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banshiryuu 05/22/23 9:59:59 PM #1: |
best exa pico song this year?!?!?
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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 17, 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=477304 Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAJKYJmYhccLvbf_H-5uSA7-eMwXfW8k1q74Qho1bLU Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80433657 Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0wlcxj-kHQRU1yHo-kpMxGe Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_IU5iCFTM_4WEx8ZWKwznMz5v2tarCKh1Ag0mxIgAes 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! . Match 1 osu! - escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Composer: Kurokotei feat. Sennzai Loop Point: 5:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYmT ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hbthebattle 05/22/23 10:00:34 PM #2: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. for you Ocean Palace --- :) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Paratroopa1 05/22/23 10:08:32 PM #3: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. Credits Ocean Palace ... Copied to Clipboard!
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th3l3fty 05/22/23 10:10:22 PM #4: |
Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica - EXEC_DESPEDIA/. Granblue Fantasy - for you Chrono Trigger - Ocean Palace --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris ... Copied to Clipboard!
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RevolverAxolot 05/22/23 10:11:27 PM #5: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/ for you Ocean Palace ... Copied to Clipboard!
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junglegirl 05/22/23 10:18:18 PM #6: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. Credits Ocean Palace match 3 very close ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Pixelisak 05/22/23 10:29:39 PM #7: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. Credits Ocean Palace ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DeviDoesNothing 05/22/23 10:29:42 PM #8: |
osu! - escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Granblue Fantasy - for you. Chrono Trigger - Undersea Palace for you. > escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) > Undersea Palace > Deluged Depths > Credits > EXEC_DESPECIA/. liked everything but Ar Tonelico, those vocals were Not It:tm: --- Erica, she/they. Subscribe to GaMetal ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TeamRocketElite 05/22/23 10:30:13 PM #9: |
Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica - EXEC_DESPEDIA/. Granblue Fantasy - for you Chrono Trigger - Ocean Palace --- My bracket looked like random picks compared to his. Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Prince46 05/22/23 10:38:10 PM #10: |
escape Credits Ocean Palace A4 is soooo daaaaamn gooooood. actually sad Escape and Credits are facing each other if they win, they're now my favorites out of this right side. Really wanted to like Matthew's but it loops as soon as it gets good, and that's a shame. Ocean Palace is good enough to pass over it. Anyways, great day. Excited to see how Bracket B looks. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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kamakazikila 05/22/23 10:38:48 PM #11: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) for you Ocean Palace --- Puff Stuff ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KidDivinegon 05/22/23 10:43:41 PM #12: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. Credits Ocean Palace --- Sound Test Unlocked! My YouTube VGM channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/KidDivinegon ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UF8 05/22/23 10:56:36 PM #13: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. Credits Ocean Palace escape is an insane song honestly, if it wasn't filled with generic... idk, modern electronic music sounds i'm not into in general i'd have probably taken it to r5 or so in favourites which is a huge compliment given the insane corner it's in, super strong stuff. unfortunately it drew maybe the strongest song in its division for me (save for my own noms). despedia is extremely unhinged. i have very strong doubts it is a particularly strong hymmnos here especially in a firmly post-exsphere era, but i mean for me, i'm glad it is here (even if it probably would've been for the best to not be right here) oh weird i thought this song was 12 mins long i guess that was a different link or i was thinking of something else. feels like this song, despite the difficulties it had in noms, has got a huge amount of potential for this contest. definitely feels very endeavour-ish to me in a fresh way (unfortunately still in a way that i don't care for the vocals, honestly feels like it would be a legitimately better song without them). either way though wouldn't be surprised if this is the 1 seed here which is unfortunate since kdl3's ending is a really solid one that i honestly realise now i like way more than i thought i did. it's simple, but largely because it really commits to the mood it creates. in that way, it's a very nostalgic song, the kind i wish there were more of these days okay this match is also a bit evil. my main critique about depths is how... rather mixed the influences on it feel here. i feel this chimeratio person could find a more natural balance nowadays, not that i think being overly critical about this reflects how i feel about the song at all. i just notice a number of elements i think are cool but normally wouldn't associate with one another and while it does impress me that it all came together into a cohesive package the fact that i'm still thinking about it in this way bugs me. undersea ocean deluged depths palace temple shrine is one of those songs that i just automatically associate with STEREO. it's nothing revolutionary, in fact it's honestly the simplest song today, but i just love it not sure how my vote compatibility is going to be today, feels like i'm definitely going against people i'm usually compatible with but it's just how i'm feeling in the moment ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DoctorJimmy133 05/22/23 11:08:45 PM #14: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. - Deluged Depths --- azuarc is quite good at predicting GameFAQs bracket battles. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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golden009 05/22/23 11:09:31 PM #15: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) for you Deluged Depths now chimeratio i can get into ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DanKirby 05/22/23 11:19:34 PM #16: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Credits Ocean Palace --- (>'.')> "The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes ... Copied to Clipboard!
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azuarc 05/22/23 11:33:30 PM #17: |
UF8 posted...
Not New World Order? escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) for you Ocean Palace --- Only the exceptions can be exceptional. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HBJDubs 05/23/23 12:33:25 AM #18: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) for you Ocean Palace --- Save in the name of true love ~Project 1000~ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KCF0107 05/23/23 12:36:21 AM #19: |
Escape Credits Depths --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy ... Copied to Clipboard!
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banshiryuu 05/23/23 12:51:37 AM #20: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) for you Deluged Depths idk why i just can never really get into despedia. its cool... but idk. for you is crazy good fuck NWO tbh this songs where its at. match 3 is incredible and i will be equally happy and sad with the results retire both of these songs From TunnelScene: EXEC_DESPEDIA/. (Ar tonelico 2) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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PIayer_0 05/23/23 1:01:08 AM #21: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Credits Deluged Depths the looking-glass vs the looking - glass...one is an old-timey word for a mirror, the other is bonus DLC for a game called the looking --- -Abraham Lincoln ... Copied to Clipboard!
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HidekuniHorita 05/23/23 1:07:46 AM #22: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. for you Deluged Depths Funny anime girl prog metal about BDSM :) --- Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay! I am one with the Akashic Records! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FL81 05/23/23 1:21:11 AM #23: |
Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica - EXEC_DESPEDIA/. Granblue Fantasy - for you Matthew's Dungeons of the Unforgotten - Deluged Depths man that first match deserves better than R1 --- https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DireKrow 05/23/23 1:31:07 AM #24: |
escape for you Ocean Palace match 3 is cruel ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Collen 05/23/23 1:47:28 AM #25: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Credits Deluged Depths --- Give me a cue I can see clues all around me ... Copied to Clipboard!
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tgs2 05/23/23 3:20:40 AM #26: |
escape for you Deluged Depths Wasn't expecting to like escape this much. That song did not need those vocals that kick in with a minute to go, but whatever. Still very good in spite of that. 1. ??? 2. Xenogears - One Who Bares Fangs at God 3. ??? 4. ??? 5. League of Legends - Nilah, The Joy Unbound 6. ??? 7. ??? 8. Mortal Kombat (Sega CD) - Techno Syndrome 9. ??? 10. Spark the Electric Jester 3 - Utopia Shelter ~ In the Depths 11. ??? 12. ??? 13. Deus Ex - The Synapse - Ambient 14. ??? 15. ??? 16. ??? 17. Legaia 2: Duel Saga - Lost Forest 18. ??? 19. Chrono Trigger - Yearnings of the Wind 20. ??? 21. ??? 22. ??? 23. ??? 24. ??? 25. ??? 26. ??? 27. ??? 28. osu! - escape (through the looking - glass, and what alice found there) 29. Galactic Pinball - MOONMAN'S Fandango 30. ??? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Waveshine_2001 05/23/23 3:29:39 AM #27: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Credits Ocean Palace --- Fox Only, Final Destination. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GhostyMega 05/23/23 5:43:13 AM #28: |
Inazuma eleven when? Oh it's it's vgmc time Escape Credits Deluged deeps This day was hella difficult!!! Specially with match two where it's a very cool song vs an emotional one (and kinda one that means a lot to me personally). I can see credits not winning this one but dun think I will get mad cus for you it's hella great to listen to. --- The art of quirky SNES games no one cares about ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fivda 05/23/23 6:17:42 AM #29: |
osu! - escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Kirby's Dream Land 3 - Credits Matthew's Dungeons of the Unforgotten - Deluged Depths ... Copied to Clipboard!
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andylt 05/23/23 6:29:49 AM #30: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Credits Ocean Palace Depths could get my vote if it had a little more to it, I like the first 20 seconds more than :20-:40. Still the best match of the day imo. --- Very very slowly becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tked 05/23/23 6:35:01 AM #31: |
Credits Deluged Depths ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fluttershy_Pony 05/23/23 7:36:56 AM #32: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Credits Deluged Depths --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony ... Copied to Clipboard!
