I relate a lot to Echo and Arches... Coming from a broken and abandoned town in the middle of nowhere in northern Mexico, with countless ghost stories and legends. And as someone who's been dealing with Schizophrenia his entire life, paired with the emotional and physical abuse caused by an equally broken family, I left that town 5 years ago so that I wouldn't end up like the rest of them, or worse. The PTSD and DID that that God forsaken town left me with turned into what I can only describe as Echoes. And this story, this music, as triggering as they were 90% of the time and sending me to tears and anxiety attacks, when reaching the ending and hearing this beautiful music, I felt complete. Like I could finally give my own story, my own Echoes, a fitting end. Music is my main source of healing. It helps me feel, it helps me understand those feelings, and it helps me accept my past tied to those feelings so that they don't affect my present, and your music, this piece especially, has done exactly that at a great scale. Thank you EP for the great story. And thank you Moe for this beautiful melody 💙
i was recently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, I've been experiencing psychosis since i was a kid, it came back strong when arches was released, it was a comfort to know I wasn't alone, I relate to Cam a lot, hell, my fursona is even a coyote, im a junkie lost in the world, didn't have the best childhood, poor family and such. arches is most likely the best depiction of schizophrenia I've ever seen
I know it has been a while since you posted this, I'm sorry that you went through all that. Personally I can't really relate,but I just want you to know that I hope you're doing great! Sincerely!
Your music was fantastic for this novel. I cried so much at this ending. Thank you for sharing your beautiful talent. You, Howly, and Paintfox deserve a huge applause. All of you outdid yourself here. I thank you again for help making such a beautiful story ❤
That's the best part about it. Arches was a story about how our pasts never leave us. It's about the lengths people are willing to go for things. It's about losing everything. But it's also about overcoming the past. It's about succeeding in your most desperate hour. It's about finding salvation and meaning after everything gets turned on its head. It destroys you, but it gives you what every good tragedy should give you: satisfaction and hope.
Awesome track as always. It's almost as nostalgic as "Yearning"/"Still Yearning". I adore the piano notes that gradually appear. I'm definitely not ready for Arches' last build!! 😆
This song fucked me up ;w; I still get washed with tears no matter how many times I listen to this track. Your work was splendid for Arches and I'm eternally appreciative of everyone's collaborative effort in crafting such a powerful narrative. I'll forever hold this album and VN near and dear to my heart 🤍❤🖤
i finally finished reading arches, and when this song started playing, it broke me. what a beautiful song to send off a beautifully heartbreaking story.
gosh.. this is such a beautiful song, it really ties everything together at the end. words can never explain how much this game and the music means to me
I was holding teras when playing final build, but when this track came, I just... broke... like a dam, I havent cry like that in my entire life. When I finally ended I got up... and immediately sat down again starting next crying fit. I was currently alone at home, so no one could hear me, so I just let it all out and after some time went to sleep. The next days were... different, I finally accepted something I should have long time ago: that you can't change everything, you can't go back to some thing no matter how hard you try, because you are different person whatsoever. It was harsh at first, but after some time? I think I needed that Thanks Moe and all EP team for that :')
Same for me with both this and Echo. The good ending is not always the way I want it to be and it takes time to realise what exactly is good about it. For both these games (and I'm talking Leo's good ending for Echo, to be clear) it was that no matter how much you lose, how scarred and bruised you end up, there are still people by your side, there are realizations of your wrongs and there is hope for future, for opportunities to grow stronger and become at least a bit happy after surviving the hell you went through. Also, in these VN's we don't see the entirety of our beloved characters' lives. Only (relatively) short, immensely impactful fragments of them and highlights which last for maybe a week, maybe a few years. These are just some of the chapters , and the stories of their lives are far longer than just that
I think I really need to prepare myself tenfold before officially start reading/playing Arches, Echo really did gave me an emotional Rollercoaster. Really love your new track
Ok I don't have the proper knowledge or vocab, to accurately describe this piece of art, but, I LOVE how beautifully you created this last piece by varying the main theme, first by keeping it with a guitar, then adding piano and violins, to finally evolve into this synth background with again guitar main tetrad but played in a higher tone to give it this hopeful sound. AND THAT SEND OFF WITH THAT SAME SLIGHTLY SUSTAINED TETRAD. This is just a MAGICAL piece. Just as Arches was this start of a journey, Bridges is its conclusion in aural form. Coupled with entirety of the last chapter, bridges sent me deeply into tears. Your music is joy to listen to. Thank you 🙏
Sometimes, you have to go through bridges good and bad, through it all comes a learning experience. So that You, will find the right bridge to cross... to the place you truly deserved, where the One knew You need it . 🙏💙🌌
I am so glad to see i wasn't the only one to notice! Multiple leitmotifs of the more iconic songs of the series being used in this song really drives home the finale of Arches! Only thing that would have made this better is a reference to Still Yearning!
