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Tag Archives: Journey
Five-Hundred Word Challenge 983: Valleys, Space
Alright, it’s cold and this keyboard I am using is working, so there’s a counterbalance. Switched keyboards and now the keys are not jamming. Makes me happy. Makes it easier to glide over the keys and get what I want … Continue reading
Nobuo Uematsu: Main Theme
Six listens for this one, though it feels like many, many more. This one was a real challenge, partly due to being rather tired. I think that if I had spent time breaking down the song and working on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Final Fantasy, Journey, main, nobuo uematsu, persist, song, theme, triumph
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Nobuo Uematsu: Main Theme II
This was a struggle to write. It may have to do with the song’s length and its simplicity. Still, there is a fair bit that can be drawn out of it, I think. At first I tried describing the instrumentation, … Continue reading
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Tagged final fantasy ii, forward, found, Hope, Journey, main, nobuo uematsu, pensiveness, push, song, theme
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Nobuo Uematsu: Main Theme of Final Fantasy IV
This was written over six listens. I found writing about this song to be a real challenge and I’m not entirely sure why. Probably was overthinking what I was doing. Anyway, what ended up happening was I wrote this in … Continue reading
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Tagged breeze, final fantasy iv, instruments, Journey, main, nobuo uematsu, song, theme, winds
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Nobuo Uematsu: Unknown Lands
Three listens for this one. Here I was just aiming to write about the music in any way possible. As such I don’t think I gave much of an idea of the song itself, but still managed to describe it … Continue reading
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Tagged final fantasy V, Journey, lands, melody, mood, nobuo uematsu, song, unfamiliar, unknown
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Nobuo Uematsu: Terra’s Theme
This was written over three listens. Wasn’t really aiming for anything in particular with this one. Just started with trying to get the start down and let it run from there. End result is a bit of a mess, but … Continue reading
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Tagged beat, dramatic, final fantasy vi, growth, Journey, melody, nobuo uematsu, song, strings, terra, theme, weary, woodwnd
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Masashi Hamauzu: Wandering Flame
This was written over four listens. Initially I was just kind of “sketching” imagery and looking to go for a sense of balance between imagery and sound description. Instead of that I ended up giving a very, very rough idea … Continue reading
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Tagged canvass, drifting, final fantasy x, flame, Journey, landscape, masashi hamauzu, shimmers, song, sunset, wandering, weight
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Masanori Hikichi and Miyoko Kobayashi: The Way Home
This was written over two listens. The second had a fair bit of pausing which was unnecessary as it was nothing a third listen couldn’t have helped with. I mostly wanted to focus on describing the song rather than getting … Continue reading
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Tagged build, expansive, Home, horizon, instruments, Journey, masanori hikichi, miyoko kobayashi, rise, shift, soar, song, Terranigma
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Tarô Iwashiro: Breath of Fire IV ~ Opening Animation
This was written over four, though maybe five listens. There were some pauses, though the song is quite short. I tried to strike a balance between imagery I was getting and what was happening in the song. The imagery was … Continue reading
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Tagged breath of fire, dawn, distance, expanse, flowing, instrument, Journey, opening, song, synth, taro iwashiro, wind
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Stupidity Hole 