ddds (Remastered)

[Intro - one grand piano alone in the dark, huge and close: two chords hammered in the deep bass, one sharp chord an octave higher, a sharp silence, the motif repeated exactly three times, nothing else, 16 bars] [Verse 1 - the full orchestra seizes the motif, massive block chords in the brass, the key finally declared, the piano hammers the motif back alone, louder than the orchestra, refusing to yield, 24 bars] [Verse 2 - the orchestra and the piano fight over the same motif, iron versus glass, neither yielding, harmony sliding by thirds, 16 bars] [Chorus - the strings carry fragments of the motif over block chords on the flat second degree, the piano hammering back under and over them, never mere accompaniment, 24 bars] [Bridge - a stark slower variant on the dark horns, the piano echoing it high and brittle, the rhythm unchanged but stretched, 16 bars] [Breakdown - the piano leads the chase, the motif fragments running between woodwinds and piano, faster, tension coiling, 24 bars] [Break - the orchestra stops dead, the piano alone plays fragments of the motif, faster and faster, huge and close, then a sudden two-bar silence] [Final Chorus - the only loud passage, the motif blares in heavy piano octaves with the full orchestra hitting together on the downbeat, trombones and timpani, the motif and its inversion in counterpoint, 24 bars] [Outro - everything strips away, the piano hammers the motif one last time, two low chords, one high answer, then silence, 12 bars]