Board 8 > Final Fantasy Music Contest (FFMC) R1D1: Ft. Big Bridge, Yusnaan, Farplane Abyss

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We're finally here, the contest proper has begun!

Full bracket (we're currently in the 'Upper' section): https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=475177

Rules:
-You may vote for one track in each match.
-You do not have to vote in every match, and you do not have to vote all at once.
-Please make your votes clear.
-Please familiarise yourself with both of the tracks in a match before voting.
-You can vote based on any metric you wish, as long as it is about the music.
-These matches will last 24 hours from the posting of this topic.
-The track with more votes moves on, the other one is eliminated. In the event of a tie, the match will be re-run the next day.
-No alts, no rallying, no trading votes, no deleting posts.
-Please do not provide any updates to the scores.
-Have fun!

Match 1:
(1) Clash on the Big Bridge (V)
Composed & Arranged by Nobuo Uematsu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wk0_e4AeJY

v

(16) Lava Dome (Mystic Quest)
Composed & Arranged by Ryuji Sasai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qkBT_6klKs

Match 2:
(8) Weight of the World - Prelude Version (XIV: Shadowbringers)
Original games: NieR Automata (Weight of the World), Final Fantasy (Prelude)
Composed by Keiichi Okabe & Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged by Keiichi Okabe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ316QcDt9M

v

(9) Good King Moggle Mog XII (XIV)
Composed & Arranged by Masayoshi Soken
Lyrics by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox
Vocals by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox, Yuriko Nagata, & Music Creation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6AXb2DNE4M

Match 3:
(5) The Farplane Abyss (X-2)
Composed by Noriko Matsueda & Takahito Eguchi
Arranged by Noriko Matsueda & Takahito Eguchi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0uqhC29MOw

v

(12) Dark City Treno (IX)
Composed & Arranged by Nobuo Uematsu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYCgUjdqlOw

Match 4:
(4) The Glittering City of Yusnaan (Lightning Returns: XIII)
Composed by Mitsuto Suzuki
Arranged by Mitsuto Suzuki & Aska Kaneko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4T62pV71DA

v

(13) The Airbuster (VIIR)
Original Game: Final Fantasy VII (as Fight On!)
Composed by Tadayoshi Makino & Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged by Tadayoshi Makino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W-HzBFdNfc

You can listen to all of today's tracks together here (1-8): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFj0gJtesYY_F4VpWk2KONwsFBVgt6X1w

Easy vote form (Delete as appropriate):
Clash on the Big Bridge / Lava Dome
Weight of the World / Good King Moggle Mog XII
The Farplane Abyss / Dark City Treno
The Glittering City of Yusnaan / The Airbuster

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Lava Dome
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

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Clash on the Big Bridge (V)
Weight of the World - Prelude Version (XIV: Shadowbringers)
Dark City Treno (IX)
The Airbuster (VIIR)

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
Dark City Treno
The Airbuster

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

Yusnaan = Big Bridge > Airbuster > Weight of the World > Lava Dome > Farplane Abyss > Mog > Treeno

Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Airbuster

I actually really enjoyed Good King Moggle Mog, but now that Weight of the World is in the contest proper, I can vote for it.

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Airbuster

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan
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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

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Lava Dome

Farplane Abyss
Yusnaan

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

Last match is extremely close for me and are my two favourite songs today.

Clash on the Big Bridge
Good King Moggle Mog XII
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

with condolences to lava dome and airbuster :(((

Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
Dark City Treno
The Airbuster

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Airbuster
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Clash on the Big Bridge
Good King Moggle Mog XII
Dark City Treno
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

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Lava Dome
Good King Moggle Mog XII
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
Dark City Treno
The Airbuster

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Good King Moggle Mog XII
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

Getting major This Is Halloween vibes from Good King Moggle Mog.

Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

Yusnaan v Airbuster is the hardest call today for me, both are great. But echoing DireKrow's comments, Yusnaan is just so wonderfully unique and fun I can't not vote for it!

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
Dark City Treno
The Airbuster

Yusnaan is one of those songs that I find more interesting than actually good. It's still solid and there's a number of things I'd vote it over, but a good remake of one of the most memorable songs from VII is not one of them. The song doesn't really have enough catharsis or resolution to break into the high tier for me.
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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Airbuster

Girugamesh.
Nines is a pinhead.
YuRiPa.
Burma Shave.

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(1) Clash on the Big Bridge (V)
(9) Good King Moggle Mog XII (XIV)
(12) Dark City Treno (IX)
(13) The Airbuster (VIIR)
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Clash on the Big Bridge
Good King Moggle Mog XII
Dark City Treno
The Glittering City of Yusnaan
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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Airbuster

What's the line between homage and straight copyright infringement? Because that Good King Moogle Mog song, wow...

(1) Clash on the Big Bridge (V)
(8) Weight of the World - Prelude Version (XIV: Shadowbringers)
(5) The Farplane Abyss (X-2)
(4) The Glittering City of Yusnaan (Lightning Returns: XIII)
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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

Lava Dome got done dirty. Why is there NieR in FF14? Third match is meh. Fourth match is far better.

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Lava Dome
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Airbuster

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Lava Dome
Weight of the World
Dark City Treno
The Airbuster

Hardest match in all of R1, and it's the very first match of the very first day

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
Dark City Treno
The Airbuster

First match is the best of the day, although Airbuster is very cool if a bit drawn out.

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
Dark City Treno
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

No idea how I would go about potentially having to choose between The Farplane Abyss and The Glittering City of Yusnaan.

Clash on the Big Bridge
Good King Moggle Mog XII
Dark City Treno
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

Clash on the Big Bridge
Good King Moggle Mog XII
Dark City Treno
The Airbuster

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

Sorry GKMM, but at least you made it in the contest!

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Lava Dome
Weight of the World
Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan
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Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Airbuster

what's the chances of my nomination being on day 1 lol what

i hate the first match. lava dome also too good to be kicked out so early.

the other matches also had losers i like. treno really amplifies the atmosphere of the location it plays in. and i guarantee that if moggle mog existed in my cringe hot topic tim burton phase i'd actually cry. yusnaan does cooler and cooler things over time too.

Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

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Clash on the Big Bridge
Good King Moggle Mog XII
Dark City Treno
The Airbuster

Clash on the Big Bridge
Weight of the World
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

match 1 hardest

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Big Bridge
Weight of the World
Treno
Airbuster

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Lava Dome
Good King Moggle Mog XII
The Farplane Abyss
The Glittering City of Yusnaan

Match 1 is really close, Lava Dome barely beat out Clash in my book; will happily see any advance for that.

Good King Moggle Mog is so Tim Burton it hurts, gotta go with it for now.

I probably really need to check out X-2's soundtrack in closer inspection after this, Farplane and Mt. Gagazet please my ears so much.

Yusnaan is fun to listen to, sorry Cloud.

Clash on the Big Bridge (V)
Weight of the World - Prelude Version (XIV: Shadowbringers)
The Farplane Abyss (X-2)
The Airbuster (VIIR)

Aside from match 3, these matches all feel at least somewhat close with match 4 being the closest. Both of the match 4 songs are really cool and I'd take them over everything else up today.