The Game Music Battle of Eternity - Round 2

The following are some results for a long-running poll to determine and rank the best video game music. 94 people participated for this set, and here's how they voted.

PSEUDO-CONDORCET SORT
In this results tally, each song is scored according to a weighted system. Users were asked to rank each song on the list from favorite to least favorite. Each user's favorite song received 20 points, their second-favorite received 19, and so on.

1)	Beyond Good & Evil - Home Sweet Home (736)
2)	Bioshock - Cohen's Masterpiece (594)
3)	Beyond Good & Evil - The Ballad of Hyllis (572)
4)	Bioshock - The Ocean on his Shoulders (Bioshock Main Theme) (544)
5)	Bioshock - Welcome to Rapture (539)
6)	Battlefield 1942 - Theme (478)
7)	Beyond Good & Evil - Spanish Bar (469)
8)	Blue Dragon - Waterside (432)
9)	Breath of Fire 5 - Electric Power Building (375)
10)	Blue Dragon - Eternity (Boss) (367)
11)	Batman (NES) - Streets of Desolation (Stage 1) (352)
12)	Bionic Commando - Stage 1 (343)
13)	Berserk ~ Chapter of the Millenium Falcon - Sign (318)
14)	Breath of Fire - Fate (295)
15)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Main Theme (273)
16)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Power Plant (265)
17)	Brave Fencer Musashi - The Musashi Legend (255)
18)	Battletoads & Double Dragon (SNES) - Stage 3 (238)
19)	Batman (NES) - Laboratory Ruins (Stage 4) (232)
20)	Blast Corps - Cromlech Court (219)
21)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Leap of Faith (209)
22)	Blaster Master - Area 1 (207)
23)	Blast Corps - Argent Towers/Panic Towers (199)
24)	beatmania IIDX 3rd Style - era (nostalmix) (190)
25)	Batman (GB) - Stage 1 (187)
26)	Battle Arena Toshinden - Duke (168)
26)	Blast Corps - Tempest City (168)
28)	Batman (NES) - Game Over (160)
29)	Blaster Master - Area 3 (152)
30)	beatmania IIDX 7th Style - A (146)
31)	Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix (MAX 2) - Tsugaru (138)
32)	beatmania IIDX 6th Style - Colors (radio edit) (129)
33)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - thunder (109)
34)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - Sakura (94)
35)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - Hachimaki Please (89)
36)	beatmania IIDX 3rd Style - Absolute (88)
37)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - Open Mind (81)
38)	Bonanza Bros - Stage 1 (80)
39)	Blaster Master - Area 5 (76)
40)	Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - AM-3P (74)
41)	beatmania IIDX Gold - Snow Storm (72)
42)	beatmania IIDX 7th Style - traces (67)
43)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - murmur.twins (63)
44)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - My Kingdom (58)
45)	beatmania IIDX RED - The Hope of Tomorrow (56)
46)	Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix (MAX) - MAX 300 (53)
47)	Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix (MAX 2) - MaxX Unlimited (49)
47)	Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection - PARANOiA Respect (49)
49)	beatmania IIDX Distorted - Harmony and Lovely (47)
50)	Brandish - Brandish Opening Theme (6)

