25-11, or: my writeups stop making any sense at all
25. Battle Gear 4 - Slippin' Away
Nominated by: tazzyboyishere
For a while now I've been taking shots at electric guitar sections in other songs, but here's an electric guitar-centric song that I really enjoy! Through no fault of its own Slippin' Away kind of reminds me of the cheesy rock music that showed up in quite a few video games in the late 90s/early 00s, but honestly that's probably helping it out here. >_>;
If I ever go on a cross-country roadtrip, I want this playing at least part of the way.
24. Darius Gaiden - VISIONNERZ
Nominated by: MycroProcessor
This song is ****ing weird, and I'm only about 80% sure I actually like it at all. what is up with the darius series having such bizarre music, anyway. Not that I don't appreciate it, even when I don't care for a particular track (sup, B.T. Dutch). But I digress... I think what makes me question whether I even like this song at all is sections like 2:45, which are just chaotic and not very pleasant to listen to, but then I hear the operatic vocals or any of the other things the song does that are really cool and decide, yes, VISIONNERZ actually is pretty awesome.
23. Persona 4 - I'll Face Myself -Battle- (Reincarnation Version)
Nominated by: swordz9
I do enjoy the original I'll Face Myself -Battle-, but it's not like one of my favorites, and to me this version is better in practically every single way. The instrument choice is way more interesting and it does a much better job of balancing out intense sections with less intense ones. I do think the last minute or so is kind of unnecessary though. In any case, this ends up being not just my favorite version of I'll Face Myself -Battle-, but probably one of my favorite songs from Persona in general. ...Still gotta get around to actually playing those games sometime.
22. Okami - Ryoshima Plains
Nominated by: SSBDarren64
Okami has one of my all-time favorite soundtracks of any game, and in general I think its best music was area music (also, Reset ~ Thank You, but counting that is just unfair). Point is, while Ryoshima Plains isn't my favorite area theme from the game (that would go to Northern Country Kamui), it's still really damn good. It's stunning beautiful -- almost as much so as the actual Ryoshima Plains are in-game. In fact I have difficulty thinking of even a single thing to criticize about it, a "problem" that applies to a lot of the best music from Okami. I guess I'd say it goes on a bit long, but really the only time I'd even notice that is when doing a project like this, so it doesn't seem like a valid criticism.
21. Neotokyo - Haka
Nominated by: tazzyboyishere
I'm a fairly big fan of Neotokyo's OST, though certainly not as much as some people. A lot of its music is too cerebral for me, which is to say I have to devote so much effort to trying to figure it out that I can't really listen to it just for pleasure purposes. ...That probably didn't make any sense to anyone who isn't me. Haka is better in that regard than, say, Scrap IO, though. I really like the "lalalalaetc" sections; those might drive me crazy in a different song, in Haka they provide such a great contrast to the rest of the piece that they end up being my favorite part of the whole thing.
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