To write 60 minutes of music for an 80 piece orchestra and 24 voice choir is a big event in itself. To have such a wonderful performance and to have the music that you wrote surprise you on so many levels, that is heaven. You can kill me now. Life is complete.
I grew so much as a composer due to this project. You know when you look at something that doesn't make complete sense to you and then, somewhere down the road, everything hits you all at once and it's like, I get it! Well, that's what happened here. I could see my orchestral writing mature some more and conceptually I could tie in all of the elements I wanted to include within the score as a whole and work it, baby.
jpegs of my scores!
For those of you interested in the Latin text the choir is singing, in the event you want to sing along, here it is:
OUTCAST MAIN TITLES:
Arma, Arma virumque cano, Arma!
Arma, Arma virumque cano, Arma!
Arma, Arma virumque cano, Arma!
Arma, Arma!
Arma, Arma!
ARMA VARIATIONS: LEVEL 3
Dicam horrida bella
Dicam acies actosque animis in funera reges
ARMA VARIATIONS: LEVEL 4
Arma!
Arma!
Arma! Arma!
Arma! Arma! Arma! Arma!
Arma! Arma!
Arma! Arma!
Dicam horrida bella
Dicam acies actosque animis
in funera reges
Arma, Arma
Arma! Arma!
Arma! Arma! Arma! Arma!
Arma!
OKASANKAAR (Swamp World)
Requiem aeternam dona eis domine
Requiem aeternam dona eis domine
Et lux perpetua luceat eis
Requiescant in pace, Amen.
Et lux perpetua luceat eis
Requiescant in pace.
Requiescant in pace, Amen.
RANZAAR (SNOW WORLD)
O socii, neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum,
O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque funem.
SHAMAZAAR (TEMPLE WORLD)
O patria, o divum domus
Ilium et incluta bello
O patria, o divum domus
Ilium moenia Dardanidum!
O socii, neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum,
O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque funem.
O patria!
O patria, o divum domus
Ilium et incluta bello
O patria, o divum domus
Ilium moenia Dardanidum!
Arma, Arma.
