[D] Second Round Match #1 (Desperate Fight vs. Rally the Spirit)

Listen to both songs and select the one you prefer.

Download Links:

Valkyria of the Battlefield - Desperate Fight
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - Rally the Spirit

Streaming:

Desperate Fight: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:
Rally the Spirit: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file:

Valkyria of the Battlefield - Desperate Fight
Triumphant, brassy, and brightly melodic militaristic--this tune is pure unadulterated Sakimoto. If you don't like his style, this won't convince you otherwise, but as a fan it's pure manna.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - Rally the Spirit
This makes an interesting contrast to Desperate Fight. It's got the same basic building blocks--let's face it, they're both militaristic tracks for tactical RPG's. But here, the elements are combined clumsily and without flair. That's enough to triumph against a weak opponent, but not a superior example of the same style.

Desperate Fight, easily.

Bleh. Neither one is my style at all. Abstain.

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

Valkyria of the Battlefield - Desperate Fight
Triumphant, brassy, and brightly melodic militaristic--this tune is pure unadulterated Sakimoto. If you don't like his style, this won't convince you otherwise, but as a fan it's pure manna.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - Rally the Spirit
This makes an interesting contrast to Desperate Fight. It's got the same basic building blocks--let's face it, they're both militaristic tracks for tactical RPG's. But here, the elements are combined clumsily and without flair. That's enough to triumph against a weak opponent, but not a superior example of the same style.

Desperate Fight, easily.

Pretty much sums up my feelings. Rally has good elements but are not handled nearly as skillfully. I don't love everything that Sakimoto does, but at his orchestral best he nails his fair share of triples and homers.

Oh dear the militaristicisms are overwhelming. X_______x

"Desperate Fight" is really lame and boring for about 80% of its duration, but the other 20% is actually rather swell. You know, the part where the melody kicks in and things go from serious to uplifting. A shame the whole track wasn't as enjoyable as this brief climax. Actually, I rephrase that: shame on you Mr. Sakimoto. >=[

"Rally the Spirit" won its first round encounter? Huh. Well, I don't think it'll be progressing beyond this round. The instrumentation's grand and expectedly crisp, but the composition itself seems to bland in comparison to Sakimoto's (oh god I never thought I'd say that). The trumpets are nice, but Sakimoto's 20% wins it for me here.

"Desperate Fight" - 6/10
"Rally the Spirit" - 4/10

Fuck this pairing. At least this means one of these drab songs will not make it to a third round, that would be an abomination. Still, one of them making it that far is a bit depressing as well.

I'll vote for Rally the Spirit because of its sound quality. How sad, voting on something because its samplebank is bigger. D:

Ugh. You know, I think Desperate Fight is OK on my first listen, but it's not great. It's better than Braveheart wannabe, though.

Valkyria of the Battlefield - Desperate Fight
I hear Sakimoto, is this Sakimoto? If it's Sakimoto I need to listen to the whole OST.
After seeing the comments: I knew it, Sakimoto is so predictable in style.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - Rally the Spirit
Nice, but I'm voting for the other song.

Originally Posted by katchum

Valkyria of the Battlefield - Desperate Fight
I hear Sakimoto, is this Sakimoto? If it's Sakimoto I need to listen to the whole OST.
After seeing the comments: I knew it, Sakimoto is so predictable in style.

You liar, you looked at the comments before you posted. And you then posted this to flaunt your unrivaled VGM-composer-recognition skills.

Not really, Sakimoto has a very, very recognizable style.