#christopher larkin

I’m of two minds on this: I almost, almost, hear the Dies iræ in Choral Chambers but it lifts towards the end instead of the established lower note progression of the true Dies iræ.

It’s there and it’s not.

And that’s really interesting for this particular track because of what function the Citadel as a whole, and the Choral Chambers in specific, serve in the story Silksong tells. I think the Dies iræ is not in the Choral Chambers track for the same reason it’s not in the Underworks track: “For Pharloom eternal, a bug who serves must never die.”

[ID: Terminus Ventrica Station quote: Due to unacceptably high injury and unsanctioned deaths, Ventrica travel shall henceforth be denied to all. For Pharloom eternal, a bug who serves must never die.]

Dies iræ is not present in either of these musical compositions (Underworks + Choral Chambers) because death is forbidden in order for the machine of the Citadel to perpetuate itself.

And at the same time, the Dies iræ IS present in the Choral Chambers—with a twist—because undeath pervades the Citadel in its entirety through the Haunting.

Is Dies iræ there and not there in the Choral Chambers because it’s an obfuscation of the presence of death?

A tiny, white lie?

[ID: A quote from Sherma’s Act 2 dialogue in Songclave: Do not judge me a doubter! The Citadel is a holy place indeed, resplendent and vast beyond my wildest hopes! But yet... the grand halls ache with silence, and I see suffering in the shadows wherever I peer too deeply. Fear, and pain... why were these things allowed into our paradise? Have my brothers and sisters not yet earned their holy reward?]

I mean, Christopher Larkin continually COOKS and finding good piano arrangements is pretty easy

but the ost that's most fun to play is reflection

apparently a large portion of people who play hollow knight don't actually know what reflection is??? like they hear it, and the recognize it, but they don't know where they've heard it before or what they recognize it from

and I play that thing everywhere, so both friends and random strangers always go '??? I know this??? what??? is it resting grounds or smth?'

the humble lore drop of folly and poor self control: