(1)The Highwind Takes to the Skies - 9 vs. (9)Let the Battles Begin! - 4
(5)Staff Roll - 5 vs. (4)Forested Temple - 8
(6)Listen to the Cries of the Planet - 8 vs. (3)Barret's Theme - 5
(10)Reunion - 7 vs. (2)Tifa's Theme - 6
Today's matches:
(1)Aerith's Theme
vs. (9)Birth of a God
(5)Opening - Bombing Mission
vs. (4)Fight On!
(6)The Oppressed
vs. (3)The Nightmare Begins
(10)JENOVA Absolute
vs. (2)Cid's Theme
Oh by the way The next (and probably last?) soundtrack contest I make will be for FFX. Good soundtrack. Deserves it. I'm already done with the seeding and bracket, too. It'll be a 5-division bracket just like the FF7 bracket, except there are no 16-seeds because there's fewer songs.
holyyyyyy s*** the FFX soundtrack is pretty sweet. I definitely got some mainstream favs and some longshot favs there. I also think "To Zanarkand" isn't in the top 5 of songs on the OST but I expect it to get to the finals if not win it all...
(9)Birth of a God (5)Opening - Bombing Mission (3)The Nightmare Begins (2)Cid's Theme
Easiest day yet for me, didn't have to think about any of these for a second. Though Aeris's Theme and Still More Fighting are pretty great too. Neither of those should be round 2 matches.
(9)Birth of a God... my second fave battle theme in the game, and it has the greatest beat in a battle theme EVER. (yay for hemiola/bass piano) Close call, though.
(4)Fight On!.... I hate to see stuff like Highwind move on. Meanwhile, Aeris' Theme and Bombing Mission will likely fall. Uematsu's battle themes have a tendency to improve immensely in the second half. I especially love how the loop for Fight On! wraps up with that brief ascending/descending line.
(3)The Nightmare Begins
(2)Cid's Theme....yay.
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