Hi, this is my first ever composition and fourth thing produced, also using logic pro for the first time (gone are the FL studio days, Logic is much better for me). 

Music composition created, produced and mastered by myself as a bit of fun. A deviation from house music. 

Moody strings starting off mainly in cellos, moving onto plucked violins, and then staccato violins. The pan is aligned somewhat to an orchestra; violin, 2nd, violin, cello, double bass.
Then hits a soft acoustic guitar, followed by an in your face slap style double bass to kick things back up again. Piano enters, some bars using sub bass, and then strings come back in with some nice timpani additions. Everything kicks together, and ends calm with the piano and the panned percussion to wrap things up 

Wasn't sure of title or photo, everything I thought up was falling pretty pretentious, like forests, the sea, space, which I wanted to avoid. But then lost creative interest I'm afraid, so chose a picture of a forest
Photo from: http://freevitathemes.com/dark-woods/
I also could not think of a good title, so there we go - a song in a, because it is a minor..

I'm pretty proud because it took so long and wanted to wrap things up in various stages along the way. It was my first play with logic pro too and on a mac, so getting used to that. And I think the mixing and mastering was an big improvement compared to the avicii remix I did.
If your into production, would be keen to hear any constructive criticism so I can improve going forward.

Please listen on some sound system and not through white iphone headphones / lap top, there is a whole movement of bass and sub bass I put in there for you!

Thanks for checking it out, it means a lot to me to see the views go up and the feedback from you, it really encourages me to keep going

Uploaded 29th Aug 2013

Update 3rd Oct - WOW, thank you all SO MUCH for all the positive feedback below. It has been incredible to receive, and I hope some of you still listen and enjoy the track. Onwards and upwards!

track - completed and mastered composition - A song in A

cinematic piece composed and mastered by myself using logic pro, omnisphere and kontakt strings

as per the competition t&cs, this track had to be no more than 2 mins and use one of the original stems. we could then recompose to our heart's content.
i took the drum stem from the competitions piece and re-composed the tune around this stem. the comp original piece:
https://soundcloud.com/bleeding-fingers/destinys-door-master-mix-48-24?in=bleeding-fingers/sets/hans-zimmer-wants-you-1 

track is 2 mins, but added some empty space around to make listening easier for the audience 

i am composing this from my home in london, dual citizenship; british and canadian 

for the supporting image, i took my time to choose a suitable picture from the film prometheus, as that is what came to mind when mastering the song. the picture shows a scary alarm of urgency to return to the ship in a isolated planet.
the piece is dark, with drawn out sub cello parts. there is then modern synth that pulses that lifts up the pace, but without too much over-produced sheen, leaves it more atmospheric. 
this is followed by a quieter atmosphere part, with a disturbing siren building, a large metallic siren echo out, and what sounds like feet marching, giving a sense of distress and urgency, leading into the final large climax ending with choir and horns.

i wish to thank bleeding fingers and hans zimmer for offering such a once in a life time opportunity. such an exciting experience 

the only obvious limitations i felt was not having a full orchestra sound out of kontakt for the ending. one day i might purchase kontakt's orchestra & cinematic (or equivalent), as the strings package i have currently is only individual instruments. that and not getting it mastered professionally in a studio : )  

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overall there were 55 separate pieces to make this 2 min piece

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some details on the piece:
i went for five parts to this song, experimenting with sounds to create something musical while pushing my boundaries for originality and creativity as best as i currently could

first part -
start effect is actually a reversed cymbal, with fx chain - eq, amp, eq, envelop, dirmix, glitch, subbass, pitchshift, rotator, amp
then piano with amp overdrive, plucked violins, guitar with echo, amp, eq, trem and elec guitar. also bass pulses, choir and a cello crescendo leads into second part

second part - 
bass pulses combination of deep air impacts and very low cello violin sounds, choir, fx, orchestral strings, acoustic guitar, hi hat with trem

third part -
has mixture of layers with automation to bring in and out a pulsing theme. some background fx using shepards horn with slight tape stop, crescendo cellos, left right kick drum with increasing automation, distortion guitar

fourth part - 
atmopsheric sound using omnisphere, orchestral percussion, bass pulses, strings, siren effect (shogun flute delay), march effect (boom blip down), fx

fifth part - 
two horn styles, shaker, deep atmopshere effect, choir, strings, fx, two part cello and deep air impact bass return

and a whole host of automation on nearly each of the 55 pieces

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wish me luck!

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