andante // original orchestral composition

Andante, a wistful short piece for orchestra.
Enjoy!

[@lucideclair6690]

would love to hear this with a higher quality orchestral sound library! feel like it would be a worthwhile investment

[@SammyTanders]

This is really cool. The nice little melody and progressions are excellent and it really feels like it was pulled straight from a movie or cut scene for a lovely little video game. Thank you for sharing!

[@stanleyxu3904]

Love all the different voicing you interleaved together, beautiful!

[@Skinz3]

Very beautiful composition, nice job!

[@Humble_Electronic_Musician]

Beautiful!

[@charlesenglander1392]

wow! How old are you? cuz these makes me self conscious, this is fabulous music, beautiful melody, orchestration, and dense tones, I love it! I want more orchestral works!

[@andyzhanmusic]

I'm 21 now! Just keep composing :)

[@haiky7031]

This piece is sending such a beautiful message I love this so much!!

[@jamesdoanecompositions]

Great job!! I love the emotion.

[@user-rd3jw7pv7i]

im not good at making sentences. i am not knowledgable in music theory. but im speaking as a human being. this has got to be th emost beautiful sound i've ever stumbled upon on the internet. thank you for thiis music.

[@andyzhanmusic]

Thank you so much for being here :)

[@nattakonlertwattanaruk]

Wonderful!

[@andyzhanmusic]

Thank you very much!

[@MrCrompz]

brilliant

[@mattmaloney2445]

Reminds me of the film scores of Carter Burwell who I really like.

[@amoea]

Hey is it okay if I use this music as bgm and for an animatic? Will give credit of coarse!

[@andyzhanmusic]

Sure, go ahead Yae :)

[@w12337]

Very nice composition! My one question is why no dynamic markings?

[@andyzhanmusic]

Thanks! I had to add a lot of excessive dynamic markings to make the playback sound good, so including them looked too messy 😅

[@w12337]

@@andyzhanmusic that’s fair enough! I do find that to be the case with noteperformer, still a wonderful piece of software though!

[@ccylindermusic7352]

magnificent, my dude

[@andyzhanmusic]

Thank you, my dude

[@TommyLUTommyLingL]

good for listening while coding)

[@user-rd3jw7pv7i]

Hey, I don't know if you will read this, but what is the term for the inner voicing of the brass section in bar 48-49? 1:54 It's soo beautiful in the context of the passage. If music is a language then that brass movement is a sentence saying "you hurt me". I'm sorry idk any music theory so I always represent music with emotion hehe.

[@andyzhanmusic]

Thanks for your lovely comments! I don't know if there's a specific term for it but it's a movement from a B minor-major 7 chord (B D F# A#) to the B minor 7 chord (B D F# A) The chords are the same except one note - the A# -> A - and the emotion you feel comes from that movement But I'm definitely like you in that I think of it more in terms of emotion than theory! I didn't think much about the theory when writing it. I'm glad the emotion came through :)

[@salstein1250]

Is there somewhere where you have a pdf version of this score? I love it, its amazing 🥰

[@andyzhanmusic]

Thanks Sal! I exported the PDF just for you :) Here you go! drive.google.com/file/d/1eXhjhp6AEDNcS0G-GFepTQVee3tYEE6L/view?usp=sharing

[@techbot4341]

Hey Andy, can you teach me some things regarding orchestration and composition? It's all on you though

[@andyzhanmusic]

Hi! I'm currently working on a video about composition (although it's taking a while to make - I've had to order a new laptop since my current one can't handle video editing haha) But if you have any composition/orchestration questions in the meantime, just ask and I'll do my best to help!

[@techbot4341]

@@andyzhanmusic Thank you so much for replying, I'll make sure to watch the video beforehand, and I'll ask more questions if needed. Thanks again!

[@laether7945]

do you think composing a piece for solo piano and then orchestrating it after is a sufficient way to start composing for orchestra?

[@andyzhanmusic]

I like to start with piano sketches when I compose for orchestra! Personally, I usually don't make a full piano piece though as I like to always think in terms of the instruments that will play each line, and the texture of a piano piece can be quite different. But it's still a very valid way to write for orchestra - after all, there's a lot of great orchestral arrangements of pieces that were originally for piano. So I'd say to go for it if you feel like this method suits you!

[@laether7945]

@@andyzhanmusic thank you for this! i am planning on doing some of my first orchestral composition within the next few years so this will help a lot!

[@williamohyeahh249]

what is the chord progression start from 0:55

[@andyzhanmusic]

| Dmaj7 - - - | B7(b9) - - - | Em9 - E7(b5) - | - - A - |

[@danp6307]

Beautiful!

[@andyzhanmusic]

Thank you Dan!