I've been gathering up most of the soundtracks in this rumble, and I think I'm going to try to listen to them all completely instead of just the samples. This would have been a bit of a challenge with previous soundtrack ones, but these are all recent enough that they're still easy to find.

I'd love to have your additional perspective. Some of them are looooong, which discourages participation in the group pages. I remember VA-11 HALL-A, for example, had so much music that they released its soundtrack in three volumes.

I think the original release just cut a lot out where Second Round is the more complete soundtrack (including the songs from the first release). There's a "Bonus Tracks" compilation, but it appears to be short and a lot of them are "remixes" so I don't know if they even appear in the game. Prologue is the soundtrack to the original 2014 demo of the game.

I didn't actually listen to Owlboy in full yet; will probably do that today. I got hooked hard on Unravel while I was grabbing all of these and ended up listening to it for 3+ hours yesterday.

Providence

Owlboy - this one is very relaxing and scenic.

Dokkaebi-ga Ganda

VA-11 HALL-A (great point for me to jump in on given that this was one of my favorite games of 2016)

Nice to see you on board Amy! :o

Dokkaebi-ga Ganda (5-2) and Owlboy (4-3) advance!

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Round 2, Fight 4 // nx666's Custom 16

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The Light Corridor - Rockin' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHj9_g8MHLA), by Alberto Jose Gonz�lez (ZX Spectrum, 1991)

vs.

Black It! - Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XMoDB3fX_k&t=2211s), by Matthias Hartung (C64, 1995)

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Round 1, Fight 2 // Best of 2016

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Star Fox Zero by various artists

Sample tracks: Title Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0egm01es_g), Mission Complete (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eMAgohwM5Q), Star Wolf Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yj-25MOgOM), Corneria (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boRCPsP739Q), Map Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRvjg-KSgg)

vs.

Samorost 3 by Floex (Tom� Dvoř�k)

Sample tracks: Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5jAv4hkWk), Mushroom Picker Dance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFB2wcxPTn0), Taste of Tea *Cosmic Version* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ9t1YNJakY), Going on an Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHT-amrLB0), Prenatal Hunters *Floex Revision* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_7dcd92WU)

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Black It!

Star Fox Zero - Don't know if I'm the only one, but I get Radiohead vibes from Samorost 3 lol. I'm preferring something more grandiose tonight. Plus, Zero's version of Corneria is my favorite Star Fox song ever, so that might swing it as well.

The Light Corridor

Samorost 3 - This is one of my absolute favorites in the rumble. I think it's excellent.

The Light Corridor

Samorost 3 ~I've already listened to both of these somewhat extensively. My impression from listening (and reading other things about the game) is that Star Fox Zero was a bit of a rush job. I don't think the sound team was given much opportunity to refine this one, and the end product at least for me is generic Star Fox music. Maybe that's not an accurate statement--the game's development can be traced all the way back to 2008--but either way I'm not hearing much of an imaginative spark here. Whereas Samorost has a really unique sound going.

Black It!

Samorost 3

The Light Corridor

Star Fox Zero - Samorost's soundtrack is super interesting from a compositional standpoint but I'm a sucker for sweeping orchestral themes and have a lot of nostalgia for Star Fox so oops

Black It!

Samorost 3

Black It! - Title Screen
Samorost 3

The original Suikoden battle theme was ripped straight out of Policenauts (also a Konami composition).

Learn something useless every day!

Black It! - Title Screen

Samorost 3 - one of my favourites is Monk Planet Main Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-oPOeeKRtg

@Shad: Nice catch! I never noticed how similar they are.

Also of the random variety, The 8-Bit Big Band just released an exceptionally well-done orchestration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cRPzzZV8u0) of the Super Mario Bros. music (just ignore the actor).

If you like that, I'd also recommend Adam Neely's accompanying video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crLxHC48xwM) about the thought process behind the orchestration.

@fowftw: Thanks for the suggestion! :D That one is also great.

Black It! (5-3) and Samorost 3 (6-2) advance!

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Semi-Finals, Fight 1 // nx666's Custom 16

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No Mercy - Ending (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4uClrydX0M), by Markus Schneider (C64, 1989)

vs.

Dokkaebi-ga Ganda - Stage 4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjgFEvjHcVU&t=709s), by Senori Box (MS-DOS, 1995)

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Round 1, Fight 3 // Best of 2016

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Virginia by Lyndon Holland

Sample tracks: Sojourner's Truth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na-tovCFKAw), Flash Forward (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAbx8ZU2ibk), Main Titles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_48v41e-ugI), Brief Encounters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55FlSO_EzQ), Lucas Fairfax (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFE7WeoS3Cc)

vs.

Trials of the Blood Dragon by Power Glove

Sample tracks: Trials of the Blood Dragon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCeoFQdRah0), Crossfire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBEHwsvqDk4), Punch! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsmaBJiWtBA), Sibling Rivalry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eRIp7U-fMw), Freefall (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDyzaaw0_20)

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No Mercy - Ending

Trials of the Blood Dragon

This is a fun fight for discussing the line between homage and rip-offs.

I love the Virginia soundtrack, but there's a lot of borrowing on it. "Sojourner's Truth" is nearly a copy/paste of the Twin Peaks melody. Certainly, the show inspired the game. But that could have meant the instrumentation or the shape of the melody was the same. This is closer to an arrangement of a pre-existing piece. I hear reference points in many of the other tracks, too, such as the clear nod to the Goonies soundtrack two minutes into "Lucas Fairfax."

In the same breath, Trials of the Blood Dragon also borrows, but with clearer intentions considering it's a parody of 80s culture. So for me, the register of Thriller's bass line getting punctuated with orchestra hits is playful and in-bounds, particularly since it's not using the same chords and melody and instrumentation and structure to the same effect as any of its inspirations.

It took me a while to vote because of this. There are certainly other perspectives on the borrowing, too. What say you all?

No Mercy

Virginia

Interesting points you bring up Arthur. As I've never played the games or seen the show so I can't compare. I've seen the Goonies, but it's been so long that I wouldn't have been able to pick out the similarities.

I definitely get the 80's theme from TotBD. But, again, I wasn't listening for similarities and wouldn't have noticed without them being pointed out.

I mostly listen to the tracks and base them off of each other because I have no other reference points.

No Mercy

Virginia

Keep Yourself Alive - Theme Of Sol Badguy - By Daisuke Ishiwatari (Guilty Gear OST, 1998)

Nothing beats the old-school version of the very first Guilty Gear Soundtrack that was released in late 1998. The original versions of the songs being played, gives it more of a nostalgic feel to it.

No Mercy

Trials of the Blood Dragon - tough one!

Dokkaebi-ga Ganda by a very large margin. Can't believe I'm the only person voting for it.

Virginia was one of the few soundtracks in this mix that I couldn't get my hands on easily. Coincidentally I never got around to playing Trials earlier either and was really busy this week, so I'm just going off of samples both ways here. I like the style Trials is presenting, but those Virginia samples had some really compelling moments and of the two I'd much rather have an excuse to revisit it again a few weeks from now.

No Mercy (4-1) and Virginia (3-2) advance!

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Semi-Finals, Fight 2 // nx666's Custom 16

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Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver - Boss Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skTqSvWkd4Q), by CUR (X68k, 1996)

vs.

Black It! - Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XMoDB3fX_k&t=2211s), by Matthias Hartung (C64, 1995)

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Round 1, Fight 4 // Best of 2016

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Final Fantasy XV by Yoko Shimomura

Sample tracks: Hellfire (Ifrit Battle Theme) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQ2fwUOxe0), Stand Your Ground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uphGnH_quGs), Valse di Fantastica (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpiEHxgLN-E), Reel Rumble (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsDpuDm-qzQ), Magna Insomnia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YniJ8FVp3Lg)

vs.

The Last Guardian by Takeshi Furukawa

Sample tracks: Overture Lore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPreI-uoAfk), Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4KkTvnf8i0), Victorious (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miDaPE3XtcI), Falling Bridge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F14xUH9dHZ4), End Titles, The Last Guardian Suite (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rl6d0XAdTI)

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Black It! - Tough! I've grown to really like both.

The Last Guardian - This is another contender to win it all for me. I love this soundtrack. But FF15 is stiff competition. Having them face off in the first round probably opens a path forward for an underdog.

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver

The Last Guardian

Black It! - AAAAAAAHHHH. Both are great.

Final Fantasy XV - Can't help it. It's Yoko.

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver

The Last Guardian

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver

Final Fantasy XV

Black It! - Title Screen
The Last Guardian

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver

Final Fantasy XV -- The Last Guardian is quite nice but I think FF15 is my favorite Shimomura work.

Update tomorrow probably

Guilty Gear PSX Original Soundtrack - This one's a definitely win for me!

Spriggan Original Soundtrack - A classical anime soundtrack with such good orchestral music.

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver (4-3) and The Last Guardian (4-3) advance!

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FINAL MATCH // nx666's Custom 16

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Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver - Boss Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skTqSvWkd4Q), by CUR (X68k, 1996)

vs.

No Mercy - Ending (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4uClrydX0M), by Markus Schneider (C64, 1989)

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Round 1, Fight 5 // Best of 2016

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Unravel by Frida Johansson & Henrik Oja

Sample tracks: Yarny's Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkbDWrC0hfE), The Red Thread (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjM97V621cU), Mountain Trek (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJkvBR1WIA), Mist in the Mire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC_I46TkWB8), Rusted Apart (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQj7uxih8E)

vs.

