Hah, quite a problem indeed. 6 discs; wow.
Crisis Core has a big presence on my latest one.
I know, isn't the new OWA fantastic?
Hell freaking yes. It's Kenpachi-level fantastic, and I'm in love with most of the soundtrack.
* The Mako City - It's a throwaway theme, but it captures the casual feel of Midgar easily. Imagine sitting in the swank Shinra tower lobby.
* Wandering on a Sunny Afternoon - Wow, take off down the road! I don't like where the song ultimately ends up, but I can so imagine an adventure taking place to this song.
* The Summoned (Those Who Fight Further) - Awesome, awesome remix of TWFF. The song does that cool build-up and then just BLASTS OUT! Yet later, in somehow resumes that build-up sound on a new tier of tension (I guess that'd be the song's bridge).
* The Clandestine - Bah, it doesn't go the whole way. But it's a very sleek Turk theme, which has been mis-remixed by fans for a long time now.
* Aeris's Theme - I like the instrumentation. But for some reason, after I listen to this, I absolutely have to hear...
* A Beating Black Wing - Damn, this picks itself up off the ground and dusts! It sounds like a Sephiroth rampage from inside-out! And I love the part at 2:14.
* March on the Frontier - Compare to the emperor's marching tune from Final Fantasy 6. Last Order sort of sucked in the music department, though.
* The Mako-Controlling Organization - I love the Shinra theme. This is a decent remix, but it sounds a little less powerful than its FF7 counterpart.
* A Closed Off Village - Yes, this is an Ancient Heart remix done right! The romantic, ethereal tension is there, along with the mystique of the softly ringing melody...
* An Ancient Hymn - Good tension theme.
* SOLDIER Battle - What the hell is with that intro? It's like hearing a damn fight theme and yielding to it! This thing is so hard it's ridiculous. SOLDIER are the best of the best, and this theme seems to ask, what if two SOLDIERS fought it out? The result is a theme harder than most.
* Howl of the Gathered - What a fast, fleeting combat theme.
* One-Winged Angel - I adore what they did here. The introduction worked well for the cut scene in which Sephiroth amazingly bursts through the cannon's falling component by slashing his way through and proceeding to back Genesis up against a wall with the Masamune (metaphorically). Something different happens in each segment of this song; it never grows stale. The lines "Sors immanis - et inanis" seem to convey this fear and hatred towards fate, and follow with a great transition back into the main verse. That little triangle carries its weight. The part starting in the 1:40s is cool, although I sort of do miss that usual part after the verses. And what can I say about the ending? I expect the song to restart, and WHAT THE CHRIST, ITS THE OPENING! SEPHIROTH! AND ITS GROWING AND GROWING AND THE FIERCE SELF-WILL OF SEPHIROTH DEFIES DESTINY AND EXACTS ITS DREAM UPON THE WORLD! Whoa, there's such
power[/i] in those closing notes! It was totally unexpected and it really blew my mind!
Hail to the most charismatic villain of them all!
There's more Crisis Core OST I have yet to really dig in to, so that's by no means a final list.