Board 8 > [VGMC] d43: YO-KAI Disco vs Who Am I?, Solstice Title vs Become as Gods

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Choices for poll were taken primarily from the leaderboard. Some of those people are known to be eliminated, but whatever.

Welcome to today's topic for Video Game Music Contest 14, a tournament of the best tracks from games, as decided upon by you, the voters.

Links:
Contest info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VNrPnFRI7nJ4PqFiURBW0NWqxvXiuasoq8Sn_O169ss/edit#gid=320804650
Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=473292
Discussion and results thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78524521
Bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1REnVI_W6yELaDP6Zac8b0Wq
ToC playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RE-TQMj19D0k5nm-0zeH12J
VGMC compability sheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lpX4faqnn_geI0y4i6MrZ2AXpV6SWXoWrIA6_eyx-yM/edit

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 your vote is not based on a fair and impartial preference, it will 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 isnt up by then. (Matches do not begin until at least 10:00 EDT.)
- 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!

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Match 1

Mamorukun Curse! - YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-PZixk0UgQ

Alone in the Dark - Who Am I?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2kSs89Xxw

Match 2

Solstice - Title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZAnUDAj94Y

NieR: Automata - Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tg2hHvxaaI

Tournament of Champions bonus match

Atelier Ayesha - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients
<cite>azuarc posted [p:938955313] in [VGMC] d43... [t:78677324]...</cite> <quote> Who will win the site contest bracket challenge? Mr_Lasastryke azuarc yoblazer JONALEON1 Advokaiser DoctorJimmy133 OrangeCrush980 Janus5k Big Bob COVID_19 Vote View Results Who will win the site contest bracket challenge? - Results (0 votes) Mr_Lasastryke % (0 votes) 0 azuarc % (0 votes) 0 yoblazer % (0 votes) 0 JONALEON1 % (0 votes) 0 Advokaiser % (0 votes) 0 DoctorJimmy133 % (0 votes) 0 OrangeCrush980 % (0 votes) 0 Janus5k % (0 votes) 0 Big Bob % (0 votes) 0 COVID_19 % (0 votes) 0 Show Voting Form Choices for poll were taken primarily from the leaderboard. Some of those people are known to be eliminated, but whatever. Welcome to today's topic for Video Game Music Contest 14, a tournament of the best tracks from games, as decided upon by you, the voters. Links: Contest info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VNrPnFRI7nJ4PqFiURBW0NWqxvXiuasoq8Sn_O169ss/edit#gid=320804650 Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=473292 Discussion and results thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78524521 Bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1REnVI_W6yELaDP6Zac8b0Wq ToC playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RE-TQMj19D0k5nm-0zeH12J VGMC compability sheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lpX4faqnn_geI0y4i6MrZ2AXpV6SWXoWrIA6_eyx-yM/edit 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 your vote is not based on a fair and impartial preference, it will 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 isnt up by then. (Matches do not begin until at least 10:00 EDT.) - 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 Mamorukun Curse! - YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-PZixk0UgQ Alone in the Dark - Who Am I? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2kSs89Xxw Match 2 Solstice - Title https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZAnUDAj94Y NieR: Automata - Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tg2hHvxaaI Tournament of Champions bonus match Atelier Ayesha - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients </quote>

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Who Am I?
Title
why are half the toc matches between two songs I don't care about and the other half between two of my favorite songs

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Laguerra del Mundo
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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Yokai Disco is another of my favorite discoveries in this contest I guess. Or perhaps it was at one point, I'm not feeling it quite that much today. Still a real nice song though, real cool synths in the main & backing, would have to drop an insane amount to reach who am I levels, which, I mean it's not THAT bad but it Features chanting, and has little for me to be all that interested in.

Solstice, wow it's That song the one with the big FAKE OUT at the beginning. I Really love a lot of the Follin Works and this is no different. Strongest parts of this song are the extreme bursts it does for super contrast after the silly simple bits, at :08 and 1:20 which extends after 1:29 really well ! It's up against yet another vocal focused song from VGMC13, albeit both of them are slightly less than standard vocals, they're still not stuff I care for. Not into the atmosphere it gives really. the 'dramatic TV reveal" at :05 and :28 still make me laugh though. Two very not close matches here.

