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NFUN 02/14/21 4:12:46 PM #101: |
190./151. Undertale - Megalovania
Nominator: Rob 8.3 (8.3/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gOF59r9euo bad time 189./150. Kirby Air Ride - City Trial Nominator: @Johnbobb 8.3 (8.3/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KamjTqi4VjI The music of my childhood. This song never got old in the dozens of hours I played to it as a kid, and I hasn't gotten old for me as I played the game as an adult. You really wouldn't expect a song in this silly game for this silly mode to have much motion as it does, but that's Kirby for you --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PIayer_0 02/14/21 5:43:09 PM #102: |
Good noms Rob
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Johnbobb 02/14/21 5:45:58 PM #103: |
oh I thought I was eliminated already
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NFUN 02/14/21 5:50:58 PM #104: |
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oh I thought I was eliminated already you still have four left --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/15/21 11:26:33 AM #105: |
188./149. Final Fantasy X - Seymour Battle
Nominator: @Akkrillic 8.3 (8.3/0) https://youtu.be/dWE0nlhpdq8 yeah uematsu's pretty cool. never noticed until now the organ in the background of some portions is *almost* doing the Light Illuminating/Get Lucky melody. clang 187./146. Pokmon Black & White, Pokmon Black 2 & White 2 - Decisive Battle! N Nominator: rukir 8.3 (8.3/0) https://youtu.be/O0ajBL15Knk I hereby declare that this is the Seymour Battle of Pokemon. Clang. I like how off this sounds. Like, the horns come in on the second beat of a measure, which is a very simple trick that still works well. I want to say that this is what a zts Pokemon song would sound like, maybe probably mostly because parts are a bit like liberated liberator. Whatever. Cool song --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/15/21 12:23:35 PM #106: |
186./145. FTL - Faster Than Light - Rockmen (Battle)
Nominator: Akkrillic 8.3 (8.3/0) https://youtu.be/N6mmLfaxglo Gonna catch 'em all because he's Danny Phantom. Gonna catch 'em all because he's (Danny Phantom) 174. Atelier Ayesha - Close to the Edge Nominator: @FL81 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R7MJA7dRsE I don't know what this song is doing most of the time but I like it. Ayesha good. People are right that the mixing could be better... luckily, I've proven relatively immune to subpar rock mixing unless it's blatantly awful (#singa) --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/15/21 1:46:06 PM #107: |
174. Kururin Paradise - Neo Land
Nominator: @banshiryuu 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlonUoUfnlk I remember this strangely vividly for a song I don't remember. There's something about this type of song that sticks with me... or maybe they're so inherently nostalgic I mistakenly think I recognize them. That opening is magical. Something I've learned from this project is that I like, let's say "forcefully happy" songs. Not songs like Chant This Charm that try to *force you* to be happy, nor quite songs that are bittersweet... songs that seem to be pushing through its sorrow, forcing a smile that doesn't seem cheap or cheesy, like there's genuine pain being consciously overcome. Deo's "emotional banger" like Azure Sadness is almost, but not quite, this category... it's close enough that I'll use it for the genre. There's a few other songs scattered around that I can't remember that do this kind of thing, so watch out for the genre tag (giving this a genre is basically cheating, since I'm only going to describe songs I like a lot as this) 174. Beatstream AnimTribe - SPACE VILLAGE Nominator: @Prody_Parrot 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_msM6OvazY Odd mix of Nekomata Master and, uh, idk Ryusei (who??). Pretty cool, makes for intriguing "generic rhythm" music --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/15/21 2:46:47 PM #108: |
174. Unreal Tournament - Razorback
Nominator: @Akkrillic 8.4 (7.9/1) https://youtu.be/PLgSo90JhAQ you can't take the razor back you can't take the razor back you can't take the razor back YOU CAN'T TAKE THE RAZORBACK! 174. Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - Dark Palace of Waterfalls Nominator: @PSI_NESS 8.4 (7.9/1) https://youtu.be/Izj8elq1o1Q this is a kiseki dungeon theme. good bass. I love what the piano is doing. I wish to play a game with this as a song --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/16/21 11:44:35 AM #109: |
174. Pokmon Uranium - Battle! Vs. Gym Leader
