1. Magvel at 2AM
   Rexy
2. Relic
   Chickenwarlord
3. Earth and Fire
   Retsej

Chickenwarlord - I like the start, the strings you used are very good. I like what's coming in after the first minute. The song is too short.
Rexy - This song starts slow, but it sure has quality. I like the balance between the synths and bassline. The sample variation is very good, but the song isn't variating much. The song is long, but very good.
Retsej - Strong beginning, nice instruments. Some of them are a bit too hard and dominant. I don't like the drumline. I like the parts you added to the song.

1. Magvel at 2AM
   Rexy
2. Relic
   Chickenwarlord
3. Earth and Fire
   Retsej

their level of interpetation, and how much I liked them. that's all.

1. Magvel at 2AM
   Rexy
2. Relic
   Chickenwarlord
3. 
   

I voted Rexy for first. I enjoyed the laidback style that Rexy created that gave the piece an entirely different feel. Chicken gets 2nd by default, and I can't vote for myself.

1. Earth and Fire
   Retsej
2. Magvel at 2AM
   Rexy
3. 
   

I have to admit that the orchestration does a wonderful job of expanding upon the original.
Both arrangements are great. Kudos to both of you.

1. Magvel at 2AM
   Rexy
2. Earth and Fire
   Retsej
3. Relic
   Chickenwarlord

Rexy's had the most interpretation going on and sounded great.

Second and third place was a little more difficult to choose...I was having trouble figuring out a justification that made sense.

Basically, Retsej's was less interpretive, but still sounded great. The main thing was that his entry was a little more enjoyable to listen to.

Chickenwarlord showed some improvement sound-quality-wise and offered some cool interpretations, but just wasn't quite as entertaining, I guess.

1. Magvel at 2AM
   Rexy
2. Earth and Fire
   Retsej
3. Relic
   Chickenwarlord

Rexy's laid-back remix was the best, Retsej's orchestral remix was second best, and Chickenwarlord's was third. All in all, though, there wasn't anything bad.

1. Magvel at 2AM
   Rexy
2. Earth and Fire
   Retsej
3. Relic
   Chickenwarlord

Magvel at 2AM is a very nice groovy take on the theme, with good fitting instruments and synths. When that middle-easternesque instrument came in I was like 'are you sure?' but it turned out sounding good. Nice drums too.

Earth and Fire is nice but is a bit too much like the original i feel, and some of the instruments (in particular that trumpet/french horn brass) sound very sharp and synthetic. Otherwise I liked it.

Relic is kinda nice but doesn't use enough of the source tune and is rather short.

1. Earth and Fire
   Retsej
2. Relic
   Chickenwarlord
3. 
   

Deciding bewteen the other two competitors was tough as both showed minimal interpretation of the theme and had their own similar flaws. Chickenwarlord's track sounded melodically coherent yet it had issues with it being short and once again not quite polished in the production department (though I do think better samples were used this time).

Retsej's track is a bit of a fickle bag; it has a few areas that ended up making it sound like it copied the feel right out of the original track, yet there was still enough interpretation in various areas to sound distinguished. Upon first listen I also ended up feeling that some of the lower-register movements like any tuba/trombone tracks ended up making things sound a little muddy as far as the presentation went but as listens continued I started to adapt to it a bit more. I can also say that the sample bank is very rich for a PRC contestant, so that's a plus; keep on experimenting with the manipulation of the sound (especially with dealing with good dynamics in velocity and attack) and I'm sure we can see some more/equally polished material in the future.

So yeah, when weighing everything up I seemed to feel that Retsej would get my higher rank vote here. There we go.