Board 8 > [VGMC] Day 87! feat. The Sleepless, the Intricate, the Futuristic, and the Demon

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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

Enthusia Professional Racing - Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Composer: Masanori Akita
Loop Point: 9:21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDXpjtRBWTk

Aurora Memoria - Philosophical Data Session: 2093 - Softbank
Composer: DV-i
Loop Point: 2:53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x__EZxB9rVU

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Match 2

Let's Tap - Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)
Composer: Teruyoshi Kutsuna (Shoes)
Loop Point: 4:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9IRakr7KrE

Unicorn Overlord - Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-
Composer: Mitsuhiro Kaneda
Loop Point: 5:09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj3q_b0o3h4

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Easy vote form:
Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite / Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version) / Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Tap softly, and carry a big stick

Aurora Memoria - Philosophical Data Session: 2093 - Softbank
Let's Tap - Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Softbank
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Enthusia Professional Racing - Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Unicorn Overlord - Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Softbank
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

what terrible foresight with the poll LOL

Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Choosing match 1 later, but I am not commiting the same mistake of Saturday. Lets tap lets tap!

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Aurora Memoria - Philosophical Data Session: 2093 - Softbank
[abstain...for now]

Suite
Tap

Suite
Tap

Softbank
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

From TunnelScene:

Softbank (Aurora Memoria)
Farde Mal Diavolo (Unicorn Overlord)

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

tough match 1 tbh

Awaken the suite, then destroy evil, then come.
(These are actual votes)

Softbank
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

I'm amused Papaya is still here. It sounds like the kind of track that would get a low seed, and a round 1 exit at the hands of a "strong" song.

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Aurora Memoria - Philosophical Data Session: 2093 - Softbank
Let's Tap - Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Softbank
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Both of these are pretty easy picks, even if I do like all four songs.

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Softbank
Tap

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Softbank
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Match 1 is a little tricky. I think Awakening is better overall, but long + calm isn't the greatest combination...

Soft
Come

Wait, I've already been back long enough to make it through an entire round? And this crap is what made it through?

Softbank
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

I have concluded that the Suite is fine. I dont dislike how any of it sounds, and I get the appeal of its layered atmosphere, but its not the kind of song that grabs me. Unlike the 2 Im voting for today.

When I hear the opening I want Diavolo to be Celeste - Confronting Myself. Then it is not. Very easy matches today.

Tournament of Cha- dont leave us hanging like that... but now we need to have 2 different ones, right? One with 14-18, and, now that theres over 256 retirees, one with every retiree ever. I will build brackets for these if no one else wants to.

Retiree genres behind-the-scenes trivia corner
ENGINE WARMUP: Refers to this song being one of the ones to get the contest started up by being in day 1, and to the song itself gradually increasing in intensity over time.
LIBRARY OF THE FUTURE: Did you know that genres have genres themselves? This one belongs to the double meaning genre. It can mean either the future version of a library, as in storing information digitally instead of physically, or a library that contains all of the knowledge of the future. Both refer to the feeling of being flooded with data that this song evokes with its dense, rushing pace.
TAP TO THE FUTURE: Its a pun on Back to the Future. The thing about puns is that a good pun will usually have a double meaning in it as well, such that both senses of the word being punned will make sense and refer to the puns subject. This pun is bad, because tap to the future doesnt make sense and this song has nothing to do with going back in time to make sure your parents hook up. Another thing about puns is that bad puns are good too.
CLAMOROUS CRUSADE: This one belongs to the alliteration genre. I was iffy about using a word that means bad sound, but I figured it would be okay here because crusade seemed fitting to capture the scene of medieval military persecution that is going on in this song, and clamorous is an appropriate adjective for that.

Nirbygrrr
Farde

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Let's tap let's tap future tapping game
Let's tap let's tap future tapping game
Let's tap l

Softbank

Yeah nevermind this is pretty good

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

the future is now

Softbank
Farde Mal Diavolo -Destroy Evil, then Come-

Now it hits me - every time the Suite starts, I keep expecting it to turn into The First Thing or The Lost City. I was wondering why the beginning felt so familiar.

God, Match 2 is a little closer than how the Farde/Corel matchup turned out for me. If Tap wins here, it's nothing but deserved at this point.

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Match 1 could go either way for me honestly

Softbank
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Tap de Papapaya

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)

Match 1 isn't close, but both are on my favorite discovery list.
Match 2 is close.

Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite
Tap de Papapaya (Long Version)