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The Spirit of the Mountain
Panditah of the 7th Mountain
MAD LAST WORLD

Whoops I have more things to say today. it's the day of the Panditah. So like, Jewels of the Oracle's whole soundtrack is probably pretty far unlike most of what I tend to prefer in vgm. Actually, I think it's very different from most vgm in general. And in a way, that's kind of what I love about it - Like, it's this mysterious mixture of ancient themes/instrumentations and also more modern/futuristic synthetic ones, with neither side having typical representations, making for a very unique kind of experience. Possibly "enhanced" by that good ol' 11025 Hz audio quality that you also seldom see anymore (okay that particular "quality" may be somewhat nostalgia-influenced for me). Panditah of the 7th Mountain is my personal favorite from the game! Very surreal & dreamlike, and the contrast between the unique droning synths and the unique world instruments works especially well here for me. Plus it has this very interesting dissonant aura to it, where even as it starts to lighten up at :40, the light quickly turns back to dark not even 10 seconds later, and I -love- the way that ghostly reverse-reveal sounds! I may not exactly be expecting it to win here, but I'm just glad it was able to get into this event. Even if it's not particularly your cup of tea, I hope you guys can at least appreciate the unique experience it has to offer, that those who do enjoy may not get many other opportunities to hear or be introduced to. And if not, well, it's only a minute and a half of your time.