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Video Game Track Bracket Final Round

Still Alive from Portal

vs.

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME from In Stars and Time

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda contains spoilers for In Stars and Time.

Still Alive:

One of the best and most classic credits songs in all of gaming. A true masterpiece, that an incredible number of people can quote off the top of their head.

Still Alive having such good lyrics in addition to being a great piece with the music alone is what makes it take the top space for me!

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME:

siffrin.

1. It ties in recurring melodies from all throughout the soundtrack 2. It perfectly sets the mood for the scene and feels climactic 3. I cannot explain how much this song emotionally impacts you if you've played the game 4. It's just such a good song 5. Siffrin

only song in the soundtrack with an all caps title. the intended emotion is gained from sobbing shouting that fucker out

has motifs from all over the game including the title theme AND game over theme

a little harder to convey the emotion without the context of the game but it still does good

'I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME' is for when Siffrin is on his last legs (both physically and mentally)- he doesn't want his (found) family to leave him behind. He doesn't want to be alone, especially when he doesn't have a place TO call home anymore. His home is (technically) gone, along with all of his memories of it. And he actually found a family (found family :D) with the group he joined to save the country. He doesn't want them to leave- he doesn't want them to forget him- and he doesn't want to forget THEM. So when Siffrin gets to his last loop in Act 5, hearing the Head Housemaiden remind him that Everyone Will Be Going Their Separate Ways Since The Country Is Saved Now, he snaps, and before the resulting 'fight' he thinks "I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME." The name of the song!!! During the fight 'I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME' plays in, there's actually an option for Siffrin to hurt himself instead of his friends/family, the '(Don't attack)' 'craft' with the description "Can't hurt them. Attack the only person left." and that really shows how much he cares about them, to have the option of hurting himself because he doesn't want to hurt the people he loves. (You can, in fact, attack them, but the option to Not attack them is very present and will progress the fight/story as well.) I would explain more but I don't want to explain any more than necessary. I don't want to explain EVERYTHING and spoil the whole game for people >w<

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Video Game Track Bracket Third Place Poll

One-Winged Angel from Final Fantasy VII

vs.

How Can You Help Me, Stardust? from In Stars and Time

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda contains spoilers for In Stars and Time.

One-Winged Angel:

come on. i dont have to say anything. come on.

How Can You Help Me, Stardust?:

It's the battle theme during a Secret Ending fight, and an interesting genre-swap/remix of How Can I Help You, Stardust? Your character (Siffrin) fights his ally and guide through the time loops he's been stuck in. Its so intense and fast paced compared to the tone for the rest of the game's ending and really emphasizes the absolute stress and despair that being in a timeloop will cause.

'How Can You Help Me, Stardust?' is less focused on Siffrin, and more focused on Loop, the 'friendly' guide that appeared to help Siffrin end the loops, and be someone to talk to about the loops in general. It's an optional secret boss fight that you can do, but it reveals a lot of things! Loop is Siffrin- well, an alternate version of Siffrin, that didn't have a guide and struggled heavily before giving up after defeating the King for the first time after THOUSANDS of loops and looping back. Loop wished for a way out of the loops, they wished for an end, they wished for someone to help them. This wish allowed Loop to escape from their loops, only to be changed to the way they look now, and placed in another Siffrin's loops to help that Siffrin out. When Siffrin (the one the player plays as) finally escapes/breaks the loops, Loop gets angry/jealous and initiates a fight. As the fight continues (and you repeatedly 'defeat' Loop, just for them to loop back) you get dialogue and a fighting portrait change of Loop explaining their feelings and breaking down, in a sense. 'How Can You Help Me, Stardust?' perfectly remixes 'How Can I Help You, Stardust?' in a way that encapsulates the sort of despair that Loop must have felt during their loops, and the anger of watching Siffrin break/escape his loops, something they weren't able to do.

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Video Game Track Bracket Final Round

Still Alive from Portal

vs.

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME from In Stars and Time

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda contains spoilers for In Stars and Time.

Still Alive:

One of the best and most classic credits songs in all of gaming. A true masterpiece, that an incredible number of people can quote off the top of their head.

Still Alive having such good lyrics in addition to being a great piece with the music alone is what makes it take the top space for me!

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME:

siffrin.

