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'''Isle Unto Thyself''' is a song written by [[Joe Hawley]]. It is the 2nd track on the album [[Hawaii: Part II]]. [[Variations On A Cloud]] contains some motifs from this song. | '''Isle Unto Thyself''' is a song written by [[Joe Hawley]]. It is the 2nd track on the album [[Hawaii: Part II]]. [[Variations On A Cloud]] contains some motifs from this song. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Notable differences between the demo version and the final [[Hawaii: Part II]] album version include the the chorus and verses being told in first person (bridges remain second person), Joe Hawley singing the chorus instead of Madi Diaz, and a vivid Hawaiian and 1960s theme. | Notable differences between the demo version and the final [[Hawaii: Part II]] album version include the the chorus and verses being told in first person (bridges remain second person), Joe Hawley singing the chorus instead of Madi Diaz, and a vivid Hawaiian and 1960s theme. | ||
==Music Video== | |||
On the 12th December 2014 (2 years after the original release of Hawaii: Part II) an animated music video for Isle unto Thyself was uploaded to the [[ミラクルミュージカル]] YouTube channel.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctRembqQCcw 'ミラクルミュージカル – Isle unto Thyself' Music Video] 12th December 2014. YouTube. Video. (Accessed 3rd Jan 2024).</ref> | |||
The video shows a squid and a whale dancing together before being attacked by predators. The whale and squid evolve over time before being dropped back into the ocean and dancing again.<br> | |||
The squid and whale seen in the video could be reference to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130330085128/http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/biodiversity-and-environmental-halls/milstein-hall-of-ocean-life/sperm-whale-and-giant-squid Sperm Whale and Giant Squid diorama in the The Milstein Hall of Ocean Life] located in the American Museum of Natural History. The diorama depicts a hypothetical fight between the two creatures. The Squid and the Whale is also [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Squid_and_the_Whale a 2005 movie by Noah Baumbach], which features the diorama in the film. | |||
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'''Drum Engineering:''' Ben Collins, Ross Federman<br> | '''Drum Engineering:''' Ben Collins, Ross Federman<br> | ||
===Music Video Personnel=== | |||
'''Video by''' Sean Donnelly and Teddy O'Connor<br> | |||
'''Squirrel Animation:''' Abbey Luck<br> | |||
'''Sets:''' Liz Toonkel<br> | |||
==References== | |||
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{{Hawaii: Part II}} | {{Hawaii: Part II}} | ||
{{Hawaii: Part II: Part ii}} | {{Hawaii: Part II: Part ii}} | ||