Great Gig in the Sky is a song with strong meanings, many of the meanings can be observed during their construction in the production of the song. Roger Waters, the bands bassist and frontman, stated that the female vocalist came into the studio to record in 1972, he told her 'There are no lyrics, it's about dying.' so obviously this was the theme the band wanted to adopt. Also told by Waters was the fact that the band was called 'The religion song' or 'The mortality sequence' during production, so the themes are more than clear. The song may not have lyrics, but there are small quotes heard near the start of the song which have obvious death orientated themes, they state:
"And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do; I don't mind.
Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it—you've gotta go sometime." (At 0:38)
"I never said I was afraid of dying." (At 3:33)
We felt it was important to understand the themes so we can bring them into the music video. I think we've done that quite well with the storyboard, as the narrative reflects a story of death and the trauma of dealing with it.
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