This is incredible, Sam! Gorgeous but not saccharine, and so many lovely textures! I love how you color the pauses throughout: with piano resonance, a single sustained harmonic, a molto vib. pizz ringing, etc. Very classy.

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!!

This is my new favorite piece of music

@SamWuMusic

2 күн бұрын

Thank you for your listening!

Sublime contemporary music. Thank you for sharing your talent and artistry with us. Both you and Takashi Yoshimatsu are such a pleasure to listen to.

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!!

Breathtakingly orchestrated and performed. Bravi!!

@SamWuMusic

2 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening Luc! One of my favorite pieces of advice is from Jennifer Higdon, who said "chamber music should be orchestrated as if it's a work for orchestra". I still think about this often!

Marvelous composition 😍

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

WOW! This is wonderful. Your voice deserves to be heard!

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!!

Amazing music. Please please put it on Spotify some day 🙏🙏🙏

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words! I'll look into it :)

what an accomplishment! The shades of Ornstein's piano quintet are there to my ears but are you've captured something wholly special and unique here.

@SamWuMusic

2 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening! I'm not familiar with the Ornstein, so I look forward to checking it out :)

Really impressive work. I love the energy and the feeling of voyage and adventure. Thanks for sharing

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

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absolutely beautiful piece

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

oh my god. wow. just wow. amazing

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

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Wow true beauty ❤

@SamWuMusic

2 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Fellow composer here. Absolutely breathtaking. Glad this showed up on my recommended. This would be great for a short film or documentary of sorts. I mostly do neo romantic as I teach orchestra. So my favorite composers are Liszt, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Brahms.

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

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Wonderful and beautiful. I could truly see the city as I listened.

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words! I am frequently inspired by cities--in fact I aspired to be an architect when I was kid :)

What a wonderful way to start my day, thank you for this brilliant upload.

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you Sam!

Woah!! This is breathtaking!!!

@SamWuMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening!!

This is 🔥

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

This is great, with a lot of minimalist figures. Many subtleties.

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you Steve for listening!

@stevekudlo1464

3 күн бұрын

@@SamWuMusic you’re welcome, sir.

You made me feel passionate about music once again.

@SamWuMusic

2 күн бұрын

Thank you!!

I really like this-nicely done, Sam. (Amazing performers!)

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words! Yes I am so blessed to have worked with them (Tianyu Liu, Russell Iceberg, Aditi Prakash, Claire Kim, Stephen Joven-Lee)!

Beautiful

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE SOUNDING THIS GOOD??? THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!!

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Aha thank you--you're too kind!

Thanks a lot for sharing your awesome music!

@SamWuMusic

2 күн бұрын

Thank YOU for listening!!

This is absolutely incredible! It’s all brimming with soul, beauty, space, and it gets so groovy! Consider me a big fan, congratulations.

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

awesome

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Wonderful piece of music. In someways this reminds me of Shostakovich string quartet no. 8 and Ravel's String quartet. At the same time it's giving the feeling of Steve Reich's Different trains. The transit system can be definitely heard from this sophisticated piece of music. The special techniques of the strings felt natural and in the right places. Greetings from Finland✌

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words! One of my favorite composers is Sibelius, and I really look forward to visiting Finland one day :)

Instant like Please make this with more transit systems! :')

@SamWuMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thank you! One for every city :)

beautiful piece with equally beautiful titles… damn

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

I liked this so much! First time hearing one of your compositions... Congratulations! Beautiful and ingenious piece!

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you Renato for listening and your kind words!

this is so beautiful , full of colors , amazing !

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

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Wonderful piece, and masterful compositional skills!

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

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Very beautiful and dreamy

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words! Love using "dreamy" as a tempo indication :)

@crimeancomposer

5 күн бұрын

​@@SamWuMusic because it's trully dreamy it's Naturally indicatian tempo because me too composer

This was really great from start to finish! I have not yet visited Shanghai but I liked how the piece captures both the frenzy of the metro system and the tender moments of the garden and viewing the skyline.

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words! It's definitely a city worth visiting--let me know if you need food recs :D

found this about a day ago... it's absolutely incredible. the way the chords just kind of come together is so wonderful.

@SamWuMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!!

beautiful piece ! I love it !!!

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

whoa this is phenomenal!!

