Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 91! BRACKET B FINALS [City Lights vs Village Ghost]

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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
Compatibility sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13kPe5EpCZVgIi6TNYHY7EVxc8XMPbzSJaKFjLcVBgD8
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

SimCity 4 - Epicentre
Composer: The Humble Brothers
Loop Point: 6:24
https://youtu.be/cOrPA63u_U4

Professor Layton and the Last Specter - The Last Specter's Theme
Composer: Tomohito Nishiura arr. Norihito Sumitomo
Loop Point: 3:47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfc35_yCbq4

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Easy vote form:
Epicentre / The Last Specter's Theme

Professor Layton and the Last Specter - The Last Specter's Theme

Professor Layton and the Last Specter - The Last Specter's Theme

epicentre

The Last Specter's Theme

Epicentre

Epicentre

The Last Specter's Theme

Epicentre

Spectre's Call

Epicentre

Spectre

The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

Epicentre

Epicentre

Professor Layton and the Last Specter - The Specter's Flute Theme

don't particularly care for either but TSFT is absolutely the more interesting of the two, plus the conciseness helps a lot

Professor Layton and the Last Specter - The Last Specter's Theme

After sobbing a neccesary amount, we move forward. This is not really that hard of a pick, Epicentre is a respectable song but I sure like Layton more. The sweep is very justified!

Epicentre

Epicentre

really hard decision, i'm completely happy with either winning this lol

Epicentre

The Last Specter's Theme

Vote:
https://vocaroo.com/1ndNaWca56Zj

Professor Layton and the Last Specter - The Last Specter's Theme

Specter

The Last Specter's Theme

Epicentre

The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

Professor Layton and the Last Specter - The Last Specter's Theme

Professor Layton and the Last Specter - The Last Specter's Theme

This is another really good bracket final. Both are very well-produced and are very enjoyable to listen to. The Last Specter's Theme has the edge for being so well-composed structurally, melodically, and instrumentally. Epicentre has moments where it starts to feel like it's dragging, but that's a minor nitpick.

Vote:
The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

Voting for The Last Specter's Theme

...but I'm rooting for Epicentre.

The Last Specters Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

Epimiddle

Epicentre

The Last Specter's Theme

The Final Ghost's Song

(if you can't tell what I'm voting for, it's Layton )

SimCity 4 - Epicentre

damn, this one's close

Epicentre

The Last Specter's Theme

Epicentre

From TunnelScene:

Epicentre (SimCity 4)

The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

Epicentre

The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specters Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

Two mixed bag songs that are at their best when theyre not too complicated, Epicentre in its second half and Last Specter in its first. Ive voted for and against them both before, and I wouldnt mind Epicentre taking this one - it may have beaten four songs I liked, but it did good taking out the Waterscape. Even if Last Specter wins again, its time will come soon enough.

Ragna Breakers? Moonlight Breakers? More like Bracket Breakers.