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Hey, wow, this sounds very complete as a full music track, going above and beyond the call for just a leitmotif! One thing I found interesting about this piece is that, to me, it seems to be mixed in a way that is very reminiscent of classic JRPG soundtracks, albeit with some twists here and there. I could see this being a song during battle gameplay!

It definitely gives off an epic feeling, but I think the most interesting part for me is the wild stuff going on with the piano part. As it builds, something about it was oddly funny to me — but in a good way! I was picturing in my mind someone physically playing that part on a piano, and the way I imagined it, this hypothetical piano player was slowly panicking trying to hit the keys on the right beats and just barely hanging on, and then at the end just starts desperately slamming out those chords. It may have had something to do with the note velocity or the scales you were using. However, the unexpectedness of it definitely did develop the tension and added some "character" to the villain! Really cool *whoosh* outro effect at the end, too! Nice job!

Also, tangentially related anecdote: I listened to your piece a few times and was taken aback by a strange sound at the very end. "Hmm, that's an odd way to end it," I thought. Then I listened to it again, and didn't hear the sound, but then I leaned back in my chair and... *squeak*... there it was! Yes, somehow I had managed to consistently make my chair squeak at the exact same point in your song like three times in a row and I thought it was part of it. Ha, maybe that's an idea for your next song... the "Chair Squeak Symphony"! That will really throw people off! 😄

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Thank you^^  "this hypothetical piano player was slowly panicking trying to hit the keys on the right beats and just barely hanging on" You pretty much described how I usually play the piano XD

You are too kind~ And I'm flattered you think it sounds like a full track (or, well, part of it)~ To be completely honest, I mostly barely come up with a general idea in the piano, then translate it into a sibelius score... and then procede to try hide all the things that sound "wrong"/mechanical about it, by adding a butload of notative expression XD (Arco, treble, pedal, that kind of thing.)

This one had three piano tracks with the same thing at different octaves just to try to make it sounds powerful enough. Plus, it has four strings tracks and, like, five percussion tracks. Maybe that's why it sounds like a "full" track.  Just so you know, that was mostly to add volume.... and then I had a whole new problem altogether... *sigh* I just wished it read clearer -_-'  Maybe that's why you mistook the chair squeak as part of the song X'''D *laugh-cries* (Also it might be that you were tense throughout the whole thing, always relaxed at the end hence the squeak? Either way, probably an indication the sound might be "too much". Mmh... I mean, maybe not what you were going for, but let me know if you agree; regardless of my... multiple expressions of anxiety, it's actually useful information v__v)

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Hey, sorry it took me a while to come back around to this... I just want to be clear: the whole "chair squeaking" story was not meant to be an indication that there was anything wrong with your piece -- it was just a funny thing that I decided to share for some reason. 😆

You could be right, though -- maybe it happened at the same spot consistently because I was leaning forward while listening and leaned back right as it ended. So it seems you had me on the edge of my seat! That's what you were going for, right? Haha, anyway, thank you for describing a bit of your writing process and how you achieved those sounds, too. It's always interesting to get some detail on how people go about polishing their work. And, hey, I don't think you should worry too much about it reading more clearly. You have definitely shown you have a pretty solid foundation in building and layering instrumental tracks, so I think you shouldn't have much trouble simplifying if you want to dial some things back if that's a goal for future pieces. So yeah, no need for anxiety, you're doing great! 👍