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197. "Taiko no Tatsujin 2008" - MUGEN NO MATSURI : MEDLEY FROM TAIKO NO TATSUJIN ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ""SANTRA 28""
Nominator: @Place
8.3 (7.8/1)
VGMC Analysis: ajsdklfsdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHanQa3wOw
Alright. Here we go

1. Densetsu no Matsuri (0:00): Absolute banger. Have always loved this song since hearing it in VGMC 13, and was one of my favorites to play. Not quite sure which I prefer between this and Tsunagare. 9/10
2. Sports Digestdon (2:47): Pretty fun LOUD SAXOPHONE song with some prog mixed in. I like LOUD SAXOPHONE and prog. 8/10
3. Kikyoku (5:21): Less good sounding sax but it really went for it, huh. Goes for like a Power Rangers opening vibe (note: I don't know if I've ever heard the Power Rangers opening, but I imagine it to be something like this). I do like it, but it's a little too cheesy, I think. The more mellow section is great though. Pulls off the magic trick where the same section I didn't like much before becomes much better (plus that flute). All these songs so far go all out. 8/10
4. Soroban 2000 (7:51): Just in case I was was worried about forgetting this was Namco. Always bounce of songs like this. I need more meat to the song. If you're going to do a very strange song like this, try to make it more like... (6.5/10)
5. Takkyu de Dakkyu (10:08): Hey man. Whas happen? Beep bop beep bohp bee. So groovy. This is ridiculous and pretty great. Any weakness in the music is balanced by how silly it is. Ping pong noises! Very fun. 9/10
6. Eringi (12:10): This is cool. I like this kind of singing more than you'd probably expect, and it being incongruously paired with that kind of proggy guitar & instrumentation and that section at around 13:10 works really well. A lot of the direction of it is extremely good. I have a feeling this will be a favorite on later listens. 8.5/10
7. Thunder Ceptor Medley (14:24): Jesus christ that transition was seemless. Had a lot of trouble discerning when the song switched when I wasn't paying attention. A medley inside a medley?? It's gonna be hard to talk about this. Like the first a fair amount more than the second. why is there a fucking tarantella in here I wasn't prepared for that. Oh this is the next song. Mix is too smooth. 7.5/10
8. Funicula Funicula (16:29): Still not prepared for this. This shouldn't be legal. Operatic singing, which I have increasingly been getting into. I think the rest of the song supports the singer well, but I'm not sure how worthwhile overall this arrangement was. Still nice to listen to. 7.5/10
9. Karui Zawameki (18:29): This is nice. About all I can say about it. 7.5/10
10. Ekiben 2000 (20:26): More palatable than the other 2000 track. Still mostly a miss. 7/10
11. Kagekiyo (22:30): Ah yes. 'Urgent' dissonant jazz music. My favorite (shoutouts to Heavy Long). Have you ever heard Confronter from PSO2? You might like that. I don't think this song fully utilizes what it has, which is just a way of saying that I like what it does, and wish I loved it. 8/10
12. Neko Kujira (24:58): That's a promising march to start with. I want to describe this as 'cute', which feels condescending, but I can't help it. I'm very into it, aside from a few segments of the singing. It surprises me a lot too, somehow. I keep having to relisten because I keep losing track of what's happening if I'm not fully paying attention. I'll rate this one as another 'just shy of being fantastic'. 8/10
13. Mekadesu (27:16): Too thrashy for me, I think. Some of the riffs are good though, past the beginning. Growling is almost always gonna be a turn-off for me. The goofiness of the 'DA! DA-DA!' is great though. And the goofy... stupidity after that too. Whatever my feelings on this are, I'm glad it's in one of these games. I'll be generous. 7/10
14. Amazing Grace (29:18): Is this Kanye's newest album? Wow this one is just full of surprises. WHERE HAVE I HEARD THE PART AT 30:02 BEFORE? Anyway. Syeah. Pretty fun. That kind of jazz blended well with the vocals. I'm just going to accept that this exists and move on with my life. 7.5/10
15. Stage 0.AC11 (31:06): Taiko has a lot more proggy songs than the web simulator led me to believe. Most of the tracks there are some variant of J-pop, and now that you can vote on new songs, people keep adding anime or vocaloid blech. Scars of FAUNA is in the poll!! Oh yeah I'm rating a song. I don't think this in particular is that interesting than me, though it's definitely steps above Sakuraba prog. Pretty good background music. 7.5/10
16. Scroll Mika (33:20): Happy birthday to you! This *feels* unremarkable. It obviously isn't, but I call it as I see (hear) it. The chiptune backing isn't too interesting. The singing isn't too interesting. Them together isn't too interesting. It's pleasant, and certainly better than it could've been. Good inclusion for variety's sake, if nothing else, and I imagine that's what you were aiming for. 7/10
17. Kita Saitama 2000 (36:01): Oh this has got to be another 2000 track. This one feels even more like a YTP than the others. This one I think I enjoy listening to more. As an aside, I apologize about posting these rankings so late. Waiting for this nomination, and then rating it, delayed things a lot. 7/10
18. Minuet (18:01): I dunno much about music styles, but I don't think this is a minuet. Oh there it is. Sounds a lot like 0.AC11 (which makes sense, since half the songs in this video have the same composer and guitar players). More better than that one though. I like the arrangement, and how he worked in the very obvious classical (Romantic?) sections. 8/10
19. Burning Force Medley (39:38): This was always something like a generic 'VGMC Retiree' in my mind, a good song that I'm not particularly enamored with, regardless of what it actually sounds like. I don't remember what I would've given it then; despite that, I think this score will be a little higher than whatever that was. A little. I could definitely see my tastes developing in the future. Right now, this kind of Kawamoto song is probably capped at 8.5 for me. I like the arp-type things at 40:45. Reminds me of Magical Chase, which is of course good. 8/10
20. Taiko Ranbu (42:04): wow a drum song in a drum game. completely out of left field. I think part of the reason why I like playing Taiko, even if there are only like 5 songs I want to play on the simulator, is that I like fun drum patterns in music (try again cako), or even simple patterns that are compelling--see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmP6oqcWSNU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixj4ONl_fU0. So, a song that's just this kind of drum is good in my book. 8.5

Christ I finally finished. This video was only 40 minutes but I feel like it took five years off of my life. Still, I don't regret allowing this at all. Very good mix, some very good songs, and there are definitely things in here I need to look into more. This would probably score a little higher if I had more time to listen through the songs individually and grow accustomed to them more (for example, I've listened to Takkyu de Dakkyu a ton lately, and boosted its score as a result) which the other songs in this ranking got, so you can add an extra tenth or two to the score if you want. I'll just average the scores I gave for the individual songs for the final score.
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