Demon's Souls: Maiden in Black & Character Creation - Hybrid Arrangement

Hybrid arrangement of Maiden in Black/Character Creation from Demon‘s Souls, composed by Shunsuke Kida.

This is one of my favorite VGM tracks of all time and I have been wanting to make a video of this for over six years. The appeal of this track might be hard to put in words for people who have not played this game. It‘s similar to how the Resident Evil Save Room Themes feel in terms of peace and safety, however this one also has a sense of longing and uneasiness to it that never resolves, a neverending circle of emotional states, and that is expressed beautifully in an amazing chord progression.

The game features two versions of it: "Maiden in Black", an orchestral version that plays in the central hub area and features silence between the chords, and then an unnamed and unreleased electronic arrangement heard during the game‘s save file menu and character creation screen. This arrangement is a combination of both of them. It was inspired by the long YouTube videos that feature the same track on repeat for many loops, because this is definitely a contender for such a treatment, and I listened to it myself in such a manner. So I made the extended and evolving arrangement that I would have liked to listen to myself.

Artwork by anonymous, thank you very much.
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