Gentle piano fading into warm synth pads. Falcom ENDING COLLECTION 1987-1992 is exactly what it says, a 1993 compilation of every ending theme Falcom wrote across five years, and it is surprisingly emotional as a single listen.
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The Morning Grow opens things up with this hopeful, dawn-breaking energy from the earliest Ys era. See You Again follows with that perfect bittersweet goodbye feeling. Wanderers from Ys hits hard if you know the game. That theme carries so much weight, the sense of leaving somewhere you fought to save.
Stay with Me Forever does not even try to be subtle about pulling at you. The second half includes official arrange versions of the same tracks, so you hear each piece twice in different clothes. If you have ever teared up at a game's credits and needed to relive that feeling, this collection is built for exactly that.