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I didn't actually realise we were trying to rhyme daring/Beren; those are very different sounds in my accent. ^_^ I would quite like to keep "Finrod", because I've just checked, and it would be only the second time Beren uses his name to his face - and the first is qualified, "Finrod Elvenking" back in the Appeal. I quite like the idea that, right at the end, Beren's finally able to relate to him as an equal. No, Finrod! O loyal friend, let hope abide! But Beren! How can/could my life be justified? Okay, I really like 'abide', and 'friend' rather than 'king'. And it pulls 'justified' in and keeps the name exchange... the only thing we lose is Finrod talking about deeds or actions, but that gives us that ambiguity: he's either saying 'I'm rubbish, I should just die' or 'how could I live knowing I let you die', and there's no way of knowing which. hS
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It is done!
I hear the last horn's dying call
I wasn't sure how to best cut out the score at the end and played around with some alternate endings. This is another prime candidate (music starting from "No, Finrod"). There are a couple other variations too. What are your thoughts? Any preference? I think I am most pleased with the raging against the dying of the light in the 3rd section. I am happy overall too. My main goal was to make the song dynamic and avoid falling into an endless dreary dirge for the whole thing, and I think it ebbs and flows enough that it still sounds alive. Quote:
Over the next couple weeks I wanna try to record the actual singing to test it out and maybe come up with the 2-voice harmony lines.
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Cripes, I need to start thinking about animation, don't I? The easy route is just to directly run-on from the end of Captivity and keep the prison backdrop, but it feels like a very long time not to change the scene. Um... I don't really have any other ideas, though. Is there another background that could fade in during parts of the song? I don't think the Throne of Day making an appearance would really work. ![]() hS
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"Who is Thu/
To hinder work that is to do?" I've never been happy with the Sauron portrait. The design yes, absolutely, I love it; but not the pose. So I decided to go right back to basics and just rip off Tolkien's own drawing of the Lord of Wolves: ![]() I love the shape the cloak makes down from the arm, and by turning his head (the lower picture) we can keep the eye contact. It does mean I'll need a second, mirrored image if he ever shows up on the right-hand side (which I think he will when duelling Luthien), but that's just a matter of moving the scar. No biggie. Still no thoughts on how to make the Prison Duet more visually interesting, though. I considered a window, but, um, they're supposed to be in a dungeon, not high up in moth-calling territory. hS
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I like the new Sauron!
Meanwhile, I lost my voice to a cold and haven't been able to experiment with harmonizing. And today will be Leaving on an Adventure for a bit, so no computer. But! I did fiddle around with the ending, and have Option 3. Thoughts? The goal in all cases is to have "doom fell" fall into dead silence, without any music. Depending on how dramatically slow the last line gets, the final note here might be a bit short or a bit long. Also, we can put a slight "fade out" effect on Audacity to make it a smoother stop. Also, I started dabbling with Duel again. ^.^ Looking back at it, I really like some elements, but in terms of creating electronically-generated music, it was quite immature. I am adding two more instrument lines to fill it out a bit, and rebalancing the volumes so that you can actually hear the countermelody. I really like how it's turning out so far.
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As for me, I decided to try something today: ![]() (Direct link if it doesn't load/to larger version) I'm fairly pleased with it as far as it goes, sausage fingers aside. Whether I have the skill for animation is arguable, but what I definitely don't have is the patience: this took an hour and a half, and I couldn't face any more. The original plan was to try and animate the Ballad to Amarie, but no, that is not happening. Still a fun experiment, though. hS
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![]() That is incredible! That's amazing! What a cool idea. I love it!
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