One listen.

This mostly came easy, and I’m happy about that, but I feel I also sort of didn’t let myself breathe enough. I think I could’ve pulled more from the song.

Yasunori Nishiki’s (西木 康智) “Among Stately Peaks” (“悠然たる山腹の街”) is from Octopath Traveler‘s soundtrack, Octopath Traveler Original Soundtrack.

I hope you enjoy.

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Strings pulse whilst a lone steps careful in the background. The main ones stop pulsing and draw out, expanding and growing as brass calls out on top.

The sounds grow more sweeping, and start to congeal into each other, though it almost seems as some are subsumed.

A brief pause before the strings completely take over and express this sort of wide sensation. It seems small and personal, but also something that carries an incredible breadth. Light percussion becomes apparent, and soon after the sounds expand more. Woodwind is found as the drama of the space is carried out, and it’s large, but it still remains small.

A return to the start and it’s almost as though the sounds represent some sort of climb upwards. It seems like a calm climb, or at least one that isn’t too full of danger. There’s certainty, and there’s a push, but there’s also tension. However, it does not hold weight in the face of the grand magnificence of the space.

Shape and scene is revealed in equal measure, and the smallness of the self finds a comfort in its insignificance, and then once more the sounds become sweeping and beautiful, and it’s almost as though it’s breathtaking, but the moment does not linger, and the sounds fade as the song ends.