Hello all and welcome, at long last, to the actual rankings! The nominations are in, the write-ups are done, so let's... get this trainwreck on the rails. But before we do, a reminder of the nomination rules:
-Each nominator nominated 5 songs. -Each nominator was limited to 1 song per game and 2 songs per series. -Licensed music was allowed as long as this wasn't abused. -We strongly discouraged gaming the system by nominating music that the nominator knew would be highly ranked (say, the top 5 from CG7's last ranking topic).
We're planning to post 15 write-ups a day, with 10 on the final day, just to expedite things a bit, but if this is too slow or too fast we're open to suggestions.
The next post will be a list of the 100 nominations in alphabetical order, and shortly following that will be the first set of rankings. Please enjoy~
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies - Megalith -Agnus Dei- Alan Wake - The Poet and the Muse Atelier Viorate - The Mudship Sinks At Karotte Village Baldr Force - Face of Fact Battle Gear 4 - Slippin' Away Big Bot Audio Drop - Amity BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend - Soukyu no Hikari (Short Version) Blazer Drive - Galuda 003i Blazing Angels - Main Theme Bomberman 64: The Second Attack - Warship Noah Breath of Fire II - Boss Theme Burnout 3: Takedown - Shine Castle Crashers - Stage Cleared/The Race Around the World Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck - Dippy the Dinosaur Crazy Bus - Title Theme Darius Gaiden - VISIONNERZ Dawn of War 2 - For The Craftworld Demon's Crest - Beyond the Colosseum Desire - Reflector (Unlimited) Digital: A Love Story - Paper Dolls Digital: A Love Story - Space Beacon DJ Max Portable Black Square - Stop Do-Don-Pachi Dai-Fu-kkatsu BLACK LABEL - Xanadu (Stage 2-B) Donkey Kong Country 2 - Lockjaw's Saga Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 - Ending Theme Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 - Unicorn Elder Scrolls IV, The: Oblivion - Wings of Kynareth Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City - Disturbances ~ Their Own Justice Ever17 (Xbox 360)- Karma Fate/hollow ataraxia - Excalibur Final Fantasy X - Rikku's Theme Final Fantasy X - Servants of the Mountain Final Fantasy XIII - Blinded by Light Final Fantasy XIII - Fighting Fate Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue - Forgotten Island Level 2 G-Darius - B.T. Dutch Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - Jowd ~A Captive of Fate God of War 3 - Pandora's Song Gradius III - Sandstorm Grandia Xtreme - Combat 1 Great Gatsby, The - Martini Rag Gungriffon: The Eurasian Conflict - Theme of Gungriffon Iji - Tor Iridion 3D - Planet Iridion Prime Jet Force Gemini - Sekhmet Katawa Shoujo - Parity King of Fighters XIII - Diabolosis Klonoa 2 - Ark Ver. 1
CONTINUED IN NEXT POST (THANKS GAMEFAQS)
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
Last Ranker - This Journey without End Legend of Zelda, The: Skyward Sword - Island in the Sky Legend of Zelda, The - Minish Village Magical Drop III - KI.MA.GU.RE. [Whimsy] Mario Strikers Charged - Luigi's Theme Mega Man X3 - Gravity Beetle Stage Metal Gear Solid 4 - Main Theme Mischief Makers - Trouble Maker Mr Driller Soundtracks - Georian *Solar Eclipse Mix* MS Saga: A New Dawn - Giant G System Muv-Luv Alternative - Seimei no Honou Myst IV: Revelation - Main Theme Nanostray - Sekai Outpost Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 - Sasuke Uchiha Neotokyo - Haka Okami - Ryoshima Plains Persona 3 - Mass Destruction (Reincarnation Version) Persona 4 - I'll Face Myself -Battle- (Reincarnation Version) Phantasy Star II - Under Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 - Summer Air RosenkreuzStilette - Last Battle Rusty - Queen in the Dark Night Seinarukana - The Bravery Sengoku Rance - Rebirth the Edge Shadow Hearts: From The New World - Great Ghost Dance (With Icaro) Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 - Divine Entity Skies of Arcadia - Bombardment 2 Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis) - Volcano Valley Act 1 Sonic CD - Sonic Boom SoulCalibur V - Venice Rooftops (SCV mix) Star Ocean 4 - Sacrificial Lamb Super Mario 3D Land - Ghost House Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Bowser's Galaxy Generator Super Robot Wars OGs - Ialdabaoth Apotheosized Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Winning Road (Roy's Hope) Sword of Mana - Courage and Pride from the Heart Tales of Eternia - Mid Boss 2 Tales of Symphonia (JP) - Starry Heavens Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Widdershin Tales of Vesperia - Ring a Bell Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - Gensokyo Millenium ~ History of the Moon Touhou: Ten Desires - Shoutoku Legend ~ True Administrator Treasure Quest - Prophecy Tyrian - Rock Garden Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 8 - lastendconductor Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 8 - lixaxil Warblade - In-Game Music We Love Katamari - Blue Orb Wild Arms - Adlehyde Castle Xenoblade - Unfinished Battle Yoshi's Story - Love Is In the Air Ys Origin - Genesis Beyond the Beginning
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
Personally, I put very good odds on Crazy Bus being last for both of them, and a certain song I shall not name to be first for both of them. Though I suppose we'll see.
-- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX
xp1337 posted... and a certain song I shall not name to be first for both of them. Though I suppose we'll see.
*checks for Ar Tonelico*
At least it won't be a repeat of CG's last topic then. I don't know enough about the body of songs or about Kenri to be able to predict, but I suspect xp would know far better.
Here we go! As I did in my last topic, going to post which tracks I heard before this happened.
Castle Crashers - Stage Cleared/The Race Around the World Crazy Bus - Title Theme Demon's Crest - Beyond the Colosseum Donkey Kong Country 2 - Lockjaw's Saga Ever17 (Xbox 360)- Karma Final Fantasy X - Rikku's Theme Final Fantasy X - Servants of the Mountain Final Fantasy XIII - Blinded by Light G-Darius - B.T. Dutch Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective - Jowd ~A Captive of Fate Last Ranker - This Journey without End Metal Gear Solid 4 - Main Theme Okami - Ryoshima Plains Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 - Divine Entity Skies of Arcadia - Bombardment 2 Sonic CD - Sonic Boom Super Mario 3D Land - Ghost House Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Winning Road (Roy's Hope) Tales of Vesperia - Ring a Bell Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - Gensokyo Millenium ~ History of the Moon Touhou: Ten Desires - Shoutoku Legend ~ True Administrator Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 8 - lastendconductor Xenoblade - Unfinished Battle
So I have heard twenty-three total. Out of those, I have heard the following when playing their games:
Final Fantasy X - Rikku's Theme Final Fantasy X - Servants of the Mountain Okami - Ryoshima Plains Skies of Arcadia - Bombardment 2 Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Winning Road (Roy's Hope) Tales of Vesperia - Ring a Bell
Six only! The following I heard when playing Brawl so it sort of counts as number seven I guess:
Sonic CD - Sonic Boom
Now, onward!
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You laugh at my Celtic Guardian, until I use my Scapegoat, and then United We Stand, Mage Power, and 3 Axe Of Despairs, with Gaia Power out. 11900/7800
I don't know enough about the body of songs or about Kenri to be able to predict, but I suspect xp would know far better.
I had to ban xp from this topic to prevent him from winning again. <_<
It's not my fault that my favorite songs are just that good!
And also, that unlike with CG7 last time, I was unwilling to work around the fact that I know what both of you think of over 1000 songs, and was just going to ignore that and post my favorites/what I usually post in these topics despite knowing it would lead to me sweeping your top 2 at least, and probably landing everything in the Top 7 or so for CG7. >_>
Rrha ki gagis exec gyen hymnos Z. Rrha quel ra clemenzen en manafeeze... Ha---!
Wouldn't have chosen EXEC_Z/. again given it just won CG7's topic.
I was thinking it over and my nomination would have been something like...
.hack//G.U. Vol 2//Reminisce - Here I Come Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia - EXEC_RE=NATION/. Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica - EXEC_SPHILIA/. Xenosaga III - Godsibb Ys: The Oath in Felghana - Sealed Time
Which, according to Kenri would have gotten me his Top 2, and probably 3 in the Top 5. CG7 gave me a non-answer but I'd predict at least 3 in the Top 5 still. >_>
-- xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out? GotD (219/384) Melee v FFX
100. Crazy Bus – Title Theme User: Master Epyon Link:
First Impressions: I suppose this is karma for introducing Master Epyon to it in the first place.
Thoughts: This is the worst video game track I have ever heard. Forget Homina Homina, forget Happy Shabby Life, forget Screaming Target, this is the epitome of awful game music. It is so incredibly bad that it somehow manages to wrap around and become incredible. Whoever made this must have been drunk or felt that mixing random sounds together would be fun. Maybe for the maker, but for us? Anyone who hears this feels trolled. Utterly trolled. Congratulations to Title Theme, it is the only track I have ever heard to get this score, a score where there is absolutely nothing redeemable about it.
First Impressions: What the everloving holy am I listening to.
Thoughts: This is, to put it lightly, an utter mess. I have no idea where it’s going half the time. The effects are high pitched and annoying. The pauses between notes at times breaks it up uncomfortably. That one part that rises and lowers in tone swiftly is especially bad. This is, like, Crazy Bus’ second cousin twice removed or something.
Rating: 1.5/10
98. Phantasy Star II – Under User: azuarc Link:
First Impressions: Yeah, this is under a lot of things I would rather listen to.
Thoughts: We start off in a terrible manner with a beat that makes my brain throb. Then it goes into a high pitched section that changes my feelings from nauseated to thoroughly annoyed. I want to play Phantasy Star games, but if this is the type of music it comes with, I may have to mute the television while I do.
Rating: 2/10
97. Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck – Dippy the Dinosaur User: Ed Bellis Link:
First Impressions: Good gosh why.
Thoughts: No, no, and did I mention no? This does not work for me. It feels loud, obnoxious, and generally dumb. Those pot-tapping noises or whatever are especially irritating, as is… well, everything else really. If you want to see a part I disliked, move the video cursor somewhere random in the track and listen to it. There you go.
Rating: 2.5/10
96. DJ Max Portable Black Square – Stop User: JONALEON1 Link:
First Impressions: Why the holy heck would anyone like this.
Thoughts: I have said this before, but for newcomers to my tastes, I am not a fan of rap. This starting off with rap was a bad sign from the getgo. Then I realized the male and female vocalists are not particularly good, and the lyrics are awful. The background music is lacking too. This does just about everything wrong for me.
Rating: 2.5/10
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You laugh at my Celtic Guardian, until I use my Scapegoat, and then United We Stand, Mage Power, and 3 Axe Of Despairs, with Gaia Power out. 11900/7800
95. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 – Ending Theme User: FL81 Link: Link I Used:
First Impressions: Did you guys know I don’t like saxophones? Because I don’t.
Thoughts: Blargh. This might be okay if I had a tolerance for saxophones. Unfortunately I do not, and three fourths of this darned thing is full of it. The rest does not even have the decency to be good. It makes me wish I could have spent that four minutes listening to almost anything else. The section at the end is even worse, amazingly.
Rating: 2.5/10
94. Persona 3 – Mass Destruction (Reincarnation Version) User: swordz9 Link:
First Impressions: BABY BABY BABY BABY YEAAAAAAAAAAAH
Thoughts: I cannot believe it, but I vastly prefer the original to this. And I am not a huge fan of the original. The higher pitched female vocals are not a credit to the team. Nor is the length of the track. It also suffers from being rap. Most rap tracks I do not like, and this is not an exception. Usually I am fond of Persona tracks, but this one, absolutely not.
Rating: 2.5/10
93. We Love Katamari – Blue Orb User: Ed Bellis Link:
First Impressions: Could someone tell this track to please stop stuttering?
Thoughts: I might actually like this if it consisted of some of the mellow techno effects and the vocals. The problem? It has more than that. Of main annoyance is how it is broken up the entire time with small pauses. That technique can be used fairly well, but it is done so often here that it is not a relaxing listen at all. I felt on edge, as if I wanted to grab it around the throat and throw it off a cliff for making me tense. What a jerk piece.
Rating: 3/10
92. G-Darius – B.T. Dutch User: FL81 Link:
First Impressions: Can I have Adam back?
Thoughts: G-Darius continues to live up to its tradition of odd music. This one is a miss for me though. It has a feeling of being all over the place, which does not sit well with me in this case. The obnoxious “you-you-you” doesn’t help either. Then you get that weird gasping and that makes it even more awkward. The only redeeming part is a few of the effects near the beginning, and they go away far too quickly.
Rating: 3.5/10
91. Mega Man X3 – Gravity Beetle Stage User: Master Epyon Link:
First Impressions: Ugh Mega Man X music.
Thoughts: Here is something Kenri and I tend to agree on. We are not fond of Mega Man X music. Feel free to throw stones at me for that opinion. For me, they are loud, unappealing, and lack the catchy rhythms that went along with the Mega Man tracks I liked. This is no exception. It is not ear-bleedingly bad, but it is not good at all. The worst part is I actually want to play Mega Man X games, but I am not looking forward to their soundtracks.
Rating: 3.5/10
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You laugh at my Celtic Guardian, until I use my Scapegoat, and then United We Stand, Mage Power, and 3 Axe Of Despairs, with Gaia Power out. 11900/7800
First Impressions: Vocals why have you forsaken me?
Thoughts: I think my opinion on liking vocals in video game tracks is pretty well known by this point. Here is a pretty fantastic way of subverting that. The chorus is sort of nice, but the rest? Really, really bad. Even worse is that there is literally a shhhhing noise. I loathe shhhhhhhs. It hurts me to hear them. I am not even exaggerating, if someone tries to shush me like that in real life, I want to punt them out a window.
Rating: 3.5/10
89. Breath of Fire II – Boss Theme User: Mega Mana Link:
First Impressions: Check it out, unimpressive Breath of Fire music. I’m so shocked.
Thoughts: A short, uncatchy tune that leaves no sort of impact or makes me want to hear it again. Sounds like Breath of Fire to me all right. This is another series I want to play, but not for the music. Gosh not for the music, which is incredibly unimpressive. It is especially saddening because usually I enjoy boss themes. This one shames the ones I like.
Rating: 3.5/10
88. Mario Strikers Charged – Luigi’s Theme User: Kamekguy Link:
First Impressions: What is this, bad Spanish music?
Thoughts: You know what I don’t like in my music? Clapping. The majority of the time, clapping sucks to have in a track. The fact that the rest of it is fairly bad is just a bonus. Then again, I can’t claim I was expecting anything fantastic out of a Mario soccer game, let alone in the music category. (If anyone comes in to defend it from my attacks I will be saddened that the point was lost.)
Rating: 4/10
87. Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 – Summer Air User: Mega Mana Link:
First Impressions: Just what I needed, bad air noises.
Thoughts: I thought a rollercoaster was supposed to be exciting. Mind you, I find them “exciting” for all the wrong reasons (namely the terror I feel whenever I am anywhere on one), but this track makes them outright boring. It has some okay strings, but they get drowned out by those darn whooshing sort of effects. I don’t even know what to call them. It also feels like it’s far longer than four minutes, but I blame that on the boredom thing.
Rating: 4/10
86. Iridion 3D Music – Planet Iridion Prime User: Ace_Killkoy Link:
First Impressions: Get the heck out of here.
Thoughts: You know what this track forgot to do? Be appealing in any way. The beat is annoying, the effects are annoying, everything else if fairly annoying, let’s just call this the love child of “annoying music” and “whatever music” because that sort of sums it up. And I just rambled in this entire write up to hide the fact that I really have nothing to say about it besides I did not like it much.
