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Topic	I rank 300 VGM (2024 edition) [ranking]
rwlh 02/29/24 7:12:13 PM #123:	260/5051 @handsomeboy2012 Old School Runescape - Oh dear, you are dead! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43slqnHiHWs Several songs in this ranking run over 10 minutes, including an all phase mix, a medley of other songs from its game, some deep ambient cuts, and other intriguing musical pieces. I honestly get excited whenever I see vgm with a longer than average runtime (assuming its not a shitty gamerip that loops ten times). This song is the total opposite: its four seconds long. Four seconds long! Im not even sure if theres another nomination that runs under a minute, but this is four seconds long. handsomeboy2012 has given me quite the quandary, quite the navel-gazing dilemma. What is VGM? Can I truly judge this against songs with developed themes, more sophisticated execution? Is this something I could conceivably come back to again and again? I dont know. What I do know is this little tune, five dissonant notes with reverb, placed higher than forty songs. I am able to recall it, almost perfectly, weeks after my first listen. What is VGM, after all, but music to score something, music to perform an action to, music to fill the void in an interactive experience? For me at least, these four seconds filled that void. tl;dr: very funny ! *5.5/10* 259/5041 @Fluttershy_Pony Chase H.Q. - My Name & Your Name (Name Entry) https://youtu.be/htvpauM2Cb8 This song is forty seconds. I am proven wrong IMMEDIATELY. Oof. I get the joke/vibe this is going for, but unfortunately its outclassed by this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzx_lVDvT-o I love that we live in a world where both of these songs exist. Also we are now officially in ABOVE AVERAGE ZONE. Very nicely done, everybody. 258/5029 @-Chaos-Zero- Heavy Rain - Ethan Mars' Main Theme https://youtu.be/o7-7-E-G270?si=qqnrLkvAA1A4ongr This sort of reminds me of a Resident Evil theme in its majesty. I like how it swells and builds like VGM of its type do. Im just not really into VGM of its type! Not much to say here really; I appreciate that it commits to the mood fully. I definitely feel something strong when I listen to this, which is more than I can say for a lot of music. 257/4938 @TheArkOfTurus SANABI - Digitalized Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6NATqisOI This has the strongest start of the SANABI noms so far, with faded, distorted sounds straight out of an old gramophone. That lead synth Ive complained about in the previous writeups is still there, but because its not as prominent, this gets top ranks so far. One more SANABI to gohow will it do? 256/4903 @Bane_Of_Despair Nier - Cold Steel Coffin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df4oPN2j4ig If you made a bracket out of this ranking, this would be #256, the bottom seed. I think I like the idea of Nier music more than actually listening to it. Sometimes I enjoy it, but a lot of the time its just sort of there. Even a song like Shadowlord can go on and on for me. Cold Steel Coffin has a leg up because its so suffocating, one of the first noms I can say that about in a good way: the soundscape is crushing, squeezing me into a tiny cube. Im justnot into it other than that. But this was a good attempt! <cite>rwlh posted [p:979118698] in I rank 300... [t:80705000]...</cite> <quote>260/5051@handsomeboy2012Old School Runescape - Oh dear, you are dead!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43slqnHiHWs Several songs in this ranking run over 10 minutes, including an all phase mix, a medley of other songs from its game, some deep ambient cuts, and other intriguing musical pieces. I honestly get excited whenever I see vgm with a longer than average runtime (assuming its not a shitty gamerip that loops ten times). This song is the total opposite: its four seconds long. Four seconds long! Im not even sure if theres another nomination that runs under a minute, but this is four seconds long. handsomeboy2012 has given me quite the quandary, quite the navel-gazing dilemma. What is VGM? Can I truly judge this against songs with developed themes, more sophisticated execution? Is this something I could conceivably come back to again and again? I dont know. What I do know is this little tune, five dissonant notes with reverb, placed higher than forty songs. I am able to recall it, almost perfectly, weeks after my first listen. What is VGM, after all, but music to score something, music to perform an action to, music to fill the void in an interactive experience? For me at least, these four seconds filled that void. tl;dr: very funny ! 5.5/10 259/5041@Fluttershy_PonyChase H.Q. - My Name & Your Name (Name Entry)https://youtu.be/htvpauM2Cb8 This song is forty seconds. I am proven wrong IMMEDIATELY. Oof. I get the joke/vibe this is going for, but unfortunately its outclassed by this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzx_lVDvT-o I love that we live in a world where both of these songs exist. Also we are now officially in ABOVE AVERAGE ZONE. Very nicely done, everybody.258/5029@-Chaos-Zero- Heavy Rain - Ethan Mars' Main Themehttps://youtu.be/o7-7-E-G270?si=qqnrLkvAA1A4ongr This sort of reminds me of a Resident Evil theme in its majesty. I like how it swells and builds like VGM of its type do. Im just not really into VGM of its type! Not much to say here really; I appreciate that it commits to the mood fully. I definitely feel something strong when I listen to this, which is more than I can say for a lot of music. 257/4938@TheArkOfTurusSANABI - Digitalized Dreamshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6NATqisOI This has the strongest start of the SANABI noms so far, with faded, distorted sounds straight out of an old gramophone. That lead synth Ive complained about in the previous writeups is still there, but because its not as prominent, this gets top ranks so far. One more SANABI to gohow will it do? 256/4903@Bane_Of_DespairNier - Cold Steel Coffinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df4oPN2j4ig If you made a bracket out of this ranking, this would be #256, the bottom seed. I think I like the idea of Nier music more than actually listening to it. Sometimes I enjoy it, but a lot of the time its just sort of there. Even a song like Shadowlord can go on and on for me. Cold Steel Coffin has a leg up because its so suffocating, one of the first noms I can say that about in a good way: the soundscape is crushing, squeezing me into a tiny cube. Im justnot into it other than that. But this was a good attempt!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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