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Hbthebattle 05/20/24 11:00:06 PM #1: |
Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 18, 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=478494 Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HBxgL9woiCMFKNOPuN_qdxmzjStJXSpC3Ocalfsavdk Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80763291 Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0y-5OyCrkgprWtXARkEJzh_ Compatibility sheet: ?!?!?! Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAJKYJmYhccLvbf_H-5uSA7-eMwXfW8k1q74Qho1bLU VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o Discord: https://discord.gg/7FVXqWj 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 11pm 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! . Match 1 NieR - Kain / Salvation Composer: Kakeru Ishihama Loop Point: 1:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOc_AD79cM' Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours - Shining Eyes Composer: Shohei Tsuchiya Loop Point: 4:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__ecfKLSVwA . Match 2 The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero - Afternoon in Crossbell Composer: Takahiro Unisuga Loop Point: 2:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkrcWMgJdo Tone Sphere - Astra walkthrough Composer: paraoka Loop Point: 5:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu1a_t-Z2Jg . Match 3 Musashi: Samurai Legend - Aeolic Guardian Composer: Masashi Hamauzu Loop Point: 2:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzgYcnui0FU Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Let's Go, Mt. Corel! Composer: Mitsuto Suzuki Loop Point: 3:38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjCqcLt91L8 . Easy vote form: Kain / Salvation / Shining Eyes Afternoon in Crossbell / Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian / Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- :) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DeadTaffer 05/20/24 11:06:39 PM #2: |
Kain / Salvation abstain abstain ... Copied to Clipboard!
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th3l3fty 05/20/24 11:08:23 PM #3: |
Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours - Shining Eyes
The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero - Afternoon in Crossbell Musashi: Samurai Legend - Aeolic Guardian --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DireKrow 05/20/24 11:12:21 PM #4: |
Kain / Salvation Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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tgs2 05/20/24 11:18:08 PM #5: |
Salvation Astra Corel ... Copied to Clipboard!
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azuarc 05/20/24 11:26:43 PM #6: |
Kain / Salvation
Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TeamRocketElite 05/20/24 11:29:58 PM #7: |
NieR - Kain / Salvation
Tone Sphere - Astra walkthrough Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- My bracket looked like random picks compared to his. Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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skulltrumpets 05/20/24 11:37:36 PM #8: |
Shining Eyes Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! I'm torn. Kaine is more consistently good to me, but Shining Eyes has higher highs. I really don't like those yeahs for some reason, but I think I can get over it. Afternoon in Crossbell is refreshing, Astra walkthrough makes me think I'm being yelled at. Let's Go, Mt. Corel! is also refreshing, but less so because this match up SUCKS ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DanKirby 05/20/24 11:42:39 PM #9: |
Shining Eyes
Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- (>'.')> "The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Prince46 05/20/24 11:51:53 PM #10: |
Shining Eyes Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian Kain is a pretty melody but it does nothing impressive musically. I guess this must be a super significant song in-game. Maybe the lyrics are the cries of the earth claiming for the prevalence of the human race. Whatever it is, it's not raising the song up. Hell yeah, Dariusburst always finds how to impress me. The great percussion at the beginning, the chorus, this section at 2:00 is so cool too. So much stuff to enjoy from here. Yeah, awesome song. Easy vote. Ohhh, Crossbell sounds very sweet. I like the use of that flute there. It feels like it mixes many games at once (a VN, Mystery Dungeon and DKC to name some) for a relaxing and unique result. Good job. Alright, about time we got a strong rhythm game song before we closed bracket A. Golly I really dig this percussion at the beginning. The fast parts are pretty good too. Ohhhh this shmupy part around the three minute mark too. This is super awesome, what doesn't go hard by going fast is awesome by itself. Gotta give it to Astra, but damn if Crossbell isn't a great rival too. I have good feelings about the name Musashi, so let's see what this does. Very nice, lovely and unmistakably JRPG. This song oozes with a hopeful future. The string melody is great and everything just works and sounds pleasant. Nice job, I might save this. Ah yeah, nice synthy thingy. The strings are good company and the section of 1:18 is very interesting. It kinda gives the sensation of a cool excursion and all, yeah. Nice one, I prefer Musashi but this one is good too. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Isquen 05/20/24 11:59:21 PM #11: |
Kain / Salvation
Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! (Thank you for posting, hb) Kai-eh-nay being here is actually a bit of a bummer that the FFXIV version didn't make it, which is close to it with some added dread and wistfulness both, but the original is simple and emotional. I enjoy it, but I won't be upset if Shining Eyes takes it though, Dariusburst is cool to lose myself into for a bit also. I've made my views about Astra walkthrough's ilk known well enough. Sort of ambivalent on match 3, but Corel does more interesting things for me somehow. Hamauzu with a rare personal-opinion miss? --- [Rock and Stone] <o/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HBJDubs 05/21/24 12:05:08 AM #12: |
Kain / Salvation
Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- Save in the name of true love ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PIayer_0 05/21/24 12:34:05 AM #13: |
Kain / Salvation
Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- -Abraham Lincoln ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HidekuniHorita 05/21/24 12:44:04 AM #14: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! Voting specifically for 1:16-1:53 in Mt. Corel, probably prefer Aeolic Guardian over the rest of the track --- Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay! I am one with the Akashic Records! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Haste_2 05/21/24 12:49:56 AM #15: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough abstain for now Strong matchups today! I love Shohei Tsuchiya so much....and Hamauzu so much... and I don't think I've heard of paraoka until now, but I'd love to hear more from that composer, too. Third match is such a hard choice..... ~_____________________~ HidekuniHorita posted... Voting specifically for 1:16-1:53 in Mt. Corel, probably prefer Aeolic Guardian over the rest of the track Yeah, that's pretty much why I'm struggling here! NieR is cheat3r! You must choose either Kain or Salvation! --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KCF0107 05/21/24 12:50:22 AM #16: |
Salvation
Afternoon Go --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hbthebattle 05/21/24 12:53:23 AM #17: |
Kain / Salvation
Afternoon in Crossbell Aeolic Guardian --- :) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UF8 05/21/24 1:54:57 AM #18: |
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b7f400ae.png Kain / Salvation Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian god paraoka is so fucking good help (this may have convinced me i want to do a different paraoka nom for next year, though i'm not sure what yet. summerghost? L9? straight up beg to make [-kirisame] contest legal? or something else...) also match 3 is secretly a crime i thought i'd be into the other songs today more than i actually was (though everything was still clearly very good). i guess astra was just too strong compared to its 4pack to me... ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Janus5k 05/21/24 3:55:49 AM #19: |
Kain / Salvation
Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! boy I love JRPG music. can't wait to vote JRPG music in all three ma- BA BA BA BA BA BA --- A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mihark 05/21/24 5:25:56 AM #20: |
Kain / Salvation Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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sergiocornaga 05/21/24 8:06:47 AM #21: |
Shining Eyes Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DanShux 05/21/24 8:31:18 AM #22: |
Shining Eyes Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! Why do I feel like my votes today were somehow spiteful?! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tked 05/21/24 8:32:07 AM #23: |
Eyes Crossbell Guardian ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fluttershy_Pony 05/21/24 8:38:05 AM #24: |
Kain / Salvation
Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- Currently in the mood to have a signature, though unsure of what. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Haste_2 05/21/24 10:25:23 AM #25: |
Aeolic Guardian
--- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AcireExists 05/21/24 10:35:42 AM #26: |
Kain / Salvation
Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! Let's Go, Mt. Corel! > Afternoon in Crossbell > Astra walkthrough > Kain / Salvation > Aeolic Guardian > Shining Eyes Kain / Salvation - 7 god she's pretty. anyways non-English vocals of course I struggle to get into it. it's nice and all, just not my thing. Shining Eyes - 6 I feel mildly uncomfortable and I couldn't tell you why Afternoon in Crossbell - 7.5 nice song I like. swear part of it sounded like The Apex of the World tho am I going insane Astra walkthrough - 7.25 did that one part sound like Divine Bloodlines what the fuck. anyways better than the average rhythm game song I guess but I mainly attribute that to the piano, can't say as I want to revisit this much Aeolic Guardian - 7 I guess it's a nice song, I just. struggle to care. I dunno. Let's Go, Mt. Corel! - 8 okay this one's cool I like this --- Erica, she/her. Subscribe to GaMetal. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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-Chaos-Zero- 05/21/24 11:05:55 AM #27: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! I'm sorry Aeolic Guardian. This match came too soon. --- The Pizza Formerly Known as CalzoneB ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MacArrowny 05/21/24 11:08:33 AM #28: |
Kain / Salvation
Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! The Kaine tracks have always been up there for me, and Salvation's one of the best. Shining Eyes is also good! Wonder if I'd like it more than Kaine if not for my bias from playing Nier. AiC's fine background music I guess. Nothing I'd care to listen to on its own. Astra's a bit harsher than I'd like, but I still enjoy it. Aeolic Guardian falls into the same category as AiC, where it's nice background music I'm not interested in on its own. LGMC is awesome though. Love the epic feeling of adventuring it gives off. --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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W1ndzs 05/21/24 11:17:29 AM #29: |
Kain / Salvation Afternoon in Crossbell Aeolic Guardian ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GhostyMega 05/21/24 11:26:07 AM #30: |
Shining Eyes
Abstain Aeolic Guardian Can't decide on match 2 both are too good --- The art of quirky SNES games no one cares about ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 05/21/24 11:28:09 AM #31: |
Shining Eyes Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 05/21/24 11:47:47 AM #32: |
Shining Eyes
Afternoon Aeolic rude day --- List the ominous stern whisper from the delphic cave within: They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xx521xx 05/21/24 12:13:00 PM #33: |
Kain / Salvation
Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- Optimism is the first step to disappointment. xx521xx ... Copied to Clipboard!
