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14. The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure Evolution | Seize the Truth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxXfJR-6ry0
VGMC9 winner

Total ranking score: 502
Average ranking: 9.84
Standard deviation: 3.91
First place votes: 1
Last place votes: 1

1/16: azuarc
2/16:
3/16: hb, Mihark, ZaziGuado
4/16: xx521xx
5/16: Janus, Plasman
6/16: Eddv, Mega Mana, NBIceman, Prince46, Robazoid
7/16: Andylt, Pablo Smith
8/16: Collen, deo, FL81, pyresword, tgs2, Ulti
9/16: DireKrow, Haste, lefty, Team Rocket Elite, Waveshine
10/16: rwlh, tazzy
11/16: NFUN, Raetsel, TheArkOfTurus
12/16: Chaeix, DoctorJimmy, Korji, Mac Arrowny, vaati000
13/16: Disillusion, loweffortmemes, SSBM_Guy
14/16: DragonImps, golden009, MargaretAnnMid, Max Galactica, p0, sergio, Snake5
15/16: dowolf, JONA, KCF. Place, skulltrumpet
16/16: R-Man

dowolf (15/16): "This is fine, but it won?" is the general consensus for Seize the Truth. I agree with that.

loweffortmemes (13/16): Seize the Truth is pretty cool when listening to it, but I find it to be pretty forgettable, to the point that I can never remember exactly what it sounds like, even right after listening to it. There's certainly nothing bad about the song, but there are a lot of better Falcom songs out there.

rwlh (10/16): 8.5/10
#836
tags: rollicking, adventurous

On paper this doesnt seem like a champ I would like. However, I dont dislike all guitar-violin combo songs. Seize the Truth I actually find very refreshing. Its like biting into a big slice of orange cake, except the cake is Yukihiro Jindos head.

tazzy (10/16): Oh god, we hit the first song I couldnt remember the sound of. I feel like I shit on Falcom music a lot, though Ive reeled it in since back in these days. They make some damn good music, even if they all sound super similar, especially if you listen to any back-to-back. Seize the Truth isnt their best work, but its solid enough. The other Falcom champion is far superior and more of a proper representative of the highest quality to me.

Haste (9/16): New Ranking: 8.5 (9th place)
Rank the Retirees: 8.7 (64th place)

I dont care what anybody says. Seize the Truth! is iconic! Anyone remember when this faced AAI2s Pursuit ~ Wanting to to Find the Truth? I certainly remembered the Pursuit theme losing...getting TRIPLED, in fact. That was not a happy day for me, especially since it was, for a while, my all-time favorite Ace Attorney theme. I thought it was tripled by Magus Theme, but my memory was faulty. Magus Theme just happened to be in the adjacent match. These days I definitely prefer this over AAI2s Pursuit.

Good quasi-electronic orchestration. Piano/string synth sound good on the opening stuff with nice soft synths behind that sound like echoes (but not really echoes). This is one of those unusual times where I enjoy a simplistic beat, probably because I LOVE squashy snares (actually, maybe that's not even a snare...whatever!), and then at 0:22 everything drops out for pure electric guitar goodness! Talk about a classic melody among classic melodies! SO GOOD!!!! Octaves are good, and the violin hiding in there fills it out very well. I especially love when the section finishes on the IV-->V at 0:43, nice! The next section makes a good follow-up, and the violin duet works nicely for that purpose, and the synth strikes at the end of it fill me with excitement! Next, violin and guitar combine for a third conclusive section score yet another good melody! (its kind of a mesh of the first two sections!) Violins take the theme again after with cool percussive hits as backup at 1:44! Cool. After that, it's kind of a mixed reception from me. The repeats of the theme later aren't as cool on the violins, but its alright. The exception is at 2:07 where the piano expands its idea from the start, it works really well a capella with those delay echoes! The guitar solos got some virtuosity to it, fun stuff! Oh, yeah, and being an Evolution remake, I might as well mention the older version wow, its a lot different! It feels a lot rougher around the edges, and the energy is less. Darker, too.

Waveshine (9/16): Very catchy piece, great beat and instrumentation, and pretty decent melody too. This is nearly tied with vgmc 15, but I feel like what makes this one slightly better is that it doesnt have any annoying sounds in it. Its not mind-blowing amazing, but still pretty cool. Rating: 8.31 (like it a lot)normally I dont rate beyond the tenth place, but Im making an exception to show that I like this song a hairline better that resurrectedreplayer

pyresword (8/16): This sure is a Trails battle theme. I do like the synthesizer they use at the beginning. Actually it's been a while since I've listened to the Evo version, but this does have the pretty violin that a lot of the Trails Evo songs use well. Think that places this above the original for sure.

Andylt (7/16): Note: the top 7 songs for me are all reasonably close to each other, this is a great group.
Truth hits the ground running with an excellent first 20 seconds. It then drops into something a little more standard for a minute, but picks up again when the little background wubs start coming in at 1:22. The string at 2:18 with the background slowly coming into focus is so cool. Is this really the basic battle theme? Badass.

Pablo Smith (7/16): Yeah, thats Trails of music alright. Not only that, its Trails of music that I'd rate higher than a 6, that's incredible. What to say about this track that doesn't apply to most Trails of music I've heard. I think that vague techno sound that shows up every now and then is a nice touch, it really makes me want to groove a bit when it comes up. For once, I actually enjoy the guitars for once, the little part at the end with them was solid. As always the violins are alright. For once, a Trails of song isn't putting me to sleep.

Janus (5/16): There's not much to the Canonically Worst VGMC Winner - it's really just a well put-together rock battle theme with a few catchy lines - but that's just fine by me.

hb (3/16): Please please PLEASE dont be last. Despite the circumstances behind its victory and
being a bog-standard Falcom song, its still super enjoyable to me. Jindos really the master of
combining violins and guitars in a super pleasing way, so this gets a high score from me.

azuarc (1/16): I know a lot of folks have at times called this the weakest champion, or are unhappy with this being 9's champion. I couldn't be happier. This was my nominee and I claim full responsibility for this song. While the self-professed Falcom fans were pushing tracks like Azure Arbitrator, I was loving the hell out of everything Seize the Truth does. Its energy, its instrumentation, its guitar solo, the way it has that KAH! sound in the percussion at select moments, it's all VERY me, circa 8 years ago. And, as you can see from my ranking, I haven't changed my opinion of it since.