Soft piano rolls into a powerful orchestral crescendo in this short piece I wrote back in August of 2020. Intended for a music library, it is now available for your own critique. It has at least 3 distinct sections, with the piano evolving from timid to center, leading throughout the song. Strings, brass, and percussion accentuate the vision behind the keys, adding additional elements to the sonata.

Across The Fields

A triumphant celebration of orchestral grandeur. Uplifting choirs, harpsichord, and sweeping strings combine in a kitchen-sink epic that evokes the majesty of vast ceremonial spaces and legendary tales.

Grand Halls

BellTrance3

A journey that begins in tranquil solitude and blossoms into a grand choral and orchestral statement.

Requiem

Emotive strings and orchestra on the theme of the changing of seasons throughout one's life.

Season of Change

An intimate piano gradually welcomes strings and light orchestration with a rhythmic pulse. The composition expands and contracts, building to ethereal heights before returning to its haunting piano foundation.

Expansion

Piano and harp lead before drums thunder in, building to a massive orchestral conflict. The piece concludes not in victory, but in devastating defeat, a somber meditation on the cost of struggle.

The Battle

Inspired by themes of resurrection, this piano-driven piece drops dramatically into accompanying strings that swell into cascading crescendos. Like rising from ashes, the composition builds through waves of emotion toward an uplifting, fade-out climax.

Rebirth

An experimental composition, this string and piano piece attempts a rhythmic, organic, improvisational feel.

Euphoria

A piano freestyle transformed into a narrative arc of its own. Classic chord progressions open the door to cinematic transitions between heavy orchestral moments and delicate introspection.

Timeless March

A whimsical journey that refuses to return to familiar territory. This piano and strings duet tells its story linearly, moving forward through mysterious landscapes.

Mystical

The grand finale. Drawing on the choir from "Grand Halls" and the lessons learned throughout the album, this ethereal piano piece wraps the narrative in a catchy, hopeful resolution.

Fathoming Home

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Original and contemporary orchestral and electronic music.

Ryan Douglas Michelsen

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