Felt like writing an game/anime theme today, so here it is:
Update: Fixed the drumline so that the snares playback as snares rather than low toms (which sounded really weird). I finally figured out where the snare was mapped on this staff.
First time using this style in Finale (which is really a classical program), so it took a bit of extra work, but it’s fun get a couple of the guitar effects to sound passable (not great, though). This follows in the lineage of Days of Sunflowers, Tomorrow, and Aquamarine Stardust, but I think you can hear a subtle jazz/blues influence entering at times. Hope you enjoy the improvisations in the second interlude!
Instrumentation: Vocals (Oboe), Electric Guitar (Overdrive), Electric Bass (Slap Bass 1), Keyboard (Electric Grand), Synth Strings (String Ens 1), and Standard Drum Kit. Tempo: q=180. Played by SoftSynth (Finale MIDI).
Structure: Intro (16) / A A’ (16) / B B’ (16) / C C’ (17) / Interlude (8) / A A’ (16) / B B’ (16) / C C’ (17) /Interlude (32) / B’ (10) / C C’ (18), where A and C are in Ab major and B is in B major.
Lyrics: A simple song like this needs simple words.
Confection Gaze
A:
When I close my eyes, I feel you holding me,
And what can I say, oh! I wish you’d never let go,
But we’re so far apart, and days are lonely now,
So what can I do but* dream of long ago, yeah … (*add artic. on last beat of this bar)
B:
There are days when I just wanna lie in bed,
Waiting for my love to wake me up – with a kiss.
And the days when I’m walking to class and then I think I see your face,
Why can’t it be real? Can’t a miracle come and change this?
C:
Try to surpass the walls of Heaven,
The endless miles of regret and lost dreams,
Follow the sun’s rays,
Try to believe that I am close by,
And always laughing when our eyes and hearts align,
Your very own confection gaze!
Fun references to catch: Grandia Deck Swabbing song, K-on first OP: Cagayake girls
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