Philip Goddard: Nature-Symphony 53 ("Yon bright mountain calls from afar…") - improved version

(Improved version)
Nature-Symphony 53 ("Yon bright mountain calls from afar, its distance vast!") - A real surprising one this, because it takes a somewhat longer version of my Nature-Symphony 1 (The inner fire wistfully seeks to define itself) ( • Philip Goddard: Nature... ), using that as Layer 1, then adds two layers of the same recording with further reduced speed / pitch.
It's thus much denser in its overall sound - except that the many quieter periods in each layer make for various views through gaps in the forest, to keep getting good views of what's happening in the other two layers. In particular, also I somewhat quietened Layers 2 and 3 to ensure that Layer 1 frequently shone out - like the resplendent distant higher mountain that ever beckons.
*As for this work's title*, I came out with a succinct quite prosaic version of what we have now, which didn't fully satisfy me, and I felt that in this case a more archaic rendering might well come out more poetically - so, being quite an ignoramus with regard to using archaic English, for a laugh I tried my new friendly assistant ChatGPT, and it was most helpful. With just a little dialogue to get it just right, it was ChatGPT that enabled me to finalize it, and the poetic rhythm and sound of that end-result was a pleasing surprise.
*As for what's improved about this new version, and why*, in order not to run out of space here, I refer you to the Freesound page for this version, which explains all: freesound.org/people/Philip_G... . The end result is that this version is more sharply focused, with clearer differentiation between foreground and background, and is more of a fun experience.
Chimes used (all three layers):
1+2. Music of the Spheres Gypsy Mezzo and Soprano (6 tubes each, tuned to an Eastern European Gypsy scale)
3. Woodstock Chimes of Pluto (5 tubes, moderately high-pitched, tuned to a radiant sunny-sounding pentatonic scale. Not to be confused with the larger and very different-sounding Davis Blanchard Pluto chimes that also figure in some of my Nature-Symphonies)
4+5. Indonesian bamboo chimes, large and small (6 tubes each, rather indeterminate tuning but often with hints of whole-tone scale)
I made the original recording on 18 February 2013 (freesound.org/people/Philip_G... ), at Hunter's Tor, near the Hunter's Path and Castle Drogo, Teign Gorge, Drewsteignton, Devon, UK
For fuller details, please see this work's Freesound page, freesound.org/people/Philip_G... .
Advisory
To get the best out of this, with its mass of detail, listen with high-grade headphones.
________________________________
My Nature-Symphonies are, at least in my experience, a new type of music composition, whose nature and origin has interesting parallels with some of the most inspiring works of Iannis Xenakis through effectively being stochastic (probability-generated) music, and his tendency to create electroacoustic works in which natural sounds and real live instruments are used as a starting-point for transformation in meaningful ways.
Note the hyphenation of 'nature-symphony', because it's important. These are NOT any old type of symphony that is 'about' nature, but are a new type of symphony-type music that is originated and played by 'Mother Nature'. My role as composer, therefore, is as a sufficiently aware and 'deeply connected' enabler, facilitator, and recogniser of what choices have truly 'clicked' and mean something, so that I'm motivated to gather together those inspirational gems and to present them in a meaningful way.
For fuller notes about this type of music work, and the transformations used, see my relevant playlist ( • Philip Goddard: Nature... ).
________________________________
Images used
The location photo shows the recording in progress.
The three background images were generated by Bing Image Creator (an AI service) to my specification, with subsequent outpainting using an online service, as the better alternative to cropping the original square format to the 16:9 aspect ratio. I also added an artist's canvas surface texture.
________________________________
The composition, video and original recording are the Composer's COPYRIGHT, licensed under provisions of *Creative Commons - Attribution*.
The audio is CD quality (16-bit, 44100Hz).

[@212gerson]

Superb Vibe. Gentle and Humble.

[@ethanmoynihan9236]

That was an experience! Bravo! ❤