I have completed the commercial. In the end, I chose the waltz as the style in which to compose my piece, and I think the results are quite pleasing. I have violins, violas, celli, and contrabasses accompanied by timpani and cymbal crashes, and also a glockenspiel harmonising the melody, which the violin plays. I had originally intended to include the piano, but felt that there was already much happening in regard to orchestration, and that adding anything more would make it too complex.
While the violins play the melody, the violas and celli are arpeggiating, although the latter at a slower rate, and the contrabasses and timpani play strong single notes to accent the downbeat. The timpani also, along with the cymbals, musically represent the various explosions and crashes that the advertisement depict.
I didn’t include a jingle as such for the Dell logo, as I felt it wouldn’t fit with the piece, and that the way the music finishes exactly when it appears would be enough of an impact for people to remember the name.
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