Board 8 > FL81 Ranks 140 Songs (Ranking Phase)

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FL81
08/22/20 12:49:05 AM
#152:


#53 Hamilton - Satisfied
Rating: 7.1/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @TheArkOfTurus (3/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3774VI3cT5M

More music from a musical I haven't seen, and without any context as to what's going on! (It's about being unfaithful in a relationship??) I'm giving this one a good placement because I love how dynamic it is with mixing up the singing and vocal styles. From a purely musical standpoint, this is really catchy!

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PIayer_0
08/22/20 8:50:41 AM
#153:


It's your responsibility to listen to the whole album so you know the context!

This was the song (and animatic https://youtu.be/LqfccNC5oAI) that got me into Hamilton, still one of my favourites

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FL81
08/27/20 12:19:49 PM
#154:


#52 An American Tail - Main Title
Rating: 7.1/10
Have I heard this before?: No (?)
Nominator: @Haste_2 (2/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZZUmIj70_Y

This movie seems very familiar, and it's probably one that I've seen as a very young child and just don't remember anything from. There's something really pretty about late 20th century animated film soundtracks that I feel has gotten lost with the newer films (it's more "pop" sounding). Much the same could be said about this one as the other orchestral/movie soundtracks, but the instrumentation is really nice (at the beginning I felt this was going to be another "gondolier song" ;>_>)

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Toxtricity
09/02/20 6:07:50 PM
#155:


fl's ranking did not get purged
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Haste_2
09/02/20 11:41:09 PM
#156:


FL81 posted...
There's something really pretty about late 20th century animated film soundtracks that I feel has gotten lost with the newer films (it's more "pop" sounding).

That film was probably the first USA cartoon in existence to have a good soundtrack (1986)... the time window for good music for such movies was short.

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FL81
09/02/20 11:41:59 PM
#157:


Haste_2 posted...
That film was probably the first USA cartoon in existence to have a good soundtrack (1986)... the time window for good music for such movies was short.
Are we not counting the classic Disney films?

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Haste_2
09/03/20 12:03:55 AM
#158:


There are none that I'm aware of until Little Mermaid in 1989.

Outside of Disney, oh, yeah, there's Peanuts! Very high tier music there.

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Place
09/03/20 1:24:54 AM
#159:


Would argue there's plenty of strong music in Western (or US specifically, I guess) animation before that time. I'll throw some down:

Wizards (1977)
https://youtu.be/ICAEtUVu1JA
Watership Down (1978)
https://youtu.be/IuyhUVxv-rA
The Brave Little Toaster (1978)
https://youtu.be/Km5BbAFfPVQ
Heavy Metal (1981)
https://youtu.be/stzE87JbOao
The Secret of N.I.M.H. (1982)
https://youtu.be/ALF1DnfuBVU
Oliver and Company (1988)
https://youtu.be/LaD7Hk-C8XQ

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FL81
09/09/20 7:15:20 PM
#160:


#51 Children of Nova - The Complexity of Light
Rating: 7.1/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @NBIceman (3/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJB2jqToa2E

Cool album cover! Interesting uhh whatever genre this is (prog rock with a '70s psychedelic rock feel to it, but also modern rock influences). Some parts I feel that this goes a bit too heavy on the echo effect, but there are also a lot of really good parts and they keep mixing it up keeping the song fresh. I enjoy the calmer parts of this song the most!

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FL81
09/15/20 5:41:51 PM
#161:


#50 Vision Soft Reset - Dual Rewind
Rating: 7.1/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @GameBopAdv (3/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A6JRuhqlGQ

Abrasive FM synth is something I've taken a liking to within the last few years and the intro here is giving me vibes of Xeno Crisis - Boss that got nominated for my last ranking topic and placed in the top 10! Both of these manage to pack in a bunch of ideas within their short durations. The brief part at 00:16 reminds me of Super Meat Boy/Binding of Isaac music with its synth lead. Overall pretty cool.

