Thank you so much for your thoughtful reply and for listening carefully to each track! The erhu served me quite well in this soundtrack and really helped create scenery through the music; I'm glad you noticed that! Thanks for the feedback about cymbal- I chose to use an inverted China cymbal for the higher frequencies than a normal crash to immitate a thunder clap, but I'll keep that in mind the next time I go for this type of music. I'm always trying to learn how to better choose instrument combinations in my music so I really appreciate you picking out that detail! Calling my music epic is a huge compliment and I am greatly appreciative of the time you took to write this comment!