Rating: 4/10
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You laugh at my Celtic Guardian, until I use my Scapegoat, and then United We Stand, Mage Power, and 3 Axe Of Despairs, with Gaia Power out. 11900/7800
There, my first fifteen. Sorry for the error I made earlier, somehow Stop was not in its proper place on my list. (This is a great sign of how professional this topic will be.)
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You laugh at my Celtic Guardian, until I use my Scapegoat, and then United We Stand, Mage Power, and 3 Axe Of Despairs, with Gaia Power out. 11900/7800
What's left to even say about Crazy Bus? It's the perfect theme song for humanity. It's the tangled mess of flaws and imperfections that all of us try to keep locked up inside. It's the destruction and suffering and death and unhappiness that people inflict on each other on a daily basis. To listen to Crazy Bus is to listen to everything bad in the world all at once. In some small way, we're all crazies and we're all riding the same bus.
99. G-Darius - B.T. Dutch Nominated by: FL81
Seven minutes long (god i hope it loops somewhere in there) and only questionably music. By which I mean that i sounds like some Home Depot employee got incredibly bored one day and tried to make music using only the objects immediately around him, with limited success to the say the least. Machinery noises are something I honestly like a lot in music so B.T. Dutch had potential there, but it needs to be backed up by something, anything that I actually find pleasant to listen to. Because it cannot stand on its own. G-Darius has a ****ing weird soundtrack in general, but it has some tracks I quite enjoy, like Adam and Feature Perfect from 7. Even Kimera II is okay. This is just too out there for me.
98. Alan Wake - The Poet and the Muse Nominated by: Kamekguy
I should probably address how I feel about songs with VOCALS because that seems to be a topic of some contention! The best way to describe it would probably be to say that I don't prefer them to instrumentals, or prefer instrumentals to songs with vocals. It's really a case by case thing, though fair warning: some songs with vocals will get very high rankings here.
...This is not one of them. I don't really like the singer here and the lyrics are kind of stupid. I'm not sure if it's trying to be deep or if it's a parody so successful that I can't even tell it's a parody, but it's dumb if you're just sort of paying attention to it and really dumb if you stop to analyze it. The poet's stories were so convincing that his lover drowned herself because she believed there really was treasure at the bottom of a lake? Moral of the story: ...don't be so good at storytelling or very stupid people will kill themselves? Maybe it makes sense/isn't dumb to people who've played Alan Wake. The song also gets really weird at about 3 minutes in, because up 'til that point it had been a sort of simple folk song and then all of a sudden ROCK AND/OR ROLL and it doesn't work very well.
97. Final Fantasy XIII - Fighting Fate Nominated by: electricpiper
Fighting Fate starts off decent enough but then it quickly becomes kind of a loud mess. It almost seems like the sound quality is off or something because everything sounds really muddled and... bad. Or maybe the sound quality is fine and it's just bad in general. The vocals sound like someone singing from inside an organ and I cannot make out a rhyme nor a reason to any of the instrumentation. It can't decide if it wants to dark and imposing or heroic or whimsical or just a mess. And then it decides on the latter, and goes in a screechy and obnoxious direction. Fun times.
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
96. Tales of Eternia - Mid Boss 2 Nominated by: agesboy
...Sort of like the above, except Mid Boss 2 just sounds really harsh and grating and not pleasant to listen to. I give it the nod over Fighting Fate though because it's at least kind of interesting. I think I'd like a remix of this that used some different samples, because that's really the main thing I have a problem with here. The whole "someone beats on a trash can lid while a fly periodically buzzes past the microphone" angle doesn't work for me. On any level.
Ryu Umemoto, eh? I'm not his biggest fan or anything but I definitely like a few pieces of his in particular. They tend to be closer to chiptunes than this one though (<3 YU-NO). I actually really like parts of this piece, but overall it's just too noisy for my liking. It is oppressively noisy and cluttered, and a lot of what I do like about it gets drowned out by that.
94. Breath of Fire II - Boss Theme Nominated by: Mega Mana
...There's nothing really wrong with this, but at the same time I just wish it was better. The first two seconds are the most interesting part, and after that it's just a very unexceptional boss theme. It's sort of repetitive too. I also feel like it would start to grate if I had to listen to it for more than a minute, but whatever, can't really hold that against it when it's not more than a minute long.
93. Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City - Disturbances ~ Their Own Justice Nominated by: FL81
A lot of the same criticisms I gave above apply to this one as well. The difference is that Disturbances ~ Their Own Justice is, to me, a bit more interesting, so it cancels out the piece being long enough that it actually does start to grate. Also, this isn't really here or there, but I think I slightly prefer the PC-8801 version. >_>
I actually really like the soundtrack to SRW OGs and I remember being quite disappointed when it didn't get into the OST Contest. This is not one of my favorites though. In fact this might be my least favorite track from the game that I've heard. >_>; Again, it does some things I like, but spends a lot of time just making noise and being generally cluttered. I'm sounding like a broken record at this point. A good example though is 0:12 through 0:19. Don't really like that, and don't really think it serves a purpose, and it's kind of indicative of everything I dislike about this piece.
