Hot Head Bop - I love this one. I get the giggles whenever I see them blowing bubbles in the water. Gets me everytime.

Outskirts of Time - I could've went either way with this but Chrono Trigger is my SO's game and they didn't care for Skull Kids cover.

Off-topic: UCLA has a dedicated Game Music Ensemble that regularly uploads videos of their live performances. I started following a few months ago, and it's worth your time if you have a YouTube account. This week: "The Plumber Suite."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI5_65mRjoY

Quarterfinals, Fight 3 // Arthur's Custom Covers
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PPF - Hot Head Bop (from Donkey Kong Country 2)
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Round 1, Fight 1 // Shad's Custom Covers
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Skull Kids - Battle with Magus (Chrono Trigger, Yasunori Mitsuda)
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Meine Meinung & Sanzen-Sekai - Shachimaru's Theme (from Okami)


Skull Kids - Battle with Magus (Chrono Trigger, Yasunori Mitsuda)

Both were really tough to choose. What won me over was the tight melodies and especially with Meine Meinung they made it look so easy.

PPF - Hot Head Bop (4-1) and Skull Kids - Battle with Magus (3-2) advance!

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Quarterfinals, Fight 4 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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

vs.

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

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

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Verdegrand - Capital (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9W3MerLkAQ) (SimCity, Soyo Oka)

vs.

Bit Brigade - Dr. Wiley's Castle Stage 5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUHlVdqRlPA&t=1967s) (Mega Man 3, Yasuaki Fujita)

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Note that the second video should start at 32:47, and this song ends at 35:22.

Banjo Guy Ollie

Bit Brigade ~This entire recording is pretty awesome. The full set is played to a live run of Mega Man 2, with tracks transitioning in and out as they would in-game. (They added a few Mega Man 3 tunes to keep it from being too repetitive). This particular song isn't the most famous in the franchise, but I really like how they adapted a sort of post-rock progression to it to make the song extend through the duration of the level.

Banjo Guy Ollie

Verdegrand

Hey y'all! It's been a while. Sorry I haven't been on. College has been busy. I'm getting ready to graduate in May and move on with life lol.

Heart of Fire

Verdegrand

Welcome back, and congrats on the impending graduation!

Welcome back, and congrats on the impending graduation!

Thank you!

Heart of Fire

Bit Brigade - I saw Video Games Live years ago, and at the time they did this exact thing, but to Frogger. It was so much fun, I can only imagine how awesome this would be live!

Welcome back OSTGeek! Congrats on the soon to ve graduation!

Banjo Guy Ollie

Verdegrand

Banjo Guy Ollie - Beautiful Golden City
Verdegrand - Capital

Banjo Guy Ollie (4-2) and Verdegrand (4-2) advance!

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Semifinals, Fight 1 // 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.

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

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

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Fabio Lima - Dance of Pales (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4SZ_ZJBtY) (Symphony of the Night, Michiru Yamane)

vs.

Diwa de Leon - Gourmet Race (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogu004W_LKQ) (Kirby Super Star, Jun Ishikawa)

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PPF!

Fabio Lima - Nice. Did he get that high C added just for this song? :)

PPF

I think it's remarkable how seamlessly Gourmet Race translates into Diwa's sort of light ska approach. I could see this being the actual in-game cut a system or two later. That being said, Fabio Lima gets my vote.

PPF

Diwa de Leon

I'm just blown away by the instrumentality of PPF Haha. great song to listen to right now.

Not that i don't love Castlevania, but I'm just going on how clean the Diwa de Leon arrangement is. having never played castlevania or kirby in this mix up really hurts haha. I do have dracula x on my retropie but haven't even finished it yet so that's all i can say about my castlevania. I'm open to change my mind however. hah

Heads wins the toss! PPF (4-0) and Fabio Lima (2-2) advance!

Just a reminder, you're all more than welcome to roll through and break ties on any fights you missed so long as the round isn't over. A vote is always preferable to a coin toss.

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Semifinals, Fight 2 // Arthur's Custom Covers

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

vs.

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

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

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RichaadEB - U.N. Owen was her? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT5EfexWkiA) (The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Junya Ota)

vs.

Yuji Yoshino - Days Past (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4xgblMW-N8) (Suikoden II, Miki Higashino)

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This is tough. I had to go listen to the original version of Flow, and I was prepared to vote there if it sounded nothing like this cover. As it turns out, they're both fairly faithful to the originals. Uh uh uh I really like both of these......... Doug Perry? Maybe?


I listen to a lot of metal. I might listen to more metal than video game music. The two... don't tend to cross over well in practice. RichaadEB's execution is excellent and he keeps his eyes on the spirit of the original throughout, but a lot of the gap-bridging here just boils down to choosing the right song. The frantic-paced, spastic melodies of Touhou translate really well into power metal. I feel like if the actual game was going to have a studio-recorded soundtrack, this would be entirely appropriate.

I think this spin on Days Past is one of the most imaginative products to emerge from Konami's official library of Suikoden arrangements. Yuji Yoshino completely flipped the vibe of this track on its head while transforming it into the genre of music Miki Higashino claims influenced her composition most.

Toughest call of the 1st round so far for me, but I'm taking RichaadEB.

Doug Perry

RichaadEB

Banjo Guy Ollie

Yuji Yoshino

Banjo Guy Ollie - Beautiful Golden City
RichaadEB - U.N. Owen was her?

Every once in a while, I'll be listening to a game soundtrack and go "Wait, I know I've heard this before." It's an easy feeling to dismiss; it's normal for a franchise to revisit key tracks. Occasionally you'll find a tune sneak over into a completely new venue. Hirokazu Tanaka constantly reenvisioned his staple jingles for unrelated games. Not long ago I noticed that a Ryuji Sasai melody from 1989 reemerged in Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. But this has to be one of the biggest "wait what" moments for me in a while:

February 17th, 2016, Masahiro Ikariko's Pleasure of Tension (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNrEkiDulWU) for Konami's 1988 visual novel Snatcher is eliminated in the final round of my custom rumble.

March 28th, 2016, Tears Of... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UJOl1P4KQw) for Konami's 1999 survival classic Silent Hill debuts in the Akira Yamaoka rumble, which it goes on to win.

And we never noticed they were the same song.

I for one love the fact each cover is built up with various instruments doing the part. Arthur's one is so difficult 'cause they really sound so similar... Not in a bad way. I just mean that the melody is so soothing in both pieces. That being said I voted Banjo before so i'll go with that one. Urk!

I really liked the take on the suikoden song... and the metal cover of the touhou song (having never played it) is also really awesome. This is another difficult decision. I personally love the celtic take on the suikoden song because like Shad said, it flips the overall tune on its head and I could listen to it forever haha. Yuji Yoshino it is

It's been a busy 24 hours for some of the participants in the covers rumble. For anyone who's interested, the drummer for The Returners posted drum cam footage (never seen that before) of a Shadow of the Colossus medley (https://www.facebook.com/justin.olejnik/posts/10107609314010688?__tn__=C-R), Malukah recorded an eighth anniversary version of The Dragonborn Comes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rg2vkz72a8) (the original version of which we voted on), and Banjo Guy Ollie released a badass cover of Turrican 2's The Final Fight (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg6elqD-0XY).

Banjo Guy Ollie (3-2) and RichaadEB (3-2) advance!


It's final time :o

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FINAL MATCH // 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.

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

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

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Zuntata - Daddy Mulk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NteidGHXV7U) (The Ninja Warriors, Hisayoshi Ogura)

vs.

Andrew Thompson - Meridian Dance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk2q-68TqBY) (Secret of Mana, Hiroki Kikuta)

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PPF - This is one I thought could win it all. PPF's DIY spirit makes for captivating videos as well as fun recordings. A deep dive into his channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/PoopPoopFart/videos) will uncover more great stuff, as well as the meaning of "PPF," something you may not want to know. ;)

Zuntata

PPF


Andrew Thompson

PPF

The Andrew Thompson track is one of the most basic options I threw in here. He does so many covers well that it was hard to not include him, and Meridian Dance feels like a relatively under-covered track relative to the popularity of the score.

