Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 23! feat. you know who. you know.

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abstain (gonna coinflip for my bracket, i guess? idk my opinion might change also)
Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Mortified by Faith

match one weirdly hard

match three normally(??) hard

Mortified by Faith > Evergreen >= The Best Is Yet To Come = Danger (ARM Version) >> Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke >>> Wildfire

Secret of Mana (2018) - Danger (ARM Version)
Honkai: Star Rail - Wildfire
DUEL MASTERS PLAY'S - Evergreen

MATCH 1

Danger (ARM Version) is one of my favorite songs to have come out of the Secret of Mana remake (though it was tragically not used over the incredibly grating version they did use)! This version is really hype and fun with the way it was arranged. And the surprise Haruka Shimotsuki vocals are a welcome one (I'm a very big fan of this singer). Last time it was in, it got a really brutal matchup against my own nomination, Five, which I voted for that year. As sad it was to lose it, I remember wanting the winner of that match to retire. Unfortunately, it fell short of retirement that year at the round 4 match, but maybe this year, it'll do it! It's easily my favorite song in this 8-pack, but with Nuedori still in the running, it's not my preferred B4 retiree at this point in time.

:lapras:

MATCH 2

fuwamokou

Wildfire is a really cool song! It took a bit of time, but it's been growing on me little by little, though I thought it was good already! It's pretty strong melodically, and I especially like it during the heavier parts. I just have to lipsync the lyrics at the start of the chorus when it says "we made a choice, go fight against your fate." This was actually an incredibly difficult match when I was filling out my favorites bracket, but after letting these songs sit for a while, Wildfire's slowly been emerging as the song I like more, so I'm going for it here. Still a great match though!

MATCH 3

Mortified by Faith is pretty cool! I like chill house music stuff like this, so it's a good listen and doesn't get stale at any point during the 9-minute run time. The "ooh-hoo-hoo" at parts like 0:53 are probably my favorite thing about the song. Also, I love the name Archie Pelago haha.

Evergreen appeals a lot to my music tastes. Starting with the intro, the Celtic-sounding melody of the flute is really nice, and I also like how it adds the higher octave flute at 0:09 and the lower octave flute harmonizes with the higher flute. As for the verses and chorus, the vocals are great with a strong melody. There's also a lot of great harmonizing going on throughout the song, especially during the chorus when they bring back the flute from the intro and layer it into the background. Really good song!

Evergreen > Danger (ARM Version) > Wildfire > Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke > Mortified by Faith > The Best Is Yet To Come

The Best Is Yet To Come
Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Evergreen

Sorry, can't do song writeups now, running extremely late for a half an hour batch and my PC froze while listening, lol. Very happy to start Pride Month with two LGBT icons, by the way!
All the songs today are great, kind of a brutal pack really.

Secret of Mana (2018) - Danger (ARM Version): It definitely goes pretty crazy. I'd probably like this better with real instruments. This version just hurts my ears. Not for me.

Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come: The good thing about this song getting in every year is that I get to hear it every year. Yeah, this is a treat. I actually really like the vocals (surprise!). The instrumentation is pretty cool too.

Mokou's Theme - Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke: I understand not caring for this song, but what I don't really understand is why some people hate this song with a passion. It has a pretty solid melody with some really nice synth build-ups at the 1:11 mark. Even though my tastes don't really align with b8, I'm glad that I enjoy BOTH of the songs that make it in every year. I feel like the only one who actually likes both other than the nominators themselves.

Honkai: Star Rail - Wildfire: Fun song even if Michael Martin Murphey did it better.

Yep, don't have time to vote in match 3 and I'm abstaining match 2 lol

VOTE
Metal Gear Solid - The Best Is Yet To Come

Danger
Wildfire
Mortified

Danger (ARM Version)
Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Evergreen

Honkai: Star Rail - Wildfire
DUEL MASTERS PLAY'S - Evergreen

Nice to see an easy R1 vote against RftM for once. Nearly every single good vocal track has gotten trashed this year so far though so I'm not sure if I expect to win that one anymore or not. Both songs in Match 3 I respect a fair bit tbh.

saying "up" just in case because I missed part of this day and want to get to it.

I am actually using this link for something else so im gonna say up again sorry.