One listen. Went right in, did little active thinking, wrote and wrote and wrote some more, and it was great. Not good writing and it doesn’t quite capture the song. There’s so much more that can be said that gets it across well. Still, I’m glad I was able to write this.

Kimitaka Matsumae’s (松前公高) “Legend of Alcana ~ Main Theme” (“アルカナ伝説〜メインテーマ”) is from Tamamayu Monogatari Original Soundtrack, the soundtrack for Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu.

I hope you  enjoy.

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A serious wind, it sets the stage of drama. It sets the dramatic, of graven situations. And woodwind calls across, and soon strings rise, then fall, then rise again, and carry across this grey wind. This heavy space. Percussion emphasises and settles back into its pattern.

Woodwind and strings now move with each other, and they move through this space, this heaviness, and they point at focus. At task, and they point toward another day, and they all weigh heavy. Woodwind alone falls, and soon all return to the start.

There is hope in this all. There is belief and faith in things improving, and there is urgency. Urging, hoping, pushing along. Realising the task at hand and its need, and it weighs heavy as there is care and desire for resolution in it all, flowing through as sounds fade and the song ends.