One listen.

I think I could’ve said a lot more about atmosphere and painted a strong image. Didn’t, which is okay. Just could’ve done more.

Ayako Saso’s (佐宗 綾子) “The Forgotten Village” (“忘れられた村”) is from the soundtrack for Folklore (aka Folks Soul in Japan), FolksSoul ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK.

I hope you enjoy

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Strong, ornate and seemingly despondent keys play low wafts, followed by a higher point; a point that creates colour and shrinks away from it. All of this moves slow and speedy, and moves as it’s meant to.

Those higher keys suddenly run upward, or step quickly upward and the lower ones follow, but not quite and find an offness in where this is going. They seem to go kind of together, though also with one following the other. The lighter leads; the lower punctuates.

A smooth lowering back into how things began, and space holds firm. There’s pause between each breath; between each movement, and the offness returns. These keys seem to be wanting to shake their despondency, and they find beauty in what is around, but they are low in energy. And they continue on as they fade away and the song ends.