Pairing III (D) (Round 2)

Listen to the tracks and make your selection.

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062 Albert Odyssey — The Airship (G)
202 Zuntata History L'abnormal 1st — Burning Road [Night Striker] (F)

The Zuntata track comes off like a rapist with an eardrum fetish.

Albert Odyssey - The Airship, on the other hand, mends all wounds.

Both tracks are okay, but neither are good good. Also, there's one part in The Airship that AGGRAVATES me to no end.

Burning Road is like Ys music but better, which isn't saying much. Still, I enjoyed it well more than that other track.

Airship is a beautiful piece, but Zunata is also one of those "cool synth" stage songs. If it had a better synth.... but it doesn't.

Burning Road is another one of those bland middle-of-the-road synth rock pieces that aren't bad, but aren't good. I'd really rather have tracks that are bad but memorable than this sort of boredom. Airship, on the other hand is absolutely gorgeous. Those pulsing strings...mmm.

Originally Posted by Darkcomet72

Both tracks are okay, but neither are good good. Also, there's one part in The Airship that AGGRAVATES me to no end.

Burning Road is like Ys music but better, which isn't saying much. Still, I enjoyed it well more than that other track.

I wonder if it's the off pitch string octave at 0:24 or the irritating repeated drum sound at 0:48.
Aggravating or not, it deserves the win here. Although, Burning Road has an interesting theme.

062 Albert Odyssey — The Airship (G)
202 Zuntata History L'abnormal 1st — Burning Road [Night Striker] (F)

The Airship is a cool song. Very good instrumentation and a relaxing melody. Burning Road sounds pretty dumb, I think this is the music people used to listen to in the 80s or something like that. Vote goes to the Airship!

Burning Road is better than Zuntata usually is, particularly the part starting at :54, but The Airship has the stronger melody, instrumentation, mood, and hopefully, support. It has mine at least.

Matchup of two decent tracks that I didn't vote for GO!

Airship is gorgeous. Zuntata's good, just not as good as I tend to find Zuntata songses. Airship gets the vote.

Airship music has always been too free-willed and fantastical for me to like, just as Albert Odyssey's take on it is. I'm picking Burning Road [Night Striker] because in this pairing I prefer cheesy drum kit and can remember the melody.

The Airship's a perfectly lovely track, but one of these days it isn't going to be thrown these softball matchups.

Albert Odyssey — The Airship
It's nice to recognize the main theme in this track as well. It shares the same serene and light line of the few Albert Odyssey tracks I have heard. Although this one is fine, it's a bit drawn out. What I mean is the substance/time ratio could be higher, the variable being the time.

Zuntata History L'abnormal 1st — Burning Road [Night Striker]
It does everything alright, but not better. The beginning sounds badass, but probably not enough.

I slightly prefer the Airship Theme then.

Many arranged/orchestrated versions of Japanese VGM don't interest me. They tend to feature rather poor orchestrations, especially poor percussion, and strings arranged in a way I can only describe as "melodramatic" that grates me. Albert Odyssey — The Airship has all of these annoyities; despite being orchestral, it's not for me.

Zuntata History L'abnormal 1st — Burning Road [Night Striker] reminds me of something Ys or Castlevania--something about the general sound of the piece and the instrument choice. It's a nice, listenable piece that's not without its merits.

Despite my voting record, I've got to go with Night Striker.

: 062 Albert Odyssey — The Airship (G)
: 202 Zuntata History L'abnormal 1st — Burning Road [Night Striker] (F)

Conqueso said what I think about Burning Road: it's okay for what it is, but what it is is completely unremarkable.

The Airship has purty lips.