Been listening to this for a good while now, and I always felt that this wasn't a battle theme. This sounds like a CREDITS theme or ending theme. And I only just now read the description and realized that's exactly what you were going for. Amazing work. This is my favorite Sonic cover of all time.
I hope y'all don't mind, but I'm going to use this song in my Sonic Fan Film. I'll give credit and have a link to this video in the comments. Great work, y'all are so talented!
I really liked both versions, but I don't know how to choose which is better, so I had the idea of combining the two into one. They even match the voices in the original song. I made a video where the compilation of the two songs is thought of as the music for the final battle of the game, having 2 phases. I also made sure to give credits at the beginning and end
Reminds me of the Dark Gaia fight in Unleashed with how the instruments have been used. Love this so much! If there was every a universe out there was Shadow 05 had more time in development I could see this being the final boss music in last story! 🔥