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GAF VG MUSIC BATTLE: The Final Countdown [Top 200]

Ha, made it in time! As opposed to the semifinals I notched Vampire Killer down a bit. Also I've decided to order the whole set this time to get my personal ranking on the finalists. This way I can vote on the final round without even thinking, too. Clever, huh? :lol

It's not worth to cry a river of songs that didn't make it. I've sometimes got the feeling that half of my favourites didn't make first round and the other half wasn't nominated, but who cares. Firstly it isn't true and secondly charts will always be "common denominator" like. I'd like to come up with some list of my favourites from the nominations and otherwise when all is over, but that could be laborious, so I'm still on the edge on that.

@Souther: Yes, I think Shadow of the Beast was nominated. Check this out: http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_ss_vg...deogames&field-keywords=Lone+Wolf+Cub&x=0&y=0

My complete ranking of the Top 60 (lower places could be a bit messed up, though):

Favourites:
1. Silent Hill 2 - Theme of Laura
2. Super Mario Galaxy - Buoy Base Galaxy
3. Metroid Prime - Main Menu
4. Final Fantasy 6 - Terra's Theme
5. Chrono Cross - Scars of Time (Opening)
6. Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater
7. Shadow of the Colossus - The Opened Way
8. Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden Galaxy

Quality:
9. Silent Hill - Main theme
10. Metal Gear Solid 2 - Main Theme
11. Castlevania - Vampire Killer
12. Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - Dragon Roost Island
13. Final Fantasy 8 - The Man with the Machine Gun
14. Super Smash Bros Brawl - Ocarina of Time Medley (from Zelda:OoT)
15. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Song of Storms
16. Super Smash Bros - Green Greens
17. Super Mario 64 - Dire Dire Docks
18. Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis) - Green Hill Zone

Catchy:
19. Metroid Prime - Ice Valley (Phendrana Drifts)
20. ICO - Castle in the mist
21. Shadow of the Colossus - Epilogue ~ Those Who Remain
22. Super Smash Bros Melee - Fountain of Dreams
23. Megaman 2 - Wily 1
24. Chrono Trigger - Corridors of Time
25. Chrono Cross - Dream of the Shore Bordering Another World
26. Katamari Damacy - Lonely Rolling Star
27. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Chemical Plant Zone
28. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Dark World
29. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Cornered 2001
30. Shadow of the Colossus - Revived Power
31. Portal - Still Alive
32. Legend of Zelda - Overworld
33. Super Street Fighter 2 - Guile's theme
34. Starfox - Corneria
35. Civilization 4 - Baba Yetu
36. Metal Gear Solid - The Best is yet to come
37. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley
38. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Midna's Desperate Hour

Generic:
39. Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
40. Megaman 3 - Title
41. Super Mario Bros - Overworld
42. Donkey Kong Country 2 - Stickerbush Symphony
43. Final Fantasy 7 - Aeris' Theme
44. Megaman 2 - Title
45. Street Fighter 2 - Ken's Theme
46. Tetris - Type 1
47. Super Mario World - Overworld
48. Final Fantasy 8 - Liberi Fatali (Opening Theme)
49. Pokemon Red & Blue - Gym Battle
50. Starfox Assault - Star Wolf
51. Yoshi's Island - Athletic
52. Donkey Kong Country - King K.Rool
53. Duck Tales - The Moon
54. Street Fighter 2 - Ryu's Theme
55. Starfox - Main Theme
56. Final Fantasy 10 - To Zanarkand (Intro)
57. F-Zero - Mute City
58. Halo - Halo
59. Megaman 2 - Flash Man
60. Final Fantasy 7 - One Winged Angel
 
Top 60 Results:

60) Super Smash Bros - Green Greens (116)
59) Starfox - Main Theme (139)
58) Katamari Damacy - Lonely Rolling Star (140)
57) Street Fighter 2 - Ryu's Theme (141)
56) ICO - Castle in the mist (144)
55) Super Street Fighter 2 - Guile's theme (155)
54) Donkey Kong Country - King K.Rool (166)
53) Starfox Assault - Star Wolf (174)
52) Final Fantasy 8 - The Man with the Machine Gun (189)
51) Silent Hill - Main theme (194)
50) Megaman 2 - Flash Man (197)
49) Super Smash Bros Brawl - Ocarina of Time Medley (from Zelda:OoT) (209)
48) Street Fighter 2 - Ken's Theme (219)
47) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Midna's Desperate Hour (223)
46) Silent Hill 2 - Theme of Laura (230)
45) Shadow of the Colossus - Epilogue ~ Those Who Remain (236)
44) Civilization 4 - Baba Yetu (244)
43) Shadow of the Colossus - Revived Power (253)
42) Starfox - Corneria (254)
41) Megaman 3 - Title (257)
40) Megaman 2 - Title (262)
39) Duck Tales - The Moon (262)
38) Super Smash Bros Melee - Fountain of Dreams (279)
37) Final Fantasy 8 - Liberi Fatali (Opening Theme) (288)
36) Yoshi's Island - Athletic (298)
35) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Chemical Plant Zone (298)
34) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Cornered 2001 (307)
33) Metal Gear Solid - The Best is yet to come (310)
32) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Song of Storms (318)
31) Pokemon Red & Blue - Gym Battle (329)
30) Portal - Still Alive (338)
29) Final Fantasy 7 - One Winged Angel (340)
28) Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater (344)
27) Castlevania - Vampire Killer (347)
26) Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis) - Green Hill Zone (353)
25) Tetris - Type 1 (353)
24) Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - Dragon Roost Island (359)
23) Super Mario 64 - Dire Dire Docks (369)
22) Shadow of the Colossus - The Opened Way (371)
21) Chrono Cross - Dream of the Shore Bordering Another World (392)

The link to the final round is in the OP. I'll be taking it down next Saturday.
 
1. Metroid Prime - Main Menu
2. Halo - Halo
3. Chrono Cross - Scars of Time (Opening)
4. Metal Gear Solid 2 - Main Theme
5. Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden Galaxy
6. Megaman 2 - Wily 1
7. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley
8. Metroid Prime - Ice Valley (Phendrana Drifts)
9. Final Fantasy 6 - Terra's Theme
10. Legend of Zelda - Overworld
11. Donkey Kong Country 2 - Stickerbush Symphony
12. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Dark World
13. Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
14. Super Mario World - Overworld
15. Super Mario Bros - Overworld
16. Final Fantasy 7 - Aeris' Theme
17. F-Zero - Mute City
18. Super Mario Galaxy - Buoy Base Galaxy
19. Chrono Trigger - Corridors of Time
20. Final Fantasy 10 - To Zanarkand (Intro)

Really disappointed I didn't get to vote for any Street Fighter tracks in the Top 20. =(
 
Halo and Mute City in the Top 20. Wow for bad taste. And the FF10 crap thing, oh my. At least One Winged Angel isn't in the list or else I would've pulled my hair out. And no Silent Hill :-( But I'm totally glad Buoy Base made the list. That was totally unexpected, I expected it to bomb like Theme of Laura which I hoped would fare much better.

My vote: The 7 titles from my Top 20 should be enough, voting for crap and mediocre stuff is
somewhat pointless:
1. Super Mario Galaxy - Buoy Base Galaxy (2)
2. Metroid Prime - Main Menu (3)
3. Final Fantasy 6 - Terra's Theme (4)
4. Chrono Cross - Scars of Time (Opening) (5)
5. Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden Galaxy (8)
6. Metal Gear Solid 2 - Main Theme (10)
7. Metroid Prime - Ice Valley (Phendrana Drifts) (19)
 
I think that alot of the best songs got kicked out in the semi-finals. Nothing from Sonic in there for example, no Ikaruga etc. this list is great, but I don't think it's the best vg music of all time. In the end I still had a hard time deciding though, especially the top 5.

