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Celeste - Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix)
Beatmania IIDX 25 Cannon Ballers - Midnight Lady
GITADORA OverDrive - Douwa Kairou

MATCH 1

Mirror Temple is some nice smooth jazz. It's a nice song to leave on in the background when you're doing something else. Not much to say about this one. Good chill song.

I honestly haven't been all that much a fan of the Three Houses representation in the contest this year. I've mentioned this before but Chasing Daybreak is the type of "big orchestra" song that tends to be pretty hit or miss for me. This song's alright, but not really memorable at all. The best part for me is 1:20-1:50. I like the melody here and it actually stands out, whereas the rest of the song doesn't really make me feel anything. I guess that part in particular just appeals more to my tastes and feels more meaningful than the rest of the song that feels like it's saying to me "hi I'm dramatic!" Maybe it's just a melody thing here because Twilight of the Gods has a similar vibe to it but I like it significantly more than this song.

MATCH 2

Midnight Lady brings the future funk representation! I don't actively listen to this type of music very much, but it certainly has potential to be really cool, so it's neat to see it in video game music. This is a really cool song! Probably a good example of me liking songs with lots of instruments playing together. Good melody all throughout with a really cool rhythm starting at 1:03. Apparently that saxophone at 0:03 is just part of the song slowed and pitched down, but it sounds like a different song entirely to me and I now want to hear a new song with that part included lol.

Einhander's BOST inclusion has led me to some cool songs from the soundtrack! Thermosphere, though, was never one of the songs that I really enjoyed. Apparently I've forgotten about that piano part though because I don't recognize it but I do like it. Particularly 0:41-1:21 minus that high-pitched noise that plays at 1:09 and elsewhere. Other parts like the intro and 1:35-1:48 are parts that definitely have a strong appeal to people who like that kind of stuff, but it's not an appeal that I share, unfortunately. That's probably a good summary of this song in general for me. There are parts I like, but overall, it's a song that strongly appeals to tastes outside of my own.

Douwa Kairou > Midnight Lady > Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix) > Flaming Bonds are Being Tested > Chasing Daybreak (Rain) > Thermosphere