Nominator: @FL81 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvi7EyNleVA Better than average Pokemon Gym Leader song (a lot of that due to DS instruments), so that's good. That melody at :36 is not what I would've expected from this kind of song, and definitely not its evolution (HA), so kudos to the composer for being imaginative with this potentially formulaic genre. It strictly gets better as it progresses. I think I would've preferred it to remain a bit darker, like how the intro indicates (although at that point I'd probably listen to Black and White's roaming legendary theme). All in all, everything you'd want in a Pokemon fangame song 174. Tetris The Grand Master 3 Terror-Instinct - Level 5 Nominator: Elecmarol 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV8EpFnEhsw Tetris has such an eclectic soundtrack across the different games. Like... what? And the game title? What happened to John Tetris? Did fame drive him mad? last of elecmarol --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/16/21 12:40:16 PM #110: |
174. Tekken 2 - Prototype Jack
Nominator: Muzzleflash 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe1N-XY2S9U I must say, this is an outstanding thumbnail. I got an Ys Complete feel from the beginning. And then bells and sax comes in. very cool song. Kind of muddy at times tho 174. Steins;Gate 0 - Messenger Nominator: @OrangeCrush980 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC2JQlnmkLI I think I slightly prefer the energy of Re-Awake to the odd time of this, and both are inferior to Gate of Steiner (of course, what isn't)? On the other hand, Sci;Adv Takeshi Abo. --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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OrangeCrush980 02/16/21 1:38:34 PM #111: |
I misread the beginning of the topic and thought I was already eliminated, lol. Nice to know that a couple of my songs made it this far, with Gate of Steiner potentially doing some big things.
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NFUN 02/16/21 1:44:01 PM #112: |
ftr, that was referring to the main theme GoS
174. Horizon Zero Dawn - Planned Obsolescence Nominator: @Johnbobb 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8dGQ2Otyg4 Feel both natural and artificial. With some help from vaguely knowing about the game, I suppose that's to reflect that the machines you fight are (at least at this point), a natural feature of the environment, and have been integrated into the ecology. It kind of hovers between "this is really cool" and "i don't care", so any help it can get from unconventional instrumentation and tension building is disproportionally to its favor. Bongos 174. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven - Weather Report Battle Nominator: Muzzleflash 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p0FRbr7i1M --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/16/21 2:52:54 PM #113: |
174. Sonic Unleashed - Boss Battle - Night
Nominator: @Place 8.4 (7.9/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwQhh5u9ZjY like... what? Not at all what I expected. Love those elephant horns. Love the random dissonance. Love how the jungle drums don't make sense at all and yet they're perfect for this. 173./143. Hollow Knight - Greenpath Nominator: @DragonImps 8.4 (8.4/0) https://youtube.com/watch?v=ABXga9y0B3I Obviously a very pretty song. Usually I use "obviously" in these rankings for opinions that I'm sure everybody holds. Here, I'm using it to indicate an opinion everybody *should* have or they're wrong. Aside from that, I watched a friend play this game, and it fits in perfectly with that world and that art style. I need to listen through this soundtrack. I'm certain it's one of those albums that's incredibly cohesive and a great experience to listen through to see how the style evolves and reflects the world and gameplay, capable of telling a story just through the music --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/17/21 12:02:09 PM #114: |
172./141. Ao no Kiseki Evolution - Seize the Truth
Nominator: VGMC Honorees 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxXfJR-6ry0 it probably deserved to win... based off of what i know of vgmc 9 171./140. REFLEC BEAT limelight - Last Hometown Nominator: @JONALEON1 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tZdvYtJ8h4 This is a rhythm game song? Well, it's clearly Nekomata Master, so I guess that answers that question. Kind of middling Nekomata, which is still exceptional --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/17/21 1:48:51 PM #115: |
170./139. OFF - Peper Steak
Nominator: @Johnbobb 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-9xbgTHpLA You used the ingame version so I switched that for your own good. 'This song is so dumb I don't know why I like it. It's simultaneously weirdly upbeat and sinister and weird, so I guess I just think it's interesting. I like the strange horn thing it's go going on, and how it just melts at the end.' 169./138. Undertale - Death by Glamour Nominator: @trdl23 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TgO-tN5wAM Undertale was a weird game, yet I was still completely unprepared when I got to this fight. I was actually flabbergasted. This song wasn't why I came, but it was why I stayed, so to speak. Obviously distinct from the rest of the soundtrack, obviously part of the same soundtrack. I've gotten kind of exhausted on Undertale over the years, so this song having such personality while being separate helped me avoid the repetition fatigue. I don't think I've ever heard orchestral hits be used to carry a melody aside from this --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FL81 02/17/21 2:06:35 PM #116: |
