Board 8 > [BOST6] Best OST Contest Day 31 feat. Graduation, Outkast and Magnetic Reversal

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Greetings, and welcome to the Best OST Contest 6! In this contest, you and fellow video game soundtrack lovers will come together to once and for all answer the question "What is the best video game soundtrack? (For now.)"

Links:
Contest Bracket and Info - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dzksb-FzWnDGAZKUYQ6qJNkBJkp88TRVk9TmnPthy00
Discussion Thread - https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80233689

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VOTING RULES

- Each match will be between the songs representing each game, not the game as a whole. Please remember to listen and vote with this in mind! Any votes referring to a game name rather than a song name will not be counted.
- Listen to both songs!! If one is your literal favorite song in the world and the other is something you hate with a passion, listen to them both!!
- No alts, no rallying, no begging for something to get more votes, etc., etc., you know the drill.
- All votes must be delivered to the host within 24 hours of a match starting. If you would like to vote early, please DM me and I'll provide the match seed. If you change your mind and would like to swap your vote, you may do so. As soon as it is 24 hours since the match topic was started, you may not change your vote and new votes will not be counted.

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Winners' Bracket: Round 2 Match 11

COTTOn Rock'n'Roll/Fantasy: Superlative Night Dreams - SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73r06L1Asc

Ragnarok Online 2 - Clap & Walk
https://youtu.be/pdvKlC20OuY

Losers' Bracket: Round 1 Match 14

Celeste - Confronting Myself
https://youtu.be/b_oEDGONSc4

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - Challenge Accepted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoYJXzzNQgo

Snubs' Bracket: Round 1 Match 30

Border Break Airburst - Pole Shift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhZ7pF0qmwo

Xenoblade Chronicles - Agniratha (Night)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq2PPFrxC0k

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Vote Form:
SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM) / Clap & Walk
Confronting Myself / Challenge Accepted
Pole Shift / Agniratha (Night)

Clap and Walk
Confronting Myself
Pole Shift

Clap & Walk
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Pole Shift

my two favorites today are in the match that i am not voting in . . overall though i like today's selection a lot. still need to listen to all of border break airburst sometime

Clap & Walk
Challenge Accepted
Pole Shift

COTTOn Rock'n'Roll/Fantasy: Superlative Night Dreams - SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Celeste - Confronting Myself
Xenoblade Chronicles - Agniratha (Night)

SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Challenge Accepted
Agniratha (Night)

SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Confronting Myself
Pole Shift

Finally we get to hear from Border Break Airburst! Pretty good music overall today. I hestitated on all three votes...

SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Challenge Accepted
Agniratha (Night)

Clap & Walk
Confronting Myself
Agniratha (Night)

I love Challenge Accepted from the 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim victory screen

Clap & Walk
Confronting Myself
Agniratha (Night)

SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Confronting Myself
Agniratha (Night)

Clap & Walk
...Confronting Myself (sigh)
Pole Shift

At least I got to share Challenge Accepted with everyone before Shantae went out.

SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Challenge Accepted
Agniratha (Night)

clap & walk pretty good, close match
challenge accepted really do be good
ok this is a brutal match

Clap & Walk
Challenge Accepted
Pole Shift

COTTOn Rock'n'Roll/Fantasy: Superlative Night Dreams - SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - Challenge Accepted
Xenoblade Chronicles - Agniratha (Night)

Clap n Walk
Confronting Myself
Pole Shift

SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Confronting Myself
Agniratha (Night)

Clap & Walk
Confronting Myself
Agniratha (Night)

Spacebar
Confronting Myself
Pole Shift

Clap and Walk feels like it's fighting the odd time every step of the way. I don't like it here. The music feels like it wants a rhythm that it's comfortable in.

confronting myself is such false advertising for what the rest of the ost sounds like.

There's a few brief moments in Pole Shift that I love. There's other parts I don't, but that's enough to give it the match here.

Clap & Walk
Challenge Accepted
Pole Shift

snubs match strongest today

Ragnarok Online 2 - Clap & Walk
Celeste - Confronting Myself

Border Break Airburst - Pole Shift

SPACE has some fun things to it like the piano and e-guitar, but it's mostly not very interesting to me, particularly in the melody. Clap & Walk has a great melody on the other hand. Love the 7/8 time that occurs from time to time in this too. Great instrumentation too. Particularly the accordion and the strings. Great song.

Confronting Myself and Challenge Accepted are fairly close to each other, but I think Challenge Accepted is more interesting, particularly in the synths and production.

Pole Shift is pretty fun. Nice DnB elements without being too repetitive. Agniratha (Night) is a classic though. I love the piano especially here. Gorgeous melody and song.

Great day today.

Votes:
Clap & Walk
Challenge Accepted
Agniratha (Night)

portal 2
oh god why is challenge so good
fuck

overwhelmingly good day

Clap & Walk
Confronting Myself
Pole Shift

SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Confronting Myself
Agniratha (Night)

Ragnarok Online 2 - Clap & Walk
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - Challenge Accepted
Xenoblade Chronicles - Agniratha (Night)

Clap & Walk
Confronting Myself
Agniratha (Night)

Clap & Walk
Confronting Myself
Pole Shift

Call me crazy, but I think I prefer the original version of Through the Trees instead of the unused remix that was never heard in-game. It's still very good, no doubt, but there's definitely something missing from it.

Also, Clap & Walk is probably my favorite RO2 song I've heard to date, so this was a no-brainer for me even with how good Cotton Fantasy has been to my ears.

VERY solid day today, probably the best for me so far this contest.

COTTOn Rock'n'Roll/Fantasy: Superlative Night Dreams - SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Celeste - Confronting Myself
Border Break Airburst - Pole Shift

Really solid day. Really sucks to do it to one of Celeste and Shantae, and Shantae honestly had a really solid track to me today too. Porta ad caelum would be even more great if the lead was mixed a bit louder at parts lmao its weird

SPACE (Stage G: PORTA AD CAELUM)
Confronting Myself
Agniratha (Night)

clap & walk
confronting myself
agniratha

space has a cool intro and some really cool parts mixed in. i like the "twinkly bits" that are peppered throughout the background of the piece. clap & walk meanwhile has an intro that i am not a fan of, but once the song starts rolling, it is a really fun sort of song, something to dance a jig to. also fond of the way it calms down before picking back up again.

confronting myself is just so fucking cool. great intro. great build up. and when the celeste leitmotif kicks in, it is so unbelievably hype. i've always been fond of how songs in this game tend to escalate and grow, appropriate given the game in question. the static and glitchiness in this one is also a nice touch. great example of a song that works perfectly both in and out of context. this is SUCH a mean matchup to shantae, because i enjoy this one too. songs that feel very menu waiting room lobby are my kind of thing. so pleasant and smooth!! this is going right into my relaxing playlist.

pole shift sounds great back to back with challenge accepted. from the waiting room into the battle. very fun and pleasant, loud, but not overwhelming. really great! i ought to listen to more border break. i know this xenoblade set was made partially in jest, but i honestly think it is a really good one agniratha is no exception, with the lonely piano trills and faint choir. such a hollow, goosebumps inducing track. pole shift is really great, but this makes me shiver no matter how many times i've listened to it (spoilers: way too many times probably haha).

Space (Stage G: Porta Ad Caelum)
Confronting Myself
Pole Shift