Zuntata is... something quite different. Before you let the recording quality turn you off, please consider that there wasn't quite as high of a demand for live video game music covers in 1990. Moreover, this isn't a true "cover". It's the real deal. Zuntata was Taito's house band, and I'm pretty sure that's original composer Hisayoshi Ogura jamming on the keyboards.

PPF - I was hoping this one would make it. It's so much fun especially with him blowing bubbles lol. I'm going to take Arthur's word and not look up what the acronym stands for, but I will look up their other stuff.

Zutana - oh boy, Zutana is definitely something different. Such 80's much New Wave. I bet it would've been even more awesome at the time it came out.

PPF - Hot Head Bop dominated the final against Banjo Guy Ollie - Beautiful Golden City 4-0 to become our 40th rumble winner. Zuntata also advanced 3-1.

And now we will be kicking off something pretty special, I think.

In case you didn't happen to notice, we're just a little over a month away from this game's 10 year anniversary.

What better way to celebrate that than to determine the grand champion of them all? I welcome you to:


Battle 42: Anniversary Edition

I wanted to keep a lot of options on the table here, while acknowledging that both tastes and the participant base can change significantly over the course of a decade. With that in mind, we'll be reviving the four semi-finalists of every single-track rumble. Here's how it's going to work:

Round 1: The two losing tracks of each semi-final square off. Think of it like a match to determine third place, except the winners get a lifeline to move on.

Round 2: Each (21) rumble winner will face a randomly selected third place seed from a different contest (22), while finalists (21) are randomly paired against each other. One third place contestant chosen randomly between entries 43-45(*) will face a finalist to even the numbers.

Round 3: The remaining 32 tracks will be randomly paired by the following method: Winners are randomly paired against 3rd seeds not representing the same contest until all options are exhausted. Repeat for 2nd seed. Any leftover winners face each other. If remaining 2nd and 3rd seeds outnumber remaining winners, apply the same standards for 2nd seeds (face 3rds where possible; entries from the same contest never face each other).

Total entries: 83

*The numbers did not add up perfectly on account of some tracks appearing in multiple semi-finals. To accommodate this, three 3rd seeds were granted a first round bye based on the unique circumstances of their original losses. (Two were eliminated on a coin flip and one reached the semis in two separate contests but never became a finalist.) Additionally, two semi-final pairings will not be representing the same contest. This resulted in 81 entries, with 83 needed to proceed to a round of 64. The final two entries will be tracks that never accomplished jack. I asked Arthur to select a song that lost early in a contest to have one last shot at glory, and I did the same.

Hope you all enjoy, and thanks for hanging around. It's your continued participation that allows us to keep running this.

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Battle 4 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Super Castlevania IV - Clockwork Mansion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQRMjAg2jN0), by Masanori Adachi, Taro Kudo (SNES, 1991)
Semifinalist 4: Castlevania Songs

vs.

Castlevania - Vampire Killer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYfgpodCVHE), by Kinuyo Yamashita (NES, 1986)
Semifinalist 4: Castlevania Songs

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

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Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dpJ8hvtfc) (Policenauts, Kozo Nakamura)

vs.

Kazz Toyama - A Night Without a Lover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigUiN8ejuA) (Soul Blader, Yukihide Takekawa)

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1. Thanks to all of you for your participation over the years. It's been a tremendous amount of fun, and I'm so glad to share this with you.

2. Thanks to Shad, in particular, for all of your hard work. This rumble called for something special, and I think it will be. I'm excited to see how opinions have changed and what old upsets we can revisit. :)

More as we get closer to the anniversary date...

Super Castlevania IV - Clockwork Mansion

Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love

P.S. If you want a quick sense of how much music we've covered over the years, just scroll down the OP of this thread.

Clockwork Mansion. My what a weird tune. It took a few spins for my head to parse whether this was creepy or just chaotic, but I resolved on the former. I can definitely feel the Castlevania atmosphere being set in this one. Vampire Killer is a catchy classic, but the NES tones leave it a lot less gripping.

Policenauts and Soul Blader squaring off in the first round is interesting because both tracks are so closely linked to their in-game scores. Kazz Toyama's arrangement of A Night Without a Lover is included on the original soundtrack, and it only fails to appear as the ending credit theme because the technology at the time did not allow for it. It is entirely faithful to the 16 bit version, and I tend to think of it as how the song was intended to be heard all along. In fact, while no credits are presented for who is singing on this cut, I think it is probably Takekawa himself. That appears to be his primary profession.
Motoaki Furukawa actually composed a lot of the original Policenauts soundtrack. I happened to choose a cut questionably credited to La Nakamur (I am not sure how my research while tagging the files lead me to this--he is not even mentioned on the original soundtrack), but Furukawa was directly involved in creating the original score. Moreover, like the Soul Blader number, it is contemporary to its title, pre-dating the widespread popularity of game music at least in the west.

Super Castlevania IV - Clockwork Mansion - wonderfully weird, I like it!


Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love - I liked this one, but I also really don't care for lyrics in my VG ost's


A big thank you to all you guys who have run and helped run this rumble. I'm constantly finding new games and new music that I wouldn't have found otherwise.

Super Castlevania IV - Clockwork Mansion
Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love

Sorry for the delay--I didn't have any time by the time the site came back online yesterday. Super Castlevania IV (4-0) and Motoaki Furukawa (4-0) advance!

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Battle 7 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Metal Gear Solid - Main Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqqq8uqSDnk), by Tappi Iwase (PSX, 1998)
Semifinalist 7: Metal Gear Songs

vs.

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops - Gene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cads0ReDjiQ), by Norihiko Hibino (PSP, 2006)
Semifinalist 7: Metal Gear Songs

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

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Markdoom - Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBTiuZPdvNQ) (Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Miki Higashino)

vs.

Malcura - Gerudo Valley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0PnCzKH6js) (The Ocarina of Time, Koji Kondo)

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Back again! This looks exciting. We've come so far.

Metal Gear Solid Main Theme

Malcura

Metal Gear Solid Main Theme

Malcura

Metal Gear Solid Main Theme

Malcura

I'm back. was a little sick this week. feeling better now

Portable Ops - Gene

I never imagined Markdoom would make it out of round 1, but I think this track's hilarious. It chucks every folk metal cliche at an ancient song by vgm standards (1985) that already had a folk theme going on.

Portable Ops

Markdoom

Metal Gear Solid - Main Theme (3-2) and Malcura - Gerudo Valley (3-2) advance!

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Battle 11 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Mega Man X - Spark Mandrill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ82cKgB9ME), by Makoto Tomozawa (SNES, 1993)
Semifinalist 11: Mega Man Songs

vs.

Mega Man 2 - Flash Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26MopY4DTZU), by Takashi Tateishi (NES, 1988)
Semifinalist 11: Mega Man Songs

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

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Vinheteiro - Tristram (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMX_OfNFpuM) (Diablo, Matt Uelmen)

vs.

Kagan Breitenbach - Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuFP76k8EoU) (Pictionary, Tim Follin)

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Mega Man 2 - Flash Man

Kagan Breitenbach - Title Screen

Mega Man 2 - Flash Man

Vinheteiro - Tristram. I don't have anything exciting to add to either of these entries. They are what they are at face value. I will say that I ended up spending close to an hour on Vinheteiro's channel when I first discovered this. He's got a lot of really entertaining stuff up there.

I will say that I ended up spending close to an hour on Vinheteiro's channel when I first discovered this. He's got a lot of really entertaining stuff up there.

Agreed, though it involves a lot of staring. :) I think the first one I ever saw by him was called something like "How to seduce a woman" and involved him playing famous songs on the piano while his significant other yawned.

He should have used the rubber chicken. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgG7uQGtaBo)

Hahaha. This guy definitely has the kavorka.

Mega Man 2 - Flash Man

Vinheteiro - Tristram.

Wow that was a treat. wow.

Mega Man 2 - Flash Man

Vinheteiro - Tristram - I like this guy I think he's hilarious. I had never seen that rubber chicken video, but I love it!

