One listen.

Started this yesterday, had to stop, was going to restart, didn’t, and now I’ve done it, so it’s more like one-and-a-bit listens, but you know.

This one I’m uncertain on. I think the writing is okay, but I’m not sure if I captured the song well enough. I feel as though I could’ve gone on a very different oath and done a great job, but this sits in an uncertain space for me.

Yasunori Nishiki’s (西木 康智) “The Coastlands” (“コーストランド地方”) is from Octopath Traveler‘s soundtrack, Octopath Traveler Original Soundtrack.

I hope you enjoy.

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A bit of a lowering step in the strings and they soon find a breathing pace that works for them. Light and fun in them as woodwind drifts along with them. It’s all fancy and merry and playful, and the sounds move along in a sense of energised calm.

A little pause of sorts that references a little earlier, then the sounds continue on before they shift and the strings rise up. Percussive shimmers mark moments as the sounds continue on with their light journey, and all floats and glides until a few steps that lead to the start.

A breeze in the sounds hints at what’s close and what’s far, and the sounds spread with folds and layering as though breezy silk, and they mark the shape and contours of the land. The strings rise once more, sweeping and dramatic, and once more they float and glide into those few steps. Soon the sounds fade away and the song ends.