IUS Built Lore Through His Dark Contemporary Classical Score of Medieval Mourning, ‘Where I Fall You Will Rise’ –

Disarmingly foreboding atmospheres are simmered down to a fine art in IUS’ collection of cinematic instrumental compositions, where the darker spectres of contemporary classical music move through the chameleonic shifts of progressive rock. In his latest arrangement, Where I Fall You Will Rise, Peter Far, the solo savant behind the IUS mask, evokes an arcanely sombre aura around the quivering of the strings as they reach the pitch of mourning.

The centuries cascade away when you immerse yourself in Where I Fall You Will Rise, which almost allows a panorama of medieval grief to sprawl before your senses, conjuring empathy for the faceless fallen who IUS summons through the filmic triumph. It feels built for candlelit ruins, fractured battlefields, abandoned chapels, and the mythic space between memory and myth.

As a London-based musician, guitarist, composer, and sound designer, Far shapes IUS as a project with serious visual gravity, giving the music a natural place across film, series, games, trailers, and any screen-led world that needs atmosphere with emotional weight. Released as part of the seven-track independent instrumental album Observers II, Where I Fall You Will Rise deepens the sense that lore will build around the project itself as his repertoire of affectingly poignant compositions grows.

Where I Fall You Will Rise is now available to stream on all major platforms, including SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast