Sleep a 3D Anaglyph Video with Music by Eric Whitacre & VOCES8 Animated by Nearly Dark

'Sleep' an Anaglyph 3D video animation to the music of Eric Whitacre as performed by VOCES8 - animated by Nearly Dark. No AI was used in the making of this Video. The 3D videos from Nearly Dark are not conversions, they are created and filmed in anaglyph 3D.

A standard version of this video, not requiring 3D glasses, is also available on the Nearly Dark Channel!

(NB Video Subtitles of this animated poem can be played over the video and toggled on and off using the Shift+C combination on your keyboard or by selecting the Subtitles/Closed Captions icon in the menu on the lower right of the screen.)

"The evening hangs beneath the moon,
A silver thread on darkened dune.
With closing eyes and resting head
I know that sleep is coming soon.

Upon my pillow, safe in bed,
A thousand pictures fill my head.
I cannot sleep, my mind’s a-flight;
And yet my limbs seem made of lead.

If there are noises in the night,
A frightening shadow, flickering light,
Then I surrender unto sleep,
Where clouds of dream give second sight,

What dreams may come, both dark and deep,
Of flying wings and soaring leap
As I surrender unto sleep,
As I surrender unto sleep."
(Charles Anthony Silvestri)

Whitacre's Sleep was initially inspired by the Robert Frost poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". However, the Frost literary estate would not grant permission for publication or performance. The lyrics to Whitacre's music were eventually written by his friend and poet Charles Anthony Silvestri utilising the structure of the Frost poem and incorporating key words like ‘sleep’, 'dark' and 'deep'.

This animated version of the music is a sympathetic attempt to capture the hypnagogic, weightless and mystical feel of the piece and the exquisite vocal performance of the vocal group VOCES8. Please consider subscribing to help this unique indie channel grow and develop. Thank you for your support!

Anaglyph or Red Cyan video animation movie in Full HD 1080p and 60fps. This 3d video animation requires red cyan 3d glasses to appreciate the 3D effect. It's nearly dark, put on your 3D glasses and enjoy!


Merry meet, merry part and merry meet again. Blessed Be.

Nearly Dark
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