Oh, and with that we are in the TOP 50

Thoughts? Predictions? complaints about how slow this is going? >_>

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SuperbVEVO
09/15/20 7:32:00 PM
#162:


Grrr more posts

Just kidding I'm still enjoying reading these
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FL81
09/19/20 2:56:56 AM
#163:


superb you jinxed it

#49 Ian Anderson - Pigeon Flying over Berlin Zoo
Rating: 7.1/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @SuperbVEVO (3/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZnH4rWxFOg

What I really like about this one is how different it sounds from anything else I've heard. It kinda sounds like progressive "soft" rock if that's a thing (oh no is this the PROG ROCK BLOCK??). There's a lot of cool variety in all of the instruments used here. But yeah, the rating being the same as the last few songs doesn't really reflect this, but I feel like this is another point where the songs take a real upward spike in quality!! also BIRD SONG (hi Dire)

#48 Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings - Decretum
Rating: 7.2/10
Have I heard this before?: Yes
Nominator: @NowItsAngeTime (1/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDjPE9mkIo

Whenever I think to myself "huh what anime has the best soundtrack ever?" my mind instantly jumps to Madoka Magica (and also Clannad). Sayaka's theme is one of those songs where I'm always hearing something else somewhere else that sounds a lot like it (hi anime medieval tavern music), then I am reminded of it, so from its soundtrack it has always in particular stuck out for that dumb little reason. Anyways, movie version of this is more somber and has dramatic vocals fitting for the big screen. I think I like the original more, but this is going for a different feeling altogether so I like it too!

and we have our first elimination in the top 50


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paulg235
09/19/20 2:59:35 AM
#164:


What is even still alive?

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FL81
09/19/20 3:10:37 AM
#165:


paulg235 posted...
What is even still alive?
I missed the last milestone, but I'll do a Top 40 list when I get to that part of the ranking. It's been the better part of a year (whoops) since this started, so I imagine a good chunk of the people here even forgot what they nominated.

Also, I feel it prudent to mention at this point that there's someone who nominated for this project who still has all five of their songs in!

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azuarc
09/19/20 8:42:17 AM
#166:


FL81 posted...
Oh, and with that we are in the TOP 50

Thoughts? Predictions? complaints about how slow this is going? >_>

Updated list?

edit: nm

Looks like I still have Last of the Wilds, Silence Must Be Heard, and Where Eagles Have Been. Those seem like such atypical nominations for me. I must've thought you'd like them.

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FL81
09/21/20 3:31:23 AM
#167:


#47 Rotteen - Ignorant to the Void
Rating: 7.2/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @DireKrow (3/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slze868xkPI

Hi Dire for real this time! Suggestive furry art aside, this is actually a good song! Seven and a half minutes long, and this takes advantage of all the time it has, mixing in a bunch of different electronic music styles. I LOVE the dark psytrance intro and the high speed uplifting melodic trance in the middle that makes up the bulk of the song (Umineko soundtrack -> Sora soundtrack basically lol, two of my favorite game OSTs). I feel the quality kinda tapers off in the last two minutes where it sounds like hard electro Owl City (not a dig against Owl City btw), but as a whole this is very good.

#46 Mitose Noriko - Party of Seven Witches
Rating: 7.2/10
Have I heard this before?: Yes
Nominator: @NFUN (3/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOt4zCnGFsE

FUN FACT this song is actually VGMC-legal! So Noriko Mitose is one of my favorite vocalists EVER, in fact two of my three favorite VGMC champions were sung by her and one of my own perennial VGMC nominations is also by her. It's no small feat to have been responsible for three of my 10/10 VGM songs! (I love Noriko Mitose!!!) The Party of Seven Witches sadly doesn't have that epic WORLD IS ENDING chanting that those others have, but this still kicks ass and has a really catchy and danceable beat. Sounds more like something from a big cinematic anime (why am I thinking of Madoka again) rather than the VN it's from that I've never heard of outside of the context of this song. But yeah, it's cool, good song!

I think I could've probably gotten away with ranking these two a little higher looking back

why is NFUN blocked from the message boards

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Bane_Of_Despair
09/21/20 3:42:14 AM
#168:


he posted that he was 12 years old

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Janus5k
09/21/20 4:01:40 AM
#169:


$nfun

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FL81
09/21/20 4:28:30 AM
#170:


#45 Platina Jazz - Sobakasu
Rating: 7.3/10
Have I heard this before?: Yes, but not this version
Nominator: @Raka_Putra (1/5)

Rurouni Kenshin (or Samurai X as it is known outside of Japan and the US) is one of those anime shows that played on Toonami back when I was a kid, and while I saw bits and pieces of the show and really enjoyed it, I never actually sat and watched it all the way through. And given that the manga author has turned out to not be such an outstanding citizen, it's kinda soured my motivation to do so. The theme song was always a hit, and I'm glad to see it got a full on jazz ensemble playing it! I feel you could play just about anything as jazz and it'll work! Not much else to say other than I really like this classic style of jazz.

