Song of the Week - WEEK 99 Voting/WEEK 100 Nominating
 

SoTW is currently on hiatus. Nominations are still open.
Week 99 Voting is closed.
Week 100 Nominating is restricted.

Week 99 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results
1). [30] Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
2). [22] Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride
3). [17] Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops
4). [15] Symphony Sorcerian - The Ice Cave 'Cave I' ~ The Head of Medusa 'Forest' ~ King Dragon ~ Ending I
5). [14] Elebits (Wii Game Rip) - Extras Mode
6). [9] Secret of Evermore - White Castle Town
7). [7] Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Toukon ~Matrimelee~ Original Sound Track - 375 Kg
8). [6] Detective Jinguji Saburou KIND OF BLUE Original Sound Tracks - Just Bourbon

Tracks (links):
Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
Detective Jinguji Saburou KIND OF BLUE Original Sound Tracks - Just Bourbon
Elebits (Wii Game Rip) - Extras Mode
Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops
Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Toukon ~Matrimelee~ Original Sound Track - 375 Kg
Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride
Symphony Sorcerian - The Ice Cave 'Cave I' ~ The Head of Medusa 'Forest' ~ King Dragon ~ Ending I
Secret of Evermore - White Castle Town

Notes:
The original, non-looped version of MJ Thrill Ride may be found in the extras folder.

If you are a member at more than one of the forums which this event is being held at, please nominate and vote in only ONE of the forums. You may, however, comment in the threads at any of the other forums.

Week 100 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Here is the link to the corresponding thread in the other forum:
- Soundtrack Central

EDIT: lol

Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000 is ineligible.

I apologize for not catching this far sooner, and in fact would not have caught it if Drakken had not IMed me fifteen minutes ago. I had thought Back in Time II was an album like Power Game Hits, but it actually appears to be a fan C64 arrangement album. Jogeir Liljedahl, the person who arranged this track, has no VGM credits, so this arrangement is ineligible.

Since no one has voted yet, I don't feel bad about pulling the plug on the track. I'm going to PM Draconis asking if he would like to change the nom. If he doesn't get back to me in 24 hours, I'll replace it with Elorin's nomination, as he is next in the queue.

Sorry, guys. :(

The track has been removed from the opening post, and voting will be closed until the situation is resolved.

Oh, hey, I was going to listen and vote today. Good thing I decided to hold off and go through some BSC instead.

AND HEY I HAVE A NOMINATION LET'S GET SOME MORE NOMS FROM EVERYONE, OKAY?!

Artist: Osamu Kubota
Album: Snow in Saigon
Track Title: Larmes de la lune
Track number: 3
Catalog number: none, as far as I know
Year: 2000?
Additional info: Osamu Kubota has contributed music to various Bemani games and Granado Espada. Snow in Saigon is his first solo album. Info on it is proving hard to find. Whoever tagged the tracks tagged the year as 2000, which is why I assume that.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Kubota
http://www.diverse.jp/cd-other/saigon.shtml (third and fifth categories are catalog # and year, marked with "----" here for some reason)

I can upload it sometime soon.

I'd been wondering about this since it was first nominated. I've got the album in question, and also number III in the series. However, I'm not very good at discerning doujin from legitimate tracks. I figured that, since nobody else spoke up, that it was a fair nomination and that Jogeir Liljedahl was a credible VGM composer.

Of course, now I'm totally bummed. Having never heard of Liljedahl, I did a bit of a search for him and found a link to some of his work via Bjorn Lynne's website of all places. Seeing this, I really had second thoughts about questioning the Back in Time nomination. But the biggest reason I'm bummed is that I found a very awesome demoscene track by Liljedahl and was planning on nominating it very soon.

Now I can't do anything with it. :(

haha just kidding folks Liljedahl actually does have VGM credits so this track's still good

I have no idea how I botched up that search, because I did check MobyGames before posting. Must've gotten his first AND last name wrong. :(

So anyway, Galway Is God 2000 is eligible. I've gotten off to a smashing start this week!

Additional Spam:
Sorry to everyone, especially Draconis.

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

That's all I could say. =)

Well, it's all good. This should also make that other Liljedahl track Crash had in mind eligible, which I'd like to hear.

And I'll just edit in with my next nomination, which I had intended to go in place of Galway is God, should it still been considered ineligible.

