Music Tournament of DOOM 2017- Buy-in List Part 4

[Cmdr_King]

Our final few slots in the Music Tournament of DOOM will be decided from among the remaining nominations after the majority of the tourney has been filled.  This will be done in the list format: each slot has seven (or six) contenders, simply rank them from best to worst.  They'll be divided up across four topics just for readability, and will be open until they're needed (so, until Topic 16 needs to go up, four and change weeks from now).

Slot 7

Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
  Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow
  Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua
  Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)
Drakengard 3- The Final Song

Slot 8


Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
  DDR X- Switch
Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)
NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE

[Fudozukushi]

Slot 7

Drakengard 3- The Final Song
Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow
Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua
Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku


Slot 8

Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE
DDR X- Switch
NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)
La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension


End of the Unknown is a dead link (still easy enough to find and rate though).

[DragonKnight Zero]

Slot 8

1. Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces  "squee!"
2. Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE   Something familiar I can't quite place pushes it above a close field.
3. Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)  Kneejerk from 3-5, I'm not going to think too hard about these.
4: NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
5. La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
6.  DDR X- Switch  OK, just made the weakest impression.

[Sierra]

Slot 7

1: Drakengard 3- The Final Song
2: Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
3: Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow
4: Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku
5: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)
6: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua

Slot 8

1: Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE
2: Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
3: La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
4: Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)
5: NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
6: DDR X- Switch

[Niu]

Slot 7

Drakengard 3- The Final Song
Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)
Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua
Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku



Slot 8


Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE
NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)
La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
DDR X- Switch

[Technetium43]

Slot 7

Drakengard 3- The Final Song: Holy shit. One of the better songs in the entire tournament so far, imo.
Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow: Just sorta nice in general.
Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku: Better than I was expecting.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6): Adorable and yet not something I'd actively go out of my way to listen to.
Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver): Not bad, but the instrumentation rubs me the wrong way.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua: :sleppy:
 

Slot 8

Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces: Genuinely beautiful.
Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE: Was expecting this to win, but it's still definitely good enough to take second. Small Two of Pieces was just really good.
Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose): Good, but I'm not really a fan of the choir.
La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension: Solid, but not exceptional.
DDR X- Switch: Definitely not my thing.
NieR Automata - End of the Unknown: Seemed like it was going somewhere interesting, and then let me down a bit. And then it let me down a lot.

[Talaysen]

Slot 7

Drakengard 3- The Final Song
Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)
Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua
Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow

Slot 8

Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE
La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
DDR X- Switch
NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)

[Random Consonant]

Slot 7

1. Drakengard 3- The Final Song - simply excellent
2. Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow - quality falcom
3. Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver) - I can dig it
4. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua - well at least it's a good insomnia cure
5. Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku - decent void but i'm not really a fan of void culture
6. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6) - nah

Slot 8

1. Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE - I can dig it
2. Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces - can't say I'm in love with it, but well...
3. Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose) - exists
4. NieR Automata - End of the Unknown - what a letdown
5. La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension - nah
6. DDR X- Switch - most certainly not my thing

[VySaika]

Slot 7

1. Drakengard 3- The Final Song - One actually excellent song in a pool full of "hey that's not bad". Also, an 8 minute long song that manages to never overstay its welcome.
2. Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow
3. Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
4. Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku
5. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)
6. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua - Easily the weakest song in the pool and it's not even BAD as far as slow songs go. Oddly tight group of song quality here with a single standout.

Slot 8

1. Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE
2. Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)
3. Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
4. NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
5. La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
6. DDR X- Switch 

[SnowFire]

1. Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow
2. Drakengard 3- The Final Song
3. Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
4. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)
5. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua
(gap)
6. Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku

Fan of the Trails soundtrack, and the final dungeon themes are as usual awesome.  Who knows why there's a giant pocket dimension filled with monsters and giant turning gears here, let's go beat it up.  Works great in context.
Final Song is weird and strange and ambitious.  Good times.
Heartful Cry is one of the best songs in the P3 soundtrack!  ...but the Arena version is actually kinda a step backward IMO?  Still good of course.
The Yoshi's Island song is pretty catchy, I like it; same with Aqua.  They're both solid but the competition is rough.
Vocaloid culture... well, I like the freaky colored skulls at the start at least.


1. Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
2. Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE
3. Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)
(big gap)
4. DDR X- Switch
5. La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
6. NieR Automata - End of the Unknown

Final(ish) battle themes with the feels!  ASGORE & Id (Purpose) both play on earlier musical themes established to do neat epicy stuff.   Shame they go up against a classic in Small Two of Pieces.  Weird pool, the top 3 all might beat out the top 2 above in slot 7, while the bottom 3 all lose to Aqua.

[OblivionKnight]

Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow
Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)
Drakengard 3- The Final Song
Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku

Ugh, damn you P4A Heartful Cry!  Not as good as P3Fes at all (still solid, though). 


Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)
Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE
NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
DDR X- Switch

[Twilkitri]

Slot 7

Drakengard 3- The Final Song
Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow
Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)
Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku

Slot 8

Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE
Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)
La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
DDR X- Switch

[NotMiki]

Slot 7

1. Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku
2. Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow
3. Drakengard 3- The Final Song
4. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua
5. Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver)
6. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6)

Slot 8

1. DDR X- Switch
2. Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE
3. Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces
4. La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension
5. NieR Automata - End of the Unknown
6. Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose)

[Cmdr_King]

Slot 7

Persona 4  Arena- Heartful Cry (Arena Ver) (3+4+2+1+2+3+3+3+4+3+1)/11 2.64
Trails of Cold Steel- To Grasp Tomorrow (4+3+4+4+0+4+4+5+5+4+4)/11 3.73
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep- Aqua (1+0+1+0+1+2+0+1+3+2+2)/11 1.18
Project Diva Future Tone- Arifureta Sekai Seifuku (0+2+0+3+4+1+2+0+0+0+5)/11 1.55
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island- Yoshi’s Island (World 6) (2+1+3+2+3+0+1+2+2+1+0)/11 1.55
Drakengard 3- The Final Song (5+5+5+5+5+5+5+4+1+5+3)/11 4.36

Slot 8


Xenogears- Small Two of Pieces (5+5+4+5+5+5+4+3+5+5+5+3)/12 4.5
La-Mulana- Interstice of Dimension (0+1+3+1+2+3+1+1+1+4+2+2)/12 1.75
DDR X- Switch (3+0+0+0+1+2+0+0+2+0+0+5)/12  1.08
Fire Emblem Awakening- Id (Purpose) (1+3+2+2+3+0+3+4+3+3+3+0)/12 2.25
NieR Automata - End of the Unknown (2+2+1+3+0+1+2+2+0+1+1+1)/12 1.33
Undertale - Bergentrückung/ASGORE (4+4+5+4+4+4+5+5+4+2+4+4)/12 4.08