I can't seem to get past 1'16"  anyone have any ideas?
 
https://davidsprouse.bandcamp.com/track/trailer

Hi, David,
 
This is a very nicely done, short but sweet piece of orchestration!
 
The instrumentation sounds very authentic, reminds me of the New York Philharmonic performances my parents took me to when I was a kid.  Fond memories!  What library did you use for that, it sounds really great!
 
It did kind of cut off abruptly at the 1:16 mark, I wasn't sure if it was really supposed to be that short, or if there was a glitch on Bandcamp.
 
Either way, nice composition, great stuff!
 
Have a good one!
Bob
 

awfully nice of you to say bob.  Thanks!

Daryl says he's amazed at how I can do so much with so little.

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Daryl says he's amazed at how I can do so much with so little.

That's what my wife says about me :)
 
I like it so far - weirdly reminds me of Alan Silvestri's Back to the Future score.
It sounds very much like an introduction to a theme - do you have another piece that you could bolt this onto the beginning of?
 

Ya I think I agree.  It's kind of like an introduction.

Sounded great eph. It definitely had a film score feel to it. Very nice dynamics!

It's a good introduction composition - maybe bring a piano into it for the next section?  That's what I heard in my head anyway.

You've described the mood of the Funeral Games very well. Next Aeneas must sail to Italy, and with the guidance of Sibyl, find the entrance to the terrifying underworld, Dis, in order to visit his dead father and be told the future of Rome.
 
Simple, no? 

David ,
 
After a few listens , I think you are off to a good start 0 to 1:16 ...
This may be of little help to you but I will go over it anyway ...
 
One thing I like to do for myself is to take a mix of an idea I'm working on and export it as is in it's current state and then place it back into a DAW for an editing  chop session
Lengthening sections , time stretching sections ,re arranging things around , 
Changing Keys , Making Majors minors to sevenths ....holding common chord tones while letting the other chord voices and sections move ...
While using my own material as a melodic / harmonic or rhythmic reference track I enjoy  taking a section that is lightly instrumented and making up a version w different instruments for a dense orchestra ...or the opposite ...
Taking the fundamental melodic content  and repeating it including variations using various octaves while  using anything from a solo instrument , duet .  quartet up to how ever many tracks I my need to get my idea across..
 
if it is of any consolation to you I have tons of stuff that I have worked on that are still works in progress ..
It's all good ...
 
Kenny