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wrayer
06-11-2008, 09:05 PM
As for preceding challenges, you are being asked to supply 3 to 4 minutes of music to a demo reel for an upcoming film.

In this case it is a 16-hr mega-budget mini series based on Julian May’s "The Galactic Milieu" trilogy.
The setting is the mid-twenty-first century, and humanity is beginning to enjoy membership in the Galactic Milieu, a confederation of alien species spread throughout the galaxy. Gradually humanity is evolving advanced psychic abilities that characterize the next step in human evolution. Soon, Humanity will be able to join in psychic union with the rest of the alien species that make up the Milieu, in what is known as "Unity".
But xenophibia is deeply rooted in the human soul, and a growing group of rebels are plotting to keep humanity forever separate, in the name of individualism. At their head is a man, Marc Remillard, obsessed with the idea of human superiority. His goal: the elevation, through advanced technology, of human metapsychics above all others, to dominate the universe.

Inexorably, civil war grows, and those who would peacably join the galactic Unity must face the possible annihilation of mankind in a bloody galactic war against the ethnocentric rebels. The peaceful use of their immense mental powers and the eventual breakthrough of the collective human mind into a state of universal Unity is the only thing that can save the galaxy and pave the way for the Golden Age of the Galactic Milieu to take place.

The film clip being presented contains brief scenes of dialogue, establishing some of the major players in the drama - the villain, Marc Remillard; the heroes, Jack Remillard (known as Jack the Bodiless) and his wife, and scenes of various alien factions.

There will also be scenes of alien vistas, space travel and futuristic cities.

The clip will end with a montage of the ultimate battle, where Jack the Bodiless and Diamond mask, his wife, face off alone in outerspace against the entire rebel armada. Their tremendous mental powers working together and bringing about, through sheer will of mind, the great Unity of every single human mind in the galaxy. The instant of Unity, which breaks the will of the rebels and brings peace to the galaxy, is the emotional climax of the film.

I hope you have some fun with this challenge. And now for the rules:

1) Your entry should have substantially been created using Garritan libraries (GPO, JABB, Strad, Gofriller, Marching Band, etc. – if there are etc’s).

2) You may enter as many times as you'd like, as long as each entry is substantially different.

3) The winner is chosen after the entries have been posted anonymously on the NSS forum, and the forum members have voted for their favorite in a poll. How the forum members judge which is their favorite is totally up to them.

4) The winner of the Challenge wins nothing, except the acclaim of the forum, and the honor of setting the next Challenge.

5) The Challenge Setter may enter his or her own Challenge. (Please read, yes, he or she may enter their own contest. Why not, everyone has all the same info.)

Deadline: August 10

Send your MP3 files to wfrayer@centurytel.net

This challenge loks to be another fun and exciting event. Thankyou to Michel R. Edward for this exciting story to compose a score - GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

sanyarem
06-11-2008, 11:09 PM
Wow! That sounds like fun! But now you ruined the ending to the book, and I'll never read it! I'll have to get started soon...hmm, how about now?! :)

wrayer
06-13-2008, 08:29 AM
... now you ruined the ending to the book, and I'll never read it! I'll have to get started soon...hmm, how about now?! :)

I believe there are still many surprises in the book(s). It is on my 'Definite Read' List.

I'm basically just bumping back to the top to make sure everyone had a chance to read this.

qccowboy
06-13-2008, 11:00 AM
The end of the book isn't a surprise... it's actually made quite clear what happens in the end at the very beginning of the very first book of the series :)

It's like reading "Titanic"... you KNOW the boat is going to sink... BUT! what happens when it sinks?

For anyone interested in reading Julian May's EPIC series, it starts with the four books of "The Pleiocene Saga", which set up the idea of the Galactic Millieu and present us some of the important players.

It continues with the two books of "Intervention", where some of the most pivotal events in future human history are presented.

And completes with the glorious "Galactic Milieu Trilogy".. and the loop in time which began with the events which start the very first book of The Pleiocene Saga!

I have re-read this entire set of books at least 5 times over the last ten years, and know that I will be attacking it again quite soon. It's epic writing at its finest.

I know that you will all provide glorious music for this proposed television series )(~

Who knows, maybe Julian May reads this forum, and she will be prodded into pushing to have the books made into a real film!

wrayer
06-22-2008, 10:38 PM
Hey - with the summer I thought I'd bump this up and give it another read.

sanyarem
06-23-2008, 08:07 AM
Well, I've gotten something started, but since my cable went out last weekend, I was afraid to keep going without having the scene "clip" for me to read while composing :oI'll have to get started! Great idea, again!

wrayer
07-03-2008, 07:08 PM
I am bumping this to the top fr the 4th of July weekend and the O Canada blast weekend. Have a happy celebration but don't forget about the challenges!

serenitymusician
07-03-2008, 09:25 PM
Thanks for bumping this up! I'd forgotten all about it.

karvasika
07-04-2008, 04:54 AM
it's like reading "titanic"... You know the boat is going to sink... But! What happens when it sinks?


what?!!!! The boat's gonna sink?!!!!!

wrayer
07-18-2008, 06:45 PM
Well, I have one entry already for the Movie Music Challenge #3 that qccowboy has devised. It looks to be an exciting challenge. I have been working on my entry and hope others are also. I look forward to your submissions.

