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350: MAZEDUDE - K-PAX FOR EVERMORE:

https://mazedude.bandcamp.com/track/k-pax-for-evermore

Nominator: sergiocornaga (6/18)

Initial Score: 61.25 [#212]
Revised Score: 59.85 [#296]
Final Score: 59.72 [#350]

(First Thoughts: Kinda mysterious. I kinda dig it. Kinda kinda wind-a... dunno where I was going with this. Nowhere, apparently.)

I like the sounds on this track. As usual, I cant tell you what type of synths and electronic instruments are being used here, but they give the song an odd... ancient future sound, like youre exploring the still-active remains of a technologically advanced civilization that vanished a thousand years ago.

Its just...kinda. Its kinda mysterious. Its kinda futuristic. I kinda like it.

[Final Thoughts: Hey, I just remembered that Secret of Evermore has a Ruined Future sectionI played the game when it was new, but its been a long time and I never have reason to think about it. Any chance the original version of this song played there? Because if so, I really do need to praise the original composer for nailing the future ruin aesthetic and Mazedude for truly elevating the concept.

Mind you, the answer has no impact on scoring, the result is still I like this but not 60 points worth; I can both have a lot of respect for what they did and not feel I like it enough to break the 60 point barrier. Though it really is quite close (arguably even closer than the 59.72 makes it seem) because part of me really does want to move this up a bit... but its just not fully there. It does make me curious about the K-Pax soundtrack thoughI dont have enough context to know if Id find it better or worse than this track, but Mazedude certainly makes it sound intriguing.]

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349: EVERY TIME I DIE - I SUCK (BLOOD):

https://open.spotify.com/track/6PIltGJHvV1bfAwl4JhMk4

Nominator: Bane (14/28)
Source: Ex Lives (7/14)

Initial Score: 32.02 [#534]
Revised Score: 44.38 [#492]
Final Score: 59.73 [#349]

(First Thoughts: If it were about a vampire, I might forgive some of this song. Maybe.)

Well saying the song needs to be forgiven is being overly harsh. Im still not a fan of the song, but other than the Ill take what I can get, even if its restraining orders line, I dont particularly mind the song.

I just cant see moving the song any further up the list because, while I only actively dislike one line of the song, there are no parts of it that I particularly like. I have hundreds of costumes, but not one disguise comes very close to being a line that I would love, but... no, its not quite enough.

[Not-Quite-Final Thoughts: I cant decide where I want to drop this song. Im going to guess very low 50s? One line I like and one line I dont almost cancel each other out, but Im leaning more towards slightly like more than slightly dislike tonight.]

[Final Thoughts: High 50s. Its one of those songs that gets a bit better each time I listen to it, but I dont quite like it enough for the next tier. Quite close to it though.]

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348: PIANO OPERA - SORROWS OF PARTING:

https://open.spotify.com/track/13wWzweLgPDa7e8HKR5iIi

Nominator: Haste_2 (5/19)
Source: Piano Opera Final Fantasy IV/V/VI (2/12)

Initial Score: 15.00 [#566]
Revised Score: 33.97 [#544]
Final Score: 59.74 [#348]

(First Thoughts: More sleep-inducing than it is sad. Even at only 3:30 long it feels tedious and overly drawn-out.)

Sorry, but this song doesnt make me feel anything at all. This piano version loses any emotion the original track had (which, while not overflowing with emotion, would at least get somewhere in the 60s) and replaces it with... either nothing or utter tedium depending on how brutal I feel like being when you ask.

I feel this song is half as good as the original, so if the original is worth 60 something points then perhaps this should be 30 something points? Not really how things work, but the score seems appropriate enough.

[Not-Quite-Final Thoughts: Well, 30 points feels too low. Its still not even close to the original in terms of quality, but I guess low 50s might be a bit more appropriate? I like it a little tonight, at least.]

[Still Not Final: High 50s or low 60s? ...Havent decided yet.]

[Final: High 50s. Ive obviously come to enjoy this song much more than I did originally, though I still find it vastly inferior to the original; SNES Sorrows of Parting probably lands somewhere in the low 70s. The piano version is...good, but doesnt really compare.]

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