Installation Music Lyrics

JimbobJeffers · 30-11-16, 19:08

It's already been established that Tomb Raider Legend's main theme features a variation of Ailein Duinn, but after much searching here on TRF and elsewhere online, I can't seem to find the lyrics for the installation music:

Does anyone have any idea what these lyrics might be, and what their translation is? It's one of my favourite pieces on the soundtrack and I'd love to know.

AimlessThunder · 30-11-16, 19:46

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English translation

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How sorrowful I am
When I rise early in the morning
Chorus (after each verse):
Ò hì, I would go with you
Hì ri bhò hò ru bhì
Hì ri bhò hò rinn o ho
Brown-haired Alan, ò hì, I would go with you
If the sand be your pillow
If the seaweed be your bed
If the fish are your candles bright
If the seals are your watchmen
I would drink, though all would abhor
Of your heart's blood after you were drowned

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailein_duinn

JimbobJeffers · 30-11-16, 20:12

That's the main theme though, right? I thought the installation music linked above had different lyrics. Then again I don't speak the language so I wouldn't know!

Nigel Cassidy · 30-11-16, 21:26

No idea really... Since Ailein Duinn is in Gaelic one might assume that that song is also, or maybe it's just random vocables...

Yeauxleaux · 04-12-16, 00:04

That song is different from the main theme I think, I don't speak the language at all but lyrically it sounds far too different to be the same one. Either that or it is the same song, but the lyrics are taken from a different part of the song to what we hear in the main theme.

As for "Installation", I don't know. Even if the lyrics are Celtic, the instrumental and arrangement that goes with it certainly isn't ethnic Celtic music as far as I know. It has a more Middle Eastern or African vibe to me. It's beautiful whatever it is though.

ETA - I'm seeing people in the comments on YouTube saying it's Kurdish actually, random given Lara never visits The Middle East in Legend but ok.

sanart2000 · 28-12-20, 17:36

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Originally Posted by JimbobJeffers

It's already been established that Tomb Raider Legend's main theme features a variation of Ailein Duinn, but after much searching here on TRF and elsewhere online, I can't seem to find the lyrics for the installation music:

Does anyone have any idea what these lyrics might be, and what their translation is? It's one of my favourite pieces on the soundtrack and I'd love to know.

I searched a lot but could not find it. For example, not in shazam. I could not understand what language it was. When I asked someone from a Kurdish or Arab, it could not understand. Maybe it was Persian. I came across this song at the end of a movie. The only clue is this..

The name of the movie is Les Insoumis (Crossfire)..You can look at the end of the movie

I can not speak good English..Sorry if i wrote wrong

michaeldt · 29-12-20, 04:57

I forget just how amazing the TRL soundtrack is

nusretsirin · 27-05-22, 11:53

It really sounds like Turkish in some places. I can hear and understand these:

Hele bir hatırla,
Nereye varduğumi

(O, remember the place,
Where I've been in the end.)

These lines sound very like from the Northern regions of Turkey. However, the singer also sounds like a Kurdish person. The longer notes are also sounds more like Middle Eastern, on which we can see their contemporary examples in Southeastern Turkey, where Kurdish people live the most. I really need to listen to it with headphones when I'm at home. I'm so curious about this. I'm thinking of contacting to Mr. Folmann for this

Ameliorator · 28-05-22, 10:24

From what I know about Troels’ process for making the soundtrack, he used a custom AI program to generate vocals for the tracks. It’s most likely then that the vocals in Instillation are just random languages mashed together to create a nice melody for the track. Similar to how the Simlish language in The Sims was created by combining different languages to create something unique

Joey79100 · 28-05-22, 13:05

"Custom AI program"? Where does this info come from? We're talking about 2005/2006 here, not today.

Plus the main vocals you hear in the main theme and other tracks for example, are recordings of the "Ailein Duinn" song. Vocals (amongst other sounds) that were also used in the SimCity 4 soundtrack for instance, which was by another composer. They're taken from a common source, not AI generated.
I'd assume the vocals for the installation track come from the same source.

30-11-16, 19:08	#1
JimbobJeffers Student Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 197	Installation Music Lyrics It's already been established that Tomb Raider Legend's main theme features a variation of Ailein Duinn, but after much searching here on TRF and elsewhere online, I can't seem to find the lyrics for the installation music: Does anyone have any idea what these lyrics might be, and what their translation is? It's one of my favourite pieces on the soundtrack and I'd love to know. Last edited by JimbobJeffers; 30-11-16 at 19:10.

04-12-16, 00:04	#5
Yeauxleaux Tomb Raider Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 10,045	That song is different from the main theme I think, I don't speak the language at all but lyrically it sounds far too different to be the same one. Either that or it is the same song, but the lyrics are taken from a different part of the song to what we hear in the main theme. As for "Installation", I don't know. Even if the lyrics are Celtic, the instrumental and arrangement that goes with it certainly isn't ethnic Celtic music as far as I know. It has a more Middle Eastern or African vibe to me. It's beautiful whatever it is though. ETA - I'm seeing people in the comments on YouTube saying it's Kurdish actually, random given Lara never visits The Middle East in Legend but ok. Last edited by Yeauxleaux; 04-12-16 at 00:23.

29-12-20, 04:57	#7
michaeldt Tomb Raider Join Date: May 2006 Location: Australia, WA Posts: 16,686	I forget just how amazing the TRL soundtrack is __________________ "I keep touching things that i shouldn't, I can't help it" - atlanta73, 2014

27-05-22, 11:53	#8
nusretsirin Hobbyist Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Ankara, Turkey Posts: 24	It really sounds like Turkish in some places. I can hear and understand these: Hele bir hatırla, Nereye varduğumi (O, remember the place, Where I've been in the end.) These lines sound very like from the Northern regions of Turkey. However, the singer also sounds like a Kurdish person. The longer notes are also sounds more like Middle Eastern, on which we can see their contemporary examples in Southeastern Turkey, where Kurdish people live the most. I really need to listen to it with headphones when I'm at home. I'm so curious about this. I'm thinking of contacting to Mr. Folmann for this __________________ from now on, your every gift is a breath from me Last edited by nusretsirin; 27-05-22 at 11:58.

28-05-22, 13:05	#10
Joey79100 Professor Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: France Posts: 3,627	"Custom AI program"? Where does this info come from? We're talking about 2005/2006 here, not today. Plus the main vocals you hear in the main theme and other tracks for example, are recordings of the "Ailein Duinn" song. Vocals (amongst other sounds) that were also used in the SimCity 4 soundtrack for instance, which was by another composer. They're taken from a common source, not AI generated. I'd assume the vocals for the installation track come from the same source. Last edited by Joey79100; 28-05-22 at 13:12.

30-11-16, 20:12	#3
JimbobJeffers Student Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 197	That's the main theme though, right? I thought the installation music linked above had different lyrics. Then again I don't speak the language so I wouldn't know!

30-11-16, 21:26	#4
Nigel Cassidy Professor Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4,837	No idea really... Since Ailein Duinn is in Gaelic one might assume that that song is also, or maybe it's just random vocables...

28-05-22, 10:24	#9
Ameliorator Student Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 105	From what I know about Troels’ process for making the soundtrack, he used a custom AI program to generate vocals for the tracks. It’s most likely then that the vocals in Instillation are just random languages mashed together to create a nice melody for the track. Similar to how the Simlish language in The Sims was created by combining different languages to create something unique