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I'm... pretty sure we had something similar to this that got overrun with Final Fantasy music. But whatever, I'll play along.

I'm partially reminded of a mix of the Pirates area in the Great Bay area in Majora's Mask and the Hyrule Castle theme in Minish Cap. It certainly has that tone for nobility and hints of dark themes can definitely be heard in there. Sounds pretty good. 9/10

I'm gonna be a jerk and use Dry your tears, love. This is not good-bye from FE:A. Cue the feels now please.

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Well if you're going to make Tiki grow up, you should make Tiki's theme grow up too. And that's the impression I get. Young Divine Dragon from FE11/12 is a more minimalistic piece with a lot more airy space and echoes. It feels more tentative and more fitting for a young girl without much experience. The Awakening version of the theme feels a lot more full and sure of itself, much more experienced. I really like the continuing harp part too. It's got a nice rhythm and keeps the piece going at a good pace. I like that even though the piece doesn't get too loud, it builds on itself as it goes along. There are a few key moments in here where I just really love the mixture of sounds, where the chords really give the familiar melody a new flavor. It's old meets new and I love it. The only problem I really have is that I feel like the synth flute sounds a little odd in the beginning, and I think it could have been a bit more legato. Hearing the space in between does make it feel a bit more ethereal, but it also feels a little bit too synthy in comparison to everything else. But just a little bit.
9/10. I'm probably a little biased, but.... I'm probably a little biased.

Expedition, from New Mystery of the Emblem, composed by miss Tsujiyoko

Am I allowed to post in this thread so soon after making a post? No? Well I'm going to anyway.

I've always found it amazing how seamlessly the strings pick up where the brass leaves off in that beginning bit. This theme really inspires a feeling of dread, less of a "fight and we shall prevail" theme and more of a "If we are to die, we shall die in battle" motif. Great theme for when your army is surrounded. My only problem is that each time it loops it feels a bit choppy, like the brass could come in with a little less oomph for better effect. In fact, sometimes it seems like the low brass is trying a tad too hard with their hits. Still, one of my favorite enemy army themes. 8.5/10.

I'll continue this Path of Radiance train with Power Hungry Fool, one of my favorite harpsichord pieces ever.

I too will revive this, mainly because I am in the mood for AAY threads, music in particular.

On one hand, while this piece is short and simple, it does a fantastic job at describing the tragic take of love that FE3 has in terms of the legend of Anri and Artemis. Not to mention that I LOVE the acoustics in FE3, so much so that I find that FE12 is a step down OST-wise IMHO. Like why replace the fabulous acoustic for a generic piano, Nintendo, whyyyyy? Though admittedly the acoustic is rather repetitive, it still does a good job holding up the background by itself, as well as chamber music shows that a repetitive bass line =/= bad piece. The strings in the piece also help flesh out the tragic feeling to the composition, which I like, but that's all they really do, nothing wrong with that or anything! Overall, while the composition is as simple as gets in terms of musical technicality, simple isn't necessarily bad, and is in many ways, better than complex. 8/10

Gaiden needs more love, FE fanbase, therefore..
Final Map Theme from Fire Emblem Gaiden composed by the lovely Yuka Tsujiyoko.

I enjoy how upbeat those synth snare drums are (least, I think they're snare drums). I can definitely hear parts of future music snugly hidden away in this little gem (I think there was something extremely similar to this song in FE5. It also feels like there's some battle music that later gets taken from this). It's also rather catchy. It feels like the Thracian Army is skipping through a bright sunny day in the woods, happily cutting down all the enemies that happen to take forever reaching them on their turn. Or out on a picnic with shenanigans.

9/10

Disturbance in Agustria from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War by Yuka Tsujiyoko.

This.. is possibly my favourite piece in FE5, the audacity for a tough game to actually point out when you're sucking at it! It's also Cyas's troll music, which I love profoundly as one of my favourite chapters in my favourite FE game.
Anyway on the actual piece, it's all about the underline bass that gives it the feeling of being rushed for the worst. I also love how it is such a suspenseful, somewhat chaotic feeling piece, yet it is done all with strings and bass, and not percussion spam like most chaotic pieces are done by, although it does have a minute percussion beat to it. I know I pointed this out more than enough times, but the FE5 soundfont is beautiful, and although the brass is what makes this game shine, the strings can also pull their weight sufficiently, as seen in this piece, where they hold the whole scene together.
On matching: this piece very much so matches what is going on at the time: A.) You're being crushed by the enemy, B.) the dickiest tactician ever is riding your a**, and you just got surrounded by an army of promoted Mage Knights, or C.) The RNG wrecked one of your allies (reset time!).