• Artist: Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata
• Album/Game Title: Magical Chase (Game Rip)
• Track Title: Kouri ja nai no yo! (4th Seal)
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 09
• Catalog Number: NA
• Year: 1991
• Source(s): http://www.vgden.com/hucard/reviews/mac.htm (credited as REZON and YmoH.S)

I'm sorry about that too. Didn't realize he had vgm credits (however limited they may be, heh).

For the most part, it's a solid batch of songs this week. A couple really long ones (Galway, Socerian medley). I'll have to be sure I don't forget to vote this time.

How can I combine my recent Wild Arms music binge with my love for Hiroyuki Iwatsuki's tunes? Oh, I know!

* Album Title: Wild Guns (SNES) Game Rip
* Artist: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Haruo Ohashi
* Track Title: Desolation Canyon
* Source: http://snesmusic.org/v2/profile.php?...&selected=3269 (track 10 isn't listed there for some odd reason, but it's in the set)
* File Location: Nomination Folder
* Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
* Track Number: 10
* Year: 1994

CHz (or whoever) can you tag it all nice for me, PRETTY PLEASE!?

Galway is God 2000 has been restored to its rightful place. Let voting commence henceforth :D

Oops, it didn't seem obvious to me that Galway was potentially ineligible when I was checking the source links. It appeared to be a perfectly legitimate track from an official arrange album. Fortunately, our ever resourceful CHz has resolved the problem. :D

Been playing SaGa Frontier, too bad that's too popular. Well, Ito's got more obscure stuff anyway.

* Artist: Kenji Ito
* Album/Game Title: Koi ha Balance - Battle of Lovers
(SPC Rip)
* Track Title: Goal 2
* Track Number: 12
* Year: 1995
* Source(s): snesmusic.org

Whoa, he did Koi ha Balance? Awesome music, that game.

I'll paste in comments later, since my original voting post was destroyed at 99.99% completion.

Important Note: The streamed version of MJ Thrill Ride was making like New Quack City, so I removed it.

The Point Spread
MJ Thrill Ride - 3 pts.
White Castle Town - 2 pts.
Galway is a Goat 2000 - 1 pt.

Nomination
It's time for a little of the other Yasunori.

* Artist: Yasunori Shiono
* Album/Game Title: Energy Breaker (SPC Rip)
* Track Title: The Sky's Brilliance
* Track Number: 29
* Year: 1996
* Source: snesmusic.org

Kind of a bleh week to me.

2 Points: Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops
2 Points: Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride (looped)
2 Points: Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000

Nothing else interested me.

The rules vote results are in!

Definition of "Professional VGM Composer"
Discretion method it is!

Original Piece Time Restriction
No change in the rules: if a composer's original or unpublished arrange tracks are eligible, then they will all be eligible regardless of when they were composed.

And wouldn't you know it, we've already got a test of our new professional VGM composer definition, courtesy of Darkcomet72!

Necros is a huge figure in the demoscene. Wrote modules and chipdisks, was one of the founders of Five Musicians, and is kinda Jesus. He also founded his own record label, Diffusion Records, through which he's published two and a half original albums under the handle "The Alpha Conspiracy" (one's a collab with Low Technicians) (see the SAUS for the track "winter" off of the album cipher, (goddamn that track is awesome)), and is part of the band Iris, which also has a few Diffusion releases.

He's pretty famous for his original stuff. He also has contributed to the soundtracks for 10 games.

Basehead is another tracker, who was also one of the cofounders of Five Musicians. He also worked with Alexander Brandon (who also started in the demoscene) on two original albums, AtmosphereS: Cultures and AtmosphereS: Pulses. He has four credits.

I think this song should be eligible because it's awesomeSega's got enough VGM credits for me to let both him and Grandpre through (Basehead's much more of an edge case). What do y'all think?

I'm okay with it, but I notice that since we discussed the rule change more and more people have been submitting these original tracks. I just wish we'd get more actual VGM than boundary-pushing demoscene stuff.

Does it really matter whether we're against it (I am)? According to the time restriction vote, it's allowable, and he has enough vgm credits to be considered a professional vgm composer. So, this one was basically decided already by the time restriction vote.

EDIT: Oh, nevermind. I see that he was already composing for games before he composed this tune. So, this isn't as big a deal as if it was some random song he composed way before he became a vgm composer.

EDIT^2: I don't understand why people can't be content to nominate actual video game music instead of looking for something else, but whatever.

The time restriction vote is not the issue at all, and even if nominations were restricted to original pieces only after the first VGM credit, this would still be good in that respect because Sega's first credit is 1994 and this is 1995.

The issue I was trying to get at was are these folks VGM composers enough?

