It's hard to pick favourites honestly, as you say it was top tier. I wasn't much of a fan of some of the original stuff particularly in the last chapter or two. It wasn't awful but I couldn't exactly hum it back to you now, and it felt a bit too much like FFXIII.
But some of the arrangements to the old tracks were out of this world, and they were especially good at bringing them in in the perfect moment. For example: (SPOILER)During the Jenova fight, the first phase is... OK, the 2nd phase... all right, this is like the Distant Worlds orchestral version of JENOVA, now we're getting somewhere, 3rd phase AAAAAHHH THEY DID IT THIS IS SUCH A BANGER HOLY SMURF.
Then a few minutes after that Crazy Motorcycle kicks in, which proceeds to transition like 8 times throughout the highway chase incorporating Bombing Mission, Those Who Fight and Those Who Fight Further.
It's a little hard to pick individual favourites as there tended to be so many arrangements of any given theme, but Tifa's Theme, Flowers Blooming in the Church, and one of the Those Who Fight arrangements are way up there.
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