Survival Of The Fittest

Good day, and welcome to the 128th song contest!

Tempting as it is to do another Horror themed songtest, as we've already had one of those semi-recently I figured we'd try something a little different this time around...


This week's theme is one that we all ought to be pretty familiar with at this point: Survival of the Fittest. That's right, a SOTF Songtest that is quite literally a SOTF Songtest.

Going to be pretty open with this one, but essentially any music that you would associate with SOTF in some manner. Could be mood music you listen to when you write posts, songs you associate with a particular scene or character, or just capture the right overall vibe/tone. Imagine what you'd want to see in the soundtrack of a Netflix or HBO adaption, and you've got the right idea.

As a bonus (but completely optional) rule, in addition to your song you can also include the context for your suggestion. Just a simple word or phrase that explains why you picked your song, for example: Danya's Theme Tune, End Credits, Mood Music, etc. The default listing for any submission without context will be Soundtrack, so no worries if you can't think of a specific reasoning beyond it just feeling right for this contest.

[+] Copypasted rules

- submit your song via PM or discord, whichever's easier for you

- songs will be randomly divided into 1, 2 or 3 semifinals depending on turnout. if there are less than 20 submissions within 5 days, then there will only be one final round. if you're going to be away at some point in the next couple of weeks, let me know and I can try to put your song in a round when you'll be here.

- listen to every song and give points to your top 10 favorites: 12 to your favorite, 10 to your second, 8 to your third, 7 to your fourth, and so on down to 1 point for your tenth favorite. if there are less than 10 songs to vote for in a round, then simply cut off the bottom portion of the ballot (i.e. no 1 point songs, no 2 point songs, and so on)

- if your song is in a given round, you must vote that round or you'll be eliminated. if your song isn't in that round (or you aren't in the contest at all), your vote will be counted as a public vote, which counts for half points.
- the top [x] songs will move on to the final. that number depends on the number of contestants.
- repeat the process for the finals and we get a winner.

- winner gets to hold the next contest, or they can pass the job along to 2nd place if they don't want to. 2nd place can pass down to third, etc, until someone wants to host.

general song rules:
- no eurovision songs
- no reality show/competition covers
- no songs already submitted in a songtest - thank you to Dancake for the list here
- there is no penalty for length in this contest. however, if a song goes over 7 minutes, listeners aren't obligated to listen to more than the first 7 minutes of the song. so choose a long song at your own risk!

each semifinal and the final will last for three days. some rules about activity:
- if you know at the start of your semifinal that you wont be available to vote for those three days, let me know asap and I can move you to another semi, if we aren't on the final one already.
- I'll be pinging everyone who hasn't voted on discord 48 and 24 hours before the round ends.

Signups will run until Monday October 16th, 15:00 PM EST

Songtest 128 Roster

S001 - Fiori
S002 - Laurels
S003 - Maraoone
S004 - midnight_twelve
S005 - Blizzard
S006 - Deblod100
S007 - Zetsu
S008 - Dogs231
S009 - TheLordOfAwesome
S010 - Jilly
S011 - Grand Moff Hissa
S012 - DerArknight
S013 - Carlisle
S014 - Dr Adjective
S015 - Slamexo
S016 - Pancapples
S017 - dmboogie

Rostering!

[insert ai generated profile of myself as a sotf contestant]

*searches through thread titles for ideas*

Submitting Dogs231 for roll call!

*opens door*

I will attend!

Little over 48 hours to submit songs!

20 hours to submit songs!

5 hours and 15 minutes to submit songs!

Extending the deadline to Tuesday 17th October 15:00 est

2 hours and 10 minutes for submissions!

Last call! One hour left, buckaroo.

ROSTER

S001 - Fiori
S002 - Laurels
S003 - Maraoone
S004 - midnight_twelve
S005 - Blizzard
S006 - Deblod100
S007 - Zetsu
S008 - Dogs231
S009 - TheLordOfAwesome
S010 - Jilly
S011 - Grand Moff Hissa
S012 - DerArknight
S013 - Carlisle
S014 - Dr Adjective
S015 - Slamexo
S016 - Pancapples
S017 - dmboogie

SONGS

Title Theme
MilkMan-Dan - Lighting A Candle

Matt Moradi's death
John Maus- Hey Moon

Soundtrack
Sin Shake Sin - Can't Go to Hell

Rat King
Modest Mouse - King Rat

Soundtrack
Lacrymosa - Evanescence

An ode to survivors
Paramore - Franklin

Soundtrack
Kero Kero Bonito - Battle Lines

End Credits
My Chemical Romance - The Light Behind Your Eyes

Soundtrack
Sam Tinnesz - Far From Home (The Raven)

Mood Music
The Killers - All these things that I've done

End Credits
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

V8 death montage
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

Slow pan through an area where horrible violence has occurred, now still after it becomes a Danger Zone
Colin Newman - Alone (On Piano)

Soundtrack
My Chemical Romance - Teenagers

Post-Murder Melancholia Music
Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby

V5 Theme
Muse - Survival

The "final montage of the episode leads into the end credits" song
The Cranberries - Zombie

Extending the deadline to Sunday 22nd October, 19:00 EST