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Topic	Haste2 ranks all 180 VGMC Retirees.
Haste_2 04/16/20 10:18:57 PM #213:	First off, I removed the revised score for Amusement Park. I really do prefer the Dynamic Vocals version. It's likely to be revised upwards, if anything. 136) Atelier Ayesha - Slag Dance Series rank: 5 of 5 https://youtu.be/naIMAMwx9Xk Composer: Kazuki Yanagawa Score: 7.2/10 (Great) VGMC History: VGMC 7 (Lost R2), VGMC 9 (Lost R4), VGMC 10 (Lost to Megalovania R5) Favorite Part: The first main section The first Atelier music makes its appearance on the list! It may be one of the lower ranked Atelier tracks, but Its still very good to me. The instrumentation for music in the series rarely disappoints, and its the highlight of this particular track. I enjoy all the plucked instruments (unable to identify them by name). The stylistic details (slow vibrato, quick tremolo before the first note) really make it sound authentic. As far as the gypsie singing pretty neat! The sliding around and such seems to be a combination of singing technique and electronic modifying. Also, hey, the electric bass somehow manages to not intrude! The metal elements blend in really well. The main melody is pretty standard, but those slow triplets at the end awesome (0:32). 0:50 brings a really cool voice out of hiding! As far as later stuff goes, I enjoy the chromatic motion at 1:26 in the accompaniment. Not every section is super engaging, but overall its very satisfying. Hey, it has one of those grand pauses on the 2nd-and-after loops (see 2:06)! That seems to be Yanagawa thing, huh? 135) Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - Beware the Forests Mushrooms Series rank: 4 of 4 https://youtu.be/lbRJ733xiF4 Composer: Yoko Shimomura Score: 7.2/10 (Great) VGMC History: VGMC 2 (Lost R6) Favorite Part: All of it. VGMC II finally gets its first blow! It tickles me that Super Mario RPG has something retired in VGMC! Before the internet age, I would have never thought Forest Maze would be so popular. Shimomura seems to always come up with a gem or two in most of her game soundtracks. Anyway, this is the perfect forest theme for Mario! It evokes an aura of mystery, but in a fun sort of way. This is a difficult one to analyze and explain whats so good about it but man, the melody is so catchy! Part of the catchiness is the two staccato eighth notes followed by the ornamented legato quarter note, right after, thats for sure. Then theres the way it emphasizes the 6th note of the Dorian scale in the FIRST bit of the melody and the way the harmonies change for the SECOND phrase works really well. Then the way it heads towards the dominant in the third/fourth phrases works like a charm. The instrumentation is charming, too that bassoon, for one thing! Yes, ESPECIALLY the boom-chuck bassoon. And is that a trumpet or an oboe on the melody? I think its supposed to be an oboe. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." <cite>Haste_2 posted [p:937545617] in Haste2 ran... [t:78392394]...</cite> <quote>First off, I removed the revised score for Amusement Park. I really do prefer the Dynamic Vocals version. It's likely to be revised upwards, if anything. 136) Atelier Ayesha - Slag Dance Series rank: 5 of 5 https://youtu.be/naIMAMwx9Xk Composer: Kazuki Yanagawa Score: 7.2/10 (Great) VGMC History: VGMC 7 (Lost R2), VGMC 9 (Lost R4), VGMC 10 (Lost to Megalovania R5) Favorite Part: The first main section The first Atelier music makes its appearance on the list! It may be one of the lower ranked Atelier tracks, but Its still very good to me. The instrumentation for music in the series rarely disappoints, and its the highlight of this particular track. I enjoy all the plucked instruments (unable to identify them by name). The stylistic details (slow vibrato, quick tremolo before the first note) really make it sound authentic. As far as the gypsie singing pretty neat! The sliding around and such seems to be a combination of singing technique and electronic modifying. Also, hey, the electric bass somehow manages to not intrude! The metal elements blend in really well. The main melody is pretty standard, but those slow triplets at the end awesome (0:32). 0:50 brings a really cool voice out of hiding! As far as later stuff goes, I enjoy the chromatic motion at 1:26 in the accompaniment. Not every section is super engaging, but overall its very satisfying. Hey, it has one of those grand pauses on the 2nd-and-after loops (see 2:06)! That seems to be Yanagawa thing, huh? 135) Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - Beware the Forests Mushrooms Series rank: 4 of 4 https://youtu.be/lbRJ733xiF4 Composer: Yoko Shimomura Score: 7.2/10 (Great) VGMC History: VGMC 2 (Lost R6) Favorite Part: All of it. VGMC II finally gets its first blow! It tickles me that Super Mario RPG has something retired in VGMC! Before the internet age, I would have never thought Forest Maze would be so popular. Shimomura seems to always come up with a gem or two in most of her game soundtracks. Anyway, this is the perfect forest theme for Mario! It evokes an aura of mystery, but in a fun sort of way. This is a difficult one to analyze and explain whats so good about it but man, the melody is so catchy! Part of the catchiness is the two staccato eighth notes followed by the ornamented legato quarter note, right after, thats for sure. Then theres the way it emphasizes the 6th note of the Dorian scale in the FIRST bit of the melody and the way the harmonies change for the SECOND phrase works really well. Then the way it heads towards the dominant in the third/fourth phrases works like a charm. The instrumentation is charming, too that bassoon, for one thing! Yes, ESPECIALLY the boom-chuck bassoon. And is that a trumpet or an oboe on the melody? I think its supposed to be an oboe. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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