This section explores my music composition process, focusing on how each piece is conceived, structured, and orchestrated. Each article analyzes real compositions, covering harmony, rhythm, orchestration, and musical development in cinematic and neoclassical music.
Orchestral composition process I tried to remove harmonic direction completely. But every progression I wrote kept pulling the music forward. The challenge in Old Stone and Vines was not how to move — but how to avoid moving, while still changing. Part of the album Forgotten Castle, the piece reflects the present state of the … Read more
Orchestral composition process What does a musical celebration sound like? This article explores my orchestral composition process through the piece “Parade”. It captures the energy of a crowd as knights pass through the castle, transforming movement and rhythm into a continuous musical flow. Part of the album Forgotten Castle, inspired by the castle of Astúlez, … Read more
How do you translate light into music? Stained Glass is built as a constantly shifting texture, where rhythm and harmony behave like fragments of colored light. It explores a visual idea translated into sound: the experience of looking at stained glass windows from inside a church. Light passes through shifting colors and shapes, constantly transforming—never … Read more
Where Did They Go? explores a different psychological layer within Gateway, a Psychological Introspection: not discovery, but uncertainty after discovery. GATEWAY: A PSYCHOLOGICAL INTROSPECTION (album) by Pilpil Music Listen while reading — this piece is built around a recurring unresolved motif. The piece reflects a fundamental question raised in Frederik Pohl’s novel: if the alien … Read more
The Discovery opens the album Gateway, a Psychological Introspection and represents a decisive moment: the encounter with the unknown. Inspired by the novel Gateway by Frederik Pohl, the piece reflects the discovery of an asteroid containing alien transportation technology—something both fascinating and deeply unsettling. GATEWAY: A PSYCHOLOGICAL INTROSPECTION (album) by Pilpil Music The Core Idea … Read more
Hourglass is built around a simple idea: time that doesn’t move forward, but loops endlessly. Instead of a clear beginning and destination, the piece explores repetition, subtle change, and suspended motion—like sand continuously falling inside an hourglass. HOURGLASS by Pilpil Music The Core Idea From the very first bars, the piano establishes a continuous ostinato … Read more
Some pieces are built around clarity and direct expression, while others explore ambiguity and contrast. Hidden Alleys, part of the album Urban Nightlife Stories, belongs to the second category. It is a composition that moves through shadowed spaces, suggesting the experience of walking through unknown or hidden corners of a city at night. This piece … Read more
Some pieces are built around energy and movement, while others emerge from a more reflective state. After the Neon Fades, included in the album Urban Nightlife Stories (2025), belongs to the latter. It captures a very specific moment within the narrative of the album: the end of the night, when the city begins to quiet … Read more
Some compositions are driven by introspection or atmosphere, while others emerge from a more direct and spontaneous musical impulse. Dancing Where We Belong, included in the album Urban Nightlife Stories (2025), belongs clearly to the second category. It is a piece that captures a specific moment: the joy of meeting friends at night in a … Read more
Some compositions begin with a clear melodic idea, while others emerge from a more abstract musical gesture. “Night Walk in the Forest” belongs to the latter. The piece, originally composed in 2021 for piano and oboe, started from a rhythmic and harmonic idea that immediately suggested a sense of urgency and movement. From the very … Read more
Some musical ideas begin with abstract emotions, while others are connected to specific memories or places. Green Train to Gorliz belongs to the second category. The piece was inspired by a railway line that once connected the city of Bilbao with the coastal village of Gorliz in northern Spain. Until the 1990s, an old electric … Read more
