I know nothing about Deep Labyrinth that was not covered in the Wikipedia article as I had not heard about this game in any form before coming across the music. So when the Internet via YouTube tells me that this song is called "Altar of Reincarnation," I have no context for what emotions this song is trying to convey with its beautiful piano solo-ness. It was really the first 11 seconds that captured me, just something about how the melody resolves is something that I love to do the times that I have infrequently composed music.
There are more exciting, complicated, and deeper-sounding pieces from this soundtrack, but sometimes I just need to hear a beautiful song on a solo piano. And who better to bring that emotion than Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, the Xenogears and Xenoblade series) in all of its simplicity? I could easily listen to this song on repeat, and I have a few times just while writing today's article. While there may not be a lot of influences from the Chrono series in this particular song, there are times when the rest of the soundtrack sounds a lot like mid-90s Yasunori Mitsuda.
Great song, great album, except that this song does not appear on the one album I could find for Deep Labyrinth, which looks to be just a short sound collection, with only 6 of the 19 tracks. So while there is an official soundtrack, it does not appear to have "Altar of Reincarnation" so I cannot say for certain that this is the official title of the song (but that is what the Internet tells me, so we'll go with that).
I'm Gonna Share My Love With Everyone
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