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Mouse on the Keys: Stars Down
Written over one listen. I think I was mostly just looking to capture the song as it progressed but I didn’t think too much about the approach which may have been a good thing. I’m really not sure. The song … Continue reading
Mouse on the Keys: Spectres de Mouse
This was written over three listens… sort of. I was looking to capture the song any way I could. I think I should’ve pushed more for imagery than anything else as this song works with a sense of imagery really … Continue reading
The Afghan Whigs: Toy Automatic
Three listens for this one. I was just looking to describe the song (I think) and I did alright in that regard. However, I feel as though I could’ve fleshed this out a lot more. The Afghan Whigs’ “Toy Automatic” … Continue reading
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Tagged afghan whigs, automatic, beat, melody, rhythm, song, sound, toy
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Atlantis Airport: Events in the Movie
This was written over three listens and a few false starts. I focused on describing the song and I kind of got down an idea of it, but what I wrote doesn’t paint the most detailed picture, so to speak. … Continue reading
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Tagged atlantis airport, band, bass, events, keys, melody, movie, percussion, song, vocals
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Yoko Shimomura: Colony 9
This one was difficult to write and I think it was due to overthinking. Four listens, but a lot of restarts early on in the first due to having a bit of trouble finding my footing. I stuck mostly to … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, colony, flowing, guitar, melody, percussion, rhythm, song, woodwind, xenoblade, yoko shimomura
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Motoi Sakuraba: We Form in Crystals
I’ve wanted to write about this one for a while, but kept on forgetting about it. It’s an interesting song. Very straightforward in ways, but also carries an air of mystery, so to speak. This was written over one listen. … Continue reading
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Tagged bass, crystals, form, instruments, melody, memory, motoi sakuraba, song, sound, strings
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Camera Obscura: Cinematheque
Two listens with a restart a small part into the way of one of them. With this one I started looking to talk about what the instrumentation was doing but stopped doing that really quickly and instead talked about what … Continue reading
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Tagged atmospheric, Camera, churning, cinematheque, melody, obscura, rises, rising, song, sound, stretch, surging
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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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