a thousand crystal towers
whole zip
ludovico einaudi | primavera*
( bonus prelude )
instrumental
christian hendersen | the two moon princesses
MORGANA
instrumental
bjork | pagan poetry
A QUIET FURY
on the surface simplicity
but the darkest pit in me
it's pagan poetry
on the surface simplicity
swirling black lilies totally ripe
but the darkest pit in me
it's pagan poetry
i love him, i'm going to keep it to myself
under byen | palads**
CAMELOT AND NIGHTMARES
the palace is frozen into the innermost part
pearl ice
the windows are covered in frost and lines
whoever dares to go out will be run over three times
and under heavy duvets you dream about all kinds of bugs
about damp, sticky, crackling wings
about not being able to survive it.
sol seppy | slofuzz
MORGANA/THE WORLD
I wish I could say the same of myself, that im in perfect harmony
that i do not use the sword of my tongue to lash out at the enemy
i wish i could stay in the present day not lapsing into vicious sleep
cause it gives my bones a brand shiny new home -- one that does not confine me
massive attack | teardrop
KEEP THE MAGIC A SECRET
black flowers blossom
fearless on my breath
stumbling a little, stumbling a little
dario marianelli | the girl with two souls
"BLACK FLOWERS BLOSSOM"
instrumental
emilie simon | desert (avril puzzle remix)
BECOMING LE FAY
where is the sea?
I dont know why I was just looking for the sea
but the only thing I found was the desert
a desert around me
radiohead | where i end and you begin
THE MAGIC GROWS STRONGER
i am up in the clouds, i am up in the clouds
and i cant i cant come down
i can watch but i cant take part
i will eat you alive
sol seppy | move
THE CALL OF DESTINY
are you waiting for somebody else to move?
dont you know in your heart is the power to change everything?
my bloody valentine | only shallow
A SHADOW OF WHAT WAS
Look In the mirror
She's not there
interpol | lighthouse
MORGANA LETS THE MAGIC CONSUME HER
and i warned them
i face the storms at the tides
and i warned them
unleash the storm and the night
here i've been living on roofs made from sin
Ii put an outward, "begin, begin."
christopher young | for annaliese michel
THE NEW PRIESTESS
instrumental
bat for lashes | glass
MORGANA LE FAY
I will rise now
And go about the city
In the street's
Broadways I seek
Him whom my soul loveth
Went over the sea
What did I find?
A thousand crystal towers
A hundred emerald cities
And the hand of the watchman
In the night sky
Points to my beloved
A knight in crystal armour
BONUS!
sol seppy | wonderland
MORGANA/ARTHUR
She had disappeared long ago
Waiting for Arthur to come through her window
But nobody came and the mist fell down
Morgana: a broken beauty with a dangerous, underlying quiet fury and a tragic destiny. My goal was to show corruption/decay/downfall/falling apart in as chronological a manner as possible, so that the songs start off sounding more or less pretty but then start to sound increasingly odd and discordinant. To show Morgana's inner struggle I really tried to find songs that had conflicting sounds, songs that had delicate verses with harsher choruses and vice versa (which you can hear in Slo Fuzz, Move, and a little bit in Palads**). I just really wanted it to teeter on the brink of sounding either delicate or dangerous, but to overall have a lonely ambience to it. The songs I chose are mostly cold and noisy or quiet and lonely. I also wanted to touch on Morgana's growing anxiousness and desperation, so I threw in some songs that make me feel a little anxious. Girl with Two Souls gives me the creeps, really, and the avril puzzle remix of Desert sounds like the perfect soundtrack to a manic nightmare. Also, the three instrumental songs are integral to Morgana's voice. The first, The Two Moon Princesses, has an overall magical, beautiful kind of feeling, but with a twinge of underlying sadness. The Girl with Two Souls has no singer, but it sounds creepy, distant, and cold. The final instrumental song, For Annaliese Michel finds it's voice again, but this time it is purely haunting and evil, nothing like the one we heard in The Two Moon Princesses.
Overall this mix is about viewing Morgana's character as a slow dying flower, completely falling apart and becoming a shadow of what she was before. I also threw in some Morgana/Arthur because I love angst and doomed romance.
* Primavera was a song I originally intended to use as the first song on this album to introduce Morgana, but I thought that The Two Moon Princesses accomplished what I wanted it to in a better way. I love this song to death, though, so I included it as a bonus prelude sort of as a "This is what people see her as" and to serve as a reflection song. Whereas Primavera sounds so lovely, For Annaliese Michele, for example, is the complete opposite.
**The story with Palads is that it is actually sung in Danish, which I love because it further illustrates how Morgana is thrown into a disorienting situation which she does not understand. Basically, it wasn't an accident that I chose a song that wasn't written in English :)
PS: The bonus songs are not in the whole zip file.
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I have been working on this for so long and I put a lot of love and care into this, so please comment if you take ♥ Plus, I just love hearing feedback whether it be negative or positive. I wanna know what you guys think!