#never thought I'd be campaigning *against* it. it was the song I was the second-most prepared to defend in the whole tournament

[walugus-grudenburg]

I came in thinking "Oh, this'll be easy, nothing can beat Subterranean Sunrise. It's by far my second favorite song from one of my favorite soundtracks, I submitted it for a damn good reason."

And, well, I was partially right. The first part was right. It's an easy choice. Subterranean Sunrise has nothing on Keepsake of Oblivion. I'd never heard the latter before, but now I'm really glad I have. What an incredible song!

Please, give Subterranean Sunrise a listen. It's a very good song in my opinion. One of the best. But let's just say I'll be pretty shocked if you listen to both of them and still vote for it, because Keepsake of Oblivion here is just ridiculously good.

Keepsake of Oblivion sweep!

Video Game Track Bracket Round 2

Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection/Keepsake of Oblivion from Kirby: Planet Robobot

vs.

Subterranean Sunrise from Rogue Legacy 2

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Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection/Keepsake of Oblivion:

this is a long one (~8 minutes) but my god is it so good. i don't even really know how to adequately explain the in-game context this song(s) play in, but it fits perfectly and i would argue this is the best final boss theme the kirby series has had (although i don't think i've really properly listened to forgotten land's one, so i might be biased). i don't really have anything else to say aside from "just listen for yourself" but if i was well educated in music theory and terminology you can bet your ass i'd be writing a full analysis rn

Subterranean Sunrise:

Absolutely banging track! It's so good, it was one of the two songs (one per artist) that was released as a sneak peak before the game itself was.