
낙랑의 조용한 북 (The Silent Drum of Nakrang)
Genre: Ancient-future Korean tribal cinematic dubstep, epic tragedy spacepop Mood: epic, cinematic, tribal, sorrowful, conflicted, grand, destructive Instruments: A fusion of ancient Korean and modern electronic sounds. Deep dubstep bass, syncopated wood blocks, marimba, Daegeum (Korean bamboo flute), war drums, electric Gayageum (Korean zither with glitch effects), Taepyeongso (Korean shawm with distortion), wind chimes, cinematic string orchestra. Vocal: Deep and raw male vocal, shamanistic chanting, powerful yells and whispers, expressing deep anguish and conflict. Wide dynamic range with legato ad libs and raw, emotional riffs. Tempo: Variable, starting slow and dramatic (around 70 BPM), building up to an intense and chaotic speed (around 140 BPM) during the battle sequence.

낙랑의 조용한 북 (The Silent Drum of Nakrang)
Genre: Ancient-future Korean tribal cinematic dubstep, epic tragedy spacepop Mood: epic, cinematic, tribal, sorrowful, conflicted, grand, destructive Instruments: A fusion of ancient Korean and modern electronic sounds. Deep dubstep bass, syncopated wood blocks, marimba, Daegeum (Korean bamboo flute), war drums, electric Gayageum (Korean zither with glitch effects), Taepyeongso (Korean shawm with distortion), wind chimes, cinematic string orchestra. Vocal: Deep and raw male vocal, shamanistic chanting, powerful yells and whispers, expressing deep anguish and conflict. Wide dynamic range with legato ad libs and raw, emotional riffs. Tempo: Variable, starting slow and dramatic (around 70 BPM), building up to an intense and chaotic speed (around 140 BPM) during the battle sequence.
Lyrics
한국어
"때는 고구려, 태무신왕의 시대. 왕자 호동은
적국 낙랑을 정벌하라는 아버지의 명과,
그곳에서 만난 연인 낙랑공주 사이에서
잔혹한 운명의 기로에 선다.
나라의 신물인 자명고가 울리면
적의 침입을 알릴 수 있기에,
호동은 공주에게 북을 찢으라 명하는데..."
재의 지평선 너머 타오른 그대
내 어둠을 거둬낸 불꽃
삼켜야 할 독배인가, 구원일 그림자인가
갈라진 대지 위, 위태로운 나의 낙랑
선조의 망령이 깃든 칼을 쥐고
칼끝은 춤추듯 그대 심장을 겨누네
왕관의 무게와 사랑의 속삭임 그 사이에서
나는 길 잃은 짐승, 울부짖는 메아리
눈 감아라, 내 유일한 빛이여
신의 장난이 우리를 찢어도
그대 손으로 심장을 찢어서, 저 북을 잠재우면
찰나의 침묵 속, 영원을 훔치리니
찢겨진 고동소리! 검붉은 아우성!
철의 물결이 그대 이름을 삼키네
폐허 위에 내 깃발이 홀로 나부낄 때
천하를 품에 안고, 심장은 재가 되었네
"텅 빈 옥좌에 걸터앉아
승리의 잔에 담긴 건 그대의 눈물 한 방울
찢겨진 운명의 천 조각을 그러모아도
꿰맬 수도, 시간을 되돌릴 수도 없어"
이제... 그대 잠든 땅엔... 북이 울지 않으리
나의 심장 또한... 다시는 뛰지 않으리
낙랑...
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English
It is the era of Goguryeo, during the reign of King Daemusin.
Prince Hodong is commanded by his father to conquer the enemy nation of Nakrang.
There, he meets the love of his life, the Princess of Nakrang,
and finds himself at a crossroads of cruel destiny.
For Nakrang possesses a sacred artifact, the Jamyeonggo,
a drum that sounds on its own to warn of enemy invasion.
Hodong commands the princess to tear the drum...
You, who blazed beyond the horizon of ashes,
A flame that consumed my darkness.
Are you a poisoned chalice I must swallow, or the shadow of salvation?
Upon the sundered earth, you are my precarious Nakrang.
I grip the sword where ancestral spirits dwell,
Its tip, as if in a dance, aims for your heart.
Between the weight of the crown and the whisper of love,
I am a lost beast, a howling echo.
Close your eyes, my one and only light.
Though the gods’ cruel sport may tear us apart,
If you rip out this heart with your own hands and silence that drum,
In a fleeting moment of silence, we shall steal eternity.
A torn drumbeat! A crimson scream!
The iron tide swallows your name.
As my banner flies alone over the ruins,
I have embraced the world, but my heart has turned to ash.
"Slumped on the empty throne,
The cup of victory holds but a single drop of your tear.
Though I gather the shredded fragments of our fate,
I can neither end this, nor turn back time."
Now... in the land where you sleep... the drum will not sound.
My own heart, too... shall never beat again.
Nakrang...
