AOI3 Section 2: Process
For my composition project, I decided to use Breath of the Wild's Main Theme, or simply known as "Track 1" in the game's track list, not only because Breath of the Wild is one of my favorite games of all time, but also because I consider the Main Theme (along with the rest of the soundtrack) to be iconic. Melodically, the piece is very complex, but I thought I could tackle the challenge. In order to stay true to the original purpose of the stimulus piece, I attempted to borrow the exact same chord progression, with some minor changes. The original score I used did not have the most accurate chords, so I had to figure a lot of it out by myself. I also took out some of the more complex chord progressions in the piano part—either due to my limited technical skills in MuseScore, but also to give room to the Double Bass solo; for example, in measure 29 of my composition, it looks something like this: Whereas in the original, it looks something like this: Given the contex...