Turns out MuseScore (free program) can both make sheet music and greatly improve sound quality (they also can upload to YouTube):
Sounds much more like real instruments, I think, even if it's not perfect.Given the source, I’m seeing the crew of a sub frantically scurrying, in 8-bit, from one battle station to another as their sub is grappled by a giant squid or something. I’m pretty sure I’m imagining it with 100% military accuracy, too :).
I’m sorry, but that’s classified. 
Anyone listen to the new version yet?
Nice. It really benefits from the more realistic string sounds.
What kind of drum did you have in mind?
Thanks!
A timpani, but that part could probably very easily be done by the cello, since it might be a bit silly to wheel in a big set of timpani drums just for two notes.
I imported the file into Finale and it created sheet music in about .02 seconds. I’ll be happy to clean it up for you and make it look official, if you’d like.
Thanks for posting the new version, although oddly, I kinda preferred the midi version.
The newer one certainly has better quality, but the high notes on violin don’t ring true; like a kind of uncanny valley of sound.
I do think the composition is very good and is quite compelling, so I’d still love to hear it performed with real strings.
Really!? I never would have thought you could use cello to substitute a percussion part like that. (But then, I really have no understanding of music. I just likes what I hears.) Could cello still create the same dramatic effect?
No, it couldn’t. What the OP should do (in my humble composer/songwriter/pianist opinion) is flesh out the part, change it to bass, and poof, it becomes a string quintet.
If there’s interest, and with the OP’s permission, I could record it with my VI samples. They’re incredibly realistic, often used on commercial recordings that can’t afford a live orchestra.
Sure! Thank you!
Sure again! I’d love to hear how it turns out!
Thanks again!
It probably wouldn’t sound as distinctive/resonant, but I like the suggestion of using a bass for the same effect (which might work). I’m far from an expert – I learned piano as a kid, learned to read music, and years later decided to write a string quartet. I’m pretty bad at music notation and the like.
Just did! Dawgone, that’s pretty! The midi version was sweet, but the more realistic version is a pip! Left Hand of Dorkness is right: this would be good “action movie” background music. I see it as backing up the scene where all the pilots scramble into their flight suits and run out to the landing field, jumping up into the cockpits of their aircraft. The final “denouement” bars are when the cockpit hatches fold closed.
Anyway… It’s evocative! It’s active, and absolutely conveys a hurried kind of urgency, an emotion of “Go, go, go,” yet with an organized sort of thought behind it. It isn’t chaotic, but, in fact, very regular. It evokes intelligent hyper-activity! Very nicely done!
Wow, thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it!