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

gorgeous

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you!

This video needs MORE VIEWS NOW

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your encouragement!

absolutely stunning use of harmonic contrast and story telling, well done keep up the amazing work!

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words! I definitely feel music is all about story telling :)

This showed up on my feed while I'm on the train in Boston headed to class during a summer music composition program 😆 really gorgeous work

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening! Good luck at your summer program :) Who are the teacher(s) if I may ask?

@deltafournumbers

3 күн бұрын

@@SamWuMusic Thank you! It's at Longy school of music and involves the Longy faculty plus guest composers Chen Yi and Marti Epstein

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Awesome! I love their music; I hope you have an inspiring time there!

@deltafournumbers

3 күн бұрын

@@SamWuMusic Thank you so much!

Woooow!! That's very beautiful. It sounds like a gem in the world of music. Nice work!

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

Sam, thanks for the ride. All I can say, I was moved and waited for the next wonderful turn. Beautiful. Bravo.

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for joining us on the train!

Tremendo!

@SamWuMusic

9 сағат бұрын

Grazie!

This is beautiful, I love the texture and the play of momentum.

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

wow this was very beautiful .

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you Kamal for listening!

❤

Very fantastic voice you have

@SamWuMusic

23 сағат бұрын

Thank you for listening!!

💯

Music like anime so beautiful and romantic

@SamWuMusic

12 сағат бұрын

Thank you for listening!

would love to be able to listen to this on spotify :)

@SamWuMusic

Күн бұрын

I'll look into it! In the meantime, the same recording is on my SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/Z9RiotJvxXJUy4rL8

just discovered your music, much too late. this is great stuff

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you! No worries--I haven't been as mindful of keeping up with uploading / social media in general until recently as well :) Case in point, this piece is from 2+ years ago!

Wonderful composition. Thanks for sharing

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank YOU for listening and your kind words!

depicts ambience really well

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

69/10, very nice harmonies there. 👍

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

This shit here is underrated as fuck Holy shit what a great piece ❤

@SamWuMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening Marco! 😂

Something about music about transit that rly kills it. Sufjan Steve’s the bqe also has this vibe Both this and that are tremendous:)

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening; I am definitely a transit nerd as well! John Adams' "Road Movies" and "Hallelujah Junction" are some of my favorite examples of transit-music.

@charlesgreenberg6956

3 күн бұрын

@@SamWuMusic different trains also hits too!!!!

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Such a meaningful work!

huge yoshimatsu vibes

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening! Definitely a fan of his music :)

Shout out to the Holy Algorithm for making me meet on my walk of life your otherwordly work(s)… I’m a self-taught 17-years-old composer (and violinist since I was three), your music is a greatest inspiration for me

@SamWuMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! I also started out as a violinist--wishing you the best on your composition journey :)

Spectacular! Will the score be available for purchase?

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words! Yes--please email me at samwu1010@gmail.com. Unfortunately I haven't found the time to set up an online store through my website :)

This was absolutely breathtaking…I was completely captivated during the piece’s entire 12-minute run. Which composers would you cite as your influences because I love this style!!

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words! Some of my favorite composers: Sibelius (his 6th symphony is so underrated and underperformed), Ravel (Le Tombeau de Couperin is one of my favorite pieces), John Adams (particularly his 1980s works), and Chinese composers Tan Dun and Qigang Chen (I'd describe as Ravel, but more "dusty" in hue).

@benana_3

3 күн бұрын

@@SamWuMusic Will have to check out Tan Dun as I’m not familiar with his music. I’m a huge fan of the other composers you listed though and their influences are definitely felt

@SamWuMusic

3 күн бұрын

I'd recommend Tan's Academy Award-winning score to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," as well as his "Concerto for Orchestra" and "Death and Fire: a Dialogue with Paul Klee."

Very nice! Were you inspired by copeland?

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Not specifically, but I definitely love a lot of his music!

Algorithm brought me here, this is beautiful, I love it!

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

leaving a comment for the algorithm because this is absolutely surreal :)

@SamWuMusic

4 күн бұрын

Thank you for listening; you're too kind!

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Hi Brandon :)

Beautiful

@SamWuMusic

5 күн бұрын

Thank you!

gorgeous

@SamWuMusic

2 күн бұрын

Thank you!