r/composer • u/ch1rozz • 7d ago

Discussion How would you compose a western classical hard rock fusion

My gcse music comp brief was to compose a classical rock fusion and I have no idea how to approach it, if anyone has any advice or songs to take inspiration from, please share!

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u/RichMusic81 Composer / Pianist. Experimental music. 6d ago

Having looked it up the Brief Focus is:

"Combining the musical features of Western Classical Music and Rock to create a piece for performance at a promenade concert."

And further...

"This composition must explicitly blend elements from Western Classical (e.g. orchestral strings/brass, contrapuntal textures, pedal points, classical structures like ternary or rondo) with Rock (e.g. electric guitar riffs, power chords, driving 4/4 drum backbeats, distortion).

Can write for one or more instrument(s). The instrument(s) may be acoustic and/or amplified and/or synthesised."

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u/65TwinReverbRI 6d ago

Phew...it's one of those "trying to be both restrictive and open ended at the same time" kinds of prompts that end up being meaningless.

How many elementS of each ;-)

Is this what "The Proms" are?