Transcribe With Power!

[Ruro]

As the title says, Transcribe with power! It's either a skill I lack because this is my second attempt at it... or perhaps it's feasibly impossible? But I can't work out why :/
To get it out the way, when I say power... I mean, make your new piece sound great, instead of just hitting the notes to the tune your transcribing...

Thing is, I transcribed the Theme from Stargate, most notes actually became a chord, and it sounded GOOD, it sounded RIGHT, except I'm now doing another Television series (JAG), but... no matter which combination of notes I seem to use in the song anywhere, it doesn't work! And I really feel it should use chords in some places, but it just isn't sounding right...

It's like, this C Sharp HAS TO BE a C Sharp, but it wasn't the case with the Stargate Theme O_o

Can someone explain what is happening? Perhaps the C Sharp note has a perculiar sound or something scientific which is screwing it up? Or perhaps I'm going about it all wrong, and chords isn't the only way to create the climax, if so... someone enlighten me please!

And I just thoroughly tried the LH with chords, accompanying the RH which plays the tune... it sounds close, but it just sounds too "Minor" like O_o

Sorry to bother you all with something so petty, but I feel like learning something, and perhaps someone here will lend me there time ^_^

[tac-tics]

Counterpoint often contains elements of chords, but they do not settle easily onto progressions. There are no I's, IV's, or V7's, but rather, counterpoint is created by stringing together consonant and semi-dissonant intervals.

Certain other genres, especially in electronic music, can get away without chord progressions. Drum&Bass, for example, focuses almost entirely on rhythmic progressions.

I can't really say much to help with your transcriptions. Chord transcriptions are tricky and I don't understand them very well either.

[Ruro]

I'm not familiar with counterpoint to be honest, never gone through much theory, although now you mention it, I will look it up (I have an eery feeling it's used in Fugues?).

Anyhow, I went at it a little more last night, and playing around with the chord inversions and I found one that works quite right if I remember correctly, so perhaps I will get there in the end Several repeated notes as well, so it shouldn't take too long!

As for chord progressions... you can easily guess what they are, but look them up and stuff I shall ^_^

Thankyou for your reply, sheds some light on the possiblities!

[tac-tics]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterpoint

Fugues are a kind of piece written in Counterpoint.