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Waveshine_2001 posted...

I will get to matches 1-2 later today hopefully when I get more time.

It's Going Down Now: It's not bad. The vocals don't annoy me (other than the rapping parts, but even the rapping parts don't annoy me as much as most rap). The instrumentation is excellent. Overall, it's not entirely my thing but it's kinda cool.

Grounseed - Shop Demo: It has a nice retro feel to it. It's not doing too much for me personally, but it's a bit interesting and has nice progression.

Arbury Whistles : Hey, I remember this song from Hindsight 2022! I don't recall putting it in my top 10, but it was still one of the better songs from that contest for sure. Flutes and strings are always welcome, and this one's no exception. The happy Celtic feel just puts me in a better mood. Very fun piece.

Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come- : Okay, the very beginning with the annoying blaring vocals was an immediate turn-off. I thought to myself, "Oh boy, another god awful vocal song I'll just have to sit through." But not long after that, it got significantly better. The vocals for the rest of the song are a nice addition as opposed to an annoyance, and the instrumentation is awesome. I especially love the use of castanets here which really add to the uniqueness of the piece and makes it stand out more (I don't hear castanets often in JRPG-type music). The strings towards the end of the piece were also great and very emotive.

Mario Kart 8 >> Arbury Whistles > Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come- >>>> Its Going Down Now >= Shop Demo >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> side A

Remaining VOTES:
Its Going Down Now
Arbury Whistles

I will get to matches 1-2 later today hopefully when I get more time.

Mario Kart 8: Just an absolute banger. I especially love the Super Mario Kart reference towards the end of the loop. It's not even my favorite MK title theme which goes to show just how consistently good the title themes have been throughout the series.

side A: this song has NO business being nearly 13 minutes long. I don't even hate longer video game songs necessarily; I love prime #4507 and Dancing Mad just as a couple of examples. Herald of Darkness, which is also around 13 minutes long, was one of my top 20ish favorite songs from Supra's 2023 contest. Long songs CAN work if they actually have a clear progression and flow to them, but this song is anything but that.

The first several minutes are literal noise and that's it. The rest of the song vaguely sounds like music but seems very disorganized. Maybe that's the point of the song, but it's not doing it any favors for me. The percussion is cool and one of the few positives I can say about this song. It's not absolutely terrible, but this is one of the worst longer video game songs I've ever heard.

VOTE:
Mario Kart 8

Sog-Gee's Realm - Yep, that definitely sounds like Wise. As per usual Wise standard, this is really solid. Love the use of instrumentation here. It doesn't reach the same heights as some of his best DKC works, but it's still really cool (no pun intended).

Neat Beat Retreat - Copacabana is a cool song even if it's not one of my favorite 70s songs (mostly because it's such a depressing song in spite of the upbeat music). This isn't nearly as good as the aforementioned song but it's not bad.

Can't Wait Until Night - Yeah this is good and a solid combination of Can't Wait Until Night and Heart of Fire, but honestly I'm disappointed that this is the version that got in. I nominated the Harmony of Despair version a couple of years ago, and it got NO support. I am baffled how this is the version that got in despite (imo) the HoD version being an improvement upon this song in every conceivable way.

Tap de Papapaya (Long Version) - The voices are pretty funny. Honestly this sounds like a song I'd like more ironically than unironically. The beat is unironically good though. If I try to listen to this completely unironically, however, I find the vocals annoying. Yeah, it's cool ig but I can't really take it seriously if I want to enjoy it.

Rubia - It's nice and sentimental with a pretty solid melody. I'm sure it works great in the context of the game especially. I actually don't mind the vocals here.

Birdo II - I'm sure Yoshi and Birdo would like this song. Anyways, yeah it's a pretty cool song but the music video is easily the best part. Not sure how to feel about the scoliosis joke as someone with scoliosis but otherwise it was really funny.

Really don't know which of the last two I prefer. Think I'll be abstaining there.

VOTES:
Sog-Gee's Realm (Water)
Can't Wait Until Night
abstain

Nocturnal 2097 (Long Version)
Badlands
Deserted - Younger Brother and Elder Sister and... (Stage3)

Waveshine_2001 posted...

VOTE:
Aurora's Theme

Aurora's Theme - There's a reason why I checked out this ost a while back. Most of the songs are just great, this being no exception. It's so poignant and beautiful. Lovely piece.

