Terranigma - Resurrection medley/remix - "Will We Meet Again?"
29Released on the OverClocked Remix album "Paths Less Travelled: Terranigma". Available for free direct download from https://terranigma.ocremix.org
Arrangement, lyrics, vocoder/talkbox vocals, production: Jorito
Lead vocals: Sirenstar (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLqLue9jIKmjgtm_qWidxCQ)
Electric guitar: Juan Medrano (https://www.youtube.com/user/OCRSixtoSounds)
Mastering: Chimpazilla
Near the end of the OCReMix Terranigma album project, I found myself inspired to take on another track. I was pretty intrigued by the "Resurrection medley" on the list of available tracks. When I sat down and played with the main arpeggio from "Into the Door", suddenly synthwave happened. Not a bad thing, not at all!
Fortunately the other resurrection/revival themes have a decent amount of melodic content buried in them, so I took what I could and just ran with it. The arrangement more or less wrote itself after that, and while the connection with the resurrection themes might not click instantly (mostly because you hardly hear these songs in the game), it actually has a ton of source in it. I also tried to incorporate the game's themes of resurrection and reincarnation into the lyrics. I found myself inspired by the same line from the game's script - "If we are bound by fate, we will meet again in time, somewhere" - and that quickly became the foundation for the track.
Finding somebody who could do both the synthwave genre and the lyrics justice was a bit of a dilemma. After some asking around I found Sirenstar, who has been active mostly in Materia Collective, and she turned out to be not only a great synthwave fan but also a great fan of Quintet! Both turned out to be a great help, because she really did the parts justice and even pointed me to some new synthwave artists to enjoy :)
I also had some guitar parts written but was in need of a guitarist to play them. Help arrived in the form of Juan Medrano, a.k.a. Sixto Sounds, whom I have always admired for his great guitar work. Turns out we both dig the 80s sound, so getting him on board was mostly a formality. Or in his words: "80's as fuck. Melodic as fuck, keep coming to me for guitar parts", followed by a "I dig it!" when he heard the final version. Gotta hand it to the man, he has a flair with words just as much as he makes his guitar sing. Especially dig the tasty solo!
Once all parts were recorded, I still wasn't 100% happy with the flow and how the theme was represented; it had no anchor, so to speak. After some thinking, I settled on recording some more vocals on talkbox (the recurring "Will we meet again?") and that really seemed to glue the track together. Hope you dig it, and till we meet again!
Lyrics:
Intro
Will we meet again?
(2x)
Verse 1
When fate took you away,
It led my life astray.
Don't know what to
Do without you near.
(Will we return once more?)
The path ahead unclear,
Will we meet again?
Chorus
If not in this life,
We'll meet next time…
Bridge
Will we meet again?
(3x)
Will we? Will we?
Verse 2
If we are bound by fate,
We'll maybe reunite?
With a second
Chance to try again,
(Will we return once more?)
Our paths might cross once more.
Could we meet again?
Chorus
If not in this life,
We'll meet next time...
Solo
Will we meet again?
(9x)
Will we? Will we?
Verse 3
We got a fresh new start,
Fate can't break us apart.
This time we will
Make it all work out,
(Will we return once more?)
'Cause I will wait for you
Till we meet again.
Chorus
If not in this life,
We'll meet next time...
(2x)
Ending
We will meet again
(2x)