#44 ARMS - VS Hedlok (Grand Prix)
Rating: 7.3/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @paulg235 (2/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhWlFEx3ETQ

ARMS is a new Nintendo IP that I know basically nothing about, so it's nice to see some of its music introduced for my ranking. I actually don't even know if this specific song is in SSBU with the Min-Min DLC, I should really check. Anyways pretty standard rock intro, but its high ranking is based on (and I know this is a dumb reason) that really cool guitar solo that reminds me of some very specific Korean MMO songs that I'd nominate from time-to-time in VGMC, watch it not get any traction, then promptly forget they ever existed. Kinda short, but it at least has one really good thing going for it.

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FL81
09/22/20 3:49:11 AM
#171:


#43 Blade Ballet - Bitbop
Rating: 7.3/10
Have I heard this before?: No (not before nominations)
Nominator: @GameBopAdv (2/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDLaXLrV5Zg

Hey, I can finally talk about this song now! (Even though VGMC is already long over!!) This has a bunch of techno instruments/drums/breaks and all this stuff to make me think this is TECHNO but it's actually just a cleverly disguised jazz jam! This song is very representative in the recent shift in taste on B8 these last couple years. More so that it's probably my favorite example anyways. This is another one of those very short songs that feels a lot longer with all the stuff going on in it. Lots of really "proggy" sections but it never dwells too long on them, was glad to see this in VGMC!

#42 TimmyTurnersGrandDad - Labyrinth V - The Fallen Capital of Shinjuku - Etrian Odyssey
Rating: 7.3/10
Have I heard this before?: ????
Nominator: @banshiryuu (1/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL-_ZToncfA

Oh hey, it's TimmyTurnersGrandDad, a bait and switch mashup VGM artist just like SiIvaGunner. Okay so I know I've heard this somewhere before and it's killing me that I can't put a finger on where (no I'm not gonna cheat and look at the YT comments). Ah I give up, I don't get the joke. Anyways EO music is good (good enough to place #1 in my last topic!) even if it's "fake" remixed EO music, and this one is done well enough to where it sounds like it actually came from the game.

woop another elimination before the top 40

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FL81
09/22/20 4:15:36 AM
#172:


#41 Phantasy Star Online 2 - Seashore Probe ~ Wopai (Battle)
Rating: 7.4/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @Place (2/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoq33Ou8oZQ

oh wow two Yuzo Koshiro songs in a row, this was completely by accident

Lame jokes aside, this sounds like a song that was originally going to be used for a very long track in an arcade racing game, but somewhere down the line that idea got scrapped and they didn't want to waste a perfectly good song so they just slapped it in here instead. Contrasting with Bitbop, for as long as this song is, it feels like I've already gotten the main gist of this within two minutes, and the rest is just extras. Still, definitely a fan of this style.

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FL81
09/22/20 4:42:41 AM
#173:


And without further ado, here are the Top 40 ranked songs, in alphabetical order by nominator! I'm just posting the titles, since I don't wanna break the page with an ocean of links that I'll just be posting myself again later (check the OP). Congratulations to everyone who has made it this far!

azuarc:
Enigma - Silence Must Be Heard
Nightwish - Last of the Wilds
Wolfmother - Where Eagles Have Been

Bane_Of_Despair:
Two Steps From Hell - Blackheart

DireKrow:
Makai Toshi Niigata - Ukiyo-e Yokochou
Kobaryo - The Lightning Sword

GameBopAdv:
Chaotrope - Jagged Journey

handsomeboy2012:
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Haste_2:
The Ninja Warriors - Daddy Mulk

Janus5k:
Galneryus - Raise My Sword
Gloryhammer - Rise of the Chaos Wizards
Pathfinder - When the Sunrise Breaks the Darkness
Symphony X - Inferno (Unleash the Fire)

NBIceman:
Blue yster Cult - Astronomy
Diablo Swing Orchestra - A Tap Dancer's Dilemma

NFUN:
Thousand Memories - Ten Saints
Zyon - Altersist

paulg235:
Kazsin - Hadou (Long Prologue Ver.)

