[VGMC] Day 4! feat. Prisons, Power Plants, Casinos, Air, Space, and Burger King

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banshiryuu
05/13/2024
10:00 PM
#1
Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 18, an annual celebration of the best of the best video game music according to the voters!

Important Links:
Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=478494
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HBxgL9woiCMFKNOPuN_qdxmzjStJXSpC3Ocalfsavdk
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80763291
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0y-5OyCrkgprWtXARkEJzh_
Compatibility sheet: ?!?!?!
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAJKYJmYhccLvbf_H-5uSA7-eMwXfW8k1q74Qho1bLU
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/7FVXqWj

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a given match, at least through the loop time provided (to make sure you don't skip before you've heard the whole thing!)
- Please consider the loop point listed when judging the song; if a video loops one minute 5 times, don't treat it as if it's a repetitive 5 minute song
- If it's a match between your favorite song ever and a song you despise, still LISTEN TO BOTH! Votes can and will be disqualified if there is suspicion songs are not being listened to, and you may be discounted for the rest of the contest for repeat offenses.
- No alt accounts, no rallying or begging, etc., etc.... You only get one vote! Swapping votes is alright, just make clear that you've already made a vote and are swapping.
- Make clear what your voting options are! Please keep votes separate from any comments, and use the titles given in the topic post.
- Voting in all matches is not mandatory, feel free to skip matches you do not wish to vote in.
- Vote based on the links provided, and not other sources of audio. Links are specifically chosen for best quality and the like.
- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes. Likewise, please refrain from looking at the running tally before voting.

Voting Period:
- Today's matches will last 24 hours from the time of posting, or 24 hours from 10pm Eastern, whichever is the later time.
- Please note this may mean that two topics will be active at the same time!
- If you anticipate being unable to vote in a given day, please send an absentee vote to @banshiryuu, or post your absentee vote in the discussion thread!

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Match 1

Ano, Subarashii o Mou Ichido - FM04: Twin Moon
Composer: Hiroyuki Mizuno
Loop Point: 3:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQW1yWsv1fE

Jet Set Radio Future - Funky Dealer
Composer: Hideki Naganuma
Loop Point: 3:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwE2k0HMDfo

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Ichirin Goes to Burger King - Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Composer: ZUN, Erik Satie arr. Uchulups
Loop Point: 2:19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXc7s0746gE

Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Burning, Churning Power Plant
Composer: Jun Ishikawa
Loop Point: 2:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H77rFxIyrl4

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Ghosthunter - Astral - Prison
Composer: Martin Rex
Loop Point: 6:12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hezVqUKhGIA

Atelier Sophie: Alchemist of the Mysterious Book - Spring Wind Skylark
Composer: Hayato Asano
Loop Point: 2:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_vHQ6X-S2Q

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Easy vote form:
FM04: Twin Moon / Funky Dealer
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme) / Burning, Churning Power Plant
Astral - Prison / Spring Wind Skylark
th3l3fty
05/13/2024
10:01 PM
#2
Ano, Subarashii o Mou Ichido - FM04: Twin Moon
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Burning, Churning Power Plant
Atelier Sophie: Alchemist of the Mysterious Book - Spring Wind Skylark
thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
UF8
05/13/2024
10:03 PM
#3
Knowledge of the World (Twin Moon) (FM Ver.)
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Spring Wind Skylark

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5c618464.png
in hindsight we really just needed to do burger king as a genre
Fluttershy_Pony
05/13/2024
10:14 PM
#4
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark
Currently in the mood to have a signature, though unsure of what.
Janus5k
05/13/2024
10:28 PM
#5
FM04: Twin Moon
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Spring Wind Skylark

Gust my beloved
Naganuma my behated
Kirby
A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
TheArkOfTurus
05/13/2024
10:28 PM
#6
Funky Dealer
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark
Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
DanKirby
05/13/2024
10:29 PM
#7
FM04: Twin Moon
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Astral - Prison
(>'.')>
"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
-hotdogturtle--
05/13/2024
10:36 PM
#8
Yeah, totally fine! No impact to me what-so-ever.

