Board 8 > [BOST] Day 13: V6 v SuperPlatPuzzDX, Ys8 v Granado Espada, IIDX 24 v Muv-Luv Alt

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banshiryuu
08/17/19 10:00:57 PM
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"Greetings, and welcome to the results and bracket/contest discussion topic for Best OST Contest 5! In this contest, you and fellow video game soundtrack lovers will come together to once and for all answer the question ""What is the best video game soundtrack? (For now.)"""

Links:
Contest Bracket and Info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sD964sXfa3trbXrr14mFKeEIA14cGM2RtHmW9TqGBmw
Discussion Thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/77915805

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VOTING RULES

- Each match will be between the songs representing each game, not the game as a whole. Please remember to listen and vote with this in mind! Any votes referring to a game name rather than a song name will not be counted. You have been warned!
- Listen to both songs!! If one is your literal favorite song in the world and the other is something you hate with a passion, listen to them both!!
- No alts, no rallying, no begging for something to get more votes, etc., etc., you know the drill.
- If you change your mind and would like to swap your vote, you may do so. As soon as it is 24 hours since the match topic was started, you may not change your vote and new votes will not be counted.
- If you would like to vote in advance for matches you know you will miss, please let me know in the discussion topic.

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Main Bracket: Match 1

VVVVVV - Predestined Fate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NH0wfHHmvU" data-time="


Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe - Cooking Caves (World 4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lS7E90YjK0" data-time="


Main Bracket: Match 2

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz9yQ-qzWiM" data-time="


Granado Espada - Far Eastern Romantica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg4-2zgezTw" data-time="


Snubs Bracket Match

beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ - Magical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01gJVfryUYM" data-time="


Muv-Luv Alternative - War Preparation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkXlh3G-ECM" data-time="


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Vote Form:
Predestined Fate / Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z / Far Eastern Romantica
Magical / War Preparation
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NFUN
08/17/19 10:16:07 PM
#2:


Predestined Fate best V6 song
Far Eastern Romantica
War Preparation
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Team Rocket Elite
08/17/19 11:23:00 PM
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VVVVVV - Predestined Fate
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z
beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ - Magical
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Haste_2
08/17/19 11:43:56 PM
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Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe - Cooking Caves (World 4)
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z
beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ - Magical
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Haste_2
08/17/19 11:49:51 PM
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Actually, change my vote to VVVVVV - Predestined Fate
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dowolf
08/18/19 12:08:00 AM
#7:


Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe - Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z
Magical

super strong preferences in all of them, which I'm pretty sure guarantees they'll lose. c'est le tournament.
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azuarc
08/18/19 12:42:57 AM
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Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z
abstain

Ugh, these matches. Why? I mean, great songs, but all at once?
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FL81
08/18/19 2:55:21 AM
#9:


Cooking Caves (World 4)
Far Eastern Romantica
War Preparation

Oh hey, I still have Cooking Caves bookmarked from back when I first heard it during a guessing game. This was actually one of my favorite GG discoveries! Let's hope the rest of the soundtrack to come is as good. I do love how Predestined Fate starts out with those low tone channels, really good match!

Both of these tracks in match #2 are very good, but are both missing an extra something keeping them from being truly great. For A-to-Z, it's that this is way too short and I feel like the electric guitars and violins here could do with using a cleaner sound. Still, as I've said before, I prefer this to Sunshine Coastline. Far Eastern Romantica is another one of those generic trance songs I've sung my praises for just yesterday. I should point out that the main melody here very strongly reminds me of a specific theme song for an anime I've watched ;>_>. I kinda wish this had a little extra melodic section, since this kinda relies a bit too heavily on its main motif (the one that sounds like the anime song), but this is otherwise very good. Relistening to both of these a couple times, settling on FER. The sound design in A-to-Z sounds too fake for what this is going for, and Ys can (and has) done better when it comes to heavy metal + violin songs.

Oh hi Snail's House. I remember a couple years back when their stuff would always inexplicably show up in my YouTube recommended feed. Sadly this does a bunch of modern EDM things I don't like. War Preparation is okay for what it is, but it's not particularly special. Not as much a fan of this match as the other two.
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HBJDubs
08/18/19 4:03:10 AM
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Cooking Caves (World 4)
Far Eastern Romantica
Magical
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Flamander
08/18/19 8:56:50 AM
#11:


Predestined Fate
A-to-Z
Magical

i like predestined fate a lot it's got good 'clockwork' vibes [i still appreciate sppd's ost tho landon podbielski has a unique sound]

second match is to me which song do i dislike less... far eastern romantica has these smooth synths that sound like the world is getting taken over by conformist nanites and i don't like that where as a-to-z is just typical falcom and while that'd be bad against a lot of songs - against this song it's pretty positive.

magical sounds like what if calum bowen was edm and that's pretty darn cool. war preparation is like [orchestra]
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Akkrillic
08/18/19 1:42:07 PM
#12:


Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z
Magical
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Mac Arrowny
08/18/19 2:25:49 PM
#13:


Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z
Magical

PF feels like it's building up to something but never quite gets there. Cooking Caves is a lot of fun.

A-to-Z still great. FER is excellent too! I want both of these to win.

