![]() ![]() ![]() Despite its individual elements being simple, “Pyroxene of the Heart” is an incredibly expressive and beautiful composition. After some agitated piano work and a descending glissando, this section repeats with greater intensity before a beautiful bridge leads to the recapitulation of the initial melody. After a solo piano interlude, the theme blooms at 1:44 the instrumentation remains similar, but each force offers raw passion to the theme and the dynamic level increased clearly inspired by the romantic nature of Chopin’s compositions, this peak will touch and overwhelm listeners every time. This provides an entirely different context when the melody repeats, intensifying the sense of desperation and drama. Sakuraba’s harmonisation becomes more elaborate as the game’s opening sequence develops. ![]() Opening with a distinctive piano and harp motif that depicts a fragile Chopin’s fantasies, the voices of Sakuraba’s wife and daughter soon intepret a dreamy melody and provide a desperate weeping quality. The opening theme for Eternal Sonata captures the emotions of Chopin’s bittersweet fantasy. The final soundtrack mixes recordings of Chopin’s piano works with an overwhelming number of Sakuraba’s original compositions. Instead he controversially decided to adapt but not transform his musicality for the soundtrack and integrated many of his obvious trademarks throughout. It was demanding for Sakuraba to portray the fantasy pastiche scenario and integrate Chopin’s musicality in a complete authentic way. Due to his long-standing collaboration with the developer, progressive rock composer Motoi Sakuraba was given the demanding task of representing Chopin’s dream. In 2007, tri-Crescendo released a fantasy RPG based on the dying dreams of romantic composer Chopin, entitled Eternal Sonata. ![]()
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