COMPOSITOR	COMPOSITION	SCORE	POINTS	DESCRIPTION by author
Giorgio Pacchioni	Concerto 43, mov 1	9.28	10	Concerto per clarinetto ed orchestra fatto per amore del famoso concerto per clarinetto di W.A.M. con questa composizione ho coronato il sogno della mia vita di fare un personale omaggio al grande compositore che amo tanto. [Lavio: Concert for clarinet and orchestra... with this composition I realized the dream of my life to compose a personal hommage to the great composer I love so much (W.A.M.)]
Shawn Beard	String Variations	9.17	9	An Original Theme with 7 Variations for Strings in A-Major." This piece is comprised of eight different midis that I was able to link (rather awkwardly) by using a small DOS utility called "midicat". Though I intend to update it later this year - it really needs to be scored for string and woodwind octet - it is still suitable for human consumption. The movements are as follows: 1) Theme - 2) Var. #1 "alla 'ungarese" - 3) concertante - 4) "in moto perpetuo" - 5) fughettaboutit - 6) minore - 7) pizzicato - 8) Finale. If I did it right, the Finale should contain elements of what came before in the previous variations, and bring it together in a nifty bundle. That's if I did it right. With all the repeats, it's still only 16-17 minutes of your time, and I DID write it while half-blind after eye operations. (Do sympathy votes count? LOL - you'd have all paid real money to see me with my face one-millimeter from the screen). Use at LEAST concert-hall EAX settings, and default SB Live card fonts, EXCEPT for the solo violin (CADENZA! HAH!), and solo cello (MERLIN! HAH on ME!). Enjoy, if you can. Me, I'm going to trade my blood-red eyeballs for some olive-green high-balls.
Miklos Preiszner	Symphony 2, mov 2	8.97	8	See Symphony 2, mov 1.
Seth Neuffer	The Enchanted Storm	8.96	7	The freestyle song was written to portray the drama of storm through music. From wind and rain, to lightning and thunder this song takes you from the anticipation of the smooth beginning of the storm, to the harsh vengeance of mother nature. Turn out the lights and close your eyes as the music takes you to a whole new world beyond imagination ... Concert Hall setting is recommended. Hope you have good speakers for this song. Be careful, there's a lot of events in this song which leads to voice drop-outs on many soundcards/modules.
Randall Collins	Altman Sonata for piano	8.92	6	I began composing this work in January 2000 and finished six months later and I gave it the nickname, the "Altman" sonata which is dedicated to my dear friend, author, and Beethoven biographer, Gail Altman. I chose the last movement because it's my favorite in this work, full of energy and vitality. It's in a rondo style with a fugue for the development section that offsets the first and third episodes but they return again leading to a triumphant ending.
Pawel Jurdziak	Trio No 1	8.85	5	Title: Trio No.1 Category: Non-Orchestral (jazz). Comments: This is a typical jazz trio (piano, bass and drums). I composed this theme about 2 years ago as sheet music. Now I have sequenced it in MIDI format with Logic Audio. MIDI type 1, best heard with sound canvas or any software emulation.
Simon Goffin	Piano Concerto #6 Mov3 Op38	8.81	4	Format : GM. Category : Classical. Description : Wrote in March 2001, this is the last movement of the concerto I presented for one years ; I hope you'll enjoy it ! Recorded with my personnal soudfont but touched up (a few, so please excuse the midi quality) for Candenza ; SB Live! ; Midisoft Studio 4.0 & CakeWalk Audio 9.
Joseph Ernst	Boris and Natasha	8.78	3	Category: Orchestral or Experimental (everything I do is an "experiment") Description: Boris escapes from the psychiatric institution in the Gulag to return to his love, Natasha (who put him there in the first place - he is not a political prisoner, but truly insane). After crossing a wilderness, he arrives at the city where Natasha lives. Immediately, they argue, violently, and he kills her - regretting it deeply. He then winds up back at the institution where he started. For those who have problems with interpretation, I have included extensive documentation in the markers for those who can read markers (e.g. Cakewalk). This is the experiment - listen to the song without reading the markers and see if your interpretation agrees with what I had intended. Can you tell when he gets out? Can you tell when he kills her?
