Lord Scaletorn's Conquest

Lord Scaletorn is an evil Reptilian/Human hybrid abomination who plans to execute his conquest to dominate the modern world (Excuse the terrible sketch that has been attempted for the album art work).

My favorite interval in this piece is the tritone (or augmented 4th)

at the beginning of "chorus" (at around 12 seconds in). In this case, I went from the I (Cm) to the #IV(F#M).

I like how I layered this chord under the C minor scale.

I didn't think this was going to work, but the note that plays over the chord is the minor VII of the C minor scale which is also the III of F#M triad - so it worked out perfectly.

I think this chord progression produces not only a grandiose sound, but a very ominous one as well.

Another interval to mention is how I used the C minor scale and C harmonic minor scale interchangeably.

This is specifically characterized by the usage of the major and minor VII - which is what distinguishes each scale respectively from each other. Looking into the main melody - the major VII and minor VII played in the same phrase (the motif) creates what I think is a little bit of a haunting effect - while ending with the minor scale (going from the minor VII to the I) creates a powerful ending.