Thank you Moe from the bottom of my heart for all the work you’ve done on Arches. It’s a VN that means so much to me and is so personal, and your music absolutely made the experience ten times more emotional and engaging. I cried when this track came on during the credits. I’m very grateful for your music and look forward to listening to future releases from you. 💖💖💖
Such a gorgeous song, this really pulled at my heart strings! It sounds like what it feels like in my head when I'm out in the nature of Colorado. I started Arches but it's so dark I don't think I can play it, but at least it pointed me to your music!
I've been listening to this song every night before going to sleep since it came out. Your music helps me relax, and I think I will never get sick of it.
Why is this giving me so much of Mono- & Polychrome along with Clockwork? Why does this make me wanna cry so badly? I haven't even played the build yet, and I already want to start crying.
Only finished Arches a few hours ago but I still can't get over how beautiful and fitting this, and all of your other tracks were for this vn. Keep up the great work! ❤
Amazing work as always Moe! I'm so hyped to hear this in Arches and can't wait to see how everything ends. Your music conveys the tones and thoughts of the characters perfectly regardless of what game its in. Keep up the awesome work! Super excited to hear whats next from you!
I can't stop listening to this song and others from you. Thank you for your work on Arches and other VNs, you elevate the games so much with your soundtracks. I hope to listen to more from you, and I wish you the best.
I also spent my childhood addicted to drugs, which almost destroyed my whole life, my relationships, and I couldn't even communicate with people anymore, leaving me alone and empty My mother left me when I was very young, and I just kept complaining in my head about why she gave me birth. I've lived my whole life thinking about suicide, and I've become disgusted with myself
Suffering cannot be a teacher. When the dust has settled, when all the words have been spoken and our memories are all that is left to remind us, there is nothing we can learn from suffering; it can only change us. It is the compassion we show to each other and ourselves, an acceptance of who we have become, and the strength it takes to make every step (and misstep) along the way, that we learn to grow with our new selves; to build bridges both new and old.
Is there a chance we'll get this song plus other tracks from Arches (and your other work) on Bandcamp, or even streaming platforms? I absolutely adore your music, but listening in UA-cam is currently the only way I have to listen to these tracks. Thank you in advanced.
I relate a lot to Echo and Arches... Coming from a broken and abandoned town in the middle of nowhere in northern Mexico, with countless ghost stories and legends. And as someone who's been dealing with Schizophrenia his entire life, paired with the emotional and physical abuse caused by an equally broken family, I left that town 5 years ago so that I wouldn't end up like the rest of them, or worse. The PTSD and DID that that God forsaken town left me with turned into what I can only describe as Echoes. And this story, this music, as triggering as they were 90% of the time and sending me to tears and anxiety attacks, when reaching the ending and hearing this beautiful music, I felt complete. Like I could finally give my own story, my own Echoes, a fitting end.
