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banshiryuu
06/12/24 11:00:16 PM
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Welcome to Video Game Music Contest 18, 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=478494
Contest info sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HBxgL9woiCMFKNOPuN_qdxmzjStJXSpC3Ocalfsavdk
Contest discussion thread: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80763291
Main bracket playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3m7iohpL0y-5OyCrkgprWtXARkEJzh_
Compatibility sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1casDvSi-Tmrcco8_4k6cX5X7MLuJTUZvXIjqYTrD8V8
Last years spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SAJKYJmYhccLvbf_H-5uSA7-eMwXfW8k1q74Qho1bLU
VGMC total stats sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1XdLWiUKB2kX99qYBgnRbLU_sCz4dvZSByKKJHCT6o
Discord: https://discord.gg/7FVXqWj

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 11pm 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

Dynamite Headdy - SKY HIGH
Composer: Katsuhiko Suzuki, Yasuko, Koji Yamada, Aki Hata, Norio Hanzawa
Loop Point: 1:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbz1_6HCnAw

Mario Kart 64 - Staff Roll
Composer: Jun Ishikawa
Loop Point: 2:45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f8ckObOZCY

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Match 2

Mad Rat Dead - MAD LAST WORLD
Composer: Kazuya Takasu
Loop Point: 2:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iawJijWDP3s

Persona 3 Reload - Color Your Night
Composer: Atsushi Kitajoh
Loop Point: 3:23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Sn1nFGQQ8

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Match 3

Zork Grand Inquisitor - GUE Tech Theme
Composer: Mark Morgan
Loop Point: 1:48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHp6PBO3xY8

DEEMO II - Unravelling
Composer: Aethoro & Moon Jelly
Loop Point: 5:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGKwpO_v9UY

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Easy vote form:
SKY HIGH / Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD / Color Your Night
GUE Tech Theme / Unravelling
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Collen
06/12/24 11:07:41 PM
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SKY HIGH
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

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Sunshine. Lunchbox. Playground. Raincoat. Hot Dog. Oatmeal. Railroad. Ice Cream. Bathtub. Pancake. Eardrum.
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th3l3fty
06/12/24 11:10:48 PM
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Mario Kart 64 - Staff Roll
Persona 3 Reload - Color Your Night
DEEMO II - Unravelling

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thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -transience
I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris
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Lies
06/12/24 11:11:59 PM
#4:


Staff Roll
Color Your Night
Unravelling
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Eggert
06/12/24 11:23:22 PM
#5:


Staff Roll
Color Your Night
GUE Tech Theme
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TeamRocketElite
06/12/24 11:29:21 PM
#6:


Mario Kart 64 - Staff Roll
Mad Rat Dead - MAD LAST WORLD
DEEMO II - Unravelling

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My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
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tgs2
06/12/24 11:30:16 PM
#7:


Staff Roll
Last World
Unravelling
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AcireExists
06/12/24 11:31:09 PM
#8:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

Staff Roll >= Mad Last World > SKY HIGH > Color Your Night > Unravelling >= GUE Tech Theme

SKY HIGH - 8
oh yeah this is the one that got the GaMetal I remember this song now. fun song I like, not my favorite use of FM tho

Staff Roll - 8.5
not a favorite Mario credits theme (SM64, SMG1, both of MKWii's, and M&LDT all have it beat for sure), but still a damn good one

MAD LAST WORLD - 8.5
hey it's Big Nate's dad. anyways WOW this is a banger, great song

Color Your Night - 7.5
instrumental's pretty great, not big on the vocals but they're not bad

GUE Tech Theme - 7
I guess it's a decently pleasant song with a vibe to it, but man it doesn't really do anything

Unravelling - 7.25
the vocalist grew *slightly* on me and the instrumental is still beautiful (heard this multiple times for Supra best of 2023)

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kamakazikila
06/12/24 11:34:43 PM
#9:


Staff Roll
Color Your Night
Unravelling

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Puff Stuff
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DanKirby
06/12/24 11:36:19 PM
#10:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
GUE Tech Theme

You (or rather, the spreadsheet lookup functions) got your Staff Roll composers mixed up there.

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"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present." -Hobbes
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DireKrow
06/12/24 11:43:02 PM
#11:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

MLW is one of my favourite songs in the whole bracket.
Unravelling is also one of my favourite songs in the whole bracket.
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Isquen
06/12/24 11:47:54 PM
#12:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

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[Rock and Stone] <o/
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HBJDubs
06/12/24 11:52:58 PM
#13:


Staff Roll
Color Your Night
GUE Tech Theme

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Save in the name of true love
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Hbthebattle
06/13/24 12:04:27 AM
#14:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

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:)
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KCF0107
06/13/24 12:13:59 AM
#15:


Sky
Color
Unravelling

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
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HidekuniHorita
06/13/24 12:42:34 AM
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Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
GUE Tech Theme

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Omniscience lies beyond the void, beyond decay!
I am one with the Akashic Records!
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UF8
06/13/24 1:24:42 AM
#17:


Staff Roll
Color Your Night
Unravelling
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Paratroopa1
06/13/24 1:34:16 AM
#18:


