Soft church bells and choir-like synths opening into something unexpectedly emotional. Angelic Serenade is a 2003 Windows visual novel, and its soundtrack does that early-2000s thing where PC game music punches above its weight.
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Song of Prayer sets this reverent tone right away, and The Girl with Red Eyes (Lasty's Theme) has a fragile, haunting quality that sticks. Natural Fruit Juice 120% (Saaria's Theme) is this bouncy, energetic contrast to the more somber temple tracks.
Then The Darkness Exhales drops in and shifts the whole mood completely. Covered in Powdered Snow and Small Music Box close things out with this quiet, lingering sadness... For anyone who wants to hear what early-2000s PC visual novel composers could do when they cared.