By contrast though the toc is kinda close. hmm, eh I think YOaTI pulls things off better though.

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Who Am I?
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Laguerra del Mundo

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Laguerra del Mundo

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Who Am I?
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Laguerra del Mundo

go away yo-kai disco. Who Am I solid enough.

go away Title. go away this version of Birth of a Wish

Who Am I > BoaW > Title > Disco
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Yokai Disco
Title
Yesterdays Opponents
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Mamorukun Curse! - YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Solstice - Title
Atelier Ayesha - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients
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Who Am I?
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Laguerra del Mundo

YO-KAI Disco ( Hell's Entrance World) vs Who Am I?: Yokai Disco is a certified hood classic. Unlike most Yasui tracks I'm not neutral to this one, and actually like it a bit. Not enough to actively want to relisten to it much, but just enough to go back to it every now and then. Who Am I hit me like a truck with the first few seconds and continued to smack me up through the entire song in the best way possible. This might be my favorite discovery from everything in the contest.

Title vs Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods): Nothing stood out to me much in Title so I don't have much to say about it. Cool stuff Follin I guess. Birth of a Wish reminds me a bit of Who Am I because of the constant chanting and I guess the vibe. However Birth of a Wish doesn't do much with all that chanting and it feels a bit stale. Nevertheless its still pretty good.

Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients vs Laguerra del Mundo: Good Atelier vs good Granado. Tough match up. Think I might have to go Laguerra on this because of how dope that guitar is, but I'm honestly fine with either song advancing here.

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WHO AM I
Title
Yesterday's Opponent's are Tomorrow's ToC Champions

hi fake myst4 music you're cool. never really liked yokai disco.

Title is cool. Become as Gods I completely forgot about the violin coming in at 1:45 or whatever somehow it's so good. I do think it's less consistent than Solstice Title, but its highs are a bit higher. Super close match.

ToC really close too.
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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Man that is a contrast in the first match. Who Am I? is another song that I like more this time around (didn't care about it either way in 13) but right now I'm more in the mood for happy than spooky. Close though
Solstice Title feels very scatterbrained. BECOME AS GODS
granado espada was also yesterday's opponent so I guess Atelier is correct

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Mamorukun Curse! - YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
NieR: Automata - Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Granado Espada - Laguerra del Mundo

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Who Am I?
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World) is my 107th favorite in the contest! as i've said before i'm kinda not as fond of yasui as a lot of others who share similar taste to me, but this doesn't show the side of him that bothers me too much. I used to like this track so much more, think I ranked it in the top 10 or so of some contest (pretty sure i supported it, at one point). It pretty pointedly describes the aesthetic i wanted my music plastered in in like 2012-2013, FM Synth Jazz Fusion/Funk Fun music. The harmonies in this are great, which is typically the thing I'll always have positive to say about Yasui music (well that + loving his instrumentation), I always like his individual chords. it's the way he moves between them or his melodic style that's more hit-or-miss for me. In this case it's not super offensive to me but it doesn't invite me in that much either. I think the overall feel of this is too "fun" for my tastes or something, that's really all that's holding me back, this only does the "yasui predictable chord tropes" I don't like a few times. but there's really some interesting unexpected movement that puts this above a lot of yasui stuff for me to counter anything i mildly dislike. 1:00 starts out this really realllly cool chord progression thats like "whoa that's a really cool chord progression" yeah. Overall amounts to like a "yeah that's pretty cool", but it's nowhere near the level I appreciate Massive X or his Network Transmission songs.