Overall, although it is my favourite probably because of how well it fits into the game, it is by all means also an amazing piece just to listen to. 9.5/10

PS: "******** YOU CYAS!" - a Youtube commenter

Continuing this Jugdral chain.. Fire Emblem Theme from Thracia 776 composed by Yuka Tsujiyoko

Waha, that's one way to revive a thread. Post something that you KNOW I have a lot to say about. Alright, I'll bite.

Light Inheritors is one of my favorite tracks in all FEdom, mostly due to the many layers of description is has within its notes. I think that FE4 has the best soundtrack in the series, not just because the music is great and descriptive, but also because the game is full of repeated themes, leitmotifs, and instrumental sounds that are given connotations of places and characters and then repeated in other places, allowing everything to be connected on an entirely different level.

This is the player phase theme of chapter 6, the first chapter of gen 2, which means it is the chapter that follows the fireworks display that was the end of chapter 5. How do you follow that up and introduce your new team of kids?

The theme begins triumphantly, but the piece on the whole is very light and tentative, as if it could snap in half at any moment. But it also pushes forward with its driving percussion and rising notes. These are the remnants, that which survived, that which was left behind. They are crawling out of the mud for the first time in a world full of danger where the villains have already won.

And they're in Issac you say? How do you know just by listening to the music? Well, the notes from 0:39-0:55 are repeated in the Isaac Palace theme, which is conveniently already linked in this thread (check 0:19 to 0:37). Except in some places where the palace theme goes up, this theme goes down. Understandable as one is a noble, triumphant palace theme and the other is a tentative beginning after everything has gone wrong. The themes in Issac often feature high brass, low and high strings, and various percussion sounds such as clapping and tom-toms. Of course, Light inheritors lacks the percussion variety and the vaguely tribal sounding rhythm that appears in other themes with "Isaac" in the name, but it features the strings and high brass, as well as mallet percussion. You could interpret this in line with the story itself depending on which theme you analyze first. You are in Isaac, yes, but the nation carries far more meaning to Seliph and the second gen cast than the first gen cast on the whole. What was once considered an enemy nation is the one place where this new hope has flourished and grown in secret, and Seliph considers his home to be Issac instead of Grandbell (which he knows next to nothing about. Also, more props to the FE13 DLC art for driving this home even more). You do hear this theme before you hear the palace theme, and you hear the palace theme as the first of the many FE4 character endings. There is a strong connection between the rulers of Grandbell and Issac that wasn't there before (nevermind what resentment the people of Isaac might still understandably hold against Grandbell, but that's a whole 'nother conversation right there).

Back to the theme itself, I actually think of this theme as Seliph's bootstrapped leitmotif. To me, it's his theme even more than the piece that is actually called "Seliph's Theme," which is repeated in some key places itself, but carries different connotations for me. In the music for "The Last Holy War," the endgame player phase theme, it is the beginning of Light Inheritor that is echoed. And right after that, we get an echo of Birth of the Holy Knight, which is considered to be Sigurd's theme. They are echos of the beginnings of both generations, and bring to mind feelings of the trials and tribulations faced in both coming together for the end that both generations worked so hard to reach. If Birth of the Holy Knight can be Sigurd's bootstrapped leitmotif then I think that Light Inheritors can have the same treatment.

There is probably more to say, but this is what immediately comes to mind. I want to give it a 10, but I don't know if the song itself is as strong as all the thigns you draw from it. But that's the thing about FE4's soundtrack. The whole is far bigger than the sum of its parts, just like the game itself. I'll give the piece itself a 9/10, and I'll give the soundtrack itself my unending love.

With that, let's take a break from Jugdral and go somewhere else.

Battle of Pride from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, by My Oh My it's Yuka Tsujiyoko.