Magical's not a top 10 Sinobuz song, but it's good. Confused to see MLA being nominated. It has exactly one song I'd consider to be remarkable, and this is not it.
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rwlh
08/18/19 2:47:11 PM
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VVVVVV - Predestined Fate: 8.5. Very underrated V6 song. One of my favorites from the soundtrack.
vs.
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe - Cooking Caves (World 4): 6.5. This is good! Nice FM synth crunch.

and

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z: 8. Hey, a modern Ys song I like! I really liked this in the last VGMC. Strong melody. I like the piano part in the start, and the rest of it is no slouch.
vs.
Granado Espada - Far Eastern Romantica: 6.5. Pretty cool.

and

beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ - Magical: 3. Really don't like that scrunchy squeezy sample that carries the melody. Nothing else really sticks out.
vs.
Muv-Luv Alternative - War Preparation: 8. Aww yeah. I've always liked this song. Great military march, perfect at getting you pumped up. Some great FLOW in this. With stronger samples this would be a 9 or higher; as it is, the tinniness holds it back a bit.

Votes:
Predestined Fate
A-to-Z
War Preparation
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PIayer_0
08/18/19 3:34:10 PM
#15:


Predestined Fate
A-to-Z
War Preparation

First two matches very one-sided, last match close but not in a good way
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slykirby
08/18/19 6:05:14 PM
#16:


Predestined Fate
Far Eastern Romantica
Magical
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tennisboy213
08/18/19 6:33:59 PM
#17:


Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z
War Preparation
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MoonRunes
08/18/19 6:45:54 PM
#18:


Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z
Magical
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UF8
08/18/19 6:53:04 PM
#19:


Cooking Caves (World 4)
Far Eastern Romantica
Magical
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banshiryuu
08/18/19 7:09:10 PM
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Cooking Caves (World 4)
Far Eastern Romantica
Magical

panning in predestined fate is really really cool, but its kind of a lukewarm piece otherwise in my mind. cooking caves is also pretty dang cool!! a tad on the unmemorable sides but the sound is very raw and yum. actually a really close match lol this may the match i've been most uncomfortable with my vote on all contest

A-to-Z I used to like a lot, lot more than I do now. Far Eastern Romantica I used to like a lot, lot less than I do now. Oops they've swapped oops

Magical's not a top 10 Sinobuz song, but it's good. [2] you're welcome cako lmao
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Janus5k
08/18/19 7:30:37 PM
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Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z
Magical
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pyresword
08/18/19 8:08:30 PM
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Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z
War Preparation
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loweffortmemes
08/18/19 8:54:03 PM
#23:


VVVVVV - Predestined Fate
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z
Muv-Luv Alternative - War Preparation


Might not have time for writeups later so posting my votes now just as a standalone post.
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Pacific
08/18/19 8:56:03 PM
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VVVVVV - Predestined Fate
VVVVVV is an amazing game with a fantastic soundtrack. "Predestined Fate", despite its simplicity, really shines through 'til the end. I love how crazy this song gets with just a few instruments. It's spunky, innovative, and a fun listen in general.

Granado Espada - Far Eastern Romantica
I wasn't super-into either songs from this bracket, but this one was my favorite of the two. I am not the biggest fan of early-2000s aesthetic trance, but this kinda reminded me of a Robert Miles/Ayumi Hamasaki mashup, which is why it gets my vote today.

beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ - Magical
"Magical" is the perfect title for this song because Snail's House is a magical way to cap off today's round of music. Everything about this song is as fun and peppy as it can possibly be. This was the most fun song out of today's contenders~
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Place
08/18/19 8:56:04 PM
#25:


VVVVVV - Predestined Fate
Granado Espada - Far Eastern Romantica
beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ - Magical

Don't have much time to write atm but this was a wonky day. Only have lasting impressions of 2/6 today, and damn I wasn't expecting to see the letter v 6 times get hammered like this
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cakophon
08/18/19 9:55:51 PM
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Predestined Fate
A-to-Z
Magical

shoutouts to cooking caves for being super cool.
shoutouts to far eastern romantica for being pretty cool,
shoutouts to war preperation for being ok

magical 10/10
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cakophon
08/18/19 9:56:20 PM
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also magical was put on the vgmc 13 playlist by a certain haste 2 i believe
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GameBopAdv
08/18/19 9:57:55 PM
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I am a distracted fool.

Cooking Caves (World 4)
A-to-Z
Magical

minimal write ups because deadline is oops

least favorite v song its too sad. actually I dunno if it's my least favorite ,, but it's too sad. It's still cool but so is cooking cave. Pretty close really

2nd match consists of a past write up and a future write up wow time shenannigans. Also pretty close dang it

Magical has a weird quality which makes me like it. It's also cool in other ways too. War prep has a cool synth back there somewhere but is mostly dull orchestra. Not close phew
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Arti
08/18/19 9:58:33 PM
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VVVVVV - Predestined Fate
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - A-to-Z
Muv-Luv Alternative - War Preparation
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th3l3fty
08/18/19 10:00:49 PM
#30:


VVVVVV - Predestined Fate
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beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ - Magical

don't have time to listen to the other match (not that it matters)
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