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Released 9/1/2024.
Duration: 7:06.

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Tracks that Rondo of the Crimson Prince references:

• Sovereign Domain by Wights End

Artist commentary:

Wights End: (booklet commentary)

Why does most symphonic metal sound so happy? I want my orchestra to sound evil! This track was originally titled “In the Court of the Crimson Prince” as a reference to King Crimson, but after building the song around a rondo structure, I felt like missing out on such a Castlevania-esque name would be a missed opportunity. I didn’t mean for the song to get so long, It just sort of happened.

Wights End, Nights, and keyboard cait: (YouTube premiere live chat)

Wights End: alright gamers
buckle up since this one is long

nights: ACTUAL boss fight music. Maybe.

cait: im sure its a really nice song since the crimson prince is a really nice guy

nights: I love suvillan music so much

Wights End: original the title was In The Court of the Crimson Prince since I wanted to reference King Crimson, but since the track IS infact a rondo, I decided to use the castlevania ass title

Wights End: I really love big, grandiose orchestral stuff that's really dark.

Nevermind3476: what even is a rondo anyay

Wights End: a musical form that is ABCBDB
basically, you keep returning to a common theme or section with new sections in between

nights: (3:06) Wait what am I hearing
Was there a leitmotif of something in there
My brain is just like "I recognize this" but I don't know what or why?

Wights End: This is Sovereign Domain
the motif I mean

nights: Ohh
I vow to use as many songs in the comic as I can

Wights End: 🙏

Wights End: (6:13) this part has a very similar chord progression to rainfalls actually, though it's a lot less obvious in that song

nights: Cool music to lose to