FJH Music Company Dream Machine - Balmages - Full Orchestra - Gr. 5

Author/Composer:

BALMAGES, BRIAN

Instrumentation:

FULL ORCH

Model #:

OR5015

Composer: Brian Balmages
Format: Score and Parts
Instrumentation: Full Orchestra
Level: 5

This haunting, powerful and aggressive work draws inspiration from a type of strobe light device that can potentially put an observer into a state of "threshold consciousness" (the idea of being half-asleep). The music portrays many sensations including the eerie feeling of being in a transitional sleep state, the fully intense experience of being surrounded by swirling shapes and colours, and then ventures into the world of lucid dreamers who often report experiences of flying in their dreams. The result is a piece that is mystical, unsettling, driving, powerful and heroic. A fantastic journey into the world of threshold consciousness!
Duration: 7:45