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You've got some really vibrant taste! Much respect.

Score music from horror movie soundtracks

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Deltarune - Empty Town
Off-Peak - Level Design - Sheet Music
Tokyo Xanadu eX+ - Calm Passion

Tough first match. I usually love harsh noise stuff but this felt a bit muddied, or otherwise unfocused.

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This thread's a bitter reminder that I've seen nearly all of these god-forsaken things.

I actually sort of remember Thor 2 because Loki was decent fun and some guy who was probably important in Thor 1 is streaking at the beginning. I'd argue Iron Man 2 is far worse because it mistakes being loud for being exciting. Also Ant-Man and the Wasp is trite through and through. Makes me wonder if the film would even exist if Edgar goddamn Wright had been able to realize his vision for the first one.

This is a tough question, honestly. I've sworn off of MCU following Endgame, and I don't feel I'm missing out on much else. I've had my fun--or at least I think it was fun--and have no desire to revisit these movies ever again.

...Except for Doctor Strange, from a purely visual standpoint. Bland characters can't keep great art direction down. Shoutout to my boy Michael Giacchino too.

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Pokmon Super Mystery Dungeon - Gentle Slope Cave
Granado Espada - It's Not Over
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? - Green Labyrinth

Eleventh hour voting again which is fine because I wouldn't have much to say about these anyways. Prinny's alright and PSMD's the highlight by a wide margin.

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VVVVVV - Passion for Exploring
Ragnarok Online II - HODO
Bloody Roar 3 - Slum Street

At first, I'd assumed that RO2 had an unfair draw. Last Surprise is about the only song in the P5 set I would vote for, and it's no doubt one of the best standalone tracks in the field. Against like 95 percent of possible matchups, Last Surprise has an easy win...but HODO happens to fall in the sterling 5 percent difference. (cont.)

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Blue Reflection - Albireo Lake
Ripple Dot Zero - The Terrarium, Pt. One
Super Monkey Ball 2 - World 8: Clock Tower Factory

Probably the easiest day of the contest so far? I love the things I voted for; (Super Monkey Ball 2 is my favorite game of all time and it's not particularly close) don't feel much for the things I voted against. Don't think the Trails sets have any other Ancient Makes-ish surprises in store, but I'd happily eat my words.

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Sonic R - Back in Time (Instrumental)
Theresa - Vaquita 2017
Resident Evil 2 - Secure Place

I'm voting against two favorites today which speaks to the lofty quality of today's crop. SPM v Sonic R seems diabolically engineered to put me as far at odds with Pacific as possible--one of us is gonna be crying tonight.

Secure

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Beryllium

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Charge Cycles - Welcome to Ulka!
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - Ancient Makes
Spindizzy II - Arrow Maze

Yeah, what a day. I like everything on offer here all for different reasons so having to vote against anything here is very not fair

Running out of time again so I'll just leave a thought: for me to vote against Charge Cycles would require its opponent to be something very close to my heart like, uh, Sonic Mega Collection - History (the specific sort of thing that doesn't really perform in contests like these anyways).


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Einhnder - Earthlight
Dandara - Golden Menace
The Caligula Effect - Cradle

Earthlight (and Einhnder on the whole) inspires me so much more than than [lesser hymnos song] even though I can always appreciate the inventiveness of AT's world-building. In its way, it feels like a sort of ground zero for artists like D-Vi and Garoad--especially the latter.

Round 2 features tracks that reflects the emotional weight of its respective stories. And while Wind Scene is still effective as ever, never has raw, focused hurt been more tactile than in the music of Dandara.

I could flip my lid about how I don't like DannyB and how his music is so gridded and lame but whatever holy shit Cradle is a trip and a jam and I'm so fucking confused. More


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Project S-11 - Bern Jungle
Final Fantasy VII - Highwind Takes to the Skies
GiFTPiA - CIGNITA

Can't do a writeup today--CIGNITA was my morning alarm for a while

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Aurora Memoria: Philosophical Data Session 2093 - Fractal Mode
Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia - EXEC_CHRONICLE_KEY/.
Silent Hill 2 - Heaven's Night

AM and SH2 are in my top 10 soundtracks and I don't consider either to have many weak links!! good day of music video game music

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Xenoblade Chronicles - You Will Know Our Names
Fez - Glitch
Tangledeep - Exploring the Shifting Stones

Top 10 Nintendo Music number Ten You will know ourNames

Put briefly, both songs in the first match are not my thing and I never got the hype for the 'popular' Xenoblade music. Wins out because it's not the gridded anisong thing from Shallie (which makes me SAD because i LIKE shallie)

Glitch is my favorite track from Fez and it's like the prime example of how to make a music song that I will love. FYW also extremely good but whoops I honestly could not see myself voting against this versus most of the bracket.