No option for "yeah, that would be even more convenient for me". Smh it's like the Poll of the Day front page writers designed this poll.
Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
PIayer_0
05/13/2024
11:15 PM
#9
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Spring Wind Skylark

I've done a breakdown of Spring Wind Skylark so now I really feel obligated to comment...the most interesting thing I learned was to hear it as a straightforward anime or idol song - start with catchy hook, verse 1 at 0:20, verse 2 at 0:30, pre-chorus at 0:39 (the two pre-choruses is a little weird), chorus at 0:58 and 1:17 - cut it at 1:37 and you basically have your 90-second anime OP!
-Abraham Lincoln
DeadTaffer
05/13/2024
11:18 PM
#10
Funky Dealer
abstain
Astral - Prison
TeamRocketElite
05/13/2024
11:25 PM
#11
Ano, Subarashii o Mou Ichido - FM04: Twin Moon
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Burning, Churning Power Plant
Atelier Sophie: Alchemist of the Mysterious Book - Spring Wind Skylark
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
UF8
05/13/2024
11:28 PM
#12
-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Smh it's like the Poll of the Day front page writers designed this poll.
how do we know deo isn't secretly a potd writer
HidekuniHorita
05/13/2024
11:30 PM
#13
FM04: Twin Moon
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Astral - Prison

The opening lead in Burning, Churning Power Plant is my favorite synth in a Jun Ishikawa song :-)
Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
skulltrumpets
05/13/2024
11:30 PM
#14
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Spring Wind Skylark

First match is close. I like songs that have that uhhhh sparkle to them. Like Schala's Theme for a famous example. FM04 sparkles. But I love .... Naganuma ....

Crunchy industrial Kirby stuff is good :)

Spring Wind Skylark is so bubbly!!!!! love that accordion!!!
Eggert
05/13/2024
11:31 PM
#15
Funky Dealer
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark
AcireExists
05/13/2024
11:41 PM
#16
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce
Spring Wind Skylark

Spring Wind Skylark > Burger King Futo Lettuce > FM04: Twin Moon > Funky Dealer > Burning, Churning Power Plant > Astral - Prison

FM04: Twin Moon - 8
Y'know, I didn't expect this to be, well, FM (at least I think it's FM? sounded Genesis-esque so I assume it is) lol. Nice song tho, I like.

Funky Dealer - 7.75
Really cool instrumental, love the bass, but the samples honestly got progressively more annoying for me.

Burger King Futo Lettuce - 8
Y'know, I have literally no fucking idea what I expected from this combination of game name and song name, but it was not this. Nice song tho.

Burning, Churning Power Plant - 7.5
Never been a favorite Forgor Land song. In terms of level themes, gimme Moonlight Canyon, Northeast Frost Street, or The Battle of Blizzard Bridge any day. Gets fairly cool as it goes tho.

Astral - Prison - 5
Yeah this is not my kind of ambiance. Hoping this and Moeity or whatever it was from last match are the only examples of this because otherwise I'm gonna fall asleep more matches than not.

Spring Wind Skylark - 8.25
Very happy song, some parts just sound slightly off tho. Warriors GT version's better iirc.
Erica, she/her. Subscribe to GaMetal.
DireKrow
05/13/2024
11:41 PM
#17
Funky Dealer
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark
tazzyboyishere
05/13/2024
11:43 PM
#18
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Astral - Prison
http://i.imgur.com/l7xxLh1.jpg
PSN/Steam - RoboQuote ; NNID - TazzyMan
UF8
05/13/2024
11:54 PM
#19
AcireExists posted...
Y'know, I didn't expect this to be, well, FM (at least I think it's FM? sounded Genesis-esque so I assume it is) lol. Nice song tho, I like.
this version of the game is on the Sharp X68000 btw, it uses the ZMUSIC format (which is basically just an advanced (for the time) container for fm, pcm and midi audio. the game happened to have both fm and midi soundtracks this way, and mizuno-san definitely pushed both to its limits

if you're wondering, here's what the midi version is like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GsGNL6s8_c
@AcireExists
Hbthebattle
05/14/2024
12:07 AM
#20
Funky Dealer
Number 15
Spring Wind Skylark

:)
Prince46
05/14/2024
12:44 AM
#21
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Astral - Prison

Hey, Subarashii is back at it. This is some pretty nice FM. Calm and sweet, and I quite like the choice of instruments. Very slick, really. Hmm... I mean yeah, it's good Naganuma stuff, I'm just so used to listen the dealer samples in more creative ways and the instrumental doesn't hit me as other JSRF songs. Uh, I think I'll be cool with Twin Moon. But they're both good on their own ways.