+1 NFUN for correctly spelling Peper Steak
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NFUN 02/17/21 3:10:43 PM #117: |
168./137. Touhou: Subterranean Animism - Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusion
Nominator: Thomas 8.4 (8.4/0) https://youtu.be/Xy_-7OXophY hey it's one of the good touhou songs. Touhou music is very stylized, which is good in that having an identity and soundtrack cohesion is good and it allows ZUN to focus more on composition as he has to worry less about instrumentation and arrangement, but Touhou music is usually so egregiously self-consistent that it's a parody of itself and sounds like the same song. This manages to straddle the line and has its cake while eating it too 167./136. Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal - Vs Legendary Dogs Nominator: @-hotdogturtle-- 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L82J495iWrM Wasn't expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. I thought the GSC soundtracks were mostly misses for me, but now that I think about it, there are quite a few songs I like. Ice Cave, Radio Center and now this. Honestly, I don't even know why I thought that. Probably a combination of it being pushed too hard out of nostalgia and my thinking National Park is overrated. :40 is really good. The Gen 1 battle theme callback into the sudden drama was cool. And after that is really good too. ok this song kind of kicks ass --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/17/21 4:11:13 PM #118: |
166./133. DuckTales: Remastered - Moon Theme
Nominator: @PrinceKaro 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHEifuLCSIY Loses something that the original has. Also gains something the original doesn't have. How much does it gain relative to how much it lost? What, do I look like Archimedes or something? How the hell would I know? I'd need like, a scale, or something. Like, my fingers don't go that high, and I don't have any beans or marbles on me. I'm a professional music critic, not a mathemologist or a scientician. I stay in my lane, so you stay in yours 165./132. Earthbound - Sanctuary Guardian Nominator: @Collen 8.4 (8.4/0) https://youtu.be/TKvjEQXKeec There are two Earthbound songs better than this. There are two Earthbound songs worse than this. This is middle of the pack as far as Earthbound songs go. This is the third best Earthbound song --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FL81 02/17/21 9:02:51 PM #119: |
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168./137. Touhou: Subterranean Animism - Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusiontwo of my all time favorite VGM musics in one post also the legendary gerbils' theme is only in Crystal --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/18/21 12:50:40 PM #120: |
164./131. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Bramble Blast
Nominator: Akkrillic 8.4 (8.4/0) https://youtu.be/G3rnyqI7dFc Suck it deo 163./130. Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock - Bohemian Rhapsody Nominator: @Mega_Mana 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/18/21 1:44:34 PM #121: |
162./128. The Alliance Alive - Ignition
Nominator: Scholteheim 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEkppaI3LFM You tried nominating songs that I hadn't heard before. You have miscalculated here twice. The first, Hamauzu is my boy. The second, I *know* kaonashi k, and he definitely tries to make Hamauzu everybody else's boy as well 161./127. LSD Dream Emulator - TV River Nominator: Collen 8.4 (8.4/0) https://youtu.be/tk3xJOS-rKo syeah. My Sato songs need to have some groove. This grooves --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/18/21 3:38:56 PM #122: |
160./125. Emperor: Battle for Dune - Victory Is Inevitable
Nominator: @PSI_NESS 8.4 (8.4/0) https://youtu.be/PlUU2U-Sn_g Emperor Battle for Dune is such a funny soundtrack. Each faction gets their own stylized themes, and just about everybody agrees that the Harkonnen's is by far the best. Occasionally you'll see somebody who likes another team and it's a shocking aberration, like having Strepitoso Fight be your favorite Trails battle theme 159./124. Digital: A Love Story - Paper Dolls Nominator: @scarletspeed7 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V60rMJQ1MA8 Some songs are hard to grasp. There's plenty of music Mycro or Haste love that many people just won't "get", even with very detailed explanations about all of the weird unique things the songs are doing. Collen and Place and Cako can be plagued by this, and, on another side, Superb's taste can suffer this too. People looked askance at Super Nice Dog's very basic VGMC nominations, and some people only like major consonant 4/4 pop ballads that I'd be driven insane by, and they in turn wouldn't understand why I like half the stuff I do. Tastes are varied, of course, but more fundamentally, tastes are varied such that it can be difficult to even emphasize with the taste of other people. They'll hear a song, scoff at it, ask not even "why?" somebody likes it but "how?" they could, and fail to get over the barrier separating us from one another to Connect. My point is as follows: I don't have anything to say about this song besides "like it or not, you'll be able to understand why somebody would" --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/18/21 4:50:36 PM #123: |
