Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 55! GATE OF STEINER/To a New Journey, Sky Tower/ICO, Risk of Rain-off

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GATE OF STEINER
ICO -You were there-
Coalescence

Steiner's Gate
There, you were
As Purple was the rain known

GATE OF STEINER
ICO -You were there-
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just a brief one today-- You Were There is one of three tracks I'm strongly familiar with from the ICO soundtrack (Heal, Castle in the Mist), and I love each of them for fairly similar reasons-- they seem to combine a feeling of something a bit unfamiliar, a strange place, with the feeling of remembering that place and the things that happened there, a wistfulness. I'm very taken by anything that evokes that slightly contradicting set of emotions, and You Were There really hits that spot. 1:51 is a quietly breathtaking moment-- I can't get enough of that kind of chord change and the feeling accompanying it.

Wild Arms - To a New Journey
ICO - ICO -You were there-
Risk of Rain 2 - The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

-You were there- immaculate as ever. Just noticed this track reminds me of Theme of Laura with more of a somber, lost world swing to it. What a great era for video games, man. Today's combatants:

[10] ICO -You were there-
[7.5] The Rain Formerly Known as Purple
[7.5] To A New Journey
[7.5] Sky Tower
[7.0] Coalescence
[6.0] GATE OF STEINER

Steins;Gate 0 - GATE OF STEINER
ICO - ICO -You were there-
Risk of Rain - Coalescence

GATE OF STEINER is good, but nothing outstanding. To a New Journey is boring. Not a great match tbh, but GATE OF STEINER takes it for me.

Sky Tower just isn't my thing. I can kinda see why other people like it so much, but at the same time, it's not really that much of a standout from other PMD tracks. You were there, on the other hand, is one of my favorites from bracket B, so it's not even a remotely close match. The world needs more music with bouzouki in it.

Whoever set up the bracket making Coalescence and Purple go against each other in R2 is cruel. Honestly, the best thing about Chris Christodoulou's music is his super clean mixing techniques. I hate voting against Coalescence, considering how good the synth is in the second half, but Purple is so good too.

First three tracks were pretty meh, then the last three tracks were really incredible. Pretty polarizing day.

Votes:
GATE OF STEINER
ICO -You were there-
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

To a New Journey
Sky Tower
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

RoR-off is tough.

To a New Journey
Sky Tower
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

To a New Journey
Sky Tower
Coalescence

I was gonna jokingly format my vote as "GATE OF STELNER" but I didn't end up voting for that song.

To a New Journey
Sky Tower
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

All six of these songs are pretty neat. I feared this would happen when I voted for BOTH RoR tracks in round one ... really don't wanna vote against Coalescence (or the other two "losers" either for that matter) but at least this means I can accept losing reasonably ok.

To a New Journey
Sky Tower
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

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GATE OF STEINER [8]
To a New Journey [8.4]

Sky Tower [8.5]
ICO -You were there- [8]

Coalescence [7.6]
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple [8.6]

My favorite RoR track is probably noticeable at this point, I've been renewed as a fan of Purple as of this contest.

As for match 2, I don't think I'd mind You Were There making it further as much I prefer the PMD track.

Steins;Gate 0 - GATE OF STEINER
Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower
Risk of Rain 2 - The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

Sky Tower = GATE OF STEINER > ICO -You were there- > The Rain Formerly Known as Purple > Coalescence = To a New Journey

I love weeb visual novel vocals! I haven't voted in the poll, but it's between Umineko (song) and Dorchadas for me. They're both amazing, and I can't pick between them lol.

GATE OF STEINER
ICO -You were there-
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

To a New Journey
Sky Tower
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

Wild Arms - To a New Journey
Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower
Risk of Rain 2 - The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

man what a good day wtf

To a New Journey
You Were There
The Rain Formerly Known as Purple

GATE OF STEINER
Sky Tower
Coalescence