One listen, and this is sort of a slow song. It feels slow in how it moves and progresses, and I think that works really well for where it is used. Some of that came through in the writing, and I would have preferred more, but I think the result is okay.

Masashi Hamauzu’s (浜渦 正志) “Dust to Dust” (“色のない世界”) is from Final Fantasy XIII‘s soundtrack, Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack.

I think I spend too much time writing about music from The Final Fantasy series.

I hope you enjoy.

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Something pleasant is here, though it’s heavily underscored by a sadness. A voice comes in, almost haunting, the way it floats. And all is gentle, and all is quiet, and everything expands outward, and in this ruinous space is grief and regret. A sad rage.

The pleasantness falls away to what is lost frozen in time, and what remains serves as a reminder for what will not be. The sounds weave themselves around structure and frame, and a sense of grace comes forward, but there’s nothing pleasing about this. This is what once was and what should still be.

The sounds mostly come to an end, leaving bits to shimmer off as they flow away, minimising and carrying a sense of hopelessness, but lingering long enough to push forward, even as the last sound rings out at the song’s end.