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| album = ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' (Left)
| length = 3:31
| BPM = 80| versions = Pilgrimage<br>Pilgrimage (Alternate Version)| live = [[Live: With TeethSpring Arena Tour]]<br>[[Performance 2007]] through present
}}'''"Pilgrimage"''' is the ninth track on the Left disc of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]].'' It is an instrumental track in a 3/4 time signature.
==Song Credits==*Additional Marching Percussion: Steve Duda*Chanting: The Buddha Boys Choir*Trumpet: Cherry Holly ==About==The song "Pilgrimage" presents a turn in the musical harmony of ''The Fragile.'' From the soft and melodic sounds of Buddha Boys Choir", credited for background chants on this track, comprised [[Even DeeperKeith Hillebrandt]]" to the hardhitting riffs and lyrics of "[[No, You Don't]]" and the hollowness of "[[La MerClint Mansell]]" and ", Steve Duda, [[The Great BelowNothing Studios]]," "Pilgrimage" represents a battle, a turning of the tides. Whereas the album starts with the protagonist in the depths of a depression, whether it be emotional, physical, or both, leading up to this point the lyrical content and general mood of the songs is dark, reflective and introspective, leading into "Pilgrimage" representing his will to battle the fears and pains inside himemployees, and continuing on through "No, You Don'tlocal New Orleans band Deadhandsystem." The mood then changes again from proactive to passive with the songs "La Mer" and "The Great Below," almost seeming to state that he tried to battle his demons, but then fell back into the pit he started name they were given in. On the Right side of liner notes comes from Igor''The Fragile,'' this momentum repeats itself, starting with s Buddha Belly across the street from from the pains of emptiness and then gradually building to self confidence, only to slump back to where he originally started with "[[Ripe]]studios."
==Song Credits=Recording===*Additional Marching PercussionThe end of the song features an entirely synthetic marching band arrangement. Its creation was revealed in an interview with ''Rolling Stone'': [[Steve Duda]]*Chantinghttp: [[The Buddha Boys Choir]//www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart78.shtml]*Trumpet: <blockquote>"It shouldn't have taken place," [[Cherry HollyTrent Reznor|Reznor]]says sheepishly. "The track was done. But at the end, I said, 'That's such a bizarre theme. What would it sound like played by a marching band going down the street?' A week later" - he nods in the direction of one of the studio's king-size Macintosh computers - "there's a band marching through the song. It's all on synthesizer." New Orleans, of course, is a city full of marching bands. "It would have been easier to get a band than it was to do it the way I did," Reznor admits, grinning.</blockquote>
==Appearances==
===Halos===
*''[[The Fragile(halo)|The Fragile]]''*''The Fragile Instrumental''*''[[The Fragile: Deviations 1]]'' ===Seeds===*''[[The Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks]]''
==Versions==
===Pilgrimage===
This is the album version. Its abrasive guitar riff fades in from the end of "[[Even Deeper]]", joined at each repetition by new layers of mechanical synthesizers and percussion layers. These layers are soon subsumed by the main theme, played on synthesizers. After its repetition, the layers halt to simply a distorted guitar playing the same riff, which is then joined by drums, bass synth, and wordless vocal melodies. These layers soon crossfade with a return of the main melody, played this time on brass instruments accompanied by marching drums that fade in. Eventually, the horn and synth layers stop, leaving only the marching drums to repeat and stop suddenly, leading into the opening ambient pad of "[[No, You Don't]]". On the vinyl version, the song does not fade in at the start, rather beginning with the guitar riff and building at its natural mix volume. ===Pilgrimage (Alternate Version)==='''''Running Time: 3:04''''' Released on ''The Fragile: Deviations 1''. Also known as "Pilgrimage" (Alt) when it was originally released on Apple Music as part of ''The Fragile Instrumental''. The arrangement is close to the album version, but the mix is distinct. Its intro, like the vinyl version, does not fade in.
==Live==
"Pilgrimage" has been used live an as an introduction song tape on the [[Live: With TeethSpring Arena Tour]] Summer Amphitheater Tour and the [[Performance 2007]] tour.
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| title=[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]] Left (CD), Side C (Vinyl)
| before=[[Even Deeper]]
| after=[[No, You Don't]]
| track=9}}
[[Category:NIN Instrumentals]]