I created a piece for the anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg in the Amercican Civli War. The war, as horrible as it was, changed the face of a nation.
https://soundcloud.com/dave-ranck/gettysburg
 
There is also a video that (I think) has interesting information to go along with the music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_zx7mRpq60
 
Most samples are from East West Hollywood Orchestra.
 
Let me know what you think!

I think it's wonderful Dave. Hats off to you, that's a superb piece of work.

I thought this was very good. The buildups and instrumentation was very well done.
 
My only crit would be, where's the golden mean? There were lots of buildups but none of them led into a huge fanfare where all the instruments played their perspective melodies at the same time. This could take this piece from ordinary to extraordinary. Either way, well done!!!

I thought it was perfect in every way.  Could be used in a production very easily.

Dave - this is REALLY good - love the sound you're getting there from EW.
 
I have to agree with Robert (guitarpima), tho, that the buildups never erupt into a "fanfare" and I would love to hear it do that.  there at 2:15 would be a great place to really break out, but its dynamic level drops instead.
 
great work - mix and sounds are awesome.

Thanks everyone for your comments and thoughts. It is really appreciated.

this is brilliant as it is, superbly orchestrated. you are very talented. i agree with the others that it sounds like a film score interlude. to me either needs the massive conclusion (as others have said), or needs a change of pace, maybe some fast woodwinds or pizzicato strings. i loved the key change at around 2'40 which was very welcome. to work as a standalone tone poem it would need a few other elements as I said, but this is anyways amazing.

Thank you for the thoughtful comments Mark! Make sure we know about your album, Philistine...!

Great song.  I really enjoyed it.

Really well done.  As a soundtrack you could really go in a lot of directions with this piece, an exploding fanfare as mentioned,  or, a more introspective examination of an individual or group where explosive dynamics would be out of place.  The fact you can go either direction I think is a testament to the quality of the track.

Regards