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R32: Birth of a God vs. The Darkness of Eternity
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- AKA
- Jason Tandro, Doc Brown, Santa Christ, FearAddict, Thibault Stormrunner, RN: Micah Rodney
With much love to Lex, I have to go with Darkness of Eternity. "The Birth of A God" didn't really feel connected to Sephiroth and of the three final boss themes of FF7 I always found it the weakest (though still quite good). The Darkness of Eternity is dripping with Kuja, apart from using his leitmotif the rage and anger that he is feeling is made obvious within the melody itself.
I love them both but my problem with that song is that it's too slow until much much later when it picks up - I agree with what you're saying about Kuja. Birth of a God wouldn't beat like... Maybe I'm a Lion or The Extreme for me, but I think it beats this (other people won't and that's OK XD).
It's worth noting that this is the "turning point" matchup of this round, seeds 16 against 17 - every other matchup has a bigger gap between the songs than this one. I expect the result to be close. I like both of these songs a lot myself and I won't make my decision until I cast my vote tomorrow.
- AKA
- Flare
Oh this one was pretty tough, I love jamming to both of these songs when I'm fighting Sephiroth and Kuja. D: However, after listening to both, I'm voting for Darkness of Eternity; firstly, I like the arrangement of it better than Birth of a God, and also, as Jason has said, Darkness of Eternity is dripping with Kuja and suits him so well, so with those points going for it, I'm voting for it.
- AKA
- Jason Tandro, Doc Brown, Santa Christ, FearAddict, Thibault Stormrunner, RN: Micah Rodney
It plays a perversion of his leitmotif yes, but tonally it doesn't match up with what I feel Sephiroth should be feeling there. OWA is power, angelic fury, you are literally staring down the closest thing this world has to the devil. Birth of a God is "this is what sephy's theme sounds like on jazz piano."
Edit: Yes I am acutely aware of the irony that Darkness uses the exact same voice.
Secondary Edit since I feel my incorrigibility warrants further explanation:
Take a look at JENOVA Absolute- What we have here is a "ticking clock" theme. The end of the world is beginning, we are facing off against JENOVA as she truly exists and are about to come face to face with the end, with the fate of the world at our backs.
Take a look at OWA- The ultimate encounter with the primary antagonist, a JENOVA fueled Sephiroth bolstered by the gathered lifestream ascending into a form of a God. This is the ultimate battle that everything has led up to.
Now looking at Birth of a God, while it is okay and I rather like the tune, it doesn't transition from one to the other. It does have a theme of "metamorphosis" which is okay for what is happening (Sephiroth is literally becoming his godlike form), but it still feels out of place, even with the leitmotif in place. I'll admit this is mostly a personal thing, and I still really do like the song, but I just felt it could have been a lot stronger.
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As I said, I like both of these songs, but after listening to the them again, it's clear that The Darkness of Eternity is superior. It's much more interesting, and as a result, memorable. The percussion is some of the best in any Final Fantasy "rock" song.
I still prefer Birth of a God to Jenova Absolute, though. Sorry, Doc.
I still prefer Birth of a God to Jenova Absolute, though. Sorry, Doc.
- AKA
- Jason Tandro, Doc Brown, Santa Christ, FearAddict, Thibault Stormrunner, RN: Micah Rodney
I still prefer Birth of a God to Jenova Absolute, though. Sorry, Doc.
AvecAloes said:
Music is a magical thing. Nobody is "right" when it comes to taste. Unless you like Justin Bieber.
But no, seriously I realize my taste is a touch off from the norm because the norm is not as uniform s one might thing. I'm not trying to convince anybody to think the way I think but just explaining why I think the way I think.
That is a scary prospect as my mind is a freakin' rat maze lol.
- AKA
- Jason Tandro, Doc Brown, Santa Christ, FearAddict, Thibault Stormrunner, RN: Micah Rodney
Not jazz, jazz piano. That keyboard voice that plays out the main melody. They might be going for pipe organ but I hear jazz piano.
Love that the choices are the second-last boss themes in both games - the penultimates (though VII's Safer Spehiroth is a little lot more expected than IX's Necron). From that perspective, I imagined how it would feel if both of these songs were actually the last boss battle themes.
The Dark Messenger pips it for me, but I preferred it anyway so this was all just to point out I like the fact they're both a clever match for competing
The Dark Messenger pips it for me, but I preferred it anyway
so this was all just to point out I like the fact they're both a clever match for competing
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- AKA
- The Engineer
Darkness of Eternity. Stylistically it just goes over better then Birth of a God. Birth of a God was rather weak for a boss theme for me, especially as J-E-N-O-V-A and Jenova Absolute were stronger and they come before it in the story.
