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I haven't done one of these for a while! I think the last one that was this blatant was Tale of the Cave in 2007. It took absolutely ages to finish - I think that I wrote out the chorus for it at the start of 2011 - but now there's only one song to go before Signal from the Sky is complete :)
The trouble with these is that my "Is this really stupid?" sense only seems to activate when the song is nearly finished and it's time to post it. When writing songs about existing stories, there seems to be an unwritten rule of not specifically naming anything you're referencing, a rule that I break here - but despite that, my hope is that those who get it will get it, and everyone else can just enjoy the song (though I wouldn't want people to think that I used the phrase "Hie thee" entirely of my own volition).
This had to be compressed a lot to fit into FA's file size limit, but a high-quality version will be available on my Bandcamp soon!
Lyrics
Hie thee to the ocean city
To conquer the shadows of night
To fight against the endless dark
Restore this world's light
Time's end will await you there
And death's demise, it's told
Though you don't yet know what this means
Sail on to Armoroad
Far to the south a pathway leads beneath the silent sea
Leads down through spiral strata formed from chaos and debris
Promise of fame, a truth to seek and fortune for the brave
From near and far they gather here to enter the maze
From the corners of the world
To the centre of the ocean labyrinth
Every single life has a purpose
Drawing them to here
From the weakest sons of earth
To the daughters born of royalty
When the legend reaches distant shores
Throughout the world they hear these words
Hie thee to the ocean city
To conquer the shadows of night
To fight against the endless dark
Restore this world's light
Time's end will await you there
And death's demise, it's told
So journey for the distant shore
Sail on to Armoroad
Far down below, a secret lies beneath the ocean waves
The key to great disaster at the centre of the maze
Open the path, a world lost a century ago
Protected through the ages so the city might live
From the corners of the world
To the centre of the ocean labyrinth
Every single life has a purpose
Drawing them to here
From the weakest sons of earth
To the daughters born of royalty
They will journey through the dark
And find the story to be told
Travel down the nested worlds
Through the forest of eternity
Could you be the ones to find the way
Endure the silence of the sea
A hero's odyssey
Into the void of the dark
From the sky to the sea
There's no true path
As you take your chance
Fighting venom and rage
To find a way through the nested worlds
Through wood, water, fire, stone and light
Down to the black, and deeper still
To a place defying time
[Koshiro Yuzo medley]
Take up the sword and the scroll in hand
This is where your own tale began
A place in your mind
Left so far behind
Can come back to being once more
Crossing the borders of land and sea
Open the path to sanctuary
And then may you find
The song lost to time
And bring back the light to us all
Travel down the nested worlds
Through the forest of eternity
Could you be the ones to find the way
Endure the silence of the sea
Travel down the nested worlds
Through the forest of eternity
Could you be the ones to find the way
Endure the silence of the sea
A hero's odyssey
The trouble with these is that my "Is this really stupid?" sense only seems to activate when the song is nearly finished and it's time to post it. When writing songs about existing stories, there seems to be an unwritten rule of not specifically naming anything you're referencing, a rule that I break here - but despite that, my hope is that those who get it will get it, and everyone else can just enjoy the song (though I wouldn't want people to think that I used the phrase "Hie thee" entirely of my own volition).
This had to be compressed a lot to fit into FA's file size limit, but a high-quality version will be available on my Bandcamp soon!
Lyrics
Hie thee to the ocean city
To conquer the shadows of night
To fight against the endless dark
Restore this world's light
Time's end will await you there
And death's demise, it's told
Though you don't yet know what this means
Sail on to Armoroad
Far to the south a pathway leads beneath the silent sea
Leads down through spiral strata formed from chaos and debris
Promise of fame, a truth to seek and fortune for the brave
From near and far they gather here to enter the maze
From the corners of the world
To the centre of the ocean labyrinth
Every single life has a purpose
Drawing them to here
From the weakest sons of earth
To the daughters born of royalty
When the legend reaches distant shores
Throughout the world they hear these words
Hie thee to the ocean city
To conquer the shadows of night
To fight against the endless dark
Restore this world's light
Time's end will await you there
And death's demise, it's told
So journey for the distant shore
Sail on to Armoroad
Far down below, a secret lies beneath the ocean waves
The key to great disaster at the centre of the maze
Open the path, a world lost a century ago
Protected through the ages so the city might live
From the corners of the world
To the centre of the ocean labyrinth
Every single life has a purpose
Drawing them to here
From the weakest sons of earth
To the daughters born of royalty
They will journey through the dark
And find the story to be told
Travel down the nested worlds
Through the forest of eternity
Could you be the ones to find the way
Endure the silence of the sea
A hero's odyssey
Into the void of the dark
From the sky to the sea
There's no true path
As you take your chance
Fighting venom and rage
To find a way through the nested worlds
Through wood, water, fire, stone and light
Down to the black, and deeper still
To a place defying time
[Koshiro Yuzo medley]
Take up the sword and the scroll in hand
This is where your own tale began
A place in your mind
Left so far behind
Can come back to being once more
Crossing the borders of land and sea
Open the path to sanctuary
And then may you find
The song lost to time
And bring back the light to us all
Travel down the nested worlds
Through the forest of eternity
Could you be the ones to find the way
Endure the silence of the sea
Travel down the nested worlds
Through the forest of eternity
Could you be the ones to find the way
Endure the silence of the sea
A hero's odyssey
Category Music / Rock
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File Size 6.38 MB
Yes, a square wave instrument features quite heavily in the middle - along with a fair amount of melodies borrowed from the game itself :)
I always hated dungeon crawlers, having grown up with Eye of the Beholder 2 and never understanding it at all, but... after
kjorteo badgered me for about a year and a half about how much he loved the Etrian Odyssey series, I got EO3 and was horrified by how much I absolutely loved it. It was as if everything about Eye of the Beholder had suddenly gone right...