1. It ties in recurring melodies from all throughout the soundtrack 2. It perfectly sets the mood for the scene and feels climactic 3. I cannot explain how much this song emotionally impacts you if you've played the game 4. It's just such a good song 5. Siffrin

only song in the soundtrack with an all caps title. the intended emotion is gained from sobbing shouting that fucker out

has motifs from all over the game including the title theme AND game over theme

a little harder to convey the emotion without the context of the game but it still does good

'I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME' is for when Siffrin is on his last legs (both physically and mentally)- he doesn't want his (found) family to leave him behind. He doesn't want to be alone, especially when he doesn't have a place TO call home anymore. His home is (technically) gone, along with all of his memories of it. And he actually found a family (found family :D) with the group he joined to save the country. He doesn't want them to leave- he doesn't want them to forget him- and he doesn't want to forget THEM. So when Siffrin gets to his last loop in Act 5, hearing the Head Housemaiden remind him that Everyone Will Be Going Their Separate Ways Since The Country Is Saved Now, he snaps, and before the resulting 'fight' he thinks "I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME." The name of the song!!! During the fight 'I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME' plays in, there's actually an option for Siffrin to hurt himself instead of his friends/family, the '(Don't attack)' 'craft' with the description "Can't hurt them. Attack the only person left." and that really shows how much he cares about them, to have the option of hurting himself because he doesn't want to hurt the people he loves. (You can, in fact, attack them, but the option to Not attack them is very present and will progress the fight/story as well.) I would explain more but I don't want to explain any more than necessary. I don't want to explain EVERYTHING and spoil the whole game for people >w<

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Video Game Track Bracket Semifinals

One-Winged Angel from Final Fantasy VII

vs.

Still Alive from Portal

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

One-Winged Angel:

come on. i dont have to say anything. come on.

Still Alive:

One of the best and most classic credits songs in all of gaming. A true masterpiece, that an incredible number of people can quote off the top of their head.

Still Alive having such good lyrics in addition to being a great piece with the music alone is what makes it take the top space for me!

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Video Game Track Bracket Semifinals

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME from In Stars and Time

vs.

How Can You Help Me, Stardust? from In Stars and Time

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda may contain spoilers for In Stars and Time.

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME:

siffrin.

1. It ties in recurring melodies from all throughout the soundtrack 2. It perfectly sets the mood for the scene and feels climactic 3. I cannot explain how much this song emotionally impacts you if you've played the game 4. It's just such a good song 5. Siffrin

only song in the soundtrack with an all caps title. the intended emotion is gained from sobbing shouting that fucker out

has motifs from all over the game including the title theme AND game over theme

a little harder to convey the emotion without the context of the game but it still does good

How Can You Help Me, Stardust?:

It's the battle theme during a Secret Ending fight, and an interesting genre-swap/remix of How Can I Help You, Stardust? Your character (Siffrin) fights his ally and guide through the time loops he's been stuck in. Its so intense and fast paced compared to the tone for the rest of the game's ending and really emphasizes the absolute stress and despair that being in a timeloop will cause.

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Welcome to the GaMetal Tournament!

Over the years Jonny Atma has done hundreds of amazing covers of video game songs, but which one do people like the most? We will be putting all the songs he has made in the last decade and putting them in a giant single-elimination bracket to find out.

Which covers will be eligible?

All of the gametal songs from GaMetal V to GaMetal XIV will be participating. There will not be any acoustic covers, the medleys will be participating as one song, and songs with multiple versions will have just one participating.

How do you determine which version competes?

Several songs have gotten remastered versions, and several more have vocal and instrumental versions. Before the main tournament there will be a preliminary round to determine which version people like more, or if they are different enough to compete separately.

the following songs will automatically use the original YouTube release as their audio file size is bigger than the limit on tumblr:

Monty on the Run, Rainbow Road 64, Mega Man Mega Medley 2, Dialga’s Fight to the Finish, NES Medley 4, Dirty and Beauty, After Burner, Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusion, Sonic Fan Medley 2: Genesis Edition, One-Winged Angel

How will you do seeding?

I will be using the view counts on the YouTube uploads. A dubious marker of quality, but it works fine as a numerical estimate of popularity.

Do you accept propaganda?

Its always great to see peoples opinions and memories, so feel free to send some in!

Links:

#preliminaries

This tournament is a fan project and not affiliated with Jonny Atma.

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I WON’T LET YOU GO HOME propaganda

• only song in the soundtrack with an all caps title. the intended emotion is gained from sobbing shouting that fucker out

• has motifs from all over the game including the title theme AND game over theme

• a little harder to convey the emotion without the context of the game but it still does good

link to poll

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 9

Zelda's Lullaby from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

vs.

How Can You Help Me, Stardust? from In Stars and Time

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda may contain spoilers for In Stars and Time.

