Probably my second personal favorite. The harmony in the piano around 0:30 and 1:40 is dark, elegant and beautiful, sometimes feeling threatening or hopeful.

One criticism I can give is that, the 'crystal' part of the theme is hardly there. The selection of that single instrument to represent the crystal, being all that really seems to represent half of the theme. If you just replaced more instruments with marimbas, xylophone, rhodes pianos, had more high-pitch synths, I could've given this 5 stars under the 'coherence to theme' category.

As a castle theme though? HOT DAMN, I feel like I am infiltrating the bad guy's castle right now and It's epic af. Even if I don't think of crystals listening to it, It's still a menacing track. The percussion really gives this song a steady energy and movement that none of the others seem to have.

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I really enjoyed the choir, though at times I wish I could hear it more (though I was playing this through Mac speakers so that might be why). I also liked how the music felt like it was always moving along, and built in different ways. Good use of expanding your material!

Great job on creating the hugeness for the castle side of theme - and nice crystal sounds in the 8th note delay glockenspiel.