Sorry to differ but as much as I love Myrath, this is absolutely wrong. Yuki Kajiura is a very talented composer and she got inspiration from her trips around the world. That's why you can hear celtic, western, spanish, asian, gothic, aristocratic, rock and among others, arabic influences. But just because Myrath do arabic music doesn't mean that anyone doing arabic music copied them on purpose. Just like using E.G doesn't mean that it's Myrath's signature. Yuki Kajiura happens to have a very distinct style and doesn't seem to - should I say doesn't need to- be influenced by other modern composers. Unlike some composers, she doesn't hire on youtube and doesn't seem to be connected to the "world of composers", so I'm not even sure that she knows Myrath. You're talking about "Forever and a Day" (2010) and "Under Siege" (2011). Now listen to her "Destination" by FictionJunction (2005) which is a song with E.G and world strings. Listen to her "in a foreign town" (2004) and "Yami no Butou" (2004), BGMs with arabic/middle eastern influences. There is much more examples from early years, but since you are not comparing them to Myrath you can also give a try to "the battle is to the strong" (2012), "I beg you" by Aimer (2019), "Wonderland" by Aimer (2021)... And it's only one style among others that Kajiura is perfectly able to nail. Having started in 1993, she has more than 2200 tracks and >4days of music. What I mean here is that you shouldn't be surprised if she comes in your playground - or was here before. This is not exclusively Myrath's style, this is world music, like a sandbox to make experiments 🙂
Thank you for your feedback. It's not. I am not going to say that this song sounds exactly like it, nor am I going to accuse you of that. I don't feel any passion, respect or knowledge of Arabic music when it comes to this song. It's just a handy imitation of the way Myrath and other musicians do it. Japanese people don't get it, so I guess that's enough. At least that's what it sounds like to me. If Ms. Kajiura is, as you say, a person who has traveled the world and studied and been inspired by the music of many different countries, I don't know why she would have made such a crude and frivolous arrangement. If I'm wrong about her, that's probably the reason.
