Board 8 > [BOST6] *NEW ROUND* Best OST Contest Day 35 feat. Harmonicas, Stannum and hot

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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 3 Match 1

Shovel Knight - Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rhEKTX-sE

Sigma Harmonics - Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wNTgSMFNtcY

Losers' Bracket: Round 2 Match 1

SimCity 4 - Street Sweeper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fzukRx5znw

Neotokyo - Tin Soldiers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zl-FWcMOno

Snubs' Bracket: Round 2 Match 1

PARASITE EVE - OUT OF PHASE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyOyiA7gbc

Sonic: After the Sequel - Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3
https://youtu.be/QuqsjEZIcXk

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Vote Form:
Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage) / Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
#REF!/#VALUE!
OUT OF PHASE / Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
Street Sweeper
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Tin Soldiers
OUT OF PHASE

Sigma Harmonics - Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
Neotokyo - Tin Soldiers
Sonic: After the Sequel - Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
um
OUT OF PHASE

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Tin Soldiers
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Sigma Harmonics - Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
Neotokyo - Tin Soldiers
PARASITE EVE - OUT OF PHASE

I feel like I absolutely had to have heard Harmonia vita at some point in the past because it would feel supremely weird if I had not but it sounded new to me for some reason. Good day.

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Street Sweeper
OUT OF PHASE

Strike the Earth
Street Sweeper
Disco Heat

Strike the Earth
Street Sweeper
Out of Phase

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
#VALUE!
OUT OF PHASE

HARMONICS VITAAAAAAAAAA
Tin Soldados
Outta Phase

i really like harmonics vita i know i gushed about it somewhere during noms but i'm gushing again now deal with it.

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
abstain
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

abstain
Tin Soldiers
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Tin Soldiers
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Tin Soldiers
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Sigma is cool but the chorus lets it down imo.
Match 2's tracks fit well together. As always, Neotokyo keeps getting better the longer the song goes on.

Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
#VALUE!
OUT OF PHASE

damn sorry disco heat ur cool

Sigma Harmonics - Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
SimCity 4 - Street Sweeper
Sonic: After the Sequel - Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Strike the Earth! was probably the first Jake Kaufman song I ever heard, and it convinced me to try Shovel Knight back in the day. Great, catchy song. Harmonia vita is one of the better Sigma Harmonics songs in the set. Love the vocals. The instrumental is decent, though nothing outstanding. Good song, but I'm still giving it to Strike the Earth!.

Street Sweeper vs. Tin Soldiers is a tougher match. They're both weaker songs in their respective sets imo, though neither are bad per se. Both lean a bit too much into the repetitive DnB style (though Tin Soldiers isn't exactly DnB), which is their main downside to me. I'm feeling Tin Soldiers more on this listen, so I think I'll go with that.

OUT OF PHASE is a bit on the repetitive side as well, but I like the chords at the end of the loop and the little piano bits here and there. Decent song. Disco Heat is once again proving that After the Sequel is by far the best Sonic set in this contest. The disco/funk elements are very good. Great song.

Decent day.

Votes:
Strike the Earth!
Tin Soldiers
Disco Heat - For Redhot Ride Act 3

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Tin Soldiers
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

speed-listening session before going to work, lezgo:

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
can't decide this one quick enough, rip
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
Tin Soldiers
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Street Sweeper
OUT OF PHASE

Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
Tin Soldiers
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Harmonia
Sn
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Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Street Sweeper
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Better day than I thought, Disco Heat was actually a surprise first listen for me. REAL good stuff.

Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
Street Sweeper
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Street Sweeper

I expected to vote for Tin Soldiers, but I'm digging SC4 today.

Shovel Knight - Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Neotokyo - Tin Soldiers

Sonic: After the Sequel - Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Strike the Earth! (Plains of Passage)
Street Sweeper
Disco Heat For Rehot Ride Act 3

Harmonia vita (SIGMA Mix)
Street Sweeper
Disco Heat - For RedHot Ride Act 3

strike the earth
street sweeper
redhot ride act 3

strike the earth is so recognisable and iconic! wow still love it after all these years. a strong melody and a good use of identity despite the "retro" quality. this soundtrack tells a stronger story than many osts with a more modern sound and i love it. harmonia vita isn't one of the reasons why i supported this set, but it isn't bad! the vocals are lovely, definitely a stand out. but damn, it really did draw one of the strongest shovel knight songs as an opponent.

street sweeper has such a cool texture to it. i love how the song just effortlessly glides like a busy city in motion. really awesome!! neotokyo continues to baffle me. i don't hate, or even dislike this, i just don't like it as much as i feel like i SHOULD. tin soldiers is one of the better ones though.

dear yoko shimomura, please make more songs like this. so investigative and mesmerising what a fun disco beat! i am constantly in love with what sonic ats has to offer. this is rEALLY CLOSE wow two different vibes i go for and love ..