Bad Son, Good Sun: A Varian Fan Song by RRF Sings | Tangled: The Series

Took a break from writing Tangled: The Series/Varian and the Seven Kingdoms fan songs in order to cover one! (Putting my own little Dani spin on it, which included transposing it from A Minor to F# Minor and futzing with the melody because I DO NOT HAVE RRF Sings's RANGE.) This was my very first time orchestrating a song that isn't mine, and I had a blast. I am so incredibly happy with how it turned out. This is a fantastic piece of music, and I hope I was able to do it justice. Scroll down to the orchestration notes section if you want to know more about the arrangement.

🎹 song by ‪@rrfsings3250‬, arrangement & vocals by me!

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♫ ORIGINAL SONG ♫
By RRF Sings
   • Bad Son, Good Sun [A Varian Fansong R...  
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♫ ORCHESTRATION NOTES ♫
This song follows Varian's season 1 journey, and I wanted the arrangement to reflect that. The orchestrations are almost entirely string-based, but I wanted the stringed instruments to evolve as the song grows more epic. Though the harp is present throughout the entirety of the song, the base accompaniment goes from classical guitar, to acoustic guitar, to electric guitar as the intensity grows.
Another conscious instrument shift was in the pitched percussion - a glockenspiel, which to me feels lighter and happier, comes in in the second verse, but it switches to chimes by the end of the second chorus, which are lower and more ominous-sounding, in order to signify a shift into a darker tone. The horn in the second verse is used to represent the hope Rapunzel brings to Varian, and the violin and cello that come in and out during the first verse represent the "whispers of the town" mentioned in the lyrics.
In case you're curious, the instruments used are: piano, harp, violins (pizzicato), violin, cello, contrabass, horn, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, glockenspiel, chimes, concert bass drum, cymbal, and a drumset! Which I think makes this piece my most ambitious arrangement yet!! I'm not normally this detailed about my arrangements, but I couldn't resist for this one as I'm so happy with it.