Furi by various artists

Sample tracks: My Only Chance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeAAi7jWOl8), You're Mine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ5gtInauiI), Make This Right (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CGMk_roNaE), 6:24 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QpUGCXwOks), Enraged (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUKS--w4-Zs)

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Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver

Unravel might be my favorite soundtrack out of the 32 in contention here. In other news, just last week I stumbled onto an album by Carpenter Brut, who contributed some tracks to Furi, in a completely unrelated non-vgm setting.

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver - I like both of these.

Unravel - Brutal. Furi kicks ass, but I love Unravel. Definitely one of my contenders as well (broken record status confirmed).

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver - Both of these were fabulous.
Unravel

*Listens to the sample tracks for Furi*
"Cool! Love the electronica action going on."
*Listens to "Mist and Mire"*
"INSTANT LIKING OF UNRAVEL"

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver - Boss Theme

Unravel

Easy choices.

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver - Both of these were fabulous.
Unravel

*Listens to the sample tracks for Furi*
"Cool! Love the electronica action going on."
*Listens to "Mist and Mire"*
"INSTANT LIKING OF UNRAVEL"

Furi was an really cool with an energized atmosphere. But I absolutely love the aesthetic of Unravel. Mountain Trek and Mist in the Mire were instant favorites. I now need to go listen to the entire ost

The Storms - By John Carpenter from Big Trouble In Little China OST.

Bart Simpson's Theme - By Vivendi Studios from The Simpsons Hit 'N' Run OST.

Good to be back. :D

One thing I came across while the site was down: This analysis of "Dancing Mad," (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbeXHTDVX8c&t=0s) which revealed something shockingly great in the piece that I'd never noticed before.

That channel is absolutely fabulous. He always has interesting things to say.
And Dancing Mad. Enough said.
What was the thing you noticed, arthur?

The bit about Kefka's Theme at 10:00. I had never noticed that before. So cool.

And I totally agree about the channel. He's great.

Angel Attack III - By Shiro Sagisu from Neon Genesis Evangelion II OST. It gives that feel of fighting against your adversary.

Waking Up In The Morning - By Shiro Sagisu, which is also from Neon Genesis Evangelion II OST. Nice simple elevator to quiet down your day.

Is this guy the most sophisticated spam bot in the universe or what's up lol

Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver

Unravel

There's no way that I would be a spambot. I've been dealing with those kind of fiends on other websites.

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Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver is a great track. This one gets the win.

We've got another winner. Kyuukyoku Senki Gikadiver finished up nx666's rumble with a surprising 7-0 victory.

Unravel also swept the round 6-0.

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Round 1, Fight 6 // Best of 2016

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Titanfall 2 by Stephen Barton

Sample tracks: BT-7274 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Z2F2FB9yA), Ark Pursuit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn1EOoP4CQo), SERE Kit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooAJMKyP95Y), Trust Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiwIRvHeodo), Fold Weapon Test (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Nlq-G5g_4)

vs.

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human by Karl Flodin

Sample tracks: Argo 9 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkcuyjy5Wz4), Seaweed Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3LfcswL9ow), Welcome Home (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38pAV-KXhRQ), The Fathers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsChvk0HwWw), Heart of the City (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md3z_Q60eeM)

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What's up next? We've still got a ton of options ready to roll.

16:
NARFNra's Custom Rumble
arthurgolden's Best Video Game Music Covers
Shad's Best Video Game Music Covers
Final Fantasy XIII
Best of Daisuke Amaya (Pixel) [songs]

32:
Best of Jesper Kyd [songs]
Best of Touhou [songs]
Best of Danganronpa [songs, also optional 16-track version]

It might be the more traditional option, but I've been listening to both for a while today and I have to take Titanfall 2.

What's next? My votes are for Danganronpa! or if we want to go with a 16er then Arthur's covers.

Titanfall 2 gets the win! I love me some classic orchestral music. ;)

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human... Not that great. :(

Thanks to nx666 for designing the rumble! I'd love to know your take on the final round—and the fact that it was a sweep.

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

For the next rumble, I'm most interested in...
arthurgolden's Best Video Game Music Covers
Shad's Best Video Game Music Covers
Best of Daisuke Amaya (Pixel)
Best of Danganronpa

Song/soundtrack lists for the above options...
[2014] NARFNra's Custom Rumble (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=486&do=discuss)
[2015] Best of Final Fantasy XIII (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=520&do=discuss)
[2017] Best of Touhou (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1140&do=discuss)
[2018] arthurgolden's Custom Rumble of VGM Covers (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1141&do=discuss)
[2018] Best of Daisuke Amaya (Pixel) (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1144&do=discuss)
[2018] Best of Jesper Kyd (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1145&do=discuss)
[2018] Shad's Custom Rumble of VGM Covers (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1141&pp=10&page=4&do=discuss)
[2018] Best of Danganronpa (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1148&do=discuss)

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

16 Rumble:
NARFNra's Custom Rumble
arthurgolden's Best Video Game Music Covers
Shad's Best Video Game Music Covers

32 Rumble:
Best of Danganronpa

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

I'm up for the following:

NARFNra's Custom Rumble
arthurgolden's Best Video Game Music Covers
Shad's Best Video Game Music Covers
Best of Daisuke Amaya (Pixel) [songs]

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

Best of Danganronpa
arthurgolden's Best Video Game Music Covers
Shad's Best Video Game Music Covers



Thanks to nx666 for designing the rumble! I'd love to know your take on the final round�and the fact that it was a sweep.

It wouldn't have been a sweep if I had seen this in time :-) Since every round was pretty much a toss-up for me, I usually voted for the underdog.

Titanfall 2

I don't know why I had it in my head the whole time that the cover one was 16 tracks. �\_(ツ)_/�

Arthur's custom 32 covers kicks off now!


And The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human advances 4-3.

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Round 1, Fight 7 // Best of 2016

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Tom Clancy's The Division by Ola Strandh

Sample tracks: Precinct Siege (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPUFyJhj5WQ), The Garden (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_1uLN_3H4), Prologue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o5R4es459U), We are the Division (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B59EyzMQqMU), Ferro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f78Jy5yfuO4)

vs.

Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV by Ben Babbitt

Sample tracks: Dark Rum Noir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7jwLhMZ-0), My Light Heaven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4trghhUC10), Glowing Arms (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRJS07XBxTU), Angel Wings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLR79uQGUJw), Music For Rivers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCMjwu6EDxE)

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Round 1, Fight 1 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Mree - Simple and Clean (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jxw_NAKUn0) (from Kingdom Hearts)

vs.

Songe - Mines Medley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87u6ZAb_EB8) (from Spelunky)

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Awesome! I've been looking forward to this. I really hope others hear something they like. :D

Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV

Mree - Simple and Clean - I love everything Songe does. Really clever stuff. Some transformative choices. He'd be on a short list of channels I'd say are well worth subscribing to. But Mree's cover...holy cow. I am not overly fond of VGM vocal covers. I straight up do not like the official release of this track. But Mree's arrangement and performance are just beautiful.

Kentucky Route Zero

Mree - Simple & Clean - This is absolutely great.

Tom Clancy's The Division

Songe - Mines Melody

Round 1, Fight 7 // Best of 2016
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Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV by Ben Babbitt
Sample tracks: Dark Rum Noir, My Light Heaven, Glowing Arms, Angel Wings, Music For Rivers
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Round 1, Fight 1 // Arthur's Custom Covers
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Songe - Mines Medley (from Spelunky)
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Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV

Songe - Mines Medley

Will update in a bit!

Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV (4-1) and Songe - Mines Medley (3-2) advance!

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Round 1, Fight 8 // Best of 2016

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Dark Souls 3 by Yuka Kitamura & Motoi Sakuraba

Sample tracks: Soul of Cinder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9dNrmGD7mU), Abyss Watchers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0LdIZ8TWYo), Main Menu Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stWae6r7Blw), Father Ariandel and Sister Friede (Ashes of Ariandel) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAuIY58nv_k), Lorian, Elder Prince & Lothric, Younger Prince (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFRaZs6ri7s)

vs.

Civilization VI by various artists

Sample tracks: The Dream of Flight (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQYN2P3E06s), Kalinka (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEQvHCEHKH0), Waltzing Matilda (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNoy6AJ3-HY), US Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDnOHmDpQSU), Lullaby of Itsuki (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXkQvQmqwA)

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Round 1, Fight 2 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-buV4tYOA) (from Skyrim)

vs.

Les Vieilles Biscottes - White Deer Inn (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAAXKnFM-Zw) (from Suikoden II)

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Civilization VI - This is more or less a toss-up for me.

Les Vieilles Biscottes - White Deer Inn - The gods of randomness have followed up one of the two solo vocal theme songs in the rumble with the other. So if that's not your thing, total fluke that we ended up with one apiece in the first two fights. That said, Malukah's cover is by far, by far, by far the most popular selection in this rumble. It's wonderful. On the other hand, I am, of course, an unapologetic Suikoden fanatic. I love the series and have extremely positive memories bound up with the music. So listening to White Deer Inn might work on my emotions a lot more than anyone else. I really like this match-up since they're both such simple songs.

Hey Shad, the Dark Souls videos aren't working. It says that the videos are no longer available because the account was deleted.

Bizarre. They were working last night.

Soul of Cinder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW9XCFHfa5k), Abyss Watchers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmccPPaRb3w), Main Menu Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqyi3JuhthM), Father Ariandel and Sister Friede (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsY955NbXec), Lorian Elder Prince & Lothric Younger Prince (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnXEoocAy8)

Bizarre. They were working last night.