It's very unforgiving, punishing you a lot if you overreach... but eventually you get the idea of how much you can bite off at one time, and gradually end up getting more obsessed with your party balance and dynamics ;) Etrian Odyssey 3 has been the game that I've sunk the most time into in a very long time.
I always hated dungeon crawlers, having grown up with Eye of the Beholder 2 and never understanding it at all, but... after
kjorteo badgered me for about a year and a half about how much he loved the Etrian Odyssey series, I got EO3 and was horrified by how much I absolutely loved it. It was as if everything about Eye of the Beholder had suddenly gone right...It's very unforgiving, punishing you a lot if you overreach... but eventually you get the idea of how much you can bite off at one time, and gradually end up getting more obsessed with your party balance and dynamics ;) Etrian Odyssey 3 has been the game that I've sunk the most time into in a very long time.
You actually did a good enough job making most of the medley your own (through playing with the instrument selection and tempo and such and making it more a part of this song than the original) that I can't recognize most of it, and I'm instantly familiar with all EO3 songs in their natural habitat. But ... of course you had to use Hoist the Sword with Pride in the Heart :) I kind of knew you would when I saw [Koshiro Yuzo medley] in the lyrics, before I actually listened to the song, even.
It is, after all, the most metal thing to come out of a PC-88 (competing with just about all other fighting music for this game). I think the only other one I actually used sections from is the lower-strata battle music - and I've found I actually have in-game nostalgia for the fighting music on the first two floors. I never thought I'd say it at the time, but it's a reminder of when things used to be straightforward ;)
I think the only reason I don't experience the same effect is that I went through the other installments in the series first, and therefore my opinion of EO3's first random encounter theme is "this is a good song, but it's not as good for that role as EO2's first random encounter theme was, because absolutely nothing is, that is just completely impossible to top." (Likewise for the second random encounter theme being stolen by EO1, though again, EO3's is still fantastic.)
God, I need the EO2 OST. Not want, need.
God, I need the EO2 OST. Not want, need.
Wow, I'd never heard that one before, but I do love it :) The bass sound there really reminds me of the Megadrive one, and the whole thing puts me in mind of some of the best music from Zero Wing (specifically, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6W2kb4LccE ).
David. As always i'm impressed!!!
I love the variety of rythms you put in the song this time. Sounds like the story is told even without the text. It's really great!
While i'm still working on the live version of your unreality, you create more and more great songs i wish i could play and give you to hear ^^"
We should meet in Wacken 2012! I'll bring my guitar and some band members and then we all do a jam session like there has never been one before ;3
I love the variety of rythms you put in the song this time. Sounds like the story is told even without the text. It's really great!
While i'm still working on the live version of your unreality, you create more and more great songs i wish i could play and give you to hear ^^"
We should meet in Wacken 2012! I'll bring my guitar and some band members and then we all do a jam session like there has never been one before ;3
Thanks so much :) I'd actually forgotten that you were planning to do Unreality - I would absolutely love to hear what comes out of it, if you do manage to get it together :)
I should have gone to Wacken when I lived closer to it, really... it's a bit of a trek for me now, but perhaps some year I'll find myself around. That sounds like a great plan :)
I should have gone to Wacken when I lived closer to it, really... it's a bit of a trek for me now, but perhaps some year I'll find myself around. That sounds like a great plan :)
I think I'm getting addicted to your music. I'm actually going back through your gallery because it's the most interesting tracks I've listened too in a while. And they're all a rather healthy length to boot - normally I expect tracks like this to be like, 3 minutes long, but finding one 5 or even 9 minutes in length is a legitimately pleasant surprise. (Try not to beat Blind Guardian's hour long track though, that would just be insane.)
STILL, really enjoying what I'm finding.
STILL, really enjoying what I'm finding.
Thank you so much, it's really flattering to get comments like this and I'm pleased that you're enjoying my music so much :)
Iron Maiden was the band that got me into lengthy songs, although a few years after I first got into the band I now realize that a lot of their songs are rather too long for their own good :) The longest I've heard is Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, which they wanted to be thought of as a 42-minute song but is arguably eight much shorter songs stuck together... what was the Blind Guardian one?
Iron Maiden was the band that got me into lengthy songs, although a few years after I first got into the band I now realize that a lot of their songs are rather too long for their own good :) The longest I've heard is Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, which they wanted to be thought of as a 42-minute song but is arguably eight much shorter songs stuck together... what was the Blind Guardian one?
Oh man I am just mucking up royally today. I got the band wrong, it's Rhapsody's Gargoyles, angels of Darkness, which you probably already know about (I remember seeing you comment about rhapsody in another song?) and it's only 20 minutes. at first I thought I got it mixed up with Lost Horizon's "Highlander, The One", but that was only 20 minutes too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EfhAFA2yFE
did I get it mixed up with this? AAHHH WHAT DID I DO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EfhAFA2yFE
did I get it mixed up with this? AAHHH WHAT DID I DO
I've only just started collecting their albums, but I've known of them for a while :) As extraordinarily pretentious as they are, Luca Turilli really is a fantastic enough musician to get away with it...
And I have that Lost Horizon album as well - somehow I found it in a corner music shop, it must have been there for years! It's incredible that the most... ludicrous band in the world managed to get themselves such an incredible singer.
And I have that Lost Horizon album as well - somehow I found it in a corner music shop, it must have been there for years! It's incredible that the most... ludicrous band in the world managed to get themselves such an incredible singer.
It's interesting hearing that. I'll admit I don't know jack about Rhapsody or Luca Turilli. Down here they're relatively unheard of, I only have the internet to thank for the fact I can listen to them at all. I've just never really bothered to research the subject I suppose.
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