The "Climate Crisis Anthem" is just a working title until we come up with something catchier, but it conveys the message
This piece of music to serve as an urgent rallying cry, an international anthem to inspire love of life in the face of the biggest crisis facing humanity in our times.
It is made up of six parts:
1 - The Death March - a mix of Chopin's funeral march and waves of the sea with a surprising ending
2 - Ma - a choral celebration of Mother Earth
3 - You Feed Us Fairy Stories - a hip hop piece with lyrics based on Greta Thunberg's 2019 talk at the United Nations Climate Forum
4 - We Are The World - a choral variation on the classic anthem of unity and caring
5 - Now is the Time - a hip hop piece expressing the crucial importance of this very moment
6 - Finale - bringing together the previous elements in an inspired, roaring climax
To get an idea of what the video might look like, click here.
It is made up of six parts:
1 - The Death March - a mix of Chopin's funeral march and waves of the sea with a surprising ending
2 - Ma - a choral celebration of Mother Earth
3 - You Feed Us Fairy Stories - a hip hop piece with lyrics based on Greta Thunberg's 2019 talk at the United Nations Climate Forum
4 - We Are The World - a choral variation on the classic anthem of unity and caring
5 - Now is the Time - a hip hop piece expressing the crucial importance of this very moment
6 - Finale - bringing together the previous elements in an inspired, roaring climax
To get an idea of what the video might look like, click here.
Here is what producer Thomas Barque and I have managed to record so far -
1 - The Death March with Nature Sounds and transition into Ma - finale version
2 - Ma - This is not the finale version. It is a choir piece, but Thomas rendered it with simple vocal/keyboard and ended with a synthetic hip hop improvisation.
1 - The Death March with Nature Sounds and transition into Ma - finale version
2 - Ma - This is not the finale version. It is a choir piece, but Thomas rendered it with simple vocal/keyboard and ended with a synthetic hip hop improvisation.
Here are the lyrics of Ma:
2 - Ma (a choral celebration of Mother Earth)
Ma - we see you far and near.
Ma - in every heart and breath and tear.
From summits high to deltas low,
we see your love and heavenly glow.
Ma - in forest, desert, farm and field,
your splendor ever stands revealed.
Here are the lyrics of the next parts:
3 - You Feed Us Fairy Stories (hip hop based on Greta Thunberg's 2019 UN talk)
You feed us fairy stories,
But what do you do?
Destroying the planet - How dare you?
You say you hear us, but we don't believe.
You say you understand us, but you deceive.
How dare you! How dare you!
We're watching you!
How dare you! How dare you!
We're onto you!
4 - We Are The World (a choral variation on a classic tune)
We are the world. We are the future.
We are the ones to feed, to teach, to nurture.
Earth is our Home. And She is hurting.
This is not time, there is no time for shirking.
5 - The Time (hip hop expressing the urgency of this very moment)
Now is the time we've been waiting for.
To ferry across to the farther shore.
Now is the time to give up blame.
These times will never be the same.
Now is to do what's never been done,
To share our wisdom and freedom and fun.
All the wonder and all delight
Await the one who comes to light.
Now is the time.
6 - Finale (joining elements of all the previous parts)
Work in progress...
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