Sky Melter4302/1Electric synth taps an immediate rhythm while piano chords and strings echo like a memory. A pause, for foreboding piano until a clash of heroic drums, synth and euphoric choral voices before the final flourish and end.3:12
Album ANW 4302War for Light
Kevin Rix (ASCAP)Ominous piano meets melancholic strings, exultant brass, dramatic percussion and synth murmurs.
13 tracks
- Dark Future4302/3Distant piano then intense ticks followed by warped synth. Dramatic percussion smashes, soaring strings and a sizzle of pings and effects wind up for a heroic crescendo that fades with mournful string.3:01
- Sentience4302/4A lonely horn from the depths of space then melancholy strings ring a song of sorrow. Restorative synth and ticks ignite new hope. Dark, deformed effects batter the senses until elevating strings, percussive strikes and brass which fade.3:21
- Finality4302/5Ominous piano tingles while ghostly strings haunt. Pause for breath, until immediate strings intensify before revelatory drums explode into life along with soaring string and ticking synth all building to an epic climax and cut.2:35
- Oracalia4302/6Triumphant horns herald a heroes return. Synth palpitates while strings flutter and dive, while exultant brass comes in. An electric pulse hits before a pinnacle of strings, horns, percussion and transcendental choral voices.2:36
- Taste for Tears4302/8A hum of synth murmurs and pensive piano chimes as if brought on an ill wind. Strings lift the gloom before breaking down with screeching SFX. Strings and orchestral brass build to an apex of heroic choral vocals and blast of brass to the cut.3:01
- Destroyer of Worlds4302/10A smash of percussion arrests the senses and acidic leads pulsate in the veins. Portentous strikes and strings herald a darker purpose until a brief cut, before returning with imposing brass and intense effects before final percussion.2:30
- Catching Fire4302/11A piano shudders then flashing strings, fluttering harp and muscular percussion ring. An ethereal choir sings out a vital cry in an epic collision of voice, string and percussion which climbs to the light, before final strings and fade.2:31
- Cloudburst4302/13Tingling piano shivers before stepping synth and electric quivers rattle. Bitter sweet strings lament and percussion sounds, before a break, returning with restorative orchestral sweeps, organ and clashes until brass then fade.3:12
- Hope for a Better Tomorrow4302/14Pensive synth, light as air, floats in. A harps inspiring tremor and fleet footed strings rise together. Heroic percussion and brass drag us from the dark to the light in a final flourish which falls silent, returning with one final echo.2:55
- Finger on the Trigger4302/15Piano chords pound like hammers, strings whisper like an ill wind. Percussion punches a marching rhythm, culminating in a torrent of voices, string and synth which cuts to a fade which lingers then falls.2:36
- War for Light4302/17Frantic percussion strikes, while strings and electric synth crackle. Triumphant, anthemic brass ignites and hits and whooshes all build to a climactic pinnacle before a release and fade.2:31
- Underneath Lies a Hero4302/18A despondent guitar whines a lament until ringing strings rouse the sleeping giant. Percussion hits and horns raise the dilapidated champion from slumber and massive strings and brass tingle before a final flourish and fade.2:32
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