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#60: Ao no Kiseki - To Get Over The Barrier
hb: 8.8/9
Mycro: 5.05/5.07
Total: 6.925/7.035 (6.98)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_09Af-jwimU
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SqjYfLI-rH0

It's Get Over the Barrier on piano, two things I love, so what can I say? It's cool. The Evo version emphasizes the strings a bit more, which I think adds to the piece a bit, but not enough for a super significant difference.
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the brighter piano and live violin brings out the emotional energy in the evo version slightly more

#59: Trails in the Sky - The Steel Floor Blocking the Way
pyre: 7.5/7
NFUN: 6.9/6.6
Total: 7.2/6.8 (7)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AofURNxuE0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAmd6iv5YBM

Wow I really overlooked this song when playing through the game. Some of the instruments are really cool here and overall it's great. It's biggest problem is that the beginning feels somewhat directionless, but honestly a lot of that is alleviated when you aren't in-game listening to the song but focusing on other things. Evo version feels less tight overall and has instruments doign weird things that just don't sound great. (Most notable example is the mandolin(?) trill at 0:18.) The second half of the song is pretty groovy though and is better than in the original, but it's still a net loss overall.
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dungeon. The main woodwind melody *feels* like it should be a motif. The whole thing is strangely... *almost*. It almost is threatening, it almost is emotional, it almost is super good. It's just barely held back by something, inches from really clicking. I really want to give it a higher score. Nevertheless, still pretty enjoyable, not something I ever really got tired of

The beginning is pretty nice--I like the beeps and percussion. Some of it is a little silly, but it's good! It falls apart later, sadly, and it loops awfully. A valiant attempt at capturing the greatness I felt via potential with the first. A valiant *attempt*

#58: Trails in the Sky the 3rd - Fighting Right On
pyre: 6/4.5
tgs: 8.9/8.6
Total: 7.45/6.55 (7)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3c63Szu2SOg
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UHlHdKenbDU

Solid groove with some cool keyboard at the beginning, though this is admittedly not a style of music I'm super excited by. The Hermit's Garden (Or Jade Corridor? whichever song it is) leitmotif actually feels a bit out of place here but oh well it's not a huge deal. I really hate the very start of the Evo version. Rest of the song is mostly the same, perhaps slightly better? That one leitmotif is also a bit more out-of-place sounding in the Evo version though.
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This is basically DaBHL--- to me as I love this song a lot for mostly the same reasons as DaBHL? At least the evo isn't much worse compared to its original variant unlike DaBHL's.

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