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10 songs that feel like Scars of Time

Matched to Scars of Time by Yasunori Mitsuda on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Scars of Time
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Scars of Time
Yasunori Mitsuda
safe 27/100 intensity 70 BPM
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In a Silent Way — Miles Davis moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100).

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Naima — John Coltrane safe 60 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Boula — Toumani Diabate safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Clair de Lune — Claude Debussy safe 66 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It runs a little hotter at 33/100. Same smooth texture.

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Stella by Starlight — Miles Davis safe 100 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100).

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Flamingo — Clifford Brown safe 100 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

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Romance in D Flat Major — Jean Sibelius safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Measured 90% alike.

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God Bless the Child — Kenny Burrell safe 70 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It sits a little calmer at 20/100. Same smooth texture.

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Naima — Lee Morgan safe 110 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100).

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Dizzy's Business — Dizzy Gillespie moderate 115 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Scars of Time” by Yasunori Mitsuda?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “In a Silent Way” by Miles Davis, “Naima” by John Coltrane, “Boula” by Toumani Diabate — the top match scores 96% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Scars of Time”?

It measures 27/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 70 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 83% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 27/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 96% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype1/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

1999 in context

The 304 songs we’ve measured from 1999 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity27
Dynamics67
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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