158./123. Mega Man 2 - Dr. Wily's Castle
Nominator: @Se7enThrust 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJRoRt155mA One of the first things I did when I discovered VGMC was to check if this song was retired. It's a legend for a reason, though I've cooled off a bit. Three years ago it'd be one of my favorite VGM, when I was young and ignorant 157./120. Baldr Force - Face of Fact Nominator: @azuarc 8.4 (8.4/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhMNgHiHKFY I think I've technically heard this before (in a list) but I have no recollection of it. Solid and fairly generic. Probably the ceiling for standard weebshit. The echoes after 2:30 are good. It always cracks me up how 1:50 honestly just sounds like babbling, especially the second line. I am convinced the singer forgot the lyrics and just made something up. Speaking of which, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVUktqE6fU --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Haste_2 02/19/21 12:15:59 AM #124: |
I've never heard the remastered Moon theme. I like it! ...Wait a minute, I "liked" that video sometime in the past! What a terrible memory I have!
Hamauzu is my boy, too, but I haven't listened to nearly enough of his stuff, shame on me. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/19/21 1:24:35 PM #125: |
156./200. Das Geheimnis der Happy Hippo-Insel - Area 5
Nominator: Collen 8.5 (8/1) https://youtu.be/nVnxHrqibT0 heh. insel 155./198. Daffy Duck in Hollywood - Options ~ Game Over Nominator: @rwlh 8.5 (8/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEMZBiSYY70 AHHHHHHHHHHH 1:40 MAKES ME THINK OF THE GOBLIN DANCE NOOOOOOOOOOOO! NO! The [apparent?] slowdown at the beginning is nice. It does a lot of neat stuff but I'm not sure how much I actually am into it. I'm just on the precipice of falling in love with it... the beginning in particular is really nice. This is something I totally understand people loving, even if I don't... okay I fell in love with it a bit more --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/19/21 2:20:40 PM #126: |
154./197. Demon Gaze - The Dark SOL
Nominator: @Direkrow 8.5 (8/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz-tE5fvVNU The Dark Shit Outta Luck. This is gusty. The vocaloid is fine. I think by now you can recognize the trend of how vocaloids do: if they're used like actual singers and aren't obnoxious, I don't really mind them. When they're the defining feature is when it's problematic. Of course, I'd prefer an *actual* singer, but it is what it is. The rest of the song is strong enough to carry. It goes on a bit too long, which is balanced by the moderate variety the song has tag yourself i'm eyepatch girl 153./195. Summer Carnival 92: Recca - Hyde (Stage 2, Area 6) Nominator: @rwlh 8.5 (8/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8rp2sTZaAA I didn't even realize you'd nommed this when it was used in the Generations survival list. This has a good sense of urgency mixed with tension. I think it's almost entirely those low orchestral hit things that make the song... maybe. Things feel "off" somehow, and I'm grasping at those to explain it. Perhaps even without those I'd still get the same sensation. Like, is this in a weird mode or use a lot of diminished intervals or something? --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/19/21 3:28:11 PM #127: |
152./193. GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 - over there
Nominator: @JONALEON1 8.5 (8/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkzS6BUNNr8 This is extremely measured. Even the parts where it gets faster and more upbeat and chaotic it still feels almost restrained and directed. It's quite good, though something about it isn't quite my thing 151./191. Freedom Planet - Relic Maze 2 Nominator: @PrinceKaro 8.5 (8/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNzil8NuY4 Freedom Planet is good sometimes --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/19/21 4:30:16 PM #128: |
150./189. BlazBlue: Central Fiction - Stand Unrivaled
Nominator: @Direkrow 8.5 (8/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZBw-9VFIjg What is this, Ayesha? You can't blend flutes and guitars like that! It's definitely Blazblue music. A lot of the percussion (and syncopation?) it has interesting, and helps it stand out from the pack. Not so much the instrumentation, just how it's used 149./119. Minecraft - Danny Nominator: @RyoCaliente 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SznnVAnkv3c Minecraft music might be the absolute perfect relaxant invented by man --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/20/21 11:32:15 AM #129: |
