Round 4: Tossup 5
Muezzin chanting was unwittingly sampled for a piece in this genre depicting a Fire Temple. Early works in this genre used fast, complex phrases due to being limited to three melodic lines. A piece in this genre features two rapid notes before the descending motif [read slowly] “D, A, Ab, G, long F, D, F, G.” In 2005, Christopher Tin won a Grammy for “Baba Yetu”, a piece in this genre of composers like (*) Lena Raine and Koji Kondo. Technology used in this genre originated chiptune music, which in turn inspired a Toby Fox piece in it called “MEGALOVANIA.” For 10 points, what genre is “Sweden”, written by C418 for Minecraft? ■END■
ANSWER: video game soundtracks [or video game music; or video game OSTs; prompt on soundtrack with “for what?”, prompt on chiptune until read, prompt on 8-bit music with “written for what?”]
<Fine Arts - Other, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 04
= Average correct buzzpoint
Buzzes
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzzpoint | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Kulik | Mansfield B | Lexington B | 44 | -5 |
| Daniel Sheffield | Belmont B | Wellesley | 44 | 15 |
| Willow Bhargava | Waltham A | Lexington A | 76 | 10 |
| Shreyas Kandela | Mansfield A | Waltham B | 96 | 10 |
| Alexander Duan | Lexington B | Mansfield B | 109 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Avg. Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 89.83 |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 67.67 |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 77.67 |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 81.25 |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 80% | 20% | 40% | 78.00 |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 79.67 |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 53.00 |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 100% | 25% | 25% | 81.25 |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 106.40 |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✕ | 8 | 100% | 38% | 25% | 73.88 |