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Song of the Week - WEEK 116 Voting/WEEK 117 Nominating
Song of the Week. 100 Weeks and counting.
Week 116 Voting is closed. Week 117 Nominating is restricted. Week 116 Voting The rules for voting can be found here. Final Result: 1st: ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G 2nd: Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4 3rd: Azel ~ Panzer Dragoon RPG - Wandering Notes: If you are a member at more than one of the forums in which this event is being held, please nominate and vote in only ONE of the forums. You may, however, comment in the threads at any of the other forums. Week 117 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 ~~~~~~~~~~ Because we're getting off to a late start this week, and a huge Best Doujin Contest is approaching fast, voting will be extended a week. Then we'll have two-week voting periods until some point in the future to be determined later. |
Ahahaha someone nominated a Haruko Momoi song. Can't wait for the essays in response to this one (as with any other Japanese vocal track)
2nd time nominating:
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Starting without me, eh? :D
A quick formatting tip: the streaming songs look better if the titles are on the right and the players on the left. I'd also wager that a little percent encoding on that # would make Board #4 playable ;) |
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Ooh, UNDER17! Kotae isn't my favorite Momoi Haruko song ever or anything (SHI-NO-BI! Ooh, MAIL ME!, or maybe her NES cover of Pegasus Fantasy...), but ANYWAY. She's a ridiculously awesome person, and this song is incredibly cute. Instant win, and whoever nominated it has some guts!
Azer ~ Panzer Dragoon is unfortunately a game I've never played myself, but I've heard the soundtrack before and I think it's quite great. Wandering is just what I remember from it. I also really like this gamma track, especially when the synthleads come in. Really kick ass stuff. The other nominations really weren't my cup of tea, although Board #4 is more or less alright. Blown away by what seems to me superior competition, though! 3 points - UNDER17 Best Album 1 ~Bishoujo Game Song Ni Ai Wo !!~ - Kotae 2 points - I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma 1 point - Azel ~ Panzer Dragoon RPG - Wandering Heh, these three tracks are close to being as different from each other as possible. |
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Also, Board #4 didn't work even with percent encoding, so I removed the pound sign from the file name and it worked. However, I removed the MP3 link because it's one of those MP3s with a 48 kHz sample rate that the player slows down. :( |
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Not feeling this week at all.
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2 points: ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G 1 point: Barbie Super Model (SNES Game Rip) - Stage 1 |
Forgot to nominate something new!
cf. Song of the Week - Qualification: Search for the Lost Riff. I figure that, if Necros can collaborate with a guy with fewer VGM credits and get an original track in, then an original piece he wrote completely by himself is fine too. Plus, nine games, etc. |
Azel ~ Panzer Dragoon RPG - Wandering: The pseudo-Asian thing isn't working for me in this track. The rest of the piece isn't strong enough to overcome the displeasure I get from the somber tone.
Barbie Super Model (SNES Game Rip) - Stage 1: For such a short track, it should have a larger impact. Also, the SNES sound ain't helping. I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma: This is acceptable, in the sense that I don't mind industrialized techno beatz. However, I'll point out that it's very stereotypical of its genre. MARIO SPORTS CD THE BEST - Tournament 1st & 2nd Match: Melody: good. Sound selection: not so good. Get behind someone who can engineer synthesized music better and this would be pretty nice. Minna no Golf 5 Original Soundtrack - Iris Field C.C.: It's happy and I approve of that. But let's not overlook the fact that it's essentially a one-minute track that's set to loop. The potential is cut short by the composer's lack of ambition. Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4: I could listen to this numerous times and probably find something new during each listen. That makes it interesting to me. So far this week, that's a distinct advantage over the rest. UNDER17 Best Album 1 ~Bishoujo Game Song Ni Ai Wo !!~ - Kotae: This image track commits the cardinal VGM sin of both being sung in a foreign language and by a girl attempting to sound as if she's four years old. Wasn't there a karaoke version of this available? The instrumentation is competent but the voice makes me want to break something with my face. No thanks. ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G: I have no idea what's going on in this track. Seriously, was this a collaborative effort with some post-modern 80s group like "Vox" or "Art of Noise"? It's not bad, but it's definitely all over the musical spectrum. I'll probably throw it a point for originality at least. Pointyness Levels: 2 Points: Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4 2 Points: ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G 1 Point: I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma 1 Point: MARIO SPORTS CD THE BEST - Tournament 1st & 2nd Match Kind of a modified shotgun spread there. Nothing knocked me out with awesome but a couple were pretty interesting in their approach, while the others that received points did so on technical merits: engineering and melody, respectively. |
Easy week, might as well retract my support for option 3 and go for 1 instead:
1st: ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G: This track pretty much hits my eccentricity nerve with a lot of strange ideas and sounds. Ah well, ZUNTATA makes good music, a great entity. 2nd: Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4: The reasons for my liking here are similar to the former track, though this track is a bit more straightforward and electronic towards the end. 3rd: UNDER17 Best Album 1 ~Bishoujo Game Song Ni Ai Wo !!~ - Kotae: Nice melody and harmony, it has cute written into the music. It's a bit cheesy at times, and I think they could have cut 1-2 minutes and still preserve the message. Also, hilarious chatlog Mr. Liontamer, would read again. Post more of these. |
3 points G: harmony (weird and creative: listen to those major to minor chords), sound quality superb, good structure. I love the middle section and its build up.
2 points gamma: Rhythm is getting to me, nice sound effects. But it completely lacks melody. 1 point Panzer Dragoon: It was the best of the remaining bad songs. Mario was pretty boring. Panzer Dragoon had some good instrumentation but was too ambient and low profile to me, I didn't like the sound quality. Kotae gave me goosebumps. Iris Field C.C. was too happy and repetitive. Super DX-Ball made me think that the composition was written too simplistic. Nomination: Title: 03 Book of Days Album: Grim Grimoire Catalog Number N/A Release Date Apr 12, 2007 Release Type Enclosure / Promo Media Type CD (1 disc) Composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto |
1 point - Azel ~ Panzer Dragoon RPG - Wandering
2 points - I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma 3 points - ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G ---- Not giving me much to work with, feels like a very subdued week but of the eyes glazed over variety. Torn on my next nomination options, mostly because they're from the same album. At the very least, if this one does poorly I can nominate the other with no qualms. Album: Shin Kidousenki Gundam Wing : Endless Duel Original Game Audio Track: Airport ~ Heavyarms Stage Track Number: 04 Composer(s): Iwatsuki Hiroyuki, Ohashi Haruo Source: The file's metadata Notes: IT'S A SUPER NINTENDO TRACK, CRASH! MUHAHAHAHA!1111 Download: SotW FTP |
2 points: Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4
2 points: UNDER17 Best Album 1 ~Bishoujo Game Song Ni Ai Wo !!~ - Kotae 2 points: ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G I usually listen to the songs in the same order they're posted (i.e. alphabetically) and nothing was terribly impressive as I kept going down, it was shaping up to be one stinker of a week. That is until the last three songs came in and saved the uh... week. =P |
First off, a hearty congrats to the Salamander -Pro Fusion- album for being the first soundtrack/gamerip to place 3 times and, more importantly, win twice.
Now, for my next nom, coming from the Pinnacle of Human Achievement Soundtrack: Album: Battle Garegga - Perfect Soundtrack Composer: Manabu Namiki Track: Subversive Awareness (Stage5 - cloud) Track #: 08 Disc #: 1 Catalouge Number: INDV-1010 Source: Game Music Revolution Additional Info: I would've gone with the original printing were the tracks not remastered. It was pretty difficult choosing between this and Hosoe's wonderful arrangement. The soundtrack is labeled "Perfect" for a reason. |
I should probably nominate something as well so here goes...
Composer: Yoko Kanno Album: Napple Tale OST Vol1. Track: Snowball Track: 10 Download link: hirr! Will be nominating something else! |
Yeah, I think I'd move to ban Napple Tale...it's an excellent soundtrack but has gotten plenty of representation across SotW and BSC.
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I'm fine with Napple Tale, as my experiences with it is about zero.
New nomination! Artist: Osamu Kubota Album Title: Milestone Track Title: Nageki no ki Arbe triste -a la viennoise- Disc number: 2 Track number: 11 Catalog number: LC1556-7 Year: 2007 Source: Konamistyle "Milestone" is dj Taka's first album, having done a ton of work on Bemani games before. The first disc is all songs by Taka, most of which I don't care for (as I really don't care for Taka's work in general). But the second disc is all remixes of various Taka songs by other artists Taka knows. Most of these are amazing. I almost nominated Akira Yamaoka's remix, but instead decided to go with Osamu Kubota's. |
Yoko Kanno is essentially a free pass to a top placing =/
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Hmm... Well, perhaps the NES stuff she's done isn't as popular. I wanted to nominate that, but I got too lazy to bounce a NSF track... =D
Perhaps I'll nominate something else, then. Stay tuned! |
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Honestly, I didn't know Napple Tale had been represented when I put the Volume 2 nomination up several weeks ago. I simply knew that "Wild Wind" was a damned fine track. I almost never check the nomination history; I figure that if something has become too popular for inclusion, or if it was nominated long ago, somebody will speak up.