EDIT: Whoops, didn't see your edits. :[

Well, since you insist:

Sega:
FreeLancer: Music (co-wrote)
Conquest: Frontier Wars: More Special Thanks (wtf?)
Unreal Tournament: n/a [described as a "guest appearance" in his bio]
Unreal: Music (co-wrote) [described as a "guest appearance" in his bio]
Wing Commander: Additional Programming (Vision™ Engine)
Crusader - No Regret: "Gameplay Music" (co-wrote)
Crusader - No Remorse: Music (co-wrote)
In Pursuit of Greed: Music
Xixit: Music (co-wrote)
Iron Seed: Soundtrack (track "Necros of the Psychic Monks")

Grandpre:
Deus Ex: Music (co wrote) [I don't recall seeing his name on any of the Deus Ex music I've heard]
Unreal Tournament: n/a
Crusader - No Regret: "Gameplay Music" (co-wrote)
Crusader - No Remorse: Music (co-wrote)

You will note that Grandpre has no solo credits, but more importantly, several of Sega's credits are not for game music (one of them is a "special thanks!). Sega has only one solo credit, two if you count "Necros fo the Psychic Monks" as original (the way it's listed implies that it's a non-original track). Two more are unattributed--both are associated with Unrela Tournament in Moby but there are no specific credits (it could be song re-use or even another "very special thanks" for all we know).

Granted, there are two games that were written by Sega and Grandpre together (the Crusadii), but it's a lot more tenuous than the unexamined "10 game credits" Moby spits out. I think the important lesson here is to examine the Moby game credits more carefully.

I'm therefore flip-flopping and joining Drakken in opposition to the track.
My thoughts exactly.

Ugh, that's not the first time I've done that. Sure, I'll just go track down the history of Diffusion Records, but come on now ever single credit someone has at Moby Games has to be a composer credit. I once thought someone had composed a game when really all she did was a character voice. :(

Some clarifications on a few of the credits:

The "guest appearances" on Unreal and UT I assume just mean that he wasn't a major contributor, but did compose a few tracks, because he is listed in the credits at a composer for both games. I don't know about UT, but Sega wrote a mind-blowing one (whoooooooooa) track for Unreal ("Isotoxin").

"Necros of the Psychic Monks" is not a track name. It's Sega's demoscene handle (Necros) and the group he belonged to at the time (Psychic Monks). I would guess that's just the way he's credited in the game.

Grandpre composed two tracks for Deus Ex (at least on the GotY soundtrack): Naval Base and Vandenberg. Grandpre's also listed in UT's credits, but like Sega, I don't know the extent of his contributions either. I've seen a few sites credit him to Unreal as well, but he's not in any actual credits listing I've seen and I don't know any tracks he composed, so that one's sketchy.

I also found another credit for Grandpre under the name Dan Gardopee (which is apparently his legal name): Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense, co-composed with Alexander Brandon. (I had no idea Brandon worked on the soundtracks to Vigilane 8 and its sequel. :o)

In addition, both Sega and Grandpre/Gardopee contributed music to the Unreal expansion pack Return to Na Pali.

Man, I don't blame him for changing it. Kids in school must have been mercicless.

Wait, what? Wow, the credits for the N64 and PS1 versions of 2nd Offense have totally different composers (Alexander Brandon, Dan Gardopee for N64 and Christian A. Salyer, Eric Klein, Javier Marquez for PS1).

I've only heard the PS1's Redbook Audio; now I need to track down the N64 version's music (due to Alex B. working on it)!

I think we may have to extend voting again. I count 4 voters...

Given that it's been tougher to get voters here for a little while, and that there are now two larger song contests occurring, it may be reasonable to give SotW a little break.

I don't enjoy saying so, however.

I sadly have to agree. Between BSC and SAUS, it seems there's just too much listening to do.

Well, we're moving into Round 3 of the BSC, so at this point, most people know which songs they like and don't need to spend hours listening.

But 512 songs in the SAUS is a lot. And Pang's posting them in an odd pattern, so it could take a while to get through the first round there.

Week 99 is a logical point to leave off for a bit, I suppose. I'm finding myself a bit overwhelmed with the SAUS, too. I like the idea, but I don't think that launching it during the BSC was such a hot idea.

