Music Review // Erik Lankin "Daedalus Requiem"

 

Every single note of this song feels somber and serious.   Erik Lankin has created a song here that can be along the lines of neoclassical music and it is accompanied by a music video which acts as a short film and tells a story.   With sad strings and that deep cello, it it difficult to hear this as anything but a sad symphony and I think that is because the theme of this song is death.  

When this music video starts we see someone getting zipped up in a body bag, which means death, but later the body outside of the bag and floating.   As it rains, swimmers are swimming underwater and it becomes synchronized.   The little touches in this video, such as the way that the rain transitions into the ocean, just make it feel so special.

Throughout the video while it is underwater it is almost as if the soul is in holding.  Eventually, a hand reaches out and touches land.   We then see the sun rise over the ocean.  We are no longer underwater.  I believe this to be representing the next stage in death- from that holding period into whatever you believe comes as the afterlife.

This music video in and of itself is deep and beautiful.   The song is peaceful and can be used for relaxation.  But the way that the two pair together is what makes the real magic.   It's just that idea of seeing something and not hearing dialogue but hearing the orchestral music sounds, yet knowing what is happening is what music should be all about.