The main theme in Nynia’s theme is especially important to me because it is one of the first pieces I ever wrote. I originally conceived of this piece in high school but simply didn’t have the technology or skill in mixing and recording to put it together the way I envisioned. I was very inspired during the original composing process by the works of Howard Shore in the Lord of the Rings which is probably the reason for the ‘Elven’ tone to the piece. In my mind, Nynia represented everything beautiful and ethereal about the Elves in Tolkien’s work.
I’ve tried several times to ‘remaster’ it without success. Somehow this week it flowed very naturally. Now I am proud to present to you this fully realized version.
Completely recorded and mixed in 3 days, this piece utilizes the following VSTs:
Spitfire Audio: Enigma, Albion II: Loegria, Albion III: Iceni, Burgess Percussion Redux, Orchestral Grand Piano
Cinesamples: Cinewinds Pro
The piece also features three part vocals all recorded by myself.
Unlike my usual process where I would start with Finale and write music for Nynia I started by improvising all three vocal lines based on the original simple 8 note melody I crafted years ago. Then those vocal lines were combined and put into FL Studio where I added (again mostly improvised) all the background instrumentals. I used to do a lot of improvised music but since most contests and ensembles require sheet music I had not done a lot of improve music for a bit. Despite the somber mood while creating this piece, the improvisational elements of the work proved to be very relaxing. I may have to play around with some more ambient improvised pieces in the future.
To Monty Oum, wherever you are, I know you are inspiring and creating just as you did during your time on Earth. Thank you for guiding my hand and voice during this week and I hope you are as pleased with the results as I am.
You can hear it on SoundCloud here.
There should be a version on Youtube as well soon. It's just taking a longer than usual time to process. I will include the link when it is working.