02-07-2017, 04:15 AM
That's great! I'd say you're on exactly the right track. It's interesting, complex, and sounds like movie music. My only real suggestion is to second what Samulis said about adding more variation to the dynamics. This happens on lots of levels. Within one measure and one part, some notes are louder than others. And then also have changes in the relative volume of different instruments, to keep shifting the attention around between the parts. Perhaps an instrument will suddenly get louder when it's doing something important, but then after a few notes it will back off to let other instruments come through. And on top of all that, it's good to have frequent changes in the overall loudness of the music as another way to add variation.
Horns are awesome! They're by far the most subtle and expressive instruments in the brass section. Trumpets or trombones have one thing they do well, and as long as that's what you want, they're fine. But horns can do lots of things well. Experiment with using them for quiet, legato parts. Horns make a really good melodic instrument.
Quote:Working with a full horn section definitely made me more fearful of them
Horns are awesome! They're by far the most subtle and expressive instruments in the brass section. Trumpets or trombones have one thing they do well, and as long as that's what you want, they're fine. But horns can do lots of things well. Experiment with using them for quiet, legato parts. Horns make a really good melodic instrument.