Who Am I? is my 59th favorite in the contest! repetitive evil 7/8 time chanting! THATS GOod it feels like if Myst IV Revelation - Main Theme was not as cool. The instrumentation outside of the vocals is pretty cool, many of the prominent instruments are ones i like, mallet percussion and oboes peek through just enough to make me happy. I think a lot of what I feel when I listen to this is that I'd just rather be listening to Myst IV: Revelation - Main Theme, because it's so SO similar to this song except has much more interesting stuff going on in it to me and just has more to it. but I still have lots of fun listening to this one! the 4/4 parts of Who Am I definitely don't excite me as much as the 7/8 bits, but they're also pretty necessary for variety and an overall intriguing flow so I welcome them. When the 7/8 rhythm comes back in at 1:14 it's really effectively dramatic of timing, taking you right back into action after a relative respite prior. Something about BECOME AS GODS repeating chanting that spends a lot of time expressing every single syllable on the exact same chord (monotone but like, not monotone...because it's a chord...you know . .. what i mean BECOME AS GODS) is a really BECOME AS GODS REALLY appealing effect to me. It's really intimidating BECOME AS GODS in sound. I think maybe because it's so unnatural, but is being expressed with the most natural instrument- a voice. People do not usually speak in such rhythmic monotone, and they BECOME AS GODS certainly do not speak in synchronization with other people repeating the same chord every syllable BECOME AS GODS. definitely something i've realized is one of my favorite effects. like i've listened to so much hymnnos and other similar stuff and until BECOME AS GODS recently never really thought about how much i'm attracted to moments that are chanting repeating the same chord every syllable. and certainly never thought about why I like that sound so much. BECOME AS GODS it's because it's a natural 'instrument' doing one of the least natural things, and that in itself gives a really uncanny feeling i realize i specifically love. BECOME AS GODS

Who are you?

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Title is my 124th favorite in the contest! Tim Follin. Like I said on Plok-BITCH i think this song has the typical follin problem of this really "trapped" feeling melodic style, it uses up every "obviously right sounding" note WAAay too fast and has a hard time exploring outside of that range, so then it never has anywhere new to go. theres so many parts where I could really love it but the melody's just sticking to the same few "safe" notes and i'm really unimpressed with it despite how technically impressive this is soundchip-use-wise. That's a lot of the frustration too, this is what I WANT NES music to sound like, I get bored with NES music that's really plain most of the time and this is basically my standard of what i want stuff coming out of this chip to sound like, so I wish I liked the music beneath it too! That said I don't actually dislike the "tonality" of this at all. I love dorian mode! I LOVE DORIAN MODE it is so "celtic jrpg fantasy mus"(fire island volcano). I love QUARTALS and this has the big quartal moments like 1:02-1:09 which is my favorite part of the song!! Also lots of fun tempo changes, style changes, key changes, it's never "boring". I just wish i liked the actual melodic style more, the skeleton of this track is great and the meat SOUNDS COOL and is what I want NES music to sound like, but the actual composition of that meat is unsatisfying in the end.

Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods) is my 41st favorite in the contest! I feel like i've made it clear that i like this specific track before already at this point so this isn't that much of a "ranking topic spoiler" anymore but WAT EVER i like this song a lot! it's a great example of how much nier music has grown on me and definitely one of my favorites from it! I love MONOTONE CHANTING except not "monotone"Because it's a CHORD but it's the same chord on repeat every syllable that sounds so cool ! with weird filter effect! It sounds so cool! the composition of the rest is great too, transposing marcato string quartal chords~! Exactly my favorite tonality here. and the lower choir boy is cool and "epic" too. I love this instrumentation, as i've expressed on other nier tracks, wonderful percussion! really timbrally varied. The aesthetic of the image in this youtube video is very well evoked by the music's style! I went on about this quite a bit last contest and i'll go on about it quite a bit when I get to my topic. but basically yes I love this song and I enjoy it even more every time I hear it!

repetitive chanting winning my vote over a cool chiptune part 2. sorry sergiocornaga i promise chiptunes aren't dead to me i still like them !