SORRY SDORICA sunset

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Ah, man. Gonna go with my gut after all.

Change G-Darius - H.G. Virus to Katamari Forever - Galactic S-O-U-L

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Ys III: Wanderers from Ys - Illburns Ruins
Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness & Sky - Craggy Coast
G-Darius - H.G. Virus

Great stuff today, again strapped for time though with not a lot to say. I'll vouch for S-O-U-L though, because it reminds me of something I'd hear while exploring one of those bizarre virtual spaces like Worlds.com or Second Life.

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Day 20 topic's not up yet so we're throwing out some tardy votes:

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action - Every Day Is Night
Undertale - Dummy!

voting the Fun picks today since I come back to these a lot and can't immediately see myself doing the same with FA or dot execute. didn't listen to snubs wh oops

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REFLEC BEAT colette - Following Flow
Eschatos - Survive
Total Distortion - Setup

nekomata master good

I think my problem with Spark music is that it lacks an identity of its own, aping from the things that inspired it without understanding what makes those things appealing. At least Eschatos has a face, at the end of the day

It's the exact combination of -things- that appear in many songs like Battlefield - Activation that just leave me bored and uninspired. On another note Pacific and I were singing along with Setup to the tune of You Are Dead and that gave me way more joy and heck I'll probably be coming back to it a lot in the future. joe sparks good

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Undertale - Battle Against a True Hero
Vision Soft Reset - Chronic Duel
Guilty Gear X - The Original

Uh
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VSR great as always but wow this is an especially flat way to start R2.

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Drakengard 3 - Black Song, White Scales (The Final Song)
CrossCode - Temple of Thunder
Phantasy Star Online - A Longing to Ancient Times (Premium)

Oh man, I think the other two were given but I wasn't expecting to vote against Thousand Memories today. It has an excellent set, too...with this particular one being the weak link. I do think it warrants mention that this game has at least ten volumes worth of music, and having to pick seven standouts from all that must've been a feat in and of itself. Also would like to nod to YU-NO as a worthy contender for CrossCode.

I love you hideaki kobayashi (even when you are arranged by Yoko Shimomura apparen1tly)

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Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Sky Tower
Deltarune - Rude Buster
Pokemon Card GB2 - GR Challenge Cup

this was A Day Of MUSIC In The Board 8 (Eight) 'B'est 'O'riginal 'S'ound'T'rack Contest

I think Rude Buster and Sky Tower are the only ones in the whole lot that made me feel any real emotion WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU like Human Fall Flat and today's CC thing made me realize that in most cases SADSONG.wav is very not something I enjoy listening to.

It's not characteristic of me to be so negative in these write-ups but wow today really beached out for me
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NieR: Automata - Possessed by a Disease (Vocals)
Off-Peak - Revealed
Dusk - Run

Tough break for SPMD, though. Tree of Life is a very chilling listen and I would have happily voted it over most things but this is literally Off-Peak and Off-Peak is one of my absolute favorite things. Surreal exploration games are my love and O-P's music perfectly captures the hypnotic, maximal atmosphere of its world.
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VVVVVV - Predestined Fate
Granado Espada - Far Eastern Romantica
beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ - Magical

Don't have much time to write atm but this was a wonky day. Only have lasting impressions of 2/6 today, and damn I wasn't expecting to see the letter v 6 times get hammered like this
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Blue Reflection - BREAKTHROUGH.EXE
Ragnarok Online II - Boss Battle
Dusk - Reflections of Violence

I flaked on two of these during nominations and would have supported if I didn't do that!! oops

Wasn't the biggest fan of the Blue Reflection cuts in the last VGMC, but I gotta say that the setlist here was really well picked and weirdly tailored to my love of music things containing many noise. This song travels to many places and even on repeat listens it feels like I'm travelling to those places for the f1rst time.

When DireKrow and I were building the BOST VGMGG list, we shuffled the games in the bracket and drew from it semi-randomly. I pulled RO2 not knowing what to expect, but ho-whoah am I glad for everyone who voted this in. Yoko Kanno is one of those really prolific, multi-faceted artists where you could be listening to a song or album for years and never guess they'd be behind it (compare this sound to Bebop or Napple Tale to name a few). This jams--celtic flavors layered on top of an inspired 9/8 sig. Really, really blows that I have to vote against AGHR here.

Dusk is just shy of being 'my thing' but [I will have to finish this writeup later there is one minute left for the post to count argfhreagrn]
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Sonic R - Super Sonic Racing
Super Paper Mario - Floro Sapiens Caverns
Mega Man 5 - Intro Part 1

Sonic R is insanely close to my heart but voting against my favorite RD0 song feels absolutely WRONG somehow. could see myself swapping this vote in the eleventh hour out of nowhere
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Charge Cycles - Charger Insertion
Theresa - cirropod
Hollow Knight - Greenpath

This was a fantastic day for the contest and I even have a lot of respect for the things I voted against. Let's start from the bottom and work our way up:

At present, I have very little time to sit down and actually play a video game, which makes my sessions with Hollow Knight (the only game I've played in the last two months) all the more meaningful. Greenpath immediately stands out in my mind--both the music and the environment itself. There's a horribly melancholy cast over even the most conventionally beautiful things in the world of Hallownest, as it falls further and further to an infection that rewrites the minds and bodies of its inhabitants. I find myself returning to Greenpath above all else, mostly to reflect on my real-world situations, fears, responsibilities, so forth etcetera. I think about how absolutely titanic the challenges in my life appear to be, and the looming anxiety that I don't have the strength or skill set necessary to approach them with confidence. You'll never really know what you're capable of until you stop hiding and charge into the unknown ahead. The bench might be cozy, but you can't stay there forever.
...Maybe that got a little away from me. I'm still glad that I said it.

ZZZV, from what I've heard through the contest and in personal exploration, has an enigmatic and completely original understanding of their art. I have to wonder what kinds of emotions you'd feel, or what kinds of experiences you'd have, to create an escape from the world as-is and mold it into the form of cirropod. 'Alien' is a word that is associated with ZZZV-- I disagree. I feel like I've been here before. And while I can't place it now, it'll eventually explode into memory, with every intimate detail in its right place. Some day, maybe.

I wish I had more to say about Charger Insertion. I wish I could UNDERSTAND Charger Insertion. But maybe it's better that I don't, and just keep myself in this place of absolute awe and inspiration. Thank you.
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Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star - Class::EXPAJA
Einhnder - Madness
Plok! - Cotton Island

Einhnder and nosurge just kicking ass with all these tasty jams.

Weak-ish Plok(!) track, but an even weaker showing from DJMAX which I know I've enjoyed in the past. And I'm not even averse to funk or disco or anything like that; this just has a really artificial vibe when compared to the things it wants to emulate.
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Project S-11 - Planet Cephei
Dandara - Golden Fortress
All Our Asias - Yuito and His Mother

Not much of a contest today, though match 1 was a little tougher than expected. Chrono definitely holds up.
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Aurora Memoria: Philosophical Data Session 2093 - Prelude Bedroom
Pokmon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum - Game Corner
Gravity Rush - Pleasure Quarter

Can't think of much good to say about Requiem, but I'll comment that I've warmed up to looming, dramatic vocal works like this a lot in the past years. Some tried-and-true favorites that I might compare this to include:
Journey (PS3) - I Was Born for This
World of Warcraft - Invincible

Can't say this has many of the things I like about those though, and I've about already forgotten it.

'A'
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Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Sweep ~ Part 3
Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia - A Requiem's Melody
Zero Divide 2 - Power Glide

Sad to vote against TTT2, (even used this exact song in a VGMGG list with Flamander) but Zero Divide is infinitely more my vibe as of late. So many great snubs, man.
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Fez - Knowledge
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (PCECD) - The Strongest Foe
Pokmon Gold and Silver - New Bark Town

Interesting lot today. Pokemon GS song isn't my favorite thing but the NMH track is like Nuclear Throne - Where the Guns At with none of the things I like about that.
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Caravan Stories - Waterling Main Road
Dariusburst - Shining Eyes
Undercover Cops - Redtailed Cat

Augh, a lot of close calls today. I like Quicksand Pit a lot but Shining Eyes is almost tailor-made to the things I look for in VGM. In the case of the first two matches, I wouldn't say any of these games have truly 'lost' yet since they'll still be formidable in winner and loser bracket alike. For the third match--yeesh, that's a bad roll for Spelunky.
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Terraria Calamity - Servants of the Scourge
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action - A New Frontier
Hypnospace Outlaw - Millenium Anthem (2000 New Years Eve)

Special nod to the Rorona song for making that match way harder than I anticipated.
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augh you know what

Change my vote for Eschatos - Extermination to Celeste - Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix)

Weird day. Everything teeters on being something I'd like but falls just short. I'll hold onto Browntown if only because Newgrounds techno > muddy production. Still don't like you, DannyB.
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Eschatos - Extermination
REFLEC BEAT colette - L'avide
Super Meat Boy - Fast Track to Browntown

woah voting in support of two composers i'm normally indifferent/averse to
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Undertale - Undertale
Vision Soft Reset - Floatlands
Lineage 2 - Magma Town

SSBU drops the ball. Justice for Lineage 2!
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Guess I got a minute to do this after all! Aggregated from least to most weird. I like weird.

