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SMWCentral Official Annual Music Tourney #2 (2022) - WINNER

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My picks are...
  • Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter
  • T-Square - Takarajima


Other comments...
  • I realized CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery was a Sample Pack Contest entry after a brief look at the video picture. Guess we have more than one coming on down... very well then, game on. Interestingly, I haven't listened to anything past the fourteenth one both because I was losing interest and I was actually failing to produce my own entries as well (the fifthteenth one is the one that I technically have the most progress on, but surprisingly I consider it to have been seriously affected by the workflow of Renoise, which is what I produced it on.).
  • Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter is a strange, strange mixture of some jazzy, disco-esque with rock 'n roll and various other styles. I ended up picking it because for whatever reason, it began to catch on with me.
  • I ended up choosing T-Square - Takarajima over multiple others because I felt that most of the others were mostly trying to go too hardcore in their execution, and this one had a softer sort of sound that for me gave it the slot.
T-Square - Takarajima
Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter
Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk
Frums - Options EX

(I had to do it)
Kid Lib - Yeah Uh!: Am sold.
TwinCity - Maybe I'm Just Tired of Love: I dig this. I was indecisive about the 4 SMWC-core songs in this so I'm glad in the end I can just be the odd one out.

Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter: Very comfortable listen. Goes all over the place sometimes, but it pays off in some parts
Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk: Pretty good but it took until the end to stand out to me
T-Square - Takarajima: Very sweet listen. I love that freaky flute and the Mother 3 bass so much. Lost me a bit by the end, I think I like the beginning better than the climax
Frums - Options EX: Develops kinda weirdly at times and it sure takes its time to build up, but I appreciate the climax and the track is fine in general
CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery: Can you guys stop nominating VGM to this contest thanks. This is pretty good though.
Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark: It's like SOAD but edgier. Didn't exactly stand out to me.
It's easily the best thing I've done
So why the empty numb?
2021 Music Tourney Penultimate Champion

1. Kid Lib - Yeah Uh!: im just happy to see some Jungle here. Peep Goldie, hes one of the Jungle greats.

2. Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark: POOOOOWWEEERRRRRRRRRRR
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3. Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk: sounds like Haken. all you need.

4. Frums - Options EX: hanging wit a bad alien biddy

5. Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter: sounds like Haken. all you need.

6. winCity- maybe I’m just tired of love: if Milo got brought up by Logic instead of Open Mike Eagle.

7. TAKARAJIMA -- T-SQUARE: group chat started talking about Nation of Islam halfway through the song. "Reliving the past.. yuh lost!"

N/A. CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery: NON-VGM TOURNEY. also the last verse-melody was literally ripped from an Ariana Grande song. just post that?
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pre-review jam: Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes: ITS SO EROTIC WHEN YOUR MAKEUP RUNS

ppre-review jam: Ginger Root - B4: fun

pppre-review jam: Joey Chestnut eats 71 hot dogs to win Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest for 12th time | ESPN: holy shit dudes eatin

mid-review jam: Erika Vikman - Cicciolina: lets go on a car ride to the mall and buy clothes and look at boyyyyyyysssssssss ahhhhhaaah summer !!!!!!

mmid-review jam: Billy Woods - NYNEX: the slavemasters kids all looked identical.


2021 Music Tourney Penultimate Champion
Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark - LOL YOOOO 2000S POWER METAL
(released in 2010 it makes the cutoff)

Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter - it starts off sounding like haken (pre haken). very good track

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Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk - this is what plays when you see brock lesnar down the street

Kid Lib - Yeah Uh! - this is pretty sweeet jungle its like a ringtone in a fucked up early access steam game

Frums - Options EX - This is alright

CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery - vgm

TAKARAJIMA -- T-SQUARE - background music to wandering around in a mall in an early access steam game

TwinCity - maybe I’m just tired of love - music to listen to in the corner away from others
"Fantasize about the taste of her clit
Fantasize about my face on her tits
I'm just looking for a space for my dick
Cuz I know that she got a taste for that shit"

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MID REVIEW JAM
Erika Vikman - Cicciolina - this is music to goon to
NYNEX - Billy Woods - squeaky
VOTE #1: Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk | This is pretty good. At first it sounded like "Tunnel Rhino 2", but then it turned into something more pro westler entrance-y and by the end it won me over with some really good guitar riffs combined with good synths.

VOTE #2: Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark | Very corny, VERY mid-2000s and VERY nostalgic. Even though it's pretty standard power metal, a genre I'm not really into anymore, this song is really carried by the singer's voice. At first I thought he sounded like the dude from Disturbed, but after like a second he really let his own style shine through and it's a really appealing-to-the-ears voice. Overall nothing out of this world but very nostalgic and nice. If I had one major complaint it's that the song is a bit too long for what it is, could've been like a minute shorter and been better off for it.

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-Kid Lib - Yeah Uh! | This ain't bad but doesn't do much for me. It feels like the stereotype of what the Jungle genre is, and doesn't really like do much for me emotions-wise. It's fine but it's not special amongst the jungle songs I've listened to and doesn't really make me feel particularly strong about it.

