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CMC 8:
Uncharted Waters
"With a sack of clothes and a blank piece of parchment, the hero
boards for his voyage through uncharted waters. The paths ahead are many
and unexplored. What Towns, Lands, and Adventures lay before him. From
sleepy port town, to stormy night, to the vast expanse of sunlit waves
stretching to the horizons. What lies beyond, or for that matter, below.
An epic exploration of the seas and beyond, deserves an equally epic soundtrack."
-Zekk
Results!
Text results and critiques
There are 5 entries
and 1 bonus entry for this round...
Joseph Poch - "Uncharted
Waters"
"The theme behind this composition is a young man who departs on
a 'Uncharted Voyage' on a sea dewlling ship. The song starts out with
a boatswains call signaling the boarding call for the ship. This is soon
followed in the music by a gleefull goodbye to land and a hello to the
sea as the ship sails off to the horizon. The next section of music is
about a sleepy night on ship. This night soon gives way to a stormy sea,
where the young man must rise from bed and help the ship's mates in order
to last the night. In the final section, the main theme is revisited in
a farfare to the morning sunrise which lights the waves in beauty."
Abadoss - "The
Sea"
"There are no familiar stars or winds. Ghosts of land vanish on
the horizon like flakes of snow to the touch. Could this be real? Light
and color dance on the surface. Clear as glass, yet unwilling to reveal
the ocean floor. The waters move with a strange motion - as if the creatures
of the deepest fathoms were at play, their distant melodies now only waves
against the hull."
Joseph Liao - "The
Cheeky Explorer"
"It's about this little guy - a boy not too young, but not too old.
You know, like, adolescent. It's his first trip out to sea, trying out
the whole 'discovery' thing. He's got this little dinghy or something,
and gets beat up by the sea. But he's like, young, so he's got this defiance.
And this optimism. So he keeps going. And he sees all these *wonderful*
things. The things you see when you're out to sea. The stuff you read
in Melville, or watch in Titanic. And he accomplishes his self-discovery
mission."
Magister ZZ - "Watered
Charts"
"It's more or less a programme piece, so I'll outline the events
that transpire. One thing to note is that the melody in beginning two
phrases are to represent the hero (used like an leitmotif), so keep an
ear out for it throughout the piece. I'll leave the rest of details to
you, though.
I: Leaving Home, Reluctantly(0:00~1:10)
II: Boarding the Ship (1:10~1:40)
IIIa: Meeting the Crew (1:40~1:50)
IIIb: The Captain Enters (1:50~2:10)
IIIc: Reprised Debauchery (2:10~2:30)
IV: Hushful Nostalgia and Wistful Dreams (2:30~3:30)
V: Sudden Encounter (3:30~3:50)
Note: I didn't have too much specifics in mind for the happenings in Section
VI, so the titles are somewhat more equivocal .
VIa: "Enterprise" (3:30~4:10)
VIb: The Protagonist at Work (4:10~4:20)
VIc: ??? (4:20~4:50)
VId: Profit (4:50~5:00)
VIIa: The end of this tale... (5:00~5:20)
VIIb: ....for now. But what awaits in the future? (5:30~5:50)."
stephenspies - "Journey
to the Unknown"
"The music starts out with the hero boarding for his voyage and
starting his journy. The music then turns into to a semi-atonal action
theme. That is when the hero is in the storm. The cymbals and gong represent
the waves in the storm. This ends in a short sad clarinet solo, which
happens when the hero is upset over what he lost from the storm. Finally,
the piece ends with him getting to the uncharted waters. This starts out
with a trumpet solo with a melody that is repeated through out the last
part of the piece."
Reaktorz0 - "Untitled"
(bonus entry)
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