Grieving for the Fallen

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Grieving for the Fallen

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The eternal moment of mourning

Of precious people, priceless cost

Softly weeping, emotions pouring

For those who were lost

The pain is delayed and barefaced

A piercing hole from within

Had they not been erased

Who knows what could have been

Memories fade into antiquity

But the path foward remains clear

Never forget their history

Or the will to persevere

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Spectrasonics Keyscape patches

Piano: LA Custom C7 Grand, Celeste (soft support for piano and harp)

Quantum Leap Stormdrum patches

Taikos ZEN, Black Toms Soundstage, 12 ft Log Drums, Earthquake Ensemble

EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra Gold patches

23 Gong, Various Metals (Triangle and Wind Chimes), Harp, Violins, Violas, Celli, Basses

Effects Plugins: ReaEQ, ReaVerb (with two IRs: Samplicity M7 06 Scoring Stage and upright_piano_nodamp_far), KlipFreak (AudioAssault), TDR Kotelnikov, TDR Nova, Monoize (Terry West), Wow n Flutter v1_1 (Daniel Bosshard), VST: 31-Band Graphic Equaliser (Sir Elliot), Limiter No6 (Vladislav Goncharov)

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xkatttt

2022-08-19 16:08:49

Gorgeous composition!

anthonyragus responds:

Thank you!

Basiator

2022-08-16 19:39:50

Ahoy.
This sounds great. Especially the middle, ie the dramatic change.
Excellent instrument control, very good orchestral.
I don't have much to say except that there is an obvious quality. This is movie-ready.
Also best wishes for the finales.

anthonyragus responds:

Yooo, I'm happy you enjoyed it. I'm excited to hear what you'll write next.

TheMonster3159

2022-08-16 05:15:12

Epic classical dramatic song, deserves more listens tbh.

anthonyragus responds:

Hey there, thank you for your kind words. If you enjoy classical and electronic things, there are more on the way.

YUTAF

2022-08-15 17:34:48

I mean, I do rate by the tags… and it matches a lot, except the piano could be more depressing.

anthonyragus responds:

Hi Yutaf, I was not going for depression, as I'll explain below, but rather an expressive grieving with a swirl of emotions, memories, and imagination of what and who once were and now are.

"Depressing" is a pretty specific emotional qualifer, one that I associate with a lack of, or internal hiding of, expression. It's a muted, dark, thick bog of abject misery, often wallowing without an outlet to pour out or vent.

Perhaps "melancholy" was inappropriate to include as a tag, as it is synonymous with depression, so I've removed it. Thanks for commenting.