To the Land of No Return: A postlude that opens with a minor romanesca and reflects on the opening track.

When Shadows Take Over: the final “let’s explore dark, minor modal mixture” of this album.

Goblins Lurking in the Darkness: the most blatant dungeon synth parody of this album.

Angels Carried Me Away: choral style improvisation with the guitar = PITA.

Crystalline Chaotic Caves: textural exploration, F.Sor etouffez, perhaps a dungeon synth parody or a game cave theme.

Windless Deserted Island: “a first inversion harmony, or a phrygian clausula tenorizans?”

Strong Currents in the Unknown Waters: an arpeggio interlude, this time with dark, minor modal mixture.

It’s Time to Set The Sails: I ripped of an unknown composer’s “Forest Theme” from Terra Incognita, a Net Yaroze demo game.

Goodbye Faraway Peaceful Town: instead of a shepherd in Arcadia, I associate romanesca with town themes.

Revelations in Ancient Tombs: what happens when you apply “chroma”, Gesualdo-style, on a romanesca?

Prelude to a Foreboding: The static use of the arpeggio motive creates tension; “trailer music” vibes.

Autumn Moon Dance: This dance-like motive unfolds in a “minor-variant romanesca”.

Doppelganger Takes Over: The motif is one of my favorite fantasy tropes, albeit rare: it sounds quite dark.

Twilight in the Marshlands: This motif, I feel is rather soundtrack-like, serious and heavy.

Waltz with Me Moose Giants: a chameleon motive, very useful for weaving counterpoint.

Fireflies Circling in the Rain: The flourishing motif changes along with the underlying modes or scales.

Chilly Nights, Quiet Winds: a meandering motive searchs out and seeks, perhaps for a warmer breeze.

False Relations in an English Town: “Dalza’s basse danse meets the english cadence”.

Arpeggiating a single motive results in a deceptively simple prelude. Let’s delve into this audio dungeon - timestamps as a map, motif as a compass.

Welcome dungeon crawling the nylon guitar! Don’t let the pastoral, Arcadian art by Konsta Airisto fool you - here be music theory dragons. Special mention to galant partimento / scale-degree schemata by R. Gjerdingen, G. Sanguinetti & other wizard legends.