SKY HIGH
MAD LAST WORLD
GUE Tech Theme

Sky High is fun. It's a little on the screechy side - not my favorite use of the Genesis chip - but it's got heart. 6.5/10

Staff Roll is pleasant but more boring than I remembered, then I remembered I was thinking of Super Mario 64 and this is just kinda whatever. 6/10

Mad Rat Dead was a game I meant to play but never got around to, but I bet I would have popped off for this song. It's a *little* much, but it's fun! 8.5/10

I always come out of Persona songs with a more negative outlook than I feel like I should and I don't really know why. Am I just biased against this series? I don't know. I didn't like this very much. 4/10

GUE Tech Theme is ok I guess but I was hoping it was gonna do more. 6/10

Unravelling is no Un Deux Trois. I dunno, I think I'm just getting fatigued from this style of song and a little fatigued with rhythm game vgm. It's not that bad but I was making a 'hurry up' motion with my hands. 5/10
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Janus5k
06/13/24 1:54:08 AM
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Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

rat

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A hero cannot be defeated simply by making him die.
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-Chaos-Zero-
06/13/24 4:16:39 AM
#20:


SKY HIGH
Color Your Night
GUE Tech Theme

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The Pizza Formerly Known as CalzoneB
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MaxGalactica
06/13/24 9:38:53 AM
#21:


Staff Roll
Color Your Night
Unravelling

Match 1 is pretty uninteresting. MAD LAST WORLD's bright mix still bothers me a lot. Color Your Night is great, although not the best I've heard from Lotus Juice. GUE Tech Theme is nice. Unravelling is basically Un Deux Trois but better (I like Un Deux Trois a lot). Such a beautiful song.

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-Abraham Lincoln
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W1ndzs
06/13/24 9:41:12 AM
#22:


Staff Roll
Color Your Night
Unravelling
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Tked
06/13/24 10:07:19 AM
#23:


SKY
MAD
GUE Tech
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OrangeCrush980
06/13/24 10:11:58 AM
#24:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

I'm so used to Super Mario 64 Staff Roll being in here that I was quite confused at first.

3rd match was ridiculously easy. Another great Deemo song vs. nothing.

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"Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness... Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself."
- Vergil, DMC3
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OrangeCrush980
06/13/24 10:12:39 AM
#25:


But it'd help if I'd properly vote for the 3rd match of course

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"Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness... Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself."
- Vergil, DMC3
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MacArrowny
06/13/24 11:32:24 AM
#26:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

Sky High suffers from being a Genesis song, but is okay I guess. Staff Roll's one of the best MK songs. Nice and emotional. Wish FZGX Master Class Ending was as popular as this...

MLW is one of the better MRD songs, which means it's pretty great. CYN is fine, I guess. Not a standout for Persona

Not much going on in GUE to my untrained ears. Unraveling ain't one of the greatest Deemo songs, but it's still nice. Feel like we had better Deemo last year.

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PIayer_0
06/13/24 11:32:26 AM
#27:


Staff Roll
Color Your Night
Unravelling

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-Abraham Lincoln
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xx521xx
06/13/24 11:39:22 AM
#28:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

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Optimism is the first step to disappointment.
xx521xx
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skulltrumpets
06/13/24 12:09:40 PM
#29:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

man MK64 Staff Roll is just pure magic, though I kinda wish I could also vote for SKY HIGH

MRD is an insane powerhouse and this is no exception to the rule

My love for Unravelling is practically infinite.... I like it about the same as Un Deux Trois :)
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FL81
06/13/24 12:14:31 PM
#30:


battle of the STAFF ROLLS best song whose name is just Staff Roll (or at least most of it) actually just part of it really)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEc51NbQT60

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azuarc
06/13/24 12:19:35 PM
#31:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

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Only the exceptions can be exceptional.
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TheArkOfTurus
06/13/24 12:21:47 PM
#32:


SKY HIGH
Color Your Night
Unravelling


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Our eyes were removed
For our own safety
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sergiocornaga
06/13/24 12:28:36 PM
#33:


SKY HIGH
MAD LAST WORLD
GUE Tech Theme

Cruel third match.
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FL81
06/13/24 12:37:19 PM
#34:


SKY HIGH
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

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https://i.imgur.com/TGkNCva.gif https://i.imgur.com/8mWCvA4.gif
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Gall
06/13/24 1:46:07 PM
#35:


SKY HIGH
MAD LAST WORLD
GUE Tech Theme

Unravelling peaks for me in the first half. The first minute builds into a rush through a fantasy landscape, which is capped off by the shift down at 2:01. The vocals are at their best there, with we understand at 2:06 hitting a perfect note of emotional warmth.

Battle Lode Runner - Staff Roll. Short and sweet, with multiple channels coming in to add their jingles.

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Fluttershy_Pony
06/13/24 2:29:35 PM
#36:


SKY HIGH
Color Your Night
GUE Tech Theme

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andylt
06/13/24 2:38:12 PM
#37:


SKY HIGH
Color Your Night
Unravelling
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rwlh
06/13/24 3:22:13 PM
#38:


Staff Roll
abstain
GUE Tech Theme

Match 2 was a surprise. I originally had Color Your Night at a very low rating but I really like it today. MAD LAST WORLD is really solid too. I might circle back to this one later.

