Obsidian4260/1Ominous, suspenseful hybrid pulsing intro, deep, rumbling bass and percussion, intense, dark choir, menacing cello, sparse plucked quartet strings, massive taiko and timpani drums and huge, urgent orchestra, important outro stabs, tense, plucked button3:16
Album ANW 4260Decimus
Paul Dinletir (ASCAP)Epic music harnessing the absolute power of a live orchestra and a massive choir, at Abbey Road Studios.
15 tracks
- Decimus4260/4Dark, urgent strings mix with distorted synth pulse and low percussion and choir stabs, then melt into suspenseful cello quartet interlude, changing quickly into a menacing, modern and massively bombastic orchestral back end2:37
- Kingbreaker4260/7Hybrid synths pulse beneath tense cellos, dark choir and ostinato strings building with anticipation for the pounding taikos, rolling snares and stabs. Shifts to an emotional, sweeping orchestral back end with ceremonial percussion3:03
- The Lion's Heart4260/10Dark, mysterious, droning intro, elegant cellos, deep percussion with hauntingly angelic choir and sparsely ringing church bell gongs, cinematic, emotional and beautiful build into elegiac interlude, huge, sweeping and driving orchestral back end climax4:03
- Land of Ice and Fire4260/13Insistent strings, dark cello, Gothic male voices, regal, military snares and pounding taikos, marching to battle, urgent and serious brass, epic, sweeping choir interlude, heroic but ominous, building crescendo of stomping orchestral stabs3:09
- Forgive Us Our Trespasses4260/16Mysterious, dark piano, ticking, ominous and suspenseful low droning cello, ethnic, plaintive violin solo, mournful, gradually swelling strings and choir, slow and brooding, gradually building to a sweeping, epic and magnificent back end3:53
- Tangled Earth4260/20Mysterious drone, mournful brass and choir, lifting up with driving strings to an intensely emotional, percussive motif, stops down to string quartet interlude, building to a pounding, tragic and urgent epic orchestral back end4:09
- Warland's Fury4260/23Serious and driving strings build with lush choir then stop down to quartet moment. Sections of sweeping, emotional elegance lead to dark, gothic stomping brass, pulsing synth bass and orchestra, building to an urgently tense and epic outro3:09
- Attack on the Winter Wall4260/26Driving ostinato strings and tensely pulsing synths intensify with brass fanfare and deep, driving percussion. Important choir lends epic sophistication to the lush orchestral motif, building urgency on a global scale3:19
- Hope in Light4260/29Uplifting piano intro with angelic choir climbs and soars with magnificent brass and swelling ostinato strings. Warm, emotional, builds to a sweeping and magical, triumphant orchestral back end2:51
- Voyage of Dreams4260/31Triumphant and inspirational strings, taikos and brass take the podium with a glorious choir and ostinato orchestra, building and soaring to victory2:56
- Ashes of Time4260/34Solemn piano intro mixes with insistent strings and introspective cello, meeting a beautiful, angelic choir and a rich, emotional orchestral motif. Pounding taiko and snares set the pace for a triumphant trumpet solo moment in a glorious, epic back end3:08
- Unbroken4260/37Bright, racing strings lend excitement and anticipation to the intro, choir builds with heroic brass and snare percussion, a triumphant trumpet signals for glory, while pounding drums and lush orchestra drive a soaring, magnificent back end2:53
- By the Hand of the Mortal4260/40Dark, pulsing strings and synth bass drone build in anticipation, deep bass cello, strings and mournful choir gracefully lead towards an intense, pounding middle with tragically heroic brass and orchestral stabs leading to a massive, epic outro3:33
- Ten Thousand Slain4260/43Dark, ominous bass and tense male choir builds intensity with distinctively rhythmic orchestral and brass stabs, pounding percussion and a string quartet interlude with angelic voices. Gradually builds again to a dramatic, rhythmic climax2:45
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