While I can't say I noticed clipping, I will admit the compression was too strong on a few elements, notably in the low end; that much was entirely my fault on the bass, but the drums, I don't think I did anything to cause that.
Regarding composition and instrument choice, NGL, a lot of research went into my approach on that. My choices of key and tempo were based on the same 18th century logic (see: the writings of Johann Mattheson) that've played into many of my musical decisions in the last few years, but in more recent times I've started to study the instrumentation and chord progressions of film scores a little more closely in order to get closer to the feelings I want my pieces to have, with this being the first release of mine that utilized this studying.
In any case, seriously, thank you for the compliment!