Empire of the Fallen - Original Song

montycashmusic (66)in #music • 5 years ago (edited)

Here is a long running work in progress...

After a huge effort to bring the elements together from various sources and also inspiration from various sources, this piece is finally in its first completed form (there might yet be more versions with different improvisation from other instruments so stay tuned).

Special thanks to Whiskey Mystic of Letterkenny for the inspiration to work on this song and for the female vocals in the mix( http://soundcloud.com/whiskeymystic )

To the amazing Oorlab of the Netherlands for the dramatic violin solo at 3.40 and the Outro piece (http://soundcloud.com/oorlab )

And to all the crew at Songwriter's in the Kitchen Forum for giving me great tips and tricks for mixing and mastering of the content when I was stuck as to what to do. You can find the thread of its progress here: https://www.songwriter-forum-kitchen.com/forum/songs-for-review/2/empire-of-the-fallen-open-to-critical-review-and-collaboration/5947/

All other instruments/vocals and the production, writing and mastering by myself - Monty Cash Music

The starting war sound effect is a creative commons piece by Mike Koenig. The fireworks in the background of that and the fireworks at the end of the track were recorded by me in Enschede, Netherlands on New Years Eve.

This song was originally a free-form improv session I recorded in Copenhagen two years ago - https://soundcloud.com/montycashmusic/acoustic-free-form-empire-of-the-fallen

This will be downloadable as part of a fully produced Free EP called 'Hail to the Void' released through net-label Güve Recordings, stay tuned at http://steemit.com/@montycashmusic

Lyrics:
All the worlds that we've known, they have fallen
All the dreams that we've dreamt, they have fallen
All the flowers and the trees, they have fallen
All the birds all the bees, they have fallen

All the wounds that we've bled, they have fallen
All the wars that we've fed, they have fallen
All the games we've played, they have fallen
All the nations and creeds - have fallen

All the fires that we've lit, they have fallen
All the fields that we've burned, they have fallen
All the banners we've raised, all have fallen
All the people been taised, they have fallen

People of the world, let go
People of the world, let go
People of the world, let go
People of the world, let go

All the causes we've led, they have fallen
All the colours we've beheld, they have fallen
All the words we speak, they be fallen
All the love and all the greed - has fallen

This track is under a creative commons licence - Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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