Giorgio Pacchioni	Gran Ciaccona	8.74		Partite e fuga sopra al basso ostinato della ciaccona in fa maggiore (versione usata da Pachelbel). Gli strumenti usati sono 2 flauti dolci, 2 Oboi, 2 Violini, Fagotto, Viola da gamba, Arpa e continuo (clav. + violone). It's a my original composition upon the famous bassground (alike the follia or passacaglia, Romanesca, Monaca ecc.) all the composers wrote variations upon this bassgrounds, similar the blues for the modern era. About the b.g. ciaccona, there are 2 or 3 versions and this is which used from Pachelbel on the famous canon for violins.
Gerd Prengel	Scherzo on Bee 10	8.68	2	1825, one year after the Ninth and 2 years before his death, Beethoven sketched themes for a planned Tenth symphony. Among them is a powerful main theme of 24 bars for a Scherzo with 7 bars for a Trio. These fascinated me so much that I composed a whole movement on the base of this, and I am very happy about the result.
Miklos Preiszner	Symphony 2, mov 1	8.63		Some month ago a friend of mine has asked me to write some nice post-romantic music for a short film,(he has made the screenplay)and I`ve started to think about it. When I`ve seen that the film has stucked a little bit, I`ve decided to write music from the lot of themes that I`ve made for the film project. It was the beginning the making of this symphony. Maybe it never will be film-music, but I think it was a great idea to make it. This movement is a variation serie with a middle-part that was developed from a counterpoint of the second part of the main-theme. It sounds great with Yamaha XG.
Gerd Prengel	String Quartet mov 1	8.62		As said already in last month's contest, the last musical thoughts Beethoven left to us before his death are sketches for a string quintet in C major. There is a complete introduction and sketches for the main themes of the following movements. I wrote a complete string quartet making use of these themes. Here I present the first movement (Andante Maestoso / Allegro). I ask you to evaluate for the contest only the Allegro, for the introduction to 95% is drafted by Beethoven (I made only the arrangement with only a few additions) but I wanted to present the complete movement. In the Allegro only the main theme and a tutti theme (bar 52) is from Beethoven. The movement is very melodious. In the development after first covering the second theme I try to elaborate mainly on the main theme - in contrast to the exposition primarily in minor keys and with counterpoint elements. The Coda starts with a tender Andante variation of the main theme and ends with a furious Presto.
Ron Roos	Sister Ann Joins the Carnival	8.51	1	A cinematic piece of sorts with multiple movements telling the story of my sister's adventures when she ran off and joined the carnival right after high school. As for what genre this one belongs under? It's kind of a carnivalesque classical experimental progressive rock something or other. Written in Sonar and Finale, Configured for MerlinGM21 sound font.
Seth Neuffer	My One and Only Love	8.34		Concert Hall (reverb=30%).
Tim Meighan	Mary Edna	8.29		Mary Edna" was written using three different midi programs: MusicMasterworks for the basic composition and velocity settings, Cakewalk Pro-Audio to set volume and pan, and Cakewalk overture to clean the piece up. I classify this piece as jazz, non-orchestral. I have a Soundblaster Live! soundcard. This piece was scripted, not played. How I came to write the piece is simple. I ask people what kind of music they like, and attempt to write something in the appropriate genre. (I think of it as being half hobby, and half creative pursuit with an eye to selling/peforming the resulting compositions.) A friend of mine asked for a jazz piece, and this is the result. What else can I say? "Mary Edna" is a straightforward bop/swing piece, reminiscent of jazz greats like Parker, Monk, Miles, etc.
Anders Beijer	Dawn	8.28		Name: "Dawn". Category: ochestral. Description: The name of the work is "Dawn" and describes the morning i a war. It´s describing the nature, the morning sun and all the soldier who are preparing for battle. Enjoy the music. Midi formats: GM, GS, GM2, XG ????? don´t anderstund thise kind of stuff.... =). God´s bless...
Gyula Oldal	Horses of the Time	8.24		Non Orchestral. No comment...
Carson Graham	End of the Storm	8.20		This work has a relatively simple texture- block chords with slow strings, melody and harmony with fast strings, with tympani providing some added warmth on the bottom end. This is meant to be a slow, wide and sweeping movie-esque symphonic tune. I suppose that the genre submission purposes would be cinematic... My setup: I'm using Encore for windows to do my composition, and a SB Live! sound card for playback.
