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Category Archives: Music
Jesu: Deflated
One listen for this one. This is a song I’ve wanted to write about for a while but I feel it’s one that I wasn’t sure I could do well. I think I may have been right about that hesitation, … Continue reading
Spencer Nilsen: Title Screen
One listen for this one. Had a couple of restarts early on, then kind of struggled my way through. I think I was thinking too much about trying to write something that captured the song instead of letting the words … Continue reading
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Tagged ambiguous, deep, dolphin, ecco, glimpses, oscillation, scatters, shines, spencer nilsen, title screen
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Yuki Kajiura: Le Grand Retour
One listen for this one. The first time I heard this song was a somewhere around the early to mid-noughties as part of a flash animation. I’ve listened to it here and there since as I find it enjoyable enough. … Continue reading
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Tagged bell, celebratory, draws, grand retour, joyous, noir, spectacle, steady, strike, tension, yuki kajiura
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Eduard Artemyev: Stalker – Theme
Two listens for this one. With the first I only listened so as to get a better feel for the song. I’ve heard it before but I wanted to go in with a slight bit more familiarity as my first … Continue reading
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Tagged alive, eduard artemyev, flickering, open, pause, quiet, resume, ring, stalker, steady, theme
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Junya Nakano: Phantoms
One listen for this one. I started this yesterday evening but I wasn’t satisfied with what was coming forward. I think I may have been too tired last night and so writing was a struggle. This came a lot easier … Continue reading
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Tagged chiming, elegant, Final Fantasy, float, flow, form, junya nakano, moves, phantoms, stillness, weaves
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Sakanatsuri: Into the Shade
One listen for this one. I sort of let go, sort of thought about things. Some bits of this were easier to write than others but I think overall it works. As with a lot of things it’s highly impressionistic … Continue reading
Spencer Nilsen: Heart of the Giant
Two listens for this one. I feel like I didn’t get much done here, though I was mainly trying to describe the song as it happened and I think I did alright there. Spencer Nilsen’s “Heart of the Giant” is … Continue reading
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Tagged descent, ecco, ecco the dolphin, external, giant, Heart, internal, rhythm, spencer nilsen, throbbing, Throbs, time
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The Appleseed Cast: View of a Burning City
One listen for this one. There was a bit where I started thinking too much and so I tried to let go a bit and the writing smoothed out a bit. I feel like I could’ve written more had I … Continue reading
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Tagged appleseed cast, burning, City, disrupting, engulfing, heaves, range, rises, thrashes, view
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Toshack Highway: Board The Bullet Train
Two listens for this one. At some point during the first listen something clicked and I was able to get a pretty clear image, and maybe that has to do with personal experience. Not sure. Anyway, I felt that a … Continue reading
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Tagged board, bullet train, contrast, drifting, inside, motion, outside, rushing, static, toshack highway, vague, warming
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Battles: White Electric
One listen for this one. I had a bit of difficulty getting this one done and I think I was thinking too much. This kind of gets an idea of the song across but I feel some of it comes … Continue reading
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