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I find musical inspiration in nearly everything, especially good movies.
I recently saw The "Hunt For Red October," based on a Tom Clancy novel.
I thought the movie was alright, but oddly enough, I was inspired to write a song about the deep blue sea.
All of the scenes in the movie where Sean Connery is plowing his Soviet Submarine through deep dark caverns on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean were pure Hollywood magic. The power and size of the ocean really resonated with me, so I wrote a hymn to the Ocean.
The meter had to be a waltz to signify the crashing waves on the shore and the tempo had to be moderate enough to feel like the swaying of an old ship on the sea.
Everything else was fair game.
Anyways, this is just a demo and I hope to persuade Tina to sing on it. :-)
Can you hear the ping of the sonar from that old sub gliding under the glassy gloom of the water?
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"He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger." -Hammond Ines
"He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea." -Thomas Fuller.
I recently saw The "Hunt For Red October," based on a Tom Clancy novel.
I thought the movie was alright, but oddly enough, I was inspired to write a song about the deep blue sea.
All of the scenes in the movie where Sean Connery is plowing his Soviet Submarine through deep dark caverns on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean were pure Hollywood magic. The power and size of the ocean really resonated with me, so I wrote a hymn to the Ocean.
The meter had to be a waltz to signify the crashing waves on the shore and the tempo had to be moderate enough to feel like the swaying of an old ship on the sea.
Everything else was fair game.
Anyways, this is just a demo and I hope to persuade Tina to sing on it. :-)
Can you hear the ping of the sonar from that old sub gliding under the glassy gloom of the water?
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"He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger." -Hammond Ines
"He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea." -Thomas Fuller.
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Lyrics
Ocean Hymn
(lyrics by John Dragoo & Christina Linton
2008)
VERSE 1
Mysterious depth of Sparkling light
Gaze into my green eyes, shimmering bright
Endless, music swaying `gainst the sand
Limitless depth swirling colors of night
Always there
Echoing
The Sirens song
A mother's light (womb)
Glassy crests crash on the shores of time
CHORUS
Come to me,
And Let my waves,
Wash over you,
And swallow you
In an ocean of tears (1st time only)
I cry for you. (2nd time only)
VERSE 2
Under a solitary ship,
Creaks the cradle of life
In the foam of the sea
Find redemption and peace
Below the abyss
Lies the truth
At the waking of dawn, hear the siren's song:
Sun soaked hands
tying knots
Endlessly
Ride the back of the waves
The companion of the sea
Rowing to destiny
CHORUS 2
BRIDGE
CHORUS 3
(lyrics by John Dragoo & Christina Linton
2008)
VERSE 1
Mysterious depth of Sparkling light
Gaze into my green eyes, shimmering bright
Endless, music swaying `gainst the sand
Limitless depth swirling colors of night
Always there
Echoing
The Sirens song
A mother's light (womb)
Glassy crests crash on the shores of time
CHORUS
Come to me,
And Let my waves,
Wash over you,
And swallow you
In an ocean of tears (1st time only)
I cry for you. (2nd time only)
VERSE 2
Under a solitary ship,
Creaks the cradle of life
In the foam of the sea
Find redemption and peace
Below the abyss
Lies the truth
At the waking of dawn, hear the siren's song:
Sun soaked hands
tying knots
Endlessly
Ride the back of the waves
The companion of the sea
Rowing to destiny
CHORUS 2
BRIDGE
CHORUS 3
guygrooves
This is already sounding stellar for a demo. I'll reserve further comment for the finished version. I am excited to hear it. I'm not an opera fan although I am a fan of this piece. Wonderful concept and I hope we get to hear a finished version soon.