One listen.

I was playing catch up for most of this one. When I realsied what kind of sound the song had, things sort of became easier. It’s kind of a futuristic sound, or at least a futuristic sound of the era this bit of music came to be in, and it’s always interesting to me. Did that come through well in the writing? No. But I still like what I wrote. Could’ve been much better, but it sits alright with me.

Masafumi Takada’s (高田 雅史) “Sweet Blue Flag” is from Killer7 Original Sound Track, the soundtrack for Killer7.

I hope you enjoy.

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Jazzy keys with perhaps a bit of rock in them, and a bit of percussion seems to slide across the space. Suddenly an aggressive beat comes in, striking repeatedly, not letting up. Other sounds come in, warp around, move here and there, look forward to a destination.

That new one disappears and something else comes into its place, an electronic bass-ish thing that charges onward. The sound of something akin to voice, then a sudden pause, then it resumes and it all feels like the future.

This sound seems to pulse, or at least move in specific steps and drive toward a smoothness through all of its exploration of minimal maximalism. It keeps going, pulsing, thrusting, charging forward, carrying that sense of the smooth and sleek. New sound comes in, congealing, seemingly taking over and the beat shifts and pulls away.

Is this a breather? It is hard to say, but it seems unlikely. Sounds are disappearing; the dramatic close has been found. The sounds shrink away, and those jazzy keys are there, playing out as the song ends.