Aurora - Nice ambience. I'm sure it works well in the context of the game. Outside of context, it's a nice piece to relax to but has little substance outside of that.

Will get to the other two later.

Speed of Light: It's pretty nice and groovy. I don't actually mind the vocals.

Zero Gravity Area: Ooh the synths here, specifically the backing ones, are great.

Redeem the Future: The choir is so epic along with the orchestration. It almost reminds me of NieR music (complimentary).

Stage 3 - Voile, the Magic Library: Really fun song. Man, this match is rather hard!

Redeem the Future = Aurora's Theme >= Voile >> Zero Gravity Area >= Speed of Light >= Aurora

REMAINING VOTES:
Zero Gravity Area
Redeem the Future

VOTE:
Aurora's Theme

Aurora's Theme - There's a reason why I checked out this ost a while back. Most of the songs are just great, this being no exception. It's so poignant and beautiful. Lovely piece.

Aurora - Nice ambience. I'm sure it works well in the context of the game. Outside of context, it's a nice piece to relax to but has little substance outside of that.

Will get to the other two later.

Leonhart4 posted...

Super Metroid
Symphony of the Night
Hollow Knight
Ori and the Blind Forest

Wow we really had the exact same 4 let's go

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Super Metroid
Hollow Knight
Ori and the Blind Forest

The first two are shoe-ins. The other two can be more debatable imo.

Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
abstain
LIGHTNING BUG/MOO

Match 1 has two pretty good songs tbh. Satie kinda wins me over in the end though.

Match 2 is hard. Even knowing the context of the Pokemon song, I can't say I love it. It's still good though. Love Psalm is a classic even if it's not one of my favorite classic video game songs.

I'll be honest and say I don't care much for either song in match 3 but my hatred for vocal music strikes again so I'll be taking the non-vocal song here.

Declaration! Imperial Floral Assault Group - Wow, vocals I actually LIKE? Amazing. This is so cheesy but I actually really enjoy it. The melody is so fun, the instrumentation is banger, and the vocals are actually on point (rare for vgm). It sounds like a very old anime show opening. Pretty cool! Special thanks to dowolf for providing the translations.

b10 - This has a relaxing yet intense vibe to it. Sounds like it would make for a cool addition to a futuristic soundscape.

Memories of Memories - My general thoughts on this are mostly the same as my thoughts on b10 except for the fact that this is a bit less intense. Very cool piece.

Somnia Memorias - Aw, man. I usually like Shimomura's music, but this just isn't cutting it for me. The vocals make me squirm; I just really can't stand them.

I will say, though, ironically enough, this song reminds me of one of my favorite pieces of vgm ever: Suna Gin from Aka. This is not only because it has vocals but because the instrumentation at 2:00 in particular sounds very similar to the aforementioned song's instrumental section. So that's cool at least.

Tower of Memories - Hmm, not exactly my thing but it's interesting I suppose.

Softbank - Wow, the instrumentation here and the use of synths is phenomenal! The percussion is pretty great too. The song is a little all over the place, however, and I wish it had a clearer melody. Still a fascinating piece though.

Declaration > Softbank >= Memories of Memories > b10 >>>> Tower of Memories >>>Somnia Memorias

VOTES:
Declaration! Imperial Floral Assault Group
Memories of Memories
Softbank

Twin Moon - Appreciate the chill vibes. The melody is kinda repetitive at certain points, however. That being said, the chimes (?) kinda remind me of PMD, which is quite nice.

Funky Dealer - Not exactly my thing but I suppose it's kinda fun.

Burger King - Holllllddd on did I just hear a bit of Satie's Gymnopdie No.1 at 1:28??? I think this is the second video game song I've come across that references that song (the first being the very beginning of the Ocarina of Time Title theme). That alone makes this song cool. Also if this doesn't retire, I hope one of the McDonald's DS game songs gets in and goes up against this song in a future year so we can get BK vs McDonald's!!! Their battle will be LEGENDARY!

KRIBY - This is pretty cool too; parts of the samples even remind me of Undertale. I don't think it's on quite the same level as say Blizzard Bridge but yeah it's still solid.

A S T R A L P L A N E - Oooh spo0ky. Yeah I'm sure this is amazing in context, but out of context, it doesn't do too much. I do like the progression the song has throughout the piece, however.

Spring Wind Skylark - flute solo good.

