Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 74! BreathFrest/ParaBellum, HomeSwtHome/Spirit of Mtn, MADLAST/MoveMe

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banshiryuu
08/10/22 10:00:01 PM
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WILL and WANT Bracket The explosion - ClaDun (the C4 explodes)










Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 16, an annual celebration of the best of the best video game music according to the voters!

Important Links:
Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=475935
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80027411
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xxfgkmGKvEyWfHvNZ53Kbn
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a given match, at least through the loop time provided (to make sure you don't skip before you've heard the whole thing!)
- Please consider the loop point listed when judging the song; if a video loops one minute 5 times, don't treat it as if it's a repetitive 5 minute song
- If it's a match between your favorite song ever and a song you despise, still LISTEN TO BOTH! Votes can and will be disqualified if there is suspicion songs are not being listened to, and you may be discounted for the rest of the contest for repeat offenses.
- No alt accounts, no rallying or begging, etc., etc.... You only get one vote! Swapping votes is alright, just make clear that you've already made a vote and are swapping.
- Make clear what your voting options are! Please keep votes separate from any comments, and use the titles given in the topic post.
- Voting in all matches is not mandatory, feel free to skip matches you do not wish to vote in.
- Vote based on the links provided, and not other sources of audio. Links are specifically chosen for best quality and the like.
- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes. Likewise, please refrain from looking at the running tally before voting.

Voting Period:
- Today's matches will last 24 hours from the time of posting, or 24 hours from 10pm Eastern, whichever is the later time.
- Please note this may mean that two topics will be active at the same time!
- If you anticipate being unable to vote in a given day, please send an absentee vote to @banshiryuu, or post your absentee vote i
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Hbthebattle
08/10/22 10:01:40 PM
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Breath of ForRATS
The SpiRAT of the Mountain
MAD RAT WORLD

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/2/8/AAceriAADjQM.jpg

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Aakadarrr
08/10/22 10:04:40 PM
#3:


Para Bellum
Home Sweet Home
MAD LAST WORLD
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tgs2
08/10/22 10:04:48 PM
#4:


Para Bellum
Spirit of the Mountain
Mad Last World

I think this is the first time in its two year history that I am actually voting against BoF. Para Bellum is too good.
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kamakazikila
08/10/22 10:08:15 PM
#6:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
Move Me

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Puff Stuff
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DeadTaffer
08/10/22 10:08:43 PM
#7:


Para Bellum
Home Sweet Home
Move Me
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PIayer_0
08/10/22 10:09:17 PM
#8:


Breath of Forest
The Spirit of the Mountain
Move Me

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-Abraham Lincoln
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Janus5k
08/10/22 10:32:46 PM
#9:


Breath of Forest (#5)
Home Sweet Home
MAD LAST WORLD (#9)

Para Bellum and Move Me are both pretty good, but rat

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Zigzagoon
08/10/22 10:44:32 PM
#10:


Breath of Forest
Mad Last World

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~Silver_Ermine~
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9r5hhXQbJ1rbct63o1_500.gif
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HBJDubs
08/10/22 10:48:25 PM
#11:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
Move Me

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Save in the name of true love
~Project 1000~
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DireKrow
08/10/22 10:56:13 PM
#12:


Breath of Forest
The Spirit of the Mountain
MAD LAST WORLD
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Akkrillic
08/10/22 11:10:31 PM
#13:


Para Bellum
Home Sweet Home
Move Me

I will beat Mad Rat Dead within an inch of its life

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moons
08/10/22 11:21:42 PM
#14:


Mad Rat Dead - Breath of Forest
Beyond Good and Evil - Home Sweet Home
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 - Move Me

the streak has been broken
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TeamRocketElite
08/10/22 11:29:31 PM
#15:


Mad Rat Dead - Breath of Forest
Alto's Adventure: The Spirit of the Mountain - The Spirit of the Mountain
Mad Rat Dead - MAD LAST WORLD

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My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
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Isquen
08/11/22 12:07:08 AM
#16:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
MAD LAST WORLD

