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Topic	Board 8 Ranks Trails/Kiseki [{(-~-RANKINGS-~-)}]
NFUN 10/18/20 2:59:31 PM #248:	#134: Zero no Kiseki - Tender Heart hb: 5.4/5.9 NFUN: 6.4/6.4 Total: 5.9/6.15 (6.025) https://youtube.com/watch?v=gOAtqrP3djw https://youtube.com/watch?v=RhkY_LcaaEY Compared to most sad piano pieces, this one feels like its comparatively dissonant at times, but the second half's melody is good enough that piece is overall positive for me. The Evo version feels less off-kilter, and adds a new third segment that's pretty cool. ------------------------------------------------------------- introspective emotional theme that you know has "heart" in the title without looking introspective emotional theme that you know has "heart" in the title without looking #133: Trails in the Sky SC - On the Side of the Goddess azuarc: 5.7/5.9 scything: 6/6.5 Total: 5.85/6.2 (6.025) https://youtube.com/watch?v=bsueyLAWmMM https://youtube.com/watch?v=nSOrNUueqQE Super tense, and then triumphant with a hint of divine, to violins playing a main leitmotif...I'm curious what this track is doing, because it doesn't scream medley to me. I guess it's okay? I had trouble getting a read on it. And because it changed up, that made it harder to compare the evo version, which I think is maybe a slight step up, but I'm not really sure. ------------------------------------------------------------- I genuinely think I like the evo one a bit better i'm sorry like it adds more instrumentation but it's relatively subdued about it? #132: Zero no Kiseki - Omen azuarc: 6/6 Mycro: 7.145/5.039 Total: 6.5725/5.5195 (6.046) https://youtube.com/watch?v=xiaSvk5SFlU https://youtube.com/watch?v=k_YYvMGoBic OG rating is purely for Omen, starting at 2:32. Evo version is trying to be something a little different, and it succeeds, but I don't know that this makes it any better. ------------------------------------------------------------- much better with prominent piano and electronic drums than without. entire VERY cool sections are basicaslly not here at all in the evo version. i wouldn't mind transition to orchestral necesarily , but this isn't even very well arranged for that and takes out the stuff i found most cool #131: Trails in the Sky SC - The Whereabouts of Bonds azuarc: 6.4/5.9 NFUN: 8.5/3.5 Total: 7.45/4.7 (6.075) https://youtube.com/watch?v=KIwlj5z8gGs https://youtube.com/watch?v=X2Sx9sY7fls Track sounds more Ys than Kiseki, but it's an effective semi-tranquil piece either way. Evo version is still listenable, but I can't agree with either the instrumentation or the mixing, even if the fingerpicking guitars do sound nice. ------------------------------------------------------------- I didn't get Looking Up at the Sky, but I did get the first song in the game to use its motif! Not much to say about the original. It's a very nice, heartfelt song with good instrumentation I laughed at the beginning of the Evo version. This happens a lot. What the hell was the guitar intro? The first synth melodic instrument is fine. The second is alright... okay i was gonna mention the third and then segway into the next point but I have to address it here. Why is this song so fucking busy??? The ADHD hi-hats and booping early would fit in plenty of songs, but they're just stressing me out here. The bongos that follow would actually be good if there weren't a million other things going on at once. And then a drumroll to the addition of another hyper instrument and whatever the hell is making noises in my right ear. Just the melodic line, guitar and one percussion would leave it a pretty acceptable arrangement. It'd be a peaceful, introspective song, which I suppose is too boring? Evo really needs to understand that sometimes less is more. I'm not relaxed at all from this. I'm on edge. Why did they do this? #130: Ao no Kiseki - Unexpected Emergency player0: 6/6 Raetsel: 6/6.3 Total: 6/6.15 (6.075) https://youtube.com/watch?v=EGlgSWA9lc4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=LK-J3osnzN0 Very prototypical Falcom battle theme, almost sounds like Ao's version of Demonic Drive. Some of the remake's instruments feel like a downgrade but it does add a second loop with some cool variations. ------------------------------------------------------------- A very intense song, particularly the Evo version that is probably TOO intense. Which