>>58285701>Meteor Falls>carry a punchThe general orchestration is excellent on its own merrit whilst faithful to the original, which isn't actually that easy if you look at BDSP and the other half of LGPE (and some of XY), with the original indeed being one of the system's best songs, but NEITHER version does that. At all.
I can just pull up a list of far better ORAS songs off the top of my head as we speak, let alone are superior on the bloody GBA;
>Battle! Aqua/Magma grunt>Slateport City>Abandoned Ship>Battle! Gym Leader>Aqua Magma HideoutAnd while obviously controversial, I'm of the opinion that Battle! Elite Four is not only the single strongest theme in gen 6's orchestra-focused design, but superior to the original for the (admittedly fun) clapping being replaced by the godlike ride alone. It's also got the second best implementation of Hoenn's iconic brass behind Maxie/Archie's main "chorus", but the best implementation across the whole theme as a median. Fuck, it's so good.
Again, if it weren't for the system's sound chip design being the way it was, I think RSE would be above gen 2 and close to 9 imo (and no, not one 'remaster' on YouTube has cut that mustard yet), but it is what it is.
