"At the end of his journey, the prince must finally climb a great rocky mountain, upon which rests a castle made of gold, where dragons are keeping his princess as prisoner." It just sounded a bit too immature, I know the style you are composing for is fantasy, but I think you went a bit too much into detail on this one and it ends up looking a bit immature, which doesn't reflect this piece, which was written with discipline and skill.

Waltz of the Dragons Haha, This song was great! As soon as i started I smiled and shook my head from side to side to the beat. I enjoyed this song immensely, I like how it swaps so smoothly into the slowed down tempo so simply, those 3 notes from the recorder right at the end completely made that final 15 seconds, made it perfect. This is my favourite from this section.

The Wayfarer Elegant. Nice piece, I would have liked to have heard more of what was going on @ 2:05, sounded like something good , shame you had to shorten it.

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening I can see by the dates this is on of your first pieces, its bloody great. This would be a great piece to put on your tape, because you have incorporated a choir into it, which just completes the piece. I especially like when they don't actually sing, just go "Haaaaa" and the piano goes with it and flows so well. Really good piece.

Bizet (2007)

Opening Scene 1:35 - 1:50 is the best part, the lead up to this part prepares you for something, you don't know what, and that section that you get hits you perfectly, nothing too strong like loud banging drums but still a strong bass. Another good piece.

Finale[i] It was good, enjoyed how you built up to the middle and had a strong middle section of the music. This strong middle allowed for the softer, more melllow part after it which just continued on brilliantly. Enjoyed the church bell sound btw. No problems with this, completely professional.

[i]Once Upon A Winter's Wake: A Prelude for Harp I've always liked the harp so this is auto great. This section of music could be used in so many different ways, it would be great to include this in your CD.

And thats that, I really liked the way you composed with the multi layers of the same instruments, something a real professional does. The way you bounce notes from one instrument into a corresponding note on another instrument with precision is great, really helps the loud, quick, darker parts of your compositions.

I think the way you have set up the website is completely of standard for even the best composers. Was so impressed when I saw no stupid adds on the side of the pages haha. Ofc you will need to change the website name but I understand this is the beginning.

Finally, I think you should unclassify yourself as just a Fantasy composer because you are limiting you capabilities. What you have here is amazing and I believe you could branch out of just Fantasy, I don't mean to belittle fantasy, but as a profession you want maximum exposure in all genres. Keep up the fantasy work but maybe try some other stuff in the background, and if you already have, I would love to hear it. I would also like to note, I could imagine some of that music in LoTR, some woul go perfectly with some specific scenes.

My favourite out of them all is a tie between II and Waltz of the Dragons, my reasons already stated.

My least favourite would have to be (excluding the night watchman) is The Mountain Ascent, the screech of the violin just didn't work for me, but that me, I prefer a much softer violin and a louder cello/percussion.

You've already made it Eugene, you just need the people with the scripts, cast, and cash to realise this. Great job mate.
 
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I was going to say the same thing but I didn't want to hurt your feelings.
 
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