[ENTERING]
[Atmosphere]
[crackling fire embers]
[cold night wind outside the lodge]
[low cedar-flute drone]
[distant owl calls]
[deep cinematic sub drone]
[whispered breath textures circling in stereo]
[Harmonic Atmosphere]
[F#m(add9) → Dmaj7 → A → E(sus2)]
[Very slow movement with long reverbs and space between chord transitions.]
[Vocal Style]
[Layered female Celtic hums: “mmm”, “ahh”, “ohh”]
[Very soft and distant at first.]
[Underneath: low Native-inspired male ceremonial chant textures buried deep in the ambience.]
[Not aggressive. Ancient and ghostlike.]
[Production Notes]
[reverse reverbs]
[analog tape warmth]
[shimmer reverb trails]
[drifting stereo ambience]
[low-pass filtered synth pads gradually opening]
[No percussion yet.]
[VISIONS]
[The ceremonial pulse begins.]
[Percussion]
[slow frame drum heartbeat]
[deep toms]
[seed rattles]
[soft ceremonial hand percussion]
[warm low kick beneath organic drums]
[Main Chord Progression]
[F#m → D → A → E]
[Steady and hypnotic.]
[Melody]
[Cedar flute becomes lead voice:]
[slow emotional phrases]
[descending nocturnal motifs]
[call-and-response with vocal hums]
[Chant Layer]
[Introduce rhythmic Native-inspired chant phrases:]
[low male group textures]
[subtle call-and-response]
[heavily reverbed]
[woven into percussion rather than sitting on top]
[Keep chants sparse and ceremonial.]
[DREAM]
[The celestial atmosphere expands.]
[Add]
[shimmering ambient arpeggios]
[evolving analog pads]
[sidechained atmospheric synths]
[low cinematic impacts]
[layered choir swells]
[Harmonic Lift]
[Dmaj7 → A → E → F#m]
[Then: Bm → D → A → E]
[for deeper emotional movement.]
[Vocal Expansion]
[soaring Celtic-style harmony stacks]
[whisper doubles]
[octave layers]
[floating “heya” phrases]
[long breath sustains]
[The feeling should become: weightless, lunar, transcendent.]
[CLIMAX]
[Largest emotional and spiritual expansion.]
[Full Instrumentation]
[strongest ceremonial drums]
[rolling tom rhythms]
[layered Native-inspired chants]
[soaring Celtic choirs]
[sustained flute melodies]
[shimmering celestial synths]
[deep sub swells]
[distant thunder-like cinematic impacts]
[Main Chord Cycle]
[F#m → E → Dmaj7 → A]
[Then lift into: Bm → D → F#m → E]
[Rhythmic Feel]
[The drums should feel like: ancient ritual dance, heartbeat of the earth, trance-like ceremonial movement]
[Vocal Design]
[Huge layered harmonies:]
[breath choirs]
[octave doubles]
[fifth harmonies]
[whisper textures]
[deep chant beds underneath female hums]
[The climax should feel like: spirits and ancestors moving through firelight while the night sky opens above the sacred lodge.]
[SPIRITS RETURN]
[Gradually dissolve:]
[chants fade into reverb]
[drums disappear into distant echoes]
[synth arps dissolve into stars]
[flute becomes sparse and lonely]
[Final Chords]
[F#m(add9) → Dmaj7 → F#m]
[Unresolved and dreamlike.]
[Ending Atmosphere]
[wind outside the lodge returns]
[distant hums fade into silence]
[final flute note echoes into silence]
[All goes silent, END]
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