One listen for this one.

Went into this just wanting to write about the song. I think I focused more on mood than anything else and in parts it works. Not all, but some.

ACE’s “Sailing the Seas” is from the soundtrack for Xenoblade 3 aka Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Xenoblade 3 Original Soundtrack.

I hope you enjoy.

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Gentle, yet firm the sounds fade in and soon something akin to a voice appears among it all as the sounds move in a sweeping manner. A strike of percussion and then it all blooms and flourishes and the sounds roll in motion, graceful and dramatic, and perhaps grandiose, but seemingly holding onto that gentleness.

There is calm and but there is a roughness; a toughness as everything flows on forward, congealing as one. Woodwind here and there as the sounds move along toward something. They move toward an openness; they express the vast, and some sounds move away when the vocals return, allowing them to lower into a sense of rest, or at least a counterpoint before they give way to strings and clean guitar, and it all moves with a grace and beauty, but there is weight. In this freeing moment of wonder there remains a focus. It remains serious and directed.

Still, the fantastic remains. There is wonderment here and, even when all grows quiet to allow for the vocals to return once more to bring things to another soft moment it remains wide-eyed and excited.

Soon the sounds stir once more and rise, and they rise and bring forth adventure and exploration, and freedom in that expanse, and they find their moment to hold on and, with one last percussive strike all draws to a close and the song ends.