One listen, and I wasn’t sure as to what to go for here. Once more I was thinking about where the song is used and it sort of works, but I was thinking too much. The writing is rigid and it feels a bit like trying to find things to say rather than words coming forward.

Hitoshi Sakimoto’s (崎元 仁) “The Sochen Cave Palace” (“ソーヘン地下宮殿”) is from  the soundtrack for Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy XII Original Soundtrack. The soundtrack was composed predominantly by Hitoshi Sakimoto, and features contributions from Hayato Matsuo (松尾 早人), Masaharu Iwata (岩田 匡治) and Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫).

I hope you enjoy.

—

A wondrous space, an ancient space. A place once used and now fallen to mystery. It carries a stately, regal atmosphere and it also carries danger.

The sounds change to something a bit darker and foreboding. They urge along whilst they lurk in the dark, near ornate structures and forgotten designs. They push and urge, and they work to move things forward.

The sounds speak of history and time passed, and they speak steadily. They speak slowly, and they show only enough, and that wonder strikes. That wonder strikes to speak of glorious times past, but it does not last. It falls away as one grasp; one attempt to hold on, before fading away as the song ends.