this rocks! Love your guitar use and the extra atmosphere from the birds. I could visualize Nozomi watching afar from the flower shop as Ryo obsessively follows his quest astride his motorcycle, never stopping to see what he’s missing.

Fantastic melo/lead work as always.. also cool usage of the "agony" sample!!

ah, pretty... there's some real nice development in the middle there, giving this a good arc in miniature

happy to see you were able to enter this day!

nozomi is the name of a shinkansen so I pictured a dejected looking train sadly speeding down the rail.

all the elements in your track gel together really nicely, the triple meter, the backing chords, the wistful melody. I also like how detailed the accompaniment is!

really nice use of samples to fill things out here, that little 'hmmmm' in the background is delicious.

I wanted to mention - the birds in this set were fun for me to hear because it was a recording from my phone taken at some ruins I appreciated. This helped transport me to another time when I heard them in this context. And I'm a big Shenmue fan so lots to love

<3 wow... great sample! thanks for enjoying the tune