I've attempted, on several different nights, to upload my nomination to the SotW FTP folder, but have run into unusual difficulty. The file uploads all the way but somehow fails upon completion, triggering an error message and a new upload each time.

So I've uploaded my nomination to Megaupload instead. Hopefully someone else can grab the file and succeed in getting it stored to the SotW site.

The Gods Awaken - <Bjorn Lynne> - Jooli's Song

Thanks.

I'll stick with the game rip version if I may.

CHz, thanks for filling up the new nominations in the research database for Week 95. Was going to put it off until today and realised you had (I think) filled in the entries whilst I was updating some of the entries.

Not the greatest of weeks, but decent enough.

3 points: To Be On Top - Chris Hülsbeck Volume 2 - To be on top
1 point: Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES Game Rip) - Bonus Stage 1 & Last Battle
1 point: Shining Wisdom - HERALDIC EMBLEM OF WISDOM
1 point: The Sims (PC Game Rip) - Building Mode 5

This was an excellent week. "The Chase" was the only one I was familiar with so I found some keepers this week. On to the points:

2 points - The Chase
2 points - HERALDIC EMBLEM OF WISDOM
1 point - To a Distance
1 point - Bahama

Just missed out: To be on top

Here's how I voted this week:

(2 pointS) Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance
I enjoyed this immensely. Easily my top pick this week.

(2 points) Myst IV - Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Welcome
People who enjoy Adiemus might find "Welcome" an interesting song that's somewhat in line with the group's second album, though Adiemus sets itself apart by having strong African stylings. "Welcome" is performed by an Estonian choir if I'm not mistaken, which lends to the song a very distinctive East European delivery.

(1 point) The Sims (PC Game Rip) - Building Mode 5
Sublime and light. Very nice.

(1 point) Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase
Great melody and arrangement. A definite all rounder.

"HERALDIC EMBLEM OF WISDOM" and "To be on top" just fell short.

Same thing happens to me. What gives?

Anyways, I've uploaded my next nomination here. Better grab it within a week or so.

That's really weird with your uploads, Crash and Draconis. I checked with Kaleb, and he says he hasn't done anything to the site recently. And I've uploaded tracks both today and yesterday with no problems, so I don't know what's going on on your end.

Anyone else had this problem?

Additional Spam:
Kaleb might have fixed it. Give it a shot again and see if the problem persists.

There was a problem with the directory disk space quota. I guess the numbers got screwed up and it thought the directory was full. I just removed the quota entirely. Let me know if you still have any problems.

Additional Spam:
=== Kaleb.G ===
* Album Title: Contact (DS Game Rip)
* Artist: Masafumi Takada, Jun Fukuda
* Track Title: Ft. Eagle Forest
* Source: me
* File Location: nom folder
* Catalogue Number: (none)
* Year: 2006

Wondrous selection this week.

(3 points) Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase
(2 points) Myst IV - Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Welcome
(1 point) The Sims (PC Game Rip) - Building Mode 5

(3 points) Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase
(2 points) The Sims (PC Game Rip) - Building Mode 5
(1 point) Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance

3pt: Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance (8.5)
Honestly, to tell you the truth, I think I like Gateway to Victory a bit more than To a distance, but I ended up for some reason nominating this song. I agree that the song is really too short, because I'd also like it to develop even longer. Yet, we have what we have. In other news, I think that the cheesiness is really not that bad, and I like the development of the melody.

1pt: To Be On Top - Chris Hülsbeck Volume 2 - To be on top (8)
Quite catchy, and I think that's pretty much enough that has to be said about this song. Thanks for giving me a new addition into my favorites playlist (another one of the 70,000 songs that I completely missed).

1pt: Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase (7.5)
One of the things that I both love and hate about Yoko Kanno is that a lot of her music can really be considered art. This song, in particular, includes those abstract, romantic elements of both the modern and 19th century composers that sometimes has me confused, but other times becoming wowed at the situation. The jazz element of this song is quite relaxing, and I feel that this song has quite a bit of merit. However, at the same time, this is not one of the songs that I'd personally listen to everyday. It is, understandably, a very good composition and really represents what Kanno can compose.

1pt: The Sims (PC Game Rip) - Building Mode 5 (7.5)
I think the piano is really something that always at least sounds somewhat good. I feel that the other Building Mode theme that was especially present in past contests was a tad bit better, but this theme is done quite well.

Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES Game Rip) - Bonus Stage 1 & Last Battle (7.0)
I'm actually somewhat attracted to this song. The melody is particularly simple, and that's actually good enough to get me to want to listen to this song. The only issue is that it repeats way too much, so the melody needs to develop more.

Namco Game Sound Express VOL.23 Cyber Cycles - Bahama (6.5)
I guess I personally am not amazed by this song... I mean, it's ok and all, but not that completely special in my opinion.

Shining Wisdom - HERALDIC EMBLEM OF WISDOM (6.5)
I honestly get the exact same feeling as orion does on this song. It's a bit of a letdown, because the opening sounds like the song will enter an awesome melody and synth arrangement.

Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Welcome (6.0)
I also have a similar bias against music from Myst like others. This song itself is the least ambient out of all of the rest, but I'm not particularly amazed by the vocal gypsy chanting

This was a really good week. Brief comments:

To a distance - A highlight this week. Actually reminded me a bit of U2. Would've loved for it to be longer.
Bonus Stage - Could possibly have gotten points if there was more to it.
Welcome - Interesting feel to this one.
Bahama - A solid synthy song. This week's too good for it to get any points, though.
Heraldic Emblem of Wisdom - Ah, now this is what I'm talking about. One of my favorites of the week.
Building Mode 5 - Another good piano piece from The Sims. I can't stress enough to everyone - download a rip of The Sims music if you haven't. It's really good stuff. Get The Sims 2 as well!
To be on top - Quality work from Chris Hulsbeck. It sounds awesome with the way I just switched around my surround speakers.
The Chase - My nom. The Yoko Kanno music that I've heard has all been of a really high quality, and Uncharted Waters II SE is perhaps the most "professional" sounding vgm I've ever listened to. This is one of the songs that stuck out to me in going through them, but honestly, it could've been a number of them. They're all just so good.

I wish I had more points to give out this week. :-/

The Chase - 2 pts.
To a distance - 1 pt.
Heraldic emblem - 1 pt.
Building Mode 5 - 1 pt.
To be on top - 1 pt.

I tried again this afternoon and the upload was successful. Thanks for correcting the problem, Kaleb.

Nomination

Album: Front Mission Online OST
Track Title: Arena
Track Number: 1/12
Artist: Hidenori Iwasaki
Year: 2006
Upload Link: Here it is.

Points

3 points - To Be On Top - Chris Hülsbeck Volume 2 - To be on top
2 points - Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Welcome
1 point - Shining Wisdom - HERALDIC EMBLEM OF WISDOM

We have an unbreakable tie for first place.

And third place. :x

WE NEED ANOTHER VOTER WHO WILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE

Extending voting for another day. I know a few people didn't want to see week extensions cause the next week to be delayed, so does anyone have any objection to starting Week 95 voting at the proper time? Drakken could put the tracks into a "newvoting" or "week95voting" or "voting2" directory so that the Week 94 tracks wouldn't be overwritten.

Hot damn, what's Bonus Stage tied with? :tpg:

3 Points - Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES Game Rip) - Bonus Stage 1 & Last Battle
2 Points - To Be On Top - Chris Hülsbeck Volume 2 - To be on top
1 Point - Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance

EDIT: What the heck happened to week 95!? I was looking forward to it too. :(

Read CHz's post; there was a tie this week.

That said, do Manny's votes break the tie?

I believe it breaks the first place tie. That places one of those two tracks into second place. Also, he gave out points that altered the third place standings, pushing the fourth place runner ahead and dropping the other two down.

After Manny's votes, it appears that the placements unofficially go as follows:

Gold: To a distance
Silver: The Chase
Bronze: To Be On Top
4th: Heraldic Emblem of Wisdom/Building Mode 5
5th: Welcome/Bahama
6th: Bonus Stage 1 & Last Battle

I hope I'm right. I've done the calculations all in my head based upon CHz's most recent tabulations in the SotW site. Nothing has been posted at STC to interfere with my numbers, so now I guess we're just waiting for CHz or Drakken to make it official.

Damn, Bonus Stage is that far out?...Oh well, I hope that holds up. To a Distance would definitely deserve the victory.

On a side note, I see Battle Gear 4 getting much BSC love and I couldn't be happier. The more I listen to that OST, the more I love it.

I would close things now, but I don't know if that would be acting outside of my authority, as I'm technically just the track preparer (and occasional thread creator). Guess we'll wait for CHz on this one.

As for the unofficial results, I have to say I'm pleased. The Chase was my nom, and To a distance and To Be On Top were two of my favorites from this week.

I'm quite pleased, the three top songs I voted for ended up becoming the top three... and unless there are sudden changes, it means that I get my second first place =D

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [19] Battle Gear 4 + Battle Gear 4 Tuned Original Soundtrack - To a distance
2). [18] Uncharted Waters II Special Edition - The Chase
3). [15] To Be On Top - Chris Hülsbeck Volume 2 - To be on top
4-t). [14/10.5] Shining Wisdom - HERALDIC EMBLEM OF WISDOM
4-t). [14/10.5] The Sims (PC Game Rip) - Building Mode 5
6). [10/7] Namco Game Sound Express VOL.23 Cyber Cycles - Bahama
7). [10/6] Myst IV: Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Welcome
8). [8] Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (SNES Game Rip) - Bonus Stage 1 & Last Battle

I'm quite glad Manny Biggz's votes perfectly resolved the ties by breaking one and pushing the other into non-placing territory, but I must say that I'm pretty disappointed with the end result. :(

Actually, with the exception of Week 90, I haven't really liked any of the final results so far in this batch. :( :(

(:( :( :()

I'm fine with the gold winners this set, and the bronzes (especially mine >_>), but only one silver has received one point from me so far.

Oh, and uh, I noticed in the nominations queue, the album title of my nomination is listed twice, and the song title ("Atlantic Spotted Dolphin") isn't listed.