PIayer_0:
Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home
Lost Odyssey - Howl of the Departed/Roar of the Departed Souls
Made in Abyss - Tomorrow
Ronald McDonald - U.N. Owen Was Her?
Zombieland Saga - Atsuku Nare

Place:
Perfect Blue - Uchida's Theme

Prody Parrot:
2gou. - BV-Hurricane (smyk Remix)
Chroma - Dark Sheep

pyresword:
Noragami - Noratan

rwlh:
Annie Gosfield - The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory (Part Two)
Charles Mingus - Moanin
Deltron 3030 - Mastermind

Snake5555555555:
Theatres Des Vampires - Figlio della Luna

SuperbVEVO:
Camel - Lost and Found
Crusader: No Regret - The Traveler (Remix)

TheArkOfTurus:
Caligula's Horse - Marigold
Thank You Scientist - Life of Vermin

Toxtricity:
Cryptovolans - parralelogram
Yuzo Koshiro - 4operators

UF8:
Danmaku Shimai ~La soeur de barrage~ - Rolling Rose
RAY-KUDRYAVKA musiX - Last Resort

xarlable:
Project Cerebus - L L ~ Infinite Beating ver ~

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handsomeboy2012
09/22/20 4:48:02 AM
#174:


That's a lot of songs ranked this past week
And someone has 5 left still

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Janus5k
09/22/20 4:57:18 AM
#175:


darn you discord user "haha oh no"

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NFUN
09/22/20 11:45:41 AM
#176:


FL81 posted...
oh wow two Yuzo Koshiro songs in a row, this was completely by accident
this is a bad joke because you could make it essentially anywhere in the rankings and have it make equal sense

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FL81
09/22/20 4:26:59 PM
#177:


NFUN posted...
this is a bad joke because you could make it essentially anywhere in the rankings and have it make equal sense
underrated clever post

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PIayer_0
09/22/20 7:08:11 PM
#178:


oh ya go my zombie girls

FL81 posted...
Whenever I think to myself "huh what anime has the best soundtrack ever?" my mind instantly jumps to Madoka Magica (and also Clannad).
I hope the omission of Made in Abyss here was due to list spoilers...

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FL81
09/22/20 7:29:36 PM
#179:


PIayer_0 posted...
oh ya go my zombie girls

I hope the omission of Made in Abyss here was due to list spoilers...
the omission was due to honestly I just forgot

but WE SHALL SEE where it ranks

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09/23/20 6:43:54 PM
#180:


i like how my two remaining songs were the two songs i gave the genre "FL81" to in my rankings

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FL81
09/23/20 7:31:40 PM
#181:


#40 2gou. - BV-Hurricane (smyk Remix)
Rating: 7.4/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @Prody_Parrot (2/4)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0YTUouu6Qc

Oh hey, another long song. I brought this up in the Discord chat when I first started this ranking topic, but THIS TOTALLY SOUNDS LIKE SONIC MANIA!! I've probably brought this up in the past, but Sonic Mania is my favorite Sonic OST! (This is actually not from Sonic Mania.) This has that combination of classic Sonic FM synth with modern electronic dance beats. Happy, dancey, bouncy beat, very fun song!

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Haste_2
09/23/20 8:02:27 PM
#182:


Place posted...
Heavy Metal (1981)
https://youtu.be/stzE87JbOao

Late, but didn't listen to this one until yesterday. This is a keeper!

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FL81
09/23/20 8:12:36 PM
#183:


#39 Kazsin - Hadou (Long Prologue Ver.)
Rating: 7.5/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @paulg235 (1/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AJATtlkZ34

Judging by the thumbnail and YouTube comments, this is the intro theme for a pro wrestler? I've never really been into wrestling myself, but "Wrestling theme music" is one of those underexplored genres that never really gets talked about. Oddly enough, this kinda sounds like climactic "anime fight" music. Orchestral + electric guitars is a pretty safe combo for my tastes, but what really sells this home is the cheesy sound effects added on top lol.

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09/23/20 8:32:04 PM
#184:


#38 Annie Gosfield - The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory (Part Two)
Rating: 7.5/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @rwlh (3/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNwWRoNMcAc

Oh hi rwlh, it has been quite a while since one of your songs has popped up, hasn't it? What's great about this one is how absolutely bonkers crazy it is. It doesn't even sound like "music"! (in a good way) All these out-of-the-norm sounds being used for music are giving me B.T. Dutch flashbacks. And to tell you the truth, I haven't the slightest clue how any of this is being done. Uniqueness can carry a song pretty far in my rankings, and it's always nice to hear something you'd never really expect to hear. Very "industrial"!

