Yoshiaki Dewa - Soshite, Ai [ Nagi no Asukara / A lull in the Sea ]

I know I originally said there would be 3 uploads, but it was after the first upload that I noticed this song as well, and decided to keep this as the weekly upload too.

This track, like Surinukeri Kokoro, gives a really good amount of time building up to the main part. Throughout the track it slowly builds up on the intensity and desperation feelings. Its a really good "Shock" moments type of track in my opinion, slowly building up to that moment and then in an instant hits you hard. One really good aspect of this track are the those female vocal sounds. They are really charming in the start, but at the end intense moment they really add up to the intensity. There appear to be some sort of words in the middle of the track in those vocals, but I am not sure if there actually are any lyrics or not.

The track starts off right with those rapid piano notes. And the way they are played, makes it feel like there's a second layer behind those main rapid piano notes. This second layer slowly comes in and kind of slowly desyncs from the main piano tune of the start. You can start hearing those second layer notes from ardoun 0:09 and the desync becomes much more apparent around 0:25 as this prologue of the track ends, and then at at 0:46 those front main notes end. Its a pretty unique thing which I can't recall if I have heard before, quite a nice way with piano.
Once this part almost ends, at 0:55 the cellos are added adding a bit more of a depth to the track with their slow, low pitch and heaviness. The pianos quite soon pick up after that and the track more or less follows a similar pattern. The vocals at this place also come more on the front line.

At 1:26 the violins also come in playing a steady tune as well as a nice tune at 1:35 with that slight tune played along side the steady notes. At 1:45, the vocals seem to change pace to sing some sort of lyrics, but as I said before, am not sure whether these actually are japanese or any other language or not. However, it is at this part that the track starts picking up phase. This 1:45 to 2:04 part feels to be like that of a transition to the main tune. Its devoid of any cellos or violins, only vocals and the pianos in the background till 2:04. At 2:04, the violins and cellos are added back and this time the track really quicly starts picking up pace. From 2:13, the violins become more apparent and there are those very short violin (or cello) notes in the background recurring at regular intervals. I really like this way of changing the phase. The vocals remain consistent with the previous parts and kind of lyrics if any, till 2:32. The entire track goes into its final piece of intense music. A deep bass is added to the track for those heavy emotions and there is a change of violin and cello notes really complementing the overall heaviness and emotional feeling in the atmosphere really really well. The pianos themselves become very rapid adding to the "desperation" feeling as well as intensity of the situation. The vocals also change their flow into, well something that adds more sadness and emotion to the track but not exactly something I can describe. If anything, I really loved the vocals at this part much more than I did in any other part. They are just beautiful at this section.

The track is quite long compared to the main section near the end, however its not something I disliked. It flows really well throughout and the music is just lovely with its intensity near the end breathtaking. Truly an amazing piece.

Our rating of this track: 8/10
Overall rating of this anime in terms of its background music : 9.5/10
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PS: Updating the text file for previous shows. I know its been a long time I did that and I promised to do that two times before :p Doing it for surely now. Should be updated in next 15 minutes or so.