-T-Square - Takarajima |

-CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery | bro where do i put in the coin this is some shmup stage 4 song. doesn't really grab me tho

-Frums - Options EX | This type of ambient song isn't usually my thing; I'm not the kind of person who really basks in all the sounds and relaxation on a song like this. But I do find it very chill and good to listen to while doing other things. I think what it seeks out to do it does very well and it has some good sound. I guess I'd say I respect this song more than I like it. Plok synths baby.

-Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter | It's jazz. I love jazz. I don't know what else to say here it's standard jazz and that's all I like.

-TwinCity - Maybe I'm Just Tired of Love | The beats are good and the lyrics aren't bad (if a little tacky and corny at times) but I feel like with the type of voice the rapper he has he doesn't have enough confidence and energy in the way he delivers the bars to really make it work. I don't necessarily think every rapper has to be high energy or whatever and that's not even exactly what I mean but with this specific voice I feel like it really needs more spirit to really work.

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-MID REVIEW JAM: Erika Vikman - Cicciolina | It's not bad. I feel like I'd hear it at a shopping mall. I expected a lot more from foreign europop though, that shit usually slaps beyond belief.

-MID REVIEW JAM: Billy Woods - Nynex | Pretty good vibes.
1. Kid Lib - Yeah Uh!: I liked this a lot. Great vibing music, jungle being in the tournament is cool

2. Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark: FUCK YEAH DUDE
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3. Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter: Yeah it's alright

4. Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk: TUNNEL RHINO I'M JUST LIKE YOOOOU TUNNEL RHINOOO


5. TAKARAJIMA -- T-SQUARE: This is what plays when I'm washing a car in Gran Turismo. Drags forever and doesn't change

6. Frums - Options EX: This dragged forever. Kind of the same problem four songs in this set but I never really enjoyed it


7. winCity- maybe I’m just tired of love: Has some wack corny ass lyrics. Dude needs a ghostwriter

8. CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery: I don't remember what this sounds like. Lol
My choices are:
  1. T-Square - Takarajima
    (Imagine if I could listen to this in my car.)
  2. Frums - Options EX
    (This puts up to my taste.)

Honorable mentions:
  • Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter
    (Quite.)
  • Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark
    (POWER OVERWHELMING!!!)

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A tough choice. It's hard to pick which one is the best-est.
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Frums - Options EX
Kid Lib - Yeah Uh!
(honorable mention: Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter)


TAKARAJIMA -- T-SQUARE
Frums - Options EX

It was honestly a three-way tie between these two and The Bounty Hunter, but seeing how well the latter was already doing I decided to cast my vote for these two. I want to give an honorable mention to Incredible Machinery, since that was also pretty up there for me, and A Voice in the Dark was also pretty nice.
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Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk
Frums - Options EX

Next tourney is going to be vocals only so people can stop nominationg the psuedo-VGM.
VOTES:
Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk
- This song does a lot of musical things that appeal very heavily to me.
Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter
- This went nowhere I was expecting it to at any point, and was overall a fantastic listen.

EVERYTHING ELSE (in order of best to worst):
Kid Lib - Yeah Uh!
- I'm a big fan of jungle music. It's technical, and it sounds cool, and I can bop to this.
CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery
- Very impressive sample usage. I like this song.
Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark
- I don't usually listen to the radio, but if I were to turn it on, and find a station playing metal, it would be playing this song.
T-Square - Takarajima
- Definitely not near the top of my T-Square list, but also not a bad song.
Frums - Options EX
- Cool sound! It didn't really catch my attention for most of the time, though.
TwinCity - Maybe I'm Just Tired of Love
- Yeah I'm tired too
Kid Lib - Yeah Uh!: nice.
T-Square - Takarajima: a """vgm""" oh my god. Sounds catchy to me. Was undecided between this and The Bounty Hunter, though.

Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter: This is what you'd usually hear in a very ancient cartoon. Pretty good, even though it progresses weirdly sometimes.
CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery: Another strong contender for VGM, lol, but it's solid.
TwinCity - Maybe I'm Just Tired of Love: Sounds like one of those rap songs I used to listen to as a kid. I dig it (weird taste). The rhythm is out of place, but that's about it.
Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk: Okay. Kinda all over the place, but it's a nice listen.
Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark: Very heavy sounding. It doesn't grab me too much, sadly. Also, I swear I listened to one song from Blind Guardian but I don't remember which one
Frums - Options EX: Drags on for too long
Windowless ride, feeling alive
Are you alive or just breathing?
Originally posted by DeppySlide
Next tourney is going to be vocals only so people can stop nominationg the psuedo-VGM.


That can backfire in different ways... I know of a few SNES songs that have vocals in them, one of them even perfectly dumpable in SPC format.
Set B, or not to be?

1. Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk
2. Frums - Options EX
What is a Lunar Magic, and can I eat it?
T-Square - Takarajima
CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery








Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter
T-Square - Takarajima


(Forgot to vote in set A...)
Great:
Estradasphere - The Bounty Hunter
T-Square - Takarajima
Frums - Options EX
CobaltBW - Incredible Machinery
Levin Minnemann Rudess - Frumious Banderfunk

Good:
Kid Lib - Yeah Uh!
Blind Guardian - A Voice in the Dark

Decent:
TwinCity - Maybe I'm Just Tired of Love (CW: sex, religion, heavy topics)

incredible set.
estradasphere
kid lib

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