Board 8 > [VGMC] d97: Moonstruck Blossom vs Giratina, Thermosphere vs Bitbop

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NFUN
07/04/20 10:17:34 PM
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Best Pokemon non-retiree?










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

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

Pokemon Platinum - Battle! Giratina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfFqkIsn88U

Match 2

Einhander - Thermosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN5jGNNUFAk

Blade Ballet - Bitbop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDLaXLrV5Zg

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Easy vote form:
Moonstruck Blossom / Battle! Giratina
Thermosphere / Bitbop

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DireKrow
07/04/20 10:19:08 PM
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Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere
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Raetsel_Lapin
07/04/20 10:22:23 PM
#3:


Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere

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NFUN
07/04/20 10:23:06 PM
#4:


Giratina
Thermosphere

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Janus5k
07/04/20 10:33:25 PM
#5:


Moonstruck Blossom (45/64) > Battle! Giratina (62/64)
Thermosphere (4/64) > Bitbop (63/64)

Almost a weak day, but a lone savior emerges

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GameBopAdv
07/04/20 10:37:19 PM
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Battle! Giratina
Bitbop

crap my laptop touchpad activated "go back" mode in my browser and I lost a big post even though I thought I specifically tried disabling stuff like that boo. Anyway here we are at the songs I particularly care for now. This 4-pack in particular is especially hecked to me. I really hope Moonstruck Blossom does not retire, but this is less against MB and more because I love the other 3 songs, Giratina Thermo Bitbop are kinda like all in my top 10 of the whole bracket I think. Something like that, they're all real great for me while Moonstruck is somewhere more in the middle of the big 192 bracket. Sadly I'm pretty sure only Moonstruck & Thermo have much of a real chance of being the true retirers here which is frustrating because now I'm stuck in a cliffhanger and won't know the real results of if I can be happy here until a whole nother set passes. Also I'm probably going 0-2 for a second day in a row after only losing just 1 other match in round 3 so far but "oh well" to that particularly in the second match today because like I said I'm basically getting a top 10er advancing regardless. And also hey maybe I won't go 0-2 and a miracle can happen or some thing I'm not always great at reading the room in predicting things. want 2 believe in giratina

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Collen
07/04/20 10:38:22 PM
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Battle! Giratina
Thermosphere

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Hbthebattle
07/04/20 10:42:55 PM
#8:


Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere
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UF8
07/04/20 10:58:05 PM
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Battle! Giratina
Thermosphere

you didn't include 216 or game corner so i cannot vote in the poll shame on you

also match 2 is illegal and 1 is super up there too even if it isn't close
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azuarc
07/04/20 11:05:56 PM
#10:


Where's Poketyping Boss Battle in the poll?

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Team Rocket Elite
07/04/20 11:06:30 PM
#11:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Blade Ballet - Bitbop
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Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
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NFUN
07/04/20 11:07:04 PM
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i chose songs based on the games starting with "Pokemon" and how far they got and how many times they were in

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tgs2
07/04/20 11:17:13 PM
#13:


Moonstruck Blossom (71st) / Battle! Giratina (54th)
Thermosphere (8th) / Bitbop (82nd)

I like everything today, but Thermosphere is so far high in quality compared to the rest as if like it's... in...um... yeah.
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-hotdogturtle--
07/04/20 11:19:51 PM
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Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere

A rare day when I can decide my votes just by reading the songs involved (but I listened to them all again because they're all good). I like them and I'm familiar with them so it's easier for me to formulate concrete opinions on them.

Bitbop is the weakest of the 4 here, but I don't actually dislike it. There are just certain parts of the song that I like less than other parts. Some time after the R2 match I listened to the whole Blade Ballet soundtrack (it's not many) to get a comparison to Bitbop. All of the main songs are styled after different genres, and I ended up liking a bunch of those better. I like the "bit" but not the "bop" of this song. Einhander, on the other hand, has been the #1 soundtrack on my to-do list (well, to-listen) ever since I heard Thermosphere in R1. I just haven't gotten around to it yet because it's longer (I haven't even looked it up yet but this upload is listed as song 17). This is absolutely my type of music and I'm expecting to enjoy the rest of it if they sound even remotely similar to Thermosphere.

