Board 8 > [VGMC] d65: Frey's Philosophy vs Moonstruck Blossom, Kaine/Salvation vs Giratina

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azuarc
06/02/20 9:58:05 PM
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Will/want: A3










Welcome to today's topic for Video Game Music Contest 14, a tournament of the best tracks from games, as decided upon by you, the voters.

Links:
Contest info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VNrPnFRI7nJ4PqFiURBW0NWqxvXiuasoq8Sn_O169ss/edit#gid=320804650
Bracket - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=473292
Discussion and results thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78714595
Bracket playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1REnVI_W6yELaDP6Zac8b0Wq
ToC playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9O9mntH1RE-TQMj19D0k5nm-0zeH12J
VGMC compability sheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lpX4faqnn_geI0y4i6MrZ2AXpV6SWXoWrIA6_eyx-yM/edit

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 your vote is not based on a fair and impartial preference, it will 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 isnt up by then. (Matches do not begin until at least 10:00 EDT.)
- 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!

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Match 1

Lanota - Frey's Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0STnOQeA37E

Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
https://youtu.be/iGGVWGJ0ZiM

Match 2

Nier - Kaine ~ Salvation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDKam_hmGM

Pokemon Platinum - Battle! Giratina
http://backloggery.com/articuno2001/sig.gif
azuarc may not know the strength of songs in VGMC, but he conquered the guru in Game of the Decade 2! Congrats!
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NFUN
06/02/20 10:04:31 PM
#3:


Frey's Philosophy
Battle Giratina
EXSPHERE

vote canceled

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Hbthebattle
06/02/20 10:05:04 PM
#4:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Skyclad Observer
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banshiryuu
06/02/20 10:11:39 PM
#5:


Frey's Philosophy (60th//86th) vs Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection (37th//53rd)
Kain / Salvation (66th//100th) vs Battle! Giratina (12th//16th)
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; [1st//2nd] vs Skyclad Observer [6th//13th]
(96th//192nd) [16th//56th]

rude matches, love every song here. kaine is probably my least favorite and that's still like something that i listen to alot lmfao, actually i think i underrated it a lot as well and i would probably vote it over frey's but giratina..... maaaaaan how the FUCK is giratina so good
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NFUN
06/02/20 10:19:23 PM
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banshiryuu posted...
Frey's Philosophy (60th//86th) vs Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection (37th//53rd)
even after changing the title people still fuck up somehow smh

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Team Rocket Elite
06/02/20 10:26:00 PM
#7:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Nier - Kaine ~ Salvation
Steins;Gate - Skyclad Observer
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xp1337
06/02/20 10:29:08 PM
#8:


Lanota - Frey's Philosophy
Nier - Kaine ~ Salvation
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Match 1 is mean until you look at the ToC match where that should be illegal.

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UF8
06/02/20 10:32:50 PM
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Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Skyclad Observer

oh right i probably need to get around to filling out my toc favourites bracket lol. got a bit slack thanks to the erratic scheduling

also yeah seconding most of the deo remarks. probably would regard frey's at the bottom no matter what but yeah good songs, giratina's insane
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Mac Arrowny
06/02/20 10:41:14 PM
#10:


Frey's Philosophy
Kaine ~ Salvation
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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Haste_2
06/02/20 10:41:23 PM
#11:


I was kind of liking the ToC delay, actually.

Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Overall very good music today. EXSPHERE is as amazing as ever.

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Raetsel_Lapin
06/02/20 10:44:04 PM
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Moonstruck Blossom
Kaine ~ Salvation
Skyclad Observer
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Collen
06/02/20 10:52:30 PM
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Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Skyclad Observer

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tgs2
06/02/20 10:52:39 PM
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Neat. My first ever ToC vote and what a hell of a first impression it was.

Frey's Philosophy
Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

NOSURGE a bunch of >'s Giratina = Skyclad Observer > Frey's Philosophy > Moonstruck Blossom > Salvation

... God damn! I at least have to thank EXPAJA/EXEC_Z for getting me used to the weird ass computer language singing before an actually AMAZING song doing it showed up. The way the lyrics are displayed in the video helps too. NOSURGE comes off as this super impactful song and I love it so much, but I fear if I keep replaying it, that it will lose it's oomph and come off super flat in the future. :( I hope that doesn't happen.

