From the beautiful warrior princess she was, to the gruesome creature she becomes as a punishment by Athena, and finally the peace she finds at the hands of Perseus. This dark and rhythmic piece sets the mood for the show right from the start. There is a strong amount of expressive movement in this show, which is something new for us. There are many interesting sounds emanating from the band, including the bowing of metal, whistles, water chimes, and several others. The woodwinds and pit tradeoff rhythmic motives which are then followed by double tonguing brass parts.
Atonality starts to creep in, which is also reflected in the drill.
Then the pit plays a long series of sixteenth notes at about 172 beats per minute, which was originally a string feature. There is no tonal pattern, making this very difficult to perform. At the same time the percussion has a series of rhythmic tradeoffs while the winds and colorguard are performing very fast intermixed geometric drill. These two entities finally separate during a battery feature, leading to a reprise from the beginning to end the opener. Basically, the new song evolves from the prior song, and for a short time the two songs are being performed at once.