Besides, it'd give more time to figure out if Darkcomet72's nom is eligible. :3:

2 points - Elebits (Wii Game Rip) - Extras Mode
2 points - Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops
1 point - Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
1 point - Secret of Evermore - White Castle Town

Close, but the cigar, it is mine: Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride

Nomination:

• Artist: Akira Sasaki, Ippo & Gakichan
• Album/Game Title: Phantasy Star Collection - Sound Collection II
• Track Title: LANDEEL
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 07
• Catalog Number: RS-2
• Year: 1993
• Source(s): http://www.chudahs-corner.com/soundt...p?catalog=RS-2

You send it link: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...D58D247DCFBF00

There is a ton of stuff to listen to right now. Not to mention, a couple albums I've really been anticipating have just come out too, plus another site I go to tried starting their own game music contest (lol, lots of mainstream stuff, but because I kept throwing out GFF style obscurity opinions, there's actually a fair amount of unknown stuff there too). I am perfectly fine with delaying this a little to let everyone catch up.

(X'_')
Secret of Evermore - White Castle Town 3pts
Elebits (Wii Game Rip) - Extras Mode 2pts
Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000 1pt

Tough call. Nothing really had a clean cut call for 2nd and 3rd. Lots of enjoyable pieces this week though.

Wasn't feeling some of the middle stuff for the Elebits piece, but it has a really charming feel to it.

No disrespect to Muppet RaceMania, as I'm completely ignorant of the game quality (looks like a Mario Kart knockoff), but one can't help but feel that a very well-written piece like that one was potentially "wasted" on a very off the radar children's game.

Spider-Man 3's was a pretty true-to-form film score piece, and more importantly very authentic in terms of the feel of the Spider-Man movie scores. If I found out later it was actually arranged from the movie score, I wouldn't be surprised.

I thought the Sorcerian and Back in Time pieces did a great job remaining engaging. Longer pieces actually have a lot tougher time staying interesting with me.

"Just Bourbon" was just boring. 375 Kg was awful, and I don't even have a bias against metal. :-D

3 points: Symphony Sorcerian - The Ice Cave 'Cave I' ~ The Head of Medusa 'Forest' ~ King Dragon ~ Ending I
2 points: Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
1 point: Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride
Very Close: Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops
Close: Elebits (Wii Game Rip) - Extras Mode

3 points - Gallaway is good
1 point - Extras Mode
1 point - Just Bourbon
1 point - Rooftops

Gallaway was the only really good track this week. The other three I gave points to were average. The rest were pretty boring...and don't get me started on the 375 kg pile of crap which was most likely a gag nomination.

Here's my next nom for the century week.

* Artist: Motoi Sakuraba
* Album/Game Title: FZ Series AXIS
* Track Title: After the War (arranged)
* Disc Number: 1
* Track Number: 6
* Catalog Number: TOCT-5931
* Year: 1990
* Source(s): http://www.squareenixmusic.com/albums/f/fzaxis.html

Here is my nomination:

<> Composer(s) : Gamadelic
<> Album/Game Title : Magical Drop 3
<> Track Title : Final Battle (Fortune)
<> Disc Number 1 (of 1)
<> Track Number : 31
<> Catalog Number : PCCBX-00002
<> Year : 1997
<> Source(s) : GMR Database
<> Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/yogmqz

EDIT: Nevermind!

I'd personally object to the latest nomination. An almost indentical version of it placed 2nd in Week 39: Super Turrican (Game Rip) <Chris Hülsbeck> - Level 1-1. I even remember that it was mrman who nominated it, and he even included this currently suggested nomination as extra download. IMO it isn't much different, maybe a bit prettier and more fleshed out, but doesn't go much above the original version in terms of reinterpretation (or something like that), hence I discourage this nomination.

Oh, I wasn't aware of the song appearing in SotW before. Thanks for pointing that out, Djinova. I've withdrawn the nom.

Here's my new nom:

Artist: Shinji Hosoe
Album: TAIKO: Drum Master Original Game Audio
Track: Dragon Spirit
Track #: 31
Disc #: 2
Catalog #: N/A
Year: 2004
Source: Galbadia Hotel
Comments: Not sure who the ripper is on this.

I might might might object to this, maybe. This is an arrangement of the stage 1 theme of Dragon Spirit (and a rather good one too that I'd never heard before). In Week 47, another arrangement of this track, virt's "Wings of Gold" from VGMix, was nominated but failed to place. There's arrangement going on in both, so there are similar parts, like the main melody line, but you can't really line the tracks up against each other like you could Super Turrican stage 1-1 and whatever your previous nomination was (Bionic Action from the "soundtrack" CD?).

Just thought I'd throw that one out there. Arrangements of tracks that have already appeared in SotW is an issue we've never really had to figure out how to deal with. I'm not trying to pick on you, really. :(

3 points - Galway Is God 2000

This one was was purely epic. The entire thing was powerful and moving.