Here have Adam Savage from Mythbusters playing with rubber ducks.https://youtu.be/uR0sO8mYuVU

Mega Man 2 - Flash Man (4-0) and Vinheteiro (3-1) advance!

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Battle 12 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Suikoden III - Transcending Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUBZgLbRdL8), by Yoshiaki Hoshi (PS2, 2002)
Semifinalist 12: Suikoden Songs

vs.

Suikoden - Rising Tide (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-J3Y1EBvWM), by Konami Kukeiha Club (PSX, 1996)
Semifinalist 12: Suikoden Songs

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

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RichaadEB - U.N. Owen was her? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT5EfexWkiA) (The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Junya Ota)

vs.

Verdegrand - Capital (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9W3MerLkAQ) (SimCity, Soyo Oka)

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Suikoden - Rising Tide

Verdegrand - Capital

Suikoden III - Transcending Love but I love both of these tracks.

RichaadEB, this was a tough call too and I feel like it could swap back and forth easily depending on my mood.

Suikoden - Rising Tide, by Konami Kukeiha Club (PSX, 1996)

RichaadEB - U.N. Owen was her? (The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Junya Ota)

Off-topic and off-brand from our normal discussions, but interesting nonetheless: Did you know there was a small cult in the early 2000s where each member believed they were the incarnation of a FF7 character? And when they began in-fighting, a member broke off and started a new cult where each member believed they were the incarnation of a Suikoden character? The full, long, complex, investigative story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFRjrLmc_4c). Somehow, as the only person I knew with a copy of Suikoden, and therefore someone who spent a lot of time looking up Suikoden websites in this timeframe to talk about the game, I completely missed all of this.

The FF7 cult part sounds vaguely familiar haha. Maybe I'll read it in a bit.

Updating later today

Transcending Love

U.N. Owen was Her?

I've never heard of the cults, but I also didn't have a computer, let alone internet access, in the early 2000's. Regardless, I shouldn't be surprised by the fact that they existed, I mean there was that debacle with Slenderman.

listened again and I'm going to change my vote to Rising Tide instead of flipping a coin

update in a minute

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Suikoden - Rising Tide (3-1) and RichaadEB - U.N. Owen was her? (3-1) advance!

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Battle 17 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Final Fantasy VI - The Decisive Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NPGJ1TKobM), by Nobuo Uematsu (SNES, 1994)
Winner 17: Final Fantasy Songs

vs.

Final Fantasy VIII - Find Your Way (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn0T6Xh5VXY), by Nobuo Uematsu (PSX, 1999)
Semifinalist 17: Final Fantasy Songs

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

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Fabio Lima - Dance of Pales (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4SZ_ZJBtY) (Symphony of the Night, Michiru Yamane)

vs.

Zuntata - Daddy Mulk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NteidGHXV7U) (The Ninja Warriors, Hisayoshi Ogura)

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Re: the cult, using the enormous cast of Suikoden characters seems like the better business plan.

Final Fantasy VI - The Decisive Battle

Zuntata - Daddy Mulk

Final Fantasy VI - The Decisive Battle

Zuntata - Daddy Mulk

Final Fantasy VI - The Decisive Battle

Zuntata - Daddy Mulk

Final Fantasy VIII - Force Your Way

Zuntata - Daddy Mulk

Sorry, it double-posted.

Final Fantasy VI - The Decisive Battle (3-1) and Zuntata - Daddy Mulk (4-0) advance!

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Battle 18 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Metroid Prime - Data Selection (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIJBF8x7D5s), by Kenji Yamamoto, Kouichi Kyuma (GC, 2002)
Semifinalist 18: Metroid Songs

vs.

Metroid - Kraid's Lair (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wHwJoxw4i4), by Hirokazu Tanaka (NES, 1986)
Semifinalist 18: Metroid Songs

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

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

vs.

Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dpJ8hvtfc) (Policenauts, Kozo Nakamura)

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Metroid Prime - Data Selection

Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love

Metroid - Kraid's Lair

Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love

Kraid's Lair

Battle with Magus

Metroid - Kraid's Lair
Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love

Metroid - Kraid's Lair, by Hirokazu Tanaka (NES, 1986)

Skull Kids - Battle with Magus (Chrono Trigger, Yasunori Mitsuda)

Decided to go for the ones that stuck in my head the most hah :)

Metroid - Kraid's Lair (4-1) and Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love (3-2) advance!

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Battle 19 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Time Trax - Main Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqyEbu8cmMg), by Tim Follin (SMD, 1994)
Semifinalist 19: Tim Follin Songs

vs.

Plok - Akrillic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jbJSftFr20), by Tim Follin (SNES, 1993)
Semifinalist 19: Tim Follin Songs

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

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Malcura - Gerudo Valley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0PnCzKH6js) (The Ocarina of Time, Koji Kondo)

vs.

Vinheteiro - Tristram (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMX_OfNFpuM) (Diablo, Matt Uelmen)

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Time Trax

Vinheteiro

Plok - Akrillic

Malcura - Gerudo Valley

I'm surprised by the tim follin songs. The plox one had surprising diversity for a song hah.

Plok - Akrillic
Vinheteiro - Tristram

The rest of the Plok! soundtrack is worth checking out, too.

Plok - Akrillic

Malcura - Gerudo Valley

Off topic: For fans of Nicolas Cage being added to everything, Majora's Mask but all Nic Cage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAwf2z3zlk4).

Tails wins the toss! Malcura - Gerudo Valley (2-2) and Plok - Akrillic (3-1) advance!

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Battle 21 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Evil Gods (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHXdogIIwXw), by Hidehiro Funauchi (GB, 1991)
Semifinalist 21: Game Boy Songs

vs.

Tetris - Type A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmCCQxVBfyM), by Hirokazu Tanaka (GB, 1989)
Semifinalist 21: Game Boy Songs

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Semifinals, Fight 1 // Shad's Custom Covers

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Zuntata - Daddy Mulk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NteidGHXV7U) (The Ninja Warriors, Hisayoshi Ogura)

vs.

RichaadEB - U.N. Owen was her? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT5EfexWkiA) (The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Junya Ota)

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Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

Zuntata - Daddy Mulk

In other news, the 6th run of the Final Fantasy music rumble is now live! (Thread 232836)

Tetris - Type A

U.N. Owen was her?


Off topic: For fans of Nicolas Cage being added to everything, Majora's Mask but all Nic Cage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAwf2z3zlk4).

I love the Nic Cage's face on everything meme. My friends and brother buy me Nic Cage stuff. It's hilarious!

:) :) :)

Tetris - Type A

RichaadEB - U.N. Owen was her?

I have to say zuntata is really growing on me.This is going to be a tough mashup

Tetris - Type A, by Hirokazu Tanaka (GB, 1989)

Zuntata - Daddy Mulk (The Ninja Warriors, Hisayoshi Ogura)

Heads wins the toss! Tetris (3-1) and Zuntata (2-2) advance!

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Battle 24 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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World of Warcraft - Enchanted Forest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r7iz-9v9bA), by Jason Hayes (Windows, 2004)
Semifinalist 24: World of Warcraft Songs

vs.

World of Warcraft - Legends of Azeroth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqsazZUbt9s), by Jason Hayes (Windows, 2004)
Semifinalist 24: World of Warcraft Songs

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Semifinals, Fight 2 // Shad's Custom Covers

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Motoaki Furukawa & Koichi Namiki - My Love (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dpJ8hvtfc) (Policenauts, Kozo Nakamura)

vs.

Malcura - Gerudo Valley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0PnCzKH6js) (The Ocarina of Time, Koji Kondo)

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World of Warcraft - Legends of Azeroth

Malcura - Gerudo Valley

Off-topic: Lena Raine, the composer for Celeste and ESC, was recently asked (https://www.dummymag.com/10-best/10-best-female-video-game-composers-lena-raine/) for her top ten list of female vgm composers. I found her answers fascinating and very different from my own. Here would be mine:

Yoko Shimomura
Miki Higashino
Michiru Yamane
Manaka Kataoka
Soyo Oka
Manami Matsumae
Minako Hamano
Yoshino Aoki
Harumi Fujita
Kinuyo Yamashita

*I can't include Yoko Kanno because of the credible claims of plagiarism against her (some of them made by me), as well as the fact that she often releases music under her name that was outsourced to a team of other composers. That said, she has made music that is absolutely great.

