Im trying to compose some of the late 70's style song. Like this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXzuQH_I7WM&ab_channel=KateBush-Topic

Only piano no arrangement yet here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPVA7_mXKsQ&ab_channel=ABCLibrarySales

I'm trying to compose for a project that's really close to my heart. We're talking about the late 70's and early 80's, and Kate Bush's work in particular.

I've linked two videos of the same title. I can't figure out how it was composed.

Was the first step the melody or the chords?

What does it mean for the rest of my composition to start with one or the other?

What's the relationship between the intervals of the verses and those of the chorus?

How could I manage (with a lot of work, I admit) to compose something so deep and touching in this style (or any Kate styles song??

Are there any identifiable compositional techniques I could learn from this?

I really want to learn to compose in this sense.

If Anyone can help me with that i would grateful forever!

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Made a song regarding the recent conflicts around the globe outlining the mentality of men who are sent of to war, just a message of hope and the need to stop political agendas guiding our lives and sending us to war forcibly when all we do is die for a cause that we don't believe in.

Anyways here it is

https://open.spotify.com/track/67n3XEFvuemK5QLX08O9j7?si=a07927de331340e8

I just published an analysis of the coda from Zappa's "Echidna's Arf"

I mainly discuss how Zappa uses polymeter in some versions of tune, and how this differs from later versions of the tune, examining how the rhythm section interacts with the melody. I do also discuss the harmony and melody construction a little, too.

If anyone has any additional thoughts or anything they've noticed, please let me know!

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Watching Jordan Rudess hadle this situation with a combination of both looks like the way to go. But I get lost when I try that. Memorization seems to be the best way to go, and works for me- but takes hours and hours listening to the tune. Learning and playing Close to the Edge wasn't so bad because we've all heard it for years.

How do you folks handle epic prog tunes?