2 points - MJ Thrill Ride

This was was calm and peaceful, yet it also had a fast, exciting section. Definitely a quality track.

1 point - Rooftops

This was just fun to listen to. It really felt like I was leaping across rooftops. :p

I understand not wanting the same song to appear in SotW twice, but these are much different arrangements. And the first was a VGMix (which was only allowed because virt is a vgm composer); this is from an actual game. And as you said, "Wings of Gold" didn't even place.

I was thinking about this more, and I realized, "hey, we allow whole tracks that have been nominated before to be nominated again if they haven't placed, right?" And certainly, letting in an arrangement of a track that hasn't placed is no worse on the notability scale than letting in a track that hasn't placed, at least assuming adequate time has passed. Week 47 was quite a while ago, so I retract any objection.

It seems like a good idea to let people know that it's an arrangement, at least, since more often than not that leads to a nomination change.

Also, could we please get a few more votes so we can put this week to bed eventually?

I'll be voting before this closes Sunday.

3 points : Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
2 points : Symphony Sorcerian - The Ice Cave 'Cave I' ~ The Head of Medusa 'Forest' ~ King Dragon ~ Ending I
1 point : Elebits (Wii Game Rip) - Extras Mode

3 points - Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
2 points - Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops
1 point - Symphony Sorcerian - The Ice Cave 'Cave I' ~ The Head of Medusa 'Forest' ~ King Dragon ~ Ending I

I'm back, right in time for SotW to take a break. Oh well. Eh week.

(2 points) Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride
(2 points) Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
(1 point) Symphony Sorcerian - The Ice Cave 'Cave I' ~ The Head of Medusa 'Forest' ~ King Dragon ~ Ending I
(1 point) Elebits (Wii Game Rip) - Extras Mode

Ok, let's spread some points:

1 point - Back in time II ~ Galway is god
2 points - Spiderman ~ MJ Thrill Ride
3 points - Muppets Racemania ~ Rooftops

3 points: Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Toukon ~Matrimelee~ Original Sound Track - 375 Kg
2 points: Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
1 point: Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops

Oh the voting is not over yet? awesome!

(3 points) Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride
(2 points) Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
(1 point) Elebits (Wii Game Rip) - Extras Mode

It's slipped my mind for a few days to post this nomination of Dragon God's. :(

• Artist: Shinji Hosoe
• Album/Game Title: FolksSoul ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
• Track Title: Skilled Spear
• Disc Number: 3 (of 3)
• Track Number: 14
• Catalog Number: KDSD-00141~3
• Year: 2007
• Sources: #gamemp3s

Also, while it's on my mind, anyone have any suggestions of how long we should run the SotW break for? Running it until the first round of the SAUS finishes would be way too long, as would running it until the BSC finishes. It might be better not to pick a specific milestone and just bring it back when it "seems right," but that's too nebulous and it would be really nice to have a fixed date in the interest of retaining interest.

So that we're not completely bored out of our skulls, I'm going to run a poll for the eligibility of Darkcomet72's proposed nomination at some point in time during the break.

I think that taking a rest isn't the best idea. Maybe the best is to continue with these double-duration-weeks, as it has been working well so far. Or if the delay is inevitable, I wouldn't stop for more than just a week.

Additional Spam:
And by the way:

Artist: Michael Giacchino
Album/Game Title: The Lost World, Jurasic Park
Track Title: Primordial Forest
Disc Number: 1
Track Number: 19
Catalog Number: SID-8803
Year: 1997
Sources: http://chudahs-corner.com/soundtrack...talog=SID-8803, and I uploaded the mp3 to the FTP server.
Additional info: Even if it's the last track in the album, it's the first stage where we control the little dinosaur Compy.

Also:

Mind using the version of this track off the 2006 OST? The track is unlooped on the 1996 version, but looped on the later release. I've uploaded it here for your examination.

That version's fine, CHz. I didn't even know there was an OST; I just took the track directly from the SPC set I was listening to.

I'd say no more than a week or two, and we should create/leave open a thread for nominations and discussion.

Quick vote:

(2 points) Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride (looped)

(2 points) Symphony Sorcerian - The Ice Cave 'Cave I' ~ The Head of Medusa 'Forest' ~ King Dragon ~ Ending I

(1 point) Secret of Evermore - White Castle Town

(1 point) Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops

And I realised I made a mistake with the SoE game title, making it now one of the longest game album titles ever (!!!). Oops.