Skylark > BK > Kirby > Astral > Twin Moon > Funky Dealer

VOTES:
FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme)
Spring Wind Skylark

abstain
Wild Woods
About That...

Match 1 is too hard to decide on.

sergiocornaga posted...

It sounds like it should just stay as-is, and I'm fine with that!

if you don't mind, could you keep your uploads public please? If I ever want to come back to About That on my own time, honestly, I'd rather listen to the Moonrise Rapture intro with it.

Just want to say that shout out to Declaration for being a song with vocals I actually ENJOY (I usually don't enjoy most vocals and am notorious on the Supra server for being the resident vocal hater).

Aria Math
Declaration! Imperial Floral Assault Group

don't have time for match 3 oops

All right, so whats the verdict then?

sergiocornaga posted...

Here's yet another link swap suggestion, this time with a couple of videos I prepared myself. I noticed the intro of Paradise Killer - About That... seemed odd, and it turns out the reason for that is on the album it's on it's preceded by a 43-second long track that serves as an introduction to it, so I made a version that merges the two together. Not satisfied to leave it there, I looked into whether there was another option, and there is: there's also an instrumental version of the track on the album with a 'clean' intro, so I made another version that combines the first 7 seconds of that with the remainder of the vocal version. This was mostly for fun, so I don't mind if people ultimately just want to stick with the topic upload- even if it cuts in abruptly, it still has some cool noises. Original supporters, feel free to express your views (@azuarc @Fluttershy_Pony @slykirby @TheArkOfTurus @Waveshine_2001 )!

A) Original Topic Upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyCHXvC-wx8
B) Moonrise Rapture/About That... Combination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cQkljMKBW8
C) "Instrumental" Intro Combination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhhY7ceHaXc

B >= C > A tbh but idc much if we stick with A. A is the one that got second in Hindsight 2022 after all! It can still work.
Thank you for actually uploading the alternative versions. Appreciated.

banshiryuu posted...

Day 1 Results!

New Battle!!! 39 v 26 FightFirstDeusExMachina_Dearest
Main Title 25 v 39 Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Live & Learn ...Main Theme of "Sonic Adventure 2" 33 v 30 New Bodhum ~ New Bodhum -Aggressive Mix-

3/3 for me on day 1 woo!

New Battle!!! was one of my favorite discoveries from Supra's 2023 vgm contest so I'm happy to see it win here. I think it could be my second favorite from that contest tbh, only clearly beaten by Genshin Impact's Fontaine theme.

Main Theme and Suite were both pretty cool. On the Supra server, we were making a ton of Donk puns lol as well as some Suite puns too, so this match was a lot of fun to discuss. I'm happy for Suite to finally make a return and a solid win in, though. It's definitely a great song.

Bodhum is good, but I'm glad to see that Live and Learn finally got a win in. Even if it doesn't make it any farther, I'm happy for it to finally win something. Bodhum will hopefully have its day another time.

VOTES:
Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Live & Learn ...Main Theme of "Sonic Adventure 2"

Okay I said I'd come back later on to vote on matches 2-3 so here they are. Voted on match 1 already a while back.

Waveshine_2001 posted...

Voting :
New Battle!!!

Okay, it's very late for me so I'm only going to vote in match 1 for now. I'll try to get to the other two matches tomorrow (well technically today) if I can.

What I find really funny is that both songs in match 1 are not only fitting as the first match in the entire contest (NEW battle and fight FIRST) but both were also in one of the two 2023 contests (yes we have two contests for every year) on Supra. New Battle was in the main 2023 contest and FightFirst is currently in the Hindsight 2023 contest.

On top of that, then there's 3 songs up today that have been in vgmc 6 (Live and Learn, New Bodhum, and Nurburgring Suite).

Okay, so apparently I was slightly off here. The one in Hindsight is actually FightFifthDeusExMachina_Letheia (feat. Enoa (Hikaru Tono)). Wow, their names sure are similar.

Voting :
New Battle!!!

Okay, it's very late for me so I'm only going to vote in match 1 for now. I'll try to get to the other two matches tomorrow (well technically today) if I can.

What I find really funny is that both songs in match 1 are not only fitting as the first match in the entire contest (NEW battle and fight FIRST) but both were also in one of the two 2023 contests (yes we have two contests for every year) on Supra. New Battle was in the main 2023 contest and FightFirst is currently in the Hindsight 2023 contest.

