[Intro - 8 bars] [Instrumental. Low dungeon-drone, distant wind, sunken-ruin ambience. Tin whistle plays a haunting A minor melody over a slow war-drum pulse. Deep war-horn swell rises and fades. All instruments drop away.] [Verse 1 - 12 bars] [Solo Female Voice, close-mic'd, intimate, almost whispered. Lute and harp only, no drums, no bass.] Our hero, our hero [instrumental response, 2 bars, no vocals] With a Voice wielding power [instrumental response, 2 bars, no vocals] I tell you, I tell you [instrumental response, 2 bars, no vocals] Claims a warrior's heart [instrumental response, 1 bar] Believe, believe [1 bar] The Dragonborn comes [voice sustains, long reverb tail, 2 bars] [Build - 12 bars] [Filtered kick enters. Rolling 16th-note bassline pulses. Vocal layers multiply from octave doubling into full stack. Pads swell.] [Layered Vocals, building] Of the ancient Nord art [instrumental response, 2 bars] It's an end to the evil [instrumental response, 2 bars] Beware, beware [instrumental response, 2 bars] Of all Skyrim's foes [1 bar] You'll know, you'll know [1 bar] The Dragonborn comes [full stack swells, 2 bars] [Vocalese - 12 bars] [No heavy drums. Full choir, dense stack.] [Unison and octave doubling, many voices read as one] [Descant counter-melody rises above the lead] [Choral Vocals, soaring] La ha ha Ah ah ah [space, no vocals, 2 bars] La ha ah La ha ha [space, no vocals, 2 bars] Ah ah hah La ah ha ah ah ah [voice sustains, descant floats above, 4 bars] [Breakdown - 6 bars] [Kick drops out. Harp arpeggios. Rising sweep. War-horn swell underneath.] [One bar a cappella, full choir, no instruments, chordal harmony opening into thirds and fifths] [space, no vocals, 2 bars] [The Shout - 2 bars] [Silence except for the voice. A single, raw, powerful wordless shout.] [Wordless Shout] AHHHHHH! [DROP 1 / Ancient Tongue Anthem - 24 bars] [Everything hits: 4/4 kick, rolling bassline, supersaw lead, northern war drums, war-horns. Voice is the lead instrument, not backing. Maximum harmonic density. Harmonies swell like a string section.] [Full Choir, powerful, driving, anthemic] Nuz aan sul, fent alok, fod fin vul dovah nok [instrumental lead phrase, supersaw, 2 bars] Fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz! [instrumental lead phrase, 2 bars] Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah vod [instrumental lead phrase, 2 bars] Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein! [instrumental lead phrase, 2 bars] Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, naal ok zin los vahriin [instrumental lead phrase, 2 bars] Wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal! [descant only, wordless, 4 bars] [DROP 2 - 16 bars] [Second pass. Hold full power. Descant lifts above the lead.] Wo lost fron wah ney dov, ahrk fin reyliik do jul [instrumental lead phrase, 2 bars] Voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein [instrumental lead phrase, 2 bars] Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin jot [instrumental lead phrase, 2 bars] Ahrk fin norok paal graan fod nust hon zindro zaan [instrumental lead phrase, 2 bars] Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal! [descant only, wordless, 4 bars] [Outro - 12 bars] [All elements fade. Solo voice returns, intimate, almost whispered. Harp and drone remain.] [Solo Voice, soft, spoken-sung] For the darkness has passed [space, no vocals, 2 bars] And the legend yet grows [space, no vocals, 2 bars] [Wordless Vocal, fading] La ha ha Ah ah ah [Whisper] Dovahkiin... [Drone fades to silence, 4 bars] [End]
