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"Scylla" from "EPIC: The Musical" (Flute Arrangement)

This is my flute arrangement of 3rd song from "EPIC: the Musical" in "The Thunder Saga" called "Scylla". This is a dark and intense flute arrangement that is played for Flute Sextet on 6 C Flutes. The arrangement can be reduced to Flute Trio, as the Flutes 4-6 Parts are optional. However, it's recommended to play with 6 flutes for the full dark effect.

 

Happy Monday! I'm excited to share today's new flute cover after a long couple of months away. This is my flute cover of "Scylla" from Jorge Rivera-Herran's "EPIC: The Musical". "EPIC" is a brand new two-act musical adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey in the form of a concept album. It follows the 20-year timeline of Odysseus fighting against war, man, elements, and gods to make it home to his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus. This song comes from the 5th Saga, named "The Thunder Saga". This saga begins in Act 2 with a bang as Odysseus transforms into a monstrous leader, following the events of Act 1, and becomes increasingly vicious to his own crew and enemies in his efforts to return home to Ithaca. That vicious trait leads him to this song: into the Lair of Scylla. Scylla is a humanoid beast with 6 heads who lurks in a deep, dark cave. As they enter, Eurylochus reveals he opened the windbag bag, which prevented them from getting home sooner. He begs for forgiveness, but Odysseus remains silent and instructs his 2nd in command to light 6 torches. Amongst this, Odysseus hears a gentle woman's voice telling him that he is the same as her. Eurylochus suddenly notices something that seemed like an innocent woman approaching the ship from the water. Odysseus understands his only way home is to cross through her lair, but only with a heavy cost: to sacrifice 6 of his men to feed Scylla's 6 heads. Scylla then emerges from the water in her full form and viciously snatches the sacrificial men holding torches and killing all of them. She carries a darkness and brutal quality to her character as she kills as a way to do whatever it takes to survive in her lair. A quality that she shares keenly with Odysseus: do whatever it takes to survive and get home. I hope you enjoy this intense journey of a song! 

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