Yeah, I know this, but I guess it's just human to be happy for a winning track.

2 Points: Space Invaders Daisakusen - Game Over
2 Points: pop'n music 12 Iroha AC ♥ CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth -Original Long Version-
2 Points: Dramatic - Oriental Spirits

I'm surprised that a track with vocals gets such a good reputation.

2 pts. - Dramatic - Oriental Spirits
2 pts. - pop'n music 12 - Beyond the Earth
1 pt. - Shin Samurai Spirits - Smooth Talk Rock
1 pt. - Dragon Ball Z3 - Evil Power

Wow, lots of similar-sounding rockin' songs this week. Pretty strong week.

I like Smooth Talk Rock more than Evil Power, but since I was going with 2 pts. each for the top two songs, I had to give the latter two 1 pt. each.

There's a link in the information box near the top of the page, "SotW Wiki."

Capital idea! I believe we used to do this before the crash.

3 points. Klonoa of the Wind 2 ~Something Forgotten Wished by the World~ Original Soundtrack - The Sorrow Revives
- <_<

2 points. Dramatic - Oriental Spirits
- Is there a better encoding quality out there?

1 point. pop'n music 12 Iroha AC ♥ CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth -Original Long Version-
- *wants to also give 2 points*

Somehow my top three was very obvious this week, despite this week being high quality all around.

Dramatic - Oriental Spirits Nice melody and good improvisation. Can't get better technically than this. (1 Point)

Space Invaders Daisakusen - Game Over Lol, but it works somehow. (2 Points)

pop'n music 12 Iroha AC ♥ CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth -Original Long Version- Definitely a strong reminder of the Chrono Chross OST. This track made the greatest impact. (3 Points)

----- My next nomination -----

Album: Raystorm: Neu Tanz Mix
Track Number: 5
Track Title: Aquarium
Artist: Zuntata (I think)
Composer/Arranger: Tamayo Kawamoto
Year: 1997
Cataloque Number: ZTTL-0005
Source: http://www.altpop.com/stc/reviews/raystormntm.htm

Stepping out of my TES:IV Oblivion marathon a bit and actually participating in this. It was worthwhile too, as I enjoyed many of this weeks tracks.

3 Points: Dramatic - Oriental Spirits

A smooth, sexy Jazz piece with Asian overtones. Features two wonderful solo sections (for piano and electric guitar) that really make this piece shine. The easy winner this week.

2 Points: Space Invaders Daisakusen - Game Over

A cool piece of 80's rock that gets a big nostalgia in the in game SFX used thought the piece. A well thought out and well executed piece (lyrically and musically)

1 Point: Silhouette Mirage Original Sound Track - Punky Pumpkin Castle. It may be short but the funky guitar makes this more enjoyable than the rest of the runner ups this week. A piece can be structured perfectly, but it will get past but if its not as fun to listen to.

Runner Up: Genso Suikoden III Original Soundtrack - Vinay Del Zexay

I agree with you completely on this. I really think tracks like "Farm Village" or "Complex Thoughts" would do quite well, depending on the competition. However I was always hesitant to nominate due to how weak they always sounded when measuring them by the demanding standards of core SoTW voters.

My Nomination:

Album: Lode Runner: The Legend Returns (Redbook Audio Rip)
Track Number: 13
Track Title: Skeleton Keep
Artists: Matt Berardo & Brian Salter
Year: 1994
Source: Artists Tracklisting:

Edit:Oh, and I will also upload this track to the server.

I kind of ran out of time so swift point distribution is in order.

(2 points) pop'n music 12 Iroha AC & CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth -Original Long Version-

(1 point) Space Invaders Daisakusen - Game Over

(1 point) Genso Suikoden III Original Soundtrack - Vinay Del Zexay

(1 point) Klonoa of the Wind 2 ~Something Forgotten Wished by the World~ Original Soundtrack - The Sorrow Revives

(1 point) Dramatic - Oriental Spirits

So,

SONG OF THE YEAR

Does anyone actually still care about starting this? Discuss!

Double Post:
Lost this in the voteflood! These are just my opinions, not official proclamations.

No. I think AC4 and AC5 are too well-known.

Ow, this makes my brain hurt. On the one hand, it's from Mother, not Mother 2. I think Mother's clear enough to have tracks nominated from it.

