Song of the Week - WEEK 122 Voting/WEEK 123 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 100 Weeks and counting.
Week 122 Voting is closed.
Week 123 Nominating is restricted.

Week 122 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results:
1). [25/15.5] The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)
2). [25/14.5] Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
3). [21] Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley!
4). [17] Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table
5). [14] Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart
6). [13] Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald
7). [6] Last Ninja 2 Back with a Vengeance (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - The Mansion
8). [5] Garou Densetsu WILD AMBITION Arrange Sound Trax - Call from the Earth (Raiden)

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Garou Densetsu WILD AMBITION Arrange Sound Trax - Call from the Earth (Raiden)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Last Ninja 2 Back with a Vengeance (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - The Mansion
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley!
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)

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 123 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

So I made a poll. Vote now!

VOTE NOW

I nominate:

Title: Course Intro
Game: F1 World Grand Prix
Artists: Dan Hess, John Vitale

Welcome, Opfer. Always good to see new participants.

Pretty strong week, this is. I'm somewhat saddened that only three of these get honors.

2 Points: The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)
2 Points: Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table
1 Point: Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald
1 Point: Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart

These were the top half of the tracks, though there were none that I disliked. The Last Ninja track was pretty good at first but became rather monotonous. Fighter's Impact had some interesting things going on but it didn't impress me as much as other tracks. I really wanted to give Super Bonk a point but there just weren't enough.

YES! I finally got you Crash! Mwahahahahahahahaha!

Yes. Awesome, awesome week. I feel that each track deserves at least a point from me, but what can I do...

2 points: Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
1 point: Garou Densetsu WILD AMBITION Arrange Sound Trax - Call from the Earth (Raiden)
1 point: Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart
1 point: Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald
1 point: The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)

This round was great indeed! I couldn't even really give my nomination 3 points, since one of the best tracks from Super Bonk was nominated. Good job whoever did that!

2 points - Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald
2 points - Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley!
1 point - The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)
1 point - Last Ninja 2 Back with a Vengeance (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - The Mansion

Thanks! I've been around for quite some time now so I figured I might as well join the fun and nominate something myself :D.

Maybe I'll have some time to listen to this week's songs later and vote...

Nomination:

Album: Lost Odyssey
Catalog Number: SVWC-7514/5
Released On: January 23, 2008
Composed By: Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged By: Hiroyuki Nakayama, Satoshi Henmi
Published By: Aniplex
Recorded At: Sony Music Studios Tokyo, Victor Studio, Sound Inn, Igloo Music
Number of CDs: 2
Track number: 02
CD number: 1
Name: Battlefield

Yeah, just iced a nomination from last week for being too new, and that one was released before Lost Odyssey, so that's not flying.

Plus the fact that it's Lost Odyssey.

Very interesting week! Seems like at least 3 nominations will 'fight' for getting placed...

(2 points) Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
(1 point) Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table
(1 point) Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart
(1 point) Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald
(1 point) The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)

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This is my next nomination:

Album Title: Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (PC Redbook Audio)
Composer: Michael Giacchino, Patrick J. Collins
Track Title: The Mojo Mansion
Year: 1996

I will upload it to the SotW server.

Haha, good call.

Hmmm, I was planning on nominate something from that game. Thanks a lot anyway for uploading it to your web, it was very interesting ;)

My next nom:

Album Title: Synaesthete OST
Composer: William Towns
Track Title:Tryptonaut
Source: The game is freeware, and the ost is free as well. You can download them from https://typo3.digipen.edu/index.php?id=986, but I will upload the track to the server anyway.

