LogFAQs > #980336506

Four instrumental songs that didn't inspire any strong thoughts fall as things resume. This puts us at 49/50 songs towards our nomination deadline; I expect that I'll be back in a couple hours with one more drop to officially lock the nominated song list, but I can't make promises.

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Honkai Star Rail | Death Approaches (1:49)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgfW1E_YtrE
Nominator: @pyresword [3 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 57.35
Final Score: 57.20

(First Reaction: This feels way too upbeat and trance-like for a song with that title. I wanted ominous pain and fear, but all I got was a rave in some fantasy kingdom, I feel more-than-slightly cheated. Also, whatever that instrument is towards the end is rather unpleasantly high-pitched, like a bird screaming in my ear. Still, "fantasy rave attended by a screaming bird" is definitely a new experience, so I'd say that I kinda like this one.)

I do like instrumentals that convey a novel experience and this is certainly a novel one to be picturing, but the track feels a bit too short and... I really do just kinda like the song itself. I'm sorry, I do feel like I should be giving more points to something unique like this, but magical raves filled with screaming birds are apparently not my scene.

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Fusion Legend | Concertino in Blue (5:45):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITH-l72YYT0

Nominator: @Place [9 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 57.39
Final Score: 57.40

(First Reaction: It's another instrumental that doesn't make me think of anything in particular, but there's some cool electric guitar shredding and a nice sax and I kinda dig its vibe. It does feel a bit long... not really sure why (5:45 is not a long runtime), but I feel I've had my fill of "cool guitar shredding" after around three minutes, so it's slightly worn out its welcome even before it goes a bit too epic towards the end of the track. Still... I do kinda like it. Some nice instruments performed in fun ways.)

One instrumental that's too long & another too short. What a pair this afternoon's drops are. Honestly, I do rather enjoy the sax, but the last part of the song is the type of intense music that I find a bit boring and I find my attention waning well before the song ends. I still kinda like it, but a bit more focus on the sax and a little brevity would probably carry this song up another tier or two.

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Kait Dunton | Headspace (3:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHgGH09GAqA
Nominator: @FL81 [3 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 57.39
Final Score: 56.80

(First Impressions: Some nice, easy listening keyboard playing. It doesn't provoke a strong reaction, but it's very pleasant and a relaxing way to kinda groove with for a couple minutes. "Nice and easy" are the only two adjectives that come to mind, but... yeah, it's nice.)

It's definitely a nice and easy track to listen to, but I'm afraid that I'm just not getting any feelings from it at all. I kinda like it, but I feel like it's not leaving enough of a lasting impression & that I prefer some already eliminated tracks that have higher highs/lower lows because they're just more memorable for me. I'm sorry; this is a nice song though.

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Hideaki Kobayashi - Aire Iglesia (8:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ2ASC4IAYA
Nominator: NFUN [11 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 57.404
Final Score: 57.90

(First Reaction: It's a nice enough song, but there's only so far instrumentals that don't make me think of anything can go and I'm just not connecting with this one. I do kinda like it, but I don't feel like a whole lot happened for how long the track is and I just don't get anything in particular from it.)

This song is definitely a peg above the other three instrumentals being eliminated in this post. It's very... sci-fi-ish. I'm not really getting anything specific beyond "high technology" and occasionally "hope", but a hopeful high tech song is definitely more than I was getting from some other tracks. But... like all the other tracks dropping now, I'm just not as into them as the songs that getting moved into the Nebula and beyond, so I can't quite convince myself to delay this elimination any further. It is very close though.

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