Der historische Fantasy Film „Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala“ des finnischen Regisseurs Antti Jokinen feierte am Dienstag seine Premiere in den Kinos und AMORPHIS hatten die Ehre einen Song für dessen Soundtrack zu komponieren. ‚Crowned in Crimson‘ wird nun heute auch offiziell veröffentlicht. Gesanglich ist er eine packende Vater–Tochter Kollaboration zwischen Tomi Joutsen und seiner Tochter Iida.
Songwriter und Gitarrist Esa Holopainen kommentiert:
„Director Antti Jokinen got in touch with us and briefly told us about his ambitious film project. We arranged a meeting with him during which we were able to see visual material from the film and go through the script. Antti hoped that AMORPHIS would create the film’s theme song – a project we agreed to immediately.“
Antti J. Jokinen erwidert:
„AMORPHIS‘ music feels like strength wrapped in beauty – heavy enough to shake the landscape yet poetic. Their music really lifts my spirit into the world of Kalevala myths and its characters. Exactly what I was looking for when thinking about the theme song for my film. I’m very pleased they agreed to do it.“
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Lyrics:
The moon used to rock my cradle at night
Twinkled the bells of the stars
Quivered the golden strands of my dreams
Whispered the Norns of my fate
But I was born under a bad sign
At a bad time to a place even worse
In the blood of my father
I was baptised, bound to my sister
By crapes
They took away my bright-eyed son
Robbed me of my fledgling young one
Put him in chains and dragged him away
Took him to toil as a slave through his days
With two faces grinned the moon
The sun was casting strange shadows
Many lives I fostered in me
Many roads all leading to death
I was cursed to drown under
Under waves
Condemned to burn in the flames
Hanged to a branch of an old oak
Shackled in fetters of iron forged
I’ll raise the sword of my vengeance
And cry in the name of my father
To quicken my blood
And destroy all those who stand in my way
Your quest for revenge
Will be your undoing
Drowned in the blood of your kin
The avenging sword will break in two
Lulled by the dreams of Tuonela
The river is dark as it’s rocking my boat
Twinkle the silver bells of the stars
Quiver the golden strands of (my) life
Whisper the Norns of my fate
Mustalla virralla veneeni keinuu
helisevät tähtien hopeiset kellot
värisevät elämän kultaiset langat
kuiskivat kohtalon haltijat