I feel so bad for Skyclad Observer as I liked the song as well.
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Janus5k
06/02/20 10:56:02 PM
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Frey's Philosophy
Kaine ~ Salvation
Skyclad Observer

OPEN THE eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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azuarc
06/02/20 11:03:12 PM
#16:


tgs2 posted...
... God damn! I at least have to thank EXPAJA/EXEC_Z for getting me used to the weird ass computer language singing before an actually AMAZING song doing it showed up. The way the lyrics are displayed in the video helps too. NOSURGE comes off as this super impactful song and I love it so much, but I fear if I keep replaying it, that it will lose it's oomph and come off super flat in the future. :( I hope that doesn't happen.

Welcome to last year's champion.

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GameBopAdv
06/02/20 11:03:56 PM
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Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

I don't really care what advances in the first match right now. maybe I might later

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UF8
06/02/20 11:06:56 PM
#18:


azuarc posted...
Welcome to last year's champion.
(and vgmc9's first big blue victim)
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KCF0107
06/02/20 11:07:01 PM
#19:


Moonstruck
Salvation
Observer
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PIayer_0
06/02/20 11:12:45 PM
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Frey's Philosophy
Kaine ~ Salvation

Why must these songs all be together in the group of death :(

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HBJDubs
06/02/20 11:46:18 PM
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Frey's Philosophy
Kaine ~ Salvation
Skyclad Observer

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FL81
06/02/20 11:54:28 PM
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Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Pokmon Platinum - Battle! Giratina
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Exsphere > the other four songs, they're all great and hard to rank > Kaine

first match is a very hard choice

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SuperNiceDog
06/03/20 12:28:13 AM
#23:


Lanota - Frey's Philosophy
Nier - Kaine ~ Salvation
Steins;Gate - Skyclad Observer

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azuarc
06/03/20 12:41:36 AM
#24:


The songs go from best to worst today, with a pronounced gap between 3 and 4, so I'll be voting for the top options.

Frey's Philosophy
Kaine ~ Salvation

edit: Oh, right, there's a TOC match. Class:EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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-hotdogturtle--
06/03/20 12:44:34 AM
#25:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina

Easy day.

What do you mean there's another match?

Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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WavedFan
06/03/20 1:00:32 AM
#26:


Frey's Philosophy
Kaine ~ Salvation
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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TheArkOfTurus
06/03/20 1:26:51 AM
#27:


Frey's Philosophy
Kaine ~ Salvation
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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TsunamiXXVIII
06/03/20 3:13:31 AM
#28:


Frey's Philosophy
Battle! Giratina
Skyclad Observer

Triple Deluxe just doesn't quite "have it". I mean, obviously it's never going to compete with the classics like Gourmet Race and Butter Building (and Fountain of Dreams, itself a remix of Gourmet Race). Frey's philosophy, to borrow a phrase, is the type of thing you feel IN YOUR SOUL!

Though I couldn't quite figure out why I felt that way, until I realized that when I thought I was relistening to it, I was actually listening to Kaine/Salvation. Luckily Pokmon takes it back with a legendary battle theme The chord progressions are wild, and so I can give it that ultimate of compliments: "It sounds more like a Gen V song.

Wall of sound versus wall of instruments. Easy decision.

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Toxtricity
06/03/20 4:50:13 AM
#29:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Kirby : )

I'm realizing more and more that my reaction to completely relentless dissonant weird wacky stuff in the vein of Giratina is...well that my interest is pretty mood-dependent, no matter how associated with that kind of music I may make myself. Though the same is true with stuff in the vein of Kaine honestly...but I am much more in a Kaine mood right now! BUT I'm well aware i would NOrmally be in a much more Giratina mood so i am keeping my vote as that. If this was kaine~escape this would be a much closer match. Still considering changing my vote to kaine. It feels strangely gross to vote for a song I'm enjoying less at this specific moment, but i know it's only because I'm in an obsessive mode of seeking out stuff that puts me in a specific zone right now, Kaine doing a great job at being that. It's really hard for my mind to grasp I guess such a strong change in taste/identity from something that perfectly defines what I used to focus on (giratina) to something I used to act like I hated in style by default (kaine). At this time in my life: I love stuff like kaine on average more than any given random "haha only mycro would like this" weird song. Hard match.

