One listen, though I did restart early on, and there was a point where I had to pause as I wasn’t sure if I’d heard something correctly. This did have an overall impact on the writing, though I’m not sure if it was negative or positive.

I feel as though this would’ve worked better if I just focused on imagery, however. That said, I did alright in getting the song across.

Yasunori Nishiki’s (西木 康智) “River of Life” (“街は川と共に生きる”) is from Octopath Traveler‘s soundtrack, Octopath Traveler Original Soundtrack.

I hope you enjoy.

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A guitar plays out a gentle roll and flow of notes, and soon keys and percussion join in step. Bass plays light and guides the melody, and it all feels quite airy overall. A little sad, but also quite relieving and relaxing. Perhaps dispelling and assuaging.

Something akin to either harmonica or accordion (or another instrument I’m just not picking up upon) comes in as the percussion picks up a little, and this new sound plays upon the gentle flow, and floats along. It seems to waft and drift on some sentimentality. The melody swings to a low and this new sound remains high, though not as before.

Strings start flowing in from underneath, and lift and push the emotion up and outward as they take space; there’s added theatre, but it doesn’t go full bore.

A return to the start, almost, and everything flows along, and all remains gentle; unflinchingly so. More of the emotive qualities start coming through, and the song seems to slow down a bit more. It’s the same as it was prior, but it seems to slow, and hold the moment more nakedly, especially as the strings come in once more.

Eventually the sounds fade and the song ends.