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I did it, we did it!! Today is the last day of "The 21-day Composition Challenge"! Today, I chose the following challenges to celebrate: The 21-day Composition Challenge Sweet, Sweet Victory: Write a short, celebratory fanfare to play after the successful completion of a quest or battle. BOSS FIGHT - The Whole Shebang: Write a piece that utilizes all of the instruments in a modern orchestra. No whining about your sample library; this is an exercise in orchestration - NOT audio engineering. Start with a solid tune and then orchestrate - do NOT start with a blank session with every [...]

Day 20, one more to go! Today, I originally picked the following quest : Deep Dive: So many games have a token water-level that subjects the player to infuriating, one- time game mechanics set to a soothing aquatic soundtrack. Write that tune! I choose a good sound that I thought I could use for the piece. And I created the arpeggio. Then, while listening to the arpeggio, my imagination expanded and I thought it may be fun to make this piece a song of Siren (or mermaid).  So, I changed my challenge to: The Julie Andrews: Use a human voice [...]

Day 19! Two more to go! Today, I decided to try the following challenge from "Quest Logs" Level 5 : Samurai Joe: The scene you must score is a cutscene during which the main character is being told the story of a legendary Samurai hero. When I see the word "Samurai", I imagine Shakuhachi. So, I loaded a Shakuhachi instrument (VENTUS Shakuhachi by Impact Soundworks) to my DAW.  To go along with it, I also loaded some Koto sounds.  This one, I just created some chord progressions, then improvised melodies with Shakuhachi sounds. Each instrument has its own "phrasing" and [...]