Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 61! feat. Sora, Owari, Kioku, Kyoku, Kazu, and Hoshi

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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

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Panic In The Sky!
Memories in the Mist
Un Deux Trois

Panic In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
God s***tering Star (Rain)

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll
The Flintstones (SNES) - Unused Song 2
DEEMO II - Un Deux Trois

Owari
Kioku

Panic In The Sky!
Memories in the Mist
Un Deux Trois

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll
The Flintstones (SNES) - Unused Song 2
Fire Emblem: Three Houses - God Shattering Star (Rain)

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
God Shattering Star

Panic
Song
Trois

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
Un Deux Trois

Rankings:
25) LSD: Dream Emulator - Long Tall Eyelash
45) Verytex - Act 1: The Void of Space
72) Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course - Baking the Wondertart
75) DEEMO II - Un Deux Trois

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Unused Song 2

Panic In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

how do I even compare those last two songs, I don't understand

Panic In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

Expected to vote the other way in match one, but I'm both oddly drawn to Panic & less interested in Staff Roll than usual this morning.

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
God s***tering Star (Rain)

All six songs are great, darn it. Guess I'm gonna stay with the Nintendos for this once, but can't be mad at who wins.

Panic In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

Panic In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

Mist is my #2 for the day :(

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
Un Deux Trois

Unrest In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

Staff Roll
Un Deux Trois

Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll
Ikenfell - Memories in the Mist
Fire Emblem: Three Houses - God s***tering Star (Rain)

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

First two matches are easy. 3rd one is evil.

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
God s***tering Star (Rain)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Panic In The Sky!
The Flintstones (SNES) - Unused Song 2
DEEMO II - Un Deux Trois

Staff Roll
Ikenfell - Memories in the Mist
Un Deux Trois

sora de dotabata
kiri ni kakusareta kioku (literally "memories hidden in the mist," i think that captures the intent better than "kiri no naka no kioku" or "kiri de no kioku," but a native speaker might disagree)
hifumi (to kazoeru)

alternatively, we could call un deux trois "neko ga shizunda" ("The cat sank").

Panic In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Both songs in match 3 are strongly emotionally expressive. At first I felt that Un Deux Trois was overly saccharine but Im warming up to its feeling of childlike wonder.

WILL and WANT: Moonlight Concert
Im pretty sure either winner of the top match will win the next round as well, though I certainly wouldnt mind a Burning Rangers upset.

Staff Roll

Not sure which I like better in match 2. Maaaaybe I'll come back to it. I wish I could vote in match 3 but I haven't finished Golden Deer yet so I want to save myself from song spoilers.

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Panic In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

roll
unused song
deux

panic in the sky is a bop but it really does feel its length. un deux trois doesn't have that problem to me?? maybe it's because it is slower paced. panic still good ofc but not staff roll good.

match 2 is mean and deo and tox should feel bad just kidding i hope you both have a lovely day

what will happen first: a remake of fe4 or my understanding of just where i stand with the vocal work on gss. i just do not know if i like it or not!

Panic In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
Un Deux Trois

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Panic In The Sky!
Unused Song 2
Abstain

Super Mario 64 - Staff Roll
The Flintstones (SNES) - Unused Song 2
Fire Emblem: Three Houses - God-Shattering Star (Rain)

Staff Roll >> Panic in the Sky! > God-Shattering Star (Rain) > Un Deux Trois > Unused Song 2 > Memories in the Mist

Match 1 sucks ass. I love both of these songs, but you're putting my third favorite video game song ever against a... 9/10 probably? Still, this sucks. I can't believe I have to vote against Jonny fucking Atma. I am wearing a GaMetal shirt as I type this. I hate it. Memories in the Mist and Unused Song 2 feel relatively similar, but US2 is more interesting for sure. It baffles me how much I like Un Deux Trois. By all accounts, this should not be a song I like much. But yet, it just works. GSS is still cooler tho lol.

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
abstain

Painful Match 2

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
Un Deux Trois

Staff Roll
Unused Song 2
God Shattering Star (Rain)

Staff Roll
Memories in the Mist
God SHITtering Star (Rain)