VGMC11 Day 12: In The Final vs Swordfish, Hirasaka Corruption v Ar-Ciel Ar-Manaf

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Favorite Masters Match so far?










Welcome to today's topic for Video Game Music Contest 11, a tournament of the best tracks from games, as decided upon by you, the voters.


Links:
Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=466312
Contest info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d-N92Sis_Ghh-QYE2cQqClPP5H3T-idwlk0CUHOv2ew
Discussion and results thread - https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75120003
Main bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RFteVUCpIsmLHRwqLStaQJD
Side bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RE35F2S4u6Ie8w1o0jHPKXB

Rules:
- Listen to both of the songs. Links have conveniently been provided for both songs. Even if Song A is your favorite of all-time and Song B is from a series you hate... Listen. To. Both. (If I have suspicions you are not doing this, your vote may be disqualified.)
- Obvious contest rules apply (no alts, one vote per person, no rallying, etc.).
- Please make your voting options clear, rather than burying them in text.
- Each set of matches lasts 24 hours, even if the new one isn’t up by then.
- Always vote on the versions of the song provided, not versions from different sources.
- If you know ahead of time that you're not going to be around and you want to vote in advance, post your choices in the discussion/bracket topic.
- Please do NOT post tallies/score updates in the middle of the match, as this has a tendency to directly influence matches.
- You don't have to vote in all the matches, but it'd be cool if you did!


Match 1:

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - In the Final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckxy-i7Dc5U

Acceleration of Suguri 2 - Swordfish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnSm_Kalu8A


Match 2:

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 7 - Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
https://youtu.be/NOyBGo4vjBg

Ar nosurge - Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqDqFaO_xwQ


VGMC Masters side bracket:

Nier - Hills of Radiant Wind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNZmzLzvJo8

Gundemonium Recollection - Tuxedo Knight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7yklG0a-6U


Easy vote form:
In the Final / Swordfish
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption / Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Hills of Radiant Wind / Tuxedo Knight
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
Sorry for the delay! Brief spot of DCing just when it really mattered. :-/

(And before anyone asks, no, we're not missing any masters matches in that list. Due to the Nurburgring Suite/Mikazuchi tie, today's Masters match will be the 11th distinct one so far!)
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
Swordfish
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Hills of Radiant Wind

I literally forgot to check yesterdays topic but I'm just gonna get my vote here out of the way now so I don't forget b/c today is actually important
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Swordfish
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Hills of Radiant Wind.

I'm not sure why Ar-ciel got the nom. I like it, but it's probably not even in my top ten on the soundtrack. Granted, Ar Nosurge has a broken-tier OST, but still.
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This is a good day, actually. I don't hate anything here, and I like most of it. I can imagine picking differently for any of the matches.

In the Final
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Tuxedo Knight
Just killing time until the world ends.
In the Final
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Tuxedo Knight


I never really got the love for In the Final, but I will at least vote for it here. Neither of these songs are ones I particularly care for here, though I guess to be fair I don't have particular negative feelings toward them either. Swordfish is pretty much completely unremarkable to me though, whereas In the Final has that epic sound going for it even if I don't think it does it especially well.

Second match is a different story entirely and is probably the first time this year it's actually hurt to vote against a song. I actually love both of these, but Ar-ciel manages to win out here. Really love the vocals there. A big thing for me with music (and, well, most art forms) is catharsis. While I won't claim it's an essential element or anything, but depicting some kind of emotion and then letting it get released through the melody is probably the best way to get me to like a song. That's why I'll typically opt for a lot of the songs that I do over, say, stuff like In the Final or Touhou songs or something. And, I think Ar-Ciel is another good example of that. When I was listening through again today I was having trouble remembering why I liked it as much as I did during nominations. And then I just had this singular moment of "oh right that's why" at pretty much exactly at 3:34. I really love the way that melodic line resolves itself, and then the entire rest of the song pretty much is like that also to varying degrees. (Also I promise I do like Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption a lot also--I just had a lot more to say about the other song.)

