One listen.

Not sure where I was going with this one. Sort of just describing the song, sort of trying not to.

Fumie Kumatani’s (“熊谷文恵”) “Jungle -A Lush Load-” is from Phantasy Star Online Songs of RAGOL Odyssey -Soundtrack EPISODE 1&2- and Phantasy Star Music Collection 2000-2007. The song is used in Phantasy Star Online Episode 1.

I hope you enjoy.

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As steady beat plays out soft and hard, and seemingly relaxed, various sounds drift in here and there. They play background, soft, gentle, quiet, relaxed. Among them, keys touch their moments, and something seems to rise underneath. Rise or warp.

Another sound, perhaps akin to strings marks its moments and flows onward. It carries the grandness of it all, but as a low sort of drama. Soon that warp comes back, seemingly threatening to take over.

More sound comes in, draws long and short at the same time, and there’s an unease coming through. This is all sorts of refreshing, but something is off. Something is lurking there, and pressing on, but it doesn’t quite come to prominence, though it almost does.

A return to how it was, and those keys drift on. More percussion is apparent this time, keeping flow, keeping things busy as everything moves at a very intentional pace. The sounds remain cool and peaceful, and perhaps instill a sense of wonder, and an urging comes forward. An urging to move, to keep moving. To stay focused on it all, whatever it is that lies ahead.

Sounds ring out, and that unease returns. It lurks and looks to press in, but once more it doesn’t quite come to prominence, and everything fades out as the song ends.