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#229: The Last Story - Theme of The Last Story
Nominator: NBIceman (9/10)
Link:

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I'm not a musician, so I feel like it's not my place to call the composition of something bad, but am I the only one who thinks this is a terrible main theme for a JRPG? It has no concrete identity - indeed it's the opposite, since it's a medley - which doesn't make a clear first impression. The first half of the song is really boring, which isn't what you want when you're trying to grab people's attention. Most of it has no clear, strong melody, that people can identify with the game - and when it finally gets there, it doesn't really stand out all that much. It's just... a really ill-advised main theme, in my opinion. It's frustrating, and has hurt its score.

Okay so ignoring that and just looking at the song itself, as I said, the first half is really slow and boring. After that though, it actually pretty good! From 2:24 to 3:32 is my favourite part, minus that very strange and out of place intermission in the middle of it. Even though it kinda generic JRPG orchestral, giving it a nice driving beat and some kind of melody really brings it up a notch in my books. It's enjoyable.

And with that, we're actually basically at the end of the songs I have major complaints about. From here, I don't hesitate much to say that I like the songs. Good job everyone.
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