Look guys, it's my #1 pick for this tourney! Lots I have to talk about this track... well, I'm just amazed someone made a fusion-racing-esque remix of Omiwa Legend and it sounds so clean! And only now I realize it quotes Gymnopedie No. 1, which is a song I adore very much too... jeez, Uchulups is so good at this. This OST just has great music all around, but this one is my favorite. The name is just the icing on the cake, by the way. It's perfect. Maybe I'm a little biased for certain in-game thing about this song? *sigh* I'll just proceed to its opponent. So, I've listened to Churning Plant plenty of times and I still don't get why it's so liked. The sounds at the intro and the end of the loop are undeniably cool, but I would prefer the song much more if it built itself from that instead of going into forgettable territory. It has other redeeming stuff at the later part of the loop, but it's nothing that gets me hooked. I don't know, maybe it will end growing on me, but as far as today it's just fine and nothing else. I get to vote for Ichirin without regret, yay! Really hope it wins, but I can't understimate how popular is Forgotten Land. May the best continue.

Interesting track. Yeah, the build up is nice and all the sections catch my attention as it goes, very ethereal as the title promises. Oh yeah, this is some classic Gust. Accordion and flute as leads are awesome! Hard match here, folks. I thiiiink I'll pick the prison. But damn, both doesn't miss. You just had to make a tough corner, didn't ya?

HBJDubs
05/14/2024
12:53 AM
#22
FM04: Twin Moon
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Spring Wind Skylark
Save in the name of true love
junglegirl
05/14/2024
01:22 AM
#23
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark

feeling these 3 today. sorry prison and funky dealer. the beginning synth in burning churning power plant is so good, I wish that was the backbone of most of the song
junglegirl
05/14/2024
01:25 AM
#24
UF8 posted...
this version of the game is on the Sharp X68000 btw, it uses the ZMUSIC format (which is basically just an advanced (for the time) container (or driver, rather) for fm, pcm and midi audio). the game happened to have both fm and midi soundtracks this way, and mizuno-san definitely pushed both to its limits

if you're wondering, here's what the midi version is like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GsGNL6s8_c
@AcireExists

this is way older than I expected. also this is so pretty what
Isquen
05/14/2024
01:43 AM
#25
Funky Dealer
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Astral - Prison

Maybe it's just the time of night for round 3, and maybe it's when I'm listening to Atelier, but it just sounds like any number of Sonic Lost World/Colors tracks, and I'm not about that tonight. On the other hand, I will almost always appreciate decent ambient.
[Rock and Stone] <o/
Haste_2
05/14/2024
02:05 AM
#26
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark
"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?"
"You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."
Collen
05/14/2024
02:48 AM
#27
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Astral - Prison
Sunshine. Lunchbox. Playground. Raincoat. Hot Dog. Oatmeal. Railroad. Ice Cream. Bathtub. Pancake. Eardrum.
UF8
05/14/2024
02:58 AM
#28
junglegirl posted...
this is way older than I expected. also this is so pretty what
true. for a first (official) game soundtrack release back in the late 90s, it clearly demonstrated that he was already a true master of his craft
FL81
05/14/2024
03:41 AM
#29
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark

huh this sounds nothing like any touhou song I've heard
huh this sounds nothing like any kirby song I've heard (actually this match is the first one I'm flipping on from my faves bracket)
https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif https://i.imgur.com/8mWCvA4.gif
-Chaos-Zero-
05/14/2024
04:27 AM
#30
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Astral - Prison
The Pizza Formerly Known as CalzoneB
Mihark
05/14/2024
04:59 AM
#31
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Spring Wind Skylark
Arti
05/14/2024
06:00 AM
#32
Jet Set Radio Future - Funky Dealer
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Burning, Churning Power Plant
Atelier Sophie: Alchemist of the Mysterious Book - Spring Wind Skylark
http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif
Paratroopa1
05/14/2024
08:53 AM
#33
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Astral - Prison

Gonna make my reviews quick, tired.

This Twin Moon thing or whatever is neat! It's got that "90's Japanese music on some outdated PC soundchip or some console I've never heard of" vibe which is always good. Won't really stand out later but a pleasant listening experience. 7/10

Hideki Naganuma is always a good vibe, Funky Dealer's voice clips are so silly but yeah it's just a classic track, I've always been a really big fan of it. 8.5/10

I have no idea what this Burger King thing is and I'm too lazy to find out or to develop a greater appreciation for what it's doing. It's fine. 5.5/10

Factory Inspection 2! It's nice to see that my boy Jun Ishikawa (on the whole, my favorite VGM composer of all time) can still crank out a fucking banger. Forgotten Land is incredible. 8.5/10

