One of the pieces that inspired me to write “Elvin’s Waltz”, “Piano Fantasy” is a ridiculously hard one to play, mainly because of the fast tempo + lots and lots of octaves which tire out your arm and make it feel like it’s going to fall off. I’m learning this piece right now and playing it slowly but even at a slower tempo, it still kills me. Nonetheless, I think it’s pretty damn impressive, especially considering Joseph was in his early twenties when he wrote it. Kudos to him.
From the Pride and Prejudice soundtrack is one of the main themes of the film. Composed by Dario Marianelli (who later won an Oscar for writing the music for Atonement), “Dawn” is one of the prettiest compositions I’ve heard from Mr. Marianelli. Partly why I’m posting this here now is because I just finished playing it on the piano and I didn’t know what else to put here. But it’s good! Take a listen for yourself.
I had a dream last night where I was playing clarinet to this piece so it seems like I should write a little about it. Basically, I was in high school again and I was trying out a bunch of different clarinets and when I picked mine up, the tip was a little broken, which isn’t that uncommon but obviously it’s better not to play with a broken reed. Then the orchestra started playing “The Last Waltz”, a piece from the soundtrack to the movie Oldboy, and since there’s a clarinet solo in it, I had to play it. Unfortunately, I haven’t played in a long time so I didn’t know the right fingering for the notes, if at all any, but I knew how it should’ve sounded
Anyway, I realized that dream wasn’t very interesting and I should just post the thing. Okay here it is.
A little ditty I wrote.
A song I wrote with the lyrics partly based on lyrics of a song in David Levithan’s novel Boy Meets Boy, which is one of my favourite books of all time. I really really really hope that with the success of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and his upcoming movie adaptation of Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List, maybe Boy Meets Boy will get made into a film as well. If so, it would be so frickin’ awesome if this was included but obviously I’m not holding my breath.
Enjoy!
A really funky piece that is very technical and experimental if you get a chance to see the score. To most people, it probably sounds like noise/random notes being played, but I think it’s really interesting and avant-garde. Kudos to Ligeti for thinking like no one else.
While I’m on the topic of music, here’s another composition I wrote a couple years back. Thanks to my fan/friend Steph who titled this piece.
Sometimes music can be more expressive than words. As you may know by now, I also write music as well as poems and songs. The first piece of music I ever composed was back in high school, during my last year. I was so into my composition, I tried to transcribe it since it was fairly easy. Eventually, I did, and it’s the only piece I’ve transcribed onto paper without using notation software. If you’re so utterly impressed with my work of art and would like a copy of the sheet music, just drop a comment with your e-mail and I’ll send it your way.
Enjoy!
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