YOOOOO THIS IS GREAT! Beautiful arrangement on Last Defender, it's so colourful! I especially like those minor 2nd clusters in the strings and the cheeky slip into Phrygian (correct me if I'm wrong). I love the jaunty woodwinds and brass, it really reminds me of Bravely Default, the old school FF games and Kingdom Hearts. The use of the xylophone is really tasteful too - just a great battle theme overall.
Garcius' theme is charming, reminds me a lot of FF6 specifically (that game bangs) - I especially like the voice leading and the harp's broken chord voicings. Great job on this, I'm so impressed.
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THANK YOU RAMAZIR!! So glad you enjoyed it! Yes it's a Phrygian. I actually didn't think about it until only after you mentioned it... since I was trying to write it as fast as I could lol.
And yes, Bravely Defaullt, the old school FF, and Kingdom Hearts are all games that I enjoyed playing and I love their music so much!
Hahaha same yeah! The speed forces us into a flow state :D When I went back to analyse my own tracks, I was like “damn, that 7-8 rhythmic grouping kinda spicy though”.
So glad you got the references, I can hear the inspiration so vividly. I love those games too.
Well done again, yours is definitely my favourite so far.