Zelda's Lullaby:

This is probably the most iconic track in the entire series, and is also very important to the plot of Ocarina of Time (which is why I specifically linked the version from that game)

Ocarina of time’s ocarina song : they all follow the "Kondo pattern", which is a repeating leitmotiv within the song

How Can You Help Me, Stardust?:

It's the battle theme during a Secret Ending fight, and an interesting genre-swap/remix of How Can I Help You, Stardust? Your character (Siffrin) fights his ally and guide through the time loops he's been stuck in. Its so intense and fast paced compared to the tone for the rest of the game's ending and really emphasizes the absolute stress and despair that being in a timeloop will cause.

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 9

One-Winged Angel from Final Fantasy VII

vs.

Midna's Lament from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

One-Winged Angel:

come on. i dont have to say anything. come on.

Midna's Lament:

An iconic track from the zelda series, surely deserves a shot at the top spot!

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 9

Still Alive from Portal

vs.

Death by Glamour from Undertale

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Still Alive:

One of the best and most classic credits songs in all of gaming. A true masterpiece, that an incredible number of people can quote off the top of their head.

Death by Glamour:

It's funky jam and I love making silly little scenes to it :]

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 9

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME from In Stars and Time

vs.

Twilight of the Gods from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda contains spoilers for Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME:

siffrin.

1. It ties in recurring melodies from all throughout the soundtrack 2. It perfectly sets the mood for the scene and feels climactic 3. I cannot explain how much this song emotionally impacts you if you've played the game 4. It's just such a good song 5. Siffrin

Twilight of the Gods:

this is the absolute perfect final boss theme of all time. the choir absolutely makes it feel like a monumental battle is taking place and the orchestra is simply divine

One of the best final boss themes in fire emblem

You kill dragons on this music; and dragons are considered gods in most FE games.

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 9

Zelda's Lullaby from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

vs.

How Can You Help Me, Stardust? from In Stars and Time

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda may contain spoilers for In Stars and Time.

Zelda's Lullaby:

This is probably the most iconic track in the entire series, and is also very important to the plot of Ocarina of Time (which is why I specifically linked the version from that game)

Ocarina of time’s ocarina song : they all follow the "Kondo pattern", which is a repeating leitmotiv within the song

How Can You Help Me, Stardust?:

It's the battle theme during a Secret Ending fight, and an interesting genre-swap/remix of How Can I Help You, Stardust? Your character (Siffrin) fights his ally and guide through the time loops he's been stuck in. Its so intense and fast paced compared to the tone for the rest of the game's ending and really emphasizes the absolute stress and despair that being in a timeloop will cause.

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 9

Still Alive from Portal

vs.

Death by Glamour from Undertale

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Still Alive:

One of the best and most classic credits songs in all of gaming. A true masterpiece, that an incredible number of people can quote off the top of their head.

Death by Glamour:

It's funky jam and I love making silly little scenes to it :]

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 9

Still Alive from Portal

vs.

Death by Glamour from Undertale

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Still Alive:

One of the best and most classic credits songs in all of gaming. A true masterpiece, that an incredible number of people can quote off the top of their head.

Death by Glamour:

It's funky jam and I love making silly little scenes to it :]

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 9

One-Winged Angel from Final Fantasy VII

vs.

Midna's Lament from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

One-Winged Angel:

come on. i dont have to say anything. come on.

Midna's Lament:

An iconic track from the zelda series, surely deserves a shot at the top spot!

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 9

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME from In Stars and Time

vs.

Twilight of the Gods from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda contains spoilers for Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

I WON'T LET YOU GO HOME:

siffrin.

1. It ties in recurring melodies from all throughout the soundtrack 2. It perfectly sets the mood for the scene and feels climactic 3. I cannot explain how much this song emotionally impacts you if you've played the game 4. It's just such a good song 5. Siffrin

Twilight of the Gods:

this is the absolute perfect final boss theme of all time. the choir absolutely makes it feel like a monumental battle is taking place and the orchestra is simply divine

One of the best final boss themes in fire emblem

You kill dragons on this music; and dragons are considered gods in most FE games.

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#im sorry lesbians but snake eater is SO good#also im not sorry lesbians. snake eater is about having mommy issues about a suicidal dyke who ghosted you once and will do it again#and like the cold war also but.

Video Game Track Bracket Round 8

Still Alive from Portal

vs.

Snake Eater from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Still Alive:

One of the best and most classic credits songs in all of gaming. A true masterpiece, that an incredible number of people can quote off the top of their head.

Snake Eater:

Gotta be one of the most iconic (and best) songs in the mgs franchise. Vocals and instrumental are both so powerful and tell the general plot of mgs3 through Snake's perspective. Also pretty touching because the lyrics are about the strong feelings he has towards his boss and you don't get to see such a tender side from Snake too much. Incredible song from an incredible game

What a thrill…