It's interesting to have differnt vibes in one Soundtrack... Went from sounding like going on an adventure, then to some intence Dulcimer playing, to some sort of Experimental Soundtrack.. Very interesting to hear all the different Instruments!
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Yeah, it's 3 separate pieces for 3 parts of a story if you have time to read it, it's up above or on the project page, but the streaming version is just all 3 combined for easy listening - the boat ride is the first part, but I decided to continue the story after the boat ride, which are parts 2 and 3.
The intense part is intentional, there was an encounter with the Yakuza, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza which are basically japanese gangsters / crime lords... you can think of them like a Japanese mafia. They've been around for centuries.
The Dulcimer instrument you mention is actually a koto, a traditional Japanese instrument, also has been around for centuries, maybe even more than a millennia 0_o : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)
The experimental soundtrack you mention is actually mostly Enka music, another Japanese music genre with a long history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enka