Music is my main source of healing. It helps me feel, it helps me understand those feelings, and it helps me accept my past tied to those feelings so that they don't affect my present, and your music, this piece especially, has done exactly that at a great scale. Thank you EP for the great story. And thank you Moe for this beautiful melody 💙
This is beautifully wrote. I wish the best for you for the future.
i was recently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, I've been experiencing psychosis since i was a kid, it came back strong when arches was released, it was a comfort to know I wasn't alone, I relate to Cam a lot, hell, my fursona is even a coyote, im a junkie lost in the world, didn't have the best childhood, poor family and such.
arches is most likely the best depiction of schizophrenia I've ever seen
thank you for sharing your sight of our world but yours truly, fluffy friend
I know it has been a while since you posted this, I'm sorry that you went through all that. Personally I can't really relate,but I just want you to know that I hope you're doing great! Sincerely!
@redpanda6453 It's hard, but I'm slowly working through it. Reading comments like these really helps me out, so thank you so much.
Till we’re both 110.
Not until they're 110 after all 😭😭
Your music was fantastic for this novel. I cried so much at this ending. Thank you for sharing your beautiful talent. You, Howly, and Paintfox deserve a huge applause. All of you outdid yourself here. I thank you again for help making such a beautiful story ❤
MY HEART.
STOP REMINDING ME OF THE ENDING IT WAS SO GOOD BUT MY HEART CANT HANDLE IT.
Not the part where bear guy got stuck with "cameron" in his head in an alternative universe
This one destroys me…
That's the best part about it. Arches was a story about how our pasts never leave us. It's about the lengths people are willing to go for things. It's about losing everything. But it's also about overcoming the past. It's about succeeding in your most desperate hour. It's about finding salvation and meaning after everything gets turned on its head. It destroys you, but it gives you what every good tragedy should give you: satisfaction and hope.
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Awesome track as always. It's almost as nostalgic as "Yearning"/"Still Yearning". I adore the piano notes that gradually appear. I'm definitely not ready for Arches' last build!! 😆
Have tissues ready. It’s really fantastic
Divine and beautiful - the reverb, the structure, the layering 🔥
This song fucked me up ;w; I still get washed with tears no matter how many times I listen to this track. Your work was splendid for Arches and I'm eternally appreciative of everyone's collaborative effort in crafting such a powerful narrative. I'll forever hold this album and VN near and dear to my heart 🤍❤🖤
i finally finished reading arches, and when this song started playing, it broke me. what a beautiful song to send off a beautifully heartbreaking story.
gosh.. this is such a beautiful song, it really ties everything together at the end. words can never explain how much this game and the music means to me
I was holding teras when playing final build, but when this track came, I just... broke...
like a dam, I havent cry like that in my entire life. When I finally ended I got up... and immediately sat down again starting next crying fit. I was currently alone at home, so no one could hear me, so I just let it all out and after some time went to sleep. The next days were... different, I finally accepted something I should have long time ago: that you can't change everything, you can't go back to some thing no matter how hard you try, because you are different person whatsoever. It was harsh at first, but after some time? I think I needed that
Thanks Moe and all EP team for that :')
Exactly. Arches had a really great message, and the ending was so great because of that!
Same for me with both this and Echo.
The good ending is not always the way I want it to be and it takes time to realise what exactly is good about it.
For both these games (and I'm talking Leo's good ending for Echo, to be clear) it was that no matter how much you lose, how scarred and bruised you end up, there are still people by your side, there are realizations of your wrongs and there is hope for future, for opportunities to grow stronger and become at least a bit happy after surviving the hell you went through.
Also, in these VN's we don't see the entirety of our beloved characters' lives.
Only (relatively) short, immensely impactful fragments of them and highlights which last for maybe a week, maybe a few years.
These are just some of the chapters , and the stories of their lives are far longer than just that
Thank you.
I will never get tired of your music. Every time you release a track you make my week.
I love when music evokes a feeling I can't even begin to describe. Thank you for yet another wonderful piece!
I think I really need to prepare myself tenfold before officially start reading/playing Arches, Echo really did gave me an emotional Rollercoaster. Really love your new track
Ok I don't have the proper knowledge or vocab, to accurately describe this piece of art, but, I LOVE how beautifully you created this last piece by varying the main theme, first by keeping it with a guitar, then adding piano and violins, to finally evolve into this synth background with again guitar main tetrad but played in a higher tone to give it this hopeful sound. AND THAT SEND OFF WITH THAT SAME SLIGHTLY SUSTAINED TETRAD. This is just a MAGICAL piece. Just as Arches was this start of a journey, Bridges is its conclusion in aural form.
