"Life and Death"

Hello,

This is a song which I composed for a short musical story. I don't want to give too much of it away because I want to have a complete repertoire before I release the whole 'musicalette'. What I can give out though is that this song takes place right after the story antagonist, Death, has fallen in love with life and that the story protagonist, Cedur, pleads him to end his ill-fated love. The world suffers when Death is alive. (Oh, and the characters are portrayed as birds, hence the use of 'wings' and 'fly' in the lyrics...)

Now, the lyrics of this song may sound strange when taken out of the story's context, but bear with me. A friend of mine was kind enough to provide the excellent vocals. His name is Chama C. Fox and here's his website if you're interested in more of his works.

Scene V - "Life and Death"

[Death]

Shaking, crumbling - what a true ideal! (sarcastically)

Nothing lasts forever, yet I gave you life to breathe.

[Cedur]

...You gave me lies

[Death]

Live your life, enjoy your gift.

Every flap could be your last.

[Cedur]

Morbid lies, enchanting words of pride

[Death]

Life and death in one combined,

the tragic melody!

[Cedur]

...Dreadful harmony

[Death]

Listen to the song of life,

the beautiful disasterpiece.

[Cedur]

It sings for me

[Death]

I found my way through life and death!

[Cedur]

You left the world to suffocate

[Death]

I fell in love with life -- the early morning sun, the tranquil night

The withered rose shall bloom with newborn life!

You'll want a friend like me once darkness falls...

[Cedur]

You will break the very world you love

[Death]

I beg to differ... it belongs to me!

(Middle section, NOT SUNG!!!)

(Wait for it...)

(Here we go)

[Death]

The structure starts to fall...

[Cedur]

...Broken voices

[Death]

The rhythm falls apart...

[Cedur]

There is no room for life and death!

[Death]

Ring the bells of harmony,

Listen to the final chime

[Cedur]

It rings for me,

[Death]

Come fly with me through night and storm!

[Cedur]

You'll fly alone with broken wings!

[Death]

A new horizon, look! Another age begins, oh where's the daylight...? (Mockingly)

The fated hour is a tick away.

[Cedur]

You are flying down the path of fate...

[Death]

There is a pathway, and it goes through me!

(Middle section, not sung!)

[bOTH]

Life and Death in one combined no more,

[Death]

We are bound to meet again!

[Cedur]

...Never to be seen again!

The insturmental aspect of this piece is doing fine. It's in a style that people are familiar with and can relate to. The singing I have a small quam with, it sounds like Marvin the Martian at times. I like the "talk singing" that death will do every once in a while--that works well, I feel. Try to keep your tounge out of the back of your throat and you might surprize yourself with what you can do with your voice. Ciao dude.

I didn't mind it at all, i liked it. The singing was great and the music was just as good.

Well, thanks guys. So to conclude, the 'middle' parts (the instrumental) worked better than the darker, sung parts?

Well, thanks guys. So to conclude, the 'middle' parts (the instrumental) worked better than the darker, sung parts?

Noir7, I've seen that username somwhere. Member of Ichigos?

No... :P

Wow... great job! I can't really critique the instruments or anything. The only thing I can really comment on are the vocals... I would imagine an arguement between Life and Death to be a little more forceful! Also, try to limit the use of singing-talking, or at least make a clearer distinction, because if you get halfway to each it just sounds like bad singing.

Good job on the lyrics. I might've tried to make them rhyme at bit more, but I think you'd know what you needed a lot better.

So, was this all performed live? If you used a computer for the instruments I'd be impressed, but I'm also impressed if you gathered up all those musicians.

I'm also a bit anxious to read the story start to end... it sounds pretty powerful.

No... :D

ok, strange. Because I do recognize it :angry:

@CK: No I used Finale 2004 for all parts (except the voice) and then added better sounds. Oh and it's an argument between Death and Cedur, not Life. Cedur is the main character... heck, here's the story, read it yourself :P

http://two.xthost.info/fanom11/Wings%20of%20Tragedy.rtf

@Sai: Actually I'm a mod there =P

Well, that recording certainly did sound human-played. At least to me.