Systems, devices, and methods for computer-generated musical compositions

An iterative computer-implemented method of generating a musical composition, the method comprising:

• assigning a respective score to each musical composition in a population of musical compositions;
• until a child composition that satisfies at least one criterion is identified, repeating, with each successive population of musical compositions at least including an immediately preceding set of child compositions:
• selecting, based on their respective scores, at least two parent compositions from the population of musical compositions;
• generating a set of child compositions based on the at least two parent compositions;
• assigning a respective score to each child composition;
• and
• evaluating whether each child composition satisfies at least one criterion;
• and
• returning the child composition that satisfies at least one criterion.

A system for generating a musical composition, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions and/or data that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
• assign a respective score to each musical composition in the population of musical compositions;
• select, based on their respective scores, at least two parent compositions from the population of musical compositions;
• generate a set of child compositions based on the at least two parent compositions;
• assign a respective score to each child composition;
• and
• return a child composition that satisfies at least one criterion.