3 points - The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team
2 points - Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley!
1 point - Last Ninja 2 Back with a Vengeance (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - The Mansion

Okay, second try for nomination:

Wizardry ~Dimguil~ OST

Catalog Number: TYCY-10020
Released On: August 18, 1999
Composed By: Ikuro Fujiwara
Arranged By: Ikuro Fujiwara
Published By: Toshiba-EMI/Future Land
Recorded At: MOS FILM TONE ST., SOUND ON SOUND ST.
Number of CDs: 1
01 - Theme of Wizardry

Rather odd week. >_>

(3 points) Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table
(2 points) Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
(1 point) The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)

Lazy voting style:
3 Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE): please leave the message at the beep... hallo?
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Garou Densetsu WILD AMBITION Arrange Sound Trax - Call from the Earth (Raiden)
1 Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table
1 Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart
1 Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Last Ninja 2 Back with a Vengeance (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - The Mansion
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley!
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)

3 points: Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart
2 points: Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
1 point: The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)
Close: Garou Densetsu WILD AMBITION Arrange Sound Trax - Call from the Earth (Raiden)
Aight: Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald

Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE) Some bright and bouncy synth that's tarnished by random and horrible vocal samples.

Garou Densetsu WILD AMBITION Arrange Sound Trax - Call from the Earth (Raiden) Pretty average rock. The synth line that pops up later is the only really remarkable feature about the tune; would that it lasted longer and were developed more.

Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table I'm not exactly sure how pinball could be hardcore, but this is a far more interesting rock tune than the previous one despite the tinny synth.

Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart I downloaded and erased this album long ago; it's always been one of Mitsuda's weakest efforts for me. The track is technically sound but is all over the map with accordian, random tribal vocals, and other instruments coming and going seemingly without rhyme or reason. Improves as it develops, but still disappointing.

Last Ninja 2 Back with a Vengeance (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - The Mansion Never could get into the majority of SIDs; like those in the BCC, this one goes on forever and isn't really compelling.

Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald I expected something more...energetic from a song with "versus" in the title. This brand of 70's style funk just doesn't interest me.

Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley! Energetic and competent synth with a nice melody. Don't see many TurboGrafx/PC Engine songs in SotW, come to think of it.

The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme) Vaguely Latin funk fusion that's laid back to the point of multiple organ failure. Doesn't really get the blood pumping.

Most of these were in the gray "meh" zone, not bad but not outstanding.

The Point Spread
Bonk - 3 pts.
Fighter's Impact - 2 pts.
Hardcore Pinball - 1 pt.

Nomination:

Artist: Eveline Novakovic
Album/Game Title: Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run (SNES rip)
Track Title: Main Theme
Year: 1996
Source: Game profile: Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run ~ SNESmusic.org
Additional Info: When I realize I'm at the end of my nomination window, I tend to pick songs from games I played as a kid, like this. No idea how this will go over.

Will upload and vote later today.

3 Points - The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Given that this is one of the best tracks on the OST and AST, I have to help support its run this week over my own nomination.

2 points - Garou Densetsu WILD AMBITION Arrange Sound Trax - Call from the Earth (Raiden) - Rather than give the pseudo musical bullshit, I just like the mood this track sets.

1 point - Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley! - Nothing to say here, really. I liked it just a smidgen above the rest.

Very nice week, the only reason my choices are so certain is that I'm a fighter for myself and others. See what I did there?

3 Points - Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
Catchy melody, nice upbeat mood.

2 Points - The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)
Nice and relaxing, I like how it picks up after some time and gets even more interesting.

1 Point - Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald
Liked the melody and groove on this one.

Kinda above average week

(2 points) Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart
(2 points) The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)
(1 point) Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
(1 point) Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table

Dragon God nominates:

• Artist(s): Naoto Shibata, Akio Shimizu, Jeff Fujimoto, Satoshi Komuta
• Composer(s): Kenichi Matsubara, K. Yamane
• Album/Game Title: Perfect Selection Konami Shooting Battle
• Track Title: Nostalgic (Trigon)
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 3
• Catalog Number: KICA-1136
• Year: 1993
• Source(s): KICA-1136: Perfect Selection Konami Shooting Battle - VGMdb, GMCL

2 points - Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table

2 points - Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart

2 points - Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley!

A good number of nifty tracks this week. Super Bonk was an especially nice listen for some reason.

(2 points) Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley!

(2 points) Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)

(1 point) Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart

(1 point) Last Ninja 2 Back with a Vengeance (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - The Mansion

2 points - Last Ninja 2 Back with a Vengeance (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - The Mansion
2 points - The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)
1 point - Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
1 point - Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley!

This was a good week, and it was really hard to hand out points.

