Great feedback, glad you got the waterfall idea in the 3rd song. I feel like I've heard that descending piano motif in water areas in SNES-era JRPGs but failed to find a good reference so I just recreated what I heard in my head. Also, I agree that 10,000 Hinoki Trees could use some brightness, even if I was going for a darker theme. The higher elements are mixed really quietly. Thanks again for listening!
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I’m far from an expert for this, but in the music that I really enjoy I find that bright elements in a dark theme can really emphasise the dark/gloomy feelings from the rest of the instrumentation.
The Dirtmouth theme in Hollow Knight is an excellent example of this, the atmosphere set up by the low sounds get amplified a lot when the high registers come in (just like with the vocals in your track)!