Oh no, not that movie. This is what we thought when we decided to arrange this song. We found it interesting as a melody and wanted to test our skills on it (complete with a return of our beloved children’s choir), but as neither of us is the type of person who cries to movies …
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Dec 27 2012
Raven’s Jig – Winter Night
Going hand in hand with our arrangement of Concerning Hobbits, this vocal arrangement of Lord of the Rings’ Edge of Night, much warmer and with original lyrics, was meant to convey a homely, almost Christmassy kind of peace, possibly evoking the “home” Pippin longed for in the original song. Download Raven’s Jig – Winter Night
Dec 23 2012
Raven’s Jig – Scarborough’s Piano
Among our first musical arranges, at the very beginning, was folk classic Scarborough Fair. Once our band was on track, we decided to give it a new try, in a completely different genre – jazz, with smooth synths, improved piano lines and a lower, more mellow tone of voice. We also decided to change the …
Oct 14 2012
Raven’s Jig – Imagine (John Lennon cover)
A straightforward classic among classics, and a nice little break for us, arranged with our signature strings and piano to give it the ‘organic’ feel we like to give our calmer music. We didn’t dare to change the iconic lyrics to this masterpiece, but we did add a couple of original lines at the end …
Sep 21 2012
Raven’s Jig – Sea of Dreams
After our first collaboration with Seventh Element on Fallout Equestrian, we agreed to work on a vocal song which would mix strong ambient tunes with impactful lyrics. “Sea Of Dreams”, based on an instrumental track originally called “Sea Of Darkness”, is the plea of a lost soul trapped on a dystopian, futuristic and foreign planet, …
Sep 15 2012
Raven’s Jig – A Feast on Monkey Island
This arrange aimed to give a new life to the theme song to the game Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s revenge. The idea was to mix this engaging composition with some piano, some keyboard, and a whole lot of ethnic instrumentation, creatively used to infuse new magic, by enhancing the song’s exotic and adventurous feeling. Download …
Aug 19 2012
Raven’s Jig – Fallout Equestria
What if the post-nuclear context of hit video game Fallout was transposed to a universe such as My Little Pony’s Equestria? This creative clash between two drastically different universes was imagined by Seventh Element, and was at the origin of his album “The Ministry Mares” which would follow some time later. In this version, we …