Song of the Week - WEEK 128 Voting/WEEK 129 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 125 Weeks and counting.
Week 128 Voting is closed.
Week 129 Nominating is open

Results
1). [35] THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
2). [21] Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's
3). [18] Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes
4). [14] GunViper (Game Rip) - Stage1
5). [12] The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon
6). [11] DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe
7). [9] Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening)
8). [6] Golden Axe III (Game Rip) - Bloody Street

Tracks
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Golden Axe III (Game Rip) - Bloody Street
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: GunViper (Game Rip) - Stage1
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)

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 129 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

I'll start off with a nomination (Herrkotowski from STC)

Artist: Manabu Namiki
Album: Death Smiles Game Rip
Track Title: Halloween Town Stage
Year: 2007
Download: Send big files the easy way. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!
Source: Dragon God gave it to me. It was apparently ripped from the arcade machine itself.

Begin nomination chain now.

Artist: Motoi Sakuraba
Album: Forest of Glass
Track Title: Fly!
Year: 2008
Source: #gamemp3's

Haha. Man, I foresee a few strong weeks ahead...

You broke the chain! I was hoping we could get at least a 3x multiplier on there. If you get 5x, a little-known SotW clause gives instant victory that week :D

I'm so sorry. Where can we get a person to fix chains at this time of day?

Sorry I didn't get around to your PM about this (BUSY BUSY BUSY WHEN WILL IT END), but that track should be fine. Game came out in 2007, also.

I'll probably be migrating from STC to here for participation so you can just make this nomination from ZiggyGo since that's how I'll be participating from now on.

After my own extensive scouring of the internet, I've been unable to find sufficient record of Ryo Watanabe's composing credits beyond a few albums in which his efforts are dubious at best. Though he's part of the Namco stable, and they don't always list individual credits, it's not enough to go on.

Therefore, I withdraw my Nanosweep.2 nomination. Instead, I'll just give it up for free to whoever wants to hear it, since it's still a pretty cool song and it's otherwise ineligible for just about every contest on GFF.

Nanosweep.2 - Dazzling Rays


I will now nominate the following:

Album: Genso Suikoden V Limited Edition Music CD
Composers: Naoyuki Sato
Track Title: Admiral of the Seas
Track Number: 4
Year: 2006


2008? Since this year's all of four months in, I have to question whether this nomination has exceeded the waiting period or if it's somehow exempt.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

It was released on January 23; by the time it hits voting just about three months will have passed. And I don't think the album is about to become super-popular, either.

Having been posted on #gamemp3s as well--and composed by someone who hardly needs more exposure.

EDIT: Is the waiting period 3 or 6 months now?

I like that Nanosweep.2 track. It seems to have an issue though, it only plays about 3 minutes... Maybe my download screwed up. Nope, still won't work. :(

EDIT2: From below:
All I know is Suikoden 1. If it's anything like that however, it should be disqualified for being too good.

I hardly consider Suikoden music obscure vgm that people need to be made aware of, and there have been 3 Suikoden V songs in BSCs, one of which got to the finals of the entire contest. What does everyone else think?

Nom:

Album: Cold Winter Original Game Music Score
Artist: Mark Willot
Track Title: Helicopter Attack
Track #: 5
Year: 2006
Source: VGMDB

Track is very subject to change, as there are a lot of tracks I like from this score (also strongly considering "Cold Winter Front End"). Really neat style of music.

(3 points) THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
(2 points) GunViper (Game Rip) - Stage1
(1 point) Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening)

I recall that people generally objected to only Genso Suikoden 1 & 2 tracks being nominated, as those games fetch premium prices on Ebay and are pretty well known in general. The later entries in the series have maintained more of a "niche" status, only being pursued by hardcore fans of the canon.

I don't really keep close tabs on what's been in the BSC and what hasn't, or how many companion tracks have seen entry. I'd go insane if I tried. My nominations are never based upon obscurity anyhow; I aim for overall quality. The "BSC" argument has never sat too well with me, as that's a different bird. Me, I'd be totally cool with allowing tracks from previous BSCs into SotW because an early elimination does not indicate poor quality, nor does it indicate popularity by any means.

I would also like to point out that this nomination is from the Limited Edition Music CD and does not appear on the Suikoden V OST. I think this raises it into very reasonable eligibility.

It might have been cut off somehow. No matter, I've re-uploaded the track and it downloads in its full entirity now.

The latter games may not be as popular, but what mostly matters is how well-known the music is. And among vgm fans, Genso Suikoden music is not obscure.

Regardless of your leanings, BSC has to factor into this, since a lot of the SotW voters take part in BSC and will have heard the BSC songs. Three Suikoden V songs appearing in the last few BSCs (with one song making it to the championship match) means Suikoden V music has to be considered at least somewhat known around here. Also, you may not nominate based on obscurity, but that's the key factor in this event (promoting quality obscure/lesser known game music).

VGMDB says the LE Music CD contains arrangements of Suikoden V songs, so that certainly changes things. I guess I'd be more keen on giving it a yay vote now that I know about that, but my points still stand for regular Suikoden V music (and the Suikoden series in general).

