[VGMC] Day 94! feat. SEMIFINAL 1!! [Smashed and Spooked]

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.
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- 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.
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- 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

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

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:
Ragna Breakers / The Last Specter's Theme

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

Ragna

The Last Specters Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

Destiny Child - RAGNA BREAKERS

RAGNA BREAKERS >> The Specter's Flute Theme

RAGNA was stuck in my head at work earlier Layton never stood a chance

Ragna Breakers

Ragna Breakers

Ragna Breakers

extremely "groovy" semifinals, I respect it

Destiny Child - Ragna Breakers

Ragna Breakers

The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

too easy a match for me. It's not that I hate ragna, it's just louder, brasher and more direct than I'd like. And yknow typically thats the kind of music I'd like but something about this one feels off. Doesn't have a great beat.

Specter still feels fresh the 5th or so time im listening to it.

The Last Specter's Sweep

Destiny Child - Ragna Breakers

Semifinals, huh? As usual, I wish I could be voting Moonlight, but Ragna earned the spot. Anyways, vote for Ragna with the catchiness factor in mind. Last Specter still a great piece, though! Both of these deserve to win.

Ragna Breakers

Total smashy domination. Stacked poll though, Brawl Main Theme vs Fear Not This Night is a great match.

Sundered - Sundered
vs
RuneScape - Dead Can Dance

The Last Specter's Theme

The Last Specter's Theme

Ragna Breakers

Breakers

Ragna Breakers

Ragna Breakers

The Last Specter's Theme

Would be happy with either as champion.

Ragna Breakers

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

The Last Specters Theme

Last Spookster's Song

Ragnarok sounding unusually Mario Kart 8-esque to me today (which makes sense because it's probably fusion like MK music). As good as Ragna is, Layton is my favorite remaining song in the contest by quite a wide margin so my vote here is pretty easy.

The Last Specter's Theme

Ragna Breakers

Destiny Child - Ragna Breakers

Both of these are good bracket winners (although Ragna Breakers is not something I would've guessed to get this far in any timeline). Last Specter is the stronger composition overall, so it gets my vote.

Vote:
The Last Specter's Theme

Ragna Breakers
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Ragna Breakers

The Last Specter's Theme

Ragna Breakers is alright, but it feels like the odd one out of the final four

The Last Specter's Theme

Ragna Breakers

These are both 9s. I listened multiple times. I think the deciding factor is I'm a little tired of Layton, and less tired of Ragna Breakers, despite listening to them both probably the same amount of times during the contest. I'd be happy with either winner though.

Ragna Breakers

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

Ragna Breakers

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

The Last Specter's Theme

last specter

Ragna

The Last Specter's Theme

hard decision but layton's just a bit better i feel, both amazing tho

The Last Specter's Theme

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

The Last Specter's Theme