DAR - Rally Cry + Change Destiny
8At last, this little apocalyptic/dystopian short-story ends on a high note! A two-parter finale!
0:00 Rally Cry
2:10 Change Destiny
With the majority of mankind freed from the machine, the commander of the uprising gives an uplifting & rousing speech as they prepare to liberate the final stronghold.
Got really into the vibe and short-story that Solitude Of Mind was telling. I really wanted to have a buildup/hype sort of song to precede Change Destiny. After doing those new string sections in Subterfuge, I really wanted to follow up on that.
I envisioned some grand speech taking place before Change Destiny hits. I laid out my strings and actually wrote up a speech to fully get myself immersed and in the right mindset. Then for fun, I decided to go yell it all into a microphone and threw it into the project.
I wound up throwing on a bunch of effects on my voice in order to give it this sense of being played on loudspeakers out to this absolutely massive crowd. The voice may not be super clear, but its not supposed to be. I wanted "Rally Cry" to really give off a feel and vibe about it. To where, you don't necessarily need to understand all the words to get the gist of things. That being said though, I've included the words in the video, for those curious as to what Commander (not)DAR is yelling about over there.
On to the technicals for Rally Cry. Its at the same 144bpm tempo as Change Destiny. The clean strumming on my Strat was an idea derived from the clean intro riff of Change Destiny. I was going to try and have more parts, but decided to just stick with only the strumming bits. I also wound up using some synths to fill in the bottom-end. Sine waves in particular in order to get some bass and sub-bass, since the strings were lacking that thickness and weight.
Now for Change Destiny! This one had always been my favorite track on SoM, so it was tough trying to change things up for it. I wound up slightly changing what the rhythm plays during the intro. I also gave the bass something to do, and even made up a new clean lead part to join in on the action! I also added some synth stuff to contribute to the ambience and atmosphere in the intro.
Probably the most noticeable change/addition is the inclusion of a new lead harmony that joins during the choruses. I also kept in one of the original lead recordings towards the end. Mixed it in right alongside the newly recorded leads. I also decided to go a bit heavier on the reverb and delay aux channels for the leads. I wanted to have a more spacey sort of feel to the leads on this one.
Anyhow, I hope you all enjoy the finale, and have enjoyed this remake of Solitude Of Mind! Also going to be focusing on composing "The Eternal Sky" for the majority of this month, probably. ~DAR
Alternate Version without speech: https://youtu.be/lWH6ClKSaz4
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