Soul of Cinder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW9XCFHfa5k), Abyss Watchers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmccPPaRb3w), Main Menu Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqyi3JuhthM), Father Ariandel and Sister Friede (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsY955NbXec), Lorian Elder Prince & Lothric Younger Prince (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnXEoocAy8)

I have no idea what happened, but thank you, Arthur, for the new links.

Dark Souls III

Malukah - I'm typically not a big fan of vocals in my OST's or vocal covers, but what a wonderful sounding voice she has!

This link should still be good (Thread 223280) if you want to nab the whole soundtrack.

So yeah, Civ 6 does a nice job of compiling folk tunes for the various regions it represents, I guess, though it's not particularly creative in how it presents them. I happened to listen to Dark Souls III a bunch last week before it procced as the next entry here, and I've listened to Civilization VI twice through since. It's uh, kind of a snooze fest. There's really no comparison, in my opinion. Dark Souls III

Malukah. Really surprised I'm voting for a vocal track here heh. It managed to overcome my natural distaste for vocals in video game music, at least up against a really easy and direct cover in White Deer Inn.

I actually really openly dislike the Civilization VI soundtrack the more I listen to it haha. It's just really cheesy in a not-remotely-endearing way. Like the France motif (which I always thought was an Italian folk melody) escalating from a soft background piece to something really dramatic. The tune just doesn't port over well to that style, or else they did a poor job of it.

Civilization VI
Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes

Dark Souls 3

Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes

Civilization VI - toss-up

White Deer Inn - the other one's fine. Maluakh's voice isn't my favorite

I actually really openly dislike the Civilization VI soundtrack the more I listen to it haha.

Lol. "Snooze fest" makes sense to me. I think there's some fun to be had in hearing how they tried to represent different cultures and progress those ideas, not always successfully. But I know what you mean. To be honest, my vote was more about Dark Souls. It's a good soundtrack, but it's the third one in a row using the same techniques to the same effect. I've heard it before I hear it. It's like watching a baseball game. You can predict at least 75% of the experience before it starts.

As a side note, GDQx has been posting speedruns from last month's charity marathon, and Dark Souls III (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA3I9mKUtu4), Titanfall 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUYFeqfxJ98), and Spelunky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhf2zcXByHk) are included. Linked for anyone who wants to hear the music in context or experience the full games as efficiently as possible.

I need to give the first two a listen again. I tend to soak in modern vgm very passively. It becomes my background music while I'm working for a few days and I often don't have a clear idea of what did or didn't appeal to me. I don't really remember how the first two went at all right now. Dark Souls 3 stood out to me in the sense that, while I enjoyed it as background music, I got the feeling there would be a lot of substance to take in if I did ever sit down and hear it out attentively.

Sorry updates to this thread have slowed down a lot lately. In this case, I'm out of town until Monday and don't have the spreadsheets for it with me to update.

I need to give the first two a listen again. I tend to soak in modern vgm very passively. It becomes my background music while I'm working for a few days and I often don't have a clear idea of what did or didn't appeal to me. I don't really remember how the first two went at all right now. Dark Souls 3 stood out to me in the sense that, while I enjoyed it as background music, I got the feeling there would be a lot of substance to take in if I did ever sit down and hear it out attentively.

Sorry updates to this thread have slowed down a lot lately. In this case, I'm out of town until Monday and don't have the spreadsheets for it with me to update.

This is pretty much how I listen to modern vgm myself. Especially WoW. I enjoy it as background music, but most of it doesn't necessarily stand out. I always try to save the ones that do standout onto a personal playlist.

I have this problem when I try to look for tracks I specifically like in a game. A lot of the tracks will be so similar-sounding and run together, so nothing in particular will stand out. It's easier to find out stuff, I think, when there's less to work with. That's partially why tracks from old games are so recognizable. Composers could only do so much, so you would have stuff that sounds good and would be easily familiar. Once there's more and more options for everybody to use, everyone may want to try the same layering and composition techniques and all that jazz, so fewer things will stand out. Shout out to composers who experiment with their sound. Now, are these orchestrated tracks bad because they're not recognizable? No. If it accomplishes its purpose, which is to enhance the experience of the game, then everything's all good. Like some of y'all have said, it often ends up being background music, which is not bad, just a different experience. What would life be without music anyway?

Heads wins the toss! Dark Souls 3 (3-3) and Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes (4-2) advance!

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Round 1, Fight 9 // Best of 2016

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Overwatch by Derek Duke, Neal Acree, Sam Cardon, & Cris Velasco

Sample tracks: Main Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1oXMy9VZQA), Volskaya Industries (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL4uxeFR6Xg), Numbani (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-qvKa5x8oE), Victory Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghk8O1yiY0I), Temple of Anubis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd09j-bVdPw)

vs.

Mother Russia Bleeds by Vincent Cassar

Sample tracks: Mother Russia Bleeds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd58QsrXUCU), Black Racers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tx8lphVLro), Night Brawlers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXs6wTxNKw), Killing Pool (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW3ROy__3j0), Unholy Impact (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy3JoJBpFT4)

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Round 1, Fight 3 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Super Guitar Bros - Castle / Boss (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuOADRtSyoc) (from Super Mario World)

vs.

PPF - Hot Head Bop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWa6gVunVLE) (from Donkey Kong Country 2)

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Mother Russia Bleeds

PPF - Hot Head Bop

Mother Russia Bleeds - while the game itself turns me off, this music is killer. No offense to OW.
Hot Head Bop - oh my goodness! both are great! I'm feeling the boppier one today lol.

Mother Russia - That's a really cool soundtrack!

PPF - Hot Head Bop - This one was fun and I always enjoy seeing the different instruments used, too.

Mother Russia Bleeds

PPF - Hot Head Bop

Mother Russia Bleeds - I didn't get around to listening to either of these soundtracks in their entirety yet, though I did pick them up. Overwatch is about the only game I somewhat actively play though, and I can say from an in-game perspective that the music is largely a non-entity. It's pretty creative in linking up with each map's theme, but it doesn't lend itself to complimenting fast action combat much. I almost always mute it and put on something else. I was kind of intrigued skimming the samples, and I'll add the full soundtrack to my playlist for later today, but from a player's perspective I had a fairly negative attitude towards it coming in and Mother Russia Bleeds sounds pretty cool in the samples. Still might change, not that it will make a difference. Hopefully an update's coming tonight.

PPF - Hot Head Bop

Mother Russia Bleeds

PPF - Hot Head Bop

Mother Russia Bleeds (6-0) and PPF - Hot Head Bop (6-0) advance in a pretty uncommon double sweep.

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Round 1, Fight 10 // Best of 2016

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Stardew Valley by Eric Barone

Sample tracks: Nature's Crescendo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0nqXeM-sns), Tropicala (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7sDUAALYSM), The Valley Comes Alive (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI9QzlD_sm0), The Wind Can Be Still (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ezfsJ4-Lw), Nocturne of Ice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiX1dBfmftA)

vs.

Firewatch by Chris Remo

Sample tracks: Prologue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jJdVrmUP0), Thorofare Hike (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxr3EGnB9A4), Camp Approach (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu6AAkcz-e0), Beartooth Point (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvTDUD8hAHs), North Backcountry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgodINESPNk)

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Round 1, Fight 4 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Pixel Harp - Turret Opera (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWwBjVwwGPo) (from Portal 2)

vs.

diddygt - Hateno Village (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp_3DFm-yKs) (from Breath of the Wild)

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Stardew Valley

Pixel Harp - Turret Opera

I really like all four selections. Easily could have voted the opposite way on both.

Stardew Valley

Turret Opera

Agreed, 4 really good options!

Stardew Valley

Pixel Harp - Turret Opera

I really like all four selections. Easily could have voted the opposite way on both.

Same.

Firewatch - I liked both, but the atmosphere of this one sucked me in more and reminded me of Journey.

Hateno Village

Firewatch -- This is one of the albums in this mix that I really fell in love with over the past few weeks. Been listening to it a lot. It's probably my second-most repeated soundtrack here after Unravel.

Since it's not in the default mix, thought I'd toss out Ol' Shoshone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IDSdzM_kx8) as a rather unexpected entry on an otherwise ambient post-rocky album.

diddygt - Hateno Village

Round 1, Fight 10 // Best of 2016
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Firewatch by Chris Remo
Sample tracks: Prologue, Thorofare Hike, Camp Approach, Beartooth Point, North Backcountry
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Round 1, Fight 4 // Arthur's Custom Covers
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Pixel Harp - Turret Opera (from Portal 2)
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Firewatch
Pixel Harp - Turret Opera

Happy Thanksgiving! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMXczbiWB1U)

Firewatch (4-3) and Pixel Harp - Turret Opera (5-2) advance!

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Round 1, Fight 11 // Best of 2016

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Oxenfree by SCNTFC

Sample tracks: Lost Prologue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgjEymUAgaQ), Beacon Beach (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEbC2dQDsVc), Epiphany Fields (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1xqCQU82HY), The Beach, 7AM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8TtB5NOdsY), Towhee Grove (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEu190Bd-Vs)

vs.

That Dragon, Cancer by Jon HIllman

Sample tracks: Awake, Oh Awake My Joel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhHNr3GFQac), Feeding the Ducks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o0vwqMgKUc), So Few Words (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtDwCKjtr5o), Joel, Our Joy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5sBaSyqWi0), On Hospital Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wHbUUJuVY)

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Round 1, Fight 5 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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CelloBassett - Into the Thick of It (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdLH84qy3T8a) (from Secret of Mana)

vs.

