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317.PIANO OPERA - DANCING MAD:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4by3lHdDkJI2zqESx2YyrV?si=8wYaCQYlQZqh_yOXsHKMkg

Nominator: Haste_2 (4/19)
Source: Piano Opera Final Fantasy IV/V/VI (1/12)

Initial Score: 23.68 [#550]
Revised Score: 28.49 [#560]
Final Score: 61.13 [#317]

(First Thoughts: No, thank you, Ive heard enough Dancing Mad for twelve lifetimes. Its such a long song and while there are some decent parts in it, there arent nearly enough to justify listening to the entire ordeal to get to them. And the song keeps popping up this yearIve gone from I respect its complexity, even if I dont really like it, to Im starting to dislike this, to I actively hate that reality conspires to keep forcing me to listen to this track.

Which is not fair to this version. I can give the original a 0 all I want, but this is different... but... I dont know that there are any ten and a half minute long piano solos that I actually want to hear. Could we just start at 6:53? I like that part. Kinda. I mean, I at least like remembering the games title screen and thats worth a couple points, innit?

[Signs you have been watching too much Taskmaster: You spontaneously lapse into British slang.]

Alright, I dont want this song in absolute last place, but... 23.68 points is what Im going with. Which, since this is a cover of a song that gets 0, is basically the best you could have hoped for.)

I think I actually like the last two minutes of the song. Theres a certain....elegance to that part of the song that I find genuinely refreshing. Now if only I didnt have wait 9 minutes to get to that outro, you might be onto something...

[Not-Quite-Final Thoughts: Actually, lets jump this up to the high 40s for a bit. The piano seems to fit this song better than several other songs on the album and there are definitely parts of this I like... I think I could say the parts I like and the parts I dont like average out to slight dislike, so probably around a 48 or so?]

[Still Not Final: ...I...think I actually like this version? At least, I like a decent portion of it...

...think Im going to see about placing this song at the 57 point mark? Im tempted to go all the way up to 60, but that feels like too large of a jump right now... just put it close to the 60s and see if I want it to go further when we get there.]

[Slightly Later: ....Nah, I think I like the main part of this enough to hit 60 points, lets go ahead and make the leap.]

[Final Thoughts: I do like it and its a tremendous improvement over the original, but 11 minutes of piano music is a bit more than Id listen to on a regular basis. Great song though and its at least a solid proof-of-concept that a solo piano remix can be far superior to a chiptune original.]

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PIANO OPERA: FINAL FANTASY IV/V/VI:

Kefka: 34.60 [#63]
Protect the Espers: 36.98 [#558]
Theme of Final Fantasy IV: 41.80 [#548]
The Red Wings: 45.15 [#509]
Troian Beauty: 50.00 [#472]
Home, Sweet Home: 50.05 [#471]
Battle on the Big Bridge: 50.84 [#446]
Searching for Friends: 51.68 [#426]
Main Theme of Final Fantasy V: 56.12 [#386]
Theme of Love: 59.92 [#354]
Sorrows of Parting: 59.74 [#348]
Dancing Mad: 61.13 [#317]

Average Score: 45.6633333333

All albums when arranged from lowest to highest scoring begin with a song about Kefka and end with a song about Kefka! This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now.

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