3 points » GunViper (Game Rip) - Stage1
Reminds me of FFTactics without being derivative like some of Sakimoto's newer works can be.

2 points » THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
Namiki is great. What else needs to be said?

1 point » DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe
Not bad, but too sparse of a track for me to consider it SotW material. Unfortunately, nothing else this week interested me as much.

Additional Spam:
Nomination:
=== Kaleb.G ===
* Album Title: Waku Waku 7
* Artist: Masato Araikawa
* Track Title: Fight! Super Adventure Boy Rai (Rai Stage)
* Source: #gamemp3s, VGMdb
* File Location: NOM NOM folder (uploading now)
* Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
* Track Number: 5
* Catalogue Number: PCCB-00215
* Year: 1996

Additional Spam:
Hey, I don't know how the hell this happened, but I'm missing the SotW nominations from weeks 0094~0099. Can someone upload them for me, please?

Like The proverbial River Canyon, this field is deep, but none really rise above the rest.

(2 points) GunViper (Game Rip) - Stage1
(1 point) Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening)
(1 point) The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon
(1 point) THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
(1 point) Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's

Another outstanding week. Too many good tunes, I don't even know how to assign points. Going for the underdogs this time then.

2 points: DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe
2 points: The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon
1 point: Golden Axe III (Game Rip) - Bloody Street
1 point: Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening)

Yeah, I have them somewhere. Does hotlinkfiles.com work fine for you? Or do you have other suggestions?

Uncompromised voting in a close week.

2 Points -> Vicissitudes
2 Points -> Eggs Of The Universe
2 Points -> Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's

I don't know if I've ever tried that site, but I could give it a shot. Thank you!

Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes

At first it didn't feel like much, but then it grew on me with further listens. There's an undeniable beauty to "Vicissitudes" and although it did not make my life turn around, it was pleasant. Some instruments (notably the strings) sounded a bit too synthetic, but noticing it was created in 1998 and not being terrible, it's more than tolerable.

DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe

Good electronic background music to set an atmosphere. Not much else to it.

Golden Axe III (Game Rip) - Bloody Street

An above-average chiptune that has a driving beat and interesting melodies. I particularly enjoyed the crystalline synth. However, it felt like I had already heard this tune before, although it never crossed my playlist in the past.

GunViper (Game Rip) - Stage1

It indeed sound very much like FFT music. As much as this is a good thing, it unfortunately did not share the magic of the tracks I enjoy from that game. In the end, it had potential with its sound, yet did not amaze me with its composition.

Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's

A warm jazz piece, and quirky too! Very good vibe and performance, yet I find it's a little too diffuse and lacking a centralizing melody to be highly memorable. Still one of the strongest nominations this week though.

Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening)

80's POWER!!! As much as there's a retro side to my musical heart, this tune was short, plain, and uninspiring in my honorable opinion. I expected a strong melodic lead at one point, as this is what old Japanese VGM is usualy recognized for, but it did not come. Oh well, there's worse... but I've heard far better. Sorry, but thanks for having given me the opportunity to be exposed to it.

The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon

This is a beautiful performance, creating a quite soothing new age ambiance. There are times when I feel like listening to this kind of material, yet I'm usually rather in the mood of more dynamic music.

THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)

Yay for jumpy, highly dynamic retro-ish shmup music! "Fly to the Leaden Sky" is neat, yet not the best SotW entry ever as far as I'm concerned.

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(3 points) Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes
(2 points) Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's
(1 point) THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)

You're welcome! I don't expect everyone to like the music I nominate. There are some other ones I could have chosen from that CD, but I have a few older nominations in the pipeline.

2 Points: The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon
1 Point: Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes
1 Point: Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's
1 Point: THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
1 Point: DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe

Nothing absolutely leaped out at me this week, but there was a wide range of style. So it's a gunshot spread for me. An okay week.

Here's my next nomination:

Artist: Frank Klepacki
Game: Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate
Track Title: Zanthia's Funky Swamp
Year: 1993
Note: Arranged version taken from Klepacki's website.

I'll upload it to the SotW server.

Artist: Shinji Hosoe
Composer: Daisuke Nagata
Album Title: Karous Original Soundtrack -Spring Rain-
Track Title: 1000 clouds -solid mix-
Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
Track Number: 15
Catalog Number: SRCD-1001
Year: 2007
Source: SRCD-1001: Karous original soundtrack ~Spring Rain~ - VGMdb

I'll upload it soon enough. D:

Here are my votes for this week:

(2 points) DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe

(2 points) Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's

(1 point) THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)

(1 point) The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon

GunViper was close to getting a point. Sam & Max was a very fun piece and a pleasant surprise.

