[VGMC] Day 90! BRACKET A FINALS [Out at Night vs Breaking Day]

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banshiryuu
08/09/2023
09:59 PM
#1
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

The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert
Composer: Akiko Shikata
Loop Point: 3:25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8b-IQulh1c

Destiny Child - Ragna Breakers
Composer: Seibin
Loop Point: 3:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3NWgB767is

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Easy vote form:
Moonlight Concert / Ragna Breakers
th3l3fty
08/09/2023
10:00 PM
#2
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert
thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
crestfooted
08/09/2023
10:01 PM
#3
Moonlight Concert
tgs2
08/09/2023
10:07 PM
#4
Ragna Breakers

This was real close.
azuarc
08/09/2023
10:14 PM
#5
Ragna Breakers
Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
NFUN
08/09/2023
10:15 PM
#6
Ragnar
What can the harvest hope for if not for the care of the Reaper Man?
Arti
08/09/2023
10:16 PM
#7
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert
http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif
Chaeix
08/09/2023
10:20 PM
#8
Moonlight Concert
we're all buds ~jc~
<DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs
Paratroopa1
08/09/2023
10:21 PM
#9
Moonlight Concert
Gall
08/09/2023
10:21 PM
#10
Ragna Breakers

Moonlight Concert was an early favorite that made the run I wanted, while Ragna Breakers was an unlikely underdog that won my heart. This is a great bracket finals and either winner has my support to win it all.

Is Moonlight Concert a desert theme? Anyway Im voting Desert-Duo, its solidly my preference over Suna Gin. Third place: Desert Dunes, one of my new favorites from last year.
Tune in to over a decade of VGM history with the VGMC playlists! (Work in progress, currently VGMC1-6)
https://pastebin.com/DsNEmj1S
UF8
08/09/2023
10:38 PM
#11
Moonlight Concert

write-in vote for DESIRE
Rikalaya28
08/09/2023
10:39 PM
#12
Moonlight Concert
"What's a signature?" -Me
Janus5k
08/09/2023
10:47 PM
#13
Ragna Breakers
A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
HBJDubs
08/09/2023
10:59 PM
#14
Moonlight Concert
Save in the name of true love
~Project 1000~
failgirlema
08/09/2023
11:01 PM
#15
Ragna Breakers
she/her
woaaa
kamakazikila
08/09/2023
11:05 PM
#16
Moonlight Concert
Puff Stuff
Haste_2
08/09/2023
11:18 PM
#17
Moonlight Concert
"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."
DeviDoesNothing
08/09/2023
11:35 PM
#18
Destiny Child - RAGNA BREAKERS

I'm liking MNC a lot less today fsr but RAGNA was always going to clear it this song is so much fun and I stg if- I'm not continuing this sentence.
Erica, she/they. Subscribe to GaMetal
DeadTaffer
08/09/2023
11:54 PM
#19
Ragna Breakers
DanKirby
08/10/2023
12:09 AM
#20
Ragna Breakers
(>'.')>
"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
PIayer_0
08/10/2023
12:22 AM
#21
Vote:
https://vocaroo.com/1bBCO8BrEsmP

Destiny Child - Ragna Breakers
-Abraham Lincoln
KCF0107
08/10/2023
12:24 AM
#22
Breakers
KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
HidekuniHorita
08/10/2023
12:26 AM
#23
Moonlight Concert
Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
savageshark21
08/10/2023
12:27 AM
#24
Moonlight Concert

it's just so pure
Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something. - Jake the dog
Haste_2
08/10/2023
12:46 AM
#25
Write-in vote:
Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning Returns - The Dead Dunes ~Scorching Desert~

PIayer_0 posted...
Vote:
https://vocaroo.com/1bBCO8BrEsmP

Destiny Child - Ragna Breakers

Is that you playing the piano thar?!
"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."
FL81
08/10/2023
12:55 AM
#26
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert
https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif
PIayer_0
08/10/2023
01:03 AM
#27
Haste_2 posted...
Is that you playing the piano thar?!
Of course, not sure if my upcoming votes will work as well on piano though...
-Abraham Lincoln
MaxGalactica
08/10/2023
01:10 AM
#28
Both songs here are pretty good, but are going for very different things. I think the piano and vocals in Moonlight Concert appeal to me a bit more, but I'd be good with either of these winning bracket A.

