This is a song that I’m so glad got a second life through Tik Tok. It’s a statement of Fry’s genius, pure and simple. It combines some elements previously showcased, such as Cory’s love for that Disney/Broadway style, as well as his utilization of strings, which were drip fed from the very beginning of the album all the way into I Hear a Symphony.
From 80s inspired power pop dance tunes, to ballads, to indie/electronic mellow songs, then to this. Though that track didn’t close out the album (I mean, let’s be real, A Night at the Opera ended with Bohemian Rhapsody, God Save the Queen was only a little epilogue to that masterpiece), Cody Fry’s opus truly ends the journey that is Flying.
To me, I Hear a Symphony had the same energy as songs like Bohemian Rhapsody. What an absolutely beautiful way to end the song. And then, in the most elegant way, Cody Fry sings out the same line that closed the first verse: “And now I hear a symphony,” alone with a piano. In the most Disney fashion possible, Cody reintroduces the melody for a third time soaring out into the actual climax, which will give you goosebumps from head to toe. The strings sing along with the vocals before having another break, this time bringing the song to what seems like the climax, but later listeners will find out is just a tease. The movement it implies from that first solo vocal line foreshadows the chromatic nature of the track, which is reeled back with an orchestra break before the second verse. It’s elegant, catchy, and very complex in its harmonial interpretation. On a long car ride, we sat in silence simply soaking in the album.Īnd then came the last track, I Hear a Symphony. In a surprising grand return in 2021, 2017’s song I Hear a Symphony showed a new audience the beauty of Cody Fry’s genius in this simple yet complex three-minute magnum opus.īeing the disconnected individual that I am, I didn’t discover I Hear a Symphony through Tik Tok, but my girlfriend did, which led her to show me Cody’s entire album containing the song titled Flying.
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