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loweffortmemes
07/04/20 11:26:18 PM
#15:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Blade Ballet - Bitbop

Moonstruck Blossom > Bitbop > Thermosphere > Battle! Giratina
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Haste_2
07/04/20 11:26:36 PM
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Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere

I still can't get over how great the instrumentation is in Thermosphere.

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banshiryuu
07/04/20 11:30:41 PM
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Moonstruck Blossom (29th) vs Battle! (Giratina) (12th)
Thermosphere (2nd) vs Bitbop (51st)

bitbop in about the 110th range up from its original rank at 141st
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Mac Arrowny
07/04/20 11:41:52 PM
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Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere
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azuarc
07/04/20 11:44:08 PM
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NFUN posted...
i chose songs based on the games starting with "Pokemon" and how far they got and how many times they were in

Still anagrammed. Literally the only pokemon song to hit R4.

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Hbthebattle
07/05/20 12:01:58 AM
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azuarc posted...


Still anagrammed. Literally the only pokemon song to hit R4.


not anymore
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UF8
07/05/20 12:02:03 AM
#21:



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HBJDubs
07/05/20 12:12:30 AM
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Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere

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DoctorJimmy133
07/05/20 12:38:25 AM
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Battle! Giratina
Bitbop

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Toxtricity
07/05/20 12:49:37 AM
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Battle! Giratina
Thermosphere

i know i'm repetitive saying this every maatch but both of these maatches are close for me and i love all 4 songs today. but seriously the majority of r3 matches aare super close for me! Confident in my decision for Thermosphere though because that's a literal top 10 SONG of every song in the world ever for me; where...while bitbop may be ~22nd fav in the contest, out of every piece of music in the world it's like........some 4 digit number probably idk. so no contest even if i like bit bop. I may revisit match 1 and change my pick though because that decision feels harder even if i ranked them further apart originally
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NFUN
07/05/20 1:03:08 AM
#25:


azuarc posted...
Still anagrammed. Literally the only pokemon song to hit R4.
does "Learn With Pokemon: Typing Adventure" begin with "Pokemon"?

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KCF0107
07/05/20 1:08:22 AM
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Struck
Bop
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FL81
07/05/20 1:23:22 AM
#27:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Blade Ballet - Bitbop

both of these are very close

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Prody Parrot
07/05/20 2:05:46 AM
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Moonstruck Blossom
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UF8
07/05/20 2:23:41 AM
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NFUN posted...
does "Learn With Pokemon: Typing Adventure" begin with "Pokemon"?
the iconic Learn series
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xp1337
07/05/20 3:04:56 AM
#30:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Blade Ballet - Bitbop

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tennisboy213
07/05/20 7:40:36 AM
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Battle! Giratina
Bitbop

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xx521xx
07/05/20 7:55:35 AM
#32:


Battle! Giratina
Thermosphere
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Flamander
07/05/20 9:25:29 AM
#33:


Moonstruck Blossom
Bitbop

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rwlh
07/05/20 10:17:28 AM
#34:


25. Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
vs.
14. Pokemon Platinum - Battle! Giratina

What I had:
Battle! Giratina > Moonstruck Blossom (heyyyyy!)

Moonstruck Blossom has this absolutely amazing intro. It immediately hooks me. However, the rest of the song isn't as strong for me. I have trouble with a lot of modern Kirby music, and this song falls into some of the same pitfalls as other Kirby hits. That background piano is very strong throughout though, and grounds the rest of the song in a solid place. Because I value the beginnings of songs more than I should (first impressions are very important), I have this one ranked maybe a little too highly.

Giratina starts with that rockin' slap bass present in the Lake Trio battle theme (honestly I wish there was more of it), and overall the energy is pretty high, even when the song slows down briefly, because it picks right back up again. There's a lot of variance, with odd time and different instruments; the song keeps changing, but unlike some of the other tracks from earlier in round 3, it's never overwhelming (at least to me). The overall presentation is really solid.

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46. Einhander - Thermosphere
vs.
34. Blade Ballet - Bitbop

What I had:
Midnight Lady > Rustling Throb (wildcard)

Thermosphere is a song I always feel like I'm going to enjoy more than I do. I love the sounds here: very mechanical and beep-boopish, like you're in some sort of futuristic factory-type scenario. Then it goes contemplative with a piano track. Shortly after that is where the song sort of loses me: the melody gets a bit...maybe predictable is the wrong word? I have a hard time with key changes, and there are some key changes I feel come when maybe they shouldn't. That said, there is still plenty to like here! The new section around 2:15 fits with the beep-boopyness at the start. It almost feels like something out of Nights Into Dreams.

