Danny Javier and his music lives on.

The singer-songwriter, one-third of one of the country's best pop vocal groups, the Apo Hiking Society, managed to write one last song, which his colleague, Lorrie Ilustre of Hotdog, managed to record with a video (below).

Ilustre recounted on Facebook the circumstances and how he completed the song's recording:

"Last year he called me and said he was sick. I visited him right away. We were together the whole day talking about everything from our past to the present. He kept a positive outlook on life even though he was suffering from several medical conditions.

"I wanted to ask for prayers three weeks ago when I learned that he was rushed to the hospital and was in bad shape, but due to the family's wishes, I refrained from posting. I decided to arrange and record instead a tune he roughly sang on his Facebook page.

"Through family, I was able to get the recording with his original vocals to his hospital bed. The nurse played the music to Danny and he would nod to acknowledge that it was ok. That's good enough for me.

"I know Danny's writing style and ideas, so I just had to make this music arrangement for him to bring along to his journey home. I took his vocals from his FB post and recorded. His video I synced to audio. I just tweaked a note and rearranged the song structure but I kept everything the way he would have wanted it.