1)
Name: It Doesn't Really Matter
Origin: Metropolis Street Racer (Richard Jacques ft. TJ Davis


2)
Name: Technopolis
Origin: Solid State Survivor (Yellow Magic Orchestra)


3)
Name: Spring
Origin: Foxbase Alpha (Saint Etienne)


4)
Name: The Christmas Song
Origin: Pokmon Christmas Bash (Orig. Nat King Cole; Arr. "Team Rocket")


5)
Name: Sanctuary (Opening)
Origin: Kingdom Hearts 2 (Utada Hikaru)


6)
Name: Devil's Train
Origin: Half-Full Ashtrays, Half-Empty Glasses (The Lab Rats)


7)
Name: Legs
Origin: In Visible Silence (The Art of Noise)


8)
Name: Tuff
Origin: The Venture Bros. (J.G. Thirwell)


9)
Name: space station no. 9
Origin: NEXUS-2060 (capsule)


10)
Name: Chaos of the Void
Origin: Vaporwave Is Dead (Sandtimer)


11)
Name: Contact
Origin: Holon (Front Line Assembly's Equinox)


12)
Name: decisive battle
Origin: Angel Beats! (Key Sound Label)


13)
Name: Scrubdown
Origin: 1 (Off World)


14)
Name: Sound Patterns
Origin: Walking Still (Orig. Pauline Oliveros; Arr. Vocal Constructivists)


15)
Name: CRUMPET PLOWS
Origin: GODLOMANMACHOPANZILLA (COMPUTER JESUS REFRIGERATOR)


Lemme know if you have trouble viewing Artist - Topic uploads, as they're privy to region-locking shenanigans.
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Support Votes:
Dariusburst
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World
Chrono Trigger
Secret of Mana [if i didn't already sv honestly can't remember]
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Support Votes:
Dandara
DEADBOLT
Einhander

A few more that I forgot to list earlier. Einhander in particular is a class act and I hope it goes far!
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Support Votes:
Aurora Memoria - Philosophical Data Session: 2093
Ys III: Wanderers of Ys
Hollow Knight
Vision Soft Reset
Plok!
Caravan Stories
Theresa
Project S-11
Undercover Cops
Cerebrawl
GiFTPiA
Lumines
Super Paper Mario
Ripple Dot Zero
Gravity Rush
Silent Hill 2
Fez
Sonic Shuffle
Transistor
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Super Monkey Ball 2
Aliens Go Home Run
CrossCode
Ar tonelico - Melody of Elemia
Phantasy Star Online
Off-Peak
Bloody Roar 3
G-Darius
Iridion II
Ar nosurge
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Sdorica -sunset-

Well done on a choice pool of music, everyone! If I get a minute, I'll put out some quick write-ups gushing about how great these are.

Oh also, I think some people had difficulty viewing the auto-generated uploads for Hypnospace Outlaw, so I'll throw out a Bandcamp link for ease of access:
https://jtholen.bandcamp.com/album/hypnospace-outlaw-ost-vol-1
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Oh shit, Muddledash. That OST jams--would love to play the game associated.
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EDIT: Charge Cycles

1. No One Cares About the Letter L -
2. Transformer Robot Sing Wheels on the Bus -
3. Electrostatic Discharge -
4. Welcome to Ulka! -
5. Charger Insertion -
6. Mechanism Turned On -
Alt. Alt. -
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Game: Charge Cycles

1. No One Cares About the Letter L -
2. Transformer Robot Sing Wheels on the Bus -
3. Electrostatic Discharge (Turned On) -
4. Welcome to Ulka! -
3. Mechanism Turned On (Turned On) -
6. Electrostatic Discharge (Turned Off) -
Alt. Mechanism Turned On (Turned Off) -

CHARGE CYCLES
Chimeratio
PC
2018

A laboratory machine begins to malfunction and becomes aware of itself. Though it feels nothing, it begins to communicate the pain and confusion of its breakdown through sound.

