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zierts · #53 Sep 10, 2021, 12:07 AM

It's out now and you can watch it for free on Konserthuset Play (hosted by Vimeo). Be sure to turn on closed captions in the beginning!

EDIT: I'd say it diverges a lot from what we've come to know Yoko Shimomura for these past few decades. Very nice to see her take a shot at the symphonic format. It's also a very cute story with great animation work, so you should definitely give it a listen! From what I can tell, it's less reliant on key instruments and leitmotifs to represent the characters than, say, Peter and the Wolf. Instead, as with the previous Merregnon soundtracks, Shimomura paints a musical image of individual scenes from an overarching story. Still, you could probably notice some common motifs on repeat watches. The credits list reads like a who's who of the video game industry in parts:

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