Pythian 8 - Pindar

[Intro] (wind over hills) (single bouzouki phrase) (low bass enters) (drums begin steady pulse) (saxophone plays mournful ascending line) ὁ δὲ καλόν τι νέον λαχὼν... [Verse 1] (male vocal, deliberate and commanding) ὁ δὲ καλόν τι νέον λαχὼν ἁβρότατος ἔπι μεγάλας ἐξ ἐλπίδος πέταται ὑποπτέροις ἀνορέαις, ἔχων κρέσσονα πλούτου μέριμναν. (background male chorus repeats) ἐξ ἐλπίδος... ἐξ ἐλπίδος... [Chorus 1] (full band opens, sax answers each line) ἐν δ᾽ ὀλίγῳ βροτῶν τὸ τερπνὸν αὔξεται: οὕτω δὲ καὶ πίτνει χαμαί, ἀποτρόπῳ γνώμᾳ σεσεισμένον. (saxophone descending cry) χαμαί... χαμαί... [Verse 2] (music strips back to guitar + bass) ἐπάμεροι: τί δέ τις; τί δ᾽ οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος. (long pause) (whispered backing vocals) σκιᾶς ὄναρ... σκιᾶς ὄναρ... [Bridge – Philosophical Build] (drums tom rhythm, electric guitar swells) ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν αἴγλα διόσδοτος ἔλθῃ, λαμπρὸν φέγγος ἔπεστιν ἀνδρῶν καὶ μείλιχος αἰών: (male choir enters triumphantly) λαμπρὸν φέγγος! λαμπρὸν φέγγος! [Saxophone Solo] (extended soulful solo over Greek rhythm section) (bouzouki trades phrases with sax) (drums intensify) (crowd-clap folk groove) [Final Chorus] (biggest section, anthemic) Αἴγινα φίλα μᾶτερ, ἐλευθέρῳ στόλῳ πόλιν τάνδε κόμιζε Δὶ καὶ κρέοντι σὺν Αἰακῷ Πηλεῖ τε κἀγαθῷ Τελαμῶνι σύν τ᾽ Ἀχιλλεῖ. (full chorus repeats last line) σύν τ᾽ Ἀχιλλεῖ! σύν τ᾽ Ἀχιλλεῖ! [Outro] (saxophone alone over wind) (bouzouki final chord) (drums stop suddenly) σκιᾶς ὄναρ... ἄνθρωπος... (fade into sea wind)