Board 8 > VGMC11 day 26: Black Knight vs Sunshine Coastline, Nebula vs Best is Yet to Come

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those are all from Gust, right?

Welcome to today's topic for Video Game Music Contest 11, a tournament of the best tracks from games, as decided upon by you, the voters.


Links:
Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=466312
Contest info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d-N92Sis_Ghh-QYE2cQqClPP5H3T-idwlk0CUHOv2ew
Discussion and results thread - https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75120003
Main bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RFteVUCpIsmLHRwqLStaQJD
Side bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RE35F2S4u6Ie8w1o0jHPKXB

Rules:

- Listen to both of the songs. Links have conveniently been provided for both songs. Even if Song A is your favorite of all-time and Song B is from a series you hate... Listen. To. Both. (If I have suspicions you are not doing this, your vote may be disqualified.)
- Obvious contest rules apply (no alts, one vote per person, no rallying, etc.).
- Please make your voting options clear, rather than burying them in text.
- Each set of matches lasts 24 hours, even if the new one isn’t up by then.
- Always vote on the versions of the song provided, not versions from different sources.
- If you know ahead of time that you're not going to be around and you want to vote in advance, post your choices in the discussion/bracket topic.
- Please do NOT post tallies/score updates in the middle of the match, as this has a tendency to directly influence matches.
- You don't have to vote in all the matches, but it'd be cool if you did!

Match 1:

Black Knight 2000 - Main Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FASUZRYs0fM

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Sunshine Coastline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNgph1g422Q


Match 2:

Diadra Empty - Nebula

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD0S2EjDEk4

Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1bzqjoZyeQ


VGMC Masters side bracket:

Drakengard 3 - The Final Song
<cite>tazzyboyishere posted [p:877277319] in VGMC11 day... [t:75242723]...</cite> <quote>Sunshine Coastline The Best Is Yet To Come The Final Song Sunshine > Best > Nebula > Final > Theme > Fighting</quote>

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Sunshine Coastline
Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come
Drakengard 3 - The Final Song
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Theme
Best
Song
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Sunshine Coastline
Nebula
Still More Fighting
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Sunshine Coastline
The Best Is Yet To Come
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Listened to both songs like 3 times in the side bracket and I actually can't decide. Sorry if it ends up tied :/
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well played, Mr. Azuarc.

well played.
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man, these matches today. I don't really want to pick against anything.


Ed votes for
???
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The Final Song

Sunshine Coastline
The Best Is Yet To Come
The Final Song

much as I want to support a good memesong, this is still an incredibly easy first match
nebula's pretty good but still easy second match too
last match most lopsided of all, why is final song so ridiculously good

listening ahead in bracket b I'm really not looking forward to tomorrow's matches.

Main Theme
Nebula
Still More Fighting
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Sunshine Coastline
The Best Is Yet To Come
Still More Fighting
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Sunshine Coastline
Nebula
Still More Fighting
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I get it it's called The Best Is Yet To Come because whenever you see it in VGMC you know the contest could be better

Sunshine Coastline
Nebula
Still More Fighting

I always forget just how painful the ending of The Final Song is. It's sort of funny at this point.
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Black Knight
Final Song
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Drakengard 3 - The Final Song
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Sunshine Coastline
Nebula
The Final Song

MycroProcessor posted...

it is primarily only using like 3-4 different notes out of the 12 notes that it could be using and it basically just keeps going back to the same ones over and over and loses so much significance that way.

I'm not very good at judging pitches in a scale, and I don't have a piano handy to play it out and check, but I'm pretty sure the only note it's missing is le, which isn't all that strange. It's certainly not the sort of composition that warrants the use of the full chromatic scale.

Sunshine Coastline
Nebula
Still More Fighting
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Sunshine Coastline
Nebula
The Final Song

Very easy day.
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Sunshine Coastline
Diadra Empty - Nebula
Drakengard 3 - The Final Song
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SC
TBIYTC
Final Song

curse you uppercase laws
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Main Theme
Nebula
Still More Fighting

First listening through the tracklist, Sunshine Coastline was one of my favorite new discoveries. Well, I must've glossed over Black Knight theme because that song is AWESOME. There's no way I can vote against it. Best R1 match in the contest right here.

Nebula is also an amazing new discovery for me. It sounds like something straight out of the Suguri/Sora soundtrack (which I love). Really if this song wins, next round will be a very difficult choice.
Sony is a shit in our mouths

I like both Masters songs, but Still More Fighting just a bit more!
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Sunshine Coastline
Nebula
Still More Fighting
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Main Theme
The Best Is Yet To Come
The Final Song
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The Invisible Man votes for:
Sunshine Coastline
Nebula
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Black Knight 2000 - Main Theme
Drakengard 3 - The Final Song
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Main Theme
The Best Is Yet To Come
The Final Song

That masters match changed moods SO HARD from Final Song to Still More Fighting that I think my neck got whiplash. Really really good day though! All excellent songs. Probably the weakest one is Sunshine Coastline and that one's still a solid B.
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Sunshine Coastline
Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come

Drakengard 3 - The Final Song
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Main Theme
The Best Is Yet To Come
The Final Song

each match better than the last today
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Sunshine Coastline
Nebula
The Final Song
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Main Theme
Nebula
Still More Fighting

I swear, I want to vote for whichever song I listened to last. Had to really go around and around today.

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Sunshine Coastline
Diadra Empty - Nebula
Drakengard 3 - The Final Song
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