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#211: Star Ocean: The Second Story - The Venerable Forest
Nominator: Panthera (5/7)
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GveAdzojZ4" data-time="

Enjoyable, if a bit short and repetitive. I just like the sound of it. It's the right kind of mysterious or emotional for me, not one that I find too boring or melodramatic. One of the better Star Ocean songs I can remember hearing, to be honest. This has shifted around somewhat in the rankings though - I originally placed it lower, but I've since decided I'm happy to move it up to here.

#210: The Legend of Heroes III: The Moonlight Witch - The White Witch Gueld
Nominator: Pyresword (9/10)
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ihiPYzgcE4" data-time="

The first 1:20 of this song doesn't really do it for me. It's not bad, not at all, but it is pretty damn boring. Luckily, the song gets a looot better after that. The fact this has real progression and multiple sections is what puts it above #211 and some of the other previous songs for me. Really like it when songs evolve. The part at 2:03-3:34 scratches a similar itch to #211 - it's just a type of slow, emotional song that seems to hit all the right notes and becomes something I enjoy. The ending section of the song is quite good too. I wish I could describe the musical structures that make me like this and the previous song over various other slow, emotional pieces, but sadly I don't have the vocabulary for it. Granted, I'm not trying to hype this up a bit too much - I like it, but it's not in my all-time favourites or anything (it's only #210 after all). Still, it's solid, and that's what I'd expect from Falcom.
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