This is my entry to the Bleeding Fingers Contest. You can help me by voting for my entry here: http://www.hanszimmerwantsyou.com/tracks/4164#. 

This is a piece with a lot of harmonies and different instruments. I didn't get the feel for a "Less is more"-approach.
I decided to use Hans Zimmer's percussion stem file and ended up using a part from the solo voice stem file as well. I began with listening on the chords and melody of Destiny's Door and then experimented with the melody over a different set of chords. Now I used my own chords to build the sonic foundation and my own theme. I let the original theme be subtlety hinted by the cellos at the beginning and it is clearly heard by the solo voice, piano and 2nd violins at the end. I kept the basic original chords in the intense part, but inserted my own main theme instead.
I let the rhythmic pattern and intensity of the percussion stem guide the dynamics of the piece.
When I was done composing I got the feeling of a man (someone more adventurous than me) climbing up a big mountain and shouting it to the world, sort of a more grandiose and less 80's Rocky. Hence the title "View From the Top".

View From The Top - Bleeding Fingers Contest

A demo of Venus, from my upcoming symphonic album "Systema Solare". Release date to be announced.

Venus Demo

A demo of Saturnus, from my upcoming symphonic album "Systema Solare". Release date to be announced.

Saturnus Demo

A demo of Terra, from my upcoming symphonic album "Systema Solare". Release date to be announced.

Terra Demo

A demo of Mercury, from my upcoming symphonic album "Systema Solare". Release date to be announced.

Mercurius Demo

A demo of Neptunus, from my upcoming symphonic album "Systema Solare". Release date to be announced.

Neptunus Demo

This is the first piece from a new project together with my good friend David Gällring, where we are going to do orchestral movie score covers of famous songs. First up is "Hello", written by Adele and Greg Kurstin.

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AFZhsyeMdQ

Adele - Hello (Orchestral Version)

One of the pieces of my thesis about the music from the movie Inception composed by Hans Zimmer. I chose to divide the music into two parts, the music theory and the sonic landscape. In the first category is everything written on paper, the notes, scales, keys, etc. In the other category is the sound mix, which instruments are used and how are they used. The goal was to find out how important the two parts were individually and to the Inception sound as a whole.

This piece I wrote used both the music theory and the sonic landscape I could depict from Inception. Main inspiration was the tracks "Time" and "Dream is Collapsing".

Inception piece 1 - Music theory and sonic landscape

One of the pieces of my thesis about the music from the movie Inception composed by Hans Zimmer. I chose to divide the music into two parts, the music theory and the sonic landscape. In the first category is everything written on paper, the notes, scales, keys, etc. In the other category is the sound mix, which instruments are used and how are they used. The goal was to find out how important the two parts were individually and to the Inception sound as a whole.

This piece I wrote used only the music theory aspect I could depict from Inception. The sonic landscape I chose myself and chose a more traditional orchestra with woodwinds and choir and without synths and guitars.
Main inspiration for the composition was the tracks "Mombasa" "One Simple Idea" and "We Built Our Own World" (Notice, only the music theory aspects).

Inception piece 2 - Only music theory

One of the pieces of my thesis about the music from the movie Inception composed by Hans Zimmer. I chose to divide the music into two parts, the music theory and the sonic landscape. In the first category is everything written on paper, the notes, scales, keys, etc. In the other category is the sound mix, which instruments are used and how are they used. The goal was to find out how important the two parts were individually and to the Inception sound as a whole.

This piece I wrote used only the sonic landscape aspect I could depict from Inception. The music theory aspect I chose myself and decided a more melodic approach than the original soundtrack, which relies heavy on rhythm, rather than melody. To spice things up and make the piece deviate even more from the original soundtrack, regarding rhythm and beat, I alternated the time signature between 12/8, 4/4 and 5/4.

Inception piece 3 - Only sonic landscape

A composer, songwriter, music producer and musician living in Malmö, Sweden.

danielalgotsson