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I think SotW has merely reinforced the fact that these people are prolific composers and perhaps they deserve repeated honors for being so excellent. |
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3 points : I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma
1 point : Minna no Golf 5 Original Soundtrack - Iris Field C.C. 1 point : MARIO SPORTS CD THE BEST - Tournament 1st & 2nd Match 1 point : ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G |
Here we go, new nomination. Disregard the Yoko Kanno nom!
Does anyone know what happened to Naoki Kodaka? I mean, he did some of my all time favorite NES and early SNES/Megadrive stuff, and then he just... vanished. He doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. :( Well, anyway, here's a track from his Batman soundtrack on the Megadrive. All Batman games developed by Sunsoft were incredible, with amazing soundtracks, so picking just one was pretty tough. I decided to go with my favorite track from the Megadrive game--I think the NES game is pretty well-known as a good soundtrack, and the Gameboy sound is so raw. I think the FM sound of this track is adequately "produced" to be enjoyed by all, and anyway this might just be my all-time favorite by him though I think I like Chemical Factory from the Gameboy game a bit better. I guess I can always put that up later. Composer: Naoki Kodaka / 小高直樹 Year: 1990 Album: Megadrive Batman (.vgz game rip) Track: Stage 4-1 ~Gotham City Streets 2~ & Stage 5 ~ In the Sky Over Gotham City~ Download link: hora! |
3 Points: Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4
2 Points: MARIO SPORTS CD THE BEST - Tournament 1st & 2nd Match 1 Point: ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G Nothing to say other than Super DX-Ball is pretty ballin' hyuk hyuk Also I have a nomination but I don't have a composer or track number, is this a problem? |
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Also, points! 2 points - Barbie Super Model (SNES Game Rip) - Stage 1 2 points - Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4 2 points - ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G I'm not sure why I nominated that song from the Barbie game. Perhaps I have bad taste in music like CHz. Or maybe because it seems like solid gold compared to the rest of the game. Or maybe it's just funny to listen music from a Barbie video game and I find it to be a joke track. But regardless, I enjoy the song, enough to have nominated it and give it a couple points. Board #4 and the Zuntata song both had a really unique and cool sound to them. Everything else was pretty blah, so the remaining few points were easy to hand out. |
I'll take as a yes then Mr. OfNee.
Composer: Unknown, the manual only lists the american voice actors/production staff Year: 2004 Album: Bomberman Jetters (Game Rip) Title: Hot World Track Number: ?? Download |
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There's also three songs from Plok that didn't place. And of course, the five non-placers in Follin week, but those don't count.
But really, I don't want to see a composer blanket ban, because what if there's something obscure from that composer that none of us know about? The point of SotW isn't to place or win, it's to show everyone new songs. The scoring just encourages people to present good material that they feel others may like. And I just realized today that the Doujin contest, the source of the SotW extensions, is now up. |
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Azel ~ Panzer Dragoon RPG - Wandering Reminds me of Earthbound for some reason. Pleasant, with a slight Asian flair, but ultimately kind of bland.
Barbie Super Model (SNES Game Rip) - Stage 1 Chutzpah points for the nomination; the music is rather better than one would expect given the pedigree. It's a little tinny and MIDI-ish, but there's some good rhythm. I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma It's got a frenetic techno beat and a fast tempo, but doesn't really do much with either until 2/3 of the song have gone by. The klaxons are both interesting and annoying at the same time. MARIO SPORTS CD THE BEST - Tournament 1st & 2nd Match The synth's a bit weak, but that's par for the course in just about any Nintendo offering. More importantly, there's a nice melody and some good supporting percussion and guitar. I quite like this one. Minna no Golf 5 Original Soundtrack - Iris Field C.C. Nice melody in this one. Could use a hair more variation in the first part of the loop, but nice overall. Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4 Interesting techno sound here, with a strong melody and less of that repetitive trance crap. UNDER17 Best Album 1 ~Bishoujo Game Song Ni Ai Wo !!~ - Kotae I don't know why Japanese vocal VGM tends to favor singers that sound like they're 12 years old and have never had a voice lesson, but here we are. ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G Not without its merits, but a little repetitive in the first half and rather weird in the second. Another group on the high end of "meh," with only one really bad track. The Point Spread Mario Sports - 3 pts. Minna no Golf - 2 pts. Super DX Ball - 1 pt. |
No idea what the response to this is gonna be (I'm guessing it will just get some single point nods), and it's pretty short for a SotW nom of mine, but oh well. It's unique, and I enjoy it. :)
Album: Chibi-Robo (Game Rip) Artist: Taniguchi Hirofumi Song Title: Happy Birthday File Location: My hard drive Notes: I'm not sure what I want to call this -- either Happy Birthday or Jenny's Birthday. The filename in the rip I have just says "party," which isn't a very appealing title. The soundtrack that was released with the game's guide has a song called Happy Birthday, and I'm pretty sure that's this song. Back when I had started a rip, I called this track Jenny's Birthday (this isn't from my aborted rip, though, this is from someone else's complete rip). |
I was worried about the relative lack of jap vocal bashing, but orion_mk3 delivers!
