Swato's Choral Squids

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Okay but it's going downhill from here 

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second batch

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The April piece was an experiment. I call it the Arhythmicon because no two bars have the same rhythmical pattern. 

The December piece is The Drunken Drummer's Christmas Walk 

Still a few months missing but the year-cyle never got finished.

All midis set to piano, selected other instrumentation in the next post (but I know that that can sound dreadful on some computers)

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Okay, here the June piece set for flute and harpsichord.

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Now back to our usual program.

High Doom
http://ashleys.net/music/highnoon.htm

Do not forsake us Great Cthulhu
On this dark Solstice Day
Do not forsake us Great Cthulhu
Wake! Wake soon!

This Solstice Day will rise dark R'lyeh
We must be there or all's in vain
We must go there and without delay
Or wait new eons
Strange, endless eons
Or wait long eons
Yet again

Oh, to be torn to shreds by Shoggoths
Or to be wasted by Yog Sothoth
Look how the monsters do return
Near is our doom

He sent us dreams that he is waking
Deep in the sea the Earth is quaking/shaking
We are on our way there but oh
What we will do if we are late?

Do not forsake us Great Cthulhu
You made that promise when you went
Do not forsake us Great Cthulhu
See we are coming
Oh, hear our drumming
Return and drive us round the bend!

/: Rise soon! Rise soon! :/
alt.: Wake soon!

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I finally had the time to listen to your compositions. I believe that some would benefit from a living pianist and a musical interpretation (MIDI doesn't do them justice).

I still like it. :toadfish:

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At least one of the pieces would need 2 pianos because the voices reach a distance that is to big for the normal hand
For some I had the organ in mind but (despite living right next to the church) I hadn't yet the chance to get it played on one by somebody who can play it (I can only play the recorder and even that not very well).

In composition I can only do very strict forms or the thing gets notoriously out of control (as can be heard in some of the prelude-like pieces)

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The Dwindling of My Mind

In my sleep I see/meet the Night-Gaunts
And their claws clutch me so tight
When I try to see their faces
I just start to scream in fright
But no sound does break the silence
It is like in outer space
And relentlessly they carry
Me to some forsaken place

Refr.
I have seen the cosmic horror
That no human brain can bear
And my peace of mind is shattered
I am driven to/filled with raw despair
Leave my sanity behind
In the dwindling of my mind

I can see the Madness Mountains
Breaking through Antarctic ice
Wander through the ancient city
Hear the Shoggoth's eldritch cries
Tekkeli-li, Tekkeli-li
From that downward passageway
Comes the shapeless horrid monster
In a cloud of foul decay

Refr.

I can feel Cthulhu dreaming
In his tomb beneath the sea
Sending notion to the cultists
That it's time to set him free
When the stars are right in heaven
He will rise and rule again
Then the human reign is over
Amidst terror, woe and pain

Refr.

And the throne out in the great void
Is the Demon Sultan's seat
Round him dance two brainless flutists
To an unseen drummer's beat
Crawling Chaos Nyarlathotep
Is the messenger of his
In the guise of an old pharao
He is mankind's nemesis

Refr.

When the ancient books are opened
Their dark secrets loudly spelled
The great seal it will be broken
That for eons safely held
The Great Old Ones in their prison
With revenge they will return
And the fragile human cosmos
Right* to ashes they will burn

Refr.

*alternatively: Straight, Down, All

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Tune: Küss die Hand Herr Kerkermeister (EAV)

Half octopus, half dragon
Cthulhu is my name
A cousin of old Dagon
From Aldeb'ran I came
Once I ruled this planet
Now I lie dead and dream
And If your mind is sensitive
You will wake up and scream
My secret cult is ev'rywhere
On dry land, in deep sea
Commits to foster my return
Insane atrocities

Spoken (rythmically):
Attention, attention!
Here is the police.
Hands up, ye cultists!
Give us that idol!
Resistance is useless!

   Refr:
   Bite the dust ye human scum
   (For/Cause) I am back again
   The reptiloid from the great void
   To reclaim my domain
   Bite the dust ye human scum
   (For/Cause) I am back again
   To tear your flesh and eat your soul
   And maximize the sum of pain

I lie down in my tomb here
And wait for my comeback
The sunken city rising
The sky all turned to black
When the constellations
Have reached their proper place
Then the time has come again
For the old star-spawned race
We will destroy humanity
Then all the cultist fools
That scum has not the slightest chance
Where an Old One rules

Spoken (rythmically):
By laws of men and God
we condemn this cultist rot
For repeated disturbance of the peace by night
to 500 years of [insert televangelist] sermons
and loss of food stamps!

Refr.

But still I must be patient
Although the date is near
I'm sending out the signal
To get the cultists here
Someone has to open
The gates from the outside
Then I will just step outwards
And kill them with sheer fright
The Deep Ones and the Shoggoths too
I will let loose at once
And on the ruins they will leave
I'll do the vict'ry dance

Spoken (rythmically):
Attention, attention!
Cultist Cruises requests all passengers to ancient R'lyeh
to board the Alert... immediately!

Refr.

Sample of the original refrain
http://www.eav.at/tools/download/hoerprobe.php?id=7

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Tune: The Fisherman's Song (by Andy M. Stewart)
http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/sounds/fishermans-song.mp3
original lyrics: http://www.chivalry.com/cantaria/lyrics/fishermans-song.html

1.
By the storm torn shoreline
A monster is standing
With foul goo and seaweed on its head
And the fear tore the men
Near that desolate landing
For now they all knew they'd be dead

Refr.
For it has come up
From the depths of the ocean
As a murderous scourge upon man
Its cult hails aloud. It's Doomsday morning.
And it's clear that we all will be damned.

