Oh snap! Listening to it now... I like it! It never bogs down... sometimes I can almost twist myself into imagining its out of a Pirates of the Caribbean movie when it goes into one of those fanfares!
I also agree that it's great it isn't techno, lol. I may be a big fan of euro dance beats, but I like other things as well. Listening to this makes me feel guilty about not putting in the time in band to really excel though. I love how music can play on emotions and evoke things in us, it's so powerful yet... so out of reach for me... T_T.
Hmmm... I wonder what would be the result if you took maybe one or two parts of that and just expanded an entire piece to encompass variations on those bits? This piece sounds so chock full of stuff, I can barely absorb one idea before you move onto the next one!
Also, your CODE MONKEY orchestratral interpretation is godly... it makes me cry inside...