Airy, floating, open-sky calm. AER: Memories of Old is a 2017 exploration game about transforming into a bird and gliding through a shattered world of floating islands. The music matches that feeling perfectly. "Mountains" gives you this wide, weightless sensation, and "Sun and Moon" has a gentle warmth that just hangs in the air.
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There is a folk quality to a lot of the tracks. "Twilight Keeper" and "Roof of the World" carry this sense of something ancient and fading. Not sad exactly, more like peaceful acceptance. "Dance of the Crab King's Court" shows up as a bonus track and honestly it might be the most fun thing here.
If you need music for staring out a window and pretending you can fly, start here.