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| album = ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]] '' (Left)

| BPM = 80| versions = Pilgrimage<br>Pilgrimage (Alternate Version)| live = [[With Teeth arena tourSpring Arena Tour]] (intro tape) <br> [[Year Zero Warm-Up TourPerformance 2007]] }}'''"Pilgrimage"''' is the ninth track on the Left disc of ''[[The Fragile (intro tapehalo)|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

The "PilgrimageBuddha Boys Choir" is , credited for background chants on this track, comprised [[Keith Hillebrandt]], [[Clint Mansell]], Steve Duda, [[Nothing Studios]] employees, and local New Orleans band Deadhandsystem. The name they were given in the liner notes comes from Igor's Buddha Belly across the street from from the studios. ===Recording===The end of the ninth song features an entirely synthetic marching band arrangement. Its creation was revealed in an interview with ''Rolling Stone'':[http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart78.shtml]<blockquote>"It shouldn't have taken place," [[Trent 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 Left disc of way I did," Reznor admits, grinning.</blockquote> ==Appearances=====Halos===*''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]. It is an instrumental track.''*''The Fragile Instrumental''*''[[The Fragile: Deviations 1]]'' ===Seeds=== *''[[The song pilgrimage presents a turn in Definitive NIN - Heavy Tracks]]'' ==Versions=====Pilgrimage===This is the musical harmony of the fragilealbum version. From Its abrasive guitar riff fades in from the soft and melodic sounds end of "[[Even Deeper to the hardhitting riffs and lyrics ]]", joined at each repetition by new layers of no, you don't mechanical synthesizers and percussion layers. These layers are soon subsumed by the hollowness of LaMEr and The Great Belowmain theme, Pilgrimage represents a battleplayed on synthesizers. After its repetition, the layers halt to simply a turning of distorted guitar playing the tidessame riff, which is then joined by drums, bass synth, and wordless vocal melodies. Whereas the album starts These layers soon crossfade with a return of the protagonist main melody, played this time on brass instruments accompanied by marching drums that fade in the depths of a depression. Eventually, whether it be emotional, physical, or both, leading up to this point the lyrical content horn and general mood of synth layers stop, leaving only the songs is dark, reflective marching drums to repeat and introspectivestop suddenly, leading into Pilgrimage representing his will to battle the fears and pains inside him, and continuing on through opening ambient pad of "[[No, You Don't]]". The mood then changes again from proactive to passive with  On the songs LaMer and The Great Belowvinyl version, almost seeming to state that he tried to battle his demons, but then fell back into the pit he started song does not fade in. On at the Right side of The Fragilestart, this momentum repeats itself, starting rather beginning with the pains of emptiness guitar riff and then gradually building to self confidence, only to slump back to where he originally started with Ripeat its natural mix volume. ===Song CreditsPilgrimage (Alternate Version)===*Additional Marching Percussion'''''Running Time: 3: [[Steve Duda]]04''''' *ChantingReleased 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 as an introduction tape on the [[The Buddha Boys ChoirWith Teeth Spring Arena Tour]]*Trumpet: and the [[Cherry HollyPerformance 2007]]tour.