On top of that, then there's 3 songs up today that have been in vgmc 6 (Live and Learn, New Bodhum, and Nurburgring Suite).

rwlh posted...

That Staff Roll link sounds a bit...slower in tempo, I think?

Sounds the same to me.

junglegirl posted...

I don't like it for some odd reason

Gall posted...

@Chinballz @Waveshine_2001 and the other Mario Kart 64 - Staff Roll nominators I can't @ for some reason, want to use this link? It has clearer audio than the one in the sheet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuuwLUvYMqM

Personally, I think it sounds fine. Not a big difference, but it does sound clearer. I actually do slightly prefer the one you suggested. Looks like we're not in unanimous agreement, however. Maybe poll everyone at large on which one they prefer/hj

++ dankey kang | dk rap | broken link
+ Rick Astley | Never Gonna Give You Up | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
++ Big Chungus | Main Theme | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB4d+YfFgaME
+ Trombone Champ | Careless Whisper | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia8rVH-fBJM

+ Undertale | Battle Against a True Hero | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWBtpBwzzdM

dropping:
- Art of Rally | The Perfect Corner | https://youtu.be/OAXOqAo8zeg
- Scarlet Nexus | - Old OSF Hospital -the other- | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtSsDSmuej8

adding:
+ Cassette Beasts | Your Inception | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DewpbrM67nE
+ Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane | Sax of Opportunity | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRo-756Qq4o
+ Genshin Impact | Across Dimming Asterisms | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvLZzUcyDWY

doubling
+ Xenoblade Chronicles X | CODENAMEZ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w4bOYDNypc

- Suikoden IV | La Mer | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc7evTrULxk
- Mario Kart 8 | Mute City | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yW4CMjpeNk

+ Mad Rat Dead | MAD LAST WORLD | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iawJijWDP3s
+ Xenoblade Chronicles X | CODENAMEZ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w4bOYDNypc

doubling:
+ Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | New Battle!!! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVxRnELD0Uw

supporting:
+ Mario Kart 64 | Staff Roll | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f8ckObOZCY
+ Paradise Killer | About That... | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyCHXvC-wx8

About that was my nomination (courtesy of azuarc) for one of last year's Supra contests, and it received 2nd place. This type of music doesn't always do it for me, but About That just clicks. The fun vocals, the funky bass, and that smooth sax solo make the song really memorable.

Staff Roll is just one of my all-time favorite songs from the N64. It doesn't usually quite reach the same heights for me as a certain other song of the same name from Super Mario 64, but it still is one of those bittersweet songs that I easily become nostalgic for despite having been too young to grow up with the N64.

Mihark posted...

Fixing this drop
- NieR | Grandma | https://youtu.be/f03IHCr9dJY

Dang, I wasn't going to support it because I didn't have much of a chance but I really do love this song. It kinda reminds me of how someone nominated Ocarina of Time - Title Theme last year, and I regret not telling that person I loved that song despite having no plans to support it. I wonder who nominated that last time? I wish I could tell them what I'm telling you now.

doubling:
+ Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR | Starry Night | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HwfayByQnY
+ Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | Brilliant Wings | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrfPn2hMuAk

supporting:
+ Freedom Planet 2 | Dragon Valley | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49mVLN8OJSo
+ Einhander | Thermosphere | https://youtu.be/shwrxKyfSTQ

Lies posted...

it has come to my attention that i have mispelled my favorite game chorno cross

yeah it's chronically crossed, sequel to the critically panned game called chronically triggered

+ Minecraft | Aria Math | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOIEo_74L-Q

+ Spark the Electric Jester | Lunar Bass | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgEAV4C2Us

+ Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon | Fire Island Volcano | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ep8uK8nfQ

+ Art of Rally | The Perfect Corner | https://youtu.be/OAXOqAo8zeg

+ Murasaki Tsurugi | Fairytale Poison and Solitude | https://youtu.be/jYOeWL-GScY

+ Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | New Battle!!! | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVxRnELD0Uw

+ Undertale | Battle Against a True Hero | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWBtpBwzzdM

+ Mario Kart 8 | Mario Kart 8 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2U5GoX4dew

+ Mario Kart 8 | Mute City | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yW4CMjpeNk

+ Suikoden IV | La Mer | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc7evTrULxk

+ [-Aka-] | Suna no Shiro -The Castle of Sand- | https://youtu.be/cH7ZgT1jNcM

+ Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR | Starry Night | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HwfayByQnY

+ Scarlet Nexus | - Old OSF Hospital -the other- | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtSsDSmuej8

+ Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | Brilliant Wings | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrfPn2hMuAk

+ Undertale | Death by Glamour | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TgO-tN5wAM

rwlh posted...