	FOR THIS SONG, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO RATED:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1)	Beyond Good & Evil - Home Sweet Home (736)	10	6	4	7	2	4	4	1	3	1	1	1					1
2)	Bioshock - Cohen's Masterpiece (594)	7	7	5	6	4			1	1	1	1			2		1
3)	Beyond Good & Evil - The Ballad of Hyllis (572)	2	5	9	3	3	5	3	2	1	1				1				1
4)	Bioshock - The Ocean on his Shoulders (Bioshock Main Theme) (544)	7	4	8	2	5	1		2	1	1					1
5)	Bioshock - Welcome to Rapture (539)	3	10	2	2	7	3	3			1		1
6)	Battlefield 1942 - Theme (478)	4	5	4	4		3	2	2	1	1		1	1	1		2	1	1
7)	Beyond Good & Evil - Spanish Bar (469)	4	3	4	4	5	2	2	1		3					1				1
8)	Blue Dragon - Waterside (432)	3	5	2	3	4	1		3		2	3			2			1		1
9)	Breath of Fire 5 - Electric Power Building (375)	5	3	3	1	1	3	3	1		1	2
10)	Blue Dragon - Eternity (Boss) (367)	6	5	3	3							1	2	1			1		1	1	1
11)	Batman (NES) - Streets of Desolation (Stage 1) (352)	5	4	2	1	1	1			1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1			1
12)	Bionic Commando - Stage 1 (343)	4	1	2	1	1	3	3	1	1	1	2		2		2		1
13)	Berserk ~ Chapter of the Millenium Falcon - Sign (318)	6	2	1	2	1		3				3		2				1
14)	Breath of Fire - Fate (295)	3		1	3	2	1	1	1	3	2		1	1	1		1		1		2
15)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Main Theme (273)	2	1	3		4	2	2	1	1				1			1
16)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Power Plant (265)	2	3	3	1	2	1	1	1		1		1						1
17)	Brave Fencer Musashi - The Musashi Legend (255)	1	1	1	2	4		1		1	4	1	1		1				1		1
18)	Battletoads & Double Dragon (SNES) - Stage 3 (238)			2	1	1	4	2	2	2			1		2	1				1
19)	Batman (NES) - Laboratory Ruins (Stage 4) (232)		1	2	4		1	2	2		1	1		2					1
20)	Blast Corps - Cromlech Court (219)	1	1		1		3	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
21)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Leap of Faith (209)		3	3	3		1			1				1		2
22)	Blaster Master - Area 1 (207)	1	1	1	1		1	2	1	2	2		2	1			1
23)	Blast Corps - Argent Towers/Panic Towers (199)		1	2				2	1	3		1	1	2	1	2	1	2
24)	beatmania IIDX 3rd Style - era (nostalmix) (190)	1		2		1	1	1	2			3	2	1		1					1
25)	Batman (GB) - Stage 1 (187)	4	1	1		1		1		1		1			1		1	1		1
26)	Battle Arena Toshinden - Duke (168)			1	3	2			1	2	1			1			1	1		1
26)	Blast Corps - Tempest City (168)	1	1		1	1	2	1	2	2										1
28)	Batman (NES) - Game Over (160)	1		2		1	1	1	1	1			1		2	1				1	3
29)	Blaster Master - Area 3 (152)	1	1		1	1	2	1	1	1				1					1
30)	beatmania IIDX 7th Style - A (146)		1	1		2		1	2			1	1			1	1	1	1
31)	Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix (MAX 2) - Tsugaru (138)				2	1	2		1	2			1		1		1
32)	beatmania IIDX 6th Style - Colors (radio edit) (129)		2		2	1	1					2				1
33)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - thunder (109)	1		2		1		1							2	1			1
34)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - Sakura (94)					1	1	1	1		2		1				1
35)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - Hachimaki Please (89)				2	1			1	1				1				1		1
36)	beatmania IIDX 3rd Style - Absolute (88)		1		2				1		1	1									1
37)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - Open Mind (81)			1		2	1						1		1
38)	Bonanza Bros - Stage 1 (80)	1				1	1		1				1				1			1
39)	Blaster Master - Area 5 (76)			1	1				1			1	2
40)	Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - AM-3P (74)	1				1	1			1	1
41)	beatmania IIDX Gold - Snow Storm (72)		2						1				1			2
42)	beatmania IIDX 7th Style - traces (67)	1	1		1								1							1
43)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - murmur.twins (63)		2						1	1
44)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - My Kingdom (58)				1		1	1						1				1
45)	beatmania IIDX RED - The Hope of Tomorrow (56)				2				1							1			1
46)	Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix (MAX) - MAX 300 (53)		1			1								1	1				1
47)	Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix (MAX 2) - MaxX Unlimited (49)			1		1											3
47)	Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection - PARANOiA Respect (49)	1		1											1			1
49)	beatmania IIDX Distorted - Harmony and Lovely (47)	1										1	1	1
50)	Brandish - Brandish Opening Theme (6)															1

FIRST PAST THE POST SORT
In this results tally, each song is scored solely on the number of 1st place votes received. These would have been the results had each participant been asked to list only his or her single favorite song from the entire list.

