Released in the peaceful days between late spring and early summer, this song was intended to sound as sunny as bright blue skies. Much like someone would rely on classical music or golden oldies to relax, we decided to bring our own, raven-marked lyrics to a classic from 50s musical Kismet, itself inspired by Borodin’s …
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Apr 14 2013
Raven’s Jig – Butterflies
Basically Fireflies, but organic… And during the day. The core idea behind this arrange was to replace the spacey keyboard with lyrical strings, the dark blue atmosphere with a bright green one… And why not switch languages as well to give it a more exotic aspect? Butterflies is actually much less about butterflies than it …
Mar 16 2013
Raven’s Jig – My Nixie Tube
Nixie tubes are fascinating objects originating from Russia, which are part of Onne’s many interests. So when he decided to make an arrangement of Russian classic Polyushko Polye, he decided that the song would be about Nixie tubes. Agathe didn’t know anything about Nixie tubes though, so she decided to make it a metaphor for …
Feb 11 2013
Raven’s Jig – Concerning Hobbits
The challenge with this one was straightforward: pay the best homage possible to the introduction scene for the Hobbits in the first Lord Of The Rings film. We tried to make this song sound as “green” and peaceful as possible. The lyrics which we added to this arrangement are also inspired by Bilbo’s narration over …
Jan 19 2013
Raven’s Jig – My Heart will go On
Oh no, not that movie. This is what we thought when we decided to arrange this song. We found it interesting as a melody and wanted to test our skills on it (complete with a return of our beloved children’s choir), but as neither of us is the type of person who cries to movies …
Dec 27 2012
Raven’s Jig – Winter Night
Going hand in hand with our arrangement of Concerning Hobbits, this vocal arrangement of Lord of the Rings’ Edge of Night, much warmer and with original lyrics, was meant to convey a homely, almost Christmassy kind of peace, possibly evoking the “home” Pippin longed for in the original song. Download Raven’s Jig – Winter Night
Dec 23 2012
Raven’s Jig – Scarborough’s Piano
Among our first musical arranges, at the very beginning, was folk classic Scarborough Fair. Once our band was on track, we decided to give it a new try, in a completely different genre – jazz, with smooth synths, improved piano lines and a lower, more mellow tone of voice. We also decided to change the …
Oct 14 2012
Raven’s Jig – Imagine (John Lennon cover)
A straightforward classic among classics, and a nice little break for us, arranged with our signature strings and piano to give it the ‘organic’ feel we like to give our calmer music. We didn’t dare to change the iconic lyrics to this masterpiece, but we did add a couple of original lines at the end …
Aug 08 2012
Raven’s Jig – Hijo de la Luna (English on-vocal)
This is a translation of a Spanish-language hit song originally performed by Mecano. Except it’s not. Or is it? This English adaptation relies on automatic writing, to provide absurd lyrics jumping from one idea to another, following the course of the lyricist’s mind. Of course, you can still take it as a translation… Only at …