AUGUST 10 is fast approaching.

sanyarem
07-18-2008, 10:44 PM
Man, and I was just getting ready to put some sort of creative "bump" message on here...

You remember that I sent you an entry as well, yes wrayer?

wrayer
07-18-2008, 11:42 PM
Yes, and thanks sanyarem! But if you mean a real entry in mp3 format, I have not recieved that as of yet. I have one from another contestant.

sanyarem
07-19-2008, 06:17 AM
hmmm, i could've sworn mine was in mp3...i'll have to double check :)

wrayer
07-19-2008, 07:35 AM
hmmm, i could've sworn mine was in mp3...i'll have to double check :)

Hey, Mike, I got it. I had to double check the name (your user name sanyarem and your real name). I do have your piece.

sanyarem
07-19-2008, 03:43 PM
whew, thanks for doing that for me. Yeah...i kind of regret making my screen name what it is :D . It'd save so much time if I'd done something that resembled my name

wrayer
07-29-2008, 01:03 PM
Just a reminder, the DEADLINE is August 10th at midnight (Hawaii time). I have 3 entries already and am looking forward to your entry.

Post it to me wrayer@centurytel.net in mp3 form by August 10th.

wrayer
08-03-2008, 09:05 AM
Just a reminder, the DEADLINE is August 10th at midnight (Hawaii time). I have 3 entries already and am looking forward to your entry.

Post it to me wrayer@centurytel.net in mp3 form by August 10th.

One week - let's get that music coming - the future of the human race depends on it!

sanyarem
08-04-2008, 02:16 PM
Just thought I'd bump this. Less than a week to go!

wrayer
08-05-2008, 06:46 PM
OK, big push time here! Get going on your entries for this unique challenge. Let those creative minds delve into this - don't 'wimp-out' I know what you all have and you are tied down to a given melody! The human race as we know it relies on your eforts (right qccowboy?)

P.S. I'll keep bugging this forum until Sunday!

wrayer
08-06-2008, 02:05 PM
4 Days to go - Keep those postcards and letters coming!

wrayer
08-08-2008, 06:21 PM
Ok, I know you are all tired of hearing from me. I am just trying to 'drum up' business. There doesn't seem to be a lot of interest in this challenge this time and I have a hard time understanding that since there are so many musicians hre interested in film scoring. qccowboy has a wonderful topic that deserves attention, so don't miss the deadline that is just 2 days away!

I hope to hear rom you soon. Make a reply here if you would care!

serenitymusician
08-09-2008, 08:01 AM
I had wanted to do this challenge, but another project came up that is near and dear to me. I’ve acquired the rights from Carl Fischer, Inc. to do a concert band transcription of Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 3 and, at 168 pages long, it’s a massive undertaking. Much as I hate missing out on the movie challenge, this has to take priority (especially as it’s costing me $25 a month to rent the score). Hopefully next time I’ll be able to. It sounds just grand!

Gary

qccowboy
08-09-2008, 12:46 PM
I had wanted to do this challenge, but another project came up that is near and dear to me. I’ve acquired the rights from Carl Fischer, Inc. to do a concert band transcription of Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 3 and, at 168 pages long, it’s a massive undertaking. Much as I hate missing out on the movie challenge, this has to take priority (especially as it’s costing me $25 a month to rent the score). Hopefully next time I’ll be able to. It sounds just grand!

Gary


aw, damn, I coulda lent you the score for free!
I bought performance scores, years back, of all of Hanson's symphonies (except no.7 which they didn't have at that time).

Have fun with that project, it sure is a gorgeous symphony, and sounds like a great project.

serenitymusician
08-09-2008, 12:57 PM
aw, damn, I coulda lent you the score for free!


Damn, damn!!! I looked everywhere for that score, but couldn't find it! Thank you sooooo much for the offer. I may take you up on it if I ever decide to do a transcription of his 1st Symphony.

You're right, his 3rd Symphony is fantastic and I am having so much fun! I will not be doing the entire score as it's 36 minutes long. I am aiming for around 18-20 minutes, enough to get the intent of Howard Hanson's work. Hey, and I have Gary Garritan to thank. Because of his wonderful Concert & Marching Band library I can hear it as I'm working on it! THANKS GARY!!!

Gary

wrayer
08-09-2008, 06:53 PM
Best of luck, Gary. It is a worthwhile project. Can't wait to hear the results! Keep us in the listening loop!

serenitymusician
08-09-2008, 10:40 PM
Best of luck, Gary. It is a worthwhile project. Can't wait to hear the results! Keep us in the listening loop!

Thanks so much! I sure will. And I may live in Wisconsin, but I'm still a "Buckeye!!!"

wrayer
08-10-2008, 12:31 PM
Thanks so much! I sure will. And I may live in Wisconsin, but I'm still a "Buckeye!!!"

GO BUCKS!

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

DEADLINE: 16 1/2 hours until the deadline - do you know where your music is?

wrayer
08-11-2008, 09:48 AM
The deadline has come and gone. I have three entries which should be posted soon. Thanks to all who participated and may the best 'ALIEN' win!

Bill