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Albums: Dwelling of Duels: Forest vs. Jungle Month (May 2025)

Stepping Softly Through The Sycamore

Artist(s): A.C. Menes, donut, Joshua Iyer, lobby
Game(s): Final Fantasy 9
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Reviews

  1. cyrilthewolf
    May 30, 2025

    This is such a cool almost like Songs from The Wood but really sedate. The wind portions of the arrangement are so intelligent and strongly played it’s really awesome.

    This really feels like it was at a random jam sesh but the arrangement is so intelligent it’s unreal. – Recorded very cleanly 🙂

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  2. emeraldarcana
    May 31, 2025

    Really nice woodwinds and harp arrangement. Everything is well performed and really well mixed, and it’s really focused as well – I actually really like this one.

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  3. slowlycrushed
    May 31, 2025

    Taking me to a very pleasant place here. Love the pizzicato. Beautiful instrumentation choices. Wish it was a little longer. It’s a very relaxing piece with a very easy to listen to production. Thank you!

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  4. TheManPF
    May 31, 2025

    Crisp acoustic recording. Love the pizzas, they’re always a great touch especially in a soft song like this. The woodwind ensemble is fantastic and subdued in a good way, the panning is maybe a liiittle too severe but it works. Arrangement is a little samey but I chalk it up to source choice.

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  5. deluxdolemite
    May 31, 2025

    Nice acoustic shift to calm it down a bit. Very nice feel of the flute and clarinet against the acoustic guitar and the pizz strings. All the colors continue to blend together nicely even as the strings move to arco from pizz. Bass clarinet may be a touch too overpowering, especially given the low register. Overall, the balance and tradeoffs between the different instruments is beautifully handled

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  6. .minusworld
    May 31, 2025

    Very pretty! Cool instrumentation, flute and oboe(?). And the acoustic. I don’t have much to say about this one. Very solid all around. No mix notes, playing is great.

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  7. tremendouz
    May 31, 2025

    Lovely performances here. Mix feels a little unglued with the winds being a little upfront and “on top” while the arpeggiating backing guitar feels more pushed back so there’s a little disconnect there. The performances are, however, carrying the whole so props for that.

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  8. Naop
    June 1, 2025

    Lovely and cozy entry! I think my only complaint is that’s it’s short, but I really like the overall atmosphere and simplicity. All performers did great in this one.

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  9. jnwake
    June 1, 2025

    I love this source! Arrangement here seems very conservative, kind of a remaster to the original. Honestly can’t find much to say, recordings and performances are great. Good job!

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