Fun fact : Agathe almost cried while singing the vocal arrange of this song. Our arrange of 1968 Romeo and Juliet’s A Time For Us, by Nino Rota, speaks not of love, but of the gap between a normal, peaceful life and a life full of adventure but also danger and a sense of deep …
Category: Song release
Sep 21 2013
Raven’s Jig – Jib Jig (off-vocal)
Of course, we are Raven’s Jig, so it only made sense that we would do a jig at some point, right? This orchestral arrange of a soundtrack from Donkey Kong Country 2 exists in two version, an off-vocal featuring extra harp and the greenery-filled flute we appreciate so much in our more celtic song, and …
Sep 16 2013
Raven’s Jig – Leçon de Franglais
This is a spin on a song most likely best known by the French: ‘For Me, Formidable’ by Charles Aznavour. The original song features a pun-filled mix of French and English to which we decided to pay homage by writing our own lyrics… With possibly a more absurd twist, if that can every be. It …
Sep 13 2013
Raven’s Jig – Jib Jig (on-vocal)
Of course, we are Raven’s Jig, so it only made sense that we would do a jig at some point, right? This orchestral arrange of a soundtrack from Donkey Kong Country 2 exists in two version, an off-vocal featuring extra harp and the greenery-filled flute we appreciate so much in our more celtic song, and …
Aug 23 2013
Raven’s Jig – A Time for Us (off-vocal)
Based on “A Time for Us”, from the 1968 film Romeo & Juliet. Download Raven’s Jig – A Time for Us (off-vocal) Download the MIDI file: Raven’s Jig – A Time for Us
Aug 17 2013
Raven’s Jig – Chorando Se Foi (Lambada, off-vocal)
Now this is a song everyone has probably heard once, whether you knew the title or not. In this spin of Kaoma’s hit Lambada, in which Onne tested his ability to arrange the exotic once again, we decided to switch the lyrics’ language to Spanish (purely for skills reasons), and we changed the lyrics to …
May 09 2013
Raven’s Jig – Ravens in Paradise
Released in the peaceful days between late spring and early summer, this song was intended to sound as sunny as bright blue skies. Much like someone would rely on classical music or golden oldies to relax, we decided to bring our own, raven-marked lyrics to a classic from 50s musical Kismet, itself inspired by Borodin’s …
Apr 14 2013
Raven’s Jig – Butterflies
Basically Fireflies, but organic… And during the day. The core idea behind this arrange was to replace the spacey keyboard with lyrical strings, the dark blue atmosphere with a bright green one… And why not switch languages as well to give it a more exotic aspect? Butterflies is actually much less about butterflies than it …
Mar 16 2013
Raven’s Jig – My Nixie Tube
Nixie tubes are fascinating objects originating from Russia, which are part of Onne’s many interests. So when he decided to make an arrangement of Russian classic Polyushko Polye, he decided that the song would be about Nixie tubes. Agathe didn’t know anything about Nixie tubes though, so she decided to make it a metaphor for …
Feb 11 2013
Raven’s Jig – Concerning Hobbits
The challenge with this one was straightforward: pay the best homage possible to the introduction scene for the Hobbits in the first Lord Of The Rings film. We tried to make this song sound as “green” and peaceful as possible. The lyrics which we added to this arrangement are also inspired by Bilbo’s narration over …