But on the other hand, it's Eight Melodies we're talking about. Everyone knows that song already... right?

and if not, they should =O

This is arranged, and it's not any of the MGS main themes, so this one's okay by me.

My next Nom:

Album: Toshinden Subaru (aka Toshinden 4?)
Track Number: 21
Track Title: 21 ^^
Composer/Arranger: Unknown (I doubt that the composers are the same from the previous Toshinden)
Year: 1999
Source: None, I think

I'll upload it in a few hours to the server ;)

It seems my nomination's up next. Much faster than I expected... I might not be able to upload the track in time due to some problems on my side but I suppose you guys have the track right? If not, I'll try to see what I can do tomorrow. Either that or you can drop my nomination from next week.

A couple of things,

On the Sotw-Wiki, the point distribution for SonicPanda for Week 53 is wrong (2 Points)

Ace Combat 4/5 is too popular for SotW in my book.
The two altenatives seem fine.

I also agree with the spirit that SotW is not a race for the newest awesome tracks.

I am not so much interested in SotY actually. It's basically GRAND BATTLE. It might be better to exist if BATTLE doesn't exist. My fear lies in that there won't be any new participants, we might end up with the usual voters pushing comments back and forth.

SotY... well... I never voiced my opinion on this, but it was rather unexpected. I was just expecting some kind of SUPER BATTLE 64 at the end of week 64, where you take the 8 battle winners and round them up in one SUPER BATTLE 64 to determine THE ULTIMATE track.

Double Post:
Oh, and F U Djinova for pointing out the incorrect vote tally. I was waiting to bring that up AFTER the week ends so if it lost by 1 point, I'd laugh.

I haven't voted in a long time, and had nothing to do so here I am!

<2 Points> Silhouette Mirage Original Sound Track - Punky Pumpkin Castle
Reminds me of TMNT:Turtles in Time. Bouncy, and enjoyable song.

<2 Points> Shin Samurai Spirits Arrange Sound Trax - Smooth Talk Rock (Kuroku)
Nice rocking track.

<2 Points> Dramatic - Oriental Spirits
Jazzy Piano and Guitar solo. Thought this one was smooth and well done.

Funny you nominate this. I was looking at nominating a Blast Corps track for my recent slot. Cromlech Court and Havoc District were the two I was considering. I like the latter better, but I'm afraid my music judgmnent was tainted by in-game experience, cause that track works really well with the large-scale nature of the game. Good choice.

(3 POINTS) pop'n music 12 Iroha AC ♥ CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth -Original Long Version-

(2 POINTS) Dramatic - Oriental Spirits

(1 POINT) Silhouette Mirage Original Sound Track - Punky Pumpkin Castle


Disappointing selection of tracks this week, I have nothing inspired to add.

? lol
I had something similar in mind, but figured since the misplaced points affect Beyond the Earth, it doesn't affect anything.

Dragon Ball Z3 Original Soundtrack - Evil Power I am a registered member of DBZ Haters Anonymous, and I was immidiately biased against this track because of its pedigree. It's really not as bad as the phenomenon that spawned it; there are some nice techno effects, and not too much in the way of wailing, atonal guitar showing-off. But, like DBZ, it appeals to a demographic I'm not a part of.

Dramatic - Oriental Spirits Not really that oriental, aside from some faint background keyboard work. More like "Slightly Funky 1985 Jazz Spirit" if you ask me. Reminds me of something from "The Golden Child." The piano's nice, the guitar behaves itself, and all the other instruments are really some form of bass line. I beleive I heard something like this when I was put on hold once.

Genso Suikoden III Original Soundtrack - Vinay Del Zexay I've always had a soft spot for Suikoden tracks, though I'd heard that III was a pale shadow of I and II. Some interesting variations; the bagpipe is going to instantly turn some people off (and it's playing a ripped-off Horner motif), but I find the track to be pleasantly varied and whimsical, with a nice Celtic feel. Downloaded.

Klonoa of the Wind 2 ~Something Forgotten Wished by the World~ Original Soundtrack - The Sorrow Revives[/b] Klonoa tracks are the Energizer Bunnies of SoTW...they just keep coming. Despite some good moments, this song didn't really seem that cohesive to me--all the elements were there, but it never came together, amking the whole less than the sum of its parts.

pop'n music 12 Iroha AC ? CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth I just love it when the ? character is in an actual track name. It's an interesting sort of techno-ish track, with a nice melody and a fast pace. I really could have done without the random shouting in the background.

Shin Samurai Spirits Arrange Sound Trax - Smooth Talk Rock (Kuroku) Sounds like the backing piece from which swing vocals or a lead instrument has been removed, since it's essentially the same few bars over and over again. Perhaps if there was a melody or a vocal over the top it'd do more for me.

Silhouette Mirage Original Sound Track - Punky Pumpkin Castle Cute name, but they should have spelled it "Punky Punkin." Reminds me of the old TNMT2 arcade from back in the day--always a good thing--and the synthy front is quite enjoyable. The guitars add color and support without drowning the psuedo-organ and other instruments. Downloaded.

Space Invaders Daisakusen - Game Over I wonder what "Daisakusen" means. I also wonder if Moby ever listened to this, and what kind of lawyers he has, since it's a total ripoff of his style and delivery.

After reading Crash's comments, I was sure I would hate this week. Surprisingly, that wasn't the case. Most of the songs were just mediocre, though some on the high and some on the low side. I really only liked two tracks this week, and I liked them about co-equally. Unfortunately, the rules don't permit me to give each three points, so I'll have to give a point to a track I'm not crazy about.

The Point Spread
Suikoden - 3 pts.
Punky Punkin - 2 pts.
pop'n - 1 grudging point

EDIT: Point allocation changed.

I've thought about it a bit, and I've considered a permanent nomination. MOTHER will have to wait awhile.

Sneaking Mission :: Kanichiro Kubo :: composed by Konami Kukeiha Club :: Metal Gear >> Solid Snake Red Disc :: 5 of 20

Thanks Chuckster. Hopefully the rest of the crowd gives it an equally warm response. Last night consisted of some hectic searching/downloading. Shocked I was my number's coming up already.

I've got the Mushihimesama OST, so don't worry about it. :)

Love you.

Hate you.

Also, we had a case a while back where poor addition swapped the first and second place winners, but we fixed that immediately.

Yeah, it is. You have to give points to at least three songs.

I'm voting soon. Don't close this yet.

Double Post:
This week kicked ass. I thought week 51 was really good overall (unfortunately I had no time to comment on it), but this whoops it. Every track here is a winner*.

However, only one will reign supreme (with two followers), so here are my points:

2 points - pop'n music 12 Iroha AC & CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth -Original Long Version-

2 points - Space Invaders Daisakusen - Game Over

1 point - Silhouette Mirage Original Sound Track - Punky Pumpkin Castle

1 point - Klonoa of the Wind 2 ~Something Forgotten Wished by the World~ Original Soundtrack - The Sorrow Revives

*Okay, the DBZ track could have been replaced with better music from its respective soundtrack, but it's still good.

Just wanted to put my nomination:

Track Title: Tiberian Sun Map Theme
Artist: Frank Klepacki
Year: 1999
Source: http://www.frankklepacki.com/

There was a Tiberian Sun soundtrack, but it's a real shame that this song was left aside. It's short, but I really like it, and loved it in the game (it plays when you're at the map screen choosing your mission).

Great week this week.

2 points - Silhouette Mirage Original Sound Track - Punky Pumpkin Castle
2 points - Space Invaders Daisakusen - Game Over
1 point - Dramatic - Oriental Spirits
1 point - Shin Samurai Spirits Arrange Sound Trax - Smooth Talk Rock (Kuroku)

Quoting CHZ ;):

Voting is closed!

1). [36] pop'n music 12 Iroha AC & CS pop'n music 10 - Beyond the Earth -Original Long Version-
2). [31] Dramatic - Oriental Spirits
3). [24] Space Invaders Daisakusen - Game Over

4). [16] Silhouette Mirage Original Sound Track - Punky Pumpkin Castle
5). [12] Genso Suikoden III Original Soundtrack - Vinay Del Zexay
6). [9] Shin Samurai Spirits Arrange Sound Trax - Smooth Talk Rock (Kuroku)
7). [7] Klonoa of the Wind 2 ~Something Forgotten Wished by the World~ Original Soundtrack - The Sorrow Revives
8). [3] Dragon Ball Z3 Original Soundtrack - Evil Power