Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 23! feat. Colder, Freezing, Frozen, Winter, Ice Lake, and Icelands

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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 17, 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=477304
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAJKYJmYhccLvbf_H-5uSA7-eMwXfW8k1q74Qho1bLU
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80433657
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0wlcxj-kHQRU1yHo-kpMxGe
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
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

Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Freezing Temple
Composer

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Another Winter
Wonder Panorama
Colder Than the Rest

Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Freezing Temple
Mega Man ZX - Wonder Panorama
Pokmon Legends: Arceus - Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple > Another Winter > Alabaster Icelands 1 > Wonder Panorama > Frozen Moonlight >>>> Colder Than the Rest (Fre3zer)

Match 1 gud. Would like Wonder Panorama more with better instruments, the DS does NOT help it. CTtR was... very much not my thing, let's go with that. Alabaster Icelands, on the other hand, was shockingly good for Pokmon standards.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game - Another Winter
Valkyrie: The Power Beauties - Frozen Moonlight
Pokmon Legends: Arceus - Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Wonder Panorama
Colder Than the Rest

Pretty great day! Freezing Temple should win the whole thing imo, it's such a beautiful song, in a beautiful level, in a beautiful world from a beautiful game. Never been over how much it amazes me.
In the other matches, all songs are great. I'm a sucker for Coolpunk music though, and ZX just wins me over. C1 is up to a good start.

Another Winter
Wonder Panorama
Alabaster Icelands 1

Another Winter
Wonder Panorama
Colder Than the Rest

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Wonder Panorama
Alabaster Icelands 1

Wonder Panorama

Freezing Temple
Wonder Panorama
Alabaster Icelands 1

The chords at 1:13-1:50 in Freezing Temple are so pretty, I love Jun Ishikawa :)

Freezing Temple
Wonder Panorama
Alabaster Icelands 1

Another Winter
Alabaster Icelands 1

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Another
Frozen
Icelands

Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Freezing Temple
Mega Man ZX - Wonder Panorama
Pokmon Legends: Arceus - Alabaster Icelands 1

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Colder Than the Rest

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Colder Than the Rest

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Colder Than the Rest

Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Freezing Temple
Valkyrie: The Power Beauties - Frozen Moonlight
Hypnospace Outlaw - Colder Than the Rest

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Colder Than the Rest

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Last match pretty good.

Freezing Temple
Wonder Panorama
Alabaster Icelands 1

Nice to have a bracket maker with a sense of humor

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Wonder Panorama
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Wonder Panorama
Colder Than the Rest

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Colder Than the Rest

Don't want to forget to post (which I will) because there are 2 songs that I strongly like today.

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Colder Than the Rest

i can't say i've ever been much of a fan of the song formerly known as aurora area. the little bit starting at about 1:19 or so is kind of promising, but i just don't know just don't vibe with this at all. if i was ranking it, it would just be fairly middle of the road, not obtrusive listening while working or playing the game, but wouldn't seek it out.

why is another winter consistently nominated when this ost has so much more to offer?? i'm fairly positive on this track, don't get me wrong, but it feels more like an appetizer than a full course meal.

wonder panorama is nice. don't got much to say on it.

there's something comforting about the pc-98 sound. warm and funky for sure. i remember being a bit lukewarm on this ost when i listened to it, but this was a standout, so i'm glad it made the bracket.

holy fuck please play hypnospace outlaw it is such a cool game ok bye. i love the commentary on consumerism, the trippy repetitious nature and retro soundscape. it is honestly such a trip and a half. such a unique and yet familiar piece of music for me.

i love that groovy ass piano. reminds me of the world hisui grows to be, but also an identity all its own. it kind of loses me a little when it becomes super chaotic. feels kind of muddy? but at the very end before the loop it wins me back again.

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Another Winter
Wonder Panorama
Colder Than the Rest

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

I wish Another Winter would stop being nominated. Freezing Temple is weaker than the average Forgotten Land song we've gotten.

Not much going on in Panorama. Frozen Moonlight amusingly sounds kinda more Mega Man-y.

None of these Hypnospace songs do it for me. Icelands is pretty alright.

This "cold" section of the bracket really isn't my thing.

Another Winter
Wonder Panorama
Alabaster Icelands 1

abstain
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Colder Than the Rest

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Colder Than the Rest

Another Winter
Wonder Panorama
Colder Than the Rest

I got far enough in Hypnospace to hear Colder Than the Rest before voting!

< P0's Top 16 >
9.3 (1 left):
9.1 (0 left): Apex of the World (Rain)
8.9 (0 left): Crocus
8.8 (0 left): The Best Is Yet To Come
8.7 (0 left): Purna
8.4 (1 left): Journey To Candle Hill
8.3 (2 left): Duel in the Mist / Another Winter
8.2 (1 left): Nilah, the Joy Unbound / SHAKE YA BODY / Shutoko - Spiral Maze
8.1 (0 left): Waltz of Meditation Part2

What is there even left to say...either let it retire or don't get it in please!

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
Wonder Panorama
Alabaster Icelands 1

First two matches could go either way. 3rd match was super easy.

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Colder Than the Rest

I like the howling wind in Freezing Temple but the thumping beat doesnt mesh well with it.

I predicted Frozen Moonlight to reach bracket C finals not even knowing it was a PC-98 song, what a nice surprise. Wonder Panorama is pretty good as well, especially the deep synths right at the beginning.

The first minute of Alabaster Icelands is so smooth and mysterious, I wish the whole song was like that.

Im having a lot of fun this year, my first. Before it started I was nervous would I find songs I liked or would it be hard to talk about them or whatever else but now I feel like I fit right in. Sure some songs I liked lost but a lot of them won too so I cant be mad there. Thank you everyone whos made VGMC what it is.

Another Winter
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Freezing Temple
abstain
Colder Than the Rest

Freezing Temple
Frozen Moonlight
Alabaster Icelands 1

Another Winter always feels like a song that I should like but just misses the mark for whatever reason. Like I enjoy rock VGM and energetic chiptunes, but not entirely how they come together there or something.

Not a great day for me, but Frozen Moonlight is fun.