A music box playing in an empty room. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai on Windows back in 2005, the original PC sound novel, and the soundtrack is stripped down in a way that makes it hit harder. "you (M.Box Style)" is the one that breaks people.
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That tiny music box arrangement of a track that already carries so much weight. Then the full "you (Vocal)" version comes in and it is devastating. Simple PC synths doing maximum emotional damage. "Soul Scour" lives up to its name.
"Confession" has this fragile quality, like someone speaking through glass. "Birth and Death" right next to "Eternity" on the tracklist, just sitting there being profound... If you have ever cried over a visual novel and want to do it again, press play.