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failgirlema 05/21/24 12:13:34 PM #34: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian shining eyes is one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard in my life --- Be formless, shapeless... like water. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheArkOfTurus 05/21/24 12:48:51 PM #35: |
Salvation / Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety ... Copied to Clipboard!
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bebr117 05/21/24 1:12:51 PM #36: |
Shining Eyes
Afternoon in Crossbell abstain lol I probably have more (pre-vgmc 18) listens on the two songs I'm voting for today than on the rest of the songs in the bracket combined. Definitely true if I throw Badlands in there. --- gau gau ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Collen 05/21/24 2:14:51 PM #37: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian --- Sunshine. Lunchbox. Playground. Raincoat. Hot Dog. Oatmeal. Railroad. Ice Cream. Bathtub. Pancake. Eardrum. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FL81 05/21/24 2:30:01 PM #38: |
Kain / Salvation
Afternoon in Crossbell Aeolic Guardian close --- https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif https://i.imgur.com/8mWCvA4.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Eggert 05/21/24 2:33:21 PM #39: |
Shining Eyes Afternoon in Crossbell Aeolic Guardian ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Gall 05/21/24 2:58:01 PM #40: |
Shining Eyes
Afternoon in Crossbell Aeolic Guardian Astra walkthrough 0:46-3:47 has a lot of sounds I like to hear. A mix of gritty and spacey synths at the start and end, with a piano interlude in the middle. Uh oh. I voted for Redeem the Future, but I cant stop listening to Neat Beat Retreat. --- Tune in to over a decade of VGM history with the VGMC playlists! (Work in progress, currently VGMC1-12) https://pastebin.com/JUNkGWQ4 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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OrangeCrush980 05/21/24 3:02:39 PM #41: |
Kain / Salvation
Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! Astra walkthrough is a little painful to listen to... --- "Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness... Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself." - Vergil, DMC3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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SlinkyNeko 05/21/24 3:08:43 PM #42: |
Shining Eyes Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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andylt 05/21/24 3:11:19 PM #43: |
Kain / Salvation Afternoon in Crossbell Aeolic Guardian ... Copied to Clipboard!
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dowolf 05/21/24 4:31:14 PM #44: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian if i go even 1/3 i will be so happy --- Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DoctorJimmy133 05/21/24 4:56:21 PM #45: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- azuarc is quite good at predicting GameFAQs bracket battles. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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cakophon 05/21/24 5:33:57 PM #46: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian this bracket is so brutal...... Aeolic Guardian >= Astra walkthrough > Shining Eyes = Let's Go, Mt. Corel! > Kain / Salvation > Afternoon in Crossbell not completely accurate in rank order though --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdnOym-kbh4 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Paratroopa1 05/21/24 5:37:31 PM #47: |
Kain / Salvation Astra walkthrough Let's Go, Mt. Corel! I don't really have much to say about this crop. The Nier thing is boring but not that bad. 5/10 I keep expecting that I should like these Dariusburst things since they're weird but they're never weird in a way that lands for me and I don't really know why. I couldn't get into this one at all. 4.5/10 Crossbell is perfectly ok. 6/10 Astra walkthrough is kinda fun. I dunno, I like it. 7/10 Aeolic Guardian is decent. 6.5/10 Mt. Core is decent. 6.5/10 I earnestly couldn't really decide which of these to pick. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Sceptilesolar 05/21/24 5:43:31 PM #48: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian --- Just killing time until the world ends. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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JONA 05/21/24 5:51:12 PM #49: |
Shining Eyes
Astra walkthrough Aeolic Guardian --- Congrats to azuarc who beat me by 1 point! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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slykirby 05/21/24 6:30:54 PM #50: |
Shining Eyes
Afternoon in Crossbell Let's Go, Mt. Corel! --- https://i.imgur.com/c3jEuPS.jpg ... Copied to Clipboard!
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