So this is... okay. Insofar as Jpop or Jrock or whatever goes, it's fairly unextraordinary. Nothing really jumps out at me as being especially bad or especially good, except the length, which is just too short, a problem shared by a lot of short versions of songs. Now, I definitely prefer that to a song being too long, but this definitely needed another minute or three IMO.
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
I love FE6 to death, but it really doesn't have good music, and Brawl didn't really fix that. This is a very middling track that I find myself turning against as it goes on just because I wish it would do something interesting auuuugh. It's supposed to sound heroic and all, but it's a very manufactured kind of heroic that ends up leaving me feeling... nothing at all.
89. Sengoku Rance - Rebirth the Edge Nominated by: agesboy
...One of several pieces that ended up ranking fairly low just because I tend to prefer simpler, quieter music. >_>; For me, Rebirth the Edge just ends up being chaotic and difficult to listen to. I wish there were more sections like 2:05 through 2:13 because that would break the piece up and make it much more my speed. Also not really sure what's up with the two minutes of silence at the end? I assume that isn't supposed to be there so I didn't really factor it into the ranking.
88. RosenkreuzStilette - Last Battle Nominated by: FL81
Yeah... This is just not doing it for me. I really don't have many criticisms of it except that it's not my kind of music at all. It has a few neat sections, but overall isn't something I want to listen to again. ...I should probably also mention that I generally don't like battle music, so it doesn't really surprise me that I'm not a big fan of this.
87. Phantasy Star II - Under Nominated by: azuarc
Another victim of the "just sort of unexceptional" criticism. It's... okay. The kind of music that I'd hear during a game and not really think about while playing the game, and then forget about immediately after it stops playing. Which unfortunately leaves me without very much to say. <_<
86. Castle Crashers - Stage Cleared/The Race Around the World Nominated by: SSBDarren64
What I've heard of Castle Crashers' soundtrack has been VERY hit and miss. Winterbliss? Big hit. Race Around the World? ...not so much. Even then, though, Race Around the World is, itself, kind of hit and miss. I like almost all of it, to a degree, except for that banjo(?) section, which I can't bring myself to not really hate. Part of that is that I don't think it fits with the rest of the piece, but a bigger issue is that it's just sort of obnoxious. No offense meant to banjos in general though. (Well, some offense.)
(with apologies to agesboy and FL81)
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
Eh, ya win some, ya lose some. I felt that, as an instrument, the vocals were very nice and inoffensive, and as I find most songwriting naturally stupid and dumbed down in order to keep a rhyme scheme, I didn't much mind it. Buuut fair enough I guess.
Tag. Doubt my stuff, personally, will get very far, but eh, always love these.
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http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvb2chGY8D1qm7gfoo1_500.jpg SuperNiceDog? More like SuperChillGuy. Who is better than me at brackets by a mile.
I didn't listen to all of the (not) 30 songs listed, but a few quick comments...
CG7: 99 - really? And here I had it 13th out of FIVE HUNDRED songs that I ranked. 98 (my song) - *glum* ok...I didn't expect it to go far. I just like it. 92 - ick, agreed 90 (my song) - *more glum* I thought you might actually like that. I do. I wasn't *trying* to get two of the bottom eleven, honest.
Kenri: 98 - I really like Poet and Muse. However, I also don't even listen to the lyrics. Vocals are literally just another instrument to me, so I honestly have no idea how ridiculous the words are. 92 - I was sad SRW didn't get into the contest either, but I at least put it in the JFF. I don't dislike this song, but I don't know the OST so well as to know the others by way of comparison. 87 (my song) - nod, that's pretty much what I expected from Under. 86 - I actually think the "banjo" section is the best part of the song. =x
Songs repeated on both lists: Crazy Bus Under B.T. Dutch BoF2 Boss Theme
Celtic Guardian 7 posted... 86. Iridion 3D Music – Planet Iridion Prime User: Ace_Killkoy Link:
First Impressions: Get the heck out of here.
Thoughts: You know what this track forgot to do? Be appealing in any way. The beat is annoying, the effects are annoying, everything else if fairly annoying, let’s just call this the love child of “annoying music” and “whatever music” because that sort of sums it up. And I just rambled in this entire write up to hide the fact that I really have nothing to say about it besides I did not like it much.
Rating: 4/10
Wow. This went down over my Nanostray nomination? I'm surprised, and at the same time, kind of not. This song has a special vibe to it that I've always appreciated, so it might have been more of a personal thing. Unfortunately, the loop is small, so it tends to repeat before doing much (and Manfred hasn't made a remix of it, though I'd prefer a Nanostray soundtrack, first). Probably wasn't the best song from the game I could have nominated, but I figured I'd post something a bit unusual. Plus, you're tastes seem to be the polar opposite of mine anyway. >_>
I would have posted a superior song from the sequel, but it's still too soon.
Oh, by the way, TAG.
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Today's rankings should be up soon; CG7 will be posting first again if all goes as planned.
I felt that, as an instrument, the vocals were very nice and inoffensive, and as I find most songwriting naturally stupid and dumbed down in order to keep a rhyme scheme, I didn't much mind it. Buuut fair enough I guess.
Someday I will meet someone who cares about lyrics in the way I do.
98 - I really like Poet and Muse. However, I also don't even listen to the lyrics. Vocals are literally just another instrument to me, so I honestly have no idea how ridiculous the words are.
someday.