1)	Beyond Good & Evil - Home Sweet Home (10)
2)	Bioshock - The Ocean on his Shoulders (Bioshock Main Theme) (7)
2)	Bioshock - Cohen's Masterpiece (7)
4)	Blue Dragon - Eternity (Boss) (6)
4)	Berserk ~ Chapter of the Millenium Falcon - Sign (6)
6)	Breath of Fire 5 - Electric Power Building (5)
6)	Batman (NES) - Streets of Desolation (Stage 1) (5)
8)	Batman (GB) - Stage 1 (4)
8)	Battlefield 1942 - Theme (4)
8)	Beyond Good & Evil - Spanish Bar (4)
8)	Bionic Commando - Stage 1 (4)
12)	Breath of Fire - Fate (3)
12)	Blue Dragon - Waterside (3)
12)	Bioshock - Welcome to Rapture (3)
15)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Power Plant (2)
15)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Main Theme (2)
15)	Beyond Good & Evil - The Ballad of Hyllis (2)
18)	Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - AM-3P (1)
18)	Brave Fencer Musashi - The Musashi Legend (1)
18)	Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection - PARANOiA Respect (1)
18)	Blast Corps - Tempest City (1)
18)	beatmania IIDX Distorted - Harmony and Lovely (1)
18)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - thunder (1)
18)	Blaster Master - Area 3 (1)
18)	Blaster Master - Area 1 (1)
18)	Blast Corps - Cromlech Court (1)
18)	Bonanza Bros - Stage 1 (1)
18)	beatmania IIDX 7th Style - traces (1)
18)	Batman (NES) - Game Over (1)
18)	beatmania IIDX 3rd Style - era (nostalmix) (1)

APPROVAL SORT
In this results tally, each song is awarded 1 point for each vote regardless of where it ranks on each participant's individual list.

1)	Beyond Good & Evil - Home Sweet Home (45)
2)	Bioshock - Cohen's Masterpiece (36)
2)	Beyond Good & Evil - The Ballad of Hyllis (36)
4)	Battlefield 1942 - Theme (33)
5)	Bioshock - Welcome to Rapture (32)
5)	Bioshock - The Ocean on his Shoulders (Bioshock Main Theme) (32)
7)	Beyond Good & Evil - Spanish Bar (30)
7)	Blue Dragon - Waterside (30)
9)	Batman (NES) - Streets of Desolation (Stage 1) (26)
10)	Blue Dragon - Eternity (Boss) (25)
10)	Bionic Commando - Stage 1 (25)
12)	Breath of Fire - Fate (24)
13)	Breath of Fire 5 - Electric Power Building (23)
14)	Berserk ~ Chapter of the Millenium Falcon - Sign (21)
15)	Brave Fencer Musashi - The Musashi Legend (20)
16)	Blast Corps - Argent Towers/Panic Towers (19)
16)	Battletoads & Double Dragon (SNES) - Stage 3 (19)
18)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Main Theme (18)
18)	Blast Corps - Cromlech Court (18)
20)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Power Plant (17)
20)	Batman (NES) - Laboratory Ruins (Stage 4) (17)
22)	Batman (NES) - Game Over (16)
22)	Blaster Master - Area 1 (16)
22)	beatmania IIDX 3rd Style - era (nostalmix) (16)
25)	Battle Arena Toshinden - Duke (14)
25)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Leap of Faith (14)
25)	Batman (GB) - Stage 1 (14)
28)	beatmania IIDX 7th Style - A (13)
29)	Blast Corps - Tempest City (12)
30)	Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix (MAX 2) - Tsugaru (11)
30)	Blaster Master - Area 3 (11)
32)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - thunder (9)
32)	beatmania IIDX 6th Style - Colors (radio edit) (9)
34)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - Hachimaki Please (8)
34)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - Sakura (8)
36)	beatmania IIDX 3rd Style - Absolute (7)
36)	Bonanza Bros - Stage 1 (7)
38)	beatmania IIDX Gold - Snow Storm (6)
38)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - Open Mind (6)
38)	Blaster Master - Area 5 (6)
41)	beatmania IIDX RED - The Hope of Tomorrow (5)
41)	beatmania IIDX 7th Style - traces (5)
41)	Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix (MAX 2) - MaxX Unlimited (5)
41)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - My Kingdom (5)
41)	Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - AM-3P (5)
41)	Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix (MAX) - MAX 300 (5)
47)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - murmur.twins (4)
47)	beatmania IIDX Distorted - Harmony and Lovely (4)
47)	Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection - PARANOiA Respect (4)
50)	Brandish - Brandish Opening Theme (1)

INSTANT RUNOFF SORT
In this results tally, the list is sorted according to instant runoff voting. In an IRV election, if no candidate receives an overall majority of first place choices, the candidates with the fewest number of votes are excluded one by one, and ballots cast for those candidates are redistributed to the next candidate according to the voters' indicated preference. This process is repeated until one candidate obtains a majority (50% or more) of votes among remaining candidates.

1)	Beyond Good & Evil - Home Sweet Home
2)	Bioshock - Cohen's Masterpiece
3)	Beyond Good & Evil - The Ballad of Hyllis
4)	Bioshock - The Ocean on his Shoulders (Bioshock Main Theme)
5)	Bioshock - Welcome to Rapture
6)	Beyond Good & Evil - Spanish Bar
7)	Battlefield 1942 - Theme
8)	Breath of Fire 5 - Electric Power Building
9)	Batman (NES) - Streets of Desolation (Stage 1)
10)	Blue Dragon - Eternity (Boss)
11)	Blue Dragon - Waterside
12)	Berserk ~ Chapter of the Millenium Falcon - Sign
13)	Bionic Commando - Stage 1
14)	Breath of Fire - Fate
15)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Main Theme
16)	Brave Fencer Musashi - The Musashi Legend
17)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Power Plant
18)	Batman (NES) - Laboratory Ruins (Stage 4)
19)	beatmania IIDX 3rd Style - era (nostalmix)
20)	Batman (GB) - Stage 1
21)	Blaster Master - Area 1
22)	Battle Arena Toshinden - Duke
23)	Battletoads & Double Dragon (SNES) - Stage 3
24)	Bionic Commando Rearmed - Leap of Faith
25)	Batman (NES) - Game Over
26)	beatmania IIDX 7th Style - A
27)	Blaster Master - Area 3
28)	Blast Corps - Cromlech Court
29)	Blast Corps - Argent Towers/Panic Towers
30)	Blast Corps - Tempest City
31)	beatmania IIDX 6th Style - Colors (radio edit)
32)	Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix (MAX 2) - Tsugaru
33)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - thunder
34)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - Hachimaki Please
35)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - Sakura
36)	Bonanza Bros - Stage 1
37)	Blaster Master - Area 5
38)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - Open Mind
39)	beatmania IIDX 3rd Style - Absolute
40)	Battle Mania Daiginjou / Trouble Shooter Vintage - My Kingdom
41)	beatmania IIDX 8th Style - murmur.twins
42)	beatmania IIDX 7th Style - traces
43)	beatmania IIDX Gold - Snow Storm
44)	Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix (MAX 2) - MaxX Unlimited
45)	Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix - AM-3P
46)	beatmania IIDX RED - The Hope of Tomorrow
47)	Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix (MAX) - MAX 300
48)	beatmania IIDX Distorted - Harmony and Lovely
49)	Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection - PARANOiA Respect
50)	Brandish - Brandish Opening Theme