One listen.

Don’t know what I was going for here. Was trying to think too much, and it didn’t help.

Akira Kaida (海田 明里) and Yoshino Aoki’s (青木佳乃) “Sanctuary” is from Breath of Fire III Sound Collection, the soundtrack for Breath of Fire III. However, I believe that before the release of that soundtrack, it was first included on Breath of Fire Original Soundtrack Special Box, a collection of all the music (as far as I’m aware) of the Breath of Fire Series. There is a soundtrack album called Breath of Fire III: Original Soundtrack that was released at some point around the time of Breath of Fire III‘s release but it was a selection of songs from the game rather than the whole soundtrack.

I hope you enjoy.

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A peaceful sound draws long, feeling unnerving, off with all the bubbling underneath. This is a protected space, but it’s almost illusory. Gentle, fragile notes met with a sudden heaviness; a cold thud, and unnerving percussion.

This is protection, but it’s also clear that it’s not. It’s, in a sense, restriction. It’s a joke, a twist an undesirable one, but it does offer that protection. But it’s not desired. It’s undesirable, it’s cold and it seems to menace. It seems to force and press itself upon, and it fades out, leaving lingering negativity at the song’s end.