Ooh, you know when sometimes you just feel the shivers of a loooong cello and string note running down your back? I got that so many times while composing this. ^^
I played around with some more worldly instruments in my collection in this, just a tad. Like a gong, a gamelan, Tibetan singing bowls, and some world percussion. You get the gist of that. No matter what I did with them, I couldn't really make them sound happy, so I devised a piece of music to represent a fictional shrine, abandoned and forlorn in the Bruneian Ulu Temburoung park. I picture a mysterious and meaningful temple, abandoned in the darkest part of the forests and approached at night, unlocking whatever secrets are within...?
Great fun to write and really painted a majestic image for me. Hope you get similar scenes!
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I though it was a little slow and repetitive in the beginning, but then I really started to like it once it picked up. Lots of really interesting sounds and instruments, all put together quite nicely. I definitely can see the scene you described above, and perhaps the slower beginning my fit that scene as well :)