Canta per me in Japanese still absolutely wrecks you. Yuki Kajiura composed the NOIR soundtrack in 2001 and this album collects alternate versions and remixes that hit just as hard as the originals. Salva nos in the dialogue remix version layers in voice clips from the show over that driving choral arrangement, and it works way better than it should.
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Coppelia's Coffin gets three different versions here and each one reframes the melody completely, the hyper remix turning it into something almost danceable. The church track strips everything back to reverb and space. Just haunting.
Lullaby in Japanese carries this weight the original version only hinted at. If you already love Kajiura's work on NOIR, this album is the deep cut you've been missing.