The Glass Tomb and Places Between Spaces

I have been spending a lot of quality time with my father and mother. Soon, I will be leaving again to UK to start my Master course. This time going back, I will be aiming to get a full time job in the games industry. I still insist on my goal to be a video games soundtrack composer. Although I am not an 8-bit composer, I believe there is a place for the style of music I compose to linger.

Here are the two new songs I've composed for KAITO to sing.

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Places between spaces
Why do they choose to fall
Stress is temporary
Don't let it pull you down
Refuse is aight, but not your life
Do you know how many people
will weep for you secretly?

Never, never, never, give up
No more, no more, no more, crying
This is the time to overcome
Step up, outwit, beat it, win it

Please wait, one moment
And take, one deep breath

You are not alone you know
I am here to give you comfort
Here hold my hand I will take you there
to the places in your dreams
Promise me that you will come back happier than before

Places between spaces
Why do they choose to fall
Stress is temporary
Don't let it pull you down
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Notes: The inspiration I get to compose this song is from the news of college students committing suicide because they were unable to receive or achieve what/who they want or love. I want to give them some comfort and morale support to get back on their feet.

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So this is where you will leave me
To be asleep for eternity
My duty is complete
and my heart no longer beats
All my struggles and sacrifice
is a void in the frozen time of ice

You are a selfish person
to take the timeless ransom
No second thought of me
who cannot gladly leave it be
In front this cold tomb of stone
you left a sad angel alone
Lingering only with your memories
Living on in his looping fantasies

Ah, in the cruel world of mortals
Homeless angels slowly turn into monsters
Licking their wounds
Crying in front the tombs
They are bound for eternity
with the sins of fatality

A journey to recover you
A path that leads deeper
into the abyss of blue
Our fate is still alive
Catch it and open your eyes
Before I become vile
Let me see your one last smile

la la la la
(Don't pray for me, don't pray for me)
(See you some day, take care, good bye)
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Notes: This is the continuation of Kaito As Angel series.
A story of another angel, saddened by the sudden death of his master. A strange person made a trade with his master, promising to give something eternal in return. His master, who had always pursued immortality accepted it but little did he know the promised eternity is death.
The angel goes through the deep abyss to pull his master back, but is tainted and slowly turning Foul. Before the angel loses his sanity, he saw his master returns and he disappears with a smile.

The Pale Scout Lyric

This is the story of a pale scout.
Walking alone through darkest of jungle.
His pale eyes sees a ghastly girl smiling
and he follows her into the depths

Then he wakes up in a field clutching a pale stone
it has the shade of the earthly falling leaves
The delightful feeling of
strolling through familiar paths
and see the long lost lady he loved

She withers and turns into bones, oh
The grim reaper, he points his finger at the
pale and confused scout then leaves

Raising his sword he cut through his enemies front line
Just like a hero in the legends of the old times
That's what he wanted, but the dream is crushed into fine dust
He wavers

The faces of his parents are kind and loving
They attempt to poison him
but they choke to their death

The pale scout kneels down
He pleads to be free from the grim reaper's laughter

"Gevore, you had escaped death many times, it's making me sad.
Why don't you come, it is your time to surrender." The grim reaper says.
"Please let my loved ones go, they deserve to live on. I will yield."

Thus the pale scout gives himself up
and never returns

The Pale Scout

I have been working on The Pale Scout for a few weeks now. It is an orchestral/soundtrack song for KAITO. I did something similar some time ago, it is The Bringer of Black. This time I work with my sturdy headphones, my monitors are taking a break back in UK.

Without further ado, here is The Pale Scout's backstory:

Kaito, a minstrel sings about an ancient folklore about a Pale Scout who was sent into the jungle to find the legendary Gold Lake. He was also responsible to map out the jungle and finding a good path to build a road. Unfortunately, like many countless other scouts who were sent into the treacherous jungle, he never came back. Thus, the plan to seek out the Gold Lake was cancelled. The jungle was left untouched for several centuries. Until recent years, when town expands and needs more land, people start to clear the jungle. However, there was a rumor that a pale rider, the symbol of Death is guarding the deeper parts of the jungle. Thus, the legend of Gold Lake is again emerging from the stories and songs of storytellers and minstrels alike, gaining an almost immediate popularity in the town and the country. 

Above is the whole reason why KAITO is singing the song. Now to the story of the Pale Scout himself:
His name is Gevore Bard. When he was just a newborn baby, his pale cloudy white coloured eyes and hair were hated and despised because it symbolizes ill omen in the village. Yes, he was an albino child. The village however, does not allow killing of a human baby, so Gevore's parents had to keep him no matter what. Even though his parents took care of him relatively well, they secretly wanted to dispose of him. On his third birthday, a tragedy happened. Gevore's parents poisoned his food, but a strange thing occured, they choked and died suddenly. Gevore cried very loudly and that attracted the neighbours. They were terrified when they found his parents' body on the ground. Not a single soul wanted to adopt Gevore in that village, so the village chief left him in front of a military encampment.

Gevore was picked up by the military men and sent to the orphanage in the nearest town. The people there had no strong dislike for albinism but he was still bullied by the children because he looked different. He grew up learning to spend time on his own and build contraptions to have revenge against those who dared to bully him. On his sixth birthday, he was played a prank that turned horribly wrong. A group of children decided to push him into the river but a strange thing happened, one of them slipped and they were dragged into the strong river currents, except Gevore. All the children hide from him from then onwards.

