Davester2296 B-Sides | DAR - Requiēs @Davester2296-B | Uploaded May 2019 | Updated October 2024, 43 minutes ago.
At last, the final (!) track of RED PLANET II! I got stuck for a while here, trying decide what else to add to this album. I actually wrote two more songs for this, but it just didn't feel right to cram them into RP II.

After "Crimson Premonition", I just wasn't sure where to go from there. That track just felt like such a good one for a climax. Since I liked the order and flow of the album thus far, the only thing left to do was to make an "ending song".

I decided on "Requiēs" since its Latin for "Rest", and... well I mean Latin can sound pretty metal too, so there's that.

This one has a double meaning though. Not only is it a moment of rest for our protagonist, Sin-Slayer, but also time for me to have a break from RED PLANET for the time being.

Since I've had a lot on my plate for a while, I couldn't quite give all my various projects the attention they deserved. It always bugged me that RP II felt so close to completion, but I just wasn't sure what was right to add. Now though, I think Requiēs makes for a good track to wrap things up.

When I wrote this one, I imagined Sin-Slayer defeating the big-bad on Phobos (there's still the *bigger* big-bad over on Deimos later though). After a climactic battle, our hero collapses and just let's his victory soak in for a bit (represented with the calm, melancholic guitars).

However, that calm is interrupted with some heavy guitars as our hero realizes that there's still more to do. Pulling himself together, he rises once more, this time his sights are set on liberating the base on Deimos.

I really enjoyed working on this one, especially the leads. I managed to throw in a little bit of E1M5's melody here and there. Also just as I did for Ultimatum, I also threw in a little nod to Into Sandy's City towards the end.

Something I was almost going to cut from the song was the singing/chants. I was close to finishing the song and I just kept listening to the bit at 2:31. While I really liked it, something just felt missing. I couldn't really decide what instrument/sound I'd throw in to fill the space.

Eventually, I decided to put on the good ol' cookie monster voice again, and started chanting "Requiēs, nunc." which is Latin for "Rest, now."

Now after adding some *cookies* to that part, something still felt missing. So I decided to do my best Latin-choir impression on top of that too.

After blending the "cookies and choir" together, I wound up muting and setting the parts aside, because I thought they may have sounded out of place. So I kept the parts in as a placeholder while I finished up other things for the song.

When I came back to that part though, nothing else really felt right. So I tinkered around with it a bit to get it to sit in the mix a little better. I didn't want it to be overpowering, but I also didn't want it to be too subdued either. I tried to strike somewhere in the middle, leaning a little more to the subdued side.

But yeah, I had a great time working on all the RED PLANET II tracks. I hope you guys all enjoy this closing song, and look forward to future installments in the RED PLANET Saga! ~DAR


MP3 DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/qpcbe52il23moy5/DAR_-_Requies.mp3/file


ALBUM DOWNLOAD: mediafire.com/file/vbleo4zsc7l5jy0/DAR_-_RED_PLANET_The_Lunar_Projects_%5B2019%5D.zip/file


Previous song: "DAR - Crimson Premonition": youtu.be/8Idiw0VwfBU




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