This is lovely. Music has always been an inspiration and big part of my life and I could tell I was in for something special from the title screen alone. Admittedly, it reminded me of more "modern" music where you're going to find more harps. Songs like Bjork's Moon:
That musically tries to capture the cycles of the moon, both in it's structure and lyrics. The lyrics seem to fit especially well with Minotaur HotelAll rested
As if the healthiest pastime
Is being in life-threatening circumstances
And once again be reborn
Best way to start-a-new is to fail miserably
Fail at loving and fail at giving
Fail at creating a flow then realign the whole
To risk all is the end all and the beginning all
As well as the music of Joanna Newsom:
This song is, from what I gather, about the death of a child, but I think all the imagery of the sea and some lines in particular work well with Asterion before his current situation.And in the trough of the waves,
which are pawing like dogs,
pitch we, pale-faced and grave,
as I write in my log.
Then I hear a noise from the hull,
seven days out to sea.
And it is the damnable bell!
And it tolls — well, I believe that it tolls — it tolls for me.
And it tolls for me.
And darling, we will be fine; but what was yours and mine
appears to me a sandcastle
that the gibbering wave takes.
But if it’s all just the same, then will you say my name;
say my name in the morning, so that I know when the wave breaks.
I wasn’t born of a whistle, or milked from a thistle at twilight.
No; I was all horns and thorns, sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright.
So: enough of this terror.
We deserve to know light,
and grow evermore lighter and lighter.
You would have seen me through,
But I could not undo that desire.
The Lyre is such a beautiful instrument. It hits that same airiness that defines the harp, but in a more ephemeral way. Harps are large. They're a production and are pretty set to where they are. That production also grabs attention, so it's a sort of inward instrument. Lyres seem perfect for storytelling and exchanges over a fire. There's an outward feeling to its form where it seems to underscore a setting. I'll have to check out more of Lina Palera's work to get a better feel, but judging by how subtly complex most tracks are in MiHo (Seikilos Guitar I is so damn good. I cannot state that enough. Just...bliss.) I imagine I'll enjoy it.
Is there a particular place you'd recommend to start with Lina Palera's work?