NESkimos - Dark World (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc6aHh2jT-4) (from A Link to the Past)

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That Dragon, Cancer

NESkimos - Dark World

Oxenfree

Into the Thick of It

That Dragon, Cancer - love both

Into the Thick of It - with very rare exception, I'm not a huge fan of heavy metal covers

with very rare exception, I'm not a huge fan of heavy metal covers

I sympathize. There are so many technically sound, but creatively bereft metal VGM covers out there. My interest tends to wane quickly unless there's some kind of unexpected instrumentation, arrangement, sampling, or genre-mixing. That said, I like this one, and there will be one other that I thought was interesting and fun.

That Dragon, Cancer

Into the Thick of It

I sympathize. There are so many technically sound, but creatively bereft metal VGM covers out there. My interest tends to wane quickly unless there's some kind of unexpected instrumentation, arrangement, sampling, or genre-mixing. That said, I like this one, and there will be one other that I thought was interesting and fun.

Ah I see! The one I tend to be fond of is Daniel Tidwell's cover of Ninja Gaiden's Act 4-2. It retains the spirit of the original and is super polished to me.

Oxenfree

NESkimos - Dark World


with very rare exception, I'm not a huge fan of heavy metal covers

Agreed. This one was a bit of the exception though.

That Dragon, Cancer (3-2) and CelloBassett (3-2) advance!

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Round 1, Fight 12 // Best of 2016

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Stellaris by Andreas Waldetoft

Sample tracks: Creation and Beyond (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AHcak434Zw), To the End of the Galaxy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuELLd3Ec4U), The Awakened (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC4IAH2TvWY), Faster Than Light (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC7m0FEAfQM), Distant Nebula (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZusMsF0a-8E)

vs.

Hyper Light Drifter by Disasterpeace

Sample tracks: Vignette: Panacea (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfPapxO550o), Vignette: Visions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiBaFqAr2mY), The Midnight Wood (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P05ItJD_n6k), The Sentients (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ABzwzdtpGk), The Last General (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD0851zso08)

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Round 1, Fight 6 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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The Minibosses - Metroid Medley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DCyjRy6IOg) (from Metroid)

vs.

Super Soul Bros. - Megalovania (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iws7KejE6n4) (from Undertale)

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Hyper Light Drifter - I'm biased toward Disasterpeace.

The Minibosses - Metroid Medley - both are great

Hyper Light Drifter - Disasterpeace is unbelievable. On the list of my favorite living composers--and he's only 32. He was 26 when he did Fez.

The Minibosses - Metroid Medley - This was possibly the first VGM cover I ever heard and liked, some time in the early 2000s.

Stellaris

The Minibosses - I could go either way on this one depending on my mood. But I was listening to these without headphones at home and my husband got excited about the Metroid song and that it's a good cover.

Sorry if it's a bit "spammy" but if people could please vote on this year's annual Favourite Final Fantasy Character game, we're in the final and it's a tiebreaker!

Check out this thread here and please vote! :)

Thread 227998

Stellaris
Super Soul Bros. - Megalovania

Stellaris

Super Soul Bros. - Megalovania

Hyper Link Drifter

Super Soul Bros. - Megalovania

Stellaris

Super Soul Bros.

Update tonight? Tomorrow? Probably no later than tomorrow.

Stellaris (4-3) and Super Soul Bros (4-3) advance!

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Round 1, Fight 13 // Best of 2016

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Another Metroid 2 Remake by Milton Guasti

Sample tracks: Surface of SR388 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rq6w_K1K3E), Hydro Station (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUwI_rYJ-TU), The Tower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL9EqBQHI08), The Golden Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpip5rkAqVE), The Queen Metroid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoA2JIYBG5k)

vs.

Small Radios Big Televisions by Owen Deery

Sample tracks: Square (https://owendeery.bandcamp.com/track/square), Forest (https://owendeery.bandcamp.com/track/forest), Stream (https://owendeery.bandcamp.com/track/stream), Tundra (https://owendeery.bandcamp.com/track/tundra), VHS (https://owendeery.bandcamp.com/track/vhs)

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Round 1, Fight 7 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Banjo Guy Ollie - Beautiful Golden City (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRgsoYMDgro) (from Suikoden)

vs.

GICCO - Baba Yetu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlmMD1OanXI) (from Civilization IV)

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Another Metroid 2 Remake

Banjo Guy Ollie - Beautiful Golden City

Another Metroid 2 Remake

Banjo Guy Ollie - Beautiful Golden City

Another Metroid 2 Remake

Banjo Guy Ollie - Beautiful Golden City

Ditto

Another Metroid 2 Remake

GICCO - Baba Yetu (from Civilization IV)

Busy week. I'm going to take Small Radios Big Televisions and GICCO - Baba Yetu, which changes nothing soooo:


Another Metroid 2 Remake (4-1) and Banjo Guy Ollie (3-2) advance!

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Round 1, Fight 14 // Best of 2016

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Thumper by Ben Gibson

Sample tracks: Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0UultL2XFo), Triangle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NedS67DlszI), Beetle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cz_ZHJSdJU), Tunnel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVUxGuOJriY), Omega (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWaLBbnyheI)

vs.

Brigador by Makeup and Vanity Set

Sample tracks: Solo Nobre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDe05fV6Rv0), There is No Law Here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVZAAYBWOc), No Way Out (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Due9qiZ2t5w), March (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ6ei2vnoe8), Rise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Kg79w3mSk)

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Round 1, Fight 8 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Synthpeter - Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4knkkpqzP2g) (from International Karate)

vs.

Soundole - A Wish (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02SpTP1Zw8) (from Secret of Mana)

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Thumper

Synthpeter - Main Theme - Soundole is magic with an EWI (which so often sound terrible), but I have to give this one to Synthpeter

Thumper - Guys, I'm sorry, but I'm seeing a vagina on the cover art of this one!

Soundole

I'm really curious about the Thumper in-game experience, because a lot of the tracks feel fairly subdued for a rhythm-based game.

Not curious enough to vote it over Brigadore though heh.

Soundole - A Wish ~if I wasn't paying much attention and this came on, I'm not sure I would realize it's not the original

@feral: Lol

Thumper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2thHvvzI9yQ) in action

No kidding about A Wish. It's very close to the original sound.

Brigador

A Wish

Brigador
Synthpeter - Main Theme

Brigador (3-2) and Soundole - A Wish (3-2) advance!

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Round 1, Fight 15 // Best of 2016

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Abz� by Austin Wintory

Sample tracks: Delphinus Delphis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAJIU9nMbYY), Ichthyosaurus Communis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxUQO-h7Lbw), To Know, Water (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xjBiFF3qkc), Their Waters Were Mingled Together (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPZTeL9s6VI), Elasmosaurus Platyurus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvyCSUWx644)

vs.

Pok�mon Sun & Moon by various artists

Sample tracks: Team Skull Leader Guzma Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REC7daXbjho), Champion Red & Blue Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNZ7gllxeZs), Hometown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFWcQMA2xb4), Elite Four Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv7AXRqjTuQ), Solgaleo & Lunala Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37riOeCnnpQ)

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Round 1, Fight 9 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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The Returners - Terran 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow4kU7iTT3w) (from StarCraft)

vs.

Sebastian Freij - The Place I'll Return to Someday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmhQIyD-KDQ) (from Final Fantasy IX)

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Abz�

The Returners - Terran 2

Abzu

The Place I'll Return to Someday

Abzu

The Place I'll Return to Someday - I really liked Terran 2, but I've been replaying FFIX on mobile and being thrown headfirst into nostalgia land. This one gave me the warm and fuzzies. I can only hope for mercy from the Queen of Blades.

Pok�mon Sun & Moon. I dunno, feeling a sucker for the cheesy beats right now.

I enjoy The Place I'll Return to Someday a lot more as a song, but as covers I think I have to take The Returners here.

2-2 tie with a lot of people not voting, so I'll give it a day before I flip a coin. Holidays plus I haven't been consistent about when I update these for a couple months now so people probably aren't in as much of a habit of checking.

Abz�
The Returners - Terran 2

Abzu

The Place I'll Return to Someday

And to random.org we go anyway! Tails won the toss. Abzu (5-1) and Sebastian Freij - The Place I'll Return to Someday (3-3) advance!

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Round 1, Fight 16 // Best of 2016

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No Man's Sky by 65daysofstatic

Sample tracks: Escape Velocity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcNJq2KSjGg), Supermoon (�https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nru86VmoEK4"), Heliosphere (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7lQ892YZvo), End of the World Sun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT9SEjBNOY4), Red Parallax (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lirrplYoQ00)

vs.

Battlefield 1 by Johan S�derqvist, Patrik Andr�n, & Avanti Savoia

Sample tracks: Battlefield 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7nVjq9a-xk), Historical Theme (�https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3jnb20qWwU"), End of Round (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWahyb2QA_Q), Dawn of a New Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyh28QuX-OI), Homing Pigeon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsfQb55rvNM)

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Round 1, Fight 10 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Doug Perry - Flow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXQccOo8F4) (from Fez)

vs.

RichaadEB & ThunderScott - Chemical Plant Zone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl5xwbt7kj8) (from Sonic 2)

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Fun fact, I was really into 65daysofstatic when they released their first album in 2004 and saw them live some time around then. I haven't listened to them for ages and had no idea they were involved in any game soundtracks.