I almost nominated the non-saxophone version, but I figured it was impossible for anyone to hate saxophones. >_>
I still think CG7 is just trolling in regards to that because the alternative is that it's a position she actually holds.
You've already ousted like my three favorite songs kenri. You're killing my heart ;__;
I am a very mean person.
In this ranking topic, I am (or will be) an especially mean person to about 4 or 5 people in particular. <_<
In fairness I really do feel bad about it!
(or CG7 having awesome music taste)
don't hold your breath
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
I can't say too much right now because it would spoil my later rankings, but as this thing goes on we'll probably be able to comment more on each other's lists.
I will say that I already find parts of her ranking hilarious though.
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
85. Blazer Drive – Galuda 003 User: Ed Bellis Link:
First Impressions: Oh hai techno.
Thoughts: Nothing special here. It sort of has a throbbing noise that makes my brain, in response, throb, and it does not appreciate that. It also has something that sounds vaguely vocalish but not that vocalish and mostly silly. A few decent effects save this from plummeting further down the list.
Rating: 4/10
84. The Great Gatsby – Martini Rag User: Kamekguy Link:
First Impressions: The name of the game and track is literally more interesting than anything it does.
Thoughts: They really can make a video game out of anything, huh? There is this one effect near the beginning that is really cool, and if the entire thing was that effect, this might actually get pretty far on my list. Unfortunately it only shows up, like, twice per loop. And that makes me sad. As does the rest of it. Its length also leaves little room to improve.
Rating: 4.5/10
83. Sword of Mana – Courage and Pride from the Heart User: agesboy Link:
First Impressions: Am I biased against Mana music or something?
Thoughts: No, seriously, what is with me and Mana music? This has a few sections that almost make me think Castlevania for whatever incredibly bizarre reason, but it is far worse than most Castlevania, so go figure that one out. This seems like triumphant music, but even for triumphant music, it is pretty poor. It came sort of close to reaching average, but a few of the portions were irritating enough for me to think it needed to be lower.
Rating: 4.5/10
82. Yoshi’s Story – Love Is In the Air User: Kamekguy Link:
First Impressions: That love has nothing to do with how this track sounds.
Thoughts: So you know how I usually like strings? Not so much in this case. The strings here just have a… like… rubbing feeling to them. Yes I know that probably makes no sense, but it is annoying to say the least. The background, lighter strings are a bit better, but do little to help out. This also suffers from going nowhere. I kept waiting for it to develop somehow and it never did. Seriously, does anyone know what this has to do with love?
Rating: 4.5/10
81. Jet Force Gemini – Sekhmet User: todbot1 Link:
First Impressions: I paid more attention to the box art than the track. Not a good sign.
Thoughts: I might have been more forgiving if this track was shorter. It is, however, a fairly long track when taking into account that I do not care for it much. I was tired of it one minute in, to give an explanation for how this got. The only part I cared for was somewhat past the halfway mark, and even that was not that good. The track seems like a tension-building one, and while those can be good for atmosphere, I rarely care to hear them.
Ratings: 4.5/10
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You laugh at my Celtic Guardian, until I use my Scapegoat, and then United We Stand, Mage Power, and 3 Axe Of Despairs, with Gaia Power out. 11900/7800
Remember that before you guys hijacked my own project, that I would have been here too! Then Kenri really would have seemed positive in comparison! >_>
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80. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Minish Village User: Master Epyon Link:
First Impressions: Why pick this as a Zelda representation?
Thoughts: I have barely any experience with The Minish Cap’s soundtrack. In fact, this might be the first one I have heard. This has “average town theme” written all over it. I could easily imagine it in an old RPG. The problem is that average town themes never stand out to me, hence the word average. Therefore, this is not a particularly stellar track. I guess the chimes are sort of nice. And it is short, so I am not forced to listen to it too long.
Rating: 4.5/10
79. Gungriffon: The Eurasian Conflict – Theme of Gungriffon User: MycroProcessor Link:
First Impressions: This lacks guns and griffons. I am disappoint.
Thoughts: That rough-sounding instrument needs to go away. The rest of it manages to stay consistently around the average mark, maybe even higher, but I hate that one instrument. It sounds like the kind that you spin the top around and it makes a rattling, staticish noise of some kind. …I AM GOOD WITH WORDS.
Rating: 4.5/10
78. Warblade – In-Game Music User: JONALEON1 Link:
First Impressions: Feels a bit long, but remains almost okay.
Thoughts: What an amazingly bland title, with a somewhat annoying beat that is sort of redeemed by some other effects. It seems longer than it should be. Maybe it loops, but I cannot tell if it does, and that is usually a bad sign. Either it means it all sounds so similar that I’m left guessing, or I just didn’t care enough to try and tell.
Rating: 4.5/10
77. Bomberman 64: The Second Attack – Warship Noah User: Master Epyon Link:
First Impressions: Sort of has a cool noise that comes up occasionally. And that really is all there is to say.
Thoughts: Great, now I have to do an entire write-up on this without knowing what else to say. I like that noise, but other than that, the rest just kind of blends together. It winds up being pretty average. I find most music from this soundtrack to do that. I rarely dislike any of them. However, I also rarely like them in a particular fashion. So yeah.