148./117. Unlimited SaGa - Battle Theme I
Nominator: @Zyxyz0 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTj4n0L9Uh0 "This is a good'un. The bass feels good, and the violin adds some excitement to the fairly calm song without overdoing it. It sticks to the basics and everything just sounds nice together." 147./113. White Knight Chronicles 2 - The Battlefield Flower (Violin) Nominator: @azuarc 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP2oz6fSczM Deserved to retire --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/20/21 12:28:54 PM #130: |
146./112. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Snowman
Nominator: @PrinceKaro 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Md2ODg-0M It manages to match the original, which is very impressive. One of those great Brawl remixes I never appreciated until long after I stopped playing the game. Haunting and dreamy. Too bad it got absolutely demolished by Isoleucine 145./110. Last Ninja 2 - Central Park Nominator: @rwlh 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R6u3HHBqlI Not *quite* as bonkers as Monty on the Run, but this has still been a favorite of mine for quite some time RIP Karo --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 02/20/21 2:00:12 PM #131: |
It's interesting looking back on this and reflecting on what I'd give you if you asked me today vs. what I gave you when nominations first went up. My focus was primarily on covering a wide base of acclaimed retro songs (I asked what you didn't know a lot of and I tried to play to that). Would I still give you Central Park, or Hyde? They're acclaimed chiptunes, but I've cooled on them significantly. I'd probably give you Parallax instead of Central Park.
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Toxtricity 02/20/21 2:10:07 PM #132: |
yeah i'd definitely have given very different things today from in the past too, a lot better understanding of nfun's taste now than back then
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NFUN 02/20/21 2:51:12 PM #133: |
rwlh posted...
I'd probably give you Parallax instead of Central Park. this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8LEA23R-Nc --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/20/21 2:51:38 PM #134: |
144./109. 11eyes - Lunatic Tears
Nominator: @dowolf 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw7Z2TTJqn8 I was looking forward to this because I know Tatsh has a few songs that I like, but it isn't very similar to the others. Half of this sounds like generic DDR music and the other Gusty. That isn't a bad combination, though it could use a stronger identity. In related news, apparently said DDR game (Supernova) actually has Xepher in it. I wish I knew that when I used to play it with my friend This is a different upload because the original died. Why is the thumbnail Touhou? I know Lunatic Eyes is the name of a Touhou song and if you're crosseyed you might think that that is the song name, but the uploader should really know better 143./108. Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll Nominator: rukir 8.5 (8.5/0) https://youtu.be/4Ruqn1Lnexs Mario. --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 02/20/21 3:06:04 PM #135: |
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NFUN 02/20/21 6:08:56 PM #136: |
142./107. Bloodborne - "LUDWIG" have the Holy Blade
Nominator: @trdl23 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RzA_Oomra8 Peak Bloodborne music. Haunted house music elevated to its highest potential. Not much to say beyond that. It's just probably the best music in this style is gonna get 141./104. Terraria Calamity Mod - 1NF3S+@+!0N Nominator: pyromide 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17IZjvr5c1I CRAB IS GONE --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/20/21 6:24:19 PM #137: |
rwlh posted...
Wow, that was exhausting. Obviously it gets a 1 for Deserved (probably deserves it more than 99% of songs nominated). How much I like it.... I have no idea. Just considering the main portion of the song (2:30-~9), it's so dense. This probably only has like four channels but it's doing so much all the time, and what it's doing in particular, the atmosphere, is very draining too. I think I'd need to listen to this ten more times to get a firm opinion on how I feel. Somewhere between 7.2-8.7, probably --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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rwlh 02/20/21 10:36:08 PM #138: |
I love sharing Parallax Title for reactions like yours, which mostly boil down to "this is unlike anything I've ever heard and I may or may not love it and I also may or may not be dead inside." Certainly worth listening to at least once.
