Category Archives: Music

downy: Night Crawlin’

One listen. Let it carry me as much as I could. Found I had to force myself at points, but otherwise this came through without actively thinking, and I’m happy with the result. downy are an interesting band. As far … Continue reading

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Yuji Yoshida: Nightmare

One listen. There’s two versions of this song and I decided to write about the first, and will probably do the second later on today if I have the energy. Writing about the first was interesting in that I kind … Continue reading

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Hideaki Kobayashi: Day Dawns

One listen. Heard this song a few days ago and it’s a bit cheesy. Highly dated in sound, but that’s part of why I wanted to write about it (and a few more from this soundtrack). What this song does … Continue reading

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Masashi Hamauzu: The Splendid Performance

One listen. Went in, wrote, got out. Wait, that’s not entirely true. I fell behind a bit and then managed to catch up and I’m not sure if that comes through or not. The writing does have a bit of … Continue reading

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José Ramón “Bibiki” García: Shady Omen

One listen. I think this is very much a “finding my way back to writing” piece of writing. What I wrote came forward mostly on its own, but I still had to force myself to actually write. Push myself through. … Continue reading

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Robert Fripp: Pie Jesu

One listen. It took a while to get started here, and it shows. I like that I was touching on things here and there, and I like what was coming forward toward the end, however. Robert Fripp’s “Pie Jesu” is … Continue reading

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Yasunori Mitsuda: Zeal Palace

One listen. I rushed this during my lunch break and I don’t think that was a good idea. I feel like I kept trying to find something and moved on instead of exploring each time I was about to go … Continue reading

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Underworld: Appleshine (All Of The Lights)

One listen. Went in, describing, sort of trying to get a mood across, I think. Not sure. The main goal was to do more than one thing today and I succeeded in that regard. I don’t think I wrote the … Continue reading

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Ryota Kozuka: The World Desired by All

One listen. Had to force myself into writing this. It’s short Ryota Kozuka’s (小塚良太) “The World Desired by All” (“待ち望んでいた世界”) is from Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK, the soundtrack for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. I hope you … Continue reading

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Underworld: 11 Hundred Hz

One listen. Felt I had to rush and try to stay where the song was up to. Not a good way to be about this, I think. The writing suffered a bit for it. Underworld’s “11 Hundred Hz” is from I’m … Continue reading

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