Rating: 5/10
76. Sonic 3D Blast – Volcano Valley Act 1 User: tazzyboyishere Link:
First Impressions: Another mediocre Sonic track, but at least it lacks vocals.
Thoughts: Sonic soundtracks in general do not impress me. I have come across a few that I like, but most fall under the average or lower barrier. Vocal Sonic tracks are even worse; I usually hate those, even though I tend to like vocal songs in general. This contains a few effects that stand out, even though I do not care for them. It does nothing to outright insult me, so I guess this actually gets one of the higher rankings from me Sonic wise.
Rating: 5/10
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You laugh at my Celtic Guardian, until I use my Scapegoat, and then United We Stand, Mage Power, and 3 Axe Of Despairs, with Gaia Power out. 11900/7800
75. Alan Wake – The Poet and the Muse User: Kamekguy Link:
First Impressions: These lyrics. They sure are something.
Thoughts: I almost want to say this sounds like it should be a fairy tale or myth, except it just does not appeal to me that much. Really, it is sort of a confusing track. I like the vocalist to some extent, but feel he could have been better. The strings might have been good, but fall short. The lyrics might have been interesting, but they turn out not to be. And then we have that random speed up near the end that is sort of, uh, bizarre. Yeah.
Rating: 5/10
74. Katawa Shoujo – Parity User: Phase Link:
First Impressions: Nowhere near the best piano track that could have been picked.
Thoughts: I have heard a few Katawa Shoujo tracks, courtesy of Kenri (who is still trying to get me to play it, and I will… eventually), and they were all better than this. I like most piano pieces. This one is a bit too, um, light-hearted? Like, it gives me a feeling that I generally would not look for a piano track to give me. Those clopping noises are not a credit either, but they have the decency to remain short.
Rating: 5/10
73. Super Mario 3D Land - Ghost House User: Master Epyon Link:
First Impressions: This didn’t stand a ghost of a chance.
Thoughts: I feel bad for saying this in regards to like three of Master Epyon’s picks, but this is another average track. I have no problems with it other than it being sort of dull. The strings are kind of okay. It also has the courtesy to remain short. I still lack much interest though. Then again, I am not as familiar with Mario soundtracks. Maybe if I knew more about them or had grown up with them, I would care more. …Honestly, probably not. Anyhow, sorry Master Epyon. You’re a fantastic guy, but none of your pieces resonated particularly with me, so you’re the first to have everything posted.
Rating: 5/10
72. Rusty – Queen in the Dark Night User: FL81 Link:
First Impressions: Whatever.
Thoughts: This would have gotten a far better reaction from me than “whatever” if the entire thing was like the introduction. But it changes tactics and falls on its face as a result. The bells try to help out, to their credit, but are not strong enough to do so. I wanted to like this more, it just was trying really hard at the end to make me not like it!
Rating: 5/10
71. Blazing Angels – Main Theme User: Ace_Killjoy Link:
First Impressions: Standard triumphant music and little else.
Thoughts: From the pictures and genre of the game, this probably fits it pretty well. Too bad I am not that fond of music like this. It blends in my mind with music from like ten thousand other forms of media, doing nothing to stand out, and as a result hits the average mark with a brutal thud. At least it does not drag on too long, if it went any more than two minutes I would have gotten thoroughly bored.
Rating: 5/10
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You laugh at my Celtic Guardian, until I use my Scapegoat, and then United We Stand, Mage Power, and 3 Axe Of Despairs, with Gaia Power out. 11900/7800
85. Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck - Dippy the Dinosaur Nominated by: Ed Bellis
Oh man. I am so glad this song is better than its name and the name of the game it's from; I was worried for a second there. Dippy the Dinosaur (god that name is bad) actually does a lot of things I like. For example, the section from 0:15 to 0:28 and all similar sections. However, it also does quite a lot I don't like; in particular it throws in some silly sound effects here and there that don't really serve much purpose except to annoy me and remind me I'm listening to a piece named "Dippy the Dinosaur". Ehhhh...
84. Blazing Angels - Main Theme Nominated by: Ace_Killjoy
Is it just me or do a lot of Western-made games these days get orchestrated main themes in a style very much similar to this? It definitely seems that way and I really just sort of group them all together in my mind. I don't dislike the style, per se, it's just a lot of them sound very same-y and generic. To its credit, Blazing Angels goes in a much more somber direction than a lot of them, which differentiates it slightly, though I'm still not a huge fan of it.
83. Legend of Zelda, The - Minish Village Nominated by: Epyon
There is so little to say about this. It's town music.
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god what do you even want from me
Okay so. There's nothing wrong with it, really. It's just not very interesting and it can't get a pass for merely being competent. But then occasionally it does a thing I like so it does get a pass for being slightly above competent, I guess? I don't know. It's town music. what do you even want from me.
82. Final Fantasy X - Servants of the Mountain Nominated by: KirinATW
So I'm a huge fan of FFX's soundtrack, but I've really never understood the love for this track in particular. Yeah, it's pretty good. Okay. But FFX has a lot of good music and most of it is way better than People of the North Pole (which is, for whatever it's worth, the only thing I've heard this track called until now). I like the first minute or so, but after that it shoots itself in the foot in the worst possible way -- by becoming incredibly uninteresting. I don't bust out the boring complaint very often, but it's definitely applicable to that part of Servants of the Mountain.
