Protricity - BrainsickMetal (Megaman X) vs GrayLightning - Phoenix Symphonic (Final Fantasy 4) - Holy Slaughter, Batman!
Mideez, Prozax - The Twelfth Commandment (Final Fantasy 7) vs Tepid, The orichalcon, pixietricks - Via (Final Fantasy X)- ...wow. I do believe this is the best match of the contest so far. Twelfth Commandment is a personal favorite of mine (it was my #1 nomination), but man oh man, Via just came out of nowhere and made my favorite FFX track sound even better. Very tough choice, but I have to give it to Twelfth Commandment, methinks. I'm talking about a difference between a perfect 10 and a 9.5 here; they don't get much closer than that.
AIR arranged sound album ARIA - ARIA -beyond the air- (AIR) vs Noriyuki Iwadare - Alent Requiem (Grandia) - The Engrish actually isn't as distracting as I originally thought it would be. Both tracks are nice, but Beyond the Air is a tad better to my ears.
Russell Cox - Molding of Destinies (Chrono Cross) vs SO Blue Sphere Arrange Sound Track - No Mercy (Star Ocean Blue Sphere) - The Star Ocean track did nothing for me. On the other hand, you can't go wrong with Chrono Cross music.
Alabaster - Final Attack (Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song) vs Wild ARMs Music the Best Feeling Wind - Ordinary Scenery (Wild ARMs 3) - Dear God, Alabaster, what have you done to that poor RSMS track? You've turned it into a monster! A freakish, repetitive, oh-God-my-eardrums-are-bleeding monster!
The Black Mages - The Skies Above (Final Fantasy X) vs Waddle Dee - Hoshi no Kirby - Ultimate Eternal Kaoss Delux - Gourmet Race (Kirby Super Star) - If the Skies Above track had ended at 1:45, it would have been perfect. Everything that happens after that is an abomination to music.
SuperGreenX - Save Me (ICO) vs Zid - The Battle of Strings and a Cell Phone (Final Fantasy 9) - The first person who complains about Save Me being too long gets a swift kick in the crotch. EDIT: *kicks Excal in the crotch...swiftly*
OKKUSENMAN (Megaman 2) vs Bound Together EB remixes - Winters & Morse (Earthbound) - ...Okkusenman was entered as a joke, right?