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Ok, so I take the last two victory themes.

Ok, so there is a way to this perfectly, but it's quite complicated, but if really want to here's how:

Explanation: This method takes use of the idea that one layer "plays the turn (all the notes 16th, quintuplets), but doesn't show them" and another "shows the turn (quarter note + symbol), but doesn't play anything".

1) Go into score manager and make one layer (maybe layer 4) have no instrument as it's playback ("device">"none"). In this case you only need to "mute" "one layer in the second staff", but you could just "mute" a layer in both staves for safety.
2) Create a new "staff style"
2a) Staff tool>define staff styles...
2b) A window will pop up select "new" and name your staff style to something like "hidden notes playback".
2c) Select the staff style and Click on "alternate notation"
2d) Select the layer you muted in step 1) on "apply to:", and in "other layers" click off "show" "notes", so that it doesn't show notes in other layers.
3) Create the note you want the turn to be on(for example measure 4 G) with the muted layer, but create it in the bass staff and move it up with cross-staff tool. Why? Because the playback won't work properly else, and put the ornament on it. So now you should be able to hear the ornament-notes but not the note(G) with the turn.
4) To hide the ornament-notes use the staff-style you created in 2) and apply it to the 1st staff, the treble-staff (staff tool>right-click>choose the staff style). If done correctly the note will now be hidden.
5) Now everything is done, and if done correctly you should be able to hear the ornament-notes but see them, and see the note with turn, but not hear the note.
6) You'll probably need to move some notes, adjust certain measures, since Finale adjusts them with respect to the hidden notes as well.

Here's a Version I made that shows how it works. I only did the first few measures. As you can see the pdf-file is correct, and in the mus and midi it's the correct playback, and if you click on the staff-tool you can see what I've done in measure 4.

Ta-da! Victory! (Gym Leader). This one took some work, but in the end, I feel like this one's really good, a very elaborated arrangement.

[but the main thing is the pdf-sheet]

Well, you can't, but the main thing is the pdf-sheet. It's like grace notes, and other ornaments, finale tries it best to make the playback good, but still sounds very mechanical, and with very few playback options. So focus on making the pdf-sheet correct. 

Alright, Maestro.
Random question. How does Rubinstein get this amazing sound from his trills, like at 3:23? They always sound so gorgeous but I can never replicate it.

This might help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC6bgBA8en8

I'm Christian so I don't support gay marriage, but I'm not completely against it either so I'm kinda eh

Same here(but I'm atheist). Kinda felt like  .

I don't think there are any modified turns in the font. You'll have to manually create a new articulation that looks like a "#" and one that looks like a "b", and put them above/below the turn. So you have one turn-articulation and above/below an articulation that looks like a #/b.

I take victory(Gym Leader), will start working on it.

Edit: what do you think the title should be?? "Victory Fanfare (vs gym leader)" or "Victory! (Gym Leader battle)" or "Victory! (Gym Leader)".

For sources:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA26855F88564F001
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Game_Boy:_Entire_Pok%C3%A9mon_Sounds_Collection_CD

Nice! but there's a couple things I had in mind:
1) measure 1: that bass, beat 3-4, is barely playable at that tempo. What you could do is to only keep the low notes on the first 16th of each beat, and remove the later low notes 16ths.
2) The formatting looks at bit squeezed. Try moving measure 6 to the system above to have 3 measures/system. And you'll have to fix measure 10, looks really squeezed.
3) From what I know dynamics for the upper staff is to be placed between the staves, and the one for the lower is to be placed below.
4) Speaking of dynamics, shouldn't there be a cres. already in measure 1(the bass tremolo) maybe start at pp and cres.
Measure 5,10: in the beginning it sounds stronger as you can hear, maybe put a ff there, maybe also do that in the end of measure 14.
 

Done with Unused Track from Pokémon Yellow. So all Pokémon Yellow songs should be done now.

[Bach-Slurs]

1) Create an articulation
2) In the articulation designer you can see a window "Set Font", click there.
3) Chose the font you want and press OK.
4) Now when you click on "main" character, you will see completely different symbols, being from the font you chose. 

Edit: Ok, so I don't know if there exist a font with an inverted slur already in Finale. However I found a free font that has those: http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachfont/BF-family.htm. Follow the link and download and install Bach-Slurs. That font has all the turns you need.

Fixed some small things in my Jesse & James Appears sheet. So take this version it's updated.

How do you edit the turns? I can't seem to figure it out anywhere.

edit; The accidentals are fixed.

And how should I turn that 5-note thingy into a turn? Make the first note a grace note?

I don't know how to do the inverted turn, maybe look in different fonts? But with the modified turns it's just to create an articulation that looks like a b or a # and put it above/below.

Added my contributions to the "Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow Fixing sheet Project" to my thread.

Ok, here it is: Jesse & James Appears, quite catchy tune.
I will continue with "Unused Track", it is unused music but since it's so easy, I'll do it anyway.