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OrangeCrush980 05/23/23 9:01:11 AM #33: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Credits Ocean Palace --- "You can learn to believe in others... ...even in the final moments of your life!" - ????, Yakuza 3 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Prody_Parrot 05/23/23 9:28:23 AM #34: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) for you ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NFUN 05/23/23 10:04:55 AM #35: |
escape credits depth --- What can the harvest hope for if not for the care of the Reaper Man? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Isquen 05/23/23 10:13:32 AM #36: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) for you Ocean Palace --- [Rock and Stone] <o/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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xx521xx 05/23/23 11:37:00 AM #37: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. for you Ocean Palace --- Optimism is the first step to disappointment. xx521xx ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MaxGalactica 05/23/23 12:53:25 PM #38: |
escape: This one has really cool synths and production. It does go a bit overboard at times with the kick drums and the speed, but it's mostly good. The vocals are fine at the end, but the tempo increase just feels weird there. Good song still. EXEC_DESPEDIA/.: The instrumental of this is pretty interesting, particularly the e-guitar shredding and grunging. It's just that Mitose's vocals really do not gel with me unfortunately. for you: Unfortunate that this one doesn't have an official release yet, because the quality on this one is pretty iffy. It's a pretty neat song though. Especially the synth sections like at 1:46 or 3:19. Not 100% sure on the vocals, but they're mostly good. Good song. Credits: This one's cute. Nice melody and playful instrumentation. Don't have anything bad to say about it. Deluged Depths: Really neat production and cool sounds throughout. Whoever this Chimeratio is, they're pretty good at making music. Only thing is I wish the loop were longer. Undersea Palace: I like the intro of this one more than anything with the panning synths and neat soundscape. The middle section and end of the loop I'm less high on. Still a good song. Less good day today. Votes: escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Credits Deluged Depths --- Don't trust everything that you read on the Internet. -Abraham Lincoln ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheArkOfTurus 05/23/23 1:07:00 PM #39: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. for you Ocean Palace --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety ... Copied to Clipboard!
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junglegirl 05/23/23 1:14:55 PM #40: |
changing my vote for match 3 to Deluged Depths ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MacArrowny 05/23/23 1:17:09 PM #41: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) for you Ocean Palace Sennzai good times. Not quite one of their best songs, but good stuff. Despedia is fun too, though better in the game than on its own. for you probably not as good as NWO, though it is good. Credits is weak for a Kirby song. No surprise since KDL3 sucks! Hehe water match. Depths has some good stuff early on but doesn't really deliver in the later parts. Undersea Palace is great. Has some excellent remixes. Ocean Palace > escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) > EXEC_DESPEDIA/.> for you > Deluged Depths > Credits --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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skulltrumpets 05/23/23 1:56:13 PM #42: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. Credits Ocean Palace early vote today say what??? esplodes escape is the first song ive listened to this year that i just .... dont really get. sorry!! its wild that it took this long for me to feel anything thats less than neutral. mean we got a strong bracket! at music is love <3 at music is life <3 i am not being held hostage by at music at all what makes you think th i had my gun locked and loaded to vote for you. like god damn what a banger. i was ready i was all prepped (and so cool hearing the voice of one of the composers of my favourite wii game ost!!) but WTF i forgot how catchy and warm kdl3 credits are ... with all due respect and love to for you i gotta go with korby <3 dude wtf what kind of sick joke this is putting up these songs against each other on the bracket. ... sad i will not be voting for deluged depths. it is a cool discovery and one of my favourites barring stuff i supported. undersea palace is my favourite chrono song and one of my favourite vgm!!! the oppressive nature of the song and the panning and the clank clanks. wtf ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Sceptilesolar 05/23/23 3:06:16 PM #43: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) for you Deluged Depths for you really nice. --- Just killing time until the world ends. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Haste_2 05/23/23 3:38:48 PM #44: |
EXEC_DESPEDlA/. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." ... Copied to Clipboard!