My final vote:

Super Mario Galaxy - Buoy Base Galaxy
Metroid Prime - Ice Valley (Phendrana Drifts)
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Dark World
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Stickerbush Symphony
Final Fantasy 6 - Terra's Theme
Metroid Prime - Main Menu
Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden Galaxy
Megaman 2 - Wily 1
Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley
F-Zero - Mute City
Metal Gear Solid 2 - Main Theme
Legend of Zelda - Overworld
Super Mario Bros - Overworld
Final Fantasy 10 - To Zanarkand (Intro)
Chrono Trigger - Corridors of Time
Final Fantasy 7 - Aeris' Theme
Super Mario World - Overworld
Halo - Halo
Chrono Cross - Scars of Time (Opening)
 
1. Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
2. Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden Galaxy
3. Final Fantasy 7 - Aeris' Theme
4. Final Fantasy 6 - Terra's Theme
5. F-Zero - Mute City
6. Donkey Kong Country 2 - Stickerbush Symphony
7. Metroid Prime - Ice Valley (Phendrana Drifts)
8. Chrono Trigger - Corridors of Time
9. Super Mario Galaxy - Buoy Base Galaxy
10. Super Mario Bros - Overworld
11. Legend of Zelda - Overworld
12. Metroid Prime - Main Menu
 
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1- Final Fantasy VI - Terra
2- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Main Theme
3- Mega Man 2 - Dr. Wily Stage 1 / 2
4- Chrono Cross ~Scars of Time~
5- Final Fantasy 7 Music - Aerith's Theme
6- Super Mario Bros. Music - Main Theme & Overworld
7- DarkWorld A Link To The Past
8- The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley
9- F-Zero: Mute City
10- Super Mario World Music - Overworld Level
11- Halo : Combat Evolved soundtrack; " Halo"
12- Legend of Zelda Overworld Theme
13- Final Fantasy X Music - To Zanarkand
14- Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times
15- Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack - 117 Wind Garden
16- Super Mario Galaxy OST - Buoy Base Galaxy7-
17- Donkey Kong Country 2 Soundtrack: Bramble Blast
18- Metroid Prime - Menu Select Theme
19- Corridors of Time: Chrono Trigger Music
20- Metroid Prime: Ice Valley

I still cant believe that Snake Eater didnt make it into the top 20.
 
I figured this thread would be more active than this for the last round.
 
Rufus said:

Because it's the final round? Fewer tracks for people to have to decide on and it's ultimately the part of the list that will get the most scrutiny.
 
FYI, I haven't forgotten about this thread. Usually, by the time I come to check on it and bump if need be, ZealousD had already done it a few hours beforehand. Like now.

Just dropping in to say that results are going to be posted late. Early tomorrow morning, probably, so there's still plenty of time. I'll be out for most of the night.
 
Sixfortyfive said:
51) Silent Hill - Main theme (194)
46) Silent Hill 2 - Theme of Laura (230)
33) Metal Gear Solid - The Best is yet to come (310)
28) Metal Gear Solid 3 - Snake Eater (344)


I hate you, GAF :'(
 
I will say it now. If Buoy Base does not make it in the top 5, I am gonna fucking lose it. Just letting you guys know...
 
HUELEN10 said:
I will say it now. If Buoy Base does not make it in the top 5, I am gonna fucking lose it. Just letting you guys know...
Better start losing it now then. Buoy Base didn't even make the top 5 in its semifinal
 
HUELEN10 said:
I will say it now. If Buoy Base does not make it in the top 5, I am gonna fucking lose it. Just letting you guys know...

Seriously? Isn't the Top 20 enough?

If GAF loses its marbles over the Top 20 it's going to warrant the biggest facepalm that's ever been facepalmed.
 
ZealousD said:
Seriously? Isn't the Top 20 enough?