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[Rock and Stone]
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HidekuniHorita
08/11/22 12:52:36 AM
#17:


Para Bellum
The Spirit of the Mountain
Move Me

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Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
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HasteDeux
08/11/22 12:56:43 AM
#18:


Breath of Forest
The Spirit of the Mountain
MAD LAST WORLD

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"Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?"
"Well, you drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."
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MargaretAnnMid
08/11/22 1:36:40 AM
#19:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
MAD LAST WORLD
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UF8
08/11/22 2:47:18 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/8/AARWb-AADjSs.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/9/AARWb-AADjSt.png https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/0/AARWb-AADjSu.jpg

i would've done an fanart showcase but i eventually had to concede it just wasn't viable for most of these (especially not heartland). i did find some mrd art including forest stage fanart at least (i flipped on the first match after a while...) but still

not to steal rwlh's genre niche but it's surprising none of these songs had genres suggested after where they play since all of them are in named areas or stages here besides mad last world. not that the current ones are bad at all (i see now that alto's is like the exact opposite of what it's used for ingame lmao but still)

by the way here's the art i would've used had i not flipped on match 1
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/3/AARWb-AADjSx.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/4/AARWb-AADjSy.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/5/AARWb-AADjSz.jpg
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KCF0107
08/11/22 3:00:34 AM
#21:


Para
Spirit
Move

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Arti
08/11/22 5:28:51 AM
#22:


Mad Rat Dead - Breath of Forest
Alto's Adventure: The Spirit of the Mountain - The Spirit of the Mountain
Mad Rat Dead - MAD LAST WORLD

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andylt
08/11/22 5:57:14 AM
#23:


Para Bellum
The Spirit of the Mountain
MAD LAST WORLD

Match 1 is solid.

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Sceptilesolar
08/11/22 6:10:16 AM
#24:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
MAD LAST WORLD

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Just killing time until the world ends.
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Fivda
08/11/22 6:18:29 AM
#25:


Mad Rat Dead - Breath of Forest
Beyond Good and Evil - Home Sweet Home
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 - Move Me
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Pixelisak
08/11/22 6:54:22 AM
#26:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
Move Me
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tennisboy213
08/11/22 7:02:11 AM
#27:


Breath of Forest
The Spirit of the Mountain
Move Me

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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MoonRunes
08/11/22 7:40:14 AM
#28:


Para Bellum
The Spirit of the Mountain
Move Me
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Mihark
08/11/22 8:02:14 AM
#29:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
MAD LAST WORLD
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Prody_Parrot
08/11/22 8:06:02 AM
#30:


Breath of Forest
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rwlh
08/11/22 8:10:35 AM
#31:


Mad Rat Dead - Breath of Forest
ROTATING RAT

Heartland - Para Bellum
WAD BULLETS

Beyond Good and Evil - Home Sweet Home
NIETZSCHE AT PEACE

Alto's Adventure: The Spirit of the Mountain - The Spirit of the Mountain
INSPIRATIONAL HIKE

Mad Rat Dead - MAD LAST WORLD
HEART OF THE RAT

R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 - Move Me
MOVIN' TO THE BEAT

Easy vote form:
abstain
Home Sweet Home
Move Me
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Raetsel_Lapin
08/11/22 8:15:40 AM
#32:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
Move Me

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I'm not who you think I am
And even if I thought you'd known, I never would have told you so
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th3l3fty
08/11/22 8:20:12 AM
#33:


Heartland - Para Bellum
Alto's Adventure: The Spirit of the Mountain - The Spirit of the Mountain
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 - Move Me

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thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
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xx521xx
08/11/22 11:07:27 AM
#34:


Breath of Forest
The Spirit of the Mountain
MAD LAST WORLD

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Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
xx521xx
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DanKirby
08/11/22 12:12:32 PM
#35:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
abstain

Abstaining in match 3 because I couldn't listen to MAD LAST WORLD. (the video's still missing from the playlist and I couldn't find a substitute)

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"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
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Hbthebattle
08/11/22 12:13:19 PM
#36:


DanKirby posted...
Abstaining in match 3 because I couldn't listen to MAD LAST WORLD. (the video's still missing from the playlist and I couldn't find a substitute)
there's a substitute in the first post of this thread

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sergiocornaga
08/11/22 12:44:25 PM
#37:


Para Bellum
The Spirit of the Mountain
Move Me
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DanKirby
08/11/22 12:45:47 PM
#38:


Hbthebattle posted...
there's a substitute in the first post of this thread
Ah. I do my listening away from the computer, so I've just been relying on the playlist. (and now I can see why the sub didn't come up in my search)

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"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
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FL81
08/11/22 12:46:11 PM
#39:


Heartland - Para Bellum
Alto's Adventure: The Spirit of the Mountain - The Spirit of the Mountain
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 - Move Me

good match 1 & 3

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Thanks to Proofpyros for the sig images
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Collen
08/11/22 1:02:17 PM
#40:


Para Bellum
The Spirit of the Mountain
Move Me

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But there's a hole in my head and that's where I see and hear and dream through
Seems like that leaks out and I forget all the wonderful things escape me now
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DoctorJimmy133
08/11/22 1:21:06 PM
#41:


Breath
Spirit
Me

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Disillusion
08/11/22 2:02:30 PM
#42:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
Move Me

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Breath of Forest [9.4]
Para Bellum [7.8]

Home Sweet Home [8.8]
The Spirit of the Mountain [8.4]

MAD LAST WORLD [8.7]
Move Me [9.4]

Para Bellum still feels a little rough to me, but relistening to it made me remember why I didn't rank it any lower than I did. Still much prefer the Rat, but pretty decent song as is.

I'm sorry Todd Baker, but I need you to get off the stage on this one. (I'm still with you for Lost City, though...)

If the rat could race, I'd go for it in a heartbeat, otherwise I'm going full on D&B on this one.
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Prince46
08/11/22 2:14:16 PM
#43:


Breath of Forest
The Spirit of the Mountain
MAD LAST WORLD

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MacArrowny
08/11/22 2:27:15 PM
#44:


Breath of Forest
The Spirit of the Mountain
MAD LAST WORLD

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All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
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MaxGalactica
08/11/22 3:16:02 PM
#45:


Breath of Forest is decent, but the lack of a good melody detracts from it. Para Bellum has neither a good melody nor good instrumentation. So Breath of Forest gets the clear advantage here.

Home Sweet Home is really nice, as is The Spirit of the Mountain. I think Alto has a better base and overall instrumentation though. Home Sweet Home is also somewhat repetitive. Very good match though, and by far the best match of the day.

MAD LAST WORLD is significantly less interesting than Breath of Forest. The piano's the best part, but the rest is just all over the place and the saxes are way too bright. Move Me has the issue of being extremely repetitive and uninteresting until the outro. Actually a fairly close match, but I think I'll lean towards MAD LAST WORLD here.

Match 1 and 3 aren't great, but at least match 2 is here to make the day tolerable. Also can't believe I'm voting for the Rat twice today.

Votes:
Breath of Forest
The Spirit of the Mountain
MAD LAST WORLD

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-Abraham Lincoln
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Korji
08/11/22 4:04:14 PM
#46:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
Move Me
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-hotdogturtle--
08/11/22 4:10:46 PM
#47:


Para Bellum
The Spirit of the Mountain
Move Me

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Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
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dowolf
08/11/22 4:46:42 PM
#48:


Breath of the Forest
Spirit of the Mountain
mad last world

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PabloSmith
08/11/22 4:47:02 PM
#49:


Para Bellum
Home Sweet Home
Move Me

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We schlitty
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TheArkOfTurus
08/11/22 4:47:42 PM
#50:


Para Bellum
The Spirit of the Mountain
MAD LAST WORLD

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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
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OrangeCrush980
08/11/22 4:59:55 PM
#51:


Breath of Forest
Home Sweet Home
MAD LAST WORLD

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"I came back from space, and as I returned, I had one vision... the world set ablaze!" - Yuri Gagarin, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
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