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Here’s one I’ve been considering for a little while: Shadow Showdown from Drawn to Life.

This song has always received a solid amount of requests from the GaMetal Song Ballots over the years. Not quite enough to break into the top 10, but usually just within reach of it, and enough for me to take notice. In this year’s ballot, it placed #15 overall.

There are two versions of this song: the original from the first game, Drawn to Life, and another version from the DtL sequel The Next Chapter. The DtL:TNC version is almost the same as the first version, but up in key by a whole step and the use of a different soundfont.

This arrangement is based on the second version from The Next Chapter, but again, it’s practically the same as the first.

It’s also a pretty long song originally, so I didn’t feel the need to add any brand new sections, but I did extend the final part and try to make an acknowledgement to the original version by lowering the key a whole step during the guitar solo.

Cool song! I also really dug the bass in the original, so I made it a bit more prominent than usual in this arrangement. 🙂