Fiction:Intergalactic Band/Straight Outta Deathspire/Cyrannian Rhapsody

"Cyrannian Rhapsody" is the third track by the Intergalactic Band on the album Straight Outta Deathspire. It is sung mostly by Ardel Terriega, with accompaniment vocals from Toby Holliday and Yuri Arimoto.

Highway to Inferno Realm sessions
"Cyrannian Rhapsody" was one of the 12 original songs planned for Highway to Inferno Realm, but was cut and saved for Straight Outta Deathspire. The original composition was similar to the modern version, but since the song was cut before post-production, it did not feature any of the orchestrated instruments, and was a simple piece with the familiar piano chords and guitar solos.

Editing for Straight Outta Deathspire
"Cyrannian Rhapsody"'s recording was transferred to the editing studios as recording for Straight Outta Deathspire began. The orchestrated sections were added in as originally planned if "Cyrannian Rhapsody" had been kept for Highway to Inferno Realm. Following the end of the "Xhoday" recording, Ardel redid his vocals for the song, with a noticable improvement from his singing in the original recording.

The Band slated "Cyrannian Rhapsody" as the third track on the album. Toby Holliday stated that it fit well in terms of beat and style with the next track, "Hopelessly Devoted to Shu", and stayed with the Great Cyrannus War theme that was in "The ULE Song".

Original
"Cyrannian Rhapsody" is a SporeWiki parody of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. Most of Freddie Mercury's vocals are replaced by Ardel's, with Toby and Yuri providing harmony during the ballad and the supporting vocals during the opera-style section.

Structure
"Cyrannian Rhapsody" is interesting in that it doesn't have a repeating structure. After the intro, the song enters a ballad rock section, followed by a fast-paced opera-style section, with a heavy rock verse closing out the song before the outro. There is no repeated sections at all during the song, though the chord sequences repeat themselves in their respective sections.

Beat
The beat changes for the five major parts of the song. In the intro, there is only a piano accompaniment. As the song progresses into the ballad section, the piano is joined by a bass guitar, snare drum, and bass drum. As the song transitions to the opera, the beat is speeded up and joined by synthesized orchestra, which was added after the recording via computer. The heavy rock section replaces the synthetic orchestra and makes way for an electric guitar. As the song slows down and begins the outro, all of the elements other than the piano are removed to provide a calm ending to the song.

Lyrics
In-universe, the song was written by Toby Holliday and Ardel Terriega. The song was written by CaptainTybusen. [Intro] /*Toby and Yuri/* Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a dogfight- No escape from the Confed'racy Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see

/*Ardel/* I'm just a poor boy I'm from the URC

/*Ardel, Toby and Yuri/* Because when Zillum comes, All will blow Death rate high, Survivors low

/*Ardel/* Any way they trade blows I hate antimatter near me Near me

[Ballad Verse 1] /*Ardel/* Zillum just killed a man Shot some plasma at his head Hit him straight, and now he's dead Apollo's term had just begun But Dasa went and blew it all away

Mama, ooooohh I don't wanna see you cry When the CAS burns our planet down tomorrow Carry on, carry on As if nothing really happened

[Ballad Verse 2] /*Ardel/* Too late, Our time has come Surrounded by landmines Bombed from space most of the time Goodbye, everybody I've got to go Gotta leave you all behind To face the brutes

Mama, ooooohh I don't wanna die! I wish the CAS had never been born at all!

[Guitar solo]

[Opera Verse] /*Toby/* I see the sillhouette of a Libertus /*Toby and Yuri/* President! President! What will you do about the Rambo? "Battlefleets and fighting!" Very, very liking this! Cretacea! Cretacea! Cretacea! Cretacea! Cretacea, Apollo -- Magnificooooooo

/*Ardel/* I'm just a poor boy, Nobody loves me /*Toby and Yuri/* He's just a poor boy, From the Quadrant Galaxies! Spare him his life from the Confed'racy!

/*Ardel/* Zillum comes, all will blow Will you let me go? /*Toby and Yuri/* Ba-siel-ieus! NO! We will not let you go! /*Ardel, Toby, and Yuri/* Let him go! Ba-siel-ieus! NO! We will not let you go! Let him go! Ba-siel-ieus! NO! We will not let you go! Let him go! Will not let you go! Let him go! Will not let you go! Let him gooooooooo NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia! Mamma mia, let him go! Antediluvian has a demon put aside for me For me For meeeee

[Heavy Rock Verse] /*Ardel/* So you think you can shove and spit in our eye?! So you think you can bomb us, then leave us to die?! No... Confederacy! Can't do this to us, Confederacy! Just gotta get out Just gotta get right outta here

[Guitar solo]

[Outro] /*Ardel/* I hate antimatter Anyone can see I hate antimatter So don't put antimatter Near meee

/*Toby and Yuri/* Any way they trade blows.

Commercial sales
The song topped the charts in the Cyrannus Galaxy and the Quadrant Galaxies, being extremely popular amongst citizens of the URC, CAS, and Rambo alike. The song also was in the Top 5 in the Milky Way Galaxy. However, the song did surprisingly poor in the Mirus Galaxy, which was eventually revealed to be due to a Mirus-based competitor, Mirus Intergalactica.

Critical reception
The song universal acclaim amongst most Cyrannian and Quadrantia music critics, citing the song's diverse appeal range and its overall catchiness. The song received some criticisms from Confederate politicians, who claimed that the song was unfairly biased against the CAS, but CAS citizens widely praised the song. Critics from across the Gigaquadrant gave positive reviews, but, as expected, Mirus and Kraw negatively reviewed the song, due to competing musicians in their galaxies.