Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 57! feat. Mine, Time, Dionyne, Coastline, Bye Bye, and Multiply

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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!

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Match 1

Caravan Stories - Arlosa Mine
Composer: Kazuki Higashihara
Loop Point: 2:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fono8g4SuoQ

Sonic R - Back in Time
Composer: Richard Jacques

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Caravan Stories - Arlosa Mine
Old World - Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Murasaki Tsurugi - An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus
An Azure Sword

Arlosa Mine
Dolphin Shoals
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Arlosa Mine
Dolphin Shoals
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
i refuse

unfair day, first 2 matches are TOUGH too

Arlosa Mine
Dolphin Shoals
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Surprisingly easy matches today. Sayonara is starting to grow on me, the use of the motif is really nice and the three versions are a delight.

Sonic R - Back in Time
Mario Kart 8 - Dolphin Shoals
Blue Reflection - Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Today's rankings:
27) Caravan Stories - Arlosa Mine
51) Super Mario Galaxy - Battlerock Galaxy
69) Murasaki Tsurugi - An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Back in Time is an HM, but.... it should be on the list, honestly. And I do wonder if Dionysus and Sayonara should be HM's, or maybe even ranked (for the latter)....

Time
Festival
Sayonara

Arlosa Mine
Dolphin Shoals

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Tough matches. Sometimes I prefer An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight, so consider this message advance warning that I could change my vote.

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Match 3 is hard because I like Takami Musubi a lot more than Azure Sword but the other two parts a lot less than Azure Sword

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
abstain

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

I do like Azure Sword though.

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Match 2 is tough. Dionysus is a slow build and goes to some unexpected places for me, the payoff around 3:30 is very satisfying. On the other hand, . I have a particular weakness for how Shoals goes into its loop.

I really like half of Sayonara and the other half does absolutely nothing for me, and it's always bouncing between the two. Sword is decent, but as usual I'll vote for the one with the higher highs.

Also wow that's a lot of great songs in today's poll!

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Caravan Stories - Arlosa Mine
Mario Kart 8 - Dolphin Shoals
Blue Reflection - Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

arr, me losan hearties
I just watched Glass Onion, how appropriate (Greece)
Farewell (Sayonara)

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

rude match 3

From TunnelScene:

Arlosa Mine (Caravan Stories)
Festival of Dionysus (Old World)
Azure Sword Slices Thru the Twilight (MurasakiTsu)

From hbthebattle:

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

From DeviDoesNothing:

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Dolphin Shoals
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time
festival
sayonara

oh fuck today in particular. all six of these songs are retirement worthy for me.

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Back in Time
Delfino
Sayonara

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Pretty tough match to decide on. Arlosa Mine has an excellent soundscape, and Back in Time is so catchy and well-made. I think Arlosa gets the edge here for the uniqueness factor.

Festival of Dionysus is pretty easily my favorite track of the day. Love the instrumentation and the overall structure of the piece. And of course it's up against the alto sax masterclass. Rough having to vote against Dolphin Shoals here.

Then the bracket decides to put Sayonara next to make today even better. The somewhat odd parts in phase 2 don't even really phase me that much anymore. Fantastic song. Also, very unfortunate that Azure Sword showed up today, because I like that song quite a bit too, but it doesn't stand up to everything else today.

Two ridiculously good days in a row.

Votes:
Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

This is perhaps the best 6-pack Ive seen together in a long while, like damn.

Id really rather not choose for Match 1 or 2; Arlosas easily one of my favorite Caravan Stories tracks, and Dolphin Shoals is a new Mario Kart classic for a reason. But then you have TJ Davis on the other hand, and Christopher Tin is still doing his God-given mission of making great music. Its too painful to pick sometimes.

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Arlosa
Wine
Azure

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Match 3 could go either way honestly, I enjoy both pretty much the same

Back in Time
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

The first minute and a half of Arlosa Mine has an atmospheric melody thats bolstered by the percussion, its disappointing that that melody drops out near the end. Still a good match.

My Dark Disquiet is a top 5 song in the contest. Despite the name it has really upbeat instrumentation and light, crisp vocals. Full Base and DAx10 are also a ton of fun.

Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
An Azure Sword Slices Through the Twilight

Dolphin Shoals > Dionysus > Azure > Back in Time > Arlosa >>>>>>>>>>> Sayonara
Dionysus and Azure are two of my favorite discoveries in the contest. Sayonara is stronger than all of them I bet (unfortunately). Sayonara is the type of song with decent/good parts and really, really bad parts to me.

Arlosa Mine
Festival of Dionysus (Greece)
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Back in Time
Dolphin Shoals
Sayonara (ALL PHASE MIX)