One listen.

I had to kill some time earlier today which is what led to the below. Just knocked it out, kind of happy with the result. Feels a bit guided, a bit aimless.

Akira Kaida (海田 明里) and Yoshino Aoki’s (青木佳乃) “Country Living” (“いなかぐらし”) 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 little drum roll before a nice little sway in the sounds. Bass underscores and guides, and keys play light. Woodwind comes on and over, keeps it all small and relaxed. Soon it’s strings descending and there’s a firm work in this. It’s a bit of hard work, and it keeps steady. It stays relaxed still, in a sense. Keys come back and reflect the woodwind, then strings again, and then the keys return and start following their own path, and the woodwind sort of compliments and contrasts.

The sounds start going elsewhere, moving away from the main melody more and more, and asking a question of sorts, or maybe just wondering about the rest of the day. There could be many questions, and there could be no questions at all. It doesn’t matter too much; it’s back to work, back to appreciating the smallness of it all. Knowing there’s something else out there, bigger, but it’s here in this small, semi-isolated space that’s not isolated at all that’s the heart and centre of everything. It’s a slow life, a hard life, and that’s the ideal life, and it carries upon the sounds as they flo0at along, or rather chug along, relaxed but hard working, and they eventually fade as the song ends.