Delicate piano and music box melodies drifting through cold air. Hyouka no Genya is a Windows visual novel from 2008, and its subtitle "Eternal Waltz" tells you exactly what the soundtrack feels like. "Frozen Flower" sets the mood immediately with this icy, beautiful piano line that keeps coming back in different arrangements throughout.
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Each character gets an image song. Tracks like "心のダンス" for Kokomi and "ひだまりの中" for Yoriko paint portraits in sound. Then there's the "魔法少女ラジカルはるな" radio drama segments scattered through the tracklist, which are wonderfully bizarre.
The jazz arranged version of "Frozen Flower" near the end is a real surprise. Same melody, completely different atmosphere. If you want something that feels like watching snow fall through a warm window, this soundtrack lives in that exact space.