If GAF loses its marbles over the Top 20 it's going to warrant the biggest facepalm that's ever been facepalmed.
Hey, top 20 is fins and dandy, but what I am talking about is something like it is 6th, one away from the top 5. Either way I am happy, and I trust in GAF's decisions, but still. Love that song way too fucking much. Hey, we all have our faves right?
 
HUELEN10 said:
I will say it now. If Buoy Base does not make it in the top 5, I am gonna fucking lose it. Just letting you guys know...
>_>



THE TOP 20: FINAL RESULTS



20) Super Mario Galaxy - Buoy Base Galaxy (365)

19) Final Fantasy 7 - Aeris' Theme (366)

18) Metroid Prime - Ice Valley (Phendrana Drifts) (380)

17) Super Mario World - Overworld (400)

16) F-Zero - Mute City (421)

15) Final Fantasy 10 - To Zanarkand (Intro) (421)

14) Halo - Halo (423)

13) Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley (424)

12) Metroid Prime - Main Menu (442)

11) Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - Dark World (451)

10) Chrono Trigger - Corridors of Time (451)

9) Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times (471)

8) Super Mario Bros - Overworld (477)

7) Metal Gear Solid 2 - Main Theme (505)

6) Donkey Kong Country 2 - Stickerbush Symphony (545)

5) Legend of Zelda - Overworld (549)

4) Chrono Cross - Scars of Time (Opening) (565)

3) Megaman 2 - Wily 1 (621)

2) Final Fantasy 6 - Terra's Theme (674)

1) Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden Galaxy (699)



Detailed results here.
The results page for the top 60 has been updated to include the top 20 as well.

Thank you for playing! Some comments:

- Gusty Garden dominated every round that it was in until the last few days, when Terra's Theme was actually beating it for a little while.
- Cheating was slightly more prevalent in the last few rounds than it was in the preliminaries. After accounting for double votes in Semifinal A, Stickerbush Symphony actually lost a whopping 100 points, but that still didn't keep it from placing well in every round.
- The Zelda overworld theme is the only track in the top 20 to not receive a single first place vote, yet it placed 5th overall.

The results are being posted late because I've been trying to finish putting things together for that slideshow I was talking about, but it's still not done. I want to finish it because ZealousD and a few others put in a lot of time helping me get material for it, but I'm wondering if anybody will care about it by tomorrow.

At any rate, I've had fun with this, despite a lack of variety in the top 100 finishers or so. I think that if I were to do something like this again (which I won't, not anytime in the near future), I'd limit the total number of votes per participant to 5 or 10 instead of 20 for the semifinals. I'm curious to see how the results would have changed if you eliminate the bottom 10 votes from every participant's list, and I might post an alternate results tally for that later today.
 
Sixfortyfive said:
I want to finish it because ZealousD and a few others put in a lot of time helping me get material for it, but I'm wondering if anybody will care about it by tomorrow.

I sure as hell care! :lol

You could always post a new thread with the finished videos. I think they deserve one.

Also, we need to get 2ch's opinion on this. Afterall, they're the reason we did this right?
 
too bad duck tales didn't make the top 20. :(

and wow I never realized how good Dr. Wily's theme is on its own. I guess I was always preoccupied by the tough platforming. :lol
 
Bit of an upset IMO with Gusty Garden over Terra, but I can't really complain with that top 10.

Edit: Except for Wily over Scars of Time. I just.. don't get it.
 
A solid top 20. I personally would not agree with Gusty Garden over Terra's theme, however, Gusty Garden is one of the most significant pieces of music to come from Nintendo in over 10 years.

Quite simple, it proves that Nintendo are capable of creating fantastic music, of high quality in their games, and that not doing so shows how much of lazy money grabbing fucks they are.

I simply want more.
 
Not at all what I was expecting, but this was nonetheless fun and pretty interesting. Thanks for putting it all together, Sixfortyfive. :)
 
Akuun said:
Not at all what I was expecting, but this was nonetheless fun and pretty interesting. Thanks for putting it all together, Sixfortyfive. :)

Indeed. Excellent job, must have taken a lot of work.

