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Heading Back to Town
Sound of the Wind
1NF3S+@+!0N (Theme of Crabulon)

Heading Back to Town is my 111th favorite in the contest! man this song is so Go Shiina it's kinda funny, it's like a showcase of all the "go shiina things" you can do in a song. big chanting boys at the beginning in the background, prominent violin melody, random reversed effects, other glitchy bits, random jazz fusion elements, random timesig change to 6/8 that re-contextualizes the melody to fit with it, some pretty cool chord changes. these are all elements that are in other go shiina songs (though not usually all at once), but in other stuff he goes about those traits in a much more adventurous way that's more my thing than here. there was a period where i listed Go Shiina in my top 5 vgm composers which was a weird statement honestly because I knew very little of his stuff. he's not even close now but i am fond of how extremely distinct his style is, even if this isn't the most unique example of it

Desire Blue Sky is my 146th favorite in the contest! I used to say the only thing I actually liked about this was the weird sound at ~1:10. well i had other positive things to say sometimes. idk it's not a terrible piece of music but it doesn't stand out to me much. I like the saxophone that sometimes sounds like it's a violin. I think I've said that before too. yeah this is ok. sure. basically i just like the instrumentation, some cool very cool sounds in it, almost "y2k dance music" at times and i dig that, though i wish it was mixed a bit differently, I want to hear some things that i can barely hear and don't want to hear some things that take up too much of my ears. and there's not much else to it of interest to me. probably would've been a huge fan of this in 2000 but this song didn't exist yet.

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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke is my 142nd favorite in the contest! I have talked about this so many times that i absolutely do not need to talk about it again but here is an update of note: I like Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come more than this song now. That did not used to be the case. You will learn more about why when that day comes I guess. I don't dislike this but in the end it's like a really random touhou pick that i only know as well as I do because of participating in every vgmc since 3 and this being in every vgmc ever and often getting very far. i don't think i'd naturally be attracted to it over other touhou options if it weren't for its omnipresence in this stuff drilling its melody into my brain, but i have nothing negative to say about it either.

Sound of the Wind is my 85th favorite in the contest! I guess this is sort of a ranking topic spoiler but who cares this is a much different version (which may rank differently) and i've talked about versions of this in previous contests before. A lot more my thing than it was in the past. ESPECIALLY now. I didn't realize the singer in this version was Donna Burke until today, interesting! She's the vocalist on a number of my fav vgm tunes. changes in vocalist are one of the things that impacts my reaction to something the least- i'm probably one of the least-picky-about-vocals people i know, so i'm not sure i have a preference for jp vs. eng and i find it fascinating that there's such a divide here on that. I'll talk about the sort of instrumental version of this in my ranking topic anyways so i don't need to go super in detail here but yeah FFCC music is cool and i love the really folky foresty instrumentation with really distinct instrument choice set, this track in particular has a bunch of moments that remind me of MANNHEIM STEAMROLLEr and yeah it's cool. it's beautiful song : ) pretty song I like this song. My favorite of the day

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1NF3S+@+!0N (Theme of Crabulon) is my 28th favorite ToC entrant! This still doesn't click with me as much as other stuff from calamity so i always kinda felt alienated by the overwhelming enthusiasm toward it over every other thing from this. I don't hate it but it doesn't really have the traits i look for in the ost, chord changes aren't nearly as much the 'only dm dokuro would write this' unexpected impactful chord dramatic stuff, way more trance-y and funky than the other options, etc. I still enjoy it, the parts with piano melody are cool because they remind me of ROBERT MILES - CHILDREN especially with all the other delay echo stuff. it DOES have it's own share of really cool chord changes like the fast rush of insane harmonies right before the loop. it reminds me of the aspects i like about yasui and there's nothing here i dislike, but it's hard for me to get into naturally, I think it is too "fun" or something > : (

Rivers in the Desert (P5) is my 47trh ToC entrant! I don't really hate this or anything but every time I listen to this I find less and less to like, meanwhile every time i listen to Last Surprise (Persona 5) I like it more than the last... I think I just find Rivers in the Desert just too empty for the amount of energy it exudes or something. like the simple dance beat focus with nothing behind it just feels like unwanted noise to me. Has its cool bits but mostly I'm wanting other persona picks. Favorite element is definitely the strings. the cooldown section at 3:43 is nice too

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