What are the Symphonies

What are the symphonies?

The Year is 2026. For the last 10 years a battle has raged between the assembled artists of Googliversal and those of Appsony to win the consumers hearts and minds with the most powerful pieces of viral art. Culture has collapsed as everyone now connects to each other via a global cerebaral network. The metrics of empathy and comedy have mutated with the bioscience of surprise and awe in an attempt to pull every last piece of excitement out of civilisation. Censorship and fake content have moulded everyones thoughts into a confused crowd sourced consciousness. The world has become an autonomous cacophony of status updates.

.. but then something unpredictable happened, the internet filled up. With no more room to store data, it jammed and died. The world went silent.

A glimmer of hope came from one machine called Sym. A lone computer unplugged from the web that contained fragments of some of the world greatest pieces of art from some of the most prolific artists of all time. A wandering artist attempted to reassemble the fragments the best he could. Using old chord charts and lyric sheets from the Great Wiki Libraries, the songs could now be brought to life and reignite the empty souls of the world. The songs were to be played over the old international broadband phone network from decades past. These songs would go on to be known as the Symphonies. The artist? Riffioso

Credit to in order of appearance. To honour and respect the Original artist’s you can find links to their work below

1 -We Are Pixels

Originally written by Labrinth and Tinie Tempah
Performed by Labrinth and Tinie Tempah
Visuals “Pixels” by Patric Jean
http://vimeo.com/10829255

2 -Against The Odds

The Song “Lose Yourself” Originally written by Eminem and Jeff Bass
Performed by Eminem
Visuals “Ali” by Norman Jewison
http://www.imdb.co.uk/title/tt0248667/

3 – Chasing Fantasy

The song In The End originally written by Linkin Park
Performed by Linkin Park
Visuals “The Gift” by Car E Rinsch

4 – Gen XYZ Spirit

The Song Smells like Teen Spirit Originally written by Nirvana
Performed by Nirvana
Visuals 100 or so party videos sourced from youtube. Edited by Jon Hockley

5 – Once Taboo

The song S&M Originally written by Mikkel S. Eriksen Tor Erik Hermansen Sandy Wilhelm Ester Dean
Performed by Rhianna
Visuals “Origami” by Gila Nudes

6 – History Repeats?

The Song No Good (Start the Dance) Originally written by Liam Howlett
Performed by Prodigy
Visuals “Robots of Brixton” by Kibwe Tavares

7 – Lost in the Grey

The song Sail Originally written by Aaron Bruno
Performed by Awolnation
The song Strong Originally written by Hannah Reid Dot Major Daniel Rothman
Performed by London Grammar
Visuals “Caldera (2012)” by Evan Viera

8 – The Girl Power Illusion

The Song I Love It Originally written by Charlotte Aitchison Patrik Berger Linus Eklöw
Performed by Icona Pop
Visuals “Sucker Punch” by Zack Snyder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnF4SpS9gUw

9 – Change the Picture

The Song Smack my Bitch Up Originally written by Liam Howlett
Performed by Prodigy
Visuals “Prodigy Smack by Bitch Up” by Jonas Åkerlund

10 – Love > Fear

The Song Hey Brother Originally written by Salem Al Fakir Tim Bergling Veronica Maggio Vincent Pontare Ash Pournouri Dan Tyminski
Performed by Avicci and Dan Tyminski
Visuals “Khoda” by Reza Dolatabadi

11 – Born to Live

The Song Born to Die Originally written by Lana Del Rey and Justin Parker
Performed by Lana Del Rey
Visuals “Lamborghini Aventador” by Ole Peters

12 – Alive!

The Song Louder Originally written by Dj Fresh
Performed by Sian Evans
Visuals “Art of Flight” by Jarno Cordia / “Sense of Flying” by Stavfel Produktion, Goovinn, Espen Fadnes

13 – Ultimate Self (ie)

The Song Radioactive Originally written by Melvyn Gonzalez Alexander Grant Ben McKee Josh Mosser Dan Platzman Dan Reynolds Wayne Sermon
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Visuals “The Longest Way” by Christoph Rehage

14 – Judgement

The song End Credits Originally written by Plan B and Chase & Status
Performed by Plan B
Visuals “Dante’s Journey” by Voytek Nowakowski

Thank you to all my friends and family who have hassled me to complete this project. I almost gave up as i couldn’t find anyone to help me build a platform to launch the work. With a twist of irony, just like the story of the symphonies, i almost lost the work as i was ready to move on in life.
The copyright has always been a big issue for me on this project and i’m still in 2 minds wether to pull it. This project is completely non profit and i hope all the original creators gain more credit from visitors to these remixes. If any of the original creators would like their work removed please contact me so i can make sure all traces are properly removed from the web. I hope this work inspires artists and people alike as There are deeper messages here than just the music. Please enjoy and feel free to message me with any feedback.