I rank 30 VGM (2024 edition) [ranking]

hello~

im just copying rwlh's topic

but im only doing 30, SO THEY BETTER BE GOOD

countie the voting

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Phantasy Star Online 2 - Evoke the Virtuality
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jjCwvPfIclg

Pikmin 4 - Dream Home (Jumbo Bulborb with Dwarf)
https://youtu.be/7UtgSUqZL5c?si=xJZQTv8vCQgWNTEm

Cho Aniki - Intestines 30 Seconds
https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/cho-aniki-aniki-no-subete/16%2520Intestines%252030%2520Seconds.mp3

Mr. Driller: Drill Land - Heading Back to Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2FGNMULSY4

Harvestella - Those Who Continue to Resist Destiny
https://youtu.be/cF_j0dIX0Io?si=J41M-l8XFLF0VDRj

Undertale - Death by Glamour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TgO-tN5wAM

Shui Hu Shen Shou - Battle Theme 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfPBgUdpMyA

Xenosaga Freaks - [ai]
https://youtu.be/x1KlvmPH5W8?si=y2r_OsnP9aiavrQK

Ys I & II (PC Engine) - Palace of Solomon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjM3nEyvl-4

Sea of Stars - The Lost Village of Docarri (Day)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNjFEDMsrJo

Raiden V - Far Journey

https://youtu.be/d1bodw0Gnyk?si=ITY85ZoQWAYrhZpl

Crusader: No Remorse - Mission 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSF4LJLYByU

Color Your Night (Persona 3: Reload)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwfV9N2RlgI

Strikers 1945 II - Devil's Tower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwfJgcFYKI

Phantasy Star Online 2 - Evoke the Virtuality (NFUN)
ive tried listening to this like 3 times now and i cant get into it. and i usually love electronic battle music -like in streets of rage 4 or like a dragon for example. but this is just so busy and squeaky and hurts my brain

and also ive never played PSO2, so now im starting to have existential dread like oh god, maybe vgm is only good if you have the proper context for it. maybe vgm just isnt that good by itself???

and this next one is from pikmin 4, another game i havent played, BUT at least i know pikmin 1 & 2 had dope music so im sure this ones gonna be good...

Pikmin 4 - Dream Home (Jumbo Bulborb with Dwarf) (Haste_2)
.............

...okay yeah vgm is good after all!

Cho Aniki - Intestines 30 Seconds (PIayer_0)
lmao i honestly find it hilarious this random guy knows enough about cho aniki to nominate some random 30 second bullshit just for this topic. like that series has some actual bangers, and this guy just nominates this. its the most cho aniki thing you couldve done. docking points for linking me to a non-youtube site tho

Mr. Driller: Drill Land - Heading Back to Town (Hbthebattle)
Oh hey an actual song! I actually imported this game and just started playing it recently, which is kinda a crazy coincidence. violins are my jam - they are literally my favorite instrument, and any battle song that incorporates them is getting praise. horns and piano get me hype too. actually this song fucking goes places by the end??? i like it!

Harvestella - Those Who Continue to Resist Destiny (MacArrowny)
For some reason i hate harvestella without ever playing it, so let's see if this music is good-

-wow i was not expecting literal nier music. im a sucker for epic battle music, and this rocks. im gonna play this next time i play dnd. i just had no idea this game had an actual soundtrack. well done.

Undertale - Death by Glamour (Raka_Putra)
this is literally my #1 favorite undertale song, and probably one of my favorite battle themes of all time, but also really fucker, youre gonna post undertale? whats next, one winged angel? get outta here with this

[RANKING SO FAR]
1. Pikmin 4 - Dream Home (Jumbo Bulborb with Dwarf) (Haste_2)
2. Harvestella - Those Who Continue to Resist Destiny (MacArrowny)
3. Mr. Driller: Drill Land - Heading Back to Town (Hbthebattle)
4. Cho Aniki - Intestines 30 Seconds (PIayer_0)
5. Phantasy Star Online 2 - Evoke the Virtuality (NFUN)
6. Undertale - Death by Glamour (Raka_Putra)

The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories - Lightning Keeps Striking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vq83f71TRU

Glass Ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9X15iDR7z8

Harvestella's OST is great! It won the best 2022 OST contest we did on B8 recently.

