
Originally composed by Mitsuda Yasunori as his fifth main work, I have no fears or quarrels in simply stating their beauty as timeless. This is music at its best: identification and evocation twisting around each other like snakes, creating synthesis from mutual understanding.Ĭhrono Cross is frequently cited by its fans as having one of the greatest soundtracks of all time, and as of quite recently, I’d include myself among those fans. What I needed was someone to tell me that it was okay to be wrong, and this is exactly what “Guldove (Another World)” accomplished. In that moment, I didn’t need to be told that I was right, because I wasn’t. This isn’t what judgement sounds like it’s what I’ve known empathy to be. And as Serge slowly walks through this floating village, I am met by a lone guitar, plucked with absolute adherence to our shared fragility. Many times, we have the ability to recognize our failings, but so often we fall short of permanent change. I looked at my life and my flaws, and as much as I wished I weren’t, I knew that I was capable of this. I was Tony Kushner writing Louis into Angels in America.
Was he having a panic attack? Does he mean to leave her entirely? A silent protagonist won’t say.īut I made the decision.

Kid saved their lives and yet, when she needs him the most, Serge runs away. He has decided to abandon Kid, who lies wracked with pain from the lethal toxin that spreads throughout her body. Serge stands alone in a failing attempt to numb himself.
