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MZero
12/14/21 10:45:02 PM
#451:


Clash on the Big Bridge is a fine song but I don't really get why it's so strong

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skulltrumpets
12/15/21 9:56:42 AM
#452:


andylt posted...
To be clear, it might not end up in the bottom 8. It's just one of the 8 tracks that are bottom of their division, it's possible some divisions are significantly stronger than others. We'll see!
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MartinFF7
12/15/21 10:04:49 AM
#453:


Just calculate what Fight with Seymour needs to beat Zanarkand by to put Eiko's Theme in last place.

...there's a non-zero chance you can get Seymour savers just to help make that happen!!
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FFDragon
12/15/21 10:15:26 AM
#454:


MartinFF7 posted...
Just calculate what Fight with Seymour needs to beat Zanarkand by to put Eiko's Theme in last place.

...there's a non-zero chance you can get Seymour savers just to help make that happen!!

Well I'm sold

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azuarc
12/15/21 10:50:31 AM
#455:


andylt posted...
Is Big Bridge unstoppable in this contest?

If it holds off The Extreme, yes. That should actually be a match unless there's some kind of SFF going on.

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andylt
12/15/21 7:00:37 PM
#456:


Quarterfinal 2 results

(2) The Extreme (VIII) - 24
(6) Terra's Theme (AKA Tina) (VI) - 16

When Terra got out to a 6-0 start, I thought it was an amusing coincidence. But it held its lead, and 12 hours in Terra was still ahead 13-11. I started to believe the upset might actually happen!

...Then Extreme got ten consecutive votes, and that was that. Oh well! If these past two rounds are anything to go by, Extreme comes back very hard as the day goes on, so that's something to watch out for with Big Bridge. Terra still put on a decent show, but in the end it got the exact percentage Sunleth did. Hmm, who would win that matchup...

With the first semi now locked in, the major antagonist boss themes are 2/2. Will Exdeath and Seymour complete the set?

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andylt
12/15/21 7:04:12 PM
#457:


The Extreme - 50.00%
One-Winged Angel - 43.24%
Terra's Theme - 40.00%
Shadowbringers - 37.70%
Valse di Fantastica - 35.79%
Court Jesters- 34.64%
Aerith's Theme - Home Again - 34.14%
Dear Friends- 33.73%
Matoya's Cave (PS) - 33.65%
Collapsed Expressway - 32.38%
Aerith's Theme - 30.95%
Main Theme of Final Fantasy V - 28.21%
Suteki Da Ne - 27.44%
Dalmasca Estersand (Zodiac Age) - 26.67%
Bombing Mission (R) - 26.67%
Dragonsong - 26.53%
Ending Theme (X) - 25.95%
Theme of Love (Pixel) - 24.59%
The Darkness of Eternity - 24.54%
Battle Theme (X) - 24.44%
Saber's Edge - 23.92%
New Bodhum - 23.82%
Corneo Colosseum - 22.76%
Magitek Research Facility - 21.04%
What Angel Wakes Me - 20.51%
Neath Dark Waters (Scions & Sinners) - 20.48%
Yuna's Theme - 19.90%
The Landing- 15.79%
The Legend Begins- 15.16%
Shuffle or Boogie- 14.64%
Prelude (X) - 12.82%
Crazy Chocobo - 11.34%

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barreldragon88
12/15/21 7:38:22 PM
#458:


It really did look like Terra might pull off the upset

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MartinFF7
12/16/21 2:28:35 PM
#459:


I'm now listening to "Invincible" on repeat, following on my listening to the first & final Endwalker trial themes on repeat earlier in the week, the XIV folks have fully ensnared me here.

Are there are other epic battle themes from XIV that didn't make their way into this contest that I should be looking up? Please recommend, or even non-epic-sounding but quality like Woe That Is Madness, I'd take something in line with that....
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WhiteLens
12/16/21 4:46:55 PM
#460:


I really Fiend, but it's probably not what you're looking when it comes to something "epic".

Completely unexpected the first time I did the fight too. Was definite taken aback when it from this:

A remix theme from FFVI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwarE4R0A0E

To this, an original song for FFXIV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9f44iJftVM

As for epic themes, I also like Heroes, the final trial theme in Heavensward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cZHfOs2XOc

It's probably the only thing notable about the Heavensward main villain.

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andylt
12/16/21 7:00:49 PM
#461:


Quarterfinal 3 results

(16) The Decisive Battle (V) - 20
(4) Full Speed Ahead (AKA Run) (XIII-2) - 17

Pretty tight match. The first 15 votes alternated between each track, Decisive would go up 1 then Speed would immediately get a vote to counter it. Eventually Decisive picked up a lead of a few votes, which was enough to hold off any comeback attempt. Full Speed Ahead fails to live up to its name this time round and exits the contest after a great run, meaning the semis will be made up of two V tracks, one VIII, and one X.

Exdeath joins Gilgamesh and Ultimecia in the semis, will Seymour complete the antagonist boss theme set or will he be absorbed by sadpiano.mp3?

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andylt
12/16/21 7:04:47 PM
#462:


The Decisive Battle (V) - 50.00%
Ultima- 48.72%
The Man with the Machine Gun - 47.53%
Full Speed Ahead - 45.95%
THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY CURTAIN CALL Special Arrange Medley - 44.77%
Celes's Theme - 44.44%
Battle 2 (MQ) - 44.44%
Vamo' Alla Flamenco - 43.56%
Besaid (X) - 42.11%
A Long Fall (Scions & Sinners) - 42.11%
Besaid (X-2) - 39.89%
Main Theme of Final Fantasy IV - 39.31%
Woe that is Madness - 37.84%
Fisherman's Horizon - 37.84%
Beyond the Darkness - 36.12%
Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII - 35.85%
Tidus's Theme - 35.61%
Antipyretic - Arrange - 32.99%
real Emotion (FFX-2 Mix) - 31.44%
Eyes on Me - 31.34%
Tifa's Theme - Seventh Heaven - 30.77%
The Feywood - 30.54%
Ink Long Dry - 30.27%
Servants of the Mountain - 29.41%
Nova Chrysalia - 29.23%
The Archylte Steppe - 28.27%
The Valkyrie - 27.32%
Zero - 24.32%
The Castle - 23.68%
Roses of May - 21.21%
Memoro de la Stono~Distant Worlds - 20.30%
From the Heavens - 17.40%

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Isquen
12/17/21 1:28:13 AM
#463:


MartinFF7 posted...
Are there are other epic battle themes from XIV that didn't make their way into this contest that I should be looking up? Please recommend, or even non-epic-sounding but quality like Woe That Is Madness, I'd take something in line with that....

By expansion, my choices that weren't in the contest for battle music only:

ARR:
Fallen Angel
Under the Weight
Thunder Rolls
The Maker's Ruin
Footsteps in the Snow
Oblivion (J-rock warning)
Heavensward:
Heroes
Fiend
Equilibrium
Basically everything from Alexander: Locus, Metal, Metal (Brute Justice Mode,) Exponential Entropy, Moebius, Rise.
Stormblood:
Triumph (all the better since it's standard dungeon-boss music!)
Beauty's Wicked Wiles
The Worm's Tail
Lunacy (which leads INTO Wayward Daughter)
eScape
Shadowbringers
Insatiable
To the Edge
Twice Stricken
Return to Oblivion (was in VGMC)
The Black Wolf Stalks Again
Wrath of the Harrier
Bozjan Southern Front Battle (can't recall the name readily)
Endwalker
Whatever the miniboss theme for dungeons is
Whatever the boss theme for dungeons is
And skipping the "boss fight only," the musics for these dungeons, with spoilers involved: Tower of Babil, Vanaspot, Ktisis Hyperborea, the Dead Ends, Smileton.
If you don't care about spoilers, Close in the Distance. Which isn't battle music but does one of my favorite FF tropes where it doesn't override the field music during battle in the area.


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MartinFF7
12/17/21 9:58:34 AM
#464:


Yeah I don't care about spoilers, I've read a ton on XIV lore and watched a lot of key scenes from Endwalker.

I've seen a few of those you listed show up as recommendations on youtube, some I briefly checked out (e.g. Insatiable couldn't compare to Insanity for me) but yeah, I'll look into them. Less worried about "J-Rock warnings" and more worried about "bizarre unsettling What Angel / Ink warnings" tbh...

WhiteLens: thank you for recos, I had listened to Heroes before (as part of my final XIV boss theme playlist) but I once again had it running on repeat yesterday, dethroning (temporarily?) Invincible. Great sound, but the downside for me is I like my seamless extended loops I cannot find one for it despite all my searching... maybe it never existed or maybe it got taken down (the Ultima loop disappeared a week or two back). And then the worst part is there is a loop for "Heroes Never Die", bah! But at least it's 10 minutes long.

When I'm done listening to these epic themes on repeat I will give Fiend and the Battle remix a listen, then maybe work through Isquen's list

Also the top comment:

I like how the entirety of Heavensward was created so that Yoshi P could make a Knights of the Round boss fight

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andylt
12/17/21 7:02:01 PM
#465:


Quarterfinal 4 results

(5) Fight with Seymour (X) - 19
(6) Zanarkand (X) - 22

A great match, not much else to say. It was tight the whole way with multiple lead changes, nobody ever got too far ahead. Just two strong tunes battling it out! Zanarkand takes the win, robbing us of an all-rogues lineup in the semis.

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andylt
12/17/21 7:07:50 PM
#466:


Zanarkand- 50.00%
Break the Limit! - 47.22%
Fight with Seymour - 46.34%
Insanity - 40.84%
Fight On! - 40.00%
Not Alone - 39.72%
Melodies of Life - 39.72%
Answers - 37.63%
Aria di Mezzo Carattere - 37.51%
Battle 3 (MQ) - 37.07%
Chaos Shrine (Record Keeper)- 36.59%
Zephyr Memories - Legend of the Eternal Wind - 35.75%
Kaze no Ne - 35.54%
Force Your Way - 33.62%
Calm Before the Storm - 31.78%
Wayward Daughter - 31.22%
Liberi Fatali - 31.22%
Temporal Rift - 30.12%
Sunrise - 30.12%
Plains of Eternity - 29.73%
Battle 1 (MQ) - 29.32%
1000 Words (FFX-2 Mix) - 28.60%
Balamb GARDEN - 26.64%
Aerith's Theme (SSBU) - 25.04%
The Price of Freedom - 24.39%
Cantata Mortis & God in Fire - 20.85%
Clash on the Big Bridge - Oriental Mix - 20.33%
Stamp (Global Jukebox Ver.) - 19.89%
Somnus - 18.82%
Otherworld - 15.82%
Silence and Motion - 10.55%
Eiko's Theme - 10.25%

The bottom ranked track in stats will now be one of these four:
The Thunder Plains
Crazy Chocobo
From the Heavens
Eiko's Theme

But our winner will be one of these!
Clash on the Big Bridge
The Extreme
The Decisive Battle
Zanarkand

Four tracks left, three boss fights, two FFV reps, and one sad piano. Who will win it all?

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andylt
12/18/21 7:03:02 PM
#467:


Semifinal 1 results

Well, what a ride this was. A true clash of the titans! Inverting the trends of the past couple of rounds, The Extreme got off to an amazing start and Bridge was left 7 votes behind. But while in the quarters it was The Extreme that got a 10-in-a-row stretch to take the lead, today Big Bridge got on a run of 11 consecutive votes to go ahead by 4! But it wasn't over there, Extreme still had more saved in the tank to take things to a 21-21 tie with two hours to go. Before today, no track had lost a match with more than 20 votes.

...And it was Ultimecia, fittingly, who timed the battle to perfection. Two votes in the last half hour give the first finalist slot to The Extreme.

(1) Clash on the Big Bridge (V) - 21
(2) The Extreme (VIII) - 23

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LordoftheMorons
12/18/21 7:06:14 PM
#468:


Aww

Not sure who Im rooting for now... all of my underdog favorites are out now so I was all in for Big Bridge.

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andylt
12/18/21 7:10:47 PM
#469:


The Extreme - 50.00%
Clash on the Big Bridge - 47.73%
One-Winged Angel - 43.24%
Terra's Theme - 40.00%
The Sunleth Waterscape - 38.18%
Shadowbringers - 37.70%
The Extreme (XIV) - 37.20%
Valse di Fantastica - 35.79%
Court Jesters - 34.64%
Aerith's Theme - Home Again - 34.14%
Dear Friends - 33.73%
Matoya's Cave (PS) - 33.65%
Kuon - Memories of Waves and Light - 33.29%
Collapsed Expressway - 32.38%
A Fleeting Dream - 31.82%
The Glittering City of Yusnaan - 31.08%
Aerith's Theme - 30.95%
Opening - Bombing Mission - 30.14%
Dancing Mad - 29.37%
The Decisive Battle (VI) - 28.89%
The Airbuster - 28.80%
Main Theme of Final Fantasy V - 28.21%
Suteki Da Ne - 27.44%
JENOVA - 27.27%
Dalmasca Estersand (Zodiac Age) - 26.67%
Bombing Mission (R) - 26.67%
Dragonsong - 26.53%
Ending Theme (X) - 25.95%
Blinded by Light - 25.84%
Ghoul - 25.76%
Theme of Love (Pixel) - 24.59%
The Darkness of Eternity - 24.54%
Battle Theme (X) - 24.44%
A Contest of Aeons - 24.21%
Saber's Edge - 23.92%
New Bodhum - 23.82%
The Last Hunter - 23.78%
Corneo Colosseum - 22.76%
Weight of the World- Prelude - 22.03%
Magitek Research Facility - 21.04%
The Farplane Abyss - 20.72%
What Angel Wakes Me - 20.51%
Neath Dark Waters (Scions & Sinners) - 20.48%
APOCALYPSIS NOCTIS - 20.29%
Yuna's Theme - 19.90%
Cosmo Canyon (SSBU) - 19.69%
World of Nine Wood Hills - 18.63%
Unseen Abyss - 17.99%
Save the World - 16.74%
Force Your Way (Record Keeper) - 16.53%
Lava Dome - 16.30%
The Beginning of the End (Record Keeper) - 16.08%
The Landing - 15.79%
Final Battle (X) - 15.46%
Divine Love - 15.21%
The Legend Begins - 15.16%
Dark City Treno - 15.16%
Shuffle or Boogie - 14.64%
The Legendary Beast - 13.78%
Zanarkand Ruins - 13.53%
Prelude (X) - 12.82%
Crazy Chocobo - 11.34%
Good King Moggle Mog XII - 11.01%
The Thunder Plains - 9.43%

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Robazoid
12/18/21 7:12:27 PM
#470:


FL81 posted...
more like

the blunder plains

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Janus5k
12/18/21 7:24:30 PM
#471:


justice for crazy chocobo

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andylt
12/19/21 7:00:27 PM
#472:


Semifinal 2 results

(16) The Decisive Battle (V) - 14
(6) Zanarkand (X) - 31

Poor Decisive Battle. I suppose we'll find out shortly if Decisive's bracket quarter was weak or Zanarkand's was stacked, but either way the 16 seed's miracle run comes to a definitive end here. Two V tracks made it to the semis, but neither will be in the final. Zanarkand on the other hand put on a very strong showing here. Does it have what it takes to become champion? Come on over to the finals topic and let's find out together!

Zanarkand - 50.00%
Break the Limit! - 47.22%
Fight with Seymour - 46.34%
Insanity - 40.84%
Fight On! - 40.00%
Not Alone - 39.72%
Melodies of Life - 39.72%
Answers - 37.63%
Aria di Mezzo Carattere - 37.51%
Battle 3 (MQ) - 37.07%
Chaos Shrine (Record Keeper) - 36.59%
Zephyr Memories - Legend of the Eternal Wind - 35.75%
Kaze no Ne - 35.54%
Force Your Way - 33.62%
Calm Before the Storm - 31.78%
Wayward Daughter - 31.22%
Liberi Fatali - 31.22%
The Decisive Battle (V) - 31.11%
Ultima - 30.31%
Temporal Rift - 30.12%
Sunrise - 30.12%
Plains of Eternity - 29.73%
The Man with the Machine Gun - 29.57%
Battle 1 (MQ) - 29.32%
1000 Words (FFX-2 Mix) - 28.60%
Full Speed Ahead - 28.59%
THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY CURTAIN CALL Special Arrange Medley - 27.86%
Celes's Theme - 27.65%
Battle 2 (MQ) - 27.65%
Vamo' Alla Flamenco - 27.10%
Balamb GARDEN - 26.64%
Besaid (X) - 26.20%
A Long Fall (Scions & Sinners) - 26.20%
Aerith's Theme (SSBU) - 25.04%
Besaid (X-2) - 24.82%
Main Theme of Final Fantasy IV - 24.46%
The Price of Freedom - 24.39%
Woe that is Madness - 23.54%
Fisherman's Horizon - 23.54%
Beyond the Darkness - 22.48%
Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII - 22.30%
Tidus's Theme - 22.16%
Cantata Mortis & God in Fire - 20.85%
Antipyretic - Arrange - 20.53%
Clash on the Big Bridge - Oriental Mix - 20.33%
Stamp (Global Jukebox Ver.) - 19.89%
real Emotion (FFX-2 Mix) - 19.56%
Eyes on Me - 19.50%
Tifa's Theme - Seventh Heaven - 19.15%
The Feywood - 19.00%
Ink Long Dry - 18.83%
Somnus - 18.82%
Servants of the Mountain - 18.30%
Nova Chrysalia - 18.19%
The Archylte Steppe - 17.59%
The Valkyrie - 17.00%
Otherworld - 15.82%
Zero - 15.14%
The Castle - 14.74%
Roses of May - 13.19%
Memoro de la Stono~Distant Worlds - 12.63%
From the Heavens - 10.83%
Silence and Motion - 10.55%
Eiko's Theme - 10.25%

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KommunistKoala
12/19/21 7:01:51 PM
#473:


Decisive beat at least 3 songs that it probably shouldn't have tbqh

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colliding
12/19/21 7:20:53 PM
#474:


snoozer of a finals

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NFUN
12/19/21 7:27:05 PM
#475:


snoozer top 4... 8... even 16 is very, if not universally, generic

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FL81
12/19/21 7:27:58 PM
#476:


decisive's dream run was the best part of this contest

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colliding
12/19/21 7:31:22 PM
#477:


still though... good contest and thanks for all the hard work running it

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MartinFF7
12/19/21 8:09:03 PM
#478:


FL81 posted...
decisive's dream run was the best part of this contest

Yeah, was so good (still can't believe it beat Besaid tbh)

Though... I feel like Ultima would've put up more of a fight there? Though Zanarkand probably still beats it, think it would've been closer.

I'm also super hooked on just listening to XIV final boss themes now, I can't even get to the rest of the battle themes or WhiteLens's recos (Worm's Tail extended loop is the repeat of the day!!)
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