2.
Oh and white were their faces
And wild was their parting
So vile is the Terror of Old
They fall prey to the gods
Both their souls and their bodies
Like Al-hazred the Arab foretold

Refr.

3.
There are stones on the hilltops
Where degenerates worship
Determined to open the gate
Where the god-awful Things
Are trapped close to our borders
And their eyes are bound round full of hate.

Refr.

4.
What force leads a man
To the cult of such creature
High on Leng or in crypts underground
Where the beast is the master and madness a feature
And there's nothing more vile to be found?

Refr.

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Tune: Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen

Cthulhu, Ctulhu, dreaming in R'lyeh
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, waiting for the day
When he will return, kill me and you
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu

He called the vilest cultists to an island in the swamp
They vowed to help the Old Ones in their scheme.
They handed local people as live snacks for them to chomp
Victims found plenty of time to scream.

Cthulhu, Cthulhu, rising from below
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, comes to spoil the show
To cause havoc here and stir up the brew
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu

He came to our planet with his/the star-spawn on his tail/in his wake
A frighter always looking whom to fright
His tentacles all slimy and he kept his talons sharp
He used them to fight with awful might

Cthulhu, Cthulhu, out of the great void
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, gruesome reptiloid
Spawn of the stars, covered with goo
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu

With Yog-Sothoth and Azatoth they had a ghoulish look
They ripped off feet and organs (whatever)
Embodied all the horrors from the mad Arab's book
And ate up a many a country fair

Cthulhu, Cthulhu, master of the cult
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, secret and occult
On Northern plateau, in Southern bayou
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu

To decay and corruption he would always lend a hand
And poor souls were his breakfast ev'ry day
The sailor on the ocean, the farmer on dry land
Always avoiding to cross his way

Cthulhu, Cthulhu, do not cross his path
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, or you'll meet his wrath
Torn limb from limb, turned into stew
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu

He rose up from the ocean and was feared by ev'ryone
The Alert sailors watched it all in awe
The monster promptly turned on them. Survivors: only one
And for that one then the cult's bell tolled

Cthulhu, Cthulhu, going back to sleep
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, far down in the deep
He will persist, take the long view
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu

Cthulhu, Cthulhu, when the stars are right
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, day will turn to night
Where shall we run? What shall we do?
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu

Cthulhu, Cthulhu, this was your domain
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, terror, fright and pain
Foul was your rule that you will renew
Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu

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With the squidlings having reached student age it is time for them to practice some traditional student songs

Cthulhu fhtagn!
(pronounced: ka-THU-lu fa-TA-gen)
(Tune:Ergo bibamus)

We are here assembled for dastardly deeds
Let's all chant Cthulhu fhtagn!
We worship a Being that gives us the creeps
By chanting Cthulhu fhtagn!
For this vile occasion no expense was spared
Come savor the off'rings that we have prepared
Although your mere sight leaves us witlessly scared
|:We still chant Cthulhu fhtagn!:|

Cthulhu the Mighty he came from afar
Ph'nglui wgah'nagl fhtagn
His spawn came to Earth from a distant star
R'lyeh wgah'nagl fthagn
He made this small planet his horrid domain
Although shifts in heaven have curtailed his reign
Soon will come the time and he'll rule once again
|:Beware the Cthulhu fhtagn!:|

In Greenland, on Leng and in southern bayou
The cult chants Cthulhu fhtagn!
We dance and we sacrifice humans to you
While chanting Cthulhu fhtagn!
We follow the oldest religion of all
We plot for humanity's final downfall
Return of the Old Ones is our great goal
|:Therefore chant Cthulhu fhtagn!:|

The cult is a secret, we dare you to spy
Us chanting  Cthulhu fhtagn!
If you follow us, you are going to die
We'll give you Cthulhu fhtagn!
If you cross the cultists, prepare for a ride
Wherever you go, there is nowhere to hide
There's no chance for you to escape in the night
|:To flee from Cthulhu fhtagn!:|

Before he comes back he does send out his dreams
And we chant Cthulhu fhtagn!
Whoever receives them just helplessly screams
But we chant Cthulhu fhtagn!
When stars are a-right he will wake from his sleep
And R'lyeh will rise once again from the deep
He will slaughter mankind like a wolf among sheep
alt: He'll slaughter all mankind...
|:While we howl Cthulhu fhtagn!:|

[Sibling Chatty]

Someday I want to be able to buy the CD recording of all of this, done with orchestra and full chorus.

And it would be a nice addition to Toadfish Radio as well!

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I got inspired by a few CDs from the HPLHS with Lovecraftified Carols (and later also A Shoggoth on the Roof)

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In honour of our revolutionary goat I give you

The Cultist Internationale

Arise, ye cultists of Cthulhu
The time of waiting it is past
In horrid nightmares he talks to you
That his return has come at last
He will purge the world of all things human
That have infested his domain
The upstart's downfall it is looming
And a departure full of pain

Refr.:(2x)
Cultist hear Great Cthulhu
And beat wildly your drum
The time at last is due to
Wipe out the human scum

How dare they while the Master's sleeping
To falsely claim this world their own?
Now comes the time of woe and weeping
The Great Old One will put you/them down
Stars are right, arising is dark R'lyeh
Its eerie streets still full of goo
Its buildings in all states of decay
But in the center Cthulhu

Refr.(2x)

His dreams alone can drive you insane
Just wait till you see him for real
Despare mankind, all hopes are in vain
You will be crushed below his heel
Deep Ones also rise up from the ocean
Rape or skin all in their path
The Shoggoths too are set in motion
This is indeed the Day of Wrath

Refr.(2x)