Touhou Gensou Mahjong (Switch) - Tales of Far East Soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGlUdJ34inA

Acid Tetris - Tearing Up Spacetime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Midr-UTcy04

Cho Aniki: Seinaru Protein Densetsu - Neko Nabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj1HrEy12lU

Xenoblade Chronicles X - 46-:ri9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMGM2OR2stc

Can I nominate another?

Chicory: A Colorful Tale - The Mountain Top
https://youtu.be/-MFCeHtO_60?si=OOmC2id3VE-zXuWO

(randomly chosen from my top 750ish vgm, excluding my top five most-represented games)

Shui Hu Shen Shou - Battle Theme 3 (FL81)
Wtf this is a real game?

>https://vfamewiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Shui_Hu_Shen_Shou

How do yall even find this shit lmao? So this is real Gameboy music from back in the day, and not just some 29 year old's chiptune mix. It's honestly pretty impressive for Gameboy music. It's a bop for sure

Xenosaga Freaks - [ai] (tazzyboyishere)
And wtf is this game. God I hope it's Guitar Freaks but for Xeno music....

...LOL it's Mojipittan. Even better!

Honestly this a vibe. Feel like I'm at the cyberpunk cafe in Neo Tokyo.

Ys I & II (PC Engine) - Palace of Solomon (Arti)
HEY YOU CANT POST YS MUSIC ITS TOO GOOD ITS LIKE UNDERTALE ITS PRACTICALLY CHEATING

...actually jk, you know us vgm people, any time an Ys song comes on we have to stop and salute the flag

Sea of Stars - The Lost Village of Docarri (Day) (azuarc)
Havent listened to the Sea of Stars soundtrack yet, was planning on savoring it, but whatever lets see-

-wow this is also a vibe. This just feels like playing a cozy old skool JRPG. Theres not a whole lot here, but sometimes less is more, and I'll be damned if I wasnt nodding my head to it. And this is just some random song without that many views. Like damn whats the rest of the soundtrack like?

Raiden V - Far Journey (bebr117)
Yep this is in fact video game music. Honestly, sure its a jam, but theres so much like it out there you really gotta do something crazy to stand out. I retort with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnLAC5AJPuM&ab_channel=arahman56

Crusader: No Remorse - Mission 1 (RyoCaliente )
I honestly love this style; I grew up with Sega Genesis/CD and this just does it for me. A little forgettable, because as soon as I turned it off I kinda forgot what I just heard, but when I'm listening to it, yeah it's a vibe

[RANKING SO FAR]
1. Pikmin 4 - Dream Home (Jumbo Bulborb with Dwarf) (Haste_2)
2. Harvestella - Those Who Continue to Resist Destiny (MacArrowny)
3. Ys I & II (PC Engine) - Palace of Solomon (Arti)
4. Sea of Stars - The Lost Village of Docarri (Day) (azuarc)
5. Mr. Driller: Drill Land - Heading Back to Town (Hbthebattle)
6. Xenosaga Freaks - [ai] (tazzyboyishere)
7. Crusader: No Remorse - Mission 1 (RyoCaliente )
8. Shui Hu Shen Shou - Battle Theme 3 (FL81)
9. Cho Aniki - Intestines 30 Seconds (PIayer_0)
10. Raiden V - Far Journey (bebr117)
11. Phantasy Star Online 2 - Evoke the Virtuality (NFUN)
12. Undertale - Death by Glamour (Raka_Putra)

I just don't listen to VGM much so my frame of reference is stuck at around 2016 lol.

Old school Runescape - Inferno
https://youtu.be/wIRO1rm4fck?si=rrLKvCEz6OKHXoeg