Yeah .. nice questions. I asked myself, why do i love the Book the Neverending Story by Michael Ende so much? First of all, I am from Germany and Mr. Ende also was. And because I am, by reading this following Text, please do not judge to hard about my english 🙈









Falcor final? by AndewRyanArt https://andrewryanart.deviantart.com/art/Falkor-final-279668945









So lets start with some thoughts:

Michael Ende knows to describe and transform words, playing around with them and use them in a different way as we expecting them. He is fully aware of creating new Words and they are totally understandable in german.





And here we slightly merge into the Book and it´s idea. Creating something, be dreamy but do not loose connection to the existing world. So that is one Story-line in the book, that may is written on every page, but only between the lines.

I think it fully shows us, what Michael Ende wanted to tell, while he takes you on a journey with Atreyu and Bastian. He wants you to live inside you fantasy - in Fantastica - to explore it and to create it.

Almost every chapter ends with the line: "But that is another story and shall be told another time." so can there be more clues be given, that Ende wants you to put the Book beside for a moment and think about that untold Story for yourself?





So....

WHAT IS THE NEVERENDING STORY ABOUT?

This is just a simple question but it turns out, the answer could have been given by David Lynch for one of his movies.

It is a Book about a Boy who reads a book.

I think that would definitely be the answer Lynch would give.

But to be honest: it is luckily not that heavy to answer.





It is a story to become more awareness for yourself. Your dreams, your hope. A Book about humanity and childhood and the power of creativity and dreams and to prevent those things by creating a good world while not loosing connection with what is really going on.

Bastian gets the Power to wish whatever he wants to but for every wish he lose a memory.

Yeah, the cheese second movie is loosely based on this idea and totally f+ck+d it up. The first movie was fine for the half of the original Book, but also f**ked up by letting Falcor becoming a part of the real world. Michael Ende also hated the ending. The director decided to change it, because the message of the book was "too hard to take for kids". No it never was!

By the way "Falcor" is in Germany "Fuchur" wich is a fantasy name but it also makes sense for a Dragon Creature because "fauchen" means "to hiss" so "Falcor" could be translated to "The Hisser"? In german "Fuchur" sounds soft and slightly windy so this once again illustrates the power of phonetics, but i totally understand why the translator did not use Hissor, i think it sounds more like a Snake, but i am no native english speaker, therefore...that is another story and shall be told another time.





Maybe you have to read it for yourself, if you haven´t. DO IT! :-D

It is not a child or childish book. Stories for children may seem more relevant when we grow up and as an adult, we suddenly understand what was the meaning of it. So here we go full circle to Lynch :-D





"Ok Bro... I cannot finish your Post 'cause I WILL READ THE BOOK!!





THE CHILDLIKE EMPRESS AND HERE NEW NAME

Spoiler Alert if you do like to read the Book and dream for yourself then jump to the next segment.

So from what i know, in the english Version of The Neverending Story (Movie & Book) Bastian gives the childlike empress a new name. What name does Bastian call out in the Neverending Story in german? Is it the same Name as used in the original Book?

For some times i thought .. yes, it is a good translation, but now.. i don´t know.

Let me explain: Moonchild is the name Bastian came up with and yes, it is nearly the same as in German but.. just nearly. In the original Book, she is then called "Mondenkind" what is maybe better translated to "The Child of the Moon" but, if you would translate this, it would turn out like "Das Kind des Mondes"

Why i think that the original does better is: Michael Ende comes up with a Name, that gives us an Idea where Bastian is getting his connections to himself and his wishes. In sleep, in dreams. Because MONDENKIND sounds also like someone was born under or from the Moon.

So i think Child of the Moon fits a bit better, cause it is not her in person but all in Bastians mind & heart, born and awake at midnight.









And how to make Ambient Music about it?

The Neverending Story is my all-time favorite Books. I know there are a lot good Books out there but this one stays in my heart. I read it as a child, so that usually leaves a significant impression.

The pictures just pop up into my head sometimes, and while i make music as long as i can remember, it is fully normal for me to translate those pictures into Sound.

But it took 40 years to finally decide: I will make an Album, a homage to the Neverending Story! Yes i dreamt about a good remake of the old movies, and i dreamt about making music for it :-D or at least play Gmork :-D





I came up with GROGRAMAN and THE SECRET SOUND OF COLORS

What? You never heard about Grograman? You really haven´t read the Book and just watched the Movies! You know, it is never too late.





From here i will Link you to the site called "a closer listen". They did a full review and i am impressed how good they are to describe what i try to explain with sounds. Excellent!

For you, it is a moment, where you can dive deeper into the Story of Grograman by reading there text while maybe listen to my Album.









You can listen it for free on SPOTIFY

OR help me with purchasing it on BANDCAMP





I hope the Music will inspire you to dream and causes you to read the book... again?

Thank you for listening & I would be as happy as a childlike emperor, if you follow me on Spotify. You get the sweetest modern Ambient Music and the dreamiest meditative lightwaves. You can also follow me into Space :-D Check it out. SPOTIFY FOLLOW