One listen.

I think I’ve thought about doing this one before and didn’t. Decided to give it a go a few days ago, and now have done it, and I’m not sure what to make of what I wrote. Could be better, could be worse, that kind of thing.

I think I could’ve tapped more into the scenery of where this song is used, but I’m not sure I could’ve pulled that off.

Hitoshi Sakimoto’s (崎元 仁) “The Dalmasca Estersand” (“東ダルマスカ砂漠”) is from the soundtrack for Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack.

I hope you enjoy.

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Strings push lightly as horn calls on out, and sounds stir and rise. Sudden shift upward and back to a slight lightness for a moment, as though a pause before the sounds take off and race along.

Adventure is at hand and everything pushes and urges, and keeps it all light and fun at the same time. Keeps it excited. Suddenly the sounds go wide once more, and explore across a landscape, then find themselves racing off once more.

It is, of course, only for a moment before a slight implied pause again, and then the landscape reveals itself in its grandeur, and it’s all massive and wonderful. A slight pause, perhaps of hesitation before exploring once again, and looking further.

Looking and exploring as all the sounds sit alongside each other comfortably, keeping the pace and the shifts and the moods, and the changes keep on coming and moving between the large and the small, but it all remains suitably dramatic. It all continues on and keeps going, and wonder and excitement keep coming forward as the sounds herald and usher in the next moment.

And it continues on as everything fades and the song ends.