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11) Fire Emblem: Fates - End of All (Land)
Series ranking: 1 of 2
https://youtu.be/b4F7MhS1ATU
Composer: Hiroki Morishita
Vocalist: Rena Strober
Prelim score: 9.9/10
Score: 9.7/10 (Phenomenal)
VGMC History: VGMC 10 (Lost R2), VGMC 11 (Lost R2), VGMC 12 (Lost R6 to Hidra Heteromycin)
Favorite Part: 1:16 - 1:43, https://youtu.be/b4F7MhS1ATU

All this time I didnt know you can set a Youtube video to auto-loop just by right-clicking! Now that I know that, it makes doing write-ups more convenient, yay! >_> (Why do I deal with inconveniences for such long periods of time and I never even have the thought maybe theres a way to fix this?)

It took only twelve VGMCs for an FE track to retire! Im glad this is one of them, as its definitely one of the best ones to me. Morishita always manages to present a common theme in multiple unique ways, eh? (comparing this to Lost in Thoughts, All Alone and Lost in the Waves) Theres simply way too much to talk about here! (Mycro could probably write a 100-page dissertation on this) This is one exceptional video game track in terms of scope and depth, with really thick orchestration/harmonies.

It starts off with a whispa You are the oceans grey waves, then two of the lower singers slide into a different note in such an eerie manner. Meanwhile, multi-layered/channeled electronic/piano notes come in, as if each one is popping out in different coordinates within 3D space, in duet fashion. WOW!! (also, it just barely occurred to me it sounds like ocean waves moving up and down) .and then you got the piano bass getting added to it.yuummmmmm. Nice vocal chords get added to it, then at 0:37 the brass finally move the music forward by presenting the theme majestically (love the counterpoint here).

Then you get this absolute BANGER of percussion patterns at 0:56 32nd note militaristic sputters!!!, (+ triplet 16ths), and I absolutely LOVE the off-beat hits there, too. AHHHHH!!! (the voices on top are great, too) The multi-layered sounds in 3D space comes back, too, yaaaay. Then you at 1:16 you got the piano so SWEETLY moving the music forward with the second part of Lost in Thoughts, and then you got some FANTASY harmonies using other instruments until 1:28all this is absolutely GORGEOUS, ahhhhh I need to study everything note in this part its SO AMAZING OMG OMG. Then its beautifully harmonically unstable and then you got a swashbuckling piano section... what cool writing, in fact it would be LOADS of fun to play on piano, lots of open-sounding intervals I think :)

Then at 2:00 you got a BIG change in meter and style. I like this not so much because of the section itself, but it's more like, the first two minutes did an excellent job prepping for it! Then again, this section is FILLED with beautiful details. LOVE the percussive involvement of the low piano as well as the bells used that are hard to hear without good headphones. Then the horns convincingly take the theme, and then Rena Strobers singing from Lost in Thoughts gets spliced in (or so it seems) at 2:23, which actually works...haunting, but pretty! Love the different sounds you hear its hard to hear some of it Its sort of half-way between march and rock. 3:09 we finally hit the apex of the whole thing that brass writing, Yeeeesssssssssssssss!!! (THE FEELS) also the soft piano countermelody is simply WONDERFUL three, too.

We now have our eighth VGMC elimination! Only six contests remain.

ELIMINATED: VGMC 12
11) Fire Emblem Fates - End of All (Land) (9.7)
21) Ginga Force - Zenith (9.4)
44) Ar Nosurge - Hidra Heteromycin (8.9)
83) Persona 5 - Last Surprise (8.4)
111) Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Sunshine Coastline (8.1)
153) NieR: Automata - Amusement Park (7.2)
175) Granado Espada - Laguerra del Mundo (6.5)
179) Persona 5 - Rivers in the Desert (6.0)

Average ranking: 97.1
Average score: 8.03


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