Board 8 > [VGMC] d96: Endeavour vs Reach for the Moon, Confronting Myself vs Sky Tower

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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

Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74TocPKiNCs

Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTk83qis0w

Match 2

Celeste - Confronting Myself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_oEDGONSc4

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODQ767-hixA

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Easy vote form:
Endeavour / Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Confronting Myself / Sky Tower
<cite>azuarc posted [p:941641832] in [VGMC] d96... [t:78822917]...</cite> <quote> To the moon? Dance of the Moon Rabbits Moon Over the Castle The Moon and the Prince Lonely Rolling Star Pop Star POPSTARZ Jump Up, Super Star Star-Stealing Girl Moon Without the Stars quasarybusisgood Vote View Results To the moon? - Results (0 votes) Dance of the Moon Rabbits % (0 votes) 0 Moon Over the Castle % (0 votes) 0 The Moon and the Prince % (0 votes) 0 Lonely Rolling Star % (0 votes) 0 Pop Star % (0 votes) 0 POPSTARZ % (0 votes) 0 Jump Up, Super Star % (0 votes) 0 Star-Stealing Girl % (0 votes) 0 Moon Without the Stars % (0 votes) 0 quasarybusisgood % (0 votes) 0 Show Voting Form 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! . Match 1 Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74TocPKiNCs Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTk83qis0w Match 2 Celeste - Confronting Myself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_oEDGONSc4 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODQ767-hixA . Easy vote form: Endeavour / Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke Confronting Myself / Sky Tower</quote>

Fishing for Lapis Lazuli in a Pond on the Moon

Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower

Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Confronting Myself

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Endeavour (57th) vs Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke (37th)
Confronting Myself (7th) vs Sky Tower (40th)

confronting r4, immortal song

Endeavour
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Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower

Easy day.

Endeavour > Sky Tower > Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke >> Confronting Myself

Endeavour
Confronting Myself

finally decisions that are not super close/hard. match 2 is much closer than the first match though
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Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower

Second match pretty close.

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Endeavour (NR) / Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke (79th)
Confronting Myself (NR) / Sky Tower (62nd)

A lot of these pso songs in this bracket, GOSU aside, feel like they need to be half their length. Endeavor is great to start, but I get bored of it late. :(

Also I swear I have heard this singer before.

Endeavour
Sky Tower

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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Confronting Myself

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Endeavour
Sky Tower

match 2 is basically tied. match 1 might be the most lopsided thing I've seen all contest

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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower

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Endeavour
abstain for now

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Endeavour
Confronting Myself
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Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Celeste - Confronting Myself

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Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower
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Endeavour
Myself

with pleasure
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Endeavour
Confronting Myself

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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower

Two pretty easy choices, even though all four songs are good.

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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower

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Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower

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Endeavour
Confronting Myself

I like Sky Tower a lot too. I wish I didn't have to choose.

Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower

Okay, this is really going to suck next round if both of these win. I'll be stuck having to choose with finally retiring RftM or the first ever Pokmon retiree! Almost hoping one of these loses >_> (actually no, I want them both to win!! <_<)

Also yet another round where I have to vote against Confronting Myself, aaaaahhh!!! I really do like this song, it's just that it keeps getting slammed against songs I like more.

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Endeavour (1/64) > Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke (10/64)
Confronting Myself (50/64) > Sky Tower (48/64) (whoops)

Man, that first match. Man, that first match. I really want RFTM to find success in these, but I can't vote for it here.

Second match is one of the weaker ones of the round, though I still like both songs.

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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke

Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Confronting Myself

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Shonen_Bat posted...

Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Confronting Myself

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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower
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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower

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55. Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
vs.
57. Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke

What I had:
FEEL the POWER in Your SOUL > Desire Blue Sky

I've gone back and forth on Endeavour since the contest starts. I normally get sick of listening to it by the end of its nearly 7-minute long run time, but then when the next round comes along I forget all about it and I enjoy listening to it again, at least at first. That beginning is so strong, but I wish it wouldn't get so busy in the chorus, which is my least favorite part of the song. I do like the verses way more than the chorus, yet it's the chorus that I always remember. Kind of sad.

Nope.

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45. Celeste - Confronting Myself
vs.
11. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX - Sky Tower

What I had:
IDOLA the Strange Fruits (wildcard) > To the Distant Sky

God, if Confronting Myself was just the first like 20 seconds or so, it would be top tier for me. But I really really don't like the main synth that carries the melody throughout the rest of the song. It's like it was specifically designed to be a sound I don't like. The climactic feel of the song is very on point. I just wish it was done with different instruments. :/

It's not quite the original Sky Tower (which I'd give a 10 to), but it's pretty great all the same. The strength of the original was its big sweeping adventurous melody, and that's retained with the DX version. One thing I don't like as much with the DX version is how discordant a lot of the notes sound; it's almost like the song is playing a backing for a totally separate melody! But I love the melody and overall feel of the track to care too much.

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Votes:
Endeavour
Sky Tower

Endeavour
Confronting Myself



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Reach for the Moon
Sky Tower
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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower

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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Confronting Myself
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Endeavor
Confronting Myself
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Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour
Celeste - Confronting Myself
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Idola Phantasy Star Saga - Endeavour

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Endeavour
Confronting Myself

endeavour - first encountered: 2019/04/19, apparently, while going through recent soundtrack releases listed on vgmdb - trend: slightly down
-'slightly down?!' there's only so far a track can go after the point where you finally wear out on listening to it X times a week. there was a meaningful chunk of time where this was my favourite song to listen to, and the way I see it that's still pretty good. it seems to carve out a fandom among a somewhat disparate group of vgm fans here. that's pretty cool to me, too.

reach for the moon - first encountered: watching videos of touhou gameplay, pre-vgmc1 - trend: steady
-I scorn its perennial presence here, but sometimes a little voice whispers: 'do you remember who was among its initial group of nominators back in vgmc1?'

confronting myself - first encountered: soundtrack listenthrough following up a post by icon in transience's video game topic, pre-vgmc12 - trend: slightly down
-this probably hit its peak for me sometime after vgmc12, probably as I was playing through the game. the celeste soundtrack feels full of imagery and emotion; this is probably the most overt and immediately striking musical example of the character's internal struggle, and was one of the tracks to catch my ear first, though I later warmed a lot to some of the tracks with more buildup that reflect this (anxiety, in the mirror, starjump).

sky tower - first encountered: this vgmc (though it's very similar to the original, which I encountered in vgmc1) - trend: steady
-the thing that bugs me about this track isn't that I don't think it's an improvement on the original (which I like a considerable amount)-- it's that it's almost the same as the original. (the top comment on that video at the time of writing actually captures this for me-- "Good news: Sky Tower is just as I remembered it! Bad news: Sky Tower is... just as I remembered it.") I want it to try something! take a shot, even if it has a chance of failing. an homage too faithful is its own peril. (maybe I feel even more strongly about this because I very recently played ff7r-- but that's something for another time.) this is a franchise with a heavy emphasis on evolution and growth! let the music follow suit.

Endeavour
Confronting Myself

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Endeavour > Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Confronting Myself > Sky Tower

videogame music core
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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower

Anti-Cako mode.
For real though this has been one of the easiest days in a while.

Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower


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Endeavour
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Reach for the Moon
Confronting Myself

Both matches will have acceptable winners regardless of who wins.

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Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Sky Tower

Really grew to like endeavour a lot more, but it can't really compare to the th8 track sadly.

Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Confronting Myself

I don't like any of these songs.

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