One listen.

The soundtrack this song is from is an exercise in minimalism in a sense, and it also sounds very amateur. I can see how it would work and it is interesting; I think I can understand what the composers were going for, but it’s not quite there. But it is interesting for at least one spin.

Anyway, what I wrote probably reflects that quite well. Not the best bit of writing. There’s an idea of what I was going for, however.

Keiichiro Segawa’s (瀬川圭一郎) “Trans – Am” is from the soundtrack for Armored Core: Master of Arena. I believe the soundtrack has the same name as the game. However, as far as I’m aware it has only been released in full as part of Armored Core Original Soundrack 20th Anniversary Box, a box set celebrating the music of the Armored Core series.

I hope you enjoy.

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A beat strike and pitter-patter along with a bouncy piano line. That piano soon disappears for more percussion to come in, a bit louder. Then it comes back for a moment, then disappears and more percussion comes in. The percussion is layering, and the piano come back and disappear, and more percussion, but the melody lingers.

There’s something light and pleasant here, but it also exists in contrasts. There’s also something heavy about it. But the piano comes back and soon something else. Some sort of electronic motion that moves slowly and quickly, and transforms. Sounds come and go, but the core beat remains as does this new sound, but eventually it disappears.

It’s a weird sort of joy. Upon one return of the piano, it soon shifts after into something perhaps a bit more jaunty, but it doesn’t last long and soon the song ends.