Charge Cycles is a browser game, playable here:
https://chz.itch.io/charge-cycles
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Game: Hypnospace Outlaw

1. Ready to Shave -
2. Colder than the Rest (Fre3zer) -
3. Earth Funk -
4. Formations (Basidia) -
5. Cosmos Eternal -
6. Millenium Anthem (2000 New Years Eve) -
Alt. SquisherZ Rap -

HYPNOSPACE OUTLAW
Jay Tholen, Hot Dad, Chris Schlarb, swordofkings128
PC
2019

This only dropped at the start of the year, and in the time since it's risen high into my top ten favorite soundtracks. In particular, I think this soundtrack evokes those awkward, boundless years of the Internet, just before the normalization of social media changed everything. In this set, I've included two songs credited to fictional artists in the game's universe; Zared, a 'haze' musician whose EP evokes 90s ambient music, and Klyfta, an experimental 70s/mid-80s band that undergoes phases of jazz fusion, progressive rock, and finally commercial pop. Another bunch of wild sounds on this one--give it a listen and keep an open mind.
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Game: The Silver Case HD Remaster

1. The Silver Case -
2. Furuya (Akira Yamaoka remix) -
3. His Room (Akira Yamaoka remix) -
4. Kusabi (Akira Yamaoka remix) -
5. Jack Hammer (Erika Ito remix) -
6. Tamura (Akira Yamaoka remix) -
Alt. Kill the Past -

THE SILVER CASE HD REMASTER
Orig. Masafumi Takada; Arr. Akira Yamaoka, Erika Ito
PC
1999/2016

The original Silver Case is a sort of subdued outing from Masafumi Takada, especially when compared to his later works. For this set, I've placed a greater emphasis on the remix tracks available in the remaster, complements to Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill) and Erika Ito (Let It Die).
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Now here's a left-fielder:

Game: FinesseQuest

1. Insincerely Yours -
2. Fight Against A Jaded Junglist -
3. Freaky Fight Against The One Who Freaked It -
4. Freaky Fight Against A Peripheral Primal Predator -
5. Antechamber Creep -
6. Nester's Theme -
Alt. Try Being Yourself This Time -

FINESSEQUEST
Shaliek
PC
2019 (Unreleased)

So what's there to say about FinesseQuest? Hell, you've got me there. I might describe it as an amalgamation of SEGA sounds (JSR, Sonic Mania) with a splash of 90s DnB/jungle and heavy sampling. If you like what you hear though, details about the game in progress will probably be found here:
https://twitter.com/finessequest?lang=en
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Game: Katamari Forever

1. Katamari on the Swing (SEXY-SYNTHESIZER ALL ABOUT namco Mix) -

2. Everlasting Love (atom remix) -
3. Katamari on the Wings -
4. Sayonara Rolling Star (Yuri's Mixx) -
5. You Are Smart (RAAGINIA SOFT MIX) -
6. Galactic S-O-U-L -
Alt. Katamari on the Funk (Seor Coconut's "Katamambo!" mix) -

KATAMARI FOREVER
NAMCO Sound Team
PlayStation 3
2009

Extremely colorful and varied soundtrack, featuring a selection of mostly Katamari series remixes from the likes of Yuu Miyake, YMCK and Yoshihito Yano. Some of my all-time favorites on here.

And while I'm at it:
SUPPORT: GiFTPiA, Super Paper Mario, Ripple Dot Zero
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Game: VVVVVV

1. Potential for Anything
2. Piercing the Sky
3. Pressure Cooker
4. Positive Force
5. Pacing Energy (Max Confidence)
6. Predestined Fate
Alt. Passion for Exploring

Open to suggestions, and I'll add links in a bit.
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Game: Sonic R

1. Living in the City -
2. Work It Out -
3. You're My Number One -
4. Back in Time (Instrumental) -
5. Can You Feel the Sunshine? -
6. Super Sonic Racing -
Alt. Diamond in the Sky -

SONIC R
Richard Jacques ft. TJ Davis
Sega Saturn
1997

I wanted to pick one instrumental to showcase the wonderful compositions that this soundtrack offers, and Back in Time ultimately won out. While I do think that Davis' vocals 'complete' these songs, listening without them is a very different experience, and all of the spacey, synthetic layers are put on blast. Grab a good pair of headphones, close your eyes, and get lost in it.

SUPPORT: Aurora Memoria - Philosophical Data Session: 2093, Vision Soft Reset, Theresa
Might support: Hollow Knight, Caravan Stories, Arkanoid DS
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SpongeBob SquarePants
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