Chasing Shadows by David Clavijo

 

Chasing Shadows

By

David Clavijo

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

If ever a prospective musician wanted to listen to an expert creation, a slice of mastery of musical composition, on the subject of the build and progression of a single piece of music, then I would be happy to point to the latest offering from David Clavijo called Chasing Shadows, a piece that single handily manifests a cinematic arrangement, and carries the listener with it every step of the way.

I would state that I believe that this is the closet that Clavijo has come to creating something so good, it could with ease be used in a major movie as a possible opening theme. The soft pastiche of piano which continues throughout the project is empirical in its energies, but a solid rock from which magic is created.

The string sections, especially towards the midway segment entertain a slight Phillip Glass ethic, whilst the symphonic flow and orchestral gestures pragmatically work with the overall body of the composition, thus a neo classical moment of great beauty is birthed, on the back of all the foundational work before it.

Towards the latter half of the piece the pianos high notes and soothing refrains illustrate brilliantly the wonderful compositional structure of this crafted musical narrative, allowing a soft but delicate coda to end the project. Chasing Shadows by David Clavijo is indeed a masterpiece of a composition, one superbly performed and arranged, and as such a guaranteed hit with ease can be found here.