Description / Purpose:
This was written for the End of the Year music competition, and it was meant to illustrate the journey Ark, from the game Terranigma, takes through the world as he resurrects it, and how his place in the world shapes him.
In the beginning, Ark is a sheltered adolescent in a peaceful town called Crysta that exists deep under a post-apocalyptic earth, and has no knowledge of the desolate world that exists outside. However, his curiosity gets the better of him, and he opens a box that eventually leads to, by the Elder of Crysta’s instruction, the beginning of a journey forth from Crysta to resurrect the outside world.
In the course of his journey, as he changes from an uncaring adolescent into the savior of the world, he begins to question the purpose of his actions. He learns that the destruction and resurrection of the world, and all the pain associated with it, will only continue at the opposing will of Dark and Light Gaia, two godlike entities, if he simply accomplishes the task he set out to do originally. This piece is meant to illustrate Ark’s gradual realization of this fact, and what he does when he finds that he can change that cycle.
In the end, Ark dies because of the fact that he himself is part of Dark Gaia, whom he destroys in the end, but he dreams one last dream beforehand, in which he sees the beauty of the world he resurrected.
Each part is meant to represent a stage of that change, and the parts are as follows:
Part 1: Ark Opens his Eyes (0:00 – 1:01)
Part 2: The Desolate World Before Him (Theme of Change)(1:02 – 1:30)
Part 3: Life’s Resurrection: Optimism (1:31 – 1:57)
Part 4: Loss of Innocence/The Return of Mankind (Theme of Change Reiterated)(1:58 – 2:17)
Part 5: Understanding (2:18 – 2:58)
Part 6: Outside the Loop of Fate (2:59 – 3:26)
Part 7: Breaking the Loop (One Last Change)(3:27 – 3:53)
Finale: Sleep: Dream of the New World (3:54 – 4:34)
Instruments Used:
Brass sections (Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn), String sections (full), with Pizzicato Violins part of the time, Solo Cello, Female Choir, Harp, Vibraphone, Clarinet, Flute, Percussion. Pretty much almost a full orchestra.
Inspiration:
Terranigma, Miyoko Kobayashi and Masanori Hikichi, and a deadline of 4 days. 
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