3 pts - Long Horned Beetle
2 pts - Soccer Table
1 pts - Super Bonk

Can't call LHB my favorite 96 Arranged track, but considering that's one of my all-time favorite arrange albums from top to bottom, it's fine with me. As long as we're not talking about the version of "Big Shot" that shows up on it, anyway or the horrible Kyo/Iori image song. Although if the Raiden theme from Fatal Fury Special arranged was here, I'd have petitioned to give it all 6 points. Never could get into the Wild Ambition music. Wanted to like Last Ninja, but it kind of fizzled.

2 pts - Shoot the Smiley
2 pts - Soccer Table
1 pt - Be Cool
1 pt - Versus Donald

I'll be voting shortly.

EDIT: As usual with Yack.'s tracks, I just don't get the love. Oh well.

Call from the Earth (Raiden) - Pretty cool rock.

Soccer Table - Not the best I've heard from virt, but still a very solid track.

I nominated Primitive Heart because I don't think most people have heard the Hopeful Weeds songs, and Mitsuda works that people haven't heard are rare. Honestly, I don't consider it a fantastic song, but it's kind of grown on me. Also, the melody beginning at ~2:42 is just wonderful. The rest is solid.

The Mansion is entirely too long. If it's gonna be that long, it's gotta be awesome, and it was more on the boring side.

Vs. Donald - YES! More funky music in SotW, please. I mean, it's not crazy good, but still, it's funky. I'll have to get the rest of Magical Tetris Challenge's music.

Shoot the Smiley - Good, but I can't say I found it special.

Long-horned Beetle - One of the more unique songs this week in terms of instrument makeup. Close to a point.

Here's the tally:

2 pts. - Vs. Donald
2 pts. - Primitive Heart
1 pt. - Call from the Earth
1 pt. - Soccer Table

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [25/15.5] The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Long-horned Beetle (Art of Fighting Team Theme)
2). [25/14.5] Fighters' Impact - Be Cool (Sanson's STAGE)
3). [21] Super Bonk (Game Rip) - Shoot The Smiley!
4). [17] Hardcore Pinball (Game Rip) - Soccer Table
5). [14] Hopeful Weeds original sound vol. 002 - Primitive Heart
6). [13] Magical Tetris Challenge (N64 Game Rip) - Versus Donald
7). [6] Last Ninja 2 Back with a Vengeance (Commodore 64 Game Rip) - The Mansion
8). [5] Garou Densetsu WILD AMBITION Arrange Sound Trax - Call from the Earth (Raiden)

First KOF SOTW victory, I presume?

In any case, yay!

First gold winner, at any road.

Hard to complain. I actually liked this one.

Certainly is my first gold. :D Same AST got me 2 Silvers. Seoul Road, and Arashi no Saxophone 2. :)

Speaking of which, The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax is now the second permanently disqualified album, having placed three times. Congratulations all around, there will be cake at the retirement party, etc.

I really have to finish that disqualified nominations list!

Aw, so no 7 minute Dust Man nomination...I WAS thinking about that. Something insanely addictive about that track, no matter how awful it is.

"Run with the pack...You multiply your quack!"

A good way to send it off. Let's see if it can get the true storybook ending in the BATTLE though. :)

That's sadly the only funky track in the soundtrack, most of the other tracks are a bit off, there's one or two cool tracks still though. A nice easy-listening kinda thing for the end game theme for example, haha.

EDIT: Whoops forgot about "Versus Wolf", I guess there is one or two other funky tracks after all.

Status update: the holdup this week is on acquiring a copy of Djinova's nomination. Normally I try to grab tracks uploaded to sites like Sendspace right away, but this one passed me by, so the link has expired. I PM'd him Sunday night, but he hasn't responded yet.

sorry that my nom is causing so much wind, next time will go smoothlier.
Send big files the easy way. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!

On a related note, why is my nomination no longer uploaded to the "nominations" folder? It was there a few nights ago when I double-checked to see if I'd remembered to upload. I'm not up this week, so should I just re-upload?

I don't know where it went, but if I were to take a guess, I'd say I got overzealous in deleting old noms from the nominations folder and blasted yours away with the other Garou Densetsu track. A re-upload would be great.