Board 8 > Final Fantasy Music Contest FFMC R2D2 Ft Sunleth Waterscape v Decisive Battle VI

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r2d2 joke

Today we've got the battle of the VIII remixes, and we'll find out if Sunleth's R1 showing was a fluke or not.

Full bracket (we're currently in the 'Upper' section): https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=475177
Results & Discussion Topic: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/79743704

Rules:
-You may vote for one track in each match.
-You do not have to vote in every match, and you do not have to vote all at once.
-Please make your votes clear.
-Please familiarise yourself with both of the tracks in a match before voting.
-You can vote based on any metric you wish, as long as it is about the music.
-The matches will last 24 hours from the posting of this topic.
-The track with more votes in each match moves on, the other is eliminated.
-If a match is tied after 24 hours, that match will remain open until one more new vote is cast.
-No alts, no rallying, no trading votes, no deleting posts.
-Please do not provide any updates to the scores.
-Have fun!

Match 1:

(16) Force Your Way (FFRK Version) (Record Keeper)
Original game: Final Fantasy VIII
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged by Masaya Tsunemoto
Victories over: Zanarkand Ruins (26-18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ1VNj3Uf3c
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(9) The Extreme (XIV: Shadowbringers)
Original game: Final Fantasy VIII
Composed by Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged by Daiki Ishikawa
Victories over: APOCALYPSIS NOCTIS (32-12)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBtiofvRfFM

Match 2:

(12) Unseen Abyss (XIII-2)
Composed by Mitsuto Suzuki & Naoshi Mizuta
Arranged by Mitsuto Suzuki
Victories over: Save the World (23-20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKmZ7Uw76qI
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(4) Kuon - Memories of Waves and Light (AKA Eternity) (X-2)
Composed & Arranged by Noriko Matsueda & Takahito Eguchi
Victories over: A Contest of Aeons (28-16)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ee_Ez6tFk

Match 3:

(3) The Sunleth Waterscape (XIII)
Composed & Arranged by Masashi Hamauzu
Lyrics & Vocals by Frances Maya
Translated by Phillip Dale Bright & Tom Slattery
Victories over: The Beginning of the End RK (30-8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwY-sVJi8dI
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(6) The Decisive Battle (VI)
Composed & Arranged by Nobuo Uematsu
Victories over: Divine Love (28-10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXOzwiJZjGg

Match 4:

(7) Opening - Bombing Mission (VII)
Composed & Arranged by Nobuo Uematsu
Victories over: Final Battle (29-10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMqTOz5lHoQ
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(15) The Legendary Beast (VIII)
Composed & Arranged by Nobuo Uematsu
Victories over: The Thunder Plains (25-13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ocqH6hocU

You can listen to all of today's tracks together here (9-16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ1VNj3Uf3c&list=PLFj0gJtesYY-5Z7R-sDRyPxLaf5SQytcl&index=9

Easy vote form (Delete as appropriate):
Force Your Way RK / The Extreme XIV
Unseen Abyss / Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape / The Decisive Battle VI
Bombing Mission / The Legendary Beast

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FF14 Extreme
Unseen Abyss
FF6 Deceisive Battle
FF7 Bombing Mission

Maybe Tyro Is Not a Lion

The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission
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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Decisive Battle VI
The Legendary Beast

The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

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Force Your Way RK
Unseen Abyss
The Decisive Battle VI
Bombing Mission

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Decisive Battle VI
The Legendary Beast

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
The Legendary Beast

wtf match 3 lol

(9) The Extreme (XIV: Shadowbringers)
(12) Unseen Abyss (XIII-2)
(3) The Sunleth Waterscape (XIII)
(7) Opening - Bombing Mission (VII)

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Force Your Way RK
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

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(9) The Extreme (XIV: Shadowbringers)
(4) Kuon - Memories of Waves and Light (AKA Eternity) (X-2)
(3) The Sunleth Waterscape (XIII)
(7) Opening - Bombing Mission (VII)
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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Decisive Battle VI
Bombing Mission

rk fyw really is in a harsh bracket corner, i'm unlikely to vote for it at any point before r5 (unless it gets tlb somehow) and i still like it. anyway i'm glad xiv extreme didn't just die horribly r1 due to being only roughly on par with og extreme, even with its performance i don't know how much i like its chances here on out. hope it keeps going though
evil match
sunleth isn't strictly my favourite example of the motif it uses (and honestly 13's ost is so stacked i can say it usually only scrapes by around the middle of all (regular) ff13 tracks) but i've definitely been down on it during this contest specifically which is unfortunate. not to imply that decisive is weak or anything just that i expected this to be a little closer. sad
easy match

I vote for R2D2

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Decisive Battle VI
Bombing Mission

The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Decisive Battle VI
Bombing Mission

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Force Your Way RK
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission
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Force Your Way RK
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

I had a really hard time deciding match 3; both great songs

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Force Your Way RK
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
The Legendary Beast

I love Final Fantasy VIII music

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I am thankful for Final Fantasy Music

The Extreme XIV
Kuon
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The Legendary Beast

Will come back to decide match 3 later, I love both of those tracks and can't pick between them agh.

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Decisive Battle VI
The Legendary Beast

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(9) The Extreme (XIV: Shadowbringers)
(12) Unseen Abyss (XIII-2)
(6) The Decisive Battle (VI)
(7) Opening - Bombing Mission (VII)
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Unseen Abyss
The Sunleth Waterscape
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Extreme
Unseen
Decisive
omg i dont care

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The Extreme XIV
Unseen Abyss
The Sunleth Waterscape, to my surprise
Bombing Mission

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The Extreme XIV
Unseen Abyss
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission
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The Extreme XIV
Unseen Abyss
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

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The Sunleth Waterscape

please forgive me, ffvi

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Decisive Battle VI
Bombing Mission

I don't have any strong preference on the XIV version of The Extreme vs. the original. It's such a faithful arrangement that they're basically the same song to me.

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(16) Force Your Way (FFRK Version) (Record Keeper)
(4) Kuon - Memories of Waves and Light (AKA Eternity) (X-2)
(6) The Decisive Battle (VI)
(7) Opening - Bombing Mission (VII)

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

dowolf can't log on to gamefaqs right now because he only has phone access for the time being and uses a password manager on PC, so they asked someone to mail in their votes:

Force Your Way RK
Eternity
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon - Memories of Waves and Light
The Decisive Battle VI
Bombing Mission

The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission
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One hour!

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
The Legendary Beast

Force Your Way RK
Kuon
The Decisive Battle VI
Bombing Mission

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The Extreme XIV
Unseen Abyss
The Sunleth Waterscape
The Legendary Beast

Some great songs and tough matches today.

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The Extreme XIV
Kuon
The Sunleth Waterscape
Bombing Mission

what the fuck is up with the first match lol

thanksgiving day made me forget about this for a hot minute. i thought it was like two hours earlier than it actually is.