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Apostle's Maraud
Imbrium

scourge of the universe - first encountered: bost5 for a focused listen, though I probably listened to it on some random occasion before this - trend: up
-this got stuck in my head for a while between its appearance in the first round and today. I've professed how much I like the vibe and the bass in the section starting at 2:24 in prior writeups. another thing I like about this track is the way the two lead synths play off each other with little countermelodies (like at 0:48-- I love how one of them goes up, then they both descend, and then the other one goes up. pretty fun).

apostle's maraud - first encountered: Toxtricity DMs - trend: slightly up
-breathless as usual. there was a period of time where I enjoyed the 'first part' of the track (the part that opens with the news bulletin) a little more each time I heard it. the drum fills right at the intro of the section are real cool. the section starting at 1:11, really awesome. I get super hyped about that little skip of the downbeat at 1:19. the way it moves effortlessly between 7/8 and 8/8. while the track's escalating pace is part of the point of the track, I do still wish I could catch my breath a bit.

TIGAR - pre-vgmc12 soundtrack listenthroughs, following up a remark by Mac in the pre-vgmc12 topic - trend: slightly down
-NFUN describes BR music as 'saccharine'. I get where he's coming from, I think-- it's relentless in its particular aesthetic, especially in the all phase mixes, to the point where it can feel like an overdose. it's very, well, shiny. I like shiny things (this track included) but sometimes I need to look away for a bit. of this set, this track is the least likely to evoke a mood in me.

imbrium - first encountered: looked up the soundtrack sometime in 2010 after Ed Bellis talked about tin soldiers - trend: steady
-in this set this is an absolute island of calm in an ocean of turbulent waves-- not because it's subdued, exactly, but because it's controlled. I discussed this track at length in round 1, what it means from my perspective, and there's no real way my impression of this changes much after ten years of listening to it. so a quick aside-- I don't talk about track rankings much, mostly because ranking tracks tires me out, but this is one of a very small selection I'd call 'bucket zero' in my head. this is the only bucket zero track in the contest. (scourge is in bucket two. apostle's maraud is bucket one. TIGAR is bucket three. how descriptive, right? see, this is why I don't talk about my rankings.) anyway, I enjoy this track to this day thanks to two Eds.