pure awesomeness

I can't really write any more than what BlazingDragon did. All I will say is bravo, great composition. I would expand the piece and have a great climactic feel. Stands great as it is, love it.

As Blazing Dragon said, I believe you should have a climax. At one point further in the song you even add a few drums that feels as if there is something coming
Overall very well done, it would be better if you had added a climax.

Hi!
It's a nice theme you got here!
Melodies are just fine, to me you should just look at the way you mixed your instruments... There is too much low medium frequencies in your spectre (sorry again if the words don't fit... I'm just a french guy trying to speak and write English correctly...). You should lower a bit these frequencies on your horns section, on your timpani hits and perhaps on the strings section too. It should clarify the ensemble!
Anyway, nice job on the melodies! Harmonies are original, they sound unusual but not wrong!

I like how the piece starts off with a thin texture and seems to build for the entire length of the song. The addition of instruments with each phrase, as well as some changes in dynamics, effectively create a rising feel. Nice.

The syncopation in the melodic lines is also fun. So is the the way that you cut off the end of some phrases, like at :21. That really helps keep things interesting despite a fairly stagnant harmonic framework. The samples you used are nice, and the balance of the instruments appears well thought out. It's also nice that the piece doesn't sound uber quantized. Too many people on NG ignore tempo changes and phrasing.

I do feel like the piece should be longer. You have this one chord progression going pretty much the whole time and keep it interesting by adding one instrument after another. That's nice, but it feels like it is building up to something. You have a nice A section with a sense of direction, and at 11:47 it sounds like something new is finally going to happen. The chords change for a few measures in then the tension deflates before it has a chance to really reach a climax. It would have been really nice if you provided a B section starting at 1:47 and expanded on your new idea. Perhaps introduce new melodic material and change up the orchestration for contrast. As it stands though, the piece moves with deceiving forward momentum only to fall a bit flat. More tension/contrast would have helped make this piece less "pretty background music" and more "effective, emotionally deep soundtrack music that makes the listener feel something special."

Nice job with this one though! Great attention to subtle details and quite beautiful. Keep it up.