Touhou 17.5: Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow - Beware the Umbrella Left There Forever
Shin Megami Tensei IV - Tokyo
SimCity 4 - Epicentre
-- Match 1: Apex of the World (Rain) vs. Beware the Umbrella Left There Forever --
Strong match here, I've liked Apex of the World for a while, possibly not as much as DSHN but it's a really solid climactic FE theme without being *too* clichd. But tbh today I'm liking this song a bit less than I usually do, and liking this remix of BtULTF more every time I hear it. It's probably not my favourite version of the song still, but it's pretty and I like how much and how little it changes the super strong melody of the original.
-- Match 2: The Sunleth Waterscape vs. Tokyo --
Sunleth Waterscape is a pretty vocal song. Not super complicated or stand-out to me, but pretty. Tokyo just feels like it should go the full way in its darkness into . Well . NeoTokyo, but I love the kinda screechy guitar and synths, it adds a lot of layers to it. Also this is a short song, wow. Think I'm gonna give it to Tokyo for being more memorable with the time it had.
-- Match 3: Banbard (Chroma Remix) vs. Epicentre --
Celtic music! No wonder this song is in the contest two separate times. I do tend to be a bit of a sucker for semi-chiptune music, and this has a strong lead, but it gets a bit repetitive to me. Mind you, the bridge is really nice. Okay, and points for the funky piano. Certainly a strong piece, really like a rhythm composer arranged a very B8core song. Epicentre's just become a bit of a classic at this point to me. So beautiful, man. Really sets a scene. Can't believe this song hasn't retired yet, lol. Don't quote me on this, but these two miight be the strongest of the day. Hard to say.