So this song is really interesting.
I'm really happy that they've decided to bring the piano back into the spotlight in the arrangement. I also think that the background arrangement work is really interesting.
Well, what's interesting is that HAL took a very non-versatile composition, and made an arrangement for it that is very versatile. I mean the background has it's own thing totally going on, the chords and the melody in the strings, which is really nice, because they give the song a very distinctive feel.
I also really like that the bridge (I think) in this version, meshes so much better than it does in Sunrise. Here it's very natural, in Sunrise, it seems a bit thrown in, because the melody changes so drastically, so fast. But here, slow, I think it's a HUGE improvement.
One of my friends was saying that they feel Sunrise was made after Sunset, and you know, I mean, despite the obvious things that is wasnt, like the beat and the chords in the background, I kinda feel too that Sunset was the first song.
At least I feel that the composition goes a lot better with the tone and tempo of Sunset.
I don't like the song very much, just because it's not a song I listen to, but I'm very pleasantly surprised, and I don't think it sounds that generic anymore, although it reminds me of Disney ballads
I think it's a very very good song, and I do think that now it IS the redeeming factor for this single.
(sorry for the really long post)