A studio live version of "Third Run" exists and it goes impossibly hard. TalesWeaver's 12th Anniversary collection is five tracks of rearrangements and alternate versions that prove how deep this game's music runs. "Dear my dear" appears twice in completely different contexts, the 必滅の地 version hitting with apocalyptic weight while the イソレット version floats with dreamlike fragility.
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Same melody, totally different emotional impact. "Essence" reaches for something ethereal with vocals that feel like they're dissolving into the sky. "Mirage rhapsody" in its original form has this restless jazz-fusion quality that keeps shifting under you.
Five tracks but honestly more ideas than most full albums. If you thought MMO soundtracks peaked at arrangement albums, TalesWeaver keeps proving otherwise.