KISS Music from The Elder - Narrative Restructure (Released)

Music from The Elder was a hit and miss release with fans. The entire concept album was a musical departure and the released product told a vague story completely out of order. The Japanese CD and the later US Remaster are in a slightly better order, but still don’t tell a cohesive story.

With that said, my intention here is to tell the story of The Elder in the most narratively sound way. I have used the outstanding Japanese P33C release as a base (with Escape from the Island from Japanese Killers Album). I’ve rearranged songs, lightly tweaked volumes, smoothed out transitions, and borrowed a small bit here and there to create an outro.

1. Fanfare
2. A World Without Heroes (set the stage)
3. Just a Boy (introduce our hero)
4. Mr. Blackwell (introduce our villain)
5. The Summons (Morpheus and the council)
6. Only You (the boy appears before the council, they tell him only he can be the hero)
7. Under the Rose (the council asks the boy for his oath)
8. The Oath (the boy gives his oath)
9. Dark Light (How bad things have gotten under Mr. Blackwell)
10. Odyssey (our hero’s journey and introduction of love interest)
11. Escape from the Island (our hero travels to Mr. Blackwell’s hidden base and manages to destroy it. Then comes a mad dash escape from the Island base.)
12. I (Congratulatory I did it song)
13. Outro

I wish there were more to the story, but I believe this is the best way to present what is available.

The Summons was originally just a talking piece at the very end. I moved it to a place that made more sense and gave it it’s own track.

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