I'd say the GGX versions are usually the best versions of most characters' themes.
GG2's version of Holy Orders is probably my favorite (which is saying something bearing in mind there's like 10 of 'em).
I mostly agree with this, although I also like the new Potemkin theme, the new Sol vs. Ky theme, and the new assassins theme (although the latter two have nothing on "Noontide" and "Existence", of course).Anywho, I guess I'm on the minority who is both not all that charmed by Xrd's OST and really likes the BBCP one. Sure, the new guy botched Plastic Night but he also improved a good amount of them (Endless Despair II, White Requiem II and X-Matic II come to mind).
For Xrd, I like some themes (Millia, Potemkin, Slayer and Bedman) and that's about it. And even those I like, I don't think they hold up to their "predecessors" (Bedman not counting, for obvious reasons) but, this was a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" affair - remix the classics and people will complain they're not new. Compose new themes and people will complain they're not the classics.
and by proxy Pillar of the underworld
nope
How can you not like "In the Arms of Death"?
It's all good. We all have our reasons for preferring one or another. I'm very biased to tunes that use key instruments or just show off a lot of classical music influence (hence my liking of BBCP's OST that adds a lot of that to the tunes).
Now that is a good question.
Blood? why not 3 bloods in a pack? And other than the overture people ABA is the newest
May? most of them were included because of mechanics and the story was built around them
Justice, Testament, and Baiken have more important stories and have been made since the original