Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 62! feat. Anguish, Alchemy, Alien, Blackout, Bankrupt, and X-Cellent

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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

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Composer: Hidekuni Horita
Loop Point: 5:52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE8-FVSMOQE

Velocity 2X - Jintinda Lab
Composer: Joris de Man
Loop Point: 3:52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=020CcYmSswY

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Match 2

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

S
S
X

tricky

Jintinda Lab
Another World
Empty Tome

I just love(not) cruel matches like match 1.

Velocity 2X - Jintinda Lab
The Smurfs' Nightmare - Another World
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - X-Naut Fortress

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
X-Naut Fortress

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
The Smurfs' Nightmare - Another World
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - An Empty Tome

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Another World
An Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
Another World
An Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

The true mourning resides in Match 2; but at the same time I find it a interesting match, two different styles to pick from. I'll highly support whoever advances, too, I have big respect for both songs. Match 1 sounds a liiittle better than before. Match 3 is extremely not hard.

Jintinda Lab
Another World
An Empty Tome

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Sight of Silence
X-Naut Fortress

Jintinda Lab
Another World
An Empty Tome

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Sight of Silence
X-Naut Fortress

Lab
World
Empty

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
I swear I can't go a day of voting without abstaining on something...
An Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
Another World
Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
X-Naut Fortress

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Another World
An Empty Tome

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - Sight of Silence
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - X-Naut Fortress

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
Another World
An Empty Tome

Oops, I forgot about rankings.

58) Senko no Ronde: Dis-United Order - Travelers into the shadow (Ranatus Phase 2)
65) Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
78) Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - Sight of Silence

Song of Mourning
Sight of Silence
Stronghold of X-Nauts

Jintinda Lab
Another World
An Empty Tome

D1 is a top tier division.

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Another World
X-Naut Fortress

AW v. SoS is cruel

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

song o' mourning
sight o' silence
tome o' empty

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis - Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - sight of silence
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - An Empty Tome

An Empty Tome > sight of silence >= Another World > Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind > Jintinda Lab > X-Naut Fortress

Still wish Song of Mourning had the FFIII overworld theme in it, would've made it so much better. Still a nice song though. Jintinda Lab is decent. Another World is still way too good for GB, though the loop is not great. sight of silence's bass is nutty and I kinda love it. I got a lot more into Castlevania music since the first match this was in, so now I'm just wondering why the Harmony of Despair or arranged versions weren't used. Still a banger song though, love this one. I don't think I care for a ton of TTYD music. Shadow Queen phase 2 and Doopliss are cool, but I don't care for the other stuff I've heard (Rawk Hawk, Bowser, this).

Velocity 2X - Jintinda Lab
The Smurfs' Nightmare - Another World
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - An Empty Tome

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Sight of Silence
X-Naut Fortress

Surprising myself with match 3!

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

match 3 best match of the contest so far i think lmfao, both insanely good songs that deserve to go far

From TunnelScene:

Song of Mourning - Eternal Wind (PSO2:NG)
Sight of Silence (Gurumin)
X-Naut Fortress (Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door)

song of
sight of
empty

i don't listen to song of mourning in my free time but i find myself singing along to it as if it's a long time favourite. it really sticks in a way most of the other songs im not too familiar with dont.

match 2 mean in a "one of these clearly wins out for me but it would be personally neat if the other won too" way.

match 3 is less mean, but it is a little mean in the "both are good" way. empty tome more satisfying for sure though.

Mourning
Silence
Empty

man

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Another World
An Empty Tome

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Another World
An Empty Tome

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Another World
An Empty Tome

Match 1 is indeed cruel, though I dont hate having two good songs to choose between. Jintinda Lab has a cool electronic soundscape with some of my favorites being the high notes starting at 0:56 and the deep distorted notes at 3:15.

The airy piano that comes in Sight of Silence at 1:57 does a lot to tie the song together. I love how subtle the buildup starts at 2:23 until it bursts out at 2:47.

WILL: Lost Forest
WANT: KANNANSHINKU
In the race between Lost Forest and Crystal Caves Im betting on the second coming of the forest. Its good enough that I might even flip for it against KANNANSHINKU.

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Sight of Silence
X-Naut Fortress

While Sight of Silence is easily one of my favorite Falcom songs ever, I won't say no to AJG moving on.

Definitely one of the better days overall, good six-pack.

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tone

Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind
Another World
X-Naut Fortress

Match 2 is pain. I suspect Sight of Silence will move on and I'm OK with that, it's an incredible song.

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
X-Naut Fortress

Jintinda Lab
Sight of Silence
An Empty Tome

Whatever happens, you don't know how glad I am that we won't be seeing Empty Tome and Sight of Silence next round. Not yet, at least. If it happens though I really don't know what I'm gonna do haha...

An Empty Tome >(=?) Sight on Silence >> X-Naut Fortress >> Jintinda Lab > Another World > Song of Mourning: The Eternal Wind

Jintinda Lab
Another World
X-Naut Fortress