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sergiocornaga 02/21/21 5:25:43 AM #139: |
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This probably only has like four channelsThree! You can look at them here (next time you feel capable of listening to this song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JScqpJ3XWw ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/21/21 12:32:05 PM #140: |
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NFUN 02/21/21 12:39:58 PM #141: |
140./103. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald - Cave of Origin/Meteor Falls
Nominator: @Dragon66116 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3GrO6kxJCw One of the RSE songs I completely forgot about until I relistened to the soundtrack. This, Dive and Mt. Pyre are the holy trinity of area themes I completely forgot about and now adore (to, varying degrees, in fairness). This one has a good atmosphere of mystical majesty and tension. I still think it's the coolest shit how Pokemon cries are mixed into the music in-game. In completely unrelated news, it's a shame that 7GamerMinutes rebranded away from the Godot avi 139./102. Plok - Catching Fleas Nominator: Akkrillic 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snd_g2IsUpo Follin does it again. While reranking songs and not looking at the scores, this came up at the end of what was clearly the "6.x" section. I was *very* concerned about the taste of my past self until I realized it was the first of the tier above it. In fairness, it should've been the tier above *that* --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/21/21 2:05:24 PM #142: |
138./101. Guitar Hero III - Through the Fire and Flames
Nominator: MargaretAnnMid 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15JCb6P60Vw ON A COLD WINTER MORNING IN THE TIME BEFORE THE LIGHT IN FLAMES OF DEATH'S ETERNAL REIGN WE RIDE TOWARDS THE FIGHT! I think I'm very strange in that I got into this song far more when I was an adult than when I was a kid playing this game. I have a very fond memory of drunkenly belting this song with my friends as karaoke while swinging around my disconnected GH controller. Slightly related, I love how the comment section is mostly from this year and yet reads like they're from 2008 when this video was uploaded. I guess something about this song just brings out the child in us I cannot believe you didn't know the name of this song (you called it 'Through the Fire and the Flames' smh) 137./99. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana - Sunshine Coastline Nominator: VGMC Honorees 8.5 (8.5/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNgph1g422Q My friend commented that this song is pretty good but not outstanding when I showed it to him. I think I agree, and it falls under Dire's theory of VGMC Mediocrity, where the winner is more likely to be a song that doesn't strongly repel many people as opposed to one that inspires. Of course, this song *does* inspire many people. I'm not quite sure why. It *is* quite good, but not a song that'd stand out to me as something I *needed* to nom or support. It has strong "third best song in its game" energy. At the very least, I regret voting for this over Hidra wowow a top 100 personal song O_o --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/21/21 5:24:27 PM #143: |
136./187. Paper Mario: Color Splash - A Boy and his Ludship, Ludwig Battle
Nominator: @DragonImps 8.6 (8.1/1) https://youtube.com/watch?v=_baG-z0WNrE Paper Mario music. Cute trumpet, cute percussion, cute voice things. IMO, it spends all of its effort trying to be cute and having character over doing song things I like. So it goes 135./184. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Lone Trooper Nominator: @PSI_NESS 8.6 (8.1/1) https://youtu.be/v0toUGs93No I can't really say why I like this. A lot of the individual instruments are good, but that's not the whole. Would you be annoyed if I just said I like it because it's good? --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FL81 02/21/21 6:33:11 PM #144: |
Both Ludwigs out within 10 spots of each other
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cakophon 02/21/21 6:38:14 PM #145: |
NFUN posted...