Hills of Radiant is another really popular that always felt rather average to me, but eh. Tuxedo Night though is pretty solid. It's got some neat melodies that are well supported by the backing tracks. It feels a bit underwhelming after the super-high-quality second match, but it's by all rights a good song itself.

Ar-Ciel > Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption > Tuxedo Knight > In the Final > Hills of Radiant Wind > Swordfish
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Swordfish
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Tuxedo Knight

Good set of songs today

Yomitsu Hirasaka > Swordfish > Tuxedo Knight > In The Final > Ar-ciel > HoRW
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Swordfish
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Tuxedo Knight

Ar-ciel Ar-manaf > Swordfish > Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption > Tuxedo Knight > Hills of Radiant Wind > In The Final

on the whole, good day
In the Final
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Tuxedo Knight

Second match gave me some pause. Tuxedo Knight is probably my favorite Masters song thus far.
"Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything."
Acceleration of Suguri 2 - Swordfish
Ar nosurge - Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Nier - Hills of Radiant Wind
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In the Final
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Tuxedo Knight
In the Final
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Tuxedo Knight
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Swordfish
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Tuxedo Knight
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That poll is tough. I liked quite a few of the bonus matches. 1, 5, 6 and 8 are all contenders if I just go on the strength of the weaker song in the match.
In the Final
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Tuxedo Knight

Swordfish is okay, but I rather prefer the other Suguri 2 song in the bracket. I've always liked In the Final, though it gets in here way too much. I think I actually Supported Ar-ciel, but it's not quite as good as I remember it? Still nice though. Would probably vote it next round. Yomitsu is above average Umineko tho. Radiant Wind is fairly high up for Nier music, but I think I'd vote Tuxedo Knight above anything from Nier...
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In the Final
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Hills of Radiant Wind
Joe Bulo says hi
Swordfish
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Hills of Radiant Wind

There are a bunch of Ar nosurge songs better than Ar-ciel Ar-manaf but it's a great song too!
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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - In the Final
Ar nosurge - Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Gundemonium Recollection - Tuxedo Knight

still mad about Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption v Ar-ciel Ar-manaf in R1. this is not a r1 match. this should be happening post-retiremement. snap overreaction is most op r1 matchup in vgmc history but i may very well be forgetting something. my stock "op r1 match" is vgmc4's din v dorchadas and i'd take this over that at least.
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In the Final
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Tuxedo Knight
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Swordfish
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Hills of Radiant Wind
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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - In the Final
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 7 - Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption

Gundemonium Recollection - Tuxedo Knight
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I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
[old name redacted] votes for:
In the Final
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Tuxedo Knight
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I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
Swordfish
Ar-Ciel Ar-Manaf


First match was a blowout. Second match was super duper close until 5:00ish or so when Ar-Ciel Ar-Manaf busted out a really breathtaking climax. Really good day today, masters match later if I get back home in time from the movies.
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
Tuxedo Knight

This one's close but because both songs are less than amazing. Worst match of the day, but not exactly terrible regardless so I'm happy with it.
Shine on, you crazy diamond.
In the Final
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Tuxedo Knight

fairly strong day , though I'm definitely surprised one of the songs I voted for is getting completely trashed .
I am positive Yomoitsu Hirasaka Corruption is not weak if that's what you're insinuating.

Of course that still means you can be surprised, but I think the thing to be surprised about is more the strength of its opponent.
I guess DpObliVion gets to be in my sig now. His knowledge of video game popularity contests far surpasses my own.
Swordfish
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Tuxedo Knight
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Swordfish
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Tuxedo Knight
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In the Final
Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Hills of Radiant Wind
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Acceleration of Suguri 2 - Swordfish
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 7 - Yomitsu Hirasaka Corruption
Nier - Hills of Radiant Wind
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