Yuki Kajiura doing what Yuki Kajiura does best: making you feel like reality is folding in on itself. "Nightmare Ballet" is exactly what it sounds like, all sinister grace and twisted elegance. "Holly Quintet" brings this desperate, soaring energy that hits different when you know what happens.
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"Absolute Configuration" builds into something so intense it feels physically heavy. The quieter tracks like "Once We Were" carry this aching sweetness that the film keeps weaponizing against you. "Flame Of Despair" is pure emotional devastation set to strings and choir.
Every piece knows exactly where the knife goes. You don't even need to have seen the movie for this to wreck you, but it helps.