Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 32! BridgeBat/ConcreteHrt, HtSWPitH/ChanisEyes, Aquatic/Frantic

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banshiryuu
06/29/22 10:06:11 PM
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Whats the most BEST and QUALITY match of Round 1 so far?! (Part 2053)










Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 16, an annual celebration of the best of the best video game music according to the voters!

Important Links:
Bracket: https://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=475935
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80027411
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0xxfgkmGKvEyWfHvNZ53Kbn
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16XAaBMDuUnQ4c5AxQNL9ZhvD7VG5kQyrXWWZxnkrn-o
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/WDvMS4a

Rules:
- Listen to both songs in a given match, at least through the loop time provided (to make sure you don't skip before you've heard the whole thing!)
- Please consider the loop point listed when judging the song; if a video loops one minute 5 times, don't treat it as if it's a repetitive 5 minute song
- If it's a match between your favorite song ever and a song you despise, still LISTEN TO BOTH! Votes can and will be disqualified if there is suspicion songs are not being listened to, and you may be discounted for the rest of the contest for repeat offenses.
- No alt accounts, no rallying or begging, etc., etc.... You only get one vote! Swapping votes is alright, just make clear that you've already made a vote and are swapping.
- Make clear what your voting options are! Please keep votes separate from any comments, and use the titles given in the topic post.
- Voting in all matches is not mandatory, feel free to skip matches you do not wish to vote in.
- Vote based on the links provided, and not other sources of audio. Links are specifically chosen for best quality and the like.
- Don't discuss vote tallies in this thread, or in other threads, as they may influence votes. Likewise, please refrain from looking at the running tally before voting.

Voting Period:
- Today's matches will last 24 hours from the time of posting, or 24 hours from 10pm Eastern, whichever is the later time.
- Please note this may mean that two topics will be active at the same time!
- If you anticipate being unable to vote in a given day, please send an absentee vote to @banshiryuu, or post your absentee vote in the discussion thread!

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Match 1

Final Fantasy Tactics - Precipitous Combat
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto
Loop Point: 1:39
Genre: BRIDGE BATTLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGs3ppf8cLk

Steel Assault - Heart of Concrete
Composer: Joseph Bailey (Qwesta)
Loop Po
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Collen
06/29/22 10:06:56 PM
#2:


Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance

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But there's a hole in my head and that's where I see and hear and dream through
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Hbthebattle
06/29/22 10:07:51 PM
#3:


RUINED METROPOLIS
BRAVE ROCK
SWORDFISH SOIREE

hmmmmmmmmm

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Fivda
06/29/22 10:11:27 PM
#4:


Steel Assault - Heart of Concrete
Dune - Chani's Eyes
Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance
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DeadTaffer
06/29/22 10:12:08 PM
#5:


Precipitous Combat
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance
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MoonRunes
06/29/22 10:19:05 PM
#6:


Precipitous Combat
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance
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TheArkOfTurus
06/29/22 10:22:20 PM
#7:


Precipitous Combat
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Frantic Aspic

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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
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tgs2
06/29/22 10:25:19 PM
#8:


Precipitous Combat
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance

Precipitous Combat [8]
Heart of Concrete [7.5]
Hoist the Sword [7]
Chani's Eyes [7.5]
Aquatic Ambiance [8.5]
Frantic Aspic [7]

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TeamRocketElite
06/29/22 10:41:35 PM
#9:


Steel Assault - Heart of Concrete
Etrian Mystery Dungeon - Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance

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-hotdogturtle--
06/29/22 11:09:45 PM
#10:


Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Frantic Aspic

I'm just gonna come out and say it, I don't get what's so special about Aquatic Ambiance. I never really understood why it was elevated to the level of "ultra mainstream popular" with the other big songs that non-VGM listeners often bring up. Most of the other songs in that category I can see the appeal or agree that they deserve to be there, but I simply don't find this song that praiseworthy.

Disclaimer: The fact that this VGMC match is going against one of my top songs from my favorite soundtrack is a literal coincidence; I have been thinking this about Aquatic Ambiance for over a decade. It's not just match commentary.

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kamakazikila
06/29/22 11:29:39 PM
#11:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

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Aakadarrr
06/29/22 11:47:58 PM
#12:


Precipitous Combat
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance
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Waveshine_2001
06/29/22 11:50:47 PM
#13:


-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Frantic Aspic

I'm just gonna come out and say it, I don't get what's so special about Aquatic Ambiance. I never really understood why it was elevated to the level of "ultra mainstream popular" with the other big songs that non-VGM listeners often bring up. Most of the other songs in that category I can see the appeal or agree that they deserve to be there, but I simply don't find this song that praiseworthy.

Disclaimer: The fact that this VGMC match is going against one of my top songs from my favorite soundtrack is a literal coincidence; I have been thinking this about Aquatic Ambiance for over a decade. It's not just match commentary.

It's pretty hard to explain. For me, it's a very mesmorizing and relaxing piece. It's borderline hypnotic, but in a good way. It also has a pretty solid rhythm carrying the whole piece through as well (the percussion is pretty solid in addition to the other instrumentation). It has a similar feel to Dire, Dire Docks (at least for me). I think it's popular for a good reason.

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HBJDubs
06/29/22 11:51:54 PM
#14:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

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Save in the name of true love
~Project 1000~
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HidekuniHorita
06/29/22 11:55:07 PM
#15:


Precipitous Combat
Chani's Eyes
Frantic Aspic

Salmon Run is the reason I've put more hours into Splatoon 2 than probably any other video game in the last ten years, so it's really good that its music is all my favorite music in the game!

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DireKrow
06/30/22 12:05:20 AM
#16:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance
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GameBopAdv
06/30/22 12:08:35 AM
#17:


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Chani's Eyes
Frantic Aspic

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Kopazzynth (I should probably go ahead and change this username soon)
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RevolverAxolot
06/30/22 1:10:35 AM
#18:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance
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KCF0107
06/30/22 1:12:03 AM
#19:


Concrete
Eyes
Ambiance

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Prince46
06/30/22 1:27:16 AM
#20:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
abstain

Match 3 is ridiculous, I tell ya
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TsunamiXXVIII
06/30/22 2:17:50 AM
#21:


Steel Assault - Heart of Concrete
Etrian Mystery Dungeon - Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance

Three easy matches today.

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FL81
06/30/22 2:32:40 AM
#22:


Steel Assault - Heart of Concrete
Etrian Mystery Dungeon - Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance

the most FL81 day

(shoutouts to Chani's Eyes being really cool, but Hoist the Sword is maybe like, a top 10 VGM)

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Waveshine_2001
06/30/22 3:51:48 AM
#23:


Aquatic Ambiance

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Mihark
06/30/22 4:40:45 AM
#24:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance
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Sceptilesolar
06/30/22 6:01:50 AM
#25:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

Not too happy with these, but Hoist the Sword was decent.

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Tked
06/30/22 6:52:14 AM
#26:


Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance
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Raetsel_Lapin
06/30/22 7:39:49 AM
#27:


Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance


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dowolf
06/30/22 8:10:16 AM
#28:


Combat
Sword
Aspic

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UF8
06/30/22 8:19:12 AM
#29:


RUINED METROPOLIS
BLUE GOLD
TWILIGHT TIMPANI

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DEM1995
06/30/22 8:39:17 AM
#30:


Heart of Concrete
???
Aquatic Ambien

On the note of Sakimito, my copy of Fragrant Story came in the mail. Will see if there's anything fun in it next week.
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andylt
06/30/22 9:00:33 AM
#31:


Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance

Bridge is one of the better FFT tracks but it sounds too canny, like all tracks in that game. I like the part from 1:00 but overall I think I just don't really care for the composer's style, I found FFXII's OST pretty unremarkable as well.
Concrete is decent enough, I think it's growing on me. I like the main jingle in the background and how it goes into the loop.

Today's best tracks are both in match 2, and they're impossible to compare to each other! Hoist has an excellent intro and I particularly like the Xenoblade-y breakdown at 1:26. But there's something mesmerising about Chani, it's both relaxing and uneasy, and it stays fresh pretty much throughout its runtime. Great find!

Aquatic isn't my fav piece of DKC music, in fact I doubt it'd be in my top 20 for the series, but it's still nice. Splatoon music is too experimental for me I think!

Combat: 2.5/5
Concrete: 3/5
Hoist: 3.5/5
Eyes: 4/5
Aquatic: 3/5
Aspic: 0.5/5

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DoctorJimmy133
06/30/22 9:47:22 AM
#32:


Precipitous Combat
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Frantic Aspic

Any reason we're using the Hoist the Sword's Engrish title instead of the official "Raise Thy Sword in Pride" which means the exact same thing?

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MaxGalactica
06/30/22 11:11:44 AM
#33:


Not really a fan of a lot of the MIDI instruments used in Precipitous Combat. Particularly the strings and brass. The mix is pretty weird too. This one would be a lot better with real instruments. The melody and song structure is pretty solid, but the actual sound brings it down a lot for me.

Heart of Concrete is fun. The particular synth used for the melody isn't my favorite, but it isn't bad. Nice e-guitar too, though I wish it did more than it does. Decent song, and it definitely will be getting my vote.

Raise Thy Sword in Pride goes well with Heart of Concrete with a similar e-guitar. The mix is way too heavy on the e-guitar though, drowning out basically everything else. Bassline is good, but barely audible. Some good things are here, mixed in with some other things that aren't my favorite, making this more of a middling track for me.

Chani's Eyes is such an interesting track. I didn't like it much initially during noms, but I think I like it more now. Some really interesting soundscapes here and overall atmosphere. Actually a pretty close match for me.

Aquatic Ambiance is easily my favorite track of the day. Great melody, good synth choices, and fantastic atmosphere. One of David Wise's best pieces.

Well, Frantic Aspic sure is frantic. I like some of the synths and the cello used here. But yeah, it doesn't hold a candle to AA.

Ok day today, with Aquatic Ambiance carrying the group.

Votes:
Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance

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xx521xx
06/30/22 11:25:09 AM
#34:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Frantic Aspic

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sergiocornaga
06/30/22 11:34:33 AM
#35:


Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance

I have no idea what to do with match 3... I can't compare these two songs... may revise...
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DanKirby
06/30/22 12:20:28 PM
#36:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambience

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Mac Arrowny
06/30/22 1:57:12 PM
#37:


Never been a big fan of FFT music. This is okay I suppose. Heart of Concrete's more my style, not that it's a huge standout imo.

I feel like I've seen a bunch of names for this EO song. It's in the EO style I like and it's a good example of that style. Chain's Eyes has some cool sounds.

Aquatic Ambiance has always been killer. Love that relaxing groove. Frantic Aspic's the first Splatoon song I've liked in a while! It's not the only good one, but the others in this contest haven't appealed to me.

Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

Aquatic Ambiance > Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart > Heart of Concrete > Frantic Aspic > Chani's Eyes > Precipitous Combat

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MargaretAnnMid
06/30/22 2:10:46 PM
#38:


Precipitous Combat
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance
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DEM1995
06/30/22 2:33:51 PM
#39:


Chani's Eyes
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Xarnax42
06/30/22 2:54:57 PM
#40:


Precipitous Combat
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

Aquatic Ambiance >> Precipitous Combat Heart of Concrete Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart > Chani's Eyes > Frantic Aspic
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Janus5k
06/30/22 3:22:33 PM
#41:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

(fake) SSH
(real) Koshiro
(wise) David

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rwlh
06/30/22 3:51:28 PM
#42:


1. PowerOne
2. You Were There
3. Scroll Stage
4. ???
5. Staff Roll (Super Mario 64)
6. Dreams in a Pie
7. ???
8. Abstract Map
9. CHAMPION RITUAL
10. Passing Through the Forest
11. ???
12. ???
13. Frantic Aspic
14. ???
15. A CYBER'S WORLD?
16. ???
17. ???
18. Kusanagi Village
19. ???
20. Calling
21. LIN NE KRO NE
22. Egg Reverie
23. Battle! (Arceus) ~ Phase 4
24. ???
25. The Glittering City of Yusnaan
26. ???
27. ???
28. Sky Tower
29. Indignant Divinity
30. The Elephant's Foot of Obnoxious Music
31. Time Moves Slow
32. The Apex of the World (Rain)
33. Radical Dreamers ~Unstolen Jewel~
34. Interwoven Stories
35. ???
36. ???
37. Blue Orb
38. Home Sweet Home
39. The Wretched Automatons
40. It's Dangerous to Go Alone
41. Move Me
42. ???
43. xxxx/xx/xx (Remix)
44. Yggdrasil
45. stg_travel_2_3
46. ???
47. SaKuRa
48. The Rain Formerly Known as Purple
49. ???
50. Kaze no Ne

Yesterday I voted for one of my bottom 5 in this contest (hi Confronter) after relistening and liking it more. Today it happened again (hi Heart of Concrete, literally 255/256). The system is FAILING

God I love Frantic Aspic.

Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Frantic Aspic
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Isquen
06/30/22 4:16:54 PM
#43:


Precipitous Combat
Chani's Eyes
Aquatic Ambiance

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th3l3fty
06/30/22 4:36:33 PM
#44:


Steel Assault - Heart of Concrete
Etrian Mystery Dungeon - Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance

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OrangeCrush980
06/30/22 4:57:50 PM
#45:


Precipitous Combat
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

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slykirby
06/30/22 5:45:52 PM
#46:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

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azuarc
06/30/22 6:51:12 PM
#47:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

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tennisboy213
06/30/22 7:34:58 PM
#48:


Precipitous Combat
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

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rich af
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LkProd
06/30/22 7:35:19 PM
#49:


Heart of Concrete
Hoist the Sword With Pride in the Heart
Aquatic Ambiance

Match 2 fucking sucks
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quantumB
06/30/22 7:48:51 PM
#50:


Heart of Concrete
Chani's Eyes
Frantic Aspic
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