Elegant Japanese orchestration with literary gravitas. Bungo and Alchemist is a 2017 mobile/PC game that turns famous Japanese authors into characters, and the music treats that premise with serious respect. "Bungo to Alchemist ~Orchestra ver.
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~" is the full arrangement that hits hardest, grand and sweeping in a way that earns it. "Hatansuru Haguruma" grinds with mechanical tension, and "Secchuu Shokudou" brings this warm, nostalgic calm. The alternate versions are smart.
Piano ver., Strings ver., Orchestra ver. of the main theme each reveal different emotional angles. "Mushibami ni Aragau Bunshitare" carries the battle weight. There's a refinement to "Ikoi" that just. Settles into your bones quietly.
For anyone who wants game music that sounds like it belongs in a concert hall.