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Sogno di Volare
Fateful Confrontation

-(Id~Purpose is a long-time favorite for me, not sure i have much new to say about it so i will keep this writeup brief. it's pretty emblematic of the "nearly every chord change is a key change" types of modulation-centric chords progressions that move me the most, :57-1:25, and 2:02-2:33 being some of the prime examples in this track. it reminds me of my favorite parts of songs by Pat M-*gets STABBED by a big sword that is in this youtube video*)-

-[note i probably should've written: "*(Suspected: Hiroshi Kobayashi)" and i may even be able to confirm, they're known to have done the majority of the ost and this song "sounds like the majority of the ost". also it's known NOT to be Hirofumi Taniguchi, because we know which specific single song is theirs (Gekokujoh Norakura (which is actually easily my favorite in the game~!))
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anyway gtr attack as a nom is really disappointing to me. i'm pretty loud about how i was once such a fan of sega genesis music that i listened to "EVERY" sega genesis soundtrack. multiple times!! i went through all of them...a lot, AND i LOVE the Contra series for music! so naturally I think Contra Hard Corps is a brilliant OST!! but this song always made me roll my eyes like...this ost has INSANELY COOL fm synth sound design, and this song centers itself around imo not-that-good fm guitar, it's like hilariously unappealing a sound compared to every other sound to me in the entire soundtrack, can name dozens of genesis osts i prefer the fake guitar in to this. and i'm saying this as someone who LIKES harsh FM! it's sad too because i've even warmed back up to like this type of guitar-centric stuff, i could like this for the same reason i like fateful confrontation (spoilers) if it had been done a bit differently. i could pick apart everything that makes this not click with me but, well i don't need to be negative any more than i've already been. there's actually some really good bits here, :23-1:06 has really quirky chord changes and melody layer over it, very super paper mario-esque and i adore that whole section, tonally super weird in a way i respect a lot and every moving layer highlights that. I also really like the parallel-y harmonized synth layer sorta thing doing fun big arps at like :43 and all the stuff that sound does a bit later. There's lots of cool sounds in this song, like basically everything other than the guitar i think sounds fucking cool. i used to be a total "automatically likes fm synths" guy, but it is harder to literally automatically sell me on FM synth chiptunes than it once was, and maybe especially this song, which i was never even quite into]-

-{honestly even 2009 me might've gone id here, not sure. not sure there's any hard corps songs that beat id for me now (though Gekokujoh Norakura comes close) but most of the rest of this ost would've beat it for me in 2009}-

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-(given that my guntz (klonoa character) avatar(s) on discord that i'd been using recently mostly actually came from this game rather than klonoa games, i wish i actually had something positive to say about the music from it here in the contest. but it doesn't really make me feel anything at all. the appeal here is mostly in the sound design, i like the instrumentation a lot (cool gated synth patterns, piano-mixed-with-edm is a thing i like, vocals are nice) and i would probably be really into this track if the composition did anything for me. at least i can say "i like the way the song sounds". i like crossovers so i should probably play this given what characters are in it ha ha, just hope i like other songs in it more...lets find out? i'm not really fond of the klonoa song picksWAIT WHAT THE FUCK THAT BURNING FORCE SONG I LOVE THAT RETIRED IN THE TAIKO MEDLEY LAST YEAR IS IN THIS??!!?!?!? and a literal Dino Crisis arrange?! HOW lol, ok i need to play this thing. some of the other original music is cool too, a shame the composers/arrangers are mostly not even known for this game at all. also watching the opening movie right now and this song is so much better with that visual alongside it)-

-[one of my "favorite discoveries" in noms...? how had i not heard this before lol. it was certainly presented to me in some form before? well if it was, i certainly didn't find it as stand-out as i do now because holy shit this is like one of my favorite orchestra+choir things i've heard in a while. contending with id~purpose for me (if they both get past r1 that match between them will be hell to decide on). One appeal to me here is the unpredictable hard-to-follow bar phrasing here. mostly "groups of 8 bars of 6/8" but how those 8 bars are divided up are inconsistent in a really cool feeling way. This is mostly determined by the rhythms of the lyrics, and when the last beat of them is, which is not always in the same place; makes it so sometimes chord changes enforce a 3bars+5bars pattern and other times 4bars+4bars. it actually "feels" more complex than it is to me i never know when the next phrase is going to start or end unless i'm actively counting, which is cool. makes this surprisingly unpredictable, and all of it feels it serves a purpose too. its not just like i like the song because i can type funny numbers about the song, the way it's handled just makes it feel EPIC ok. not knowing quite when the chords are going to change, or when these vocal melody lines are going to end, makes it way more exciting and powerful once they do start/end. the 6/8ness gives it a bouncy floatiness that makes me feel like i am FLYING which fits with the song name. this song grows on me every time i hear it]-

-{lets go aLTERNATE universe FAvorites Bracket Winner Sogno di Volare (The Dream of Flight)}-

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-(wait why is the song called "FC" in the game called "SC instead of "FC" HMMMMM. i went from listing this in my top "planned supports" in like vgmc11 or something, to not liking this song anymore for a few years, back to loving this song again! FC/SC sound design is just really god to me, the synth leads are especially shiny. all the triplets are fun, EPIC SONG. the 7/4 bit is my favorite part, though not "because it's 7/4", more just think it's the spice of variety and drama the song needs to get pushed ove the TOP!!!! it's actually "perfect" to me in a way where i can't stand any arrangements of this because pretty much every element needs to be exactly how it is for me to get into this as much as i am. i've started to feel similar about this to most SC songs especially any with lots of synths, instrumentation choices in that game were just so fun and it's the falcom ost i come back to most for a reason (tho my actual favorite falcom ost is probably zwei still, but SC has CERTAIN SONGS in it that um, yeah))-

-[i think i'm more receptive to slow orchestral stuff than the majority of this community, or most 'vgm fan' communities i'm in tbh. but this lacks something important i like about that stuff, tiny details and nuance. some layers here are super rigid fake feeling Every Note Played Same Volume, and actively force me to focus on them with very few other background details that i look for when it comes to orchestral stuff. and i'm instantly lost on ability to care about it. if this were arranged by JACK WALL or someone i might have something better to say. i dont think this is "boring", but i do think it is "cheesy", which is far harder for me to get over]-

-{FINALLY voting for falcom rock}-

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Id (8th/106)
Sogno di Volare (9th/106)
Fateful Confrontation (38th/106)
Brave New World (91st/106)
GTR Attack! (102nd/106)
The Undying Shores (103rd/106)
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