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Piercing The Abyss [Hollow Knight Silksong]

A little context on the origins of this song: Scenario is a song by a group called BeForU, a Japanese pop group that was featured in games from Konami, mainly in rhythm games like Dance Dance Revolution. The original group later replaced some of its members and renamed themselves BeForU NEXT. Scenario was featured in their second album, BeForU II.

Why the random Noel Vermillion album art? I found this song featured in a Noel combo video, so I wanted to pay a little homage. Here is a link to the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzGiQPfOlgE

Scenario - BeForU

Hollow Knight Silksong - Widow OST

Cogwork Core ‐ Hollow Knight Silksong OST

Silksong OST - Cogwork Dancers

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UPDATE: Download the sheet music and orchestral track here
https://www.patreon.com/posts/17545781

If enough people want sheet music, I might be compelled to make them. Anyway for my next Undertale track, I chose to arrange one of the more emotional pieces in the game. Even though I am a pianist, I am very cautious about using the piano in orchestrations because it can sound very cliche. The majority of piano arrangements I hear are simply the right hand playing the melody and the left hand doing either chords or arpeggios of the chords. Satisfying enough for the layman, but drives me crazy listening to them, and I'm guilty of doing that too. It takes a lot of work to make an arrangement that's dynamic and fun to play.

The original track consists of a piano playing solo, and then joined by instrumentals for the second half. The latter half is extremely repetitive: I counted a total of eight repititions of the same phrase. To make it more interesting, I decided to go with three playthroughs of the melody, with the orchestral portion considerably shortened.

First playthrough - I kept the solo piano part mostly unchained note-wise. In my performance, I added lots more dynamics and sustains to really bring out the soul of the melody. The orchestra part is also pretty straightforward.

Second playthrough - Here's where I really dissect the piece to better understand how the music fits in the game. The chords and harmonies used in the solo portion closely resembles impressionism era music from composers like Debussy. The way the melody seems to drift away and change its mind helps to enforce the idea of the protagonist's loneliness. Makes sense as this is the same melody used in the beginning of the game. The melody in the orchestral portion is more conventional, and the way it just comes in suddenly (just like in the original track) is a great way to stir the emotions of the listener. The encouragement from all the side characters is punctuated by the warm strings playing in harmony.

Third playthrough - I originally planned for an even longer and crazier solo piano cadenza, but it was sounding a bit too much of a departure from the original track. The way I have the piano get more fast and intense, is like how the protagonist responds to her prior defeat to flowey and subsequent encouragement from everyone else. Because she was a pacifist in her journey, she can rest assured her ultimate battle will not be fought alone. All these articulations I used are heavily derived from stuff by Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff.

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Original Song composed by toby fox
Arrangement and fan art by Jeremiah Sun

Undertale is available on Steam

Scenario - BeForU

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