CHOCOBO BAND – Dragonsong (From “FFXIV”) [official music video] 4K

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Dragonsong (From “FFXIV”)Original music composed by Nobuo Uematsu and Michael – Christopher Koji Fox

Arranged, played and recorded by Chocobo BandMixed and mastered by Mike Pelillo

VIDEO CREDITS
Camera: Marco Montipò
Edit/grade: Gabriele Lei
Location: Art Distillery Studios – Modena

CHOCOBO BAND members are
Beatrice Bini: voice
Mike Pelillo: voice, guitars
Salvatore Zappalà: guitars
Gabriele Lei: bass
Francesco Roncaglia: drums
Riccardo Barbieri: keyboards/programming
Giacomo Ferrari: keyboards/programming

Additional choirs by
Lucrezia Nai

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LYRICS:
Children of the land, do you hear
Echoes of truths that once rang clear?
Two souls intertwined
One true love they did find
Bringing land and heavens near
But flames that burned full bright, soon fell dark
Memories dimmed by shadowed hearts
In the waxing gloom, did wane the lovers’ moon
Watching as their worlds drift apart
One soul’s cry, a passion dwelling within
Sacrifice, a final plea to her kin
Yet this bond of hope, by treachery was broke
Scattering her words to the wind
Swelling over long
Seas of blood are a song
And death an afterthought
To those who fight for naught
A throne lying empty
A reign incomplete
Alone for eternity
A pain without cease
Children of the land, answer this;
Why must you turn to empty bliss?
Tell me why break trust, why turn the past to dust
Seeking solace in the abyss?
Tell me why create a circle none can break?
Why must you let go, the life you were bestowed?
This I fear I’ll never know
Never know

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21 thoughts on “CHOCOBO BAND – Dragonsong (From “FFXIV”) [official music video] 4K”

  12. You know what? I'm going to do something nobody asked and give criticism. First of all, I'll preface by saying this is a good performance. Full stop.
    I listen to a lot of music and I try to understand what I like and what I don't like. So the criticism I'll give here is subjective. However, I believe it has some value because of the intersubjectivity of a piece's appreciation. In other words, people might agree, and it might not be just an opinion, but there might be some truth or something in there that will resonate with people.

    The voice.
    While the voice is extremely good technically, here Beatrice didn't push much, remained in her octave (might have switched a tiny bit) so it felt a bit boring. Another point on the voice is the emotional expression on this performance compared to the original is obviously very inferior. Another way to say this is the original singer knocked it off the park and believed every word she sang. Truly hard song to cover after that.

    The music.
    Super engaging, dynamic, but also very "busy". It felt a bit like a wall of sound at times, overstimulating for a long time.

    The whole.
    The singing kept the original rhythm of the song while the music was accelerated to a power metal level, which resulted in slow singing and fast everything else. This creates a sort of dissonance, which, while interesting conceptually, doesn't quite work in my opinion.
    The rhythm of the music picks up at about a minute and remains very fast until 4:12, where the song finished as calm as it started. It was ballad in the beginning, turned power metal (but not the singing) in the middle and finished ballad.

    There are multiple ways I can imagine this song could be improved , making the music slower, matching the voice, or making the singing more power metal, matching the voice, or giving more empty space for the voice to express itself emotionally. Just my two cents.

    I don't have any qualification or significant experience in the music industry, but here it is, I liked, it, but it failed to live up to its potential in my opinion, for the reasons I've shared. I hope this is helpful, if not, well. Fuck me I guess.

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