He becomes lost and unsure of his mission as he discovers that there is indeed no life on Mars. Effectively, he gives up entirely, but finds himself continuing with the quest anyway. This makes him come to realize once and for all that there is indeed a God, and that he is guiding this man on his quest out into a new world. The repetition of the "oasis in the sky" lines, with altered wording, makes this obvious.
Renewed in faith, the character (wordlessly) continues his search, and then fades out of known space in the long silence. The fourth part reveals he has indeed found his destination, and the sweet yet sad closing movement takes humanity back to the beginning.
I divide this piece into four movements, as if this story was a Biblical rebirth, a return to Genesis as it were.
Movement I, 0:00 to 9:19: "Fallen"
Movement II, 9:19 to 16:59: "Revelation"
Movement III, 16:59 to 27:18: "Exodus" (Instrumental)
Movement IV, 27:18 to 34:18: "Genesis" (Instrumental)
Conveniently, "Genesis" lasts seven minutes on the dot, which returns back to the religious theme.
"Genesis" is quite simply one of the most beautiful passages in all of music. It might seem familiar (some comment they've heard it in a movie), but when something is so incredibly amazing, who cares?
And finally: Nick Bush is an awfully familiar name. "Nick Bush" wrote Chip's Challenge levels. So did I. It appears that these two people are in fact the same, even...
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He becomes lost and unsure of his mission as he discovers that there is indeed no life on Mars. Effectively, he gives up entirely, but finds himself continuing with the quest anyway. This makes him come to realize once and for all that there is indeed a God, and that he is guiding this man on his quest out into a new world. The repetition of the "oasis in the sky" lines, with altered wording, makes this obvious.
Renewed in faith, the character (wordlessly) continues his search, and then fades out of known space in the long silence. The fourth part reveals he has indeed found his destination, and the sweet yet sad closing movement takes humanity back to the beginning.
I divide this piece into four movements, as if this story was a Biblical rebirth, a return to Genesis as it were.
Movement I, 0:00 to 9:19: "Fallen" Movement II, 9:19 to 16:59: "Revelation" Movement III, 16:59 to 27:18: "Exodus" (Instrumental) Movement IV, 27:18 to 34:18: "Genesis" (Instrumental)
Conveniently, "Genesis" lasts seven minutes on the dot, which returns back to the religious theme.
"Genesis" is quite simply one of the most beautiful passages in all of music. It might seem familiar (some comment they've heard it in a movie), but when something is so incredibly amazing, who cares?
And finally: Nick Bush is an awfully familiar name. "Nick Bush" wrote Chip's Challenge levels. So did I. It appears that these two people are in fact the same, even...