This Ghosthunter thing is inoffensive. 5/10

Spring Wind Skylark is just... ugh, it's *too* cheerful and I'm just not in the mood for it? Cliche anime stuff. I can enjoy this sort of thing on occasion when it's got some kinda hook that I find interesting but I find this to just be both cloying and unmemorable which is a bad combination. Don't care for it, worried it might go pretty far. 4/10
azuarc
05/14/2024
09:39 AM
#34
Funky Dealer
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark
Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
NFUN
05/14/2024
09:44 AM
#35
yeah Para dunk on that asano
List the ominous stern whisper from the delphic cave within:
They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin
rwlh
05/14/2024
10:14 AM
#36
FM04: Twin Moon
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Astral - Prison

I love Naganuma, but I'm not too high on Funky Dealer. Meanwhile Twin Moon is a delightfully chill/immersive song; it's one of my favorite new discoveries of the contest.
Prody_Parrot
05/14/2024
10:22 AM
#37
FM04: Twin Moon
Spring Wind Skylark
Sceptilesolar
05/14/2024
10:31 AM
#38
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Spring Wind Skylark

Spring Wind Skylark honestly isn't my favorite Asano but it's plenty good enough.
Just killing time until the world ends.
Tked
05/14/2024
10:45 AM
#39
Moon
Burger
Astral
KCF0107
05/14/2024
10:45 AM
#40
Moon
Burger
Spring
KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
-hotdogturtle--
05/14/2024
10:51 AM
#41
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark

I think I'm going to die of old age before ever understanding the appeal of Forgotten Land's soundtrack to anyone who's listened to even a single other Kirby game.
Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
MacArrowny
05/14/2024
10:51 AM
#42
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Spring Wind Skylark

Twin Moon has that Yuno-esque sound to it which is okay. It doesn't really go many places though. Eh. Funky Dealer isn't really my type of song, but I love the dealer's voice. Everything he says has a hypnotic quality to it.

Futo Lettuce is one of the worst songs in the contest. There are plenty of others I dislike more, but I can at least see how they're unique or interesting. This one has absolutely nothing going for it. Power Plant is far from my favorite Forgotten Land track, but it doesn't have to be great to win here, and there are still some neat sections.

Astral's fine I guess. Good atmospheric music, but nothing I'd want to listen to on its own. Spring Wind Skylark is a fun Atelier song, which pretty much always pleases me.
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
xx521xx
05/14/2024
11:41 AM
#43
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark
Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
xx521xx
Kecleon352
05/14/2024
12:07 PM
#44
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark
DanShux
05/14/2024
12:20 PM
#45
FM04: Twin Moon
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Spring Wind Skylark
junglegirl
05/14/2024
12:35 PM
#46
Burning, Churning Power Plant

what was I on last night
Bitto
05/14/2024
12:54 PM
#47
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Astral - Prison
I can't live forever
With my head and my heart in the clouds
andylt
05/14/2024
01:24 PM
#48
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark
tgs2
05/14/2024
01:46 PM
#49
Funky Dealer
Burning, Churning Power Plant
Astral - Prison
dowolf
05/14/2024
02:37 PM
#50
Funky
Burning, Churning, Empowering
Springy Windy Sky Larky

"One more awesome" is a great title. This is such a UF8 song. Weird jazz is interesting, something I can appreciate intellectually even if it's something I would never seek out on my own.

Funky Dealer is silly fun. It doesn't have the majesty of Wrapped in Black, or the anthem-like glory of Concept of Love, but it's still up there as one of Naganuma's best. The funky instrumental segment right in the middle is cool. I might like this more without the (blackjack?) dealer's calls, actually. Although, without them, would it still be a Naganuma song? An interesting question.

i kinda want to play this game solely based on the title ngl ANYWAYS this changes pretty drastically post-intro into something decently cool! The background flute is really nice.

"Burning, churning power plant" is almost good. But just two -ing adjectives is a mistake. Consider "Burning, Churning, Powering." Or "Empowering." Okay whatever the heck that instrument was at 1:00 was really cool. Ooh and the bells at the chorus :)

Okay the first thirty seconds of Astral are not promising. I hope it's not six minutes of this.

Well it was but Skylark is Asano and Asano always knows how to put a smile on my face. I love the Gust flute so much, and then the strings and accordion are just so beautifully arranged together. I just love how effortlessly everything trades off with each other, how we keep adding more instruments, how we go full HAM FLUTE! Wild Woods, take notes.
Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius
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