Board 8 > VGMC11 day 24: FCDH vs Ghost Lead, Ernst vs Scraper Sky High, TB: Verum/Ruriair

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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:

Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYks_mK1Sfc

Touhou 13: Ten Desires - Ghost Lead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1JD2NoTIiQ


Match 2:

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim - Ernst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnX-bjA_KE0

Under Night In-Birth - Scraper Sky High (Hyde's Theme)

azuarc posted...

Best Gust track in bracket A?

Fateful Confrontation

tell me more
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Scraper Sky High (Hyde's Theme)
Ruriair

Scraper > Ernst > Haze > Ghost

I never wanna hear anyone complain about RFTM being repetitive again.
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ernst
Verum

An otherwise incredible day blemished by a bad Touhou.
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Ruriair

Will listen to the tracks for today's matches soon, but tiebreaker.
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Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim - Ernst
Lamento: Beyond the Void - Denshou no Shi -Verum-
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ernst
Denshou no Shi -Verum-
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th3l3fty posted...

azuarc posted...

Best Gust track in bracket A?

Fateful Confrontation

tell me more

Well, you see, I made this poll, and I went really fast, and realized there were gonna be more than 10, so I didn't think too hard about it. I just grabbed names off the shelf...and it's been well-established by now that I sometimes put Falcom and/or Fire Emblem in the wrong category. Really, anything starting with F. And considering the title of this track also started with F, it was basically a sure thing.

Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ernst
Ruriair
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Ghost Lead
Scraper Sky High (Hyde's Theme)
Ruriair
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Scraper Sky High

For a few seconds, I was wondering if I'd gotten my tracks crossed--that opening to FCDH sounded awfully Touhou! Then it turned into a typical...Tales of (X) track, except considerably better. To be honest, I didn't even have to relisten to Ghost Lead to know I wouldn't be voting for it; the more recent Touhou games haven't had great soundtracks anyway, and FCDH could handle even some of the more peak Touhou tracks. This wasn't as close as I thought it would be.

And to be honest, that means that I probably could've voted before I was free to listen, because Ernst is painful to listen to and Scraper Sky High is incredible.

Ruriair is pretty good, but not great. Still better than Denshou no Shi.

Scraper Sky High > Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze > Ruriair > Ghost Lead > Denshou no Shi -Verum- > Ernst

Two great songs, one good song, one inoffensive song, one bad song, and one horrendous song.
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Scraper Sky High (Hyde's Theme)
Denshou no Shi ~ Verum

This is a really strong day. Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze is excellent, I also really like Denshou no Shi, and Scraper Sky High is pretty cool. Also not a very difficult day at all.
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Scraper Sky High (Hyde's Theme)
Denshou no Shi -Verum-
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Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim - Ernst
Lamento: Beyond the Void - Denshou no Shi -Verum-
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ernst
Ruriair
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how in the world did you manage to make excess crayon's name more complicated than it already is?
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Ghost Lead
Ernst
Denshou no Shi -Verum-

Ernst makes me wish I was listening to Moon Over the Castle. I treat that as a pretty good thing, actually. Also, I still very nearly took Sky Scraper High over it. Second match easily best today.

Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ernst
Ruriair

Y'know, all the best Gust tracks are either from Atelier or Mana Khemia I've noticed (and some from Ar Tonelico even). Good stuff here. And then we have Ghost Lead. As one of B8's Touhou crew, I don't know why this one was even nominated, it's seriously in the bottom 10% of Touhou tracks.

Great second match, I do feel really bad having to vote against one of these (good chance I'd pick either of these two over FCDH even)! Ernst takes this, but barely.

The most fascinating thing about the Umineko soundtrack is how consistently good it is, despite being worked on by several different composers. Even the not quite top tier tracks like the one today are remarkably solid for VGM. Like, with most soundtracks you may have 2 or 3 tracks that really stand out, but for Umineko it's pretty much every track.
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Scraper Sky High (Hyde's Theme)
Denshou no Shi -Verum-
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ernst
Denshou no Shi -Verum-
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Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim - Ernst
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 6 - Ruriair

azuarc posted...

Best Gust track in bracket A?
Mystic Core
Fateful Confrontation

yo azuarc with the gaming news of the day right here

(hint: there are 6 gust songs in bracket b for the next poll)
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Betcha I can find more.

FCDH
Scraper Sky High
Denshou no Shi ~Verum~
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My favorite Gust song in Bracket B is The Best Is Yet To Come
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azuarc posted...

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Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Under Night In-Birth - Scraper Sky High (Hyde's Theme)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 6 - Ruriair
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
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Ruriair

i listened to both songs in the second match like 3 times and they're like the exact same unremarkable not bad not good song. makes Tsunami and Mycro make even less sense today than they usually do.
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Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim - Ernst
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru 6 - Ruriair
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Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze
Scraper Sky High (Hyde's Theme)
Denshou no Shi -Verum-
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Last chance.
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he lied.

your last chance is actually now.
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wait 10 p.m. start MADNESS!
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Pointing out that Ed's advance votes were for:
Flying Clouds, Distant Haze
Scraper Sky High
Verum

Also GG me for never posting my own vote. I probably would have voted the same as Ed, curiously. Fortunately, it doesn't change anything.