Every one of these songs was an elimination, wow!!!!

ELIMINATION 24/59: Tked
Average rating: 7.1
Average ranking: 3022
Your lucky song: Akumajou Densetsu - Demon Seed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-P4SjqtRkg

ELIMINATION 23/59: Waveshine_2001
Average rating: 5.8
Average ranking: 3618
Your lucky song: Captain Tsubasa 2 - Kojiro Hyuga's Theme (Toho Team)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wORTwHqcP3U

ELIMINATION 22/59: Paratroopa1
Average rating: 7.3
Average ranking: 2711
Your lucky song: Dariusburst - Hello 31337
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw6vVgwcUWE

ELIMINATION 21/59: Xtlm
Average rating: 6.6 (a pretty impressive average given that you literally had last place)
Average ranking: 2739
Your lucky song: Crash Twinsanity - Worm Chase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jjf92tENoI

ELIMINATION 20/59: -hotdogturtle--
Average rating: 7.5
Average ranking: 2380
Your lucky song: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Twilit Battle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=646K_a_j9Pc

Thank you all for nominating!

I like how I have a significantly lower average than everyone else because of joke noms....but then one of my joke noms also beat the majority of the other songs and raised the average by a lot. Funny how that works.

rwlh posted...

@Waveshine_2001
Yoshi's New Island - Title Screen
Masayoshi Ishi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTrj6pp1qpU

Waveshine gave me three joke songs, a song that was kind of a joke, and Forest Interlude. Actually, it was my idea I told her it would be funny if I wound up ranking one of the jokes high. And here we are, with this little kazoo song outperforming 271 other songs, including songs from acclaimed soundtracks like Final Fantasy VII, Super Mario Galaxy, Genshin Impact, Nier, Kingdom Hearts, Undertale, and yes, even Donkey Kong Country 2, the rankings only retired song. Yet here we are.

I dont think I need to justify any of my opinions in this topic this is my ranking, after all. But some of you might be scratching your heads at this one, at how this much maligned kazoo song got such a huge placement. Ill just say that I dont love anything ironically when I love something, I love it with my whole heart. And I really love this song. (Yes, I used the word love even though its an 8.5 and not a 9! Im unpredictable like that.) Ive said before that I love songs at the intersection of wistful and happy, and nothing perhaps encapsulates that dichotomy more in this ranking than Title Screen. The Yoshi series has always stood out for feeling childlike and a little sad, and this song, with its plaintive strumming guitar, does a wonderful job at evoking those emotions in me. People always complain about the kazoo in this song, but its so whimsical that it works remarkably well. And those drums and maracasreally, everything is doing heavy lifting here.

Thats why I love it. Thats why I ranked it higher than 90% of the rest of the list. Ill leave you with this: if it were longer and more developed, it might have snuck into the top ten.

Because you didn't wait one more day to post this until April Fools, I will post my response on April Fools. That's pretty cool that you unironically like this song, though I can't help but find it funny that my joke nom is the one that made it the farthest.

rwlh posted...

@Waveshine_2001
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Forest Interlude
David Wise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5EgRk0mQM8

Our only retiree nomination is the first 8.5 out. An SNES classic, Forest Interlude has a stellar melody, excellent bass and drumming, and those blissful environmental effects. Its funny featuring this right after Beautiful Star, because I feel like those two songs are cut from similar cloth, but I very clearly favor Forest Interlude. Its not quite at the level of Stickerbush Symphony or Donkey Kong Rescued, quite possibly my favorite DKC2 track, but its still really, really damn satisfying to listen to. This is Donkey Kong Country at its mellowest and simultaneously most engaging.

Forest Interlude is also my second favorite behind Stickerbush Symphony. Thank you for mentioning "the thing" without making it too obvious.

rwlh posted...

Off I go, play nice while I'm gone!

rwlh isn't home; time to see where he hid the cookies and horde them all to myself hehehehe

azuarc posted...

Place and Prody still don't have a single drop. Which will be the last standing?