Battlefield 1

Doug Perry

No Man's Sky
RichaadEB & ThunderScott - Chemical Plant Zone

I thought I'd never heard of 65daysofstatic before until I just looked at their Wikipedia page and realized they were the band who re-scored Silent Running a few years back. Regardless, No Man's Sky appears to be their first video game soundtrack--pretty big project to make your debut on.

Also, one note: The links for Supermoon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nru86VmoEK4) and Historical Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3jnb20qWwU) were broken.

My votes:

Battlefield 1

RichaadEB & ThunderScott - Chemical Plant Zone

No Man's Sky - I'm not really feeling either of these, but this one is slightly more original to me.
Flow - both are good, but I'm going for simplicity today

Oh god I have the tie break and haven't had time to listen to either of these yet with the holidays in play. Based on a run through them a month or two ago I want to say Battlefield 1, but I'd rather hear them both again first. So what I'm going to do is vote later and move the game along. The winner of this match-up actually procced the first pairing of round 2, so we'll switch those around in the meantime.

Oh yeah and my other vote is for Doug Perry - Flow, which advances 3-2!

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Round 2, Fight 2 // Best of 2016

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The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human by Karl Flodin

Sample tracks: Argo 9 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkcuyjy5Wz4), Seaweed Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3LfcswL9ow), Welcome Home (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38pAV-KXhRQ), The Fathers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsChvk0HwWw), Heart of the City (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md3z_Q60eeM)

vs.

Another Metroid 2 Remake by Milton Guasti

Sample tracks: Surface of SR388 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rq6w_K1K3E), Hydro Station (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUwI_rYJ-TU), The Tower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL9EqBQHI08), The Golden Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpip5rkAqVE), The Queen Metroid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoA2JIYBG5k)

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Round 1, Fight 11 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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BKMJMBOX - Eternal Wind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRIfT2NUV8s) (from Final Fantasy III)

vs.

Carlos Eiene - Eterna Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGs8UovlTE) (from Pokemon DPPt)

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Fixed links for Another Metroid 2 Remake: Surface of SR388 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eljssMIlE3I), Hydro Station (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GyLbJP83MM), The Tower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z24-ESnLkwE), The Golden Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGN4Eqqg6NA)

Another Metroid 2 Remake

Carlos Eiene - Eterna Forest

Fixed links for Another Metroid 2 Remake: Surface of SR388 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eljssMIlE3I), Hydro Station (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GyLbJP83MM), The Tower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z24-ESnLkwE), The Golden Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGN4Eqqg6NA)

Thank you Arthur!


Another Metroid 2 Remake

Carlos Eiene - Eterna Forest

Serious question: Would any of you be intrigued by the prospect of video game development as an initially unpaid side-project with the ideal to get something off the ground that can eventually be crowd funded? Basically making games is something I've wanted to do since I was a kid and I've been kicking around the not-terribly-serious-but-possible idea with some friends lately and I'm curious if anyone here is generically enthusiastic about that sort of thing. Probably programming and graphic design would be the most desirable skills towards this end since everyone I know is a musician on some level heh.

Battlefield 1

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

Carlos Eiene - Eterna Forest --I love Eternal Wind, but it's always a struggle for me to enjoy scale worship.

This is a stupidly obscure observation but:

Xak - Messenger (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65eyYjIWSuc)

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Doom Castle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2upPEhhzTTw)

My money says Ryuji Sasai was the composer responsible for Messenger.

Serious question: Would any of you be intrigued by the prospect of video game development as an initially unpaid side-project with the ideal to get something off the ground that can eventually be crowd funded? Basically making games is something I've wanted to do since I was a kid and I've been kicking around the not-terribly-serious-but-possible idea with some friends lately and I'm curious if anyone here is generically enthusiastic about that sort of thing. Probably programming and graphic design would be the most desirable skills towards this end since everyone I know is a musician on some level heh.

That sounds like fun, but alas I am completely computer illiterate.

I love Eternal Wind, but it's always a struggle for me to enjoy scale worship.

My love for this cover exists despite its cheesy self-indulgence. Can't explain it. It came on in the car and my said WTF is this?


This is a stupidly obscure observation but:

Xak - Messenger (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65eyYjIWSuc)

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Doom Castle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2upPEhhzTTw)

My money says Ryuji Sasai was the composer responsible for Messenger.

Ha! Nice catch. I actually played a couple minutes of FFMQ last night for the first time since the early 2000s. The main character does a lot of shrugging. https://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu301/arthurgolden/tumblr_inline_ntchey98Q41tqu0v2_75sq_zpspsil13gs.g if

I hope we get a few more votes, if only because I want more people to to hear Carlos Eiene's cover of Eterna Forest. Super nice guy who always compliments other people's covers in the YouTube comments. And what he does here is everything I look for in a good cover. Listening to the original (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0Fg9xtjFxk), you'll hear how much of his version is his own invention.

Well

Yeah it would be nice.

Holidays though

I'm going to go ahead and update, because I've been too busy lately to attend to this more than once or twice a week and I've got the time.

Good news is it will be coming back for round 2 for anyone who missed it.

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Another Metroid 2 Remake (2-1) and Carlos Eiene - Eterna Forest (3-0) advance!

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Round 2, Fight 1 // Best of 2016

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Owlboy by Jonathan Greer

Sample tracks: Strato Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdzIVXkESbc), Mesos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDIVH5Go9-Y), Tropos by Day and Night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw0_Ne5Zh8o), A Fine Young Owl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr2VG1UWUwY), Such Perfect Peace (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D69ZaxlZ4FA)

vs.

Battlefield 1 by Johan S�derqvist, Patrik Andr�n, & Avanti Savoia

Sample tracks: Battlefield 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7nVjq9a-xk), Historical Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3jnb20qWwU), End of Round (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWahyb2QA_Q), Dawn of a New Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyh28QuX-OI), Homing Pigeon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsfQb55rvNM)

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Round 1, Fight 12 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Janne Lassila - By the Bay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR4IIKbRflQ) (from SimCity 4)

vs.

Pok�rus - Dreamer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jew0GM5StA) (from Streets of Rage 2)

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Battlefield 1

Pok�rus - Dreamer

Oops! Sorry I didn't vote in the last one.

Owlboy

Dreamer

Owlboy The scenery in the videos reminds me a lot of the original Rayman game and the ones on the Gameboy Advance. Perhaps I should track this one down and play it.

Dreamer

The scenery in the videos reminds me a lot of the original Rayman game and the ones on the Gameboy Advance. Perhaps I should track this one down and play it.

PLAY IT. IT'S GREAT. Solid 9/10 game.

There's some new stuff to check out on the group page (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?groupid=20).

Owlboy probably, though it wouldn't hurt me to listen to them in full again.

Janne Lassila - By the Bay definitely. Two of the stronger entries here though, I think.

Battlefield 1
Janne Lassila - By the Bay

Owlboy (3-2) and Pok�rus - Dreamer (3-2) advance!

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Round 2, Fight 3 // Best of 2016

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Samorost 3 by Floex (Tom� Dvoř�k)

Sample tracks: Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5jAv4hkWk), Mushroom Picker Dance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFB2wcxPTn0), Taste of Tea *Cosmic Version* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ9t1YNJakY), Going on an Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHT-amrLB0), Prenatal Hunters *Floex Revision* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_7dcd92WU)

vs.

Brigador by Makeup and Vanity Set

Sample tracks: Solo Nobre (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDe05fV6Rv0), There is No Law Here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVZAAYBWOc), No Way Out (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Due9qiZ2t5w), March (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ6ei2vnoe8), Rise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Kg79w3mSk)

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Round 1, Fight 13 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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怪盗v - Heart of Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoyULnJwEdQ) (from Castlevania)

vs.

lonlonjp - Corridors of Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94x9amQo-0I) (from Chrono Trigger)

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The Corridors of Time link is no longer available. Do you have a backup for this Arthur? I couldn't find one on a quick search.

A video for lonlonjp - Corridors of Time can be found here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr-z9GHQPls&index=16&list=PLCilIrxlSKkpLEroBe1gSCw83C4RE5GwC&t=0s) I had to make my own because all of his videos were mysteriously country-restricted in November. Even he doesn't know why. This video can be found in the rumble's playlist as "Rumble" without any other identifying information so as to avoid being taken down.

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Samorost 3!

lonlonjp - Corridors of Time!

Samorost 3

Heart of Fire - My husband is a huge fan of CT, but didn't care for that cover, despite wanting to like it. He said it sounded like they were hesitant to play in the beginning, but then sped up a little too much. I agree.

Samorost 3 - both sound amazing

Heart of Fire

Samorost 3 so refreshing

Heart of Fire

I had zero expectation of voting Samorost 3 before relistening to it. Hah. Both of these are great though.

Heart of Fire. I dunno. Corridors of Time sounded like a recording I could make. The execution on Heart of Fire is appreciably better.

Update probably tomorrow.

If one of y'all hit me up on Discord and poke me I promise I'll update this more frequently. I am impervious to annoyance and if you're like "Shad get off your ass" every three days it won't bother me. ;) Shad#2594

Do either the rumble or the forum have an official discord?

Samorost 3 (5-0) and 怪盗v - Heart of Fire (4-1) advance!