I also ran across this Archive.org video offering a sampler (https://archive.org/details/HallOfFameFemaleComposersOfVideoGameMusic) of vgm by different female composers.

World of Warcraft - Legends of Azeroth

Malcura - Gerudo Valley

I'm having a surprisingly hard time coming up with 10 names without having to consult my index of composer credits. Miki Higashino, Michiru Yamane, Yoko Shimomura, and Soyo Oka exhaust the list of names that immediately popped into my head who I can cite more than one game by.

As for my votes, Legends of Azeroth and Malcura.

Sounds like we should do female-composed VGM in a future rumble :)

Sounds like we should do female-composed VGM in a future rumble :)

i agree

World of Warcraft - Enchanted Forest

Malcura - Gerudo Valley

All ladies works for me for a future rumble.

Legends of Azeroth (3-2) and Malcura (5-0) advance! We're on to the final round of the covers rumble.

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Battle 25 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Darksiders II - The Death Plains (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufiWPwrE1Y), by Jesper Kyd (PS3 & 360, 2012)
Semifinalist 25: ArthurGolden's Custom 16

vs.

Total Distortion - You Are Dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pPQnhhUqtU), by Kent Carmical, Joe Sparks (Windows, 1995)
Semifinalist 25: ArthurGolden's Custom 16

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FINAL MATCH // Shad's Custom Covers

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Malcura - Gerudo Valley (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0PnCzKH6js) (The Ocarina of Time, Koji Kondo)

vs.

Zuntata - Daddy Mulk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NteidGHXV7U) (The Ninja Warriors, Hisayoshi Ogura)

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Darksiders II

Zuntata

The Darksiders II link is dead. Here's another one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufiWPwrE1Y).

Darksiders II - It pains me to vote against Total Distortion.

EDIT: Vote changed

Total Distortion

Malcura - Gerudo Valley

Oops, I thought I fixed that. Should be good now.

Total Distortion - You Are Dead
Zuntata - Daddy Mulk

We're back. :o

I'll leave this round open a bit.

Darksiders II - The Death Plains, by Jesper Kyd (PS3 & 360, 2012)

Malcura - Gerudo Valley (The Ocarina of Time, Koji Kondo)

Darksiders II - It pains me to vote against Total Distortion.


Oh wow. that's all i can say for total distortion.

Oh man, I love Plains of Death, but I love the how fun Total Distortion is. This hurts. I'm voting Total Distortion - You are Dead to give it an extra point because it doesn't look like it's going to make it....one could say, it looks dead.

Malcura - Gerudo Valley

Changed my vote. I couldn't do that to Total Distortion!

Changed my vote. I couldn't do that to Total Distortion!

XD

hahaha Total Distortion advances 3-2.

Also, Malcura - Gerudo Valley has become the 41st rumble winner, beating Zuntata - Daddy Mulk 3-2!

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Battle 27 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Shinra Banshou - The Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hj4K1u6HA), by Nobuhito Koise (PC88, 1987)
Semifinalist 27: Shad's Custom 16

vs.

Illusion City - Noises of the City (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=777ilYa99D4), by Tadahiro Nitta (MSX, 1991)
Semifinalist 27: Shad's Custom 16

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What's up next? Pick as many or as few as you want. Whichever gets the most votes begins in three(ish) days. If this list is missing anything let me know.


16:
NARFNra's Custom Rumble [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]

Shinra Banshou

I can't decide, so I'll vote NARFNra or Touhou or Jesper Kyd or Best of 2017.

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] 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)

I'll go jesper kyd.
coming back with rumble

Shinra Banshou - The Universe, by Nobuhito Koise (PC88, 1987)

Changed my vote. I couldn't do that to Total Distortion!

Good, yes, join the dark side! Mwahahaha!


Illusion City

NARFNra's Custom Rumble

Shinra Banshou

NARFNra or Danganronpa

Shinra Banshou (3-1) advances!

And after five full years of stagnating in the queue (largely due to its creator's disappearance), we are finally going to run NARFNra's custom 16!

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Battle 28 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Silent Hill 2 - True (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDKx1Rp1yAA) by Akira Yamaoka (PS2, 2001)
Semifinalist 28: Akira Yamaoka Songs

vs.

Silent Hill - Silent Hill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYs0kLMuXDE) by Akira Yamaoka (PSX, 1999)
Semifinalist 28: Akira Yamaoka Songs

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Round 1, Fight 1 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Darius Force/Supernova - Lame (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXJ48JJW6zU) by Kiyoshi Kusatsu & Yoshio Watanabe (SNES, 1993)

vs.

Arcana - Second Armageddon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq_cGF8F6l4) by Jun Ishikawa & Hirokazu Ando (SNES, 1992)

Silent Hill 2 - True

Arcana - Second Armageddon

Silent Hill - Silent Hill

Arcana - Second Armageddon

Silent Hill 2 - True

Arcana - Second Armageddon

Silent Hill 2 - True (3-1) and Arcana - Second Armageddon (4-0) advance!

And after five full years of stagnating in the queue (largely due to its creator's disappearance), we are finally going to run NARFNra's custom 16!

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Battle 29 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Stormlord - Title Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbfNwe-BsN8) by Johannes Bjerregaard (C64, 1989)
Semifinalist 29: Commodore 64 Songs

vs.

Hypa-Ball - Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyNYfoWBRvc) by Keith Tinman (C64, 1986)
Semifinalist 29: Commodore 64 Songs

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Round 1, Fight 2 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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The 7th Saga - Battle in a World of Fading Hope (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYlnZGmgADA) by Norihiko Yamanuki (SNES, 1993)

vs.

Over Horizon - Stage 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McOxZGhOeAU) by Masaharu Iwata (NES, 1991)

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New link for Hypa-Ball (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfKkp7cn2eE). The one above is dead.

Hypa-Ball - Title Screen

Over Horizon - Stage 2

Hypa-Ball - Title Screen

Over Horizon - Stage 2

Hypa-Ball - Title Screen

Over Horizon - Stage 2

Figures the one I forget to check is the one that's not working.

Hypa-Ball

The 7th Saga

On another note. youtube suggested Mega Man X soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBWl9p0fH28) to me. Really impressed with the drum and guitar combo!

Whoops, came back to vote and I'd never posted the update.

Hypa-Ball (4-0) and Over Horizon (3-1) advance!

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Battle 34 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Planescape: Torment - Credits Track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gVtPrtJCiE), by Richard Band (Windows, 1999)
Semifinalist 34: 90s End Credits Themes

vs.

Legend of Mana - Nostalgic Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de1n8TRj91E), by Yoko Shimomura (PSX, 1999)
Semifinalist 34: 90s End Credits Themes

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Round 1, Fight 3 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Zombie Nation - Exodus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1hQxUcJGMg) by Takane Ohkubo, Norio Nakagata (NES, 1990)

vs.

Acrobat Mission - Countryside (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jBo_QqaNUI) by Tomo Yamashita (SNES, 1992)

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i really dug Planescape: Torment - Credits Track, by Richard Band (Windows, 1999)

Hard to decide for narfnra. i will pencil in Acrobat Mission - Countryside by Tomo Yamashita (SNES, 1992) though. Yep i'm going with this one

Planescape

Acrobat Mission

Legend of Mana

Acrobat Mission

Happy 10th anniversary to the rumble! A decade ago, I started this thread sitting in a hotel room before my brother's wedding. Today, my wife and I are visiting him, his wife, and their three (!) kids. Crazy. In that same timespan, I know some of you have had kids, finished college, completed military service, started careers and second careers, moved, returned home, lost and gained, and through it all stuck with us. I will post something more substantial when I get back. But as a starting note, thank you all for your contributions to the community and for the time you've given to this thread. I don't take it for granted. You have made this a fun and rewarding experience through all of these years. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope life is treating you well. More soon.

