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Haste_2 01/16/21 7:36:39 PM #495:	28.5) Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Cross-Examination ~ Allegro 2007 Ace Attorney ranking: 1st https://youtu.be/ZSUD7ccpZx0 Composer: Toshihiko Horiyama Score: 9.2/10 (Amazing) Favorite part: 0:43 - 0:46 VGMC History: (none) Surprise! Why would I share my old rankings if my #1 didnt change? ;) Allegro 2004 = best cross-examination theme? Its super awesome, but nah! Apollo Justice has a pretty dark soundtrack in general, and this is no exception. The atmosphere in this is simply amazing for being on the regular Nintendo DS. So very dark and climactic, as if youre directly confronting the devil itself (pun intended, if you know what I mean ;) It also makes VERY good use of stereo panning! This theme (Allegro 2007) is very simple, in terms of melody. Like most Cross-examination themes, it copies the idea, from the original game, of the melody going back and forth between the top line and the bass (well, not exactly, but close enough). But the feelings it evokes MAN. Plus, when it finally does something different at 0:14, I LOVE the use of Lydian (#4) there!!!! (technically its related to the scale step below the home key but it ]anticipates the home key, so its sounds" like Lydian) The portamento synth eighth note notes repeating the tonic underneath is really cool, and their hairpinning subtly infuses the music with such ambient intensity! And then when the main idea repeats at 0:15, gotta love all the reverberating bell-like soundsit sounds like it's physically bouncing off different walls....it gives me the CHILLS!!!! And then you got that ringing chord just before 0:29 wow! The ending section is nice, but I absolutely LOVE the dissonant crescendo/reverse effect at the very end of the loop (0:43 - 0:46).... CREEPY, but its perfect for this kind of music! All in all, it has some of the best sound production I've ever heard on the Nintendo DS. 28) DuckTales - The Moon Composer: Hiroshige Tonomura Prelim score: 9.3/10 Score: 9.2/10 (Amazing) VGMC History: VGMC 1 (Lost R1), VGMC 3 (Lost R3), VGMC 2 (Lost R2), VGMC 5 (Lost R5 to Love Song of a Certain Dragon) Favorite Part: The moon ostinato What a charming piece of work. But man, the repetition on top of the music is simply WONDERFUL I will call them the moon patterns because they are what make this theme sound like the moon! Each one of those notes sound like a little shooting star! Between them and the other stuff in the intro, its so much fun to listen to how they fit together using the 15/8 meter! Also,, the moon pattern getting its own measure a capella at the start makes me so happy--its such a literal cool feeling thats hard to describe. ;) The theme simply wouldnt be the same without that opening measure! And it works over a lot of chord changes, too! Nice happy-go-lucky theme (contrary to the level itself, I imagine) at 0:15! Id love to get into the rhythmic structure here, but it would take too much spaceIll just say that it has nice symmetry to it. In each of the four it does something different (A,B,C, and then D). In the next four little sections it borrows two of them (D and C), then adds two new rhythmic ideas!! Finally, at the end of that I love the delay of the tonic at 0:34 - 0:35 via bVi-bVII-major I, and the way it bounces three times on the tonic so very charming!! Plus at the same time the moon patterns finally resolves by moving down. YESYESYES!!! Then a fun little gliss up to the next section. 0:36 is very catchy...its like Scrooge bouncing on his cane, and again, some nice rhythmic structure here, too (such as a three-note syncopation getting repeated three times at the end). And the timing of the moon patterns coming back BEFORE the end of the loop is just great! All in all, this is maybe my #1 NES theme ever, but in my top two at worst! --- "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:949580573] in Haste2 ran... [t:78392394]...</cite> <quote>28.5) Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - Cross-Examination ~ Allegro 2007 Ace Attorney ranking: 1st https://youtu.be/ZSUD7ccpZx0 Composer: Toshihiko Horiyama Score: 9.2/10 (Amazing) Favorite part: 0:43 - 0:46 VGMC History: (none) Surprise! Why would I share my old rankings if my #1 didnt change? ;) Allegro 2004 = best cross-examination theme? Its super awesome, but nah! Apollo Justice has a pretty dark soundtrack in general, and this is no exception. The atmosphere in this is simply amazing for being on the regular Nintendo DS. So very dark and climactic, as if youre directly confronting the devil itself (pun intended, if you know what I mean ;) It also makes VERY good use of stereo panning! This theme (Allegro 2007) is very simple, in terms of melody. Like most Cross-examination themes, it copies the idea, from the original game, of the melody going back and forth between the top line and the bass (well, not exactly, but close enough). But the feelings it evokes MAN. Plus, when it finally does something different at 0:14, I LOVE the use of Lydian (#4) there!!!! (technically its related to the scale step below the home key but it ]anticipates the home key, so its sounds" like Lydian) The portamento synth eighth note notes repeating the tonic underneath is really cool, and their hairpinning subtly infuses the music with such ambient intensity! And then when the main idea repeats at 0:15, gotta love all the reverberating bell-like soundsit sounds like it's physically bouncing off different walls....it gives me the CHILLS!!!! And then you got that ringing chord just before 0:29 wow! The ending section is nice, but I absolutely LOVE the dissonant crescendo/reverse effect at the very end of the loop (0:43 - 0:46).... CREEPY, but its perfect for this kind of music! All in all, it has some of the best sound production I've ever heard on the Nintendo DS. 28) DuckTales - The Moon Composer: Hiroshige Tonomura Prelim score: 9.3/10 Score: 9.2/10 (Amazing) VGMC History: VGMC 1 (Lost R1), VGMC 3 (Lost R3), VGMC 2 (Lost R2), VGMC 5 (Lost R5 to Love Song of a Certain Dragon) Favorite Part: The moon ostinato What a charming piece of work. But man, the repetition on top of the music is simply WONDERFUL I will call them the moon patterns because they are what make this theme sound like the moon! Each one of those notes sound like a little shooting star! Between them and the other stuff in the intro, its so much fun to listen to how they fit together using the 15/8 meter! Also,, the moon pattern getting its own measure a capella at the start makes me so happy--its such a literal cool feeling thats hard to describe. ;) The theme simply wouldnt be the same without that opening measure! And it works over a lot of chord changes, too! Nice happy-go-lucky theme (contrary to the level itself, I imagine) at 0:15! Id love to get into the rhythmic structure here, but it would take too much spaceIll just say that it has nice symmetry to it. In each of the four it does something different (A,B,C, and then D). In the next four little sections it borrows two of them (D and C), then adds two new rhythmic ideas!! Finally, at the end of that I love the delay of the tonic at 0:34 - 0:35 via bVi-bVII-major I, and the way it bounces three times on the tonic so very charming!! Plus at the same time the moon patterns finally resolves by moving down. YESYESYES!!! Then a fun little gliss up to the next section. 0:36 is very catchy...its like Scrooge bouncing on his cane, and again, some nice rhythmic structure here, too (such as a three-note syncopation getting repeated three times at the end). And the timing of the moon patterns coming back BEFORE the end of the loop is just great! All in all, this is maybe my #1 NES theme ever, but in my top two at worst! --- "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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