Wednesday, August 4, 2021

MIDI Week Singles: "Back Hall" - Amnesia Collection -The Dark Descent- (NS)

 


"Back Hall" from Amnesia: Collection -The Dark Descent- on Linux, OS X, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, & Nintendo Switch (2010 - 2019)
Composer: Mikko Tarmia
Label: Bandcamp
Publisher: Frictional Games
Developer: Frictional Games


This track, when it happens in the game, is the biggest breath of fresh air that I have nearly ever had.  Almost more so when I first played the game back in 2012 because this time around, the flooded archives stage in the game where you have to run through water away from an invisible creature that is chasing you while you try to distract with with rotting body parts and hindering its advance by closing doors behind you caused me a lot more trouble the first time than this time around.  So upon finishing that stage with this music blaring in my ears, coming upon "Back Hall" finally gave me a moment to finally take a breath.

And sometimes that is really all we need in the moment, to just take a moment to really breathe, especially when you realize that you have been holding your breath for the last 15 minutes or taking in such small breathes that when you do take that full lung-full of air, you get tingles on the back of your neck.  That is what this song is like for me.


~JWfW/JDub/The Faceplantman/Jaconian


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