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Legend of Mana

Zombie Nation

Tails wins the toss! Planescape: Torment (2-2) and Acrobat Mission (3-1) advance!

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Battle 37 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Banjo‐Tooie ‐ Jinjo Village (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oXPFtv818c), by Grant Kirkhope (N64, 2000)
Semifinalist 37: OSTGeek64's Custom 16

vs.

Parasite Eve ‐ Main Theme (Orchestral Version) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q01M3w8uso), by Yoko Shimomura (PSX, 1998)
Semifinalist 37: OSTGeek64's Custom 16

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Round 1, Fight 4 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Thunder Force III - The Grubby Dark Blue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG9Tyl_rcrY) by Toshiharu Yamanishi, Tomomi Ōtani (SMD, 1990)

vs.

Space Manbow - Fire Warning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwv1p_hEBw) by Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kazuhiko Uehara, Yasuhiko Manno (MSX, 1990)

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Parasite Eve

Thunder Force III

Parasite Eve

Thunder Force III

Banjo‐Tooie ‐ Jinjo Village, by Grant Kirkhope (N64, 2000)


Thunder Force III - The Grubby Dark Blue by Toshiharu Yamanishi, Tomomi Ōtani (SMD, 1990)

Parasite Eve

Thunder Force III

Parasite Eve (3-1) and Thunder Force III (4-0) advance!

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Battle 38 Semifinalists // Anniversary

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Dokkaebi-ga Ganda - Stage 4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjgFEvjHcVU&t=709s), by Senori Box (MS-DOS, 1995)
Semifinalist 38: nx666's Custom 16

vs.

Black It! - Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XMoDB3fX_k&t=2211s), by Matthias Hartung (C64, 1995)
Semifinalist 38: nx666's Custom 16

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Round 1, Fight 5 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Sparkster - Steel Works (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrA7LrmiafI) by various artists (SNES, 1994)

vs.

Live A Live - Knock You Down! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXQH6hT_Fcc) by Yoko Shimomura (SNES, 1994)

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I didn't care much for stage 4, it only sounded like a bunch of jarring notes trying to make themselves into a melody.

Black It! - Title Screen, by Matthias Hartung (C64, 1995)
Live A Live - Knock You Down! by Yoko Shimomura (SNES, 1994)

Black It!

Live A Live

Black It!

Sparkster

Black It!

Sparkster

Tomorrow's going to be the first evening I'll have some free time in ages. Updates to this and the FF game incoming.

Tomorrow's going to be the first evening I'll have some free time in ages. Updates to this and the FF game incoming.

looking forward to it

Tails wins the toss! Black It! (4-0) and Live A Live (2-2) advance!

I'm hearing that the site is being blocked by anti-malware software for some people again, so that might explain the mass disappearance of participants over the past month.

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Mixed Semifinalists 1 // Anniversary

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Mega Man 2 - Dr. Wily Stage 1/2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFKtYCcMWT4), by Takashi Tateishi (NES, 1988)
Semifinalist 1: Unthemed

vs.

Granstream Saga - Lava Cave (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZKw9XpmwXw), by Masanori Hikichi, Miyoko Takaoka, & Takako Ochiai (PSX, 1997)
Semifinalist 35: Fire Level Themes

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Round 1, Fight 6 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Maka-Maka - Boss Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H1i4hm-clk) by Office Koukan (SNES, 1992)

vs.

Gokujyo Parodius - What Do You See When You're Jumping? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaFR-fzA7ZY) by Hideto Inoue, Nobuyuki Akena (SNES, 1994)

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Back again! It's been so long. Sorry I've been out, y'all!

Mega Man 2

Maka-Maka

Woah

My dude, if you want to vote in the first round of the FF rumble let me know because I'm updating it in about half an hour.

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Groups G and H are hurting most if you just want to knock out a few for yucks. Only had 5 voters for them vs 10 for A. It was a weird year.

Obviously don't feel obligated to do any of them, just saying. Let me know though because I'm going to finalize the stats to rand the next round otherwise

Welcome back, OST!

Yeah, I've been having a lot of problems with the Shrine since 5/18. Every page I click on produces a "Malicious link blocked" message. I've emailed Jessie twice to figure out why this is happening, but have not yet heard back. Until then, I'll be here as much as the technology and time allow.

Mega Man 2

Maka-Maka

Mega Man 2

Gokujyo Parodius

Mega Man 2

Gokujyo Parodius

Mega Man 2

Maka-Maka

Mega Man 2 (5-0) and Maka-Maka (3-2) advance!

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Mixed Semifinalists 2 // Anniversary

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Emerald Hill Zone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ap-fm75Grk) by Masato Nakamura (SMD, 1992)
Semifinalist 32: Sonic Songs

vs.

Super Metroid � Maridia (Rocky Underwater Area) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6pNSagRwA), by Minako Hamano (SNES, 1994)
Semifinalist 2: Aquatic Level Themes

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Round 1, Fight 7 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Gimmick! - Long Tomorrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEnxS6D83iE) by Masashi Kageyama (NES, 1992)

vs.

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer - Stage 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQTQ9cV0tA) by Isao Mizoguchi, Masanori Hikichi, Noriyuki Iwadare (SMD, 1992)

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What a contrast for that mixup

Super Metroid – Maridia (Rocky Underwater Area), by Minako Hamano (SNES, 1994)

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer - Stage 1 by Isao Mizoguchi, Masanori Hikichi, Noriyuki Iwadare (SMD, 1992)

Super Metroid � Maridia

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer - Stage 1 - I love other songs on the Gimmick! soundtrack a lot more

A fun Easter egg in Super Metroid that was only just discovered a few months ago: A love message is spelled out right before the Draygon fight (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ZhziJY_jo) [confirmed by Yasuhiko Fujii (https://newsbeezer.com/venezulaeng/this-is-the-declaration-of-love-hidden-in-super-metroid-too-good/)]

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

Super Metroid

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer - reminds me of AoT OP lol

Super Metroid

Gimmick!

Oops never posted the update.

Super Metroid (4-1) and Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer (4-1) advance!

We've reached the end of the first round of the anniversary game. These last two tracks were never semifinalists. Heck, they may have never advanced beyond the first round. But by some heavily biased host wizardry, here they are!

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BIGGEST LOSER SHOWDOWN // Anniversary

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Shadow of the Colossus - Swift Horse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w09sKTkyAOk), by Kow Otani (PS2, 2005)
Salty Loser 1: Unthemed

vs.

Suikoden - Tropical Bath ~ FURO-mix (Bath BGM 3) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA_p5p4xU_Q), by Tappi Iwase (PSX, 1995)
Salty Loser 12: Suikoden

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Round 1, Fight 8 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Battle Kid 2 - $1966 Volt Tower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5rhzIxnR9M) by Sivak Games (NES, 2012)

vs.

Super Aleste - Space Cruiser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgRpU70fX2A) by Keiji Takeuchi, Akiyoshi Nagao, Katsumi Tanaka (SNES, 1992)

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Hahaha. Here we go!

Shadow of the Colossus - Swift Horse - For my money, this is the greatest "riding a horse" song in vgm history. Unfortunately, it's going against the greatest "taking a bath" song in vgm history. And while the second of those experiences is more relatable to me (I've only ridden one horse in my life, and it immediately sat down in a ditch), I'd like to think the experience could be as exciting and grandiose as Kow Otani's making it out to be.

Battle Kid 2 - $1966 Volt Tower - A lot of NARFNra's picks were intended to be lesser celebrated songs from well known soundtracks (Gimmick! being a recent and conspicuous example of that), but Battle Kid 2 falls outside that mold. I hadn't heard anything off the second game's soundtrack before and really like this.

