Theoretical Sketching - Part 6 (Realization)
Thank you to everyone who has followed along with this short series of posts regarding my
Theoretical Sketching process. I hope these posts have been beneficial to many of you.
I am very pleased with the results of this particular sketch, for I feel that it successfully demonstrates the viability of writing music in this manner, purely in theory, without the aid of an instrument and most importantly, for it's sheer convenience.
I would also like to state that my scoring of this sketch is not my final completed score, since there is always room for further orchestrating, arranging, melodic and contrapuntal development, etc…
I treat this first draft orchestration in the same manner as my original sketch… in other words, my initial orchestration is designed to establish certain timbre colors between instruments and to create additional counter figures.
I will then choose my favorites from these ideas in order to create my final performance composition and orchestration.
In general, I make it a point to bring all my sketches to this basic orchestrated level in order to be able to archive them and have them readily available for further use and/or development.
I will then always archive these orchestrated sketch drafts into respective folders based on their specific genres and styles. Therefore, I can easily access them for use as temp tracks or with demo reels, etc…
In addition, I also find that many times I can actually combine various sketches in order to create larger cues or musical suites.
I personally believe that there is no such thing as writer's block when it comes to composing music.
That is not to say that we should not strive to, or do not have those moments of divine intervention when the lightning strikes us on our respective instrument(s).
This sketching process simply offers an alternative for always being able to make something musical happen no matter what the circumstances may be.
On an analytical note... another wonderful by product of this process is that every time I create and realize one of these sketches, I am always amazed at how much my influences through years of listening and score analysis invariably come through, even when writing theoretically with no preconceived notions or intentions.
This specific sketch strongly reminds me of my exposure to the majority of scores by Patrick Doyle for Kenneth Branagh's fantastic films, specifically "Frankenstein"... which to date is still one of my all-time favorite film scores.
On an analytical note... another wonderful by product of this process is that every time I create and realize one of these sketches, I am always amazed at how much my influences through years of listening and score analysis invariably come through, even when writing theoretically with no preconceived notions or intentions.
This specific sketch strongly reminds me of my exposure to the majority of scores by Patrick Doyle for Kenneth Branagh's fantastic films, specifically "Frankenstein"... which to date is still one of my all-time favorite film scores.
I do apologize for the rather bland Sibelius sounds for I simply do not have the extra time to dedicate towards creating a full scale MIDI performance… when other work and business is pending.
Thank you for your understanding regarding this situation and I feel that this version still adequately demonstrates my performance intent for this sketch.
Here are the download links for the audio mock-up and it's accompanying notated score...
I hope you have enjoyed and approve of this sketching process and I appreciate you taking the time to follow along with these posts.
Thank you and I look forward to posting more new subjects on my blog in the near future.
