In the first month of the war, Ukrainians were horrified by kilometer-long columns of enemy tanks advancing on Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other cities. Various rumors spread among the people, panic raged, and tens of thousands of men and women went to military enlistment offices to join the defense of their country.
Amid all this madness, the Ukrainian army and volunteers did everything they could to stop the enemy.
In those days, the song “Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow”, performed by Andriy Khlyvnyuk on Sofiyska Square of Kyiv, became a symbol of resistance. In 1914, it was the anthem of the Sich Riflemen, and in 2022 it was given a new life.
So I decided to use it as the main theme for the first phase of the 2022 war - the liberation of Northern Ukraine.
Like all other soundtrack melodies, it is performed in 8-bit style. In this track, alongside the main heroic theme, I composed another melody that intersects with the main one but conveys the chaos and tension of those days. In the background, I created an intense “clanking” sound of heavy military machinery.