Yin no Piano

To ‘Hit’ a Girl (Diebuster Paper/Analysis)

This is me working really hard and trying to get an ‘A’ on a paper. The first half of the intro paragraph is the same and then the rest of it is completely rewritten. My thanks to Carol J. Clover who advanced my thinking during the writing process with her fascinating article expositing on gender roles in the horror genre Her Body, Himself.  This also was written on very little sleep and I’m posting it on very little sleep so I still think it’s good. There won’t be enough pictures in this post, don’t be fooled.
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Darker than Black Second Season

Apparently it was leaked today that Bones is currently working on a sequel to the original Darker than Black. You can read the article on Anime News Network here I’m not sure how I feel about the news. I’m a big fan of Darker than Black and theres a large percentage of me wanting to see more Yin, Hei, and Mao like it’s nobodies business. Plus more beautiful Yoko Kanno music is always greatly appreciated. On the other hand unlike other people I happened to really like the ambiguity of th ending. Also some of my favorite characters are dead… If you haven’t watched the original Darker than Black why haven’t you and go do it before I reveal these spoilers. How can they make a Darker than Black without Novermber 11, Amber, or Huang. Those characters made the first season tick with their quirkiness. I guess they could introduce new characters but they also resolved Hei’s huge moral conflict which was at the center of the first season. I guess I would be happy with 24 episodes of Hei and Yin getting married + the Honey Moon. Oh well I guess I’ll just have to see what they have in mind. For all I really know it could be a prequel or about an entirely different contractor (doubtful though). Your thoughts?

Last but not least this is a glorified way to put up pictures from Darker than Black 8D!!!

Waltz of the Dead

So the last two days I’ve spent working on this piece I’ve named Waltz of the Dead. I’ve played it for awhile on the piano, but the song itself has always been orchestral in my head. There’s a bit of a story that I think of as I’m playing and listening to this song. A boy (the piano theme) goes out to visit the grave of the girl he loved (the flute) and she appears from the ground as a ghost. Than lots of ghosts appear in all different shapes sizes and types to join the two lovers in a ghostly waltz. The music builds up to a climax centered around the flute and the piano’s dance until the other ghosts start to disappear leaving only the two of them in each others arms. Finally she too departs back to her grave leaving the boy alone in front of her grave.

You of course don’t have to imagine any of that but I find it intensly more enjoyable picturing the movie in my head.

Without further quaffling I’m pleased to present waltz of the dead as performed by the Melody Assistant Instruments.

Waltz of the Dead - Composer: Dustin

Debauchery

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any music so I thought I would post something I messed around with today. This isn’t that great, but it was pretty fun messing with the same melody line. Unfortunately midi’s do not do dynamics (at all) and some of the instruments tend to be overbearing (like the bells in this one). It’s the easiest format to export though and definitely the smallest. Anyways I don’t really have a title for this as it was just for fun while my internet wasn’t working (Hence why I was so bored). Let’s call it Debauchery.
Debauchery

The part at the end didn’t work out quite how I wanted it too, but it’s late and I have to study so I’ll leave it. Hope you enjoy the random piece of music.

Here’s an MP3 version remastered by Cloudless. This version actually has dynamics and gives the other instruments a chance to shine.
Debauchery

Stuck in the Present (Code Geass analysis)

 After giving it some time to soak in:

Code Geass is one of those shows that entertains from the moment Lulu puts a noble in check to the second the plan has come to full fruition. I couldn’t help but want more week after week: Whether it was C.C.’s cryptic responses or the plot progressions that came out of nowhere. This show has received high praise and extreme criticism alike. The often zany juxtaposition of a high-school comedy and serious war drama left the viewer dazed, but always entertained.
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