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Round 2, Fight 4 // Best of 2016

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Dark Souls 3 by Yuka Kitamura & Motoi Sakuraba

Sample tracks: Soul of Cinder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9dNrmGD7mU), Abyss Watchers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0LdIZ8TWYo), Main Menu Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stWae6r7Blw), Father Ariandel and Sister Friede (Ashes of Ariandel) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAuIY58nv_k), Lorian, Elder Prince & Lothric, Younger Prince (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFRaZs6ri7s)

vs.

Abz� by Austin Wintory

Sample tracks: Delphinus Delphis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAJIU9nMbYY), Ichthyosaurus Communis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxUQO-h7Lbw), To Know, Water (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xjBiFF3qkc), Their Waters Were Mingled Together (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPZTeL9s6VI), Elasmosaurus Platyurus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvyCSUWx644)

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Round 1, Fight 14 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Jackson Parodi - Fallen Down (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMj7FbST_v0) (from Undertale)

vs.

LONELYROLLINGSTARS - Lonely Rolling Star (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5gnSpcKgVA) (from Katamari Damacy)

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Do either the rumble or the forum have an official discord?

The rumble doesn't. The site did for a little bit, but it was dominated by the alt-right trolls that invaded General Discussion, and it either got deleted or else someone banned me after never typing there for a year.

I think the Facebook group you all have is fine for as often as there's a reason to communicate externally, it's just not something I personally check more than once a month, vs if someone messaged me with "Hey, update" on Discord I'd probably just go do it on the spot.

Gotcha. Just wondering.

ABZU

Fallen Down

Abz�

LONELYROLLINGSTARS - Lonely Rolling Star

@OSTGeek64: We can make a discord for the rumble if we want. I've never used that site, though.

@Shad: I appreciate all you do. I'm guessing a three-day posting schedule would be manageable for everyone if you're able and willing. If not, the current pace works, too.

I mean I did it every 3 days for years and now it's more like 5-7, so that's what has me bringing it up. It's not that I don't have time to do it--it only takes about 5 minutes--but I've been a lot more busy lately, so I'm inclined to forget.

Discord is basically IRC 2.0 from a user experience perspective, and it's as popular as IRC was in its prime. I've always gravitated to chat rooms as my preferred method of online communication, so I was really dying in that 5-10 year void where social media reigned supreme.

But anyway, you can direct message people on it and I'm just saying if you're using it anyway you can usually get a response from me on there in less than an hour vs Facebook or a PM here might take a while.

Well, this one's staying up until the 26th because I'm going to be out of town and only two people voted. �\_(ツ)_/�

Gotcha on the first message. I've never used Discord before, but that sounds like another good way to keep in touch.

Need more votes! There's some cuteness in the LONELYROLLINGSTARS video. There are some...interesting...wardrobe choices in the Jackson Parodi video. Both good covers.

Dark Souls 3 by Yuka Kitamura & Motoi Sakuraba



LONELYROLLINGSTARS - Lonely Rolling Star (from Katamari Damacy)

The Rumble now has a Discord. Check your PMs for the link.

Dark Souls 3
LONELYROLLINGSTARS - Lonely Rolling Star

The Rumble now has a Discord. Check your PMs for the link.

Thanks, arthur. Heads up. If you see two separate accounts label dr_nerd42 and Critical Parasite, ignore Critical Parasite. That's my accidental second account lol

Ha! Will do.

Abz�

LONELYROLLINGSTARS - Lonely Rolling Star

Thanks Arthur! Just so you know though, Discord links are only good for a few hours by default. You have to specify to generate a permanent one. That link is expired.

I'm voting Dark Souls 3 and Jackson Parodi - Fallen Down.

Tails wins the toss! Abz� (3-3) and LONELYROLLINGSTARS (4-2) advance!

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Round 2, Fight 5 // Best of 2016

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Firewatch by Chris Remo

Sample tracks: Prologue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jJdVrmUP0), Thorofare Hike (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxr3EGnB9A4), Camp Approach (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu6AAkcz-e0), Beartooth Point (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvTDUD8hAHs), North Backcountry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgodINESPNk)

vs.

Kentucky Route Zero: Act IV by Ben Babbitt

Sample tracks: Dark Rum Noir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S7jwLhMZ-0), My Light Heaven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4trghhUC10), Glowing Arms (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRJS07XBxTU), Angel Wings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLR79uQGUJw), Music For Rivers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCMjwu6EDxE)

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Round 1, Fight 15 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Franco Albertini - A Mighty Enemy Appears (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6cZ6TTZSYY) (from Lost Odyssey)

vs.

brentalfloss - Wii Shop Channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ruNfajgUr0) (from Wii)

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Firewatch

A Mighty Enemy Appears - Wii Shop Channel was really fun, but I would easily get tired if hearing it after the first time.

Sorry I missed the last round, life kept me pretty preoccupied.

The discord link said it was expired, but I looked into the app and I don't think I'm going to download it. I've become fairly privacy minded recently, especially after all the FB data scandles. So, I left FB and deleted all my data before I left. Discord doesn't jive with me unfortunately. Honestly, I'd be more comfortable giving Arthur my actual number to stay in contact if incase of site shutdown.

Thanks Arthur! Just so you know though, Discord links are only good for a few hours by default. You have to specify to generate a permanent one. That link is expired.

Whoops! I've PMed a new Discord invitation link that should be permanent. @Everyone: Just let me know if you didn't get it and I'll PM you.


Discord doesn't jive with me unfortunately. Honestly, I'd be more comfortable giving Arthur my actual number to stay in contact if incase of site shutdown.

I understand and respect that choice. For what it's worth, I did not download anything for Discord. I'm able to open it in my browser (I'm on a desktop) and log in using a dummy email. But that doesn't necessarily solve the legit issues you're raising. Let's talk through PM.

My votes:

Firewatch

A Mighty Enemy Appears

Firewatch

A Mighty Enemy Appears

Firewatch
brentalfloss - Wii Shop Channel

Firewatch

A Mighty Enemy Appears - the brentalfloss lyrics and accent are HILARIOUS, but it does grate on the senses after a while

Firewatch

Franco Albertini - A Mighty Enemy Appears

Update tonight unless I forget

Firewatch (6-0) and Franco Albertini (5-1) advance!

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Round 2, Fight 6 // Best of 2016

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Virginia by Lyndon Holland

Sample tracks: Sojourner's Truth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na-tovCFKAw), Flash Forward (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAbx8ZU2ibk), Main Titles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_48v41e-ugI), Brief Encounters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55FlSO_EzQ), Lucas Fairfax (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFE7WeoS3Cc)

vs.

Stellaris by Andreas Waldetoft

Sample tracks: Creation and Beyond (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AHcak434Zw), To the End of the Galaxy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuELLd3Ec4U), The Awakened (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC4IAH2TvWY), Faster Than Light (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC7m0FEAfQM), Distant Nebula (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZusMsF0a-8E)

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Round 1, Fight 16 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai - Shachimaru's Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woyeRWsF-v0) (from Okami)

vs.

Ryan Lafford - Summers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao1peYskeX0) (from Earthbound)

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Virginia

Shachimaru's Theme - Two fun ones going against each other, but I love Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai

Virginia

Shachimaru's Theme - Two fun ones going against each other, but I love Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai

That Okami song is rather charming

Stellaris

Summers

Johnny's got another game running in General Final Fantasy. (Thread 229729)


Stellaris

Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai - Shachimaru's Theme

Tails wins the toss! Virginia (2-2) and Shachimaru's Theme (3-1) advance!

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Round 2, Fight 6 // Best of 2016

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Mother Russia Bleeds by Vincent Cassar

Sample tracks: Mother Russia Bleeds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd58QsrXUCU), Black Racers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tx8lphVLro), Night Brawlers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXs6wTxNKw), Killing Pool (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW3ROy__3j0), Unholy Impact (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy3JoJBpFT4)

vs.

Unravel by Frida Johansson & Henrik Oja

Sample tracks: Yarny's Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkbDWrC0hfE), The Red Thread (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjM97V621cU), Mountain Trek (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJkvBR1WIA), Mist in the Mire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC_I46TkWB8), Rusted Apart (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQj7uxih8E)

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Round 2, Fight 1 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Sebastian Freij - The Place I'll Return to Someday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmhQIyD-KDQ) (from Final Fantasy IX)

vs.

Doug Perry - Flow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXQccOo8F4) (from Fez)

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Unravel - For me, both of these are top 5 in the rumble and could have gone to the finals.

The Returners - Back in September, I cold called the bandleader to see if they'd livestream their Halloween show. I thought it'd be cool to somehow integrate it into the rumble. Unfortunately, it didn't work out, but I appreciated that they tried to make it happen with the venue just for our group's benefit.

EDIT: Whoops. Stop the presses. We have a rumble first! The Returners lost in the first round (Thread 66118). This should be Sebastian Freij - The Place I'll Return to Someday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmhQIyD-KDQ) (who won in a coin toss) vs. Doug Perry - Flow.

My new vote: Doug Perry

Also, the Best of 2016 post should be Fight 7. The "6" is a repeat from the previous post.

Unravel



EDIT: Whoops. Stop the presses. We have a rumble first! The Returners lost in the first round (Thread 66118). This should be Sebastian Freij - The Place I'll Return to Someday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmhQIyD-KDQ) (who won in a coin toss) vs. Doug Perry - Flow.

Also, the Best of 2016 post should be Fight 7. The "6" is a repeat from the previous post.

If this is the case, then I'm voting for Sebastian Freij

Well there's an oddity. My spreadsheet says one thing and my post says another.

Makes the decision easier though.

Unravel

Doug Perry - Flow

Good to be back.

