C02 Ootori/Phantoms of the Asteroids/Vit-Symty/Duck Blur

Please choose your favorite track:

035 - Cool & Create ~ Ragna-Beat 2 - Ootori (Theme of Payon)
094 - Back In Time III - Phantoms of the Asteroids ~ The Chase
117 - Pianistic Ray ~ Rayseries Piano Arrange - Vit-Symty ~ CRISIS
201 - OC Remix - Duck Blur


Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: 035 Cool & Create ~ Ragna-Beat 2 - Ootori (Theme of Payon)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: 094 Back In Time III - Phantoms of the Asteroids ~ The Chase
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: 117 Pianistic Ray ~ Rayseries Piano Arrange - Vit-Symty ~ CRISIS
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: 201 OC Remix - Duck Blur

Ootori @ ~2:40 =

Gotta give it to "Duck Blur." The other three all seemed to be just there. "Duck Blur" isn't super A-grade special plus or anything, but for all of these tracks being over 5 minutes, "Duck Blur" was the only one that went anywhere.

: 117 - Pianistic Ray ~ Rayseries Piano Arrange - Vit-Symty ~ CRISIS
: 201 - OC Remix - Duck Blur
: 094 - Back In Time III - Phantoms of the Asteroids ~ The Chase
: 035 - Cool & Create ~ Ragna-Beat 2 - Ootori (Theme of Payon)

Ootori just, well, doesn't work. Sloppy moments, clumsy climax, FUCK YEAH KEY CHANGE, and a lame ending. I just don't like it.

Phantoms of the Asteroids ~ The Chase is pleasant, but it doesn't feel like it ever really goes anywhere. There's definitely some nice material in there, though.

Duck Blur is even more pleasant, and even though it's a bit repetitive, it definitely goes somewhere. Hardly the be all and end all, but it's a fun listen.

Guess I'm the only person who likes Vit-Symty. Probably helps to have heard the original, because damn it took some guts to arrange freakin' Vit-Symty. But anyway, I like the development.

I went for Duck Blur, it's basically a streched out version of the original, but it was nice with its electronic, spacy sounds. The others were a bit dispersed, and the piano in Vit-Symty ~ Crisis was kinda flat.

035 - Cool & Create ~ Ragna-Beat 2 - Ootori (Theme of Payon)
Oriental classical style mixed with rock and synth? Sounds like it could be awesome, but the outcome is just rather meh. It putters along and gives extended time to the most boring parts.

094 - Back In Time III - Phantoms of the Asteroids ~ The Chase
Kind of spacey and dull at the beginning before opening up into something much more lively and enjoyable.

117 - Pianistic Ray ~ Rayseries Piano Arrange - Vit-Symty ~ CRISIS
Mmm, piano. I have a soft spot for the instrument when done well, but in the wrong hands it can be the instrument of death. This performance seems kinda simple and, well, boring.

201 - OC Remix - Duck Blur
Hard to go wrong with the source tune, and the spacy feel fits just right. I was very close to nominating this; it was on my back-up list.

Normally I'd give a shout to Duck Blur, but that one seems to have a nice following already, so I think Asteroids could use a point.