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For some reason this song has a dark undertone that always creeps me out…….I cant explain it. Maybe its just psychological from all the grinding i did to level up Final Form in this world. *shivers*
i love this track so much because it’s just such a weirdo melody that no other game I can think of COULD even have. It’s hard to imagine any other game composer who would think to use these pitches–there’s not even really a completely functional key or mode that fits this composition, but it’s grounded with the low Ds as the pedal tone that sort of anchors the listener. The rhythm being this incessant onslaught of 8th notes also serve to anchor the listener while the wacko pitches serve their duty as the real disorienting element of the track. Being unable to predict which pitches come next makes Yen Sid’s tower literally unsettling in the soundspace– it’s all NARRATIVE, BABEY.
And the instrumentation!! Honkeytonk piano for kind of a saloon vibe, high grand piano twinkles echoes up top for a spacey vibe. It’s so anachronistic in its instrumentation. KH2’s music is so thoughtful, and this is just one more example of how the compositional choices match the setting and scenario.
“Magical Mystery” walked so “Master of Masters” could run. god, shimomura’s mind is unreal
sketchy axel doodle while i work on my ansem week entries. tried to capture that mildly offputting feel the lesser nobodies have and apply them to the more humanoid ones, because nomura really did not go far enough with the Eldritch Abomination Status with the organization tbh