Hrm.... it sounds like Noteworthy didn't properly render all the notes correctly to MIDI. Either that, or you made some interesting decisions on which notes to extend into others. ::cough::

I think your intuition is on the right track: Cade is definitely a loud-percussion sort of character (make sure you review his profile, and even the first part of the outline if you're up for some reading). The dainty waltz is about as far away from his character as I can imagine, so I'll reserve judgment until you think what you've submitted is more like what you had in mind.

That said, the piece alone shows a good grasp of parallel melody and part writing, albeit more traditionally classical in its harmonic construction. There might be some places we can use ye olde timey music to add some aged flavor, but we'll get to that when we do location music tasks.

By the way, if you're looking for a good freeware MIDI tracker and aren't phased by rather simplistic interfaces, I recommend JAZZ++, which can be downloaded from http://www.jazzware.com.

There were a few "interesting" decisions that I made with the harmonies, but it was all pretty much intentional.

I read the profile. I might make some changes once I see some character sketches or read a few of his lines.

I'd be perfectly happy writing some location music. Unfortunately, as you said, my stuff is much more classical. I'm a classical musician, so my instincts in writing lean more towards that.

Yeeesh...I downloaded it and tried it...but oh dear god...I couldn't understand it for the life of me. I intend on re-writing it on Riven's computer. That way, I can get you a better quality one. ^^

Thanks for the critique.