Song of the Week - BATTLE 19 Voting/WEEK 153 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 150 Weeks and counting.
Battle 19 Voting is closed.
Week 153 Nominating is restricted.

Pay no attention to that other thread that showed up earlier. In a fit of remorse for Week 152 starting three days late, I tried to start Week 153 seven days early.

Results:
1). [17] R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title
2). [15/9.5] Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile
3). [15/9] Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
4). [14] Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
5). [12] GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-
6). [11] Sonic the Hedgehog Remix - Dr."Gigglymen"
7). [8] Heavy Metal FAKK2 Promo Soundtrack - Eden Suite
8). [4] Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)

Tracks:
Week 145: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)
Week 146: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
Week 147: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sonic the Hedgehog Remix - Dr."Gigglymen"
Week 148: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile
Week 149: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Heavy Metal FAKK2 Promo Soundtrack - Eden Suite
Week 150: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title
Week 151: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
Week 152: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-

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 153 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

Easy to recognize the good ones. o.o

(3 points) Week 146: Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
(2 points) Week 148: