Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 4! Tartarus v DearDrgn, CIEL_PROTECT v SheepRaid7, Untamed v Foregone

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Out of Tartarus
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Untamed Heart
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Out of Tartarus
Track 7
Foregone Destruction

Out of Tartarus
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Untamed Heart

Out of Tartarus
Track 7
Untamed Heart

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Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Foregone Destruction

Neither song in the third match appealed to me much, although they were harmless enough. The first two matches were pretty lopsided; I liked the winners a lot.

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Toxtricity posted...

you'll probably have better luck looking up the specific composer of that track, watson. 100% oj is comprised of a bunch of royalty free stuff from various sources

here's his yt channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQuMmwxT25MPI1E0YXwARhA/videos

most notable on there, the Murasaki Tsurugi ost, which has a track coming up later in this contest (Speartip of Judgement)

as an additional note, i'm pretty sure though he hasn't said it, dear dragon is specifically a song made for murasaki 1 that wasn't used

Out of Tartarus
Track 7
Foregone Destruction

Out of Tartarus
Track 7
Untamed Heart

Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Track 7
Untamed Heart

100% Orange Juice - Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star - Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Unreal Tournament - Foregone Destruction
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Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Track 7
Untamed Heart

Out of Tartarus
Track 7
Foregone Destruction

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Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Untamed Heart

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Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Track 7
Foregone Destruction

Out of Tartarus
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Untamed Heart

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Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Foregone Destruction

Out of Tartarus
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Untamed Heart

This is the first match where I didn't have enough time to listen to everything multiple times and be truly sure about my decision, so I hope I don't come to regret any of these.

Out of Tartarus
Track 7
Foregone Destruction

Track 7 is a jam. Looney Tunes games have lots of jams.
Foregone Destruction is my second favorite song in the contest. It makes me feel like I'm in space

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Out of Tartarus
Track 7
Untamed Heart

If more of Foregone Destruction was like the part at 2:29 then I likely would have voted for it. But the first half of the song is not worth it.

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100% Orange Juice - Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star - Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Unreal Tournament - Foregone Destruction

MATCH 1

I tend to like rock tunes like Out of Tartarus. I feel like this song doesn't really grab my interest as much as I'd like it to though. I guess if anything, I want the song to move to some new musical idea and/or add something like vocals. I do find myself more interested in the song when it switches from clean to distortion on the guitar at 3:00. If there was something else that made me like this song a little bit more, I'd probably end up voting for this.

The first third or so of Dear Dragon isn't all that interesting to me, but it really picks up at 1:21 when the piano kicks in. Those piano lines make the song much more lively and something I like. Pretty close match, but Dear Dragon holds my attention better than Out of Tartarus, so that's what I'm going for in the end.

MATCH 2

CIEL_N_PROTECTA's my favorite song in Bracket A! I haven't done a full ranking of the whole field, but it probably stands to reason from this song being my favorite in Bracket A that it's also among my favorites in the whole contest this year as well. That intro (0:00-0:11) is probably one of my favorite things about this song. Just a crazy burst of sound right from the beginning! The rest of the song is, of course, really great as well. Other than the intro, I'd say the chorus is my next favorite part of the song. The whole song overall contains a lot of things I typically like in a song (strong vocals, lots of layered instruments and melodies/harmonies) and does them really well, so that's a strong recipe for me liking the song a lot.

I actually like Track 7 quite a bit! This isn't the kind of song that's typically associated with me, but I think it's pretty cool. I had a brief period of listening to Drum n' Bass a lot in high school (at that point in time, Netsky was probably my favorite artist in this genre, if that helps give any perspective on what my music tastes were like at the time), so this song feels a bit like a remnant of those older music tastes. There's a lot of cool stuff in this song from the chords to some of the different short loops that show up like that higher pitched bit at 0:01 and that flute-like part at 0:07. This song would be close with the match 1 songs and I'd take it over both the match 3 songs. Sadly, it's up against my literal favorite Bracket A song, so there's no chance I take it here.

MATCH 3

And here we come to another very close match! Only this time, it's because I don't care very much for either song in this match. Starting with Untamed Heart, I feel like I should like this song more than I do, but it's just not really resonating with me at all. It has this nice, soft sound that I'd be into, but I guess for me, it's lacking a strong melody and certain parts I'd otherwise be more interested have things that make me not like them as much. For instance, those piano chords starting at 1:52 I'd probably like more if they didn't have this delay effect on them.

With Foregone Destruction, I have similar complaints about this that I do about Out of Tartarus. I think that synth and piano combination creates a really cool, mysterious atmosphere, but outside of that, I don't think this song really goes anywhere that I'm interested in. When I was filling out my favorites bracket, I felt that I could flip on this match potentially, but right now I'm still feeling a slight preference for Foregone Destruction.

Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA; >> Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker) > Out of Tartarus = Track 7 > Foregone Destruction > Untamed Heart

Hades - Out of Tartarus
Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star - Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Unreal Tournament - Foregone Destruction

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Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Untamed Heart

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Out of Tartarus
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Untamed Heart

100% Orange Juice - Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker) [8.0]
Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star - Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA [8.0]
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile - Untamed Heart [8.5]

Betraying two favorites bracket picks after further listening (Out of Tartarus, Foregone Destruction). I'll be happy with one or the other!

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Hades - Out of Tartarus:
Rating: 6.4/10
A Ranking: 53/64

100% Orange Juice - Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker):
Rating: 7.4/10
A Ranking: 36/64

Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star - Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;:
Rating: 7.6/10
A Ranking: 32/64

Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider - Track 7:
Rating: 6.8/10
A Ranking: 49/64

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile - Untamed Heart:
Rating: 9.2/10
A Ranking: 3/64

Unreal Tournament - Foregone Destruction:
Rating: 7.2/10
A Ranking: 42/64

[Comments going to update w/ later, im running out of time rn lol]

Dear Dragon (Theme of Sweet Breaker)
Class::CIEL_N_PROTECTA;
Untamed Heart