1. Distant Solace
   NickC
2. Train of Thought
   Random-storykeeper
3. Good night, fight well
   obScene

obScene finish your song

1. Distant Solace
   NickC
2. Mysteries of the Sunset
   TinyCastleGuy
3. Train of Thought
   Random-storykeeper

love it <3

1. Distant Solace
   NickC
2. Good night, fight well
   obScene
3. Delight
   Misael.K

Solid entries.

Distant Solace captures the lush liquidity of both scenes well.

Good night, fight well is a very nice snippet of music that has thematic connections in addition to a certain captured wistfulness of spirit. Its main weakness is that it doesn't end cleanly.

Delight is a good track, although something about the bass drum seems a little out of place for the theme.

1. Twilight Song
   Koekepan
2. Mysteries of the Sunset
   TinyCastleGuy
3. Escaping Hills Of Fire
   Arcana

1) "Twilight Song" - This is an entry that only gets better as it goes along. It is thoroughly atmospheric, and I feel the warmth of the sunset when I listen to this. That in itself, is awesome. I really love the last couple minutes, especially when the arps kick in. It just works so perfectly with creating that feeling of the sun "sinking" into the water. I feel as though I hear a couple of hints of night coming near the end, which I like a lot and makes for a good conclusion.

2) "Mysteries of the Sunset" - This totally reminds me of "Black Sewage" and "Lakeside Lull" from Rip, and I love it for that reason alone. The chill atmosphere set by this piece is great; the instrument for the melody is also good. The panning in the chords at the beginning kind of bothers me, but when the rest of the music kicks in it's fine. And for some reason, that panning is not evident when listening to this on my PC.

3) "Escaping Hills of Fire" - I love the mixing in this; the guitar and the bass shine through here as they should. It has that "driving on a highway alone" to me, which I think nails what you're trying to capture. Great job; most solid Arcana entry I've heard in a while.

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Honourable mentions / other pieces I like:

- "Distant Solace" - Another really good entry; this reminds me a lot of your OHC392 entry, but I like the soundscape here more. I just found it a bit too repetitive for my taste (but nice chord progression).

- "Delight" - Some things work well here toward the middle-ish end. Particularly the bit at 3:07; the higher notes are an absolute "delight", might I say, along with the slides in that lead. Aside from that though, the overall sound design was just...confusing to me. The percussion is a bit too heavy and takes away from the "calming" feeling that the music is trying to bring. I dunno; maybe that's just my beef with it. :P

- "deehoogee" - The bass here is just awesome. That is all.

1. Distant Solace
   NickC
2. Train of Thought
   Random-storykeeper
3. Good night, fight well
   obScene

NickC: very pretty entry! I always imagine lush soundscapes when imagining far away horizons, and your entry fits the theme perfectly. Perhaps a bit long, but I think it works with this theme.

Random-storykeeper: this entry is too short! It starts developing super well, at the right pace, until 0:57 when the main lead comes in, where the song ends somewhat abruptly. Still, I think it was super good.

obScene: saddest entry! I think this could've been longer. I really like the mood.

TinyCastleGuy: this was another pretty entry, that I thought lacked a bit of focus, so to speak. There's the pretty landscape, but it kinda stays too motionless. Haha, it's kinda hard to explain! Maybe I was just expecting more sections, I guess.

 

awesum: NickC, obScene, Random-storykeeper, TinyCastleGuy.
good: Arcana, jarski, Koekepan, Patashu, starla. 

1. Distant Solace
   NickC
2. Train of Thought
   Random-storykeeper
3. OHC 395 Rushjet1's Fortress
   Patashu

The compositions this round were so beautiful! I won't go into much detail here because I only have a minute left to vote, but my Top 3 votes weren't the only awesome-sounding entries.