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JRPG Thunderdome - Turntable-Based
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Ys Lufia
Johnny Unusual
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Just Ys does Lufia win? You!
Match 12Q 3 calls his Telecomm from Runes of Pandemonium while Alixsar sends us to Oblivion from Final Fantasy XIV.
Match 11
Issun heads to the spooky Amusement Park from Nier: Automata while Dark Medusa remembers the Day My Mother Was There (hey, how do ya know my mum, Medusa?!) from Persona 5 (covered by J-Music Ensemble).
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Johnny Unusual
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Nier XIV
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The Days When Shiva Was There
I feel like the real meat of Shiva doesn't start until halfway (to my ears I really find the first half/leadup to be generic chanting) but the second half is so good and unique that it carries it. (unless you really just wanted the second half, like has been submitted in previous Thunderdomes/cover Thunderdomes) I'm glad that you went outside the box, Q 3, heaven knows I tried to with my cover songs, but Telecomm feels a bit too environmental/background to catch my attention!
I feel like the real meat of Shiva doesn't start until halfway (to my ears I really find the first half/leadup to be generic chanting) but the second half is so good and unique that it carries it. (unless you really just wanted the second half, like has been submitted in previous Thunderdomes/cover Thunderdomes) I'm glad that you went outside the box, Q 3, heaven knows I tried to with my cover songs, but Telecomm feels a bit too environmental/background to catch my attention!
Balrog
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the Day My Mother Was There
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Oblivion
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Oblivion
Part of the reason why I nominated it and the one-two punch of In The Balance/Pilgrimmage is that what the main composer for FFXIV does is use leitmotif very well. Each expansion has one main theme and a few sub-themes that get worked and reworked into multiple tracks in different styles, that serve different purposes. It's really good and goes a long way towards making the game's narrative compelling during it's IMO extraordinarily boring lore dump and/or exposition heavy phases. FFXIV wouldn't be as good as it is without it's awesome soundtrack work. Oblivion is a microcosm of this; it's the same theme as a "epic" boss theme (more of march I guess), and then...the 2nd half happens and it's totally unexpected. These days that fight is a total pushover and ends within like 30 seconds of the phase transition, but back when it was new it took a long time and you'd hear the whole thing and it was hilarious and awesome in equal measure. The phase transition is still peak FFXIV phase transition content. I do like the first half, for what it's worth, but do concede that it's ultimately kinda nothing special. The 2nd half is absolutely great though
The other FFXIV song I picked is the first time you hear one of the main themes of the most recent expansion, but I can't post the "actual" version of the theme without insanely massively huge spoilers. So, uh. Yeah. The other nomination is still good though!
Anyway, Nier/FFXIV
Technically that FFXIV video is two tracks, the first part titled 'Footsteps in the Snow' and the second is Oblivion. /ffxivmusicnerd
Oblivion Park
Oblivion Park
Alright well...I cheated and got away with it ohohoho
Johnny please send Alixsar to gaol.
Johnny Unusual
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It's a Nier win for Final Fantasy XIV
Match 14@Peklo is just A Hopeful Astraea from Blue Reflection: Second Light while YangusKahn has discovered the Secret of the Arid Sands from the Secret of Mana (2017).
Match 13
@pudik challenges himself as a Sky Runner from Earthbound while SpoonyBard proves himself just another country Hic Svnt Leones from Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker.
Secret of Hic Svnt Mana
pass
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Secret of the Arid Mana Sands
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Secret of the Arid Mana Sands
I wish I could just vote for the two in the second matchup but Thunderdome cares not for the wishes of puny mortals.