sounds like a harsh criticism, but I actually respect the song for knowing what it wants to do and going all in with it and have fairly positive feelings towards it as a result. #129: Trails in the Sky SC - Looking Up at the Sky hb: 8.9/4.9 Raetsel: 6.45/4.1 Total: 7.675/4.5 (6.0875) https://youtube.com/watch?v=mqAzKJIr5aQ https://youtube.com/watch?v=n0esFPASk7U An exceptionally relaxing song that's also endlessly relistenable, this song is just a joy to hear all around. And then there's the Evo version... what the fuck happened? It's just a mess in comparison, and it's so noticably off-key compared to the original. ------------------------------------------------------------- If there were an award for "most appropriately named track", it would go to the Original Version of this song. It's so peaceful, it feels like the perfect song to just lie under a tree and watch the clouds pass by. The Evo Version abandons this type of feeling entirely, throwing in an orchestra and trying way too hard to make the song be IMPORTANT and EPIC. It's like having this musclebound oaf screaming in your face while you're trying to relax. "Yeah, bro! Yeah bro! Let's fucking look at some nature bro! Bro, didja see that cloud? That cloud was fucking ripped man, but not as ripped as my tight pecs, you feel me bro?! BRO?! BRO ARE YOU RELAXED AND ENJOYING THIS FUCKING NATURE YET, BRO?!?". Like, eesh Evo, tone it down a bit and let the relaxing songs actually be relaxing, jesus. Was extremely angry, then realized Evo scores are included in this average, and, seeing as I still haven't worked up the courage to listen to the remix, I guess it's fair #128: Zero no Kiseki - Arrest The Criminal Place: 4.5/6.5 deo: 7.2/6.2 Total: 5.85/6.35 (6.1) https://youtube.com/watch?v=a2GEc_tN2yE https://youtube.com/watch?v=PvN1-jcLF_o love the twinkly synths and bongo percs in the evo version. makes for a much richer soundscape than the OG is able to offer. the last minute or so adds a funky solo break with organ, synth and guitar parts giving it some replay value ------------------------------------------------------------- --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them. <cite>NFUN posted [p:946001499] in Board 8 Ra... [t:79002927]...</cite> <quote>#134: Zero no Kiseki - Tender Heart hb: 5.4/5.9 NFUN: 6.4/6.4 Total: 5.9/6.15 (6.025) https://youtube.com/watch?v=gOAtqrP3djw https://youtube.com/watch?v=RhkY_LcaaEY Compared to most sad piano pieces, this one feels like its comparatively dissonant at times, but the second half's melody is good enough that piece is overall positive for me. The Evo version feels less off-kilter, and adds a new third segment that's pretty cool. ------------------------------------------------------------- introspective emotional theme that you know has "heart" in the title without looking introspective emotional theme that you know has "heart" in the title without looking #133: Trails in the Sky SC - On the Side of the Goddess azuarc: 5.7/5.9 scything: 6/6.5 Total: 5.85/6.2 (6.025) https://youtube.com/watch?v=bsueyLAWmMM https://youtube.com/watch?v=nSOrNUueqQE Super tense, and then triumphant with a hint of divine, to violins playing a main leitmotif...I'm curious what this track is doing, because it doesn't scream medley to me. I guess it's okay? I had trouble getting a read on it. And because it changed up, that made it harder to compare the evo version, which I think is maybe a slight step up, but I'm not really sure. ------------------------------------------------------------- I genuinely think I like the evo one a bit better i'm sorry like it adds more instrumentation but it's relatively subdued about it? #132: Zero no Kiseki - Omen azuarc: 6/6 Mycro: 7.145/5.039 Total: 6.5725/5.5195 (6.046) https://youtube.com/watch?v=xiaSvk5SFlU https://youtube.com/watch?v=k_YYvMGoBic OG rating is purely for Omen, starting at 2:32. Evo version is trying to be something a little different, and it succeeds, but I don't know that this makes it any better. ------------------------------------------------------------- much better with prominent piano and electronic drums than without. entire VERY cool sections are basicaslly not here at all in the evo version. i wouldn't mind transition to orchestral necesarily , but this isn't even very well arranged for that and takes out the stuff i found most cool #131: Trails in the Sky SC - The