The vibe is absolutely perfect. The melody goes to nice, unexpected places. The vocal melody at :41 is pure bliss. This is a fantastic composition, and an excellent performance that nails the challenge in a big way. I do wish you would have belted out that last note with a bit more "oomph" but to your credit everything sounds great and I am hearing you reach for higher notes than I have ever heard from you. Of all the entries this sounds the most like a song that could play over the end credits of a Bond film without needing work.

LYRICS: [GOOD] 2 points
STRUCTURE: [GOOD] 2 points
PERFORMANCE: [GOOD] 2 points
CONCEPT/CHALLENGE: [GOOD] 2 points
DYNAMICS/MIX: [GOOD] 2 points
SCORE: 10 out of 10

I knew you'd do a good job with this challenge and I'm not disappointed. The orchestral stuff sounds great and the tremolo lead guitar is deployed to great effect. It took me a few listens for the chorus melody to start winning me over and I'm still not entirely there, it's a bold choice and feels just a little awkward to me; performance is great as ever but the vocals peak on those steps into a higher register at the end of each verse section for me, the chorus is never quite as satisfying. The very end also feels like it could use something extra too, even if it was just those final notes trailing off - at the moment it just kinda stops. Still really excellent, though!