Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 41! LostCity/REVOLUTION, MrclessSavior/WhtPalace, floatable/WillForce

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The Lost City
White Palace
Will Force

I like floatable too so I can't say I'm fussed about the result of the third match.

The Lost City
The Merciless Savior
floatable

whoops in a hurry but floatable is a day 2 support that I really like and grew on me fast! sometimes I wonder if that's the novelty effect but considering how much I revisit it I don't think it's just that. lovely track that made me check out more of this composer's work

The Lost City
The Merciless Savior
floatable

The Lost City
The Merciless Savior
Will Force

The Lost City
The Merciless Savior
floatable

The Lost City
White Palace
Will Force

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The Lost City [9]
RVOLUTIN (Full Version) [7]

The Merciless Savior [7.7]
White Palace [7.8]

floatable [8.2]
Will Force [8.6]

Not much to say for today (feeling really tired), but more Todd Baker is always apprecated, Match 2 is still kinda a tossup, and I like me some Yasui but the vocal song caught me by surprise - I won't feel too disappointed if that one ends up winning the match.

RVOLUTIN (Full Version)
White Palace
floatable

write ups later
Matches are actually pretty tough today.
Round 1 would be a lot harder if i wasnt already a big fan of Revolution
Round 2 both are pretty good
Round 3 both are pretty mediocre

The Lost City
The Merciless Savior
Will Force

The Lost City
The Merciless Savior
floatable

White Palace is great and in some sense I might be happier if Hollow Knight was able to pick up a win, but lol if I was ever going to vote it in this match.

The Lost City
White Palace
Floatable

The Lost City
The Merciless Savior
Will Force

GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4 ockRock - RVOLUTIN (Full Version)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - The Merciless Savior
Code: Realize Guardian of Rebirth - floatable

MATCH 1

The Lost City is easily my favorite Alto's Odyssey song in the contest! An Endless Desert was okay, and Spirit of the Mountain was a bit better, but The Lost City is a huge step above the other two songs! There are a lot of great melodies throughout the song, and the vocals are the icing on the cake. Good song all throughout!

It's funny how when I was listening to the crowdsource lists' songs and marking them based on my likelihood of supporting them, I listed Revolution as a "strong maybe," but despite my slight equivocation, I not only supported it, it also became one of my favorite discoveries in the contest this year. I just absolutely love j-rock like this. It's so infectiously catchy and really ticks all the boxes for me. Great vocals, great guitar, great drums, great everything! Please give me more "hyper j-rock." I love everything hyper j-rock. From BWLAUTE BEIRRD last year to Revolution this year, it's clear that I'm all for the woahs.

MATCH 2

Merciless Savior is still as great as ever! Such a powerful song, especially with the violin melody. 7 minutes goes by so fast when listening to this song because how much I get sucked into it. Amazing that I had to make one of Merciless Savior or Revolution lose in round 4 of my favorites bracket because that's a championship-worthy match right there. Really goes to show you how strong the right side of Bracket D is for me.

White Palace is pretty nice. Sounds a bit like Moonlight Sonata with the feel of a Hollow Knight song.

MATCH 3

Floatable is another really cool discovery! The vocals are really nice, and the instruments all work really well with one another. The chorus is especially great too!

Will Force is another solid Yasui song that I like for similar reasons as many of his other songs. I wish I didn't have to vote against this song because it's pretty good, but Floatable is just too good to pass up here.

RVOLUTIN (Full Version) > The Merciless Savior > floatable > Will Force > The Lost City > White Palace

Very strong day today!

The Lost City
Merciless Savior
Floatable

for stats, i guess, i would've voted
lost city
merciless savior
flotable

Full writeups

The Lost City 8.5 Track gets cool when it picks up after the vocals. It has a air of triumph and bliss mixed with spirited adventure through a new land. The snippets of melodic phrases are also very dopamine inducing.

RVOLUTIN (Full Version) 8.5 This track is messy, loud, obnoxious and bland, but man does it hit so hard. It just has like this metal rock sound mixed with the high octane energy of a cartoon opening. I can't help but feell energized when I listen to this. The vocalist is so good at delivering a sense of magic and happiness.

The Merciless Savior 6.5 Mixed up horns plod along spreading a hectic fanfare wherever they happen to land. And then lol the track just changes to a deep and thoughtful meditation before settling on vast falcom chords. The synthy instruements in the bg in the second half are fun. I don't know whether i enjoyed the movement and journey of this song.

White Palace 7.5 First half is calming but a little boring. The second half introduces some more powerful and lush motifs in the form of the piano and grand chords that really hit. There's a sense of restraint and incomplete feelings in the tense melody that gives it a sad vibe.

Guardian of Rebirth 4.5 Too much vocals, not enough variety or melody in the actual vgm. The song has some movement that I didn't expect though. It goes harder than i expected.

Will Force 3 This is a solid track, but there's something about the soundfont or melody that just sounds very annoying to me. I can't place it but it doesn't leave a satisfying feeling when i hear it.