Style: Video game music
Primary Emotions/Themes: Small worlds contained entirely within a single crystal formation of a snow flake, falling effortlessly to the ground and then fading from existence simply by landing
Thoughts: I love forgetting about good music and then discovering it again. It's been well over a year since I last listened to this record and I had forgotten just how special the music in here is. This is the second album that is contained int he double LP for Heart of the Woods. Moonlight was a beautiful collection of songs that reflected on the life of two young women, and Snowfall is very much the same.
The major difference with Snowfall is the tone that the music takes. Much of the album feels like it has a deep resounding sense of loss. It has a mournful tone that recalls a better life in the past, longing for something that has been lost and never to return.
It's this sense of longing that makes Snowfall such a compelling listen. It's not something I can put on casually, but when I do put it on I find myself taken into a deep sense of reflection about my life and the way that I've been living. Are there any regrets that I have? Is there something that I should be doing that I no longer am? Are there any friends that I haven't spoken to in a long time?
The way that Snowfall accomplishes this profound state of reflection in me is two fold. One it creates melodies that are deeply melancholy and plays them on instruments such as bells and violin. They bring a sense of both darkness and light in one instance. This is combined with reverb that brings about an ethereal sound to the music when needed. It's not always there, but it's used enough to make the music truly profound when needed.
Now not all of the music is like this. There are light hearted tracks scattered throughout the soundtrack as well, but for the overwhelming majority of the music I'm brough into a state of deep mediation and reflection. Phenomenal music.
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