Notes: I was glad to be able to choose any culture as opposed to being limited to our own. This is my African folk song. The chord progression is simple, but I tried to make the percussion more complex. Also, I used African instrumentation for most of the song, like African Marimbas for example. The fade out ending was actually a great suggestion by one of my friends.
Notes: This composition was the first time I have ever used Garage Band. I started out with a simple melody that I manipulated and enhanced as the piece continued. Then, near the middle point of the song, the piece changed from minor to major; from here, the piece slowly builds up in sound and instrumentation until the climax. Then the music cooled down and ended in a quiet, simple piano melody.
Notes: This is a clip from Black Hawk Down, a film about the US intervention in Somalia. Hans Zimmer scored the movie and may have influenced my "score."