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>_> I was expecting my track to be up this week. Lol, that's what happens when I don't check out GFF for a week. :P
Anyway, real nice to see some Panzer Dragoon action. And gamma sure reminded me of Sega Tunes X-Men. (3 points) Azel ~ Panzer Dragoon RPG - Wandering (1 point) Barbie Super Model (SNES Game Rip) - Stage 1 (1 point) I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma (1 point) Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4 |
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I don't care how. |
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Just came back from a long vacation. So I'd better start cracking on this week's voting:
(2 points) Azel ~ Panzer Dragoon RPG - Wandering (2 points) ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G (2 points) Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board 4 I must admit I was very tempted to give "gamma" a point. My next nomination: * Album Title: N/A * Artist: Hiroki Kikuta * Track Title: Naven * Source: ¥¿Ê^¤£©úªºµe´Y°Q½×°Ï°Q½×°Ï - ¤Ú«¢©i¯S¹qª±¸ê°T¯¸ yƒQ[ƒ€‰¹ŠyEV•ˆzw¹Œ•“`à2,3x‚ðì‹È‚ µ‚½‹e“c—TŽ÷A7”N‚Ô‚è‚ÌVìwLOST FILES (You might notice that addresses of the Naven mid and mov links aren't the same as that displayed on the last website source.) * File Location: Nomination folder; http://www.zephyr.dti.ne.jp/~deadtech/naven.mid (for the interested: http://www.zephyr.dti.ne.jp/~deadtech/naven.mov ) * Disc Number: N/A * Track Number: N/A * Catalogue Number: N/A * Year: 2000 (at least I think so) I experienced some problems trying to convert the mid file into mp3 (for some reason it clips near the beginning after conversion...) so have uploaded the mid file instead. |
3 pts - Wandering
2 pts - G 1 pts - Kotae |
EDIT: Points!
Board #4 - 3 pts. Iris - 1 pt. Kotae - 1 pt. Stage 1 - 1 pt. Kotae is a nice song; I like it music-wise. I don't care for the singing, though. How old is the singer? I'm serious, I'm not just trying to poke fun. Also, I'd say Panzer Dragoon Saga / Azel should be added to the ineligible list now. It's had a good amount of representation (if not here, then in the BSC), and I would think its soundtrack is fairly well known about anyway. EDIT^2: Based on what Dhsu said, I must be thinking of a different Panzer Dragoon game. I seem to recall "The Approaching Enemy" as one of the BSC tracks from a PD game (?). |
I checked the nomination history before I picked this and didn't see a single track from Panzer Dragoon Saga. The only tracks I've seen nominated in BSC are Atolm Dragon and Pure Blood Seed...Orta and Panzer Dragoon 1 and 2 are much more popular sources from what I've seen. So I think it's a little early to be disqualifying PDS. Although if I'm wrong and it's had a much bigger showing in the BSCs than I realize, then I suppose that's fine.
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You're right; I didn't realize they were all from different Panzer Dragoon games. Here's what I have for the last three BSCs:
Panzer Dragoon: Flight (twice) Panzer Dragoon Saga: Sona mi areru ec sancitu Panzer Dragoon II Zwei: The Expected Enemy Panzer Dragoon Orta: Gigantic Fleet (twice) So, nevermind. |
Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!
1). [28] ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G 2). [22] Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4 3). [16] Azel ~ Panzer Dragoon RPG - Wandering 4). [11] I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma 5-t). [8/5.5] MARIO SPORTS CD THE BEST - Tournament 1st & 2nd Match 5-t). [8/5.5] UNDER17 Best Album 1 ~Bishoujo Game Song Ni Ai Wo !!~ - Kotae 7). [5] Barbie Super Model (SNES Game Rip) - Stage 1 8). [4] Minna no Golf 5 Original Soundtrack - Iris Field C.C. |
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