Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 68! -[PROTEASE]-/Misty Er'A, Suite Photoconductvity/End of the Summer

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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 16, an annual celebration of the best of the best video game music according to the voters!

Important Links:
Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=475935
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80027411
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xxfgkmGKvEyWfHvNZ53Kbn
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a given match, at least through the loop time provided (to make sure you don't skip before you've heard the whole thing!)
- Please consider the loop point listed when judging the song; if a video loops one minute 5 times, don't treat it as if it's a repetitive 5 minute song
- If it's a match between your favorite song ever and a song you despise, still LISTEN TO BOTH! Votes can and will be disqualified if there is suspicion songs are not being listened to, and you may be discounted for the rest of the contest for repeat offenses.
- No alt accounts, no rallying or begging, etc., etc.... You only get one vote! Swapping votes is alright, just make clear that you've already made a vote and are swapping.
- Make clear what your voting options are! Please keep votes separate from any comments, and use the titles given in the topic post.
- Voting in all matches is not mandatory, feel free to skip matches you do not wish to vote in.
- Vote based on the links provided, and not other sources of audio. Links are specifically chosen for best quality and the like.
- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes. Likewise, please refrain from looking at the running tally before voting.

Voting Period:
- Today's matches will last 24 hours from the time of posting, or 24 hours from 10pm Eastern, whichever is the later time.
- Please note this may mean that two topics will be active at the same time!
- If you anticipate being unable to vote in a given day, please send an absentee vote to @banshiryuu, or post your absentee vote in the discussion thread!

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Match 1

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -[PROTEASE]-
Composer: Yoshimi Kudo
Loop Point: 6:36
Genre: CATALYST
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-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
End of the Summer

7.0 (6.6 - 7.6) - 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | -[PROTEASE]-
8.7 (7.7 - 9.2) - DJMAX RESPECT V | Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
4.8 (3.5 - 7.8) - Dariusburst Another Chronicle | Suite Photoconductivity
8.2 (7.8 - 8.4) - Sonic Runners | End of the Summer

DJMAX RESPECT V - Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
Sonic Runners - End of the Summer

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -[PROTEASE]-
Sonic Runners - End of the Summer

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
End of the Summer

Protease
Suite

5
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-[PROTEASE]-
End of the Summer

Misty Er'A
End of the Summer

I like -[PROTEASE]- less every time I hear it :/

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

DJMAX RESPECT V - Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

Another great day of music!

pro tease
sweet photography

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

first match has two of my noms against each other ;_;

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - -[PROTEASE]-
Dariusburst Another Chronicle - Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
End of the Summer https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/871097249864765462/913795122020384788/meme.gif

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
End of the Summer

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

I like all the songs today, but this wasn't an especially difficult choice for me. Goodbye round 2, and thanks to Tomoya Ohtani for bringing things to an excellent close once again!

Tease
Photo

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

The low strings section at 3:37 is pretty cool in -[PROTEASE]-. This is still a significantly weaker song than most other 13 Sentinels battle themes. Mostly because the vocals kinda take away from the rest. They don't seem to fit with the synths and everything else. Misty Er'A is like a bootleg NieR song. I don't really like the childlike vocals towards the end of this one. But I think I might prefer the overall composition slightly more than Protease, so I'll go with this.

Suite Photoconductivity is mostly good with some parts that I dislike sprinkled here and there. I mentioned specific parts in my R1 writeup. The percussion after the drop in Tyrant is the most bothersome part, getting into pretty unpleasant frequencies. I do think I like it a bit better overall than I did on my first listen. If I were to rank the six Tunes, it'd be Iron Fossil > Guidance > Mist > Bolt and Sword > Haze > Tyrant, though I don't dislike any of them. End of the Summer is cute and pleasant, but it's nothing special. I don't have any complaints about it though. Gonna give this matchup to Suite, due to its ambition and doing a pretty good job on execution as well.

R2 went by fast. A ton of my favorites died this round, which is really sad, but at least I still have THEMEX for the time being. Hopefully it retires, and I'll be satisfied enough with the results of the contest.

Votes:
Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
Suite Photoconductivity

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
End of the Summer

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
End of the Summer

-[PROTEASE]-
End of the Summer

-[PROTEASE]-
End of the Summer

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
End of the Summer

Two great tracks!

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
End of the Summer

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
End of the Summer

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
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First match is really high energy. Second match has a 26 minute song that I might listen to sometime, but that day likely won't be today.

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
End of the Summer

-[PROTEASE]-
End of the Summer

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
End of the Summer

-[PROTEASE]-
End of the Summer

people will vote for aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAA but not BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB... wild......

Misty Er'A (Extended Ver.)
End of the Summer

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity

-[PROTEASE]-
Suite Photoconductivity