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*Part I: Overture
*Part I: Overture
*Part II: Cross Pollination
*Part II: Cross Pollination
| Album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]]
*Part III: Redemption
| Album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]] <small>(9, 10, 11)</small>
| Length = ~12:00
| Length = ~12:00
| AltTitles = Symphony, Orchestral Monster
| AltTitles = Symphony, Orchestral Monster
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===Part II: Cross Pollination===
===Part II: Cross Pollination===
In the Muse Q&A in November 2008, Dominic Howard stated that the song would change genres throughout, indicating a significantly different middle section.<ref name="qanda6"/>
In the Muse Q&A in November 2008, Dominic Howard stated that the song would change genres throughout, indicating a significantly different middle section.<ref name="qanda6"/>
===Part III===
===Part III: Redemption===
The third part of the song will be "very heavy indeed".<ref name="qanda6"/>
The third part of the song will be "very heavy indeed".<ref name="qanda6"/>



Revision as of 21:43, 3 July 2009

Muse song
Name Exogenesis: Symphony
  • Part I: Overture
  • Part II: Cross Pollination
  • Part III: Redemption
Album/single The Resistance (9, 10, 11)
Length ~12:00
Alternative titles Symphony, Orchestral Monster
First live performance -
Latest live performance -
Recorded Lake Como and Milan, Italy, 2008-2009
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Muse


Description

The last song on The Resistance, it is split into three four-minute tracks at the end of the album,[1] and features an orchestra througout.

Part I: Overture

The first part of the song starts off mellow.[2]

Part II: Cross Pollination

In the Muse Q&A in November 2008, Dominic Howard stated that the song would change genres throughout, indicating a significantly different middle section.[2]

Part III: Redemption

The third part of the song will be "very heavy indeed".[2]

Additional information

The term exogenesis is the technical name for panspermia, the hypothesis that life is seeded across the universe from other sources, for example, arriving to Earth on comets, hence "cross pollination".

The song was first mentioned in March 2008 as a "15-minute space-rock solo"[3] and mentioned by the band numerous times after that. Prior to that, it had been alluded to by Matt in 2007 as "a few bits and pieces that we kind of set to one side that were ... a little bit too progressive and symphonic for [Black Holes and Revelations]", suggesting that the band may have first attempted to record it in 2005.[4]

The orchestral elements of the song are arranged by Matthew Bellamy. He stated he wanted to do this himself as he "never wanted to collaborate with a string arranger as they may make it 'theirs'".[1]

References

  1. a b Matthew Bellamy via Muse Answers. (2008-11-22). Question 23. Official Message Board. Retrieved 2008-11-22 from board.muse.mu.
  2. a b c Dominic Howard via Muse Answers. (2008-11-28). Question 6. Official Message Board. Retrieved 2008-11-22 from board.muse.mu.
  3. Muse: next album to have '15-minute space-rock solo' (2008-03-12). NME. Retrieved from nme.com.
  4. Interview with Bellamy (2007-08-02). Triple J. [verify]


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