Slight Distress

Slight Distress
Album	City of Winds and Idylls
Disc	1
Disc	1
Number	23
Number	23
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Slight Distress is a soundtrack from the album City of Winds and Idylls.

It was first featured in an animated cutscene from the Archon Quest Knights of Favonius, a dialogue scene in Wild Escape, and later in various Story Quest scenes.

Soundtrack Usage

Quests

Archon Quests

• Prologue
  • Act I: The Outlander Who Caught the Wind
    • Knights of Favonius (cutscene and dialogue)
  • Act II: For a Tomorrow Without Tears
    • Wild Escape
    • Behind the Scenes
• Chapter I
  • Act III: A New Star Approaches
    • The Fond Farewell
  • Act IV: We Will Be Reunited
    • Dishonorable Trial
• Chapter II
  • Act I: The Immovable God and the Eternal Euthymia
    • A Flower Blooms in a Prison
• Chapter III
  • Act V: Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Rises
    • Jnagarbha Day
• Song of the Welkin Moon
  • Act I: A Dance of Snowy Tides and Hoarfrost Groves
    • In the Shadows of Night
• Interlude Chapter
  • Act III: Inversion of Genesis
    • The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call

Story Quests

• Carmen Dei Chapter (Venti)
  • Act I: Should You Be Trapped in a Windless Land
    • Should You Be Trapped in a Windless Land
• Cisoria Chapter (Chiori)
  • Act I: When They Talk About Tonight
    • Stained Spots
• Crystallina Chapter (Skirk)
  • Act I: Whispers Betwixt Stars and Night
    • Special Training
• Dracaena Somnolenta Chapter (Sangonomiya Kokomi)
  • Act I: Warriors' Dreams Like Spring Grass Renewing
    • Victory Banquet
• Draco Rubedo Chapter (Durin)
  • Act I: The Magic Known as Storytelling
    • Fate's Accursed Wiles
    • The Solution of Fate
• Ignis Purgatorius Chapter (Arlecchino)
  • Act I: When the Hearth-Flame Goes Out
    • Birds in a Cage
• Monoceros Caeli Chapter (Tartaglia)
  • Act I: Mighty Cyclops' Adventure!
    • Defender of Childhood Dreams
• Nereides Chapter (Sigewinne)
  • Act I: The Warmth of Lies
    • Switcheroo
• Pomum de Ambra Chapter (Emilie)
  • Act I: Floral Debt, Blood Due
    • Top Note: Floral Debt
• Rapperia Chapter (Clorinde)
  • Act I: Silent Night
    • Vanquishing Phantoms
• Sapientia Oromasdis Chapter (Nahida)
  • Act I: Lingering Warmth
    • Dream of Falling
• Taurus Iracundus Chapter (Arataki Itto)
  • Act I: Rise Up, Golden Soul
    • The Oni's Pride
• Vultur Volans Chapter (Alhaitham)
  • Act I: The Illusions of the Mob
    • A Thorough Investigation

Events

• Fabulous Fungus Frenzy
  • Act IV: Unfathomable Defenses
• Roses and Muskets
  • Act III: The Lone Isle Glimpsed Through Fog
    • The Lone Isle Glimpsed Through Fog
• Summertide Scales and Tales
  • Page III: Until the End of the World
• Springtime Charms
  • Second Stanza: The Funeral Parlor Has No Master, Yujing Terrace Calls the Troops
• Soulblazers' Snowbound Journey
  • Part II: Now's No Time for Tears
    • Now's No Time for Tears

Domains

• Heart and Mind (Domain)

Media

City of Winds and Idylls - Disc 1- City of Winds and Idylls｜Genshin Impact

Production Credits

Position	Staff
Composer	Yu-Peng Chen (陈致逸)
Conductor	Robert Ziegler
Orchestra	London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording Studio	AIR Studios
Recording Engineer	Nick Wollage
Pro Tools Engineer	Laurence Anslow
Mixing Engineer	Nick Wollage
Mastering Engineer	John Webber

Trivia

• The following soundtracks share a leitmotif:
  • Slight Distress
  • Forsaken Child of Ancient Times (Dvalin's Nest)

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Slight Distress	—
Chinese (Simplified)	淡淡的不安 Dàndàn de Bù'ān
Chinese (Traditional)	淡淡的不安 Dàndàn de Bù'ān
Japanese	陰陰たる不安 In'in-taru Fuan