and we shall be as one with the stars (piano roll)

"and we shall be as one with the stars" is a tone poem for orchestra. Originally written as the first movement of a multi-part work, the music grew and grew in the making into its own abstract exploration of a suite of musical ideas inspired by the cosmos. Built on a set of contrasting sections of layered atonal and polytonal material against both lush chromatic and diatonic melodic ideas, the work is psuedo-metamodern in its approach to rapid shifts in tone and feeling, with a genuine and sincere core meant to inspire and ignite.
The score is presented here in piano-roll format as I have found a great many people seem to prefer to listen along with it, but a more conventional perusal score is available here:
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Additionally, an ultra-condensed version of the score is the basis of the score video I posted of the work earlier: • and we shall be as one...
Parts and conductors score available, simply contact me at [e-mail]

[@CarsonMusic]

I really love the brass sections in this! Some really cool writing in this. A few moments in this remind me of Williams but with your awesome touch on it!

[@한기두기]

😎

[@Sgbear_]

5:40
The build to that was chilling in the best ways. This would be awesome soundtrack music, I swear. It's ethereal-transcendent ✨️

[@Sgbear_]

Just finished listening to it. That was incredible 🙌
How long did it take to write that?? That would've taken me months if not years 😭
I'm not usually one for modern-esque music, but I absolutely loved it!!

[@CurtisSchweitzer]

@@Sgbear_ this was maybe a couple of weeks? I was originally going to make it a first movement of a larger work but ended up changing my mind about the structure and decided it worked best on its own. I composed it in StaffPad which makes the composition time a lot more compressed as I am most comfortable in that process.
Glad to hear the vibe hit you exactly how I was hoping it would- definitely going for exactly what you described!

[@cidie1]

I want to thank you for some very special sounds, your music is beautiful

[@CurtisSchweitzer]

Thanks for you kind comment, and of course glad that you liked the music. Appreciate you stopping by!

[@jofes4]

This felt super cinematic like it was made to be put alongside an animated short movie!
Really cool stuff!
I don’t think I have the skill set to make music like this. It seems like it would be really difficult to get this kind of rich atmosphere in the music without a ton of practice.
Most of what I make is like peppy and upbeat so I love seeing other styles not like mine to learn more about orchestration techniques!
Thinking I might try to make something more like this in tone for practice later!

[@CurtisSchweitzer]

Thanks for stopping by and giving it a listen-- I appreciate the time commitment as I know it's not exactly short! :).
Would certainly love to hear your take on this style-- I find that people who "stretch" themselves often write the most interesting material.

[@Meandmys3lf]

whaat who wrote that? it's fire