Track 1. Sound: Wine bottle cork opened, ice cubes in a glass, wine poured.
The party begins.
Track 2. Waltz for the Moon [Final Fantasy VIII // 3:00]
A nice, light waltz to start off the night, as various couples whirl off to the dance floor while others sip wine and gossip.
Track 3. Enigma Variations #1: C.A.E. [Edward Elgar // 1:52]
The theme on which the other variations are based, named for Elgar's wife Alice. This is the introduction for Alicia Catalonia, since her name is very similar to "Alice" and she is the theme on which many of the SnK characters are based: Leon, Emily, Etille, and Dorothy.
Track 4. Pride and Prejudice #1. Mr. Bingley: "A fine concession. Come man, admit it! She's an angel." Elizabeth Bennet: "And as you know he is never wrong."
A good descrition of Alicia (by Meyer Khushrenada perhaps? Or her brother?) and Alicia's thoughts on Etille.
Track 5. Infection [Onitsuka Chihiro // 5:35]
Alicia image song.
Track 6. Pride and Prejudice #2. Mr. Collins: "I have been treated with such affability, such condescenion, as I would never have dared to hope for."
Dermand Etille about Alicia.
Track 7. Enigma Variations #5: R.P.A. [Edward Elgar // 1:55]
Etille's introduction. A melancholy, brooding track named for Richard Arnold, pianist and son of the poet Matthew Arnold. "His conversation which covered serious matters was interrupted by witty remarks."
Track 8. Retrouvailles no Bansan [Lareine // 3:05]
The Dinner of Retrouvailles
A semi-instrumental interlude track with sounds of a dinner party in the background while a medieval sounding dance tune is played.
Track 9. Who Wants to Live Forever [Queen // 5:16]
Etille image song.
Track 10. Rezo [Carlos Ponce // 4:00]
Prayer
Etille and Alicia image song.
Track 11. Enigma Variations #6: Ysobel [Edward Elgar // 1:12]
The Dorothy track. Named for Isobel Fitton, a young viola player, this is a light variation with just enough dignity to it to make it serious.
Track 12. Pride and Prejudice #3. Mrs. Bennet: "I do not see that! Why should I see that? Why should that be?" Glass breaking. Mr. Bennet: "Three of the silliest girls in England." Elizabeth Bennet: "Of all this, I might have been mistress."
This is an exploration of the dynamics of the Catalonia household. The first quote is for Lady Emily and her viewpoint on certain subjects. The second is to introduce the "power trio" of SnK politics: Dorothy, Sylvia, and Relena. They might be young, but they will soon command the respect of the world. And the third is Dorothy, musing on her mother and her inheritance of the Dermail Duchy.
Track 13. Bachelorette [Bjork // 5:15]
Dorothy image song.
Track 14. When You're Alone [Hook // 3:13]
This is kind of a nostalgic song. I imagine a young Dorothy, perhaps 5 or 6 years old, singing it to herself on lonely nights. Growing up without true parents or friends, Dorothy had to learn to make it on her own.
Track 15. Aoi Arashi [Fushigi Yuugi // 5:19]
Blue Storm
Dorothy image song.
Track 16. Sound: Party noises and women laughing
Track 17. Enigma Variations #10: Intermezzo (Dorabella) [Edward Elgar // 2:52]
An airy, spring-like track that fits Sylvia very well. Dorabella was the daughter of the Rector of Wolverhampton.
Track 18. Birds [Sakamoto Maaya // 5:31]
Sylvia image song.
Track 19. Pride and Prejudice #4. Elizabeth Bennet: "I cannot bear to think that he is alive in the world...and thinking ill of me."
Relena's very thoughts on Heero during most of SnK and especially when she meets him again on the Preventers base.
Track 20. Enigma Variations #9: Nimrod [3:52]
Named for AJ Jaeger, Elgar's close friend, Nimrod is the most famous variation that he wrote, due to its sweeping, rich, and intensely beautiful scope. I reserved this last variation for Relena, the main female character of Gundam Wing and SnK, who blossoms and grows from a naive child to a beautiful woman, both inside and out.
Track 21. Winter [Tori Amos // 5:42]
Relena image song.
Track 22. The Promise [When in Rome // 3:42]
Relena image song.
Track 23. Pride and Prejudice #5. Elizabeth Bennet: "Of some delights, I believe a little goes a long way."
What Alicia, Dorothy, Sylvia, and Relena come to believe and the main way they differ from their other noble born counterparts, who believe that amassing great wealth and fame is the way to happiness. These four have a wider world view and a desire to serve others.
Track 24. I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman [Britney Spears // 3:51]
A song to follow up the previous quote for all four ladies. All of them grow and change during the course of the story, even Alicia.
Track 25. It's Just Love [Ooishi Rumi // 3:57]
The Gundam Wing ending theme and the end of the Character Files. Since this is pretty much a Relena song, it's also rather appropriate for the end of the Europe CD.
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