#37 Deltron 3030 - Mastermind
Rating: 7.5/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: rwlh (2/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf9OAFML_Eg

Oh hi rwlh again. This is one of the coolest hip-hop songs I've ever heard. Catchy beat and these sci-fi themed lyrics are cheesy as all hell and I love it for that. Cool sample midway through the song, then it hops right back into the smooth flow.

Very surprised by how much I liked these last two discoveries!

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09/27/20 1:10:20 AM
#185:


#36 Blue yster Cult - Astronomy
Rating: 7.5/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @NBIceman (2/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0t_wb0lUW0

Oh hey it's Blue yster Cult, haven't heard this specific song before, but the couple others I have heard I've really liked. (On an another note, what the hell Metallica did a cover of this song?) Anyways, I love this style of classic rock, and it's giving me strong Deep Purple - Child In Time vibes (one of my favorite songs ever). Like, outside of all the power metal you guys know me for (;>_>), this is the kind of stuff I usually listen to. This is something I certainly should've heard before, but somehow didn't.

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SuperbVEVO
09/27/20 6:32:41 PM
#186:


Late but I'm glad you like Pigeon Flying over Berlin Zoo, strongly urge you to check out more Ian Anderson stuff he's great
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FL81
10/03/20 1:31:15 AM
#187:


#35 Wolfmother - Where Eagles Have Been
Rating: 7.5/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @azuarc (3/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1UHzrbQFq4

More classic rock! I actually had to look this up because I couldn't tell if this was released in the '70s or '80s it was released in 2005 >_>. Okay, but really this has that authentic old school hard rock glam rock vibe that I love! Sick guitar solo too, can see this in a Guitar Hero game.

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azuarc
10/03/20 1:45:31 AM
#188:


FL81 posted...
I couldn't tell if this was released in the '70s or '80s it was released in 2005 >_>

lawl. It's a shame the group broke up after one album.

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FL81
10/11/20 7:53:38 PM
#189:


bump

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SuperbVEVO
10/12/20 10:49:50 PM
#190:


Uh oh am I next
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FL81
10/16/20 3:51:34 AM
#191:


#34 Zyon - Altersist
Rating: 7.6/10
Have I heard htis before?: No
Nominator: @NFUN (2/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYapRBbZ5iY

I don't know how melodic trance became so much associated with my tastes, I mean I've mentioned liking it a lot in the past, but there's other stuff too ;>_>. Of course, I say that while this managed to place very high, so maybe y'all are onto something here! This strongly reminds me of actually a lot of things! This isn't exactly the most unique or innovative style of music. Every once in a while something like this gets nominated for VGMC, I end up really liking it, then it gets forgotten the next year (justice for Diadra Empty - Nebula). This could probably be half the length and it wouldn't change my opinion of it in any way, but it's a good song and the kind of thing I'd find myself voting for in every VGMC match until it loses!

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10/16/20 11:43:11 AM
#192:


thanks jona

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SuperbVEVO
10/19/20 8:30:29 PM
#193:


Oh shit we already up to the 7.6s huh
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FL81
10/26/20 12:55:52 AM
#194:


#33 Two Steps From Hell - Blackheart
Rating: 7.6/10
Have I heard this before?: Maybe
Nominator: @Bane_Of_Despair (1/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbttZVTSJRU

I have this one as a Maybe I've heard this before because it's Two Steps From Hell, and being honest here, a lot of their stuff has the same sound. For being a group that composes stock movie trailer music, I actually like their work quite a lot! They're definitely the best when it comes to this very specific style of music, and it is one of my favorite styles, despite how corny it must seem to others listening to movie trailer music. Kinda wish this one got to the fun parts sooner, but the payoff is worth it. Cool cinematic orchestra music!

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10/30/20 2:53:14 AM
#195:


#32 Chroma - Dark Sheep
Rating: 7.7/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @Prody_Parrot (1/4)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYCbm469Zq0

The intro to this (first 24 seconds) reminds me of the boss theme from Cave Story, one of those games I started and enjoyed but never got around to finishing. Then the rest of the song reminds me of Dynamix - Nanohemu, yet another one of those one-off VGMC songs I really loved then just seemingly vanished off of the face of the earth . It has that same dark chiptune sound, making due with more "naturally occuring" chiptune sounds and less of that weird "hum" that new indie retraux has a lot of, but still adding in EDM beats lol (if that makes any sense). Definitely a distinct style of using chiptunes, and one that I enjoy.