Though, I weep for Diablo - Tristam.
 
It was only by 25 votes that Mario beat Terra. Would've been 26 if I hadn't been moping about 'cause Star Wolf didn't make the cut.
 
A deserved winner and a solid top 20 (certain black sheep excepted of course, but the identity of these will be different for everyone).

Imagine that, no Sonic or Street Fighter in the top 20... :D

This certainly was fun, thanks 645; though the contest could have benefitted from a larger audience. Shame on GAF for not stickying this.
 
Scipius said:
This certainly was fun, thanks 645; though the contest could have benefitted from a larger audience. Shame on GAF for not stickying this.

Yep. And i think the point system messed the vote up. Instead of giving 1-20 points, just give each game 1 point that is voted by someone. Makes it more fair imo.
But nice results anyway.
 
Disappointed with SMG over Terra, but I can't complain too much. FF6 still has the greatest overall videogame soundtrack out there, imo. Glad it was recognized. :D
 
AyuFanatic86 said:
Yep. And i think the point system messed the vote up. Instead of giving 1-20 points, just give each game 1 point that is voted by someone. Makes it more fair imo.

People only voting for a handful of songs probably exacerbated the situation with the current voting system, but either way it would be difficult to get a system that everyone agreed on.

Anyways, my thanks go out to Sixfortyfive for setting this all up as it must have been a bitch. Been a lot of fun and I've got some new CD's to put on my to buy list.

Am I the only one who doesn't quite get why Gusty Garden Galaxy is so popular? Oh, and Sega got robbed! :p
 
Good list though with really the only one missing off the top of my head for me personally being Chrono Cross - Dream of Another Shore.

PS: Yeah get that video up maybe in a new final post. I have a feeling quite a few people don't even know the Battle is over.
 
For my own peace of mind, had I understood the rules in time and nominated Brawl's "remix" of Luigi's Mansion's Theme, would anybody else have voted for it? :(

Listen!

Would have been my number two pick. Sooo good. :(
 
Andrex said:
For my own peace of mind, had I understood the rules in time and nominated Brawl's "remix" of Luigi's Mansion's Theme, would anybody else have voted for it? :(

Listen!

Would have been my number two pick. Sooo good. :(

I probably wouldn't have. =P

BTW sixfortyfive, I know you're still alive! What's up with the videos man?
 
Andrex said:
For my own peace of mind, had I understood the rules in time and nominated Brawl's "remix" of Luigi's Mansion's Theme, would anybody else have voted for it? :(

Listen!

Would have been my number two pick. Sooo good. :(

always add &fmt=18 to the end of youtube url links for highest quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm2YfKjU9yI&fmt=18

That's kind of the problem with this entire music battle, A ton of worthy songs didn't even make it to the voting booths.

But in the end there are a lot of great tracks here that I hadn't heard before so it was still interesting.
 
Sixfortyfive, I know you're out there somewhere!

If you need somebody to finish the videos for you I can do that!
 
Nice list. It was a shame to see things start off good, even with my own criticism towards it, and then slowly dwindle into the dedicated few in regards to constant voting discussion. Even I stopped towards the tail-end simply because I kept forgetting that it was still going.
 
PBalfredo said:
Anyone else make any new discoveries?

Alone in the Dark - Who am I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXpSiQkhzY8

Beatmania IIDX - Snow Storm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GauOiJzFhv4

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Battle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjT0PCv-cnA

Headhunter - Jack's Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egguP8bDr7E

Last Ninja 2 - Central Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UyFacTaQnI

Seiken Densetsu 3 - Sacrifice Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEgLRP5GH3A

Silent Hill 3 - Breeze In Monochrome Light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGJXQnJ_PU

Turrican 2 - Intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvha_2hAzq0

Tekken 5 - Moonlit Wilderness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uz_R83rJm4

Monty on the Run - Main Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpsN14TFy90
 
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