One listen.

Struggled a bit with this one. It’s a somewhat singular, yet changing piece and I didn’t do enough to capture what was going on.

Masaharu Iwata’s (岩田匡治) “Crypt Maze Theme” is from Evolution: The World of Sacred Device. As far as I’m aware, there was no soundtrack release for this game.

I hope you enjoy.

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Bright, muffled percussion, ringing out, shimmering, shining. More comes in, offering a slightly different rhythm. Keys pressed on gentle moments, and something else seems to descend a little. Strings stir, and much melody comes forward. More sound comes in; more layers, filling a space, creating a scene. Painting a picture.

The percussion fades a little, and melody continues on. It draws rich and eventually comes to a halt and everything loops back. Everything builds once more, but keeps it light. It keeps itself based around it’s core rhythm and loop, and seems to look for painting a scene by adding to it.

There’s something a little sad in this, but it’s not the main focus. The focus is the transformation and change on moving over one section over and over, and letting atmosphere seep on through, all the way until the sounds fade out and the song ends.