apt nonetheless. Yes, it would sound better orchestrated, I agree.
Okaaay, there is some explaining to do here. I'm afraid that you are suggesting is not possible. To clarify one thing, I am not starting my mission anytime soon, but I am working on preparing for it, perhaps at some point next year. The way missions work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, I do not choose where I will go. My belief is that God will make the choice for me, and I will gladly go wherever He wishes. Which is why I've never given where I'll go any thought. And while on a mission, I would not be able to work on orchestrations at all, for it would take time away from doing my missionary duties, and such things just ought not to be done on missions. So... I would have to complete orchestration and such beforehand.
Aw, thank you! As I've said before, hearing that someone would put these songs on their phones to listen to is a great honor. And if you are willing to help others with hearing them, please do, that would be helpful to me and to them, thank you so much. I have yet to put these songs on YouTube and that would take a while.
Like I said, double-posting doesn't matter to me personally, and I'm good for advice, even though it's a long list. Aaaaand, uhhhh... I know nothing about fishing, so my understanding of that is like a piano student trying to learn accidentals on their first day of lessons.
My good man, that is exactly the point of it. A collection of themes, an overall theme for the entire series that incorporates the primary motif.
Oh, yes, I should. I will confess to the silly and slightly embarrassing fact that I haven't re-read any of those parts of the books to the songs I made for them. And I didn't re-read the scenes before making the songs. I created the songs out of memory of the events of the scene instead, so yes, the compositions are often not queued directly to the exact moments in the books in "real time", so to speak.
I was not of the memory that Chaos hates Zane. Good, we have something in common. Fun fact for everybody: the theme used in Zane's song is actually a reused one from an old song I made years ago as a fanfic Transformers song (a theme for Megatronus the Fallen, for anyone who cares). But since Transformers stuff already has it's own music, that would be pointless, so I used the same theme for another character it would fit.
You may have said your non-musician-ness would hamper your advice, but I whole heartedly agree with everything you just said there. I really want to make a song that fits Sazed, and yes, it definitely needs more bass-iness to reach new heights of emotion.
I've never heard of this Akira movie, but thank you very much nonetheless. This song actually was queued to precise moments in the book, as you would hopefully be able to distinguish (thought it's not done perfectly). I must orchestrate this as well, obviously.
I'm... actually not sure what you mean here. The change from minor to major was meant to be sudden, with an unexpected chord progression meant to accompany the unexpectedness of what Elend does in this scene to surprise Vin.
Oof, thank you bunches. It sure was meant to be emotional foreground music to a silent and chaotic scene. Seeing Dockson and Clubs die in quick succession over the course of this song is meant to get feelsy.
I don't ever plan on going to Juliard (I'm not good enough for that), haha, I just want to be a stay-at-home-in-Utah composer dude (unless my future requires otherwise). But the Kickstarter thing... I've said before that I want to do to Mistborn what Black Piper has done to Stormlight Archive, so that's definitely an option I'm considering. It would be a dream come true if Brandon Sanderson himself were to hear these.
I am honored. Thank you SO MUCH for all your input. Wow, that was a lot to respond to.