Classical Japanese aesthetics distilled into twenty-two tracks. The title itself references "mono no aware," the Japanese concept of the bittersweet awareness of impermanence, and the music embodies that philosophy completely.
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"徒然なるままに" (As the Fancy Takes Me) references Tsurezuregusa. "泡沫の如く" (Like Bubbles) captures transience. "風林火山" brings Takeda Shingen's war banner into sound. "月夜の伽" (Moonlit Vigil) is achingly beautiful. "いとをかし" (How Delightful) uses classical Japanese vocabulary.
"葉洩れ陽" (Sunlight Through Leaves) and "夕影" (Evening Shadow) track light through a day. "濃艶" (Rich Beauty) closes with opulence. If you want game music steeped in classical Japanese literary sensibility, this soundtrack reads like a Heian-era poetry collection set to music.