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#18: Ao no Kiseki - Descent of the God's Machine
Haste: 8.3/8.6
Raetsel: 6.47/8
Total: 7.385/8.3 (7.8425)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nMtaOx_j17U
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zWCfHmh5bGs

The meter seems to vary so randomly for the first minute-- it bugs me because I try to find patterns in rhythms but I failed to find any here, haha. Sounds like it portrays a medieval battle or something... (Fire Emblem) I don't really have much to say on this one, but it's done nicely, even if it's not overly fancy and fairly predictable (but predictable IS NOT ALWAYS BAD) But the low piano stuff without fitting into any rhythmic mold at the start is very majestic!

EVO version: I really like the use of woodwinds rather than harp on those arpeggios at 1:42; likewise with the new low-pitched instruments at the start. 0:33 - the drums provide some rhythmic contrast that's not in the original, so that's a plus.
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Epic music that somehow gives me flashbacks to Chrono Trigger's Undersea Palace & Black Omen. It captures the feeling of a villain making some grand show of their power and the EPIC CONFLICTS that will soon ensue. The Evo version wins because it's...more. It's just more and I can think of no other adjectives I wish to use to describe it.

#17: Zero no Kiseki - Formidable Enemy
Janus: 8.5/8.5
deo: 7.1/7.3
Total: 7.8/7.9 (7.85)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rkL5oCAG52o
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CivjIKXYPO4

Not really a whole lot to say about the original track - it's a fast, rocking mid-boss theme with good guitar lines and a lot of oomph.

Evo feels less dynamic - the attacks at the ends of some of the phrases fall flatter, probably because the drums don't line up as completely? The added parts (so mainly the solos) are pretty hype though. Not immediately sure which I prefer!
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