Whereabouts of Bonds azuarc: 6.4/5.9 NFUN: 8.5/3.5 Total: 7.45/4.7 (6.075) https://youtube.com/watch?v=KIwlj5z8gGs https://youtube.com/watch?v=X2Sx9sY7fls Track sounds more Ys than Kiseki, but it's an effective semi-tranquil piece either way. Evo version is still listenable, but I can't agree with either the instrumentation or the mixing, even if the fingerpicking guitars do sound nice. ------------------------------------------------------------- I didn't get Looking Up at the Sky, but I did get the first song in the game to use its motif! Not much to say about the original. It's a very nice, heartfelt song with good instrumentation I laughed at the beginning of the Evo version. This happens a lot. What the hell was the guitar intro? The first synth melodic instrument is fine. The second is alright... okay i was gonna mention the third and then segway into the next point but I have to address it here. Why is this song so fucking busy??? The ADHD hi-hats and booping early would fit in plenty of songs, but they're just stressing me out here. The bongos that follow would actually be good if there weren't a million other things going on at once. And then a drumroll to the addition of another hyper instrument and whatever the hell is making noises in my right ear. Just the melodic line, guitar and one percussion would leave it a pretty acceptable arrangement. It'd be a peaceful, introspective song, which I suppose is too boring? Evo really needs to understand that sometimes less is more. I'm not relaxed at all from this. I'm on edge. Why did they do this? #130: Ao no Kiseki - Unexpected Emergency player0: 6/6 Raetsel: 6/6.3 Total: 6/6.15 (6.075) https://youtube.com/watch?v=EGlgSWA9lc4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=LK-J3osnzN0 Very prototypical Falcom battle theme, almost sounds like Ao's version of Demonic Drive. Some of the remake's instruments feel like a downgrade but it does add a second loop with some cool variations. ------------------------------------------------------------- A very intense song, particularly the Evo version that is probably TOO intense. Which sounds like a harsh criticism, but I actually respect the song for knowing what it wants to do and going all in with it and have fairly positive feelings towards it as a result. #129: Trails in the Sky SC - Looking Up at the Sky hb: 8.9/4.9 Raetsel: 6.45/4.1 Total: 7.675/4.5 (6.0875) https://youtube.com/watch?v=mqAzKJIr5aQ https://youtube.com/watch?v=n0esFPASk7U An exceptionally relaxing song that's also endlessly relistenable, this song is just a joy to hear all around. And then there's the Evo version... what the fuck happened? It's just a mess in comparison, and it's so noticably off-key compared to the original. ------------------------------------------------------------- If there were an award for "most appropriately named track", it would go to the Original Version of this song. It's so peaceful, it feels like the perfect song to just lie under a tree and watch the clouds pass by. The Evo Version abandons this type of feeling entirely, throwing in an orchestra and trying way too hard to make the song be IMPORTANT and EPIC. It's like having this musclebound oaf screaming in your face while you're trying to relax. "Yeah, bro! Yeah bro! Let's fucking look at some nature bro! Bro, didja see that cloud? That cloud was fucking ripped man, but not as ripped as my tight pecs, you feel me bro?! BRO?! BRO ARE YOU RELAXED AND ENJOYING THIS FUCKING NATURE YET, BRO?!?". Like, eesh Evo, tone it down a bit and let the relaxing songs actually be relaxing, jesus. Was extremely angry, then realized Evo scores are included in this average, and, seeing as I still haven't worked up the courage to listen to the remix, I guess it's fair #128: Zero no Kiseki - Arrest The Criminal Place: 4.5/6.5 deo: 7.2/6.2 Total: 5.85/6.35 (6.1) https://youtube.com/watch?v=a2GEc_tN2yE https://youtube.com/watch?v=PvN1-jcLF_o love the twinkly synths and bongo percs in the evo version. makes for a much richer soundscape than the OG is able to offer. the last minute or so adds a funky solo break with organ, synth and guitar parts giving it some replay value ------------------------------------------------------------- --- You shine, and make others shine just by being near them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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