Shadow of the Colossus

Super Aleste

Suikoden

Battle Kid 2

arthur, thanks for your rationale. I am finding it difficult to vote for the first pairing haha - Both make what you said really exciting. Another listen heh

Shadow of the colossus

Battle Kid 2

Suikoden ~~In a lot of ways, this is the defining song of the Suikoden franchise to me. Toran Castle was an incredibly imaginative concept for a home base. On the main land you're an underdog fighting an empire, but your home base is an unassailable island fortress with all the adventurous air of a pirate's cove. It was your private paradise, matched in art and concept with a carefree, optimistic, distinctly oceanic theme song. Tropical Bath is certainly not the most in-game accessible variation on this tune. It comes as a bit of an Easter egg, encountered only after you've unlocked a lot of your castle's secrets. And just as your castle feels more and more alive the further you unlock it, the theme expands to its most vibrant variation. The first time I heard it 20-some years ago it struck me that way, and I ultimately ended up entering it into the Suikoden rumble in place of the much more familiar Island Fortress variation. The added echo, birds, and running water really flush out the ambience of the world you build for yourself, and the immersiveness of the Toran Castle experience (at least for its day) was the first hook into what ultimately became my all time favorite video game franchise.


Super Aleste

Beautifully put. :)

Shadow of the Colossus (3-2) and Battle Kid 2 (3-2) advance!

And with that, we're moving on to round 2 of both games at the same time. Round 2 of Anniversary comes in two stages. We'll start by giving our semi-finalists a short break. It's time for the 2nd place finishers to square off! The first one's a doozy, if you ask me.

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 1 // Anniversary

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Suikoden - Forgotten Days (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oO_vv5OzUg), by Konami Kukeiha Club (PSX, 1996)
Finalist 12: Suikoden Songs

vs.

Lord of Vermilion II - Lord of Vermilion 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4z52JIEf9M), by Nobuo Uematsu, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Yasuko Otsui (Arcade, 2009)
Finalist 25: ArthurGolden's Custom 16

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Round 2, Fight 1 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Arcana - Second Armageddon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq_cGF8F6l4) by Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando (SNES, 1992)

vs.

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer - Stage 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQTQ9cV0tA) by Isao Mizoguchi, Masanori Hikichi, Noriyuki Iwadare (SMD, 1992)

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Suikoden

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

Lord of Vermilion II

Arcana

Lord of Vermilion II

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

Suikoden - Forgotten Days

Arcana

Lord of Vermillion II

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

I gave it a few extra days, but we're still looking at double coin flips. Results are.... Heads, Tails! Lord of Vermilion II and Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer advance 3-3!

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 2 // Anniversary

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Silver Surfer - Level 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGNSHNf-nlU), by Tim Follin (NES, 1990)
Finalist 19: Tim Follin Songs

vs.

Contra - Energy Zone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URm8S4TlM0M), by Hidenori Maezawa (NES, 1987)
Finalist 35: Fire Level Themes

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Round 2, Fight 2 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Live A Live - Knock You Down! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXQH6hT_Fcc) by Yoko Shimomura (SNES, 1994)

vs.

Acrobat Mission - Countryside (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jBo_QqaNUI) by Tomo Yamashita (SNES, 1992)

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Silver Surfer

Live A Live

Silver Surfer

Acrobat Mission

oh nice... live a live
I feel silver surfer has a bit more AMP to it. so i'm going for that one

Live A Live

Silver Surfer

Acrobat Mission

Silver Surfer

Live A Live

Contra

Live a Live

Off-topic: Did You Know Gaming just released a good profile of Koji Kondo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbADp8j6XiA)

Off-off-topic (comes up in the video): I keep seeing people insist that the "Bros." in "Super Mario Bros." has always been pronounced "Bros" instead of "Brothers." I don't care if they prefer the alternate pronunciation, but it's pretty easy to prove that it was "Brothers" throughout the 80s and 90s, if not the 00s as well.

Wait, people actually say "Super Mario Bros" now?

Sheesh. Kids.

Off-topic: Did You Know Gaming just released a good profile of Koji Kondo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbADp8j6XiA)

Off-off-topic (comes up in the video): I keep seeing people insist that the "Bros." in "Super Mario Bros." has always been pronounced "Bros" instead of "Brothers." I don't care if they prefer the alternate pronunciation, but it's pretty easy to prove that it was "Brothers" throughout the 80s and 90s, if not the 00s as well.

I admittedly will say "Bros" when I'm feeling particularly lazy, but I know full well that it is "Brothers" and has always been that way.

Contra

Acrobat Mission

Silver Surfer (5-2) and Live A Live (4-3) advance!

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 3 // Anniversary

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Metroid II: Return of Samus - Surface of SR388 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i40UFtPtcDs), by Ryoji Yoshitomi (GB, 1991)
Finalist 21: Game Boy Songs

vs.

Super Metroid - Upper Brinstar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsG3sw51yYI), by Kenji Yamamoto (SNES, 1994)
Finalist 18: Metroid Songs

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Round 2, Fight 3 // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Over Horizon - Stage 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McOxZGhOeAU) by Masaharu Iwata (NES, 1991)

vs.

Maka-Maka - Boss Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H1i4hm-clk) by Office Koukan (SNES, 1992)

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Metroid II: Return of Samus

Maka-Maka

Super Metroid - Upper Brinstar

Over Horizon - Stage 2

Metroid II: Return of Samus ~These are both great, but it wasn't a hard choice.

Over Horizon

Super Metroid

Maka Maka

Super Metroid

Maka Maka

Metroid II: Return of Samus

Maka-Maka

Heads wins the toss! Metroid II (3-3) and Maka-Maka (4-2) advance!

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 4 // Anniversary

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Ocean (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN_x1rpGbY8), by Kenta Nagata (GC, 2002)
Semifinalist 4: Aquatic Level Themes
Semifinalist 23: The Legend of Zelda Songs

vs.

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor - Stormlords on the March (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTEVPrA90I0), by E�mear Noone (Windows, 2014)
Finalist 24: World of Warcraft Songs

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

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Battle Kid 2 - $1966 Volt Tower (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5rhzIxnR9M) by Sivak Games (NES, 2012)

vs.

Thunder Force III - The Grubby Dark Blue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG9Tyl_rcrY) by Toshiharu Yamanishi, Tomomi Ōtani (SMD, 1990)

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Battle Kid 2

World of Warcraft

Battle Kid 2

Wind Waker

Thunder Force III

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Thunder Force III - sounds like it could be an old school Sonic song

World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

Thunder Force III

Man tough match up for semi-finalists lol. having never played wow to this degree just going off the wow track knowledge i do have... Man this would be haunting to hear behind typical mmo activites lol. Spine tingling tbh.

Wind Waker

Thunder Force III

Happy Independence Day everyone!

The Wind Waker (4-2) and Thunder Force III (4-2) advance!

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 5 // Anniversary

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Metal Gear Solid - Encounter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnQRWJ7bIhs), by Kazuki Muraoka (PSX, 1998)
Finalist 7: Metal Gear Songs

vs.

Sonic Unleashed - Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oRr8uMDpLc), by Various Artists (PS2, Wii, & 360, 2008)
Finalist 32: Sonic Songs

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

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Thunder Force III - The Grubby Dark Blue (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG9Tyl_rcrY) by Toshiharu Yamanishi, Tomomi Ōtani (SMD, 1990)

vs.

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer - Stage 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQTQ9cV0tA) by Isao Mizoguchi, Masanori Hikichi, Noriyuki Iwadare (SMD, 1992)

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Sonic Unleashed

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

Sonic Unleashed

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

Metal Gear Solid - Encounter

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

Off-topic: What Happened to Memorable Game Music? (https://youtu.be/FAdeqyGTyxg)

Metal Gear Solid - Encounter

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

Really interesting piece on memorable game music. One of those new feel soundtracks which I have to mention is Final Fantasy X. Talk about emotional. I still love listening to the music because it communicates that journey you're on. I can't recall a leit-motif of the whole game, but will have to listen again to see why it is that I'm drawn to it.

Edit: I think it will have something to do with the voice acting.

Metal Gear Solid - Encounter

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

Btw, i just saw a post in a ff group im in on facebook which sounds altogether like that video you posted arthur. Good job. If you hadn't posted it I might have reacted totally differently to what he was saying (he was basically saying all Masayoshi Soken's songs are garbage)
Better say some more before it sounds like i'm just wanting my voice to be heard.