Jim Taylor	Fantasia	8.15		This is a Bach style composition. I wrote it using the ENCORE program and a ROLAND PC-300 MIDI keyboard.
Brian Wasil	Never Again	7.99		This is my first time doing this, so I hope I'm submitting correctly. This is a piece, played by piano, but will be a classical guitar duet (not quite finished yet).
Ron Roos	The Proposition	7.96		A rock and roll overture with a dark, progressive theme. Configured for MerlinGM21 sound font. Headphones recommended. If possible, play in Surreal, with live hall effect.
Luca Rodolfi	Piano Studio 3	7.93		Third of my 5 little studies for piano "jeu diabolique"...
Mike Sekuloff	Walk of the Grave	7.90		Walk of the Gave: Darkwave Music, Set EAX to Reverb 80% Chorus 30%, Original Sound To 80%, and Flanger to 100%. Edited with Cake Walk 2002 MC, Mouse, Keyboards.
Gyula Oldal	The Eagle and the Child	7.88		Non Orchestral. Tranquil, fantasy music, SB Live, 8MB GM.
Tim Meighan	Chesh Lank	7.78		"Cheshire Rounds and Lancashire Hornpipe". . . . . These two melodies are traditional English tunes. They're orchestral arrangements. "Cheshire Rounds" has been called the single most definitive 'native' English composition in English traditional music, and the Lancashire hornpipe works well with it, I think. I wrote this piece using a combination of Music Masterworks, Cakewalk Pro Audio, and Overture MIDI programs. It's a GM piece. I arranged this for brass band and percussion. (Sorry for submitting an arrangement, instead of an original piece... I couldn't resist. I *like* these tunes!).
Mike Sekuloff	Battle of Fleetzan 2002	7.74		Battle of Fleetzan 2002: Darkwave Music, Set EAX to Reverb 80% Chorus 30%, Original Sound To 80%, and Flanger to 100%. Edited with Cake Walk 2002 MC, Mouse, Keyboards, and comments from reviewers. This is second edition The Battle of Fleetzan.
Lavio	Elevation	7.73		Category: orchestral. Comments: Composed using Merlin soundfont 2.1 and Sonar 1.31. Here, just the first 3 bars in WMA (Windows Media Audio 7, better than MP3) to check the sound you listen to and the original sound. It starts using cello and oboe building a soft melodic mood through the development of the composition, where the chord progressions change and raise progressively the atmosphere.
Simon Goffin	Accordions Duet	7.73		Format : GM. Category : Classical. Description : Imagine two old friends who take their accordion and begin play this little "popular" valse, only for musical pleasur. (SB Live! & Cadenza accordion).
Luca Rodolfi	Piano Concert 1, mov 2	7.71		Piano concerto in C- (2 mov.) for best audio experience use Sblive and CADENZA sound fonts. Type : Neo-Classical. Description: this is the 2nd mov. of my first piano concerto, composed in 3 week end of hard work... :-)
Edward Hirst	Standing Man	7.66		This piece was written as a kind of ending to Tess of the D'urbevilles by Thomas Hardy. However, this was merely a starting point for my piece for it has a story of it's own.
Lee Tongo	Astro Odyssey	7.58		This is a piece dedicated to my friend, emily who loves star wars. I made a not-so-serious space type piece for her. Also it's so strange because i hate to say it, but emily is strange!
Joseph Ernst	Funk (A Brief Insanity)	7.53		Name: Funk (A brief insanity). Category: Non-Orchestral. Description: This is the story of one who thought he could compose music. He was happy, and he was amazed at the music he created. He showed his music to the world, but came to the realization that he knew nothing of how to compose, and he lacked talent. He descended into a funk and felt sorry for himself. Once he accepted what he was, he saw that he still liked his music. It still sounded good - to him. And so he resolved to compose for the joy of composing by his own rules. "I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree.". Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466-1536).
Vidar Martinsen	Red Islands	7.52		Here is my new song. A king of folk rock. I hope you like it.
