Makke
Good job. I liked the melody lines and orchestration.
Well done dynamic arrangement and mix.
Sounds good.

Thanks, Makke. Appreciate the comments.

dcumpian
What a really great start! Feels like something that would fit well in a top end game, like Witcher 3 or Dragon Age. Beautifully done, though I would listen to Kuusiemi as well, he knows his s**t.
 
If the opening vocal from Era II or Ethera?
 
Regards,
Dan

Thanks a lot, Dan. That is Ethera at the beginning, one of the phrase patches. I tried the Vocal Codex from Era II in a few versions of this music, too, and it worked pretty well. However, I tend to prefer the more natural and cohesive sound of a recorded phrase, if one is available. The various legato vocal libraries (I also have Realivox Blue and a few others) are great to have and you can do cool stuff with them, but I find they have to be carefully used. Depending on the notes or intervals you are using, they don't always sound entirely natural - at least, to my ears anyway. 
 
And yeah, I like Kuusniemi's stuff a lot and musically that is sort of the direction I want to go in. :)
 
Thanks for the feedback.

Amicus717
That is Ethera at the beginning, one of the phrase patches. I tried the Vocal Codex from Era II in a few versions of this music, too, and it worked pretty well. However, I tend to prefer the more natural and cohesive sound of a recorded phrase, if one is available. The various legato vocal libraries (I also have Realivox Blue and a few others) are great to have and you can do cool stuff with them, but I find they have to be carefully used. Depending on the notes or intervals you are using, they don't always sound entirely natural - at least, to my ears anyway. 

Thanks! Very true about Blue and others. I have many of them as well, and now it looks like Ethera is on my radar, lol...
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Inspiring! Can't wait to hear the development.
Michael

Really liked this. Absolutely a great start. Was I hearing a Basil Poledouris influence here and there?

pentimentosound
Inspiring! Can't wait to hear the development.
Michael

Thanks, Michael!

FreeEarCandy
Really liked this. Absolutely a great start. Was I hearing a Basil Poledouris influence here and there?

You are indeed! The opening theme (after the ethereal intro) was influenced by his Conan score, to some extent. 
 
Thanks for the comments :)

Amicus717

FreeEarCandy
Really liked this. Absolutely a great start. Was I hearing a Basil Poledouris influence here and there?

You are indeed! The opening theme (after the ethereal intro) was influenced by his Conan score, to some extent. 
 
Thanks for the comments :)

I get chills listening to his "Lonesome Dove" work. Powerful stuff!

I enjoyed that, sounds well done with a lot of thought and effort.

Thanks, Wookiee. 
 
Yeah, I've been working on it, off and on, for over a year. I've been trying to learn about orchestration on my own (using books and online tools, in particular Rimsky-Korsakov's book and related materials) and I've been trying to apply what I've learned to this project. It's evolved a lot, in that time.