ARForest brings a lush electronic-meets-vocal approach to this soundtrack that pulls from dungeon crawling atmosphere and J-pop melodic sensibility in equal measure. "Wanderer of Labyrinth" and "Deeper and Deeper" lean into that descending, subterranean mood, while "Light of Love" opens everything up into something surprisingly warm and bright.
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The Japanese-language tracks are standouts. "星になって" (roughly "Become a Star") carries this aching vocal melody that the instrumental version on the back half of the album lets you appreciate from a compositional angle. And "Erlking" is a fascinating inclusion -- the title references the Schubert/Goethe tradition of supernatural dread, and the track delivers on that promise with an urgency the rest of the album only hints at.
The BilliumMoto remix of "Light of Love" adds a rhythmic complexity that transforms the original into something almost breakcore-adjacent, and the inclusion of instrumental versions of key tracks is a smart move. "Hollow" through "Floating" charts a complete emotional arc from emptiness to weightlessness, and it's a journey worth taking in sequence.