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dowolf 05/23/23 4:14:21 PM #45: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. For You Depths what did she find? Is this jabberwocky the song? i dunno I feel like jabberwocky as a song should like be entirely out of tune -- like, lower the middle C from 440hz to 420hz, recalibrate everything accordingly, and just have fun. I want this to be a song. Tox get on this plz. I swear I'm not just rambling about this so I don't have to make my usual rhythm song spiel that I'm sure everyone else is sick of by now. Though maybe I will have to get into that rant this song is suprisingly long for rhythm. And it's got plenty of variety too, I like the tempo increases near the end a lot and just wish it was in a framework I am physically capable of enjoying. But hey, I can ride the ZOOOOOOM all the way to SURPRISE VOCALS?! did not expect that at the end lol. I guess that's what Alice found: vocals. but I found DESPEDIA i can't believe this got in WHAT A WORLD. Having never been in a BDSM relationship thingy, all I have to go on is this song. So if BDSM does not involve a total badass with a very dark past singing to me in tongues, demanding my utter obedience while providing her own backing vocals with magic, interspersing declarations of love with promises of murder, complete with a rhythm taken straight from Hell, I will be disappoint. one of my low-key favorite things about VGMC is getting to learn about all the new Granblue Fantasy music that's come out in the past year and while "for you" isn't my favorite (rip Zero), it is stupendous. The two singers voices just work so well together I am just blown away. I even made lyrics! Enjoy (note: basically everything except for the final chorus is sung in backwards Japanese, but I will spare you having to read that in the lyrics): Birth precedes death Another birth, always death Again they well up And countlessly meet ruin. Again, always, ruin... Feverishly, the cycle repeats (Given that) Within this twisted world (I must not die.) Feverishly, I run the numbers (Hurry) On this twisted mesh of Lost Possibilities Tick, tock, goes the clock, as I peer At you, marching toward ruin nigh-innumerable Tick, tock, goes the clock, as I run them again. But there's just no way. It doesn't add up. Even a miracle wouldn't be enough. Fire rages; water stills (Dark nurtures) Earth roars; wind ruptures (Light falls) Come, the door lies open. Everybody ready? Now's the time to go forth, to overcome Providence (Fire rages) (Water stills) (Earth roars) (Wind ruptures) (Light illumines) (Darkness nurtures) <first two blocks repeat> <"Forward" Japanese starts> Tick, tock, goes the clock, as I peer At you, marching toward ruin despite my machinations Tick, tock, goes the clock, as I run them again. But there's just no way. It doesn't add up. Even a miracle wouldn't be enough. C'mon, pick up the pace. Time to see what lies beyond that destiny. The sword in your hand will open the way C'mon, hold faith in me, Lost Possibilities and all After all, there's so much left to our journey <"Forward" Japanese ends.> Farewell, farewell Thank you for being who you are in this moment Thank you for being who you are in this moment Hello; hajimemashite Hello; hajimemashite Credit music more like accredited music. yeah i just don't like most kirby music, and i just don't like credits music most of the time. But that's fine; there's tons of other stuff for me today. hello hajimemashite, Tox. i hope you are happy on this day that features literally your music and Despedia. Bends are fun. I'm not a big fan of the panning, I think it's in part because when I'm listening intently to music some part of my brain will sort sounds into left ear and right ear to focus on separately. Obviously, panning breaks this >_> Still, a cool, understated exploration theme, but that achieves that vibe without being "'atmospheric'", which I'm using to mean it still has a strong melody. Fun fact, the Japanese name of this is "Undersea Temple." Now, while I like to make fun of most of Squeenix's attempts to rename their entire musical back catalog, Chrono Trigger is one case where I am broadly supportive of the goals. "Wind Scene," for instance, very clearly resulted from someone misreading as . An unfortunate but understandable mistake; isn't a common word! Though it's one Mitsuda clearly liked; it's also the entire name of the Xenogears track commonly known as "emotions." I'm less certain how that came to be. Regardless! The Japanese here is super religious, the sort of thing that regularly got censored in the SNES era. Yet I think anyone who has played Chrono Trigger would agree that it being a temple makes a certain amount of sense, given the plot. Hence, one must wonder why the person who decided that "Undersea" was somehow unacceptable for (which very literally means "undersea") was nonplussed by being rendered not as temple or shrine but as "palace." Thank you for reading my musings i hope a nonzero number of people enjoyed this post. --- Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Janus5k 05/23/23 4:20:17 PM #46: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. for you Ocean Palace kinda fucked that I have to both vote against a rhythm game song and for a mitsuda song in the same day tbh... at least for you is extremely on brand --- A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Korji 05/23/23 4:21:16 PM #47: |
escape (the looking - glass, and what alice found there) Credits Ocean Palace btw I'm alive again hello. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DeadTaffer 05/23/23 5:31:00 PM #49: |
abstain Credits Ocean Palace ... Copied to Clipboard!
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failgirlema 05/23/23 5:44:12 PM #50: |
EXEC_DESPEDIA/. for you Deluged Depths despedia was REALLY really good, absolute banger lmao not too much to say on others, preferred for you and deluged depths a LOT over credits and undersea palace ig undersea palace was just, fine. ig. same with credits. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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