Speaking of beep-boopereenos, I almost supported Bitbop. I'm really glad it got in, as there isn't really anything like it in this year's contest. Modern chiptune glitch swing is a fun set of traits to have in a song. Like Giratina, Bitbop is never content to rest, always pressing forward with new and engaging aspects. Don't let the comparatively low ranking fool you - it's still a 7.5. Bitbop is one of my favorite new discoveries of the contest. I'm happy it got this far.

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Battle! Giratina
Bitbop
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TheArkOfTurus
07/05/20 10:39:14 AM
#35:


Moonstruck Blossom
Bitbop

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PIayer_0
07/05/20 12:47:59 PM
#36:


Battle! Giratina
Bitbop

I'd never voted for any of these four songs before today...

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PIayer_0
07/05/20 1:02:22 PM
#37:


deducing whether the rankings are out of 192 or 64 in these writeups is more work than the actual voting!

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th3l3fty
07/05/20 1:39:03 PM
#38:


Kirby Triple Deluxe - Moonstruck Blossom
Einhander - Thermosphere
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rwlh
07/05/20 2:14:56 PM
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PIayer_0 posted...
deducing whether the rankings are out of 192 or 64 in these writeups is more work than the actual voting!

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azuarc
07/05/20 2:39:08 PM
#40:


Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere

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sergiocornaga
07/05/20 4:07:38 PM
#41:


Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere
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dowolf
07/05/20 4:52:37 PM
#42:


Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere
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pyresword
07/05/20 6:52:30 PM
#43:


Battle! Giratina
Bitbop

Really irritating that 2 of my top 4 remaining play each other today and the other 2 are also forced to face each other before retirement. And I only really even like maybe a third or so of the remaining songs to begin with

Class:EXPAJA might have been my #4 instead of Moonstruck Blossom as of the beginning of r3 admittedly, but seeing as that is now gone...
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Place
07/05/20 6:59:17 PM
#44:


Pokemon Platinum - Battle! Giratina
Blade Ballet - Bitbop

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kaonashi1
07/05/20 7:01:18 PM
#45:


Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere


moonstruck blossom - first encountered: bost5 - trend: slightly down
-the intro to this track is such a great sell. the first :41 and its buildup is just wonderful. its focus scatters a bit later but it gets back to sort of a meat-and-potatoes melody built on the feel of the track up to that point. turns out I was really here for the appetizer more than anything! enjoyed the meal, though.

battle! giratina - first encountered: rwlh's pokemon ranking - trend: steady
-as disorienting as ever. something I can appreciate is the creepy vibe and quick synth runs reflecting the weirdly multi-legged-bug look of giratina's origin form.

thermosphere - first encountered: einhander ost listenthrough, sometime in the mid-aughts - trend: slightly up
-probably the track in the final 64 that I knew about the earliest, and one of only two in the final 64 (RftM) that I knew about before VGMC1. this wasn't among the tracks I really loved back then-- I was more into Badlands and Madness. the glimpse of sky (I think I used this exact phrase in R1-- must be a pretty strong impression for me) the track offers at 2:15 in contrast to the freneticism of its more boss-theme sensibilities remains my personal highlight of this track (which also dictates my enjoyment of tracks like afterimage).

bitbop - first encountered: gamebop's guessing game - trend: slightly up
-the cagey, shifty, quick-stepping intro is something I really like about this track before it gets into the full-fledged bop of its title. it's a very able aural dance partner throughout, with its shifting rhythms and sly energy, a musical rapscallion with a mischievous grin.
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JONALEON1
07/05/20 7:14:03 PM
#46:


Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere

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Snowva
07/05/20 7:40:41 PM
#47:


Battle! Giratina
Thermosphere
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MoonRunes
07/05/20 7:42:30 PM
#48:


Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere
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Mr Lasastryke
07/05/20 8:04:02 PM
#49:


Moonstruck Blossom
Thermosphere

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PabloSmith
07/05/20 8:17:48 PM
#50:


Battle! Giratina
Bitbop

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