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Raging Spirits
Speartip of Judgment
My Blaze, My Truth
There's a weird, seething energy under the repeating figures of Raging Spirits, which is what always brings me back to this track. There's no other track quite like it in the Caravan Stories soundtrack (except I guess the track right before it-- Tenement of the Blue Spirit-- which is a calmer take). Mesmerizing each time I revisit it.
I change my mind on this once in a while but dreamenddischarger is probably my favourite umineko zts track. There's sort of a hopefulness to this, a fighting spirit, that doesn't seem to be expressed as much in the others. Drakeryn once described this as the theme of town (and miragecoordinator the theme of mafia)-- I wholeheartedly agree.
A few years ago I'd have voted ded without so much as a pause. Even today this is a really tough match-- a day where I leaned more towards the positive vibes of ded would have swung this. I have a lot of good history with that track, and I still welcome opportunities to listen to it.
Kass's Theme has an accordion and a lot of energy, but I don't think it really knows what to do with it. In the end it decides to play this kinda generic melody with the Legend of Zelda theme thrown in.
Speartip of Judgment's opening klaxon of a synth has this feel of an alarm as the rest of the track cresendos (that delay echo pluck synth is great). Exciting! Synths pan back and forth and the bass plays a frenetic pattern. Real shmuppy. Real nice. Not super sure about the trumpet but I like this.
The main piano melody kinda reminds me of random things. Zoo. The piano segment of Thermosphere. That's weird. In the end I can kinda see how this fits into a Falcom vision of Persona. This is 'groovy' in the way the very prominent bass guitar carries it. Good production, typical of Falcom's sound team, but also very 'safe' melodically (which is also somewhat typical of Falcom's sound team).
The opening to Mad Motor is pretty nifty. Another electronic track full of energy-- this feels like the running theme of today's matches. There's less to this than its predecessors, though. I think the little skittering bits in the background are my favourite part of this track. Like, listen to the thing in the background starting at 0:59! That's cool. Really hits that 'mechanical animal sounds' feel.