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Topic	Haste2 ranks all 180 VGMC Retirees.
Haste_2 11/21/20 8:11:25 PM #453:	Thanksgiving is coming up, which means I may not post any rankings next week. I decided I'd do a few more today, though. I updated the rankings. I went through and revised the score for everything rated below a 7. I also adjusted the others down a bit to reflect my newer rating standards. Sometime I'll quickly go through the other music, too, and make adjustments if they are significant. This one's next, huh.... 46) Super Smash Bros. Melee - Mother 2 Series ranking: 1 of 4 https://youtu.be/Ij0HptqoBxI Composer: Keiichi Suzuki, arr. by Hirokazu Ando Score: 8.9/10 (Excellent) VGMC History: VGMC 5 (Lost R5 to Life) Favorite Part: https://youtu.be/Ij0HptqoBxI?t=76 Dont know if you all have heard the original Ness house theme, but MAN, this remix is so much better it is RIDICULOUS! Or did this theme originate in the original Mother in a track called Pollyanna? Oh, here it is, the very original theme. https://youtu.be/2w6siYk_Ge0 This is pure feel-good music. The melody is pure bliss! Back to the remix itself. It pretty much revolves around the tonic, but harmonies get really active! I especially like the last part of the melody (at 1:07, etc., where it simply cycles through three a few times; however, sneakily, the harmony is doing a similar movement, but at 1/4 the speed! The piano writing is fun very catchy! I simply love the after-phrase add-ons the piano (plus other instruments) does such as at 0:21!!! So tasteful and jazzy the way it emphasizes certain notes! It makes the i-V7 there sound SO GOOD. 0:31 has nice string writing to spice it off. At 1:00 you gorgeous bell synth thingies! Charming accordian and jazz organ solos with nice simple modulations in the middle of those :). Plus the piano actively comping alongside them. ahhhh, I cant get enough of it, the way it throws in little ideas!!! At 1:45 a major chord on top of another one at the PERFECT time!!!! Piano switches things up at 1:46 its great how it starts each of its ascending arpeggios on the off-beat! (jazz-like) Ah, the thrice repetition of part of the melody at 2:24 feels SO GOOD!!! All in all, this is my favorite music in Melee! 45) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Dragon Roost Island Series ranking: 1 of 4 https://youtu.be/FkwhtdCW5rI Composer: Kenta Nagata Score: 8.9/10 (Excellent) VGMC History: VGMC 1 (Lost R1), VGMC 2 (Lost R8 to MGS2 Theme) Favorite Part: https://youtu.be/FkwhtdCW5rI?t=61 Two Nintendo series down back-to-back. Dude, this literally went from losing R1 (it lost to Blue Water, Blue Sky?!) to making R8. Really impressive turnabout, perhaps the best of any retiree! Man, I can't believe I didn't appreciate the theme back when I played Wind Waker way back when. In fact, I totally forgot about it! But yeah, it is a WONDERFUL rustic, European style. The nimble plucked instrument patterns and pan flute work SO well together. The guitar has just the right amount of mildness to it, and the airiness of the flute is perfect. The nimble guitar tremolos have subtle and unpredictable things about them, so it sounds totally legit as a result, WAY better than any previous retirees with Spanish guitar playing! The harmonies, man the way the harmonies moves from G minor to the temporary B-flat major (0:15) in such a subdued fashion, and likewise to the bII and VI. Then theres the down-to-earth 3-on-2 interaction between the two key parts! (e.g. 1:01 is a WONDERFUL example of it) Then bass (not sure if the bass is a separate instrument) starting at about 0:47 moves such COOL harmonies that somehow fit perfectly with the simple melody and old, rustic feel ! Then those harmonies come back with even more to it after the first minute mark! (I especially like the major IVs) All in all, I can't get ENOUGH of the old-fashioned rustic sound here! --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." <cite>Haste_2 posted [p:947452628] in Haste2 ran... [t:78392394]...</cite> <quote>Thanksgiving is coming up, which means I may not post any rankings next week. I decided I'd do a few more today, though. I updated the rankings. I went through and revised the score for everything rated below a 7. I also adjusted the others down a bit to reflect my newer rating standards. Sometime I'll quickly go through the other music, too, and make adjustments if they are significant. This one's next, huh.... 46) Super Smash Bros. Melee - Mother 2 Series ranking: 1 of 4 https://youtu.be/Ij0HptqoBxI Composer: Keiichi Suzuki, arr. by Hirokazu Ando Score: 8.9/10 (Excellent) VGMC History: VGMC 5 (Lost R5 to Life) Favorite Part: https://youtu.be/Ij0HptqoBxI?t=76 Dont know if you all have heard the original Ness house theme, but MAN, this remix is so much better it is RIDICULOUS! Or did this theme originate in the original Mother in a track called Pollyanna? Oh, here it is, the very original theme. https://youtu.be/2w6siYk_Ge0 This is pure feel-good music. The melody is pure bliss! Back to the remix itself. It pretty much revolves around the tonic, but harmonies get really active! I especially like the last part of the melody (at 1:07, etc., where it simply cycles through three a few times; however, sneakily, the harmony is doing a similar movement, but at 1/4 the speed! The piano writing is fun very catchy! I simply love the after-phrase add-ons the piano (plus other instruments) does such as at 0:21!!! So tasteful and jazzy the way it emphasizes certain notes! It makes the i-V7 there sound SO GOOD. 0:31 has nice string writing to spice it off. At 1:00 you gorgeous bell synth thingies! Charming accordian and jazz organ solos with nice simple modulations in the middle of those :). Plus the piano actively comping alongside them. ahhhh, I cant get enough of it, the way it throws in little ideas!!! At 1:45 a major chord on top of another one at the PERFECT time!!!! Piano switches things up at 1:46 its great how it starts each of its ascending arpeggios on the off-beat! (jazz-like) Ah, the thrice repetition of part of the melody at 2:24 feels SO GOOD!!! All in all, this is my favorite music in Melee! 45) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Dragon Roost Island Series ranking: 1 of 4 https://youtu.be/FkwhtdCW5rI Composer: Kenta Nagata Score: 8.9/10 (Excellent) VGMC History: VGMC 1 (Lost R1), VGMC 2 (Lost R8 to MGS2 Theme) Favorite Part: https://youtu.be/FkwhtdCW5rI?t=61 Two Nintendo series down back-to-back. Dude, this literally went from losing R1 (it lost to Blue Water, Blue Sky?!) to making R8. Really impressive turnabout, perhaps the best of any retiree! Man, I can't believe I didn't appreciate the theme back when I played Wind Waker way back when. In fact, I totally forgot about it! But yeah, it is a WONDERFUL rustic, European style. The nimble plucked instrument patterns and pan flute work SO well together. The guitar has just the right amount of mildness to it, and the airiness of the flute is perfect. The nimble guitar tremolos have subtle and unpredictable things about them, so it sounds totally legit as a result, WAY better than any previous retirees with Spanish guitar playing! The harmonies, man the way the harmonies moves from G minor to the temporary B-flat major (0:15) in such a subdued fashion, and likewise to the bII and VI. Then theres the down-to-earth 3-on-2 interaction between the two key parts! (e.g. 1:01 is a WONDERFUL example of it) Then bass (not sure if the bass is a separate instrument) starting at about 0:47 moves such COOL harmonies that somehow fit perfectly with the simple melody and old, rustic feel ! Then those harmonies come back with even more to it after the first minute mark! (I especially like the major IVs) All in all, I can't get ENOUGH of the old-fashioned rustic sound here! --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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