William Dugan	Entrance of the Scholars	7.49		Type 1 GM fonts. Noteworthy Composer. Category: Unknown. This is a funny little march from an opera I guess I'm going to have to write one day; entitled: The Way Of Heaven. A bit of Chinoiserie. I envision a courtly procession of Mandarins, fragile with age, and with long white beards and they are dressed in richly embroidered silk robes as they enter the Emperor's throne room through a magnificent red doorway. Beauty, youth and wealth are fleeting, Knowledge is useful, Wisdom alone is power.
Gavin Lendt	Circa 21	7.27		A work in the style of a 1920's sernade crossed with postmodern 2020's drive.
William Dugan	Shadowplay Waltz	7.27		Type 1 midi. GM fonts. Hand entry in NWC, Category: Orchestral. Shadowplay is a Bolshoi ballet-inspired sort of waltz about 4 and a half minutes in length. Ladies in satin gowns, men in formal dress w/white gloves... crystal chandeliers, French doors open onto a moonlit terrace, arbors of wisteria,.. The Works. At least that's what I was aiming for. Its big, there are some repeats, a bit of dissonance for the undertone of romance found and lost. And it gets kinda loud near the finale. Hope you enjoy it.
James Taylor	Handel's Great Drunk	7.26		Sound card: SOUND BLASTER 16. Voicing: General Midi. Description: Musical Fiction. Soon after arriving in London, G F Handel visits a Public House, and seeing a pint of warm bitters can only say "NEIN". After the 7th pint Handel imagines music appropriate to his condition. This is what he could have composed under the conditions, had he allowed himself to do so. A small coda celebrates a few hours he spent in The Royal Navy, after an "unfortunate misunderstanding" with a pressing gang later that night. Procedure: standard scoring translated to midi.
Gerry Ellenson	Gaspains	7.24		Remember Mason Williams' "Classical Gas"?. All I could muster was: Classical Gas Pains.
Attila Preimusz	The World is Round	7.16		Comments: A világ gömbölyu.. Igen, és ez az egyik legjobb dalom.Erre igazán büszke vagyok.A hangszerelésem ugyan leszólhatjátok, de írjatok egy ilyen melódiát./Ha tudtok/
Vidar Martinsen	The 60s Blues	6.95		The 60s blues Blues GM. A new Tune for the contest. This was inspired from the late 60s blues and Chicago Blues Band.
Charles Gill	Pilate Shrugged	6.91		This was just a bright, happy song that I pulled out of mid-air and it came out sort of nice. I wrote the song in entirety in January, but I never got around to doing anything with it until now.
Jovica Jankovic	Hungry Heart	6.87		Use with red wine and cadenza or other high quality sound font.
Jim Taylor	Friday's Waltz	6.82		CLASSICAL.. This is one in a series of waltzes I composed for each day of the week using the ENCORE composition program.
Charles Gill	I Am Myself	6.73		This is a Beatle-esque rock song from the mold of some of their more LSD-laced pieces.
Attila Preimusz	A Strange Song	6.68		No description.
Andrej Golob	Veliki Traven	6.45		Made with Band-In-A-Box. Should be listened with SB AWE 64 GOLD or SB Live! Player 1024. I did not use any soundfont.
David Johnson	Hallelujah Chorus	6.29		It was written with Midisoft's Midisoft Recording Session. This project was assigned to me for schoolwork over a period of about a month and a half. It is basically a note-for-note copy of Handel's own work. I chose the instruments such that, if you listen closely, you can pick out each individual one most of the way through the song. I have a soundblaster 16 card, and this peice was probably written in GM format, but i'm not sure. I am a homeschool teenager who loves music (especially classical) and computers.
James Taylor	Reinvent	6.19		Sound Card: soundblaster 16. Voicing: General Midi. Description: Bach's Two-Part Invention #1 unmolested with Two Parts added. A good subject for midi work, as voices can vary considerably and the intent remain. Procedure: Bach's Two Part invention #1 converted to Midi with two parts added by single note entry.
Frank Sabatini	Chinatown	6.18		Chinatown is a non-orchestral piece made using Noteworthy Composer, and best heard with RealPlayer's LiveSynth.
Frank Sabatini	Night on the Town	6.18		Night on the Town," is a non-orchestral rock piece made using Noteworthy Composer, and best heard with RealPlayer's LiveSynth.
Jim Taylor	Alien Wars	4.66		title: Space Song. Another cool piece of music, trying to simulate a fantastic space adventure.