This soundtrack is all soft piano and ambient washes that feel like staring out a window you forgot was open. Saihate no Ima is a 2005 Windows visual novel, and the music leans hard into that melancholy atmosphere. "a far song" opens with this gentle vocal melody that just sits in your chest.
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Then you get "Kokoronokakera" doing these delicate piano runs that dissolve into silence, and "Eternal Demise" shifts the whole mood darker without ever getting loud. The inclusion of Satie pieces like Gymnopedie and Gnossienne alongside the original tracks is wild because they actually fit perfectly.
Like everything just floats. If you play VNs for the vibes, this one delivers on atmosphere alone.