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Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients (9th out of 56) / Laguerra del Mundo (39th out of 56). pretty easy choice
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YO-KAI Disco (32nd) vs Who Am I? (130th)
Title (54th) vs Birth of a Wish / Become As Gods (166th)
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients [9th//12th] vs Laguerra del Mundo [29th//46th]

CAT DON'T CALL NECRO BOOTY CAT DON'T CALL NECK YASUI YASUI YASUI YASUI YASUI yasui yasui ya yo-kai disco is HOT. who am i is actually really cool too but once again its out of its league and i cannot vote for it!!! title is one of the few follin songs that I actually DON'T find incredibly, incredibly overrated!! birth of a wish without the annoying vocals would jump like 80 spots but ya'll really insist on this version. yoati still owns, laguerra still not as good as i remember it. nfun dies

Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients > YO-KAI Disco > Title > Who Am I? > Laguerra del Mundo > Birth of a Wish / Become As Gods

YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Easiest day in a while.

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Alone in the Dark - Who Am I?
NieR: Automata - Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Atelier Ayesha - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Laguerra del Mundo

Disco
Title
Opponents


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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients
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YO-KAI Disco
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Toxtricity posted...

Who are you?

Who who, who who.

I'm having a hard time with this match because of the huge similarities with Myst IV Revelation - Main Theme. Might have to sleep on it

YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Laguerra del Mundo

tough toc choice today, atelier ayesha and granado espada both have some good tracks

YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

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Mamorukun Curse! - YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Solstice - Title

Atelier Ayesha - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients
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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Mamorukun Curse! - YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
NieR: Automata - Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Granado Espada - Laguerra del Mundo

Match 1: Oof, rough match. Who am I? always gets the toughest R1 matchups, and I'd choose either of these over the second match's selection.

Match 2: At this point, I sort of feel like nominating Solstice Title is like nominating SMB Ground Theme. Sure, it's cool and all but if anything it's too classic at this point. Still one of the better Tim Follin picks. BECOME AS GODS BECOME AS GODS

ToC: Wow, two very B8 picks here. With how many times these have both been in the VGMC, I never thought I'd see the day where they are retired. Very close match, both 7/10.

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Who Am I?
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

? X
Title one of the most memorable NES themes, but not a genre I'm very big on. 1:50-2:25 of BoaW is really good
Yo Arti might be the one song that's grown on me as much as Exsphere and would challenge it in the quarterfinal

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterday's Opponents Are Today's Ingredients

First match is good, but not close. Second match is close, but not good. ToC match is both! I have absolutely no idea why I hated YOATI so much in the past. Or why I was ready to put down Laguerra del Mundo as my vote even before noticing that its opponent was YOATI. I'm very ADHD, can't remember anything.

Yesterday's Opponents Are Today's Ingredients > Laguerra Del Mundo > YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World) > Who Am I? > Title > Birth of a Wish (Become As Gods)

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
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Match 1 is evil.
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Who Am I?
Title
Laguerra del Mundo

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterday's Opponents Are Today's Ingredients

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man people don't have much faith in me winning the contest :-/

probably rightfully so

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You have Skyrim, right?

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Who Am I?
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World) (7.0) / Who Am I? (7.5)
Title (8.0) / Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods) (7.5)

Tough choice for second match. Solstice Title has so many cool folky (and epic) ideas, but it sounds a bit tinny compared to something like Mega Man. The overall sound of Birth of a Wish is awesome (combination of robots and primitive-ness), and it does some cool things (slow tripletized "Become as Gods" and intense trombone glisses) but is a bit lacking in terms of composition? I think I gotta go with Title, though... it makes me feel SO HAPPY!!!!

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azuarc posted...

You have Skyrim, right?

yeah

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Oh, wow, it looks like azuarc just won the Guru!

(bar rallying)

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

I vote for myself despite that being impossible.

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YO-KAI Disco
Solstice Title
YOATI

YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Laguerra del Mundo

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Who Am I?
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Title
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

Alone in the Dark - Who Am I?
Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos - Title
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

I really want to love BECOME AS GODS BECOME AS GODS but mannn, it's still ringing too hollow for comfort. Still love the way Solstice swings out of nowhere with this gigantic wall of sound and just never lets up from there

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Who Am I?
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Laguerra del Mundo

Snuck my vote in there.

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Mamorukun Curse! - YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
NieR: Automata - Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Atelier Ayesha - Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients

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YO-KAI Disco (Hell's Entrance World)
Birth of a Wish (Become as Gods)
Yesterdays Opponents are Todays Ingredients