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"The Sunset" is a song from The Moody Blues 1967 album Days of Future Passed. It is the second of three songs on the album representing the evening, along with "(Evening) Time to Get Away" (which is actually on "The Afternoon" track), and "Twilight Time." Written by keyboardist Mike Pinder, "The Sunset" is a very low-key song describing the scene in the sky as the sun sets. At the end of the song, an orchestral transition is used to segue the song into "Twilight Time." This orchestral transition also includes a brief orchestral excerpt from "Forever Afternoon" (which is better known as "Tuesday Afternoon"). "The Sunset" is one of two songs written by Mike Pinder for Days of Future Passed, with the other being "Dawn is a Feeling."