Some songs are hard to grasp. There's plenty of music Mycro or Haste love that many people just won't "get", even with very detailed explanations about all of the weird unique things the songs are doing. Collen and Place and Cako can be plagued by this, and, on another side, Superb's taste can suffer this too. People looked askance at Super Nice Dog's very basic VGMC nominations, and some people only like major consonant 4/4 pop ballads that I'd be driven insane by, and they in turn wouldn't understand why I like half the stuff I do. Tastes are varied, of course, but more fundamentally, tastes are varied such that it can be difficult to even emphasize with the taste of other people. They'll hear a song, scoff at it, ask not even "why?" somebody likes it but "how?" they could, and fail to get over the barrier separating us from one another to Connect. My point is as follows: I don't have anything to say about this song besides "like it or not, you'll be able to understand why somebody would"maybe this is what we all should take away from this topic --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/21/21 6:47:34 PM #146: |
134./182. Panzer Dragoon Zwei - Ruins
Nominator: Scholteheim 8.6 (8.1/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VESzdVBIqhc YOU TAKE A DRAGON TO FLIGHT SCHOOL - HE TAKES YOU TO BATTLE SCHOOL. 10/10 cover quote. Like, what? I can't even tell what emotion that it's trying to convey. Inspiration? Whimsy? Excitement? Dread? The song sounds like you're at flight school, flying through a forest or something. I dig the instrument set, and the subtle weirdness. The atmosphere is incredible. However, it doesn't quite create a strong enough atmosphere, or have a chill enough vibe, or powerful enough emotions, to carry it higher without a better melody, regardless of how much I want to 133./180. Yakuza 6 - Dirty Boy Nominator: Rufus 8.6 (8.1/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLrAMcurWwg SEGA sound team is something else, innit? You tried 3 times to get the composer for this Rufus, and yet you still failed --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/22/21 11:55:47 AM #147: |
132./179. Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen - Sub-Space 2 BGM
Nominator: @MycroProcessor 8.6 (8.1/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzqQkSaR5K8 One of the best Genesis songs I've heard. I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe it's how it seems on the verge of having a nervous breakdown? During the beginning, I totally see it crying in a corner, struggling to hold itself together 131./177. Cave Story 3D - Gestation (3DS) Nominator: rukir 8.6 (8.1/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-lnr-L4Nzg I really dig the mood this song sets. I was apprehensive at first; soon I found myself lost in the song, which is especially impressive considering what I was distracting myself with. The fact that it managed to wrest my attention away from this image is very notable. [Psychotherapist's note: huh? why the fuck didn't i link the image in this writeup? I'm going to take a wild shot in the dark and guess somebody had just posted this https://i.imgur.com/2JONO35.jpg] --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/22/21 1:05:18 PM #148: |
130./175. Pinball Fantasies - steelchambers2
Nominator: @rwlh 8.6 (8.1/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLAScOKONaw Hey I was listening to this on an Amiga playlist shortly before I first go to this. There were so many good Pinball songs... and weirdly many Amiga pinball games. This really goes, doesn't it, with lots of samples squeezed in unexpected places. Those cheesy trumpets are great 129./174. Persona Q - Footsteps of Time Nominator: pyromide 8.6 (8.1/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHZgt-KiiAs Starts out like a stereotypical VN song, and thankfully doesn't stay that way for long. You can tell that this is a Persona song by a few little touches here an there, reminiscent of the better songs of the franches. Something about the occasional bells and piano melody. Pretty much every aspect of it I like a fair amount as a whole rip pyro --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/22/21 2:19:38 PM #149: |
128./173. Akatsuki Blitzkampf - God-like Person
Nominator: @banshiryuu 8.6 (8.1/1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rPrbbkK4fc Oh, afterhours memories. I like when the sax just goes bonkers. That's cool. Nice bass. Don't got much to say 127./171. MOTHER 3 - Master Porky's Theme Nominator: rukir 8.6 (8.1/1) https://youtu.be/FThxlFdZqHo Imagine if this is what Arceus's theme ended up being --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 02/22/21 3:10:54 PM #150: |
126./94. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Final Destination
Nominator: @Dragon66116 8.6 (8.6/0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFonVZCN_r4 speaking of extremely nostalgic songs (take note other raters: in general, the songs you rated adjacently temporally will not show up in other score-wise)... this. Jesus Christ, maybe I'm getting old in years, because this is really hitting me. I have games I liked more from back then, games I played more back then, but Smash is beloved by each generation for a reason. There's really something special about being a kid and playing this game with your friends. And fuck, I loved the story and spent a lot of time in stage builder, so it's like cheating how this plays on the main motif that I heard so often. I haven't listened to this in ages either. In retrospect, this was probably my second favorite VGM after Legendary Air Ride Machine (and *maybe* Big Blue) as a kid, so fuck it, a biased, too-high score you get. Oh, the song itself? It's good, obviously, and nothing I'd say here isn't obvious and hasn't been said a million times already Audi famaaaaaaaaaaaam illius..... 125./92. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky - Fortune Ravine Nominator: @DragonImps 8.6 (8.6/0) https://youtube.com/watch?v=3DdXpvykQjw PMD music so good. Unfortunately, this is far from a favorite of this soundtrack. Still good enough to save! Just lower tier amongst the high tier of songs. The violin at the beginning is still one of the best instruments in the soundtrack. Makes me forget that this is a DS soundtrack DOUBLE DRAGON --- Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination ... Copied to Clipboard!
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