Announcing that a good friend of mine, the same one who I made Presage and Remembrance for, and also the same one who made a 35 minute theme and variations on play this to distract someone (a glorious 59 second song I made last year)

https://10provinces.newgrounds.com/

Has officially begun work on the 50Steaks orchestral suite comprising all 50 of my songs as his next birthday gift. I was considering doing something like this as well at some point, redoing all the states in some sort of orchestral fashion, but he beat me to it. The piece will consist of 5 movements, and the first is almost completed. It will be even longer than his theme and variations from 2024.

This is going to be the grandest composition on both our profiles, likely being the longest by far on mine. I mean, 50 songs is a LOT for one piece. It should be out by the end of this month though it could easily take longer given the fact that he still has 4 movements to go and he is out on a research program.

Really, it's less a compilation of my songs and more so a reimagining of their major themes into an entirely new piece. It should be considered separate from the series, standing on its own merit as an independent work, but also related in many ways. I have heard the beginning, and I'll just say you're in for a treat.

This has been up and coming for some time and I'm thrilled to finally announce it!

P.S. for those who read this far, here is a treat: My official take on the 50 States Songs tier list!