Yeah, I'll leave this open another day since they aren't both 3-0 sweeps.

Mother Russia Bleeds
Sebastian Freij - The Place I'll Return to Someday

Heads wins the toss! Unravel (3-1) and Doug Perry - Flow (2-2) advance!

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Round 2, Fight 8 // Best of 2016

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The Last Guardian by Takeshi Furukawa

Sample tracks: Overture Lore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPreI-uoAfk), Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4KkTvnf8i0), Victorious (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miDaPE3XtcI), Falling Bridge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F14xUH9dHZ4), End Titles, The Last Guardian Suite (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rl6d0XAdTI)

vs.

That Dragon, Cancer by Jon HIllman

Sample tracks: Awake, Oh Awake My Joel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhHNr3GFQac), Feeding the Ducks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o0vwqMgKUc), So Few Words (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtDwCKjtr5o), Joel, Our Joy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5sBaSyqWi0), On Hospital Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wHbUUJuVY)

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Round 2, Fight 2 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Carlos Eiene - Eterna Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGs8UovlTE) (from Pokemon DPPt)

vs.

PPF - Hot Head Bop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWa6gVunVLE) (from Donkey Kong Country 2)

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Round 2, Fight 8 // Best of 2016
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The Last Guardian by Takeshi Furukawa
Sample tracks: Overture Lore, Forest, Victorious, Falling Bridge, End Titles, The Last Guardian Suite
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Round 2, Fight 2 // Arthur's Custom Covers
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PPF - Hot Head Bop (from Donkey Kong Country 2)
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That Dragon, Cancer

Hot Head Bop - I love that they are blowing bubbles in a bucket to get the sound they want!

That Dragon, Cancer

PPF - Hot Head Bop

Yowza. I really like all of these.

The Last Guardian - I'm zero for a million on predicting the finals, but for me this is a top three soundtrack in the rumble.

Carlos Eiene - Eterna Forest - I've gone from really liking this to loving it. But it's basically a draw with PPF's song.

Flipping a coin tomorrow if no one breaks the tie!

That Dragon, Cancer
PPF - Hot Head Bop

Yay no coin.

That Dragon, Cancer (3-2) and PPF - Hot Head Bop (4-1) advance!

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Quarterfinals, Fight 1 // Best of 2016

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Samorost 3 by Floex (Tom�š Dvoř�k)

Sample tracks: Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5jAv4hkWk), Mushroom Picker Dance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFB2wcxPTn0), Taste of Tea *Cosmic Version* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ9t1YNJakY), Going on an Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHT-amrLB0), Prenatal Hunters *Floex Revision* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_7dcd92WU)

vs.

Firewatch by Chris Remo

Sample tracks: Prologue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jJdVrmUP0), Thorofare Hike (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxr3EGnB9A4), Camp Approach (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu6AAkcz-e0), Beartooth Point (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvTDUD8hAHs), North Backcountry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgodINESPNk)

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Round 2, Fight 3 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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怪盗v - Heart of Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoyULnJwEdQ) (from Castlevania)

vs.

Songe - Mines Medley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87u6ZAb_EB8) (from Spelunky)

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Samorost 3

Songe - Mines Medley

Samorost 3 - I initially was going to vote Firewatch. I love the soundtrack for Firewatch, it's calming atmosphere really fits for me today, too, while watching the snowstorm. I know, Firewatch during a snow storm, lol. But I went back and relistened to both soundtracks, and despite the wonderful ambiance created by Firewatch, I believe Samorost to be the stronger competitor. This is definitely, for me, I'm happy no matter who wins this round.

As a side note, I also noticed that some of the guitar in Firewatch was a bit reminiscent of Diablo. Nice little nostalgia trip, especially on Beartooth Point.

Heart of Fire

Go Go Firewatch. Would be thrilled to see it in the final.

怪盗v - Heart of Fire

Do wait round for me. I will listen to the rumble. Just listening to samorost 3 at the moment.

Hard choice. going to listen to samorost and firewatch again.

Firewatch


怪盗v - Heart of Fire

Samorost 3

Songe - Mines Medley

Choice between Samorost and Firewatch was a difficult one...

Samorost 3
怪盗v - Heart of Fire

Samorost 3 (4-2) and 怪盗v - Heart of Fire (4-2) advance!

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Quarterfinals, Fight 2 // Best of 2016

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That Dragon, Cancer by Jon HIllman

Sample tracks: Awake, Oh Awake My Joel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhHNr3GFQac), Feeding the Ducks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o0vwqMgKUc), So Few Words (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtDwCKjtr5o), Joel, Our Joy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5sBaSyqWi0), On Hospital Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wHbUUJuVY)

vs.

Unravel by Frida Johansson & Henrik Oja

Sample tracks: Yarny's Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkbDWrC0hfE), The Red Thread (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjM97V621cU), Mountain Trek (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJkvBR1WIA), Mist in the Mire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC_I46TkWB8), Rusted Apart (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQj7uxih8E)

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Round 2, Fight 4 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-buV4tYOA) (from Skyrim)

vs.

Pixel Harp - Turret Opera (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWwBjVwwGPo) (from Portal 2)

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Unravel

Pixel Harp - Turret Opera

Unravel

Malukah

That Dragon, Cancer

Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes

Unravel
Pixel Harp - Turret Opera

Unravel

Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes

Unravel (4-1) and Malukah (3-2) advance!

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Quarterfinals, Fight 3 // Best of 2016

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Owlboy by Jonathan Greer

Sample tracks: Strato Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdzIVXkESbc), Mesos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDIVH5Go9-Y), Tropos by Day and Night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw0_Ne5Zh8o), A Fine Young Owl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr2VG1UWUwY), Such Perfect Peace (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D69ZaxlZ4FA)

vs.

Abz� by Austin Wintory

Sample tracks: Delphinus Delphis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAJIU9nMbYY), Ichthyosaurus Communis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxUQO-h7Lbw), To Know, Water (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xjBiFF3qkc), Their Waters Were Mingled Together (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPZTeL9s6VI), Elasmosaurus Platyurus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvyCSUWx644)

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Round 2, Fight 5 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Franco Albertini - A Mighty Enemy Appears (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6cZ6TTZSYY) (from Lost Odyssey)

vs.

Soundole - A Wish (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02SpTP1Zw8) (from Secret of Mana)

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Quarterfinals, Fight 3 // Best of 2016
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Owlboy by Jonathan Greer
Sample tracks: Strato Theme, Mesos, Tropos by Day and Night, A Fine Young Owl, Such Perfect Peace
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Round 2, Fight 5 // Arthur's Custom Covers
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Franco Albertini - A Mighty Enemy Appears (from Lost Odyssey)
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Ichthyosaurus Communis's link is broken. The song can be heard here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxUQO-h7Lbw%22).

Owlboy

Franco Albertini - A Mighty Enemy Appears

Owlboy

Soundole - A Wish

Owlboy
Franco Albertini - A Mighty Enemy Appears

Abz� by Austin Wintory

Franco Albertini - A Mighty Enemy Appears (from Lost Odyssey)

Owlboy

A Mighty Enemy Appears

A timely update? What is this???

Owlboy (5-1) and Franco Albertini (5-1) advance!

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Quarterfinals, Fight 4 // Best of 2016

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Virginia by Lyndon Holland

Sample tracks: Sojourner's Truth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na-tovCFKAw), Flash Forward (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAbx8ZU2ibk), Main Titles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_48v41e-ugI), Brief Encounters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55FlSO_EzQ), Lucas Fairfax (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFE7WeoS3Cc)

vs.

Another Metroid 2 Remake by Milton Guasti

Sample tracks: Surface of SR388 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rq6w_K1K3E), Hydro Station (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUwI_rYJ-TU), The Tower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL9EqBQHI08), The Golden Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpip5rkAqVE), The Queen Metroid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoA2JIYBG5k)

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Round 2, Fight 6 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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CelloBassett - Into the Thick of It (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdLH84qy3T8a) (from Secret of Mana)

vs.

Pok�rus - Dreamer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jew0GM5StA) (from Streets of Rage 2)

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Fixed links for Another Metroid 2 Remake: Surface of SR388 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eljssMIlE3I), Hydro Station (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GyLbJP83MM), The Tower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z24-ESnLkwE), The Golden Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGN4Eqqg6NA), The Queen Metroid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoA2JIYBG5k)

Another Metroid 2 Remake

Pok�rus - Dreamer

Another Metroid 2 Remake

Pokerus

The link for Cellobassett is broken, too, but easy enough to find on YouTube.

Double post. Sorry.

Sorry about the Metroid links. The CelloBassett one still works for me so that might be one of those weird regional restrictions.

Virginia ~Kind of feel like neither of these soundtracks belong this deep into the competition considering a lot of the eliminated options, but rand gonna rand.

CelloBassett

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also wait we can double post now?

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lol I guess not.

rand gonna rand.

Truth.

Another Metroid 2 Remake

Pokerus

I went to submit my post, it glitched and submitted twice.

Another Metroid 2 Remake (3-1) and Pok�rus (3-1) advance!

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Semifinals, Fight 1 // Best of 2016

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Another Metroid 2 Remake by Milton Guasti

Sample tracks: Surface of SR388 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eljssMIlE3I), Hydro Station (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GyLbJP83MM), The Tower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z24-ESnLkwE), The Golden Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGN4Eqqg6NA), The Queen Metroid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoA2JIYBG5k)

vs.

