Mid-2000s visual novel piano that actually makes you feel something. Sora to Kioku no Kanata's soundtrack is pure slice-of-life softness with these occasional sharp emotional turns that catch you off guard. "Calm Daily Life" does exactly what it promises, gentle synth and piano looping in the background, but then "Shadow" drops in with this darker tone that shifts everything.
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The piano arrange versions of "Small Wish" and "Kiseki" strip the tracks down to their emotional core and somehow hit harder than the originals. "Contradictory Thought" has this restless quality. Really good at capturing that bittersweet VN feeling without being generic about it.
If you dig emotional PC visual novel soundtracks from that era, this delivers.