Coupled with entirety of the last chapter, bridges sent me deeply into tears. Your music is joy to listen to. Thank you 🙏
Sometimes, you have to go through bridges good and bad, through it all comes a learning experience. So that You, will find the right bridge to cross... to the place you truly deserved, where the One knew You need it . 🙏💙🌌
Ah, the Arches motif... Monochrome...
And a small touch of what sounds like pines neat the end.
I am so glad to see i wasn't the only one to notice! Multiple leitmotifs of the more iconic songs of the series being used in this song really drives home the finale of Arches! Only thing that would have made this better is a reference to Still Yearning!
Cant wait to see your stuff in AAA/Movies/anything man. You deserve so much recognition for your work it's beyond words to fully articulate why.
Thank you Moe from the bottom of my heart for all the work you’ve done on Arches. It’s a VN that means so much to me and is so personal, and your music absolutely made the experience ten times more emotional and engaging. I cried when this track came on during the credits. I’m very grateful for your music and look forward to listening to future releases from you. 💖💖💖
Such a gorgeous song, this really pulled at my heart strings! It sounds like what it feels like in my head when I'm out in the nature of Colorado. I started Arches but it's so dark I don't think I can play it, but at least it pointed me to your music!
I've been listening to this song every night before going to sleep since it came out. Your music helps me relax, and I think I will never get sick of it.
And so, the tale comes to a close.
Thank you
Why is this giving me so much of Mono- & Polychrome along with Clockwork?
Why does this make me wanna cry so badly?
I haven't even played the build yet, and I already want to start crying.
another song by anthemics? immediate like and playlist save, no other questions
Only finished Arches a few hours ago but I still can't get over how beautiful and fitting this, and all of your other tracks were for this vn. Keep up the great work! ❤
Amazing work as always Moe! I'm so hyped to hear this in Arches and can't wait to see how everything ends. Your music conveys the tones and thoughts of the characters perfectly regardless of what game its in. Keep up the awesome work! Super excited to hear whats next from you!
Pretty relaxing
Your so a legend
I can't stop listening to this song and others from you. Thank you for your work on Arches and other VNs, you elevate the games so much with your soundtracks. I hope to listen to more from you, and I wish you the best.
I also spent my childhood addicted to drugs, which almost destroyed my whole life, my relationships, and I couldn't even communicate with people anymore, leaving me alone and empty
My mother left me when I was very young, and I just kept complaining in my head about why she gave me birth.
I've lived my whole life thinking about suicide, and I've become disgusted with myself
Recovery is always possible. I hope you one day are in a better place, and even if I'm a stranger, I'm rooting for you.
No matter what way i try to listen to it, it just gives me Minecraft good ol' days nostalgia ngl
The alt ending was....as appropriate to echo, sad but in a beautiful way.
alt ending?
I fell in love, thanks for sharing your talent.
God, I love your music's so much, never stop creating
Thank you howly
This is so beautiful dude!
always good to see you upload
Suffering cannot be a teacher. When the dust has settled, when all the words have been spoken and our memories are all that is left to remind us, there is nothing we can learn from suffering; it can only change us.
It is the compassion we show to each other and ourselves, an acceptance of who we have become, and the strength it takes to make every step (and misstep) along the way, that we learn to grow with our new selves; to build bridges both new and old.
The end...
The bridges that i have to burn...
Are these going to be offered for sale anywhere? I'd love to compensate you for it rather then rip it from the game files or youtube.
You wish has been heard. The artist just published the OST album. You can buy this song on their Bandcamp now
imsobbing
I want guitar tutorial for this song and Still yearning
Is there a chance we'll get this song plus other tracks from Arches (and your other work) on Bandcamp, or even streaming platforms? I absolutely adore your music, but listening in UA-cam is currently the only way I have to listen to these tracks. Thank you in advanced.
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Gosh, this is beautiful. Amazing job, Moe