On his ninth birthday, Gevore was offered to join the military school at the capital. Cadets there looked at him curiously but did not approach him. His dream was to be a general, like a brave warrior. He trained and studied at the best of his abilities for years, all the while with that target in mind. On his fifteenth birthday, his dream was crushed. He was appointed to be a scout. Not a soldier.  He fell into depression but picked himself up and work hard to be a reliable scout. 

As years went by, Gevore had his fair share of war experience and was a very dependable scout for the army. He married a fair lady and they had great times together. When his daughter was born, his wife died. With sheer will, he went over the sadness and brought up his only daughter by himself. His daughter was not an albino like him, so he was relieved in many ways. They were very close to each other. He was near retirement when his last assignment was to find the Gold Lake in a supposedly haunted jungle. There, he saw a ghost of a girl who looked exactly like his daughter. Unable to shook off the bad feeling, he followed her into the depths of the jungle. That is where he met the Grim Reaper. 

The Grim Reaper grimace at him and laughed at his expression when he was showed the terrible past. His death was set when he was three, but somehow he escaped it. Every three years, the Grim Reaper will come to get him, but he always avoided his demise. During his career as the scout in war, the Grim Reaper ignored him because there were too many deaths to collect. However, now that his life is heading towards a peaceful one, the Grim Reaper chased him once more. Gevore surrendered himself in exchange for the safety of his daughter and close friend's life. The Grim Reaper agreed and grinned sheepishly before possessing Gevore.

And then, centuries passed.

 

Summer Break

I went back to Malaysia for my summer break this year. Coming back home is a really different feeling. There simply is nowhere like home. My parents are always so supportive of my work. I had some plans with my group of close friends. We went for a session of cosplay photoshooting. It was definitely fun times. Speaking of which, cosplaying is similar to acting. If you love a character enough, you will feel different when you're in that character's shoes. It is just like an alter ego.

Went for medical checkup for the UK visa today. I don't have TB, period.
Anyway, finally started to continue The Pale Scout today. Even though the horizontal progress is not much, the vertical progress is good. I will need to get KAITO singing soon. It had been at the back of my mind these few weeks. I don't know if other Vocaloid producers have this feeling, but whenever I don't do enough of songs for the lovely Vocaloids, I feel like they are beckoning or calling to me. Or at least somewhere around that feeling. Or maybe I am just strange.

So yes, sorry I don't update very frequently. I am not the sort to update every details each day. I hope to enjoy the summer break with my family and friends. Oh, by the way, I bought a few PS3 games, finally! I don't have a PS3 in UK so I'm planning to go all out since I'm back here. I just got Metal Gear Rising (Raiden is an awesome and cool character), Tales of Xillia, The Last of Us, Dead Space 3 and Persona 4 Ultimate. A good variety of settings and genre. I am also planning to study and analyze the music and sound effects used in the games. This will prove to be a satisfying and interesting learning experience.

Concept Album and KAITO updates

I can finally say the concept album is done!

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  This is the prototype of the album I've made.

I have ordered 50 copies so far to see how it goes :)  I will be shifting everything to the uni storage soon because the final year is finishing and I don't want to have too many things there. 

Yes, Traveller Criminal feat. KAITO is finished, as you can see from my previous post. 

If you are curious how the original sounds, it goes like this:

It has been 11 months now since its creation, time flies. I remember back then I was still waiting for KAITO's Append :D

At the moment, I am making a cover. It is a Chinese song. I will try my best to make it sound good.

Traveller Criminal (English lyric)

English:

Escaping from the pursuer

he ran into a jungle

the night is young

he rested by the stream

Moonlight lit his way as he leaves

(Singing starts here)

Riding on the horseback

He set out on a new journey

Checking the bullets in his gun

He recalled what he did

A criminal he was called

A murderer he was called

But he knows his destination

The place where he belonged

"Ah, I hope to taste that pie again."

But he knew it is impossible

Because what's left is just a head

Just a head

He stopped by a town

And saw her with a flower crown

He talked to her, smiled to her

She gave him a kiss

And she gave him a knife

"Let's end it here." she said

Then he laughed happily like a child

Performance of Deadcall and some Kaito and Prima update

24th of March, this Sunday, De Hav Philharmonic will be performing Deadcall, the first track of my concept album. It will be after the intermission.
It is such honor to be able to have my piece played by an orchestra and amongst great composers like Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky. My parents will be coming from Malaysia as well. They are so supportive, I can never express how grateful I am to have them as my parents. I will keep trying to improve and work hard.

I'm working on Traveller Criminal's Japanese translation with Jun for KAITO to sing, been planning for it since a few months ago. I'm happy it's progressing.

I've been asked about my PRIMA song. Unfortunately, the installation CD and all data is back in my home in Malaysia and the laptop died, so I don't think I will be able to make more PRIMA songs in near future. She has a beautiful voice, hitting high notes pretty smoothly, I really like using her as a main singer. The Sacrificial Reborn style really suits her xD I remember showing the song to the Head of Department when I applied into the University, he was impressed by that track.

I will be focusing on polishing my KAITO V3 tuning now. He is my main singer and my most favourite. I feel like my soul heals whenever I hear him sing :D