Unravel by Frida Johansson & Henrik Oja

Sample tracks: Yarny's Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkbDWrC0hfE), The Red Thread (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjM97V621cU), Mountain Trek (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJkvBR1WIA), Mist in the Mire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC_I46TkWB8), Rusted Apart (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQj7uxih8E)

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Round 2, Fight 7 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Super Soul Bros. - Megalovania (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iws7KejE6n4) (from Undertale)

vs.

Banjo Guy Ollie - Beautiful Golden City (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRgsoYMDgro) (from Suikoden)

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Unravel

Super Soul Bros. - Megalovania - Taking the more creative arrangement, though I love both

Unravel

Banjo Guy Ollie

Unravel and Banjo Guy Ollie for me.

Unravel

Banjo Guy Ollie

Unravel

Super Soul Bros. - Megalovania

Unravel
Banjo Guy Ollie - Beautiful Golden City

Unravel (6-0) and Banjo Guy Ollie (4-2) advance!

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Semifinals, Fight 2 // Best of 2016

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Owlboy by Jonathan Greer

Sample tracks: Strato Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdzIVXkESbc), Mesos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDIVH5Go9-Y), Tropos by Day and Night (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw0_Ne5Zh8o), A Fine Young Owl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr2VG1UWUwY), Such Perfect Peace (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D69ZaxlZ4FA)

vs.

Samorost 3 by Floex (Tom�š Dvoř�k)

Sample tracks: Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5jAv4hkWk), Mushroom Picker Dance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFB2wcxPTn0), Taste of Tea *Cosmic Version* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ9t1YNJakY), Going on an Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHT-amrLB0), Prenatal Hunters *Floex Revision* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_7dcd92WU)

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Round 2, Fight 8 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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LONELYROLLINGSTARS - Lonely Rolling Star (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5gnSpcKgVA) (from Katamari Damacy)

vs.

Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai - Shachimaru's Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woyeRWsF-v0) (from Okami)

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Samorost 3

Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai - Bummer these two had to face off. But watching the interactions between the players in the Meine Meinung video always makes me smile.

Samorost 3

Lonely Rolling Star

Samorost 3


Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai - Bummer these two had to face off. But watching the interactions between the players in the Meine Meinung video always makes me smile.

I'm also sad these had to compete with each other

I am not sure if i heard about Meine Meinung through here, but I love their music. always a pleasure to listen to their channel.

Owlboy

Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai

Samorost 3 (3-1) and Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai (3-1) advance!

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FINAL MATCH // Best of 2016

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Samorost 3 by Floex (Tom� Dvoř�k)

Sample tracks: Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL5jAv4hkWk), Mushroom Picker Dance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFB2wcxPTn0), Taste of Tea *Cosmic Version* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ9t1YNJakY), Going on an Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWHT-amrLB0), Prenatal Hunters *Floex Revision* (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_7dcd92WU)

vs.

Unravel by Frida Johansson & Henrik Oja

Sample tracks: Yarny's Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkbDWrC0hfE), The Red Thread (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjM97V621cU), Mountain Trek (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBJkvBR1WIA), Mist in the Mire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC_I46TkWB8), Rusted Apart (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clQj7uxih8E)

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Quarterfinals, Fight 1 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Doug Perry - Flow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqXQccOo8F4) (from Fez)

vs.

Pok�rus - Dreamer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jew0GM5StA) (from Streets of Rage 2)

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Samorost 3 - This is one of the match-ups I hoped for. I love both these soundtracks, and I'm glad they connected with others enough to get to the final round. Thanks, too, to fowftw for helping select soundtracks for this theme. :D

Doug Perry - This was an equally difficult choice for me.

Aye, this is a nice final match-up. I listened to the entries for this theme more than any other soundtrack game we've run. Multiple plays from start to finish for every complete soundtrack I could get my hands on in mp3 or flac.

I think I can ultimately say that my top four in order were Unravel, Firewatch, Owlboy, and Samorost 3, with Dark Souls 3 and VA-11 HALL-A deserving a mention too

Doug Perry

Samorost 3

Doug Perry

I love the sound of marimba and Vibraphone! what a great mix!

Samorost 3
Doug Perry - Flow

Aye, this is a nice final match-up. I listened to the entries for this theme more than any other soundtrack game we've run. Multiple plays from start to finish for every complete soundtrack I could get my hands on in mp3 or flac.

I think I can ultimately say that my top four in order were Unravel, Firewatch, Owlboy, and Samorost 3, with Dark Souls 3 and VA-11 HALL-A deserving a mention too

Doug Perry

I agree, this is a really nice final round. My top four are pretty much the same as yours. I've done complete ost listens of all four on lazy weekend afternoons.

Unravel

Doug Perry

Since it's a final, I'm going to give this an extra 24 hours and, if it comes to a tie, keep it open until I can find someone to break it.

But it looks like I've got things back on the every 3 days cycle now so that's cool. :)

And thank you for doing so. :D

In what felt like a bit of a twist at the end, Samorost 3 knocks out Unravel 3-2 to win Best of 2016!

Doug Perry - Flow (5-0) advances!

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Quarterfinals, Fight 2 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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Franco Albertini - A Mighty Enemy Appears (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6cZ6TTZSYY) (from Lost Odyssey)

vs.

Malukah - The Dragonborn Comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-buV4tYOA) (from Skyrim)

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Aaaaaaaand what's up next?

16:
NARFNra's Custom Rumble [songs]
Shad's Best Video Game Music Covers [songs]
Final Fantasy XIII [songs]
Best of Daisuke Amaya (Pixel) [songs]

32:
Best of Jesper Kyd [songs]
Best of Touhou [songs]
Best of Danganronpa [songs]
Best of 2017 [soundtracks]

In case this has some impact on your choices: I will very likely start an 83 track rumble when arthur's covers ends rather than holding a vote. (Don't worry; this is a good thing. :P)

In case this has some impact on your choices: I will very likely start an 83 track rumble when arthur's covers ends rather than holding a vote. (Don't worry; this is a good thing. :P)

:) x10



Song/soundtrack selections for each theme linked below...
[2014] NARFNra's Custom Rumble (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=486&do=discuss)
[2015] Best of Final Fantasy XIII (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=520&do=discuss)
[2017] Best of Touhou (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1140&do=discuss)
[2018] Best of Daisuke Amaya (Pixel) (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1144&do=discuss)
[2018] Best of Jesper Kyd (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1145&do=discuss)
[2018] Shad's Custom Rumble of VGM Covers (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1141&pp=10&page=4&do=discuss)
[2018] Best of Danganronpa (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1148&do=discuss)
[2019] Best of 2017 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1149&do=discuss)

Votes:

Franco Albertini

My inclination would be to do a shorter one that can run its course between now and the 83-er, so I'm thinking NARFNra's Custom Rumble or Shad's VGM Covers or Daisuke Amaya.

Malukah



My inclination would be to do a shorter one that can run its course between now and the 83-er.

I was thinking the same, my votes are NARFNra's Custom Rumble or Shad's VGM Covers

Malukah

Yeah sure I'll shamelessly vote for myself. Would be neat to have the covers overlap for a few iterations.

I haven't played either of these games and I think that plays into my choice heavily. I'm going to go with my original choice Franco Albertini
Really phenomenal track.

I'll go with Shad's but I also lean on Jesper Kyd haha. Also FF13

Tails wins the toss! Franco Albertini (2-2) advances!

And we're kicking off my own 16 track mix of video game music "covers". I didn't maintain quite the same criteria as Arthur when I compiled this. While I didn't have a spelled-out standard to go by, I think I can narrow down what was going through my head to three basic standards:

1) I pursued songs that required some form of adaptation. A fan's spin on an already fully orchestrated track was not as interesting to me as hearing what a lower tech production might have been given modern technology. With I think one? exception, none of the songs I used here were originally recorded on physical instruments.
2) I am very interested in how the actual composers envisioned their work. You'll encounter a number of songs that were contributed to in some capacity by the original composer or someone working for the same publisher, including arrangements that were released contemporary to the original tracks. Entries here date as far back as 1990.
3) I generally wanted live recordings to feel like live recordings. The sense of a performance took some priority for me over audio quality. I want to hear artists getting emotionally invested in the sound they're delivering.

There will be a few entries that might not fully fit into any of these molds, but I obviously chose recordings that I like, and that's going to overlap a lot with things that interest me.

Regarding multiple entries from the same franchise, well, thanks to random.org, three days from now I will be able to say that there are no repeats. Heh.

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Quarterfinals, Fight 3 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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PPF - Hot Head Bop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWa6gVunVLE) (from Donkey Kong Country 2)

vs.

Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai - Shachimaru's Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woyeRWsF-v0) (from Okami)

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Round 1, Fight 1 // Shad's Custom Covers

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GUIDO - Outskirts of Time (To Far Away Times) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysQw1h3SmbE) (Chrono Trigger, Yasunori Mitsuda)

vs.

Skull Kids - Battle with Magus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-WlDsD--Mo) (Chrono Trigger, Yasunori Mitsuda)

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PPF - Hot Head Bop

Skull Kids

PPF - Hot Head Bop

GUIDO - Outskirts of Time ~This is one of those entries I was referring to when I talked about original artists contributing to the adaptations. The Brink of Time was released in June 1995, before Chrono Trigger even existed outside of Japan. While Mitsuda didn't do the arrangements himself, he produced the album and appears to have had some say over them. The quality varies quite a lot from track to track, with a number of songs feeling awkwardly forced into this jazz motif, but I think they nailed the closer.