Anyway, moral of the story is, listen to Someday the Dream Will End instead.
81. Shadow Hearts: From The New World - Great Ghost Dance (With Icaro) Nominated by: electricpiper
I'm really not sure what to think of Great Ghost Dance. It's really hard for me to rank. Parts of it are extremely interesting; I especially like opening and the vocals and the bowed string instrument, but then it's also incoherent and a lot of the cooler elements get drowned out by the less cool ones. And then it ends and it feels like it's only about half over. I'll just say that it's cool but has some wasted potential and move on.
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
80. We Love Katamari - Blue Orb Nominated by: Ed Bellis
Blue Orb was possibly the single hardest nomination of all 100 of them for me to rank. Even after several listens I still haven't figured it out, and worse I don't feel like I'm any closer to figuring it out. What I can say about it is that it's completely unique, completely unlike anything else I've ever heard. That said, it's not... entirely successful. I feel like it never really goes anywhere and, as a result, is very repetitive. All I really want is one higher energy section somewhere in the middle and I feel like this could jump up 30 or more places.
79. Star Ocean 4 - Sacrificial Lamb Nominated by: electricpiper
Sacrificial Lamb is weird. I feel like I should have a lot to say about it, but... not really. First part is completely uninteresting, the strings are cool, and then the vocals are really ehhhhhh. If it was longer it might've been able to go somewhere cool, but... then again, maybe not.
78. Jet Force Gemini - Sekhmet Nominated by: todbot
I have... less than nothing to say about Sekhmet. I enjoy N64 music just in general; the N64's... soundchip or whatever the correct terminology is... is probably my favorite of every console with a recognizable soundchip. That said, Sekhmet is unremarkable. It's got a few cool sections (the last minute or so is interesting, for example) but overall the best thing I can say about it is that it does nothing to make me dislike it.
77. Katawa Shoujo - Parity Nominated by: Phase
So, the good news for you is that Katawa Shoujo is one of my favorite games and I absolutely adore its soundtrack. The bad news is, and this is a rather controversial opinion, I rate Parity... quite low among the game's music. I think it's bottom 10 for me, in fact. Even among just character themes I'd take Generic Happy Music, Painful History, Ah Eh I Oh You, The Student Council, Concord, and Standing Tall over it. >_>;
I'm not even really sure why I don't like it very much. It's bouncy and playful and those aren't qualities I usually in enjoy in music, so that's part of it, but it also has some really cool parts, like 1:23 through 1:39. So it really just balances out around neutral for me.
76. Gradius III - Sandstorm Nominated by: Ace_Killjoy
Sandstorm's... neat. That's the best word I can use for it, I think. It really only has one trick and what you hear is what you get, but that one trick is okay with me. It's one of those tracks I enjoy listening to while it's playing and then never think about again.
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
75. Super Mario 3D Land - Ghost House Nominated by: Epyon
SM3DL is a fantastic game. That doesn't affect the ranking, I just wanted to say it because it's true.
Ghost House is like a lot of Mario music from the non-Galaxy platformers, in that it's entirely serviceable in-game but there's really not much reason to listen to it outside of the game. It sounds... nice, but at the end of the day it's not very compelling. I will say that I like it more than a lot of Mario platformer music that I'd level the same complaint against. Like, it beats Athletic, for instance.
74. Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 8 - lixaxil Nominated by: SuperAngelo
Umineko music is really hit and miss for me. This is at least better than like Mortal Stampede, but Life it is not. It has kind of an interesting beat but I feel like that's all it has going for it, and that can't carry the piece, at least out of context. Also, this could be just me, but it sounds really... grainy or something, and that hurts it a bit too.
73. Mega Man X3 - Gravity Beetle Nominated by: Epyon
As Epyon is possibly aware, I'm not a big fan of MMX music! In fact I generally dislike it outright! But this is completely inoffensive. It's not great, but it's not the complete cluster**** I like to characterize MMX music as usually being. I do wish it did a little more, though, because it's very one note.
72. God of War 3 - Pandora's Song Nominated by: electricpiper
I have never understood what people like so much about Pandora's Song, though I do like it... I guess... It's really just sort of... there... for me. It doesn't do anything to make me dislike it, but it also never pops. It's just... there. And now it's here. And we are moving on.
71. Mischief Makers - Trouble Maker Nominated by: Mega Mana
Man, I have no idea whether this is awesome or terrible, catchy or annoying. It's interesting and fairly memorable at least. I don't think at any point I'm going to be like, "oh man I have to listen to Trouble Maker again", but I have no problems with listening to it right now.
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"The courtroom is the garden of holy judgment. Those with lechery in their hearts should leave this sanctuary at once!" ~Franziska von Karma
First Impressions: Standard triumphant music and little else.
Thoughts: From the pictures and genre of the game, this probably fits it pretty well. Too bad I am not that fond of music like this. It blends in my mind with music from like ten thousand other forms of media, doing nothing to stand out, and as a result hits the average mark with a brutal thud. At least it does not drag on too long, if it went any more than two minutes I would have gotten thoroughly bored.
Rating: 5/10
I seem to be going out in increments of 15.
Personally, I wish it was longer. But then the motives and sequences would get repetitive. Oh well. Better to have too little than too much, in this case.
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