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Ozymandias

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A haunting piece about Ozymandias, King of Kings. Lyrics are from the poem "Ozymandias" written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.


"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away

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I like the echo-y beat and ominous harmonies at the beginning. The mixing could be a tad sharper, though - there might even be too much reverb in the texture here. I like the sound design of the instrumentals a lot, but the vocals sound very artificial and indistinct, and, honestly, seem to be from a pretty low-quality vocoder. Otherwise, the chord progression and other aspects of the arrangement are a tad generic. I really like the ghostly solo at 2:34, but it doesn’t come through in the mix very well due to all the reverb effects and louder harmonies. Overall, really nice work with the instrumentation, moodiness, and atmosphere of the piece. But the vocals don’t quite work for me, and the mix needed to be a lot tighter to emphasize all of the neat compositional details and crisp beats in this piece. Still, it’s a catchy track with a great Halloween-ish vibe. Keep at it, CielOuvert! :)

Mixing, mastering, and balance
.75/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.25/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.75/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.5/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
6/10

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Votes
6
Score
4.14 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jan 23, 2015
10:47 AM EST
Genre
New Wave
File Info
Song
5.1 MB
4 min 28 sec

Licensing Terms

Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.