During the 10-hour car ride between San Francisco and Portland, I kept hitting repeat on a song by Air that I’ve never paid much attention to and now find myself head-over-heels for: “Alone in Kyoto” from Talkie Walkie. The song is calm and contemplative with a steady, pulsing rhythm and has a lovely detached texture, mixing the short sounds of guitar/piano/pitched percussion with longer, sustained electronic ones. It was also written for one of my favorite films, Lost in Translation.
Maybe it’s my piano bias, but I love sharp attack/quick decay and “sparkly” sounds like piano and guitar. Also, “Alone in Kyoto” strikes me as something that more modern RPG music should resemble, and I mean that as a compliment.
“Alone in Kyoto” by Air, set to a scenic video.
Well, first of all, wellcome back!
ReplyDeleteAmazing holydays you had. Even though I'm from Europe (from Spain), I haven't travelled around it yet. I hope I'll do it in a year or so.
Nevertheless, I kinda like "Alone in Kyoto", it's just as you say, and I used to play the guitar in the past, and I love the piano, so that's a perfect instrument choice for me =D
And Talking about RPG, have you ever listened to music from Lost Odyssey? Uematsu just ROCKS in that game.
Thanks! I didn't know you played guitar. I'd love to learn it someday. :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't listened to much music from Lost Odyssey - I'll definitely check it out sometime. Someone showed me the "Main Theme" a few months ago and I remember being impressed by it.