One listen.

I was thinking more throughout this one and I feel that harmed the writing a fair bit. I wasn’t sure if I should’ve written about the ocean, or about an experience of looking out over the ocean. I think that resulted in writing that isn’t as strong as it should have been.

Joe Hisaishi’s (藤澤 守) “HANA-BI” is from Hana-Bi, the soundtrack for the Takeshi Kitano (北野 武) film, Hana-Bi.

I hope you enjoy.

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The keys roll and they shimmer lightly. They shimmer in a brightly dulled area, and they look to raise emotions that are, perhaps, buried deep. And soon strings come in and they continue, lapping at the shore, spreading across the rough smoothness of a grand, watery space.

The keys return and it’s just them and harmonica, and they play as though looking out over this grand blue. Strings return and there’s a sense of breadth, perhaps as a breeze blows strong enough to be present, but not so much that it has a great impact. And there’s a sense of playfulness in this. Perhaps reminiscence and regret, but it doesn’t last and a coldness takes over. A coldness and a deepness.

And those emotions still stir, and they cannot necessarily be suppressed, but they are felt with a stoicism. With unknowing, with uncertainty, and before they can be fully released, something distracts. Something comes in, changing the scenery and the song ends.