Creeping in My Soul (song)

"Creeping in My Soul"
Single by Cryoshell
from the album Cryoshell
Released November 29, 2009
Format Digital download
Recorded 2009
Hansen Studios - Ribe, Denmark
Genre
Length 3:59
Label Cryoshell I/S
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jacob Hansen
Cryoshell singles chronology
"Bye Bye Babylon"
(2009)		 "Creeping in My Soul"
(2009)		 "Breakout"
(2012)

"Bye Bye Babylon"
(2009)"		 "Creeping in My Soul"
(2009)		 "Breakout"
(2012)
Music video
"Creeping in My Soul" on YouTube

"Creeping in My Soul" is a song by Danish rock band Cryoshell, released as the second single from their self-titled debut studio album on November 29, 2009. Written by Mikkel Maltha and Anthony Lledo, the song was recorded in 2009 and produced by Jacob Hansen. It is an alternative rock and symphonic rock song that also encompasses elements of neoclassical metal and nu metal.

The song is a re-recording of a version produced for the Lego toy series Bionicle for the promotional campaign of their 2007 Barraki sets. Upon that version's release, it proved popular with Bionicle's fan base and prompt the group to produce further songs for subsequent toy waves of the theme up until its 2010 discontinuation.

"Creeping in My Soul" has received positive reviews from music critics, many of which applaud lead singer Christine Lorentzen's vocalic style and compared it to the sound of American rock band Evanescence.

Background and recording

"Creeping in My Soul" was written by Mikkel Maltha and Anthony Lledo in late 2006. An earlier version of the track was used as a musical score in the marketing campaign for a wave of Lego Bionicle toy sets released in 2007. Maltha was contacted by the Lego Group in 2006 to compose the song with producer Eddie Simonsen and guitarist Kasper Søderlund. The three then held auditions for a potential vocalist, and after sending five potential singers to the Lego Group's American headquarters, the company ultimately chose Christine Lorentzen – then an employee of the creative Danish agency Advance – to sing.

In late 2008, Cryoshell announced that "Creeping in My Soul", along with other songs they produced for Lego, would be re-recorded for their debut studio album. The remix was recorded at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen in 2009. It was subsequently released the following November 29 as the album's second single. It is also included on the extended play of the same name.

Promotion and media usage

The original version of "Creeping in My Soul" was used as the musical score to various media promoting the Lego Bionicle Barraki toy wave of early 2007 and featured in commercials, online games and the subsequent mini-movie Barraki: Creeps from the Deep. The song itself was released as a free MP3 download on the official Bionicle website on March 13, 2007[1] and soon became the number-one most downloaded file from the Lego website, eventually reaching over one million views from various YouTube videos incorporating the song. This success ultimately led to the formation of Cryoshell.

The re-recorded version of "Creeping in My Soul" briefly featured on the Danish music chart Boogie Mix on the music channel Boogie TV in a playlist showcasing up-and-coming talent in May 2010. "Creeping in My Soul" survived for a few weeks, coming in at position #16 and #17 out of 20 before being dropped from the playlist. The song has also received airplay on alternative rock radio stations across Denmark and North America.

Music video

The music video for "Creeping in My Soul" was directed by Peter Hjort and shot in and around a country house in rural Denmark on December 9, 2009. Its theme is loosely based on the 2001 thriller film The Others. It premiered on Cryoshell's official YouTube channel on April 19, 2010.

Synopsis

The song begins as the video opens to a landscape shot of the rural country house, with lead singer Christine Lorentzen in a white dress lying on a four-poster bed inside. Keyboardist and pianist Mikka Maltha's hands play the piano, while Lorentzen is next seen singing the first verse into camera in a black room. Both of these particular sequences recur throughout the rest of the video.

The house is shown again as the shot pans back to see an old bike and a doll lying on the grass, a swing hanging from a tree, and the lower half of a 'little girl' in a white skirt. The first chorus showcases Lorentzen walking a hallway, while footage of her and guitarist Kasper Søderlund performing are projected onto a wall. These projections, later featuring drummer Jacob Gundel, also become a recurring shot upon certain objects and features.

Prior to the second verse, Lorentzen walks down a staircase, while Maltha's head is shown laying in a pool of blue gel scattered with leaves, as he raps a verse. Lorentzen looks out from one of the mansion's windows to see the girl running in the grass, the next scene features a mirror reflection of the singer singing back to herself, with a second mirror showing an alternative reflection of Lorentzen watching on. The girl is next seen interacting with mannequin dolls within the house; treating them as if they were real people by watching television with one, brushing another's hair and sitting with two at a dining room table.

Next, Maltha raps the bridge of the song as he slowly emerges from the gel. The last chorus sees Lorentzen running through a hallway, before smashing a wine glass onto the dining room table and walking outside in search of the girl. Strolling bare-foot through a muddy forest, she sees the girl sitting in the middle of a clearing with her arms raised as it begins to rain. By the end of the chorus, she is seen crying by at the foot of a tree, with Lorentzen offering her hand to her. The video ends with the pair holding hands and walking off further into the forest, as the shot slowly pans upward through the trees and to the sky.

Track listing

Free MP3 download
  • "Creeping in My Soul" – 3:50
Digital download
  • "Creeping in My Soul" – 3:59

Credits and personnel

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide March 13, 2007 (original score) Free MP3 download Christine Lorenzten
November 29, 2009 (single) Digital download Cryoshell I/S

References

  1. ↑ "BZPower March 2007 archive". BZPower. Retrieved 31 March 2007.
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