Yoko Kanno and Hajime Mizoguchi trading off compositions on a 90s sci-fi romance soundtrack. That alone should be enough. "Kin'iro no Toki Nagarete" opens with Akino Arai's voice doing that ethereal thing she does so well, Kanno's arrangement underneath shimmering like something half-remembered.
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Mizoguchi handles the quieter instrumental pieces, tracks like "Wounded Wings" and "Empty Sky" that feel suspended in amber. Then "Ring" hits with Gabriela Robin vocals (yes, that Gabriela Robin) and the whole mood shifts into something cosmic.
The subtitle literally translates to "Prayer from the Moon" and that's exactly what this sounds like. If you need proof that 90s anime soundtracks were operating on another level, start here.