Quest is an out & out prog-rock song with both Indian as well as western influences.
It's a heavy, intricate track featuring some carnatic inspired metal riffs, a Hindustani Sitar solo by Dhruv Bedi and a mind blowing guitar solo section by Marty Friedman.
Conceptually, it touches on the topic of breaking the illusions of "me & mine" that most of us live with and get attached to. The song has introspective lyrics, questioning the true cause of our existence as humans, and how our ego, lust for money, power and greed makes us feel separate from the world outside, while the world we see is not reality itself but a projection onto our consciousness.
Aggrieved and discontented with society, a child burns his memories and leaves his past behind. We follow him in his quest to run away as far as possible from his trauma so he can find his purpose.
As he grows & he falls into the slow rut of society as we know it, encountering his memories of trauma on the way. This leads him to almost lose his mind until something nudges him.
A complete acceptance of what has happened and an honoring of the transition away from what's finished to something new.
Will he succeed in doing so or is the quest itself his purpose? Will he attain closure to all that has happened, from what's finished to something new?
As he grows & he falls into the slow rut of society as we know it, encountering his memories of trauma on the way. This leads him to almost lose his mind until something nudges him.
A complete acceptance of what has happened and an honoring of the transition away from what's finished to something new.
Will he succeed in doing so or is the quest itself his purpose? Will he attain closure to all that has happened, from what's finished to something new?
Client - Antariskh
Director - Pratik Dey
Concept & Visualisation - Balaram J, Shreya Menon & Pratik Dey
Background - Debopom Chakraborty, Dhruv Pant & Govinda Sao
Animation - Saksham Arora, Pritha Saha, Nishlesh Patil, Arkapriya Koley, Partha Mahanta, Praful Kumar, Shreeya Wagh, Manuvrat Nair, Balaram J & Pratik Dey