My next nomination:

* Album Title: .hack//G.U. GAME MUSIC O.S.T.2
* Artist: Chikayo Fukuda
* Track Title: Twin Heavens City Breg Epona
* Source: RPGFan Soundtracks - .hack//G.U. Game Music O.S.T.2
* File Location: Nominations folder (will upload in due time)
* Disc Number: 2 (of 2)
* Track Number: 5
* Catalogue Number: VICL-62290
* Year: 2007

(3 Points) THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
(2 Points) Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes
(1 Point) Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening)

2 points ~ Golden Axe III (Game Rip) - Bloody Street
2 points ~ THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
2 points ~ Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's

Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes An interesting quasi-medieval feel to this one. The synth is a bit tinny (aside from the VOICES OUT OF NOWHERE near the end), though the melody manages to shake of the shackles of its renaissance feel and soar for a good portion of the loop.

DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe Aside from a handful of tracks, SMT hasn't really appealed to me over the years. Unfortunately, the universal egg isn't an exception. Too much techno looping, not enough (i.e. not any) melody.

Golden Axe III (Game Rip) - Bloody Street A decent enough chiptune, but the melody didn't do a whole lot for me.

GunViper (Game Rip) - Stage1 Doesn't really sound like the sort of thing I'd expect from something called "GunViper," but I like the playful, pastoral/militaristic feel of the song. If only the synth didn't sound like it was recorded through a tin can...

Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's This is the sort of lazy, loungy jazz that I find almost impossible to get into. I appreciate it, and I desire to vote for it because of the Sam & Max brand, but I just can't enjoy it.

Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening) I kept waiting for the payoff, or a catchy melody, or something besides a beat and backing rhythm. It never came :(

The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon The Dig is an impressive ambient score; "Journey to the Asteroid" and "Cathedral of the Lost" especially are powerhouses. While perhaps not in that league, "River Canyon" still has that warm, faintly choral sound to it, full of ambient washes and color. I'm biased based on my experiences, perhaps, but I still love it.

THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley) There's a nice part near the loop, but otherwise this track seemed awfully familiar. Would that the soaring nearloop bit were only the beginning, but alas, such was not to be.

Good week in general; if nothing shouted "3 points!," at least nothing shouted "8th place!"

The Point Spread
A River Canyon - 2 pts.
Vicissitudes - 2 pts.
GunViper - 2 pts.

(1 point) The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon

(2 points) THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)

(3 points) Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes

NOMINATION!

ALBUM = Undercover Cops
ARTIST = HIYAMUTA
COPYRIGHT = Victor Entertainment
DATE = 1992
GENRE = Soundtrack
TITLE = Nothern Barramundi (Stage 1)
TRACKNUMBER = 06
WWW = J.G.M.L. GameMusicHistory No.587

3 points - THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
2 points - Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes
1 point - Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening)

3 pts. - Bosco's - Ah, I love this song. It's so rare to hear quality jazz like this in vgm. It's not getting as much love as I thought it would, but I should have expected that since the GFF crowd is not very fond of this type of music. At least there haven't been any "bleh, boring elevator music" comments.

Did anyone get the idea that this could be a Sims shopping theme?

2 pts. - Vicissitudes - The intro immediately got my interest. Pretty nice song.

1 pt. - Stage1 - Pretty decent. Shame the audio quality is crap (48 Kbps?!).

Others:

Egg of the Universe - Um, did something happen?

Bloody Street - It's not a bad song, but it doesn't strike me as anything special.

THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening) - Can you say generic and uninspiring? Not sure why this is getting as many points as it is.

A River Canyon - Almost got a point. I like vocal tracks, but 4+ minutes of this kind of music didn't hold my interest. Maybe it's a song I need to listen to a bunch more times before it clicks.

Fly to the Leaden Sky - Yet another song I see absolutely nothing special in; it's only 2 minutes of average game music, yet it's raking in the points. Oh well, I can never figure out SotW voting.

Might need until 12:30, but will try to get the points in sooner.

EDIT: Aight, not too difficult. Toughest close was more on who got the 1 point.

3 points: Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's
2 points: The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon
1 point: THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
Close: DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe

Voting is closed! Nominations will remain open because there's a Battle next week.

1). [35] THE MADNESS BATTLE GAREGGA PERFECT SOUNDTRACK - Fly to the Leaden Sky (Stage1 - Valley)
2). [21] Sam & Max Season One Soundtrack - Bosco's
3). [18] Bakumatsu Roman Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax - Vicissitudes
4). [14] GunViper (Game Rip) - Stage1
5). [12] The Dig Soundtrack - A River Canyon
6). [11] DIGITAL DEVIL SAGA ~Avatar Tuner~ 1 & 2 Original Sound Track Integral - Egg Of The Universe
7). [9] Telenet Game Music Collection Vol. 1 - THE FANTASM SOLDIER VALIS (Opening)
8). [6] Golden Axe III (Game Rip) - Bloody Street

I don't think anyone didn't see that one coming from a mile away.

Yeah, it was fairly obvious. Though "Bosco's" made some significant strides toward the end and I thought the gap had closed a lot more than the final points indicate. The voting was pretty scattershot all around, but I think all the winners came from the better half of this week's selections.

Congrats to the nominators.

Omg, my second last-placer in a row. I will try to find something more powerful for the next time ^^U