Description
Kai’s Theme
Kai’s Theme portrays the sadness she feels – the piano motif reflects her longing and tentative hope at the thought of escape. Kai may be trapped, but she has not given up!

Forest of Mecaz
After the escape, Kai finds herself in the forest – alone and free for the first time. The piece reflects her excitement and sense of adventure.

The Elders
Deep and full, this piece articulates the power of the elders – and how they have a hand in controlling everything in the land. This piece does not contain any of the motifs of the other pieces, illustrating how the elders are bigger than Kai’s understanding of her world.

Caves of Azad
The sense of danger resides throughout the piece, Kai is underground and trapped in a series of tunnels. Will she escape or meet her destiny in the deepest of these tunnels?

Musical Themes
Kai’s journey is illustrated by her recurring motif, the first time we hear this is in Kai’s Theme and is played by piano in D Dorian Mode. The motif is sad and melancholic, illustrating her thoughts when we first meet her.

This motif begins the forest piece this time in A Dorian, with a tentative answering flute in F Dorian. This ambiguous harmonic centre echoes Kai’s uncertainty in starting out alone for the first time. The piece settles into C Dorian with the start of the ostinato. voiced by two flutes this illustrates Kai’s growing confidence in her journey.

The ostinato figure begins the caves piece, this time in C# Minor. The figure is unsure of itself before being snatched away by the strings to continue the piece. There are echoes of Kai’s theme in the piano when the woodwinds take over the ostinato, but this is short lived. Kai is in danger and is far from the comfortable forest, but the memories of this place remain.

Theme:

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
Kai is a runaway - from her oppressive life at the hands of The Elders

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/robburnley/sets/ost-composing-jam-no-4