Vote:
Moonlight Concert
Don't trust everything that you read on the Internet.
-Abraham Lincoln
Collen
08/10/2023
01:23 AM
#29
Ragna Breakers
Give me a cue
I can see clues all around me
dowolf
08/10/2023
02:35 AM
#30
Ragtime Breakage
Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius
Hbthebattle
08/10/2023
02:55 AM
#31
Ragna Breakers
:)
Prince46
08/10/2023
03:40 AM
#32
Gall posted...
Is Moonlight Concert a desert theme? Anyway Im voting Desert-Duo, its solidly my preference over Suna Gin. Third place: Desert Dunes, one of my new favorites from last year.

It is definitely a forest theme. And that has plenty of competition, too!
Prince46
08/10/2023
03:52 AM
#33
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert

Howdy do! Tsukiyo no Ongakukai is back on track, and we're at the finals of the entire Bracket A! I'm starting to suspect this melody might be popular. Anyways, the end is very near, and oh boy, it makes me very excited; the princes are this close to taste VGM victory. However, there's a bump on the road to face: Ragna Breakers! To be fair, I have been whistling Ragna all day. It is insanely catchy, and probably one of my favorite early contest discoveries; I'm certainly as surprised it beat powerhouses like Crystal Caves or Shinin' too. But I'm not complaining, because that means I'm rallying for the winner of today! Of course, I wish the best for the couple, but if Ragna won it'd be a excellent result too. What a great opponent, I love when matches like this happen.

No more bouts? Okay then. Here's the art. I decided to draw a battle mockup from Destiny Child, and I could fit a ton of details. There's some cameos from other VGMC songs and even the background of LPBP's artwork. Lovely result here. Lovely, like the voters of MC! (But that's to be expected)
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/3/9/AAfGkeAAEvWr.jpg
DEM1995
08/10/2023
04:09 AM
#34
Ragna Breakers
Mihark
08/10/2023
04:34 AM
#35
Ragna Breakers
Isquen
08/10/2023
05:11 AM
#36
Ragna Breakers
[Rock and Stone] <o/
Fluttershy_Pony
08/10/2023
06:30 AM
#37
Ragna Breakers
Formerly known as Raetsel.
Currently running out of meowney.
GhostyMega
08/10/2023
08:02 AM
#38
Moonlight Concert
The art of quirky SNES games no one cares about
Prody_Parrot
08/10/2023
08:29 AM
#39
Ragna Breakers
Fivda
08/10/2023
09:18 AM
#40
Destiny Child - Ragna Breakers
TeamRocketElite
08/10/2023
10:02 AM
#41
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince - Moonlight Concert
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
xx521xx
08/10/2023
10:12 AM
#42
Ragna Breakers
Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
xx521xx
andylt
08/10/2023
12:12 PM
#43
Ragna Breakers
No longer becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado.
Waveshine_2001
08/10/2023
12:16 PM
#44
Ragna Breakers

moonlight is somehow less annoying today but my choice is still clear.
Fox Only, Final Destination.
MacArrowny
08/10/2023
12:51 PM
#45
Moonlight Concert
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
Disillusion
08/10/2023
01:58 PM
#46
Ragna Breakers

Moonlight Concert is very nice with its fairytale-like, folksy atmosphere ..but I NEED MORE OF THAT FUSION, BABY.
-hotdogturtle--
08/10/2023
02:12 PM
#47
Ragna Breakers
Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
PabloSmith
08/10/2023
04:24 PM
#48
Moonlight Concert
We schlitty
OrangeCrush980
08/10/2023
04:35 PM
#49
Moonlight Concert

"You can learn to believe in others... ...even in the final moments of your life!"
- ????, Yakuza 3
tazzyboyishere
08/10/2023
04:51 PM
#50
Ragna Breakers

Wow, I do not like that singer. Ragna Breakers fucks though. Makes me think of the Baccano OP mixed with some shitty PS1 era Mega Man stage music, and it rules, which is probably my best take.
http://i.imgur.com/l7xxLh1.jpg
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