A Stick Sharpened at Both Ends

A work for chamber orchestra and modular synthesizer, inspired by and arranged to the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This page reflects the ongoing creation of this work as it is being written; all material presented here will undergo much transformation along the way, some won’t remain in the final resulting album.

This suite is being developed to serve as the source of orchestral sketches that will be expanded into full tracks below, with various elements being re-synthesized and arranged along the course of the story.

1. The Sound of the Shell

Oct 28th Change log:

-Rearranged Opening creating an orchestral texture of the final moments of the flight before crashing. This material is now being obsorbed by the modular to create the swelling pedal underneath the following string movement.

-Imported old field recording snippet of island birds to use in opening and feed into synth for later processing.

-Beginning to score Ralph & Piggy’s assessment of their new surroundings, leading them to the beach, where the conch is found and sounded.

2. Fire on the Mountain

Nov 1st Change log:

2nd Conch blast into underscore of what the winestain faced boy saw in the woods. (EXCERPT A)
Sketch of upper string line for ending, when the signal fire grows out of control, lighting the forest ablaze. Closes with news of a little un missing in the smoke. (EXCERPT C)

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