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Persona 3 Reload - Its Going Down Now
Temtem - Arbury Whistles
Mario Kart 8 - Mario Kart 8

MATCH 1

I haven't heard a lot of the Reload soundtrack, but It's Going Down Now was a song I decided to check out on a whim when I saw it recommended to me on Youtube, and I'm glad I did because it was a huge hit with me! The Mass Destruction callback is really cool. I like the piano chords during the rap parts a lot. But definitely my favorite part of the song is the chorus. The vocal melody is really good here, especially the ones on "disturbing the peace" and other lines. The piano makes for a good layer of sound underneath the vocals and the drums are similarly complementing. This is my runner-up for A4 retiree, and I really wish I could've retired this song in my favorites bracket because it's really good.

Shop Demo's alright. It doesn't really stand out to me for the most part. That last minute or so of the song is pretty cool though! Still, not nearly enough to beat its opponent unfortunately.

MATCH 2

Arbury Whistles is very cozy with the flute lead! I like its folky melody a lot. The violin accompaniment that comes in midway through the song is very nice too.

Farde Mal Diavolo has some very cool layering with the multiple vocal tracks and other instruments included in the mix. You'd think that from that description, this song would be the clear pick from me, but it's actually not. Melodically, I don't find myself getting into a lot of the song. The best parts are the intro and the part that comes after it and parts like 1:14. But that whole middle section kind of loses my interest. Still a good match! I just think Arbury Whistles is more consistently good.

MATCH 3

Mario Kart 8 (song) has some cool melodic stuff going on. My favorite part is 0:07-0:34 with the brass melody and the electric guitar.

side A isn't really my kind of song. The first half of the song actually isn't all that bad. There's a handful of parts of the song where the melody seems decent in isolation. It does get considerably more grating to me past the 6-minute or so mark though.

It's Going Down Now > Arbury Whistles > Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come- > Mario Kart 8 > Shop Demo > side A