[VGMC] Day 83! feat. Two Structures against Two Spaceships

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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

Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter - PowerOne
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto
Loop Point: 2:43
https://youtu.be/w_nBjGph_UY

Astebreed (PS4) - Astebreed ~ The Void
Composer: Shoichiro Sakamoto
Loop Point: 5:09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVKJVyWTZ4k

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Match 2

Nirvana Pilot Yume - Rampage
Composer: Norbert Salg, Dniel Kovcs, Bence Snta (Retrxx)
Loop Point: 5:15
https://youtu.be/YjSu93g1CFk

Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll
Composer: Koji Kondo
Loop Point: 3:23
https://youtu.be/XI12BK9VC3U

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Easy vote form:
PowerOne / Astebreed ~ The Void
Rampage / Staff Roll
Astebreed (PS4) - Astebreed ~ The Void
Nirvana Pilot Yume - Rampage
thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
i guess a cattle prod is a power staff
What can the harvest hope for if not for the care of the Reaper Man?
Astebreed ~ The Void
Staff Roll
azuarc is quite good at predicting GameFAQs bracket battles.
Astebreed
Rampage

with apologies to the other two songs
Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
PowerOne
Rampage
we're all buds ~jc~
<DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs
PowerOne
Staff Roll
Astebreed
Staff Roll

Bing Bing Wahoo time.
Astebreed ~ The Void
Staff Roll

Huzzah, two easy votes! Rampage is still nice, though.

PowerOne
Rampage
Puff Stuff
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter - PowerOne
Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll
Hi. I wanna play you something.
PowerOne
Staff Roll
PowerOne
Staff Roll

PowerOne
Rampage
Save in the name of true love
~Project 1000~
Astebreed (PS4) - Astebreed ~ The Void
Nirvana Pilot Yume - Rampage

please
PowerOne
Staff Roll
[Rock and Stone] <o/
Astebreed ~ The Void
Staff Roll
HM's for the poll, because they were at least two matches removed from retiring:

FestA of PandemoniuM (net 2 votes)
Journey to Candle Hill (net 3 votes)
Samsara (net 4 votes)
for you (net 4 votes)
Techno Syndrome (net 4 votes or net 9 votes in TB)

Hopefully I got them all.
"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."
Astebreed ~ The Void
Staff Roll
(>'.')>
"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
PowerOne
Staff Roll

From TunnelScene:
PowerOne (Breath of Fire V)
Rampage (Nirvana Pilot Yume)
PowerOne
Staff Roll
Give me a cue
I can see clues all around me
PowerOne
Staff Roll
-Abraham Lincoln
Astebreed - Astebreed ~ The Void
Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll

Staff Roll >>> Rampage > Astebreed ~ The Void > PowerOne
Erica, she/they. Subscribe to GaMetal
PowerOne
Staff Roll
Astebreed (PS4) - Astebreed ~ The Void
Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll

first match is the easiest one all year
https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif
PowerOne
Staff Roll
Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
PowerOne
Staff Roll

All four are bangers. Two are supports and two are favorite discoveries. But ultimately, my heart belongs to Staff Roll.
Fox Only, Final Destination.
Astebreed (PS4) - Astebreed ~ The Void
Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
Power
Rampage
KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
Astebreed ~ The Void
Rampage
A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
PowerOne
Rampage
Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something. - Jake the dog
abstain
abstain

Four great songs, but I have no clear favorite, and I don't really care what wins and what loses
PowerOne
Staff Roll
Formerly known as Raetsel.
Currently out of knives.
Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter - PowerOne
Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll
Astebreed ~ The Void
Rampage
Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
Two very good songs in match 1, but PowerOne is definitely the stronger song for me for its ambience and synths.

Match 2 is less strong, although Rampage is still very good. Staff Roll is good, but not great.

Another relatively strong day. Would be fine with anything retiring today.

Votes:
PowerOne
Rampage

Don't trust everything that you read on the Internet.
-Abraham Lincoln
Astebreed ~ The Void
Rampage
Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
xx521xx
PowerOne
Staff Roll
"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."
Astebreed ~ The Void
Staff Roll
The art of quirky SNES games no one cares about
PowerOne
Rampage
No longer becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado.
PowerOne
Staff Roll
:)
da void
dam page
Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius
PowerOne
Staff Roll

C3 is my only division with a retirement match that lines up with my favorites bracket. Very happy with this match. I'm still rooting for PowerOne, but if it's got to lose to anything, it's okay if it's this.

I would also say the same thing about Staff Roll if both make it to the next round.
Astebreed ~ The Void
Astebreed ~ The Void
Staff Roll
Astebreed ~ The Void
Rampage
https://i.imgur.com/c3jEuPS.jpg
PowerOne
Rampage

Wish I could vote the first two to retire, but all four are very good! This is the best day of retirement matches.
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
PowerOne
Staff Roll
PowerOne
Staff Roll

"You can learn to believe in others... ...even in the final moments of your life!"
- ????, Yakuza 3
Astebreed ~ The Void
Rampage

Astebreed ~ The Void is a great song, but the better section is so obviously Astebreed. Despite the simple melody its constantly entertaining, whipping back and forth between haunting chimes, an electronic dance beat, and elegant violin. Who even needs The Void section?
(a few minutes later)
Astebreed ~ The Void is a great song, but the better section is so obviously The Void. Faced with the apocalyptic choir, the gritty synth rises to the challenge, sounding from 3:44-4:07 like its screaming and straining against the impossible. And then the heroic guitar finishes it off. Who even needs the Astebreed section?

Rampage is a great song too! Its cool how it uses the intense instruments to create a pretty laid-back and smooth atmosphere. Lots of cool touches like the cheering and chanting from 3:10-3:37. Im strongly rooting for these two.

Voted Synapse. The Moonlight Concert/Origin + Synapse/Utopia Shelter fourpack was illegally good, one of the best in the contest.
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