Duran Duran - Save a Prayer // Ambient Reinvention (Iridium, RYTM, DAW)

It's been a while since the last one I did of this series. Nice to get this one done and dusted finally. Another ambient/electronic/instrumental take on an 80s hit tune. Most of this track is created in the DAW, with software, I'm just playing an ambient pad on Iridium live and the lead part (Omnisphere) on the higher keyboard split.

Recorded direct to DAW.

Video shot on a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k with a 15mm Leica Prime lens. Editing and colour grading done in Da Vinci Resolve.

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[stateazure]

Please like and subscribe, if you liked the music as it really helps the channel grow and videos get recommended. YouTube has been tough this year for myself and other content creators with views on a steady decline and content not getting pushed/recommended like it used to. Thanks!

[MikeMunozhraxis]

Yeah dude, your stuff is really good. Reading some of the comments tells me that others feel the same. You are able to transcend, through your music and really move people. Great job!

[Official_Zenuh]

I see you are using the S61 MK2 from NI....Gee Ive been thru so much troubles using it! Screens are useless and ableton control is no good either unless you get nuts trying to map all of that. Congrats for the arrangment, you version is awesome as it is your music. The pads make me float! I wonder what it is your sound library and if you use Unify as well. The arpeggiators, I mean everything to my ears are magic!Thanks for sharing it! How about more 80s such as broken wings from Mr. Mister?

[sbatty]

Been a Duran Duran for 40 odd years and this has to be the coolest rework of Save A Prayer I've ever heard. 👍👍

[royc]

Back in the 80s I was at a friends wedding. One of his friends was a stunningly beautiful girl who I danced with to the original track. The electricity between us was amazing. This new version brings back all those wonderful memories and feelings from year’s ago. I wonder if she listened to this track she would remember the same emotions? Thank you for the memories and the jump back in time. In the 80s we dreamed of the future-not realising it was the future- Bravo sir I’m young again 😁

[chrisrunde]

I hit Like before I'd even listened to it and was totally validated for the impulse. Your covers are all sublime and this is a particularly inspired choice. Please carry on.

[SayyyyyWhat]

Just Fantastic State! Nick Rhodes...the Synth Wizard of the 80's. Got me into music & synths. I even ended up buying a Jupiter 8. Great rework of a classic right here State!!

[thesequencer]

Awesome....Great Space trip in the 80s. Nick Rhodes must be proud how amazing this "Save a Prayer " Riff sounds today. 👍

[andrewluchsinger]

I remember how much I enjoyed the original by Duran Duran. I am enjoying this a lot more. There were so many great songs that came out in the 80's.

[izzyworld]

Gorgeous. Well executed, sympathetic yet different from the original.
Oh and I have shared this on several Duran Duran related Facebook pages I belong to, so hopefully this gets more views by fans

[brigittebenjamin]

Especially from 3:14 I start drifting into another realm. Just awesome sounds. This is the future of music. Thank you so much. You are a musical genius

[InkyDaCaT]

Always ...always GOOSEBUMPS no matter what you do....

[wrowe]

Another masterpiece, SA; nice to see that you haven't lost your touch! So many wonderful songs from the 80s, and you know how to cover them so well. (See "In the Air Tonight" with Syberlilly for one of the best examples anywhere.) Thanks again for sharing your genius with us.

[paulcrisp]

A truly remarkable cover version of this eighties classic, beautifully haunting and poignant. Very powerful indeed. Wonderful wonderful wonderful. 🙏❤🇬🇧❤🙏 dec 2021

[mikejp]

Your reimagining of these classic 80’s tunes is just gold every single time. Keep them coming. :)

[AndyGabrielPowell]

A stunning interpretation with pinpoint key changes, and a perfect outro. Nice work Sir.

[mercurial]

Oh, fantastic! THE song that got me into synths! Love the manic delays, the crazy glidey lead, the mellow middle section and the silky pads at the end!

[skyhawk]

This dude is a genius, why is he not super famous in the music industry?

[LukeHealeyNZ]

Would love to hear Nick Rhodes take on this rendition - personally I absolutely f*kin love it!!!

[YarnuDog]

You are extremely talented my friend, keep up the great work. Music to my ears.