He mentioned that "none of the songs are memorable"
and "[in the golden age Uematsu] had technical limitations to deal with"
in contrast Soken "throws music to the wall and hopes it sticks [like paint]"
and comparing it to hardcore rock and symphonic rock "the former had well constructed melodies for instrument and vocalists" while the latter "try to disguise their inability to create good melodies"

My point is I wonder what he would be saying if He accepted that it's upto opinion and attempted to hear the emotion behind the songs. I'm just curious cause I haven't actually done this at all so far. But I deeply connect with Soken's music even though it doesn't, like he said, have incredible melodies

Here's a thought. Maybe I could start a Masayoshi Soken rumble and we can discuss the songs!

Metal Gear Solid

Thunder Force III ~~These are both solid.

Metal Gear Solid (4-2) and Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer (5-1) advance!

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 6 // Anniversary

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Final Fantasy VII - Aerith's Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIqKWLkm2-g), by Nobuo Uematsu (PSX, 1997)
Finalist 1: Unthemed

vs.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Palace (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7Sh82Mzdc), by Akito Nakatsuka (NES, 1987)
Finalist 23: The Legend of Zelda Songs

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

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Live A Live - Knock You Down! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXQH6hT_Fcc) by Yoko Shimomura (SNES, 1994)

vs.

Maka-Maka - Boss Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H1i4hm-clk) by Office Koukan (SNES, 1992)

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Here's a thought. Maybe I could start a Masayoshi Soken rumble and we can discuss the songs!

Go for it. :) I only know Soken from FF14 and Dawn of Mana and would be interested to hear more. We've also had the Best of 2016 rumble (and will, potentially, have the Best of 2017 and 2018 rumbles) to test this theory.

Final Fantasy VII

Live A Live - I voted the other way, but looking up gameplay of Maka Maka (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5l9ol1ePTU) was worth it.

Zelda II

Maka-Maka, but why is he dealing 1500 damage with 500 hp ??

Final Fantasy VII

Make-Maka

Final Fantasy VII

Live A Live

Sorry for the delay. Tails wins the toss! Final Fantasy VII (3-1) and Live a Live (2-2) advance!

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 7 // Anniversary

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The Last Express - End Titles (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxg9RiEXsx4), by Elia Cmiral (Windows, 1997)
Finalist 34: 90s End Credits Themes

vs.

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Abandoned Castle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W37UV0LA-yI), by Michiru Yamane (PS2 & Xbox, 2005)
Finalist 4: Castlevania Songs

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FINAL MATCH // NARFNra's Custom 16

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Live A Live - Knock You Down! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXQH6hT_Fcc) by Yoko Shimomura (SNES, 1994)

vs.

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer - Stage 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQTQ9cV0tA) by Isao Mizoguchi, Masanori Hikichi, Noriyuki Iwadare (SMD, 1992)

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I don't know if i had earplugs in my ears or not when listening to this last time but Last Express was gut wrenching.

Last Express

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer - Stage 1

didn't particular resonate with either in the narfnra rumble. Seems emotion is a fickle master lol.

The Last Express

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

ditto

The Last Express

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer

I really like both of these tracks, but I enjoyed Last Express more. If you guys really like this piece, I highly suggest you check out the band Bond.

Advanced Busterhawk Greylancer - no competition here.

Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer becomes our 42nd winner, with a 5-0 shutout of Live A Live! That was an odd final. I feel like Live A Live was never anyone's favorite, but managed to sneak its way on up by the lot of us being split on everything else.

The Last Express also advances in a 5-0 shutout!

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 8 // Anniversary

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Zamzara - Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhuPs2H5VMw) by Charles Deenen (C64, 1988)
Finalist 29: Commodore 64 Songs

vs.

Ristar - Splash Down (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdp6rZgidE0), by Tomoko Sasaki (SMD, 1995)
Finalist 2: Aquatic Level Themes

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What's up next? Pick as many or as few as you want. Whichever gets the most votes begins in three(ish) days. If this list is missing anything let me know. (It probably is. I just copied and pasted it from earlier in the thread.)


16:
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]

Ristar

Still feeling Best of Danganronpa

That was an odd final. I feel like Live A Live was never anyone's favorite, but managed to sneak its way on up by the lot of us being split on everything else.

This was exactly my thought, too.

Ristar - I like both of these a lot

I'll vote Jesper Kyd or Danganronpa or Best of 2017 for the next rumble.



Links to song/soundtrack lists for the next rumble choices
[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] 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)

I don't think the list is missing anything, but we do have a number of themes in various states of almost-readiness on the horizon. The current list of works-in-progress:
[2018] Mario (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1146&do=discuss)
[2019] Hip Tanaka (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1152&do=discuss)
[2019] Best of 2018 (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1153&do=discuss) (close to being finished)
[2019] Female Composers (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1154&do=discuss)
[2019] Masayoshi Soken (http://forums.ffshrine.org/group.php?discussionid=1155&do=discuss)

There's something about knowing that these songs both were created for the game and the melody ties into what the player is doing. Having never played the games, I can only appreciate this from a looking in standpoint but is interesting to say the least.

Ristar

Still a novice when it comes to selection. All these are still pretty new to me. That said, like the sound of

Best of Daisuke Amaya (Pixel)
Best of Danganronpa [songs]

Zamzara

Jesper Kyd
Best of 2017

Ristar advances 3-1!

And.... IT'S FINALLY HERE!

https://i.imgur.com/YCJltVV.gif

Danganronpa is my second favorite game franchise after Suikoden. The series has a significant cult following that overlaps heavily with the Mafia/Werewolf community for conceptual similarities. It's a sequence of visual novels in which you are basically trapped on an island with your friends and forced to kill each other while figuring out who each victim's killer is. Masafumi Takada, who has composed every installment of the franchise, does a fantastic job of exploiting catoony melodies, cheesy cliches, and a chip aesthetic to exacerbate the player's sense of futility. There's nothing happy about any of this; the most optimistic tunes frequently appear in the most morbid moments to rub salt into the wound. You're trapped in a killing game where your life and your friendships are meaningless. Welcome to Despair Academy.

Regarding track selection, many of the franchise's baseline themes are established in the first installment. Takada builds off of his own works to progress the series, and a lot of songs that sound completely distinct turn out to be based on the same melody when you listen to them side-by-side. It was hard to detect some of the overlap, and while I tried to weed out songs that were too essentially similar, I can't promise I caught them all. Moreover, a few last minute catches left me with some open slots, so I opted to include a small selection of tracks from the anime. I don't think you would be able to tell which are which without peeking. The composer and the objectives are consistent. The anime is, moreover, a critical installment in the series. It belongs here, I think.

If you're interested in rolling through it, sequence is essential. Ultra Despair Girls can be skipped with minimal loss, and it's pretty universally regarded as the weakest point in the franchise (though I did enjoy most of it). V3 doesn't have to be played last, but it probably should be. 1, 2, and 3 absolutely must be experienced in order, and 3 has its own quirks (the official release excludes one of the most essential episodes, available for free online), so if you get that far, ask first. Never Google anything ever even if it feels benign or spoilers will crush your soul.

Random.org saw fit to pair the opening track of the first game with a closing tune of the last for match 1, so that's an interesting juxtaposition out the gate.

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 9 // Anniversary

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Snatcher - Pleasure of Tension (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNrEkiDulWU), by Masahiro Ikariko (MSX, 1988)
Finalist 27: Shad's Custom 16

vs.

Final Fantasy X - Decisive Battle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jBK2MuvhC0), by Masashi Hamauzu (PS2, 2001)
Finalist 17: Final Fantasy Songs

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Round 1, Fight 1 // Danganronpa

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Danganronpa - Danganronpa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeitvjG-dgI)

vs

Danganronpa V3 - Trial END (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbtLiizV9ic)

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Snatcher - Pleasure of Tension

Danganronpa V3 - Trial END - I'd heard the main theme before, but not this one. Like 'em both.

Decisive Battle is one of my favorites, but we have an annual game for that. Snatcher is great too.

The DR intro theme is ok, but it doesn't actually have much in-game relevance. Trial END is a reocurring theme that delivers the end-game experience well. You have survived, but did you really "win"?

Final Fantasy X - Decisive Battle

Danganronpa - Dagantonpa - I've never played this series, so I'm doing this rumble completely blind.

Snatcher - Pleasure of Tension

Danganronpa V3 - Trial END

Snatcher

Danganronpa V3

Snatcher (4-2) and Trial END (5-1) advance!

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 10 // Anniversary

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No Mercy - Ending (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4uClrydX0M), by Markus Schneider (C64, 1989)
Finalist 38: nx666's Custom 16

vs.

Silent Hill 2 - Laura Plays The Piano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6L9Cbs0m_U) by Akira Yamaoka (PS2, 2001)
Finalist 28: Akira Yamaoka Songs

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Round 1, Fight 2 // Danganronpa

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Danganronpa 2 - Rebuttal -CROSS SWORD- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mymjF4AZJrg)

vs

Ultra Despair Girls - Shō's Fever Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohIzDXoRLlM)

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Silent Hill 2

Ultra Despair Girls

No Mercy

Danganronpa 2

Silent Hill 2 - Laura Plays The Piano

Ultra Despair Girls - Shō's Fever Time !!!

Silent Hill 2

Ultra Despair Girls

Silent Hill 2 (3-1) and Shō's Fever Time (3-1) advance!

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Round 2, Finalists Fight 11 // Anniversary

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Mega Man 2 - Metal Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQXA9RkC_-c), by Takashi Tateishi (NES, 1988)
Finalist 11: Mega Man Songs

vs.

Suikoden ‐ Main Theme Arrange (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTVBdvy6WE0), by Miki Higashino (PSX, 1995)
Finalist 37: OSTGeek64's Custom 16

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Round 1, Fight 3 // Danganronpa

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Ultra Despair Girls - It's a Kids' World (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEEIEoTaIZI)

vs

Danganronpa 2 - Beautiful Ruin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNYydvw13LM)

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Mega Man 2 - Metal Man - Ouch

Danganronpa 2 - Beautiful Ruin

Metal Man

Beautiful Ruin

It's a Kids' World is like Gold Saucer but with dead bodies everywhere.

Mega Man 2 - Metal Man - Ouch

Danganronpa 2 - Beautiful Ruin

Ouch indeed

man.... suikoden. im loving that i have never played these games before.

Danganronpa 2 - Beautiful Ruin

Mega Man 2 (3-1) and Beautiful Ruin (4-0) advance! And after a lot of preliminary placing, we can now begin to welcome the winners to the anniversary game. They will be facing tracks that advanced from round 1.

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Round 2, Winners Fight 1 // Anniversary

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Silent Hill - Tears of... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UJOl1P4KQw) by Akira Yamaoka (PSX, 1999)
Winner 28: Akira Yamaoka Songs

vs.

Shinra Banshou - The Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4hj4K1u6HA), by Nobuhito Koise (PC88, 1987)
Semifinalist 27: Shad's Custom 16

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Round 1, Fight 4 // Danganronpa

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Danganronpa 3 - Old World Order (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=homLF23YdEs)

vs

Danganronpa V3 - Becoming Friends (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Rq8MjAKkQ)

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Shinra Banshou was, in a bizarre coincidence, eliminated by this melody in it's original appearance. As much as I love Yamaoka's grim spin on Pleasure of Tension from Snatcher, I like the underdog entry more here.

Old World Order is the final incarnation of a reoccurring tune throughout the franchise. This version is one of the few songs in the game meant to feel victorious with no strings attached.

Silent Hill - Tears of...

Danganronpa 3 - Old World Order

Silent Hill - Tears of...

Danganronpa 3 - Old World Order

Silent Hill - Tears of...

Danganronpa V3 - Becoming Friends

Silent Hill (3-1) and Old World Order (3-1) advance!

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Round 2, Winners Fight 2 // Anniversary

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Final Fantasy Legend III - Holy Ruins (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvElI-6MR64), by Ryuji Sasai (GB, 1991)
Winner 21: Game Boy Songs

vs.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Forest Temple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmsZyC0UXUU), by Koji Kondo (N64, 1998)
Semifinalist 23: The Legend of Zelda Songs (lost to coin flip)

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Round 1, Fight 5 // Danganronpa

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Danganronpa - Beautiful Days (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5K9CIf-XoQ)

vs

Danganronpa - Beautiful Dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZb20NinCs)

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The numbers don't lie. I have listened to Beautiful Dead... a lot.

also Holy Ruins

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Forest Temple

Danganronpa - Beautiful Dead

EDIT: Damn...1800 times!

What's less obvious but more crazy is the 808-played track in third place is 19 minutes long ^^;

Beautiful Dead - I liked both of these a lot.

Holy Ruins

Holy Ruins

Beautiful Dead Good stuff!

Final Fantasy Legend II (3-1) and Beautiful Dead (4-0) advance!

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Round 2, Winners Fight 3 // Anniversary

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The Legend of Zelda - Overworld (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEzYEoV9qY), by Koji Kondo (NES, 1986)
Winner 23: The Legend of Zelda Songs
Semifinalist 1: Unthemed

vs.

Super Castlevania IV - Clockwork Mansion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQRMjAg2jN0), by Masanori Adachi, Taro Kudo (SNES, 1991)
Semifinalist 4: Castlevania Songs

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Round 1, Fight 6 // Danganronpa

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Danganronpa - Despair Syndrome (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T048Hz17DbY)

vs

Danganronpa 2 - Welcome DANGAN IsLand!!【OP Version】 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHtDxCMa64)

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Super Castlevania IV

Welcome DANGAN IsLand!!

I'm surprised Forest Temple got beat so soundly in the last fight.

Super Castlevania IV - Clockwork Mansion

Danganronpa 2 - Welcome DANGAN IsLand!!

Super Castlevania IV

Welcome DANGAN IsLand!!

Well that was a longer site outage than most.

I'll update tomorrow night.

Yay we're back!

Legend of Zelda - Overworld

Danganronpa - Despair Syndrome

Super Castlevania IV (3-1) and Welcome DANGAN IsLand!! (3-1) advance!

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Round 2, Winners Fight 4 // Anniversary

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Mega Man 3 - Main Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEf8gPFFZ58), by Yasuaki Fujita (NES, 1990)
Winner 11: Mega Man Songs

vs.

Metal Gear Solid - Main Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqqq8uqSDnk), by Tappi Iwase (PSX, 1998)
Semifinalist 7: Metal Gear Songs

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Round 1, Fight 7 // Danganronpa

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Danganronpa - BOX 15 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOpHT6gZ0Rs)

vs

Danganronpa V3 - Discussion -SCRUM- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZONitFs9g)

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Mega Man 3 - Main Theme

Discussion Scrum has attained near meme status within the DR fan base for being so over-the-top dramatic in the silliest component of the franchise. It's the perfect audio rendition of what a Danganronpa class trial is all about. This is so ridiculous and bad but god help me I'm really enjoying it. But for all Discussion Scrum's contextual appeal, BOX 15 is just a way more interesting song, I think.

Mega Man 3 - Main Theme

Danganronpa - BOX 15

Mega Man 3 - Main Theme

Danganronpa - BOX 15

I've been trying to wait for at least 4, but neither these outcomes can change anyway.

Mega Man 3 (3-0) and BOX 15 (3-0) advance!

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Round 2, Winners Fight 5 // Anniversary

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Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ‐ Wood Carving Partita (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL0UoyFS7Ww), by Michiru Yamane (PSX, 1997)
Winner 37: OSTGeek64's Custom 16

vs.

Black It! - Title Screen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XMoDB3fX_k&t=2211s), by Matthias Hartung (C64, 1995)
Semifinalist 38: nx666's Custom 16

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Round 1, Fight 8 // Danganronpa

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Danganronpa - Discussion -HEAT UP- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgOs-J9Pytc)

vs

Danganronpa 2 - Third Island Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtsSngpkwKc)

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