even though I often categorize expshere as being the same "type of song" as giratina, somehow exsphere is a thing I "always like" no matter my mood, maybe just because it's so diverse within the same song and hits a lot of areas I like at once. Always something to catch my interest no matter what I am seeking.
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UF8
06/03/20 5:16:25 AM
#30:


one's opinions are always only what one makes of them

synergy is a lie
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banshiryuu
06/03/20 7:18:39 AM
#31:


NFUN posted...

even after changing the title people still fuck up somehow smh

..... >_> i definitely should have noticed i copy/pasted the wrong cell but holy fuck the irony of this is hilarious

just in case, actually voting for Moonstruck Blossom. christ almighty
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Flamander
06/03/20 9:11:47 AM
#32:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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DoctorJimmy133
06/03/20 10:22:13 AM
#33:


Frey's Philosophy
Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

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xx521xx
06/03/20 11:30:26 AM
#34:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Skyclad Observer
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rwlh
06/03/20 11:48:10 AM
#35:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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PIayer_0
06/03/20 12:38:39 PM
#36:


Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

I really like the start of Skyclad but the rest of the song doesn't hold up

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tennisboy213
06/03/20 1:07:36 PM
#37:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Skyclad Observer

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dowolf
06/03/20 1:49:45 PM
#38:


Moonstruck Blossom
Kaine/Salvation
EXSPHERE_NOSURGE
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th3l3fty
06/03/20 5:10:08 PM
#39:


Lanota - Frey's Philosophy
Nier - Kaine ~ Salvation

Steins;Gate - Skyclad Observer
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JONALEON1
06/03/20 5:32:34 PM
#40:


Moonstruck Blossom
Kaine ~ Salvation
Skyclad Observer

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Snowva
06/03/20 6:17:00 PM
#41:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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pyresword
06/03/20 6:32:44 PM
#42:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
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This 8-pack was absolutely 100% by far the strongest 8-pack in the contest. Frey's Philsophy probably the weakest in the 8-pack and definitely the weakest today while still easily being an above average vgmc song.

Yes that is the song I meant to vote for in match 2 sorry fellow vocal fans
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Toxtricity
06/03/20 6:36:15 PM
#43:


pyre voting giratina over kaine is about the last vote i'd have expected pyre to ever do this entire contest
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pyresword
06/03/20 6:50:36 PM
#44:


Toxtricity posted...
pyre voting giratina over kaine is about the last vote i'd have expected pyre to ever do this entire contest

same

Ok maybe not because I knew I liked the song but still.
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kaonashi1
06/03/20 7:46:30 PM
#45:


Moonstruck Blossom
Kaine ~ Salvation
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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cakophon
06/03/20 8:08:26 PM
#46:


Frey's Philosophy < Moonstruck Blossom
Kaine ~ Salvation < Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; > Skyclad Observer

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Mr Lasastryke
06/03/20 8:16:24 PM
#47:


Moonstruck Blossom
Kaine ~ Salvation
Skyclad Observer

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PabloSmith
06/03/20 8:41:26 PM
#48:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Skyclad Observer

Feel like the EXSPHERE magic has finally worn off. Sad!

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sergiocornaga
06/03/20 9:06:31 PM
#49:


Moonstruck Blossom
Battle! Giratina
Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;
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loweffortmemes
06/03/20 9:22:14 PM
#50:


Lanota - Frey's Philosophy
Nier - Kaine ~ Salvation
Ar Nosurge - Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE;

Why do I have to pick between these two songs for the ToC match :(

Kaine ~ Salvation > Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; > Skyclad Observer > Frey's Philosophy > Moonstruck Blossom > Battle! Giratina

Very strong top 4.
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