#31 -
Rating: 7.7/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @handsomeboy2012 (1/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7B39htJHGA

Let me start this writeup by pointing out the one glaring negative of this, and that's that it doesn't have a really cheesy but still cool in its own way video like the other Hong Kong rock songs nominated by handsomeboy2012. Anyways, this is super '80s giving me nostalgia vibes of a time and place I've never even experienced, but hey it's cool. Legit cruising music here, you gotta love that synth.
STAY AWAY LET ME BE LET ME CRY

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10/30/20 4:42:43 AM
#196:


I think there was a video but it's just a bunch of clips with the singers standing around doing nothing, so you aren't missing much.

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10/31/20 1:10:43 AM
#197:


#30 Caligula's Horse - Marigold
Rating: 7.7/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @TheArkOfTurus (2/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C5qnG0GLfI

OKAY so this one I've actually had a very hard time finding a place to rank this. I actually had this as rank #34 not too long ago, but decided it was too low (yes even though I said I wouldn't be altering placements anymore), and I'm still not too sure I have this placed high enough. It's a very catchy tune that I keep finding myself coming back to (even moreso than stuff I have placed higher). THIS IS A VERY COMPETITIVE TIER anyways cool prog rock song and I love the intro especially. This is a really new and refreshing style of music I'd love to hear more of! Despite being nearly 7 minutes long, this actually feels really short somehow.

#29 Noragami - Noratan
Rating: 7.8/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @pyresword (1/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=230NWoF-vS4

I have seen hundreds of anime and am quite familiar with anime soundtracks, but I've never actually watched Noragami (wow with this and Aria maybe I really haven't seen all that many shows ;>_>). This song is absolutely bonkers, gotta love when I'm watching a show and some crazy song out of left field just starts playing (I do not know the context behind this). I have weird tastes, but this is actually cool as hell lol

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10/31/20 1:31:01 PM
#198:


FL81 posted...
Despite being nearly 7 minutes long, this actually feels really short somehow.

Now I kinda wish I had nominated Graves instead.

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11/08/20 12:51:38 PM
#199:


#28 Yuzo Koshiro - 4operators
Rating: 7.8/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @Toxtricity (2/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdOFYW0pbp8

Yuzo Koshiro again! My last topic's winning song was composed by him! I've been over this before, but Yuzo Koshiro is my favorite VGM composer of all time, primarily for how diverse his portfolio of works is and how he can basically make music in any style and make it sound great! Definitely a lot of his "signature" style in this too, hearing a lot of Streets of Rage and Etrian Odyssey in this one, but also with a very "'70s prog rock" feel to it too. Man there's just something cool about that FM synth organ


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11/08/20 12:54:02 PM
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oh wow i'm glad you hadn't already heard that before. i just kinda assumed you had with how much you praise yuzo koshiro all the time but picked it anyway because it seemed musically/timbrally too perfect to the overlapping areas of our tastes to not
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11/16/20 11:28:26 PM
#201:


#27 Cryptovolans - parralelogram
Rating: 7.8/10
Have I heard this before?: No
Nominator: @Toxtricity (1/5)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4dOZ34DvvM

SO, I was meaning to post this one in the same post as the last one for comedic timing, have a double strike and eliminate someone with two songs left in one post, but I got sidetracked (more importantly, there is A LOT to break down in this song, lots of stuff going on here!)

This song, more than being just one contiguous song, feels like a bunch of very distinct sub-sections all being connected together, so let's go through each piece. Okay so starting out, we have another MIDI tracker song here, already reminding me of those FCFF songs from VGMC (thanks for putting these together Mycro!!) First minute has a bit of a slow start with not much to talk about here, before adding in a cool prog rock organ.

What I really want to talk about here though is that little melody at 1:38. The section with the super cheesy electric guitar and drums, sounds like something from The Lion King or some other '90s Disney VHS tape lmao. I feel like I am being musically TROLLED by this (not ragging on it or anything, but it is the most memorable part of the entire song)

Next let's throw in some jazzy riffs on the electric guitar and rock organ, then start playing Dream Theater - The Dark Eternal Night on the MIDI xylophone for good measure, and of course what kind of song would this be if we didn't immediately follow it up with the Old School RuneScape MIDI flute. Rest of this song is more prog rock stuff that is too deep for my musically inept mind, but the sheer number of instruments is appealing (with special preference towards the usage of synth pads and orchestra hits)

very cool

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