Started studying two-part harmony again today, revisiting old chapters, and learned a whole lot of new stuff about dissonances and stuff that I had completely forgotten.

So I sat down with the theme to October Sky, which I thought was a nice exercise in two-part harmony, two violins contrasting against each other.

And then, as I listened to the original, I realized that it was slightly more than that (full string section actually), so having at least completed the exercise, I sat down to arrange something more full.

Listen to it here.

Doesn’t sound that bad, does it? (Remember, computer orchestra, and the sensitive instrument treatment of an industrial robot)