Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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After Mercury Lighthouse, here comes another - Jupiter Lighthouse from Golden Sun, with it's ancient and mysterious sound, now orchestrated.
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➤ Analysis:
This track is largely constructed on the old system of musical "modes" (essentially "scales"). We open in an E Phrygian mode (E-F-G-A-B-C-D), notably from the progression in the bass from E - D - F (the characteristic tones of E Phrygian and the latter of which being a tertiary shift).
But at 0:20 we get a more extreme tertiary shift down to Db Major 7th (Db-F-Ab-C) which is not a part of E Phrygian. From here, we get an unusual perfect cadence from Db to Gb Lydian (0:26; Gb-Ab-Bb-C-Db-Eb-F; very distant from our starting tonality of E) which then drops down a semitone to F (0:32; a very Phrygian progression) with a suspended 4-3 chord (F-A-Bb-C), and another slip down from F to E to repeat the phrase.
This swirling of tonalities is very reflective of a gentle breeze swaying in one direction and quickly changing to another. To enhance this, I decided to add an overall shimmering timbre through the use of trilling, tremolo and harmonic strings, as well as wind chimes (an apt choice, I reckon, for the lighthouse of wind). This shimmering should create a magical power to the track, complementing the immense power of alchemy sealed within.
To boost this massive, ancient sound, I also added organ pedals to support the bass (only the 32ft or 16ft pipes - that largest). These create an effective low booming that no other instrument can create (since there are no other instruments 32ft in size!)
As the phrase loops at 0:38, we get our first melody, originally placed in a sitar-like synthesized instrument in Sakuraba's original, but placed here in an ancient woodwind instrument - the Heckelphone (substituted by a Cor Anglais if not available). As it swims around a Phrygian-Lydian modality, there is not much else to say about this melody.
As the 2nd phrase concludes at 1:12, the track would originally have ended. But I decided to extend the track for one more phrase, giving the melody this time to a solo cello in its upper registers, as well as dropping out some of the shimmering from the strings so that their return is amplified when the track loops (1:48).
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The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using sample libraries from EastWest and Vienna Symphonic.
★Game: Golden Sun: The Lost Age
★Developer: Camelot Software Planning
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Motoi Sakuraba
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Cubase 10, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries, Vienna Symphonic Library
★Tags: Golden, Sun, Golden Sun, The Lost Age, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Orchestra, Orchestral, Orchestration, Arrangement, Remix, Cover, Jupiter Lighthouse
#GoldenSun
#Orchestra
#JupiterLighthouse
🎵 Sheet Music & Parts ➤ [Removed by Nintendo JP]
💗 MIDI / XML / Sibelius ➤ bit.ly/TandABundle
🎹 Commissions ➤ jshaw.co.uk/commissions
🎮 More Arrangements ➤ jshaw.co.uk/TandA
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🎵 YouTube Music ➤ bit.ly/TandAYouTube
🎵 Apple Music / iTunes ➤ bit.ly/TandAApple
After Mercury Lighthouse, here comes another - Jupiter Lighthouse from Golden Sun, with it's ancient and mysterious sound, now orchestrated.
--------------------
➤ Analysis:
This track is largely constructed on the old system of musical "modes" (essentially "scales"). We open in an E Phrygian mode (E-F-G-A-B-C-D), notably from the progression in the bass from E - D - F (the characteristic tones of E Phrygian and the latter of which being a tertiary shift).
But at 0:20 we get a more extreme tertiary shift down to Db Major 7th (Db-F-Ab-C) which is not a part of E Phrygian. From here, we get an unusual perfect cadence from Db to Gb Lydian (0:26; Gb-Ab-Bb-C-Db-Eb-F; very distant from our starting tonality of E) which then drops down a semitone to F (0:32; a very Phrygian progression) with a suspended 4-3 chord (F-A-Bb-C), and another slip down from F to E to repeat the phrase.
This swirling of tonalities is very reflective of a gentle breeze swaying in one direction and quickly changing to another. To enhance this, I decided to add an overall shimmering timbre through the use of trilling, tremolo and harmonic strings, as well as wind chimes (an apt choice, I reckon, for the lighthouse of wind). This shimmering should create a magical power to the track, complementing the immense power of alchemy sealed within.
To boost this massive, ancient sound, I also added organ pedals to support the bass (only the 32ft or 16ft pipes - that largest). These create an effective low booming that no other instrument can create (since there are no other instruments 32ft in size!)
As the phrase loops at 0:38, we get our first melody, originally placed in a sitar-like synthesized instrument in Sakuraba's original, but placed here in an ancient woodwind instrument - the Heckelphone (substituted by a Cor Anglais if not available). As it swims around a Phrygian-Lydian modality, there is not much else to say about this melody.
As the 2nd phrase concludes at 1:12, the track would originally have ended. But I decided to extend the track for one more phrase, giving the melody this time to a solo cello in its upper registers, as well as dropping out some of the shimmering from the strings so that their return is amplified when the track loops (1:48).
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The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using sample libraries from EastWest and Vienna Symphonic.
★Game: Golden Sun: The Lost Age
★Developer: Camelot Software Planning
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Motoi Sakuraba
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Cubase 10, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries, Vienna Symphonic Library
★Tags: Golden, Sun, Golden Sun, The Lost Age, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Orchestra, Orchestral, Orchestration, Arrangement, Remix, Cover, Jupiter Lighthouse
#GoldenSun
#Orchestra
#JupiterLighthouse
