Tyrian Maze - Inner Chamber (Pokemon MD: GtI) Ephemeral Glory B (Muramasa) City Trial ~ City (Kirby Air Ride)
Tyrian Maze - Inner Chamber is my FAVORITE song in the pokemon series, it is just the perfect balance of all of the elements i look for in music. Both compositionally and instrumentationally. I hope it does not lose
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Even though that i know that sonic music has a diverse selection of things that it has in it.;;;;it still always catches me off guard that this track is from sonic unleashed when i look at the name of what is playing.
God i feel really strongly about the matches today. Ephemeral Glory B is definitely one of my favs in the contest. Its pretty emblematic of why kimihiro abe is my favorite vgm composer...a huge focus on cool harmonies, and sometimes the interaction of those harmonies with strange melody lines that only are given a context that makes sense through these unusual harmonies..and BEAUTIFUL production. amazing similar the context of this layer changes depending on whats surrounding it with rhythms too. The ambiguity of barlines here is such a cool free feeling. One of the most influential tracks on me that i can think of. The sorts of things i improvise or write these days are often very directly influenced by the way this track WORKS. And of course i like traditional japanese instrumentation a lot..muramasa is an ost i ranked in my potential top 5 game osts in one list i made (top 4 being pso2 / sonic shuffle / opoona / coded soul [making THREE of my top 5 soundtracks with a lot of kimihiro abe music on them lol])., not sure i still have it there but it is definitely a big one for me.