GUE Tech Theme is a deceptively simple song with a lot of layers. Really nice discovery.
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Waveshine_2001
06/13/24 3:25:19 PM
#39:


VOTE:
Staff Roll

Don't have time to vote on the other two right now.

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Fox Only, Final Destination.
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bebr117
06/13/24 4:20:30 PM
#40:


abstain
Mad last world
Unravelling

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gau gau
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AcireExists
06/13/24 4:29:37 PM
#41:


AcireExists posted...
Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

Staff Roll >= Mad Last World > SKY HIGH > Color Your Night > Unravelling >= GUE Tech Theme

SKY HIGH - 8
oh yeah this is the one that got the GaMetal I remember this song now. fun song I like, not my favorite use of FM tho

Staff Roll - 8.5
not a favorite Mario credits theme (SM64, SMG1, both of MKWii's, and M&LDT all have it beat for sure), but still a damn good one

MAD LAST WORLD - 8.5
hey it's Big Nate's dad. anyways WOW this is a banger, great song

Color Your Night - 7.5
instrumental's pretty great, not big on the vocals but they're not bad

GUE Tech Theme - 7
I guess it's a decently pleasant song with a vibe to it, but man it doesn't really do anything

Unravelling - 7.25
the vocalist grew *slightly* on me and the instrumental is still beautiful (heard this multiple times for Supra best of 2023)
Okay it doesn't look like I can edit this on mobile fsr but can I change my match 3 vote to GUE Tech Theme pls I realized that I'd just rather listen to it than Unravelling so uh yeah

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DoctorJimmy133
06/13/24 4:32:45 PM
#42:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

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azuarc is quite good at predicting GameFAQs bracket battles.
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banshiryuu
06/13/24 4:58:39 PM
#43:


SKY HIGH
MAD LAST WORLD
GUE Tech Theme

YELLING DAY

From TunnelScene:
Staff Roll (Mario Kart 64)
MAD LAST WORLD (Mad Rat Dead)
GUE Tech Theme (Zork Grand Inquisitor)

treasure is so good at sounds!!! some of the best musicians on teh genesis specifically

a veruy emotional vredits theme for a mario car game ha ha i like it. i forgot about it. this might be ironic to say with this match up but it actually reminds me of certain n64 treasure songs for some reason. funkfusionness of Toshiya Yamanaka & the more emotional side of non. but it is actually MARIO LOL

this one could've been against moiety theme from riven the sequel to myst but I felt that one fit better early in the contest so i had wild woods be the 5 timesig song against it instead (and there's no way i could place this anywhere but start of bracket d). which im glad about because I am glad I am able to vote for this (and not glad I am not able to vote for wild woodshmm. well I kind of doubt moiety theme will make it past r1---yes these advance votes are made far enough in advance that that match hasn't even happened yet in the time and space I currently reside in)

persona is what music would sound like if therecwas a garden on your roof

I could go on about everything I love in gue tech theme. it's actually a bit too overwhelming how much I love it, I'd gotten addicted to listening on loop for hours when I first heard it. it's got those nice plucky fm bell-like sequences filling the space with the magic element represented by electronics, the reversed chime, Saori Kobayashi esque subtle flourishes on the leads. so full and dense. I can just list every single detail because i love every single one of it. I also really love how quiet with high dynamic range the production is. it feels strangely 80s, with the loudest elements having incredibly impactful punch---along with that this is actually using 80s synths apparently according to Marks equipment listing somewhere, rare for the time to use some of the very expensive/ancient-even-then equipment he had. its just relentlessly mystical in every way.

fun angular piano sequence~


From NFUN:
Mad
GUE
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dowolf
06/13/24 5:29:00 PM
#44:


SKY HIGH
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

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Nonsense. "Testing" is for when you're still guessing--and now, I have no need to guess. -- Agatha, Girl Genius
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JONA
06/13/24 6:37:57 PM
#45:


SKY HIGH
Color Your Night
Unravelling

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Congrats to azuarc who beat me by 1 point!
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slykirby
06/13/24 7:06:39 PM
#46:


SKY HIGH
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

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failgirlema
06/13/24 7:13:03 PM
#47:


SKY HIGH
MAD LAST WORLD
Unravelling

A short comment for each song I didn't vote for:
I don't think I could remember this melody if I tried
middle finger from lltusnjucide
a very nice song that I wish did a bit more

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LkProd
06/13/24 8:11:19 PM
#48:


SKY HIGH
Color Your Night
GUE Tech Theme
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pyresword
06/13/24 9:09:25 PM
#49:


SKY HIGH
Color Your Night
Unravelling

Oh I filled out my favorites bracket as if this was the (much better) Super Mario 64 credits theme oops.

I've realized if I do writeups on the songs I'm looking for things to criticize instead of just enjoying the music so I think I'm going to stop writeups for this year probably. Not that I was doing them every match anyways.

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DanShux
06/13/24 9:12:09 PM
#50:


Staff Roll
MAD LAST WORLD
GUE Tech Theme

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