The Narcissist BY Sean Christopher McGee

 

The Narcissist

BY

Sean Christopher McGee

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

When I first listened to this piece I was completely taken back by the beautiful lush production quality, here we have a track called The Narcissist by Sean Christopher McGee, which could easily be the main theme for any movie of a similar subject, but Mc Gee is such a master at suspenseful composing, even though that isn’t obvious from its tentative start, and the delicate piano passages and alleys it now lead us down.

In today’s world we are faced with one major narcissist, maybe even two, sadly both are powerful dictators, where a false self, built on image and superiority is created through control. Narcissism is widely understood as a defence against vulnerability. The term "narcissist" has its roots in ancient Greek mythology, specifically the tale of Narcissus, a handsome young man who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.

The aforementioned statement is played out brilliantly with the performance by the artist, its gentle reoccurring haunting melody, counterpointed by a moving back theme of dark shades and pastels, powerful strings and sections of deep tone and timbre that manifest an almost godfather styled opus of an arrangement.

The opening of the piece is something quite remarkable, the delicacy of tone and timbre is amazingly moving and mysterious, and this softly drifts into a stringed segment akin to the violin of Sherlock Holmes standing by his window in the gas powered lighting of the day. The movements coalesce and amalgamate into one of the finest build and progressions I have heard from this style of composition for quite some time, whilst the coda is also rather clever, and dances with the piano to seemingly drift off into the fog bound streets of another century entirely, leaving us with a few tentative notes to hold onto at the conclusion.

The artist is well known for New Age and instrumental music, often featuring piano, ambient textures, and cinematic qualities, beautifully juxtaposed in the weave of an arrangement, and here on this brand new single he has manifested one of his finest works to date, something indeed to be extremely proud of, and one that leaves me with no doubt that The Narcissist by Sean Christopher McGee will turn out to be another huge hit for the composer and is a timeless reverie that is also award worthy as well.