Another observation, all three Honkai songs have been out for a while and the two Genshin songs are still standing strong. Get rekt, Star Rail converts. (Genshin also represents P0's last track left, and it's about the last song I would have nominated for anything...but I totally get why it's here, and why it's still to-be-revealed.)

Most of my friends converted from Genshin players to Star Rail players due to the former going downhill (according to them) in terms of how the company has been treating its fans. I don't think they'll ever deny Genshin music itself is still stellar though. I myself was a bit of a Genshin player back when it first came out. I don't have plans to ever go back regularly, but I sure do have plans to finish the soundtrack!

I also do find it funny you say this considering how much you adore Wildfire from Honkai (from my understanding, you seemed to love that song even more than I've ever seen you love a Genshin song but I could be wrong).

rwlh posted...

Is this the most well-known song in the ranking? Its either this, Running from Evil, or CORE.

Forest Interlude is another contender though I do believe it's behind Bastion in particular as far as recognizability goes. It's still up there though.

Dedf1sh posted...

Because you didn't nominate for this topic.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80707452

It would be really funny if Oh dear, you are dead! or 25M was nominated for this given how short those songs already are even in their full versions. I see the game over jingle from Super Mario Bros. was nominated though, so that's gonna be fun to see ranked.

azuarc posted...

It won one round. That's hardly "killing it." If it beats the Naganuma track in R2, then sure.

To be fair, it didn't just beat one song. In order to win round 1, it had to beat two other songs. It beat two songs in round 1 by a fairly good number. It wasn't even that close of a match between the first and second place of that round.

rwlh posted...

Humor is in the specifics! (I don't actually know if it'll even get into the contest, but if it does, I suspect it will do well.)

Ah I suppose that makes sense! I could see it making it to r3, but it also feels like a song that could easily lose r1 depending on its opponent.

rwlh posted...

@Arti
Honkai: Star Rail - Wildfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxlW79tDhCA

I will probably get a lot of s*** for having this so low. But honestly its just not for me. It reminds me of #300, Breathing Underwater, in that feels like a typical modern pop/rock song, and I have a hard time with those. Its just likeI dunno, kind of there? The vocals are a big detriment for me, but couple them with this uninspiring instrumental and its likeI dunno, just not interesting to me. Its a perfectly fine song. Im sure I will come to like it less after repeated exposure when it gets to round 3 in VGMC.

I like how you mention VGMC as if Wildfire isn't killing it in another contest right now (yes, I know a lot of GameFaqs users don't know about our Supra 2023 contest but still). Also, why round 3 in VGMC? That feels oddly specific haha

rwlh posted...

280/5367
@Waveshine_2001
Pokemon Sword/Shield - Battle! Galarians Legendary Birds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDB5B__1Al8

This song is messy with a capital Mess. The mixing is all off and there are whole chunks that dont seem to fit together at all. But the second half is actually really cool! The flying effects (Pokemon cries?) are integrated better, and theres some nice fake guitar and percussion. If the first half were more like the second, this would be much higher.

You know, I was expecting another drop since I had a bunch of joke noms. What I wasn't expecting was this. I was fully confident the next drop would be within the next day or so but it would be Yoshi's New Island instead. To think you put the kazoo song over this is kind of funny.

skulltrumpets posted...

Well we've done it. We've found five songs I enjoy exponentially more than rwlh did. But Kama pls why did you nominate a song that had a full minute of dead air at the end >>

Surprised especially by Dear My Friend. I admit I've kind of trained myself to have middling expectations of Japanese vocals.

A bit better. Not sure how to judge, as I already know what the "joke" is.

Fair enough. I personally don't mind the "extended joke" version, but half the entertainment is reading the comments anyways lol, and the longer version has funnier comments imo

skulltrumpets posted...

now I moved onto 295-291. even more of a mixed bag for me. the ace attorney song is one I've always liked, even though it definitely could have been gifted a better ... soundfont? probably not the right word but I think y'all get what I'm saying. a little higher pitched in spots, yeah.

I was a minute into the ballz 3D song. I had my laugh. I chortled a good bit. It's bad but like in a funny way, you know? I thought, surely the song will end soon. But no, it was like four fucking minutes. I can't believe the one thing stopping me from enjoying the overly sampled porno music was the length.

I already told skull this on discord but that seems to be more a problem with the upload than the song itself. I found an upload of the Ballz song that is 2 mins. Curious how this will affect your opinion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn4hzm-pVP8