Quick point spread to get it in before closing; I'll edit with comments later.

3 pts. - Extras Mode
1 pt. - Rooftops
1 pt. - Galway is god 2000
1 pt. - MJ Thrill Ride

EDIT: I actually like the idea of just keeping each week open for two weeks rather than suspending SotW.

Last minute entry here..

2 pts - White Castle Town
2 pts - Galway is God
1 pts - Extras Mode
1 pts - Just Bourbon

Voting is closed! Nominations are still open because I still think at least a short break would be beneficial to BSC/SAUS participants to get at least partially caught up in either event. Plus I was kind of counting on a break for DC72 nom discussion. :(

1). [30] Back in Time II - Galway Is God 2000
2). [22] Spider-Man 3 (Game Rip) - MJ Thrill Ride
3). [17] Muppet RaceMania (Game Rip) - Rooftops
4). [15] Symphony Sorcerian - The Ice Cave 'Cave I' ~ The Head of Medusa 'Forest' ~ King Dragon ~ Ending I
5). [14] Elebits (Wii Game Rip) - Extras Mode
6). [9] Secret of Evermore - White Castle Town
7). [7] Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Toukon ~Matrimelee~ Original Sound Track - 375 Kg
8). [6] Detective Jinguji Saburou KIND OF BLUE Original Sound Tracks - Just Bourbon

Additional Spam:
Voilà. Eligibility voting ahoy.

oh, nomination phase still open:

* Artist: sumiisan
* Album Title: Brighter than Dawning Blue Music Collection Lunar Passport
* Track Title: String of restraint
* Disc Number: 2
* Track Number: 14
* Catalog Number: AUG-2064
* Year: 2005
* Source(s): http://august-soft.com/yoake/lunarpassport.htm
* Download: http://www.speedyshare.com/619632473.html

Time to update the statistics thread with my first gold! I'm glad Galway is God 2000 was well received, despite some of the confusion at first. And as an aside point, this track was remix/medley of two game themes/loaders (begins with Rambo: First Blood Part II, then Green Beret at about 3:50) that were composed by Martin Galway on the C64. Thanks for voting, guys.

I haven't done a nomination in ages so here's mine: (I hope I get this right...)

* Artist: Fumie Kumatani
* Album Title: FOR BRIGHTER DAY Phantasy Star Universe Original Sound Track
* Track Title: Ukishima
* Disc Number: 2
* Track Number: 9
* Catalog Number: (Not sure how to find this)
* Year: 2006
* Source(s): http://segadirect.jp/Catalog/Product...=0101008-03548
* Download: http://www.speedyshare.com/246950605.html

Nomination time. Not sure if I'm in time for the big one zero zero, but either way.

* Artist: SamplingMasters AYA
* Album Title: Ridge Racer 6 (Game Rip)
* Track Title: I Want You
* Track Number: 4
* Year: 2006
* Note: For some reason there was no official soundtrack for this, so there's not much documentation. Sorry CHz :(
* Source(s): http://asia.playstation.com/eng_sg/index.php?q=node/671
* Download: Nominations folder

Man, with all these late nominations, Week 101 has turned into Vocal Week. :o

Also, does anyone actually care about this?

I trust everyone has had a pleasant week of catch-up? Caught up with your SAUS/BSC backlog, and all that? 512 tracks is certainly a massive amount, and that contest is hurtling forward at sonic speed.

It appears that pretty much everyone who cared enough to vote seemed okay with Search for the Lost Riff, much to my enjoyment because it's an awesome track and chagrin because it'll be up against a nom of mine.

Anyway, I suppose I should get to the real reason why I've called all of you here today. Most people were in favor of the break being as short as possible, so I am hereby enacting that SotW will start as usual tomorrow. I expect we will end up going onto a biweekly schedule again as there are still quite a few SAUS tracks remaining, but I suppose we can deal with that eventuality when it gets to the weekend.

With this policy also comes the ISO 3103-compelled decision that nominations are now restricted. I apologize to any nominators who were hoping to get a slot into the vaunted milestone Week 100, but we must be moving forward if we intend to remain at the top of our industry. Of course, slots for Week 101 are still open, and I heartily encourage the nomination of vocal tracks for it in the spirit of creating an impromptu theme week.

That's all I have on the agenda for this meeting, so if there are no questions, you are all free to return to work. Carol, as soon as you have finished up those minutes, I'd appreciate it if you could e-mail them to me and the entire department. Thanks for your attendance, people.