Raw, skeletal compositions that feel like blueprints for dread. D2 Sketches is the 1998 companion to the Dreamcast survival horror game, and it strips the soundtrack down to its bare, uncomfortable bones. Same five-theme structure, same paired approach, completely different energy from the later Scenes release.
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"Sketch 1~Main theme" sets the tone immediately with something sparse and deliberate. "Sketch 4~Love theme" is surprisingly tender given the context, this brief warm moment before everything gets cold again. The untitled closing track leaves you hanging.
This is Kenji Eno working in sketch form, literally. Ideas rougher, closer to the source. The Dreamcast era produced some genuinely weird and brave audio work and this is proof. Listen to this one back to back with the Scenes version and hear how the same ideas evolved.