Here we go, bard music at its best!
I wasn't expecting the 7/4 time signature! (I tend to listen before reading)
The first track really set the mood for the whole adventure, it felt so authentic, loved the general atmosphere!
"A song of adventure" had such a well written theme, really made the flute stand out. It kind of gave me some "Frog" vibes from Chrono Trigger. Loved the dissonances in the strings pad.
"A moment to Gaze at the Stars". Enough said. That's it. I think this is the kind of music that would help me on the days when I'm struggling, reminding me to take some time to breathe in and go on. Had to point out the glissando at 0:37 somehow sounded weird, maybe too forte and the notes chosen weren't quite fitting to me. But all in all, it sounded SOOO good. It really feels like something you'd hear in a very popular game.
"In Ancient Ruins". Good ol' dulcimer doing its good job. Love the snares here AND THE CHORD CHANGES FROM 0:51! That feeling when you just can't expect where the composer is going, and it really adds to the feeling of "Where are we supposed to go now? What's that? Why does it feel so off?". That's what I need in my life. Shattering expectations!
And after all this, the familiarity in "A Legendary Song" is just striking! The leitmotiv really adds to the sense of coming full-circle. Kind of gave me Soul Edge/Soul Calibur vibes.
"A Rowdy Evening" feels like an ending... or maybe it doesn't really end here??? Some very wise chord picking here, the way the ending part of the theme is exchanged between sections, the way the music stops and gets back together. It really feels like we're finally done. We've gone through stuff, but now we're all here together remembering what we lived.
Only possible downside (if we might call it that) is that you can easily tell everything's computer-made, but the sense of depth and complexity you managed to achieve really conveyed what you were surely trying to do with your music and it just makes you forget about that. It really felt emotional, you've been so coherent in every single track, everything made sense in its own way and also related to other tracks.
Thank you for this experience, bard!