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REFLEC BEAT The Reflesia of Eternity - Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.)
The Caligula Effect 2 - Miss Conductor (Regret ver.)
Shredders - For All of You

MATCH 1

The jazzy piano in Lullaby of Outlaws is cool, but I'm not really feeling the aggressive instrument (I can't tell if it's a weird-sounding brass instrument like a trumpet or if it's just a synth) at 0:20 here.

Verga's another one of my favorite discoveries from this year's contest entries. Strong melody and really great harmonic depth with some interesting sounding chords and progressions. The vocals are really good too. I knew I had seen the name rionos before, and as it turns out, she did sing a different song that I had heard before (Stuffing My Pockets Full from Summer Pockets), so it's nice to hear her in another song. I actually think her vocals lend itself even better to this song than to that Summer Pockets song. Another strong example of the kind of complexity in songs that I really enjoy.

MATCH 2

Miss Conductor feels like controlled chaos in a good way. Definitely one of, if not the most frenzied song on the soundtrack. Really love this song with the only exception of something I don't really enjoy as much in this song being 1:28-1:33 because I'm not really a fan of talk-singing in vocals. But like I said, everything else about this song is great.

Worn Out Tapes is very cool too. The synths and drums definitely get me pumped up, and the vocals are good here too. Despite that, though, I think my favorite part of the song might actually be 0:58-1:04 where it's a little calmer. Melodically, it reminds me of some of the lo-fi songs that I really enjoy. The only thing I'm a little lukewarm on is the "o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o" at 1:23. Wish this song would've been in match 3 instead so I could vote for it, but Miss Conductor's a no-brainer here.

MATCH 3

Battle Against the Masked Man has a somewhat unpleasant buildup that leads to some guitar parts that aren't very interesting to me. Certainly not compared to other Mother 3 songs that have more prominent guitar riffs and licks. Fate is the first song that comes to mind, just to give an example.

For All of You isn't particularly interesting to me either, but Battle Against the Masked Man feels slightly grating at times whereas this song doesn't, so I'll pick For All of You.

Miss Conductor (Regret ver.) > Kuraki Koutetsu no Verga (Full ver.) > WORN OUT TAPES > Lullaby of Outlaws >> For All of You > Battle Against The Masked Man