Two listens for this one.

Sometimes I wonder if I have any intent behind writing about a song (in this format) beyond thinking I can write about it. I don’t think I do and perhaps that is a good thing.

I think there is a chance that I went into this with an idea of imagery but that didn’t come through in the writing, and that’s okay. I don’t think I represented the song well enough, but I like how some of this turned out.

Masashi Hamauzu’s (浜渦 正志) “The Vestige” (“異跡”) is from Final Fantasy XIII‘s soundtrack, Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack.

I hope you enjoy.

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Voices dip in silence, but soon another sound joins them that seems stronger, but as smooth. A brief strike on its own appears, but soon there is more as the motion of the sounds expand with strings and more percussion.

This seems a peaceful moment, though perhaps it is more a vivacious one full of grand scenery and wonder. It is small, yet expansive and it seems light and airy in a way, but there is a weight behind it all. Somewhere among this is something carrying seriousness upon its frame.

The strings take lead and rise and fall and stretch, and the voices seem to follow along and hover upon the strings whilst percussion keeps space. Soon it’s another shift to more angular motions with a seeming spread before it suddenly stops, leaving the voices to linger for a brief moment.

In a new space it seems that everything has found a low calm of sorts, and as percussion floats voices hang in the air, and everything just flows on until a quick stop at the song’s end.