Strings scraping in dissonance like something breathing in a dark room. Rule of Rose's score by Yutaka Minobe is performed entirely by the Tokyo Chamber Music Society Orchestra, no electronics whatsoever, which makes it feel uncomfortably alive.
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"Bullying" layers pizzicato and tremolo strings into this anxious, nursery-rhyme-gone-wrong atmosphere. "Piano Etude I" is the central motif, a delicate waltz that carries the weight of the whole story's cruelty and loneliness.
"A Love Suicide" closes the collection with devastating restraint, a vocal theme that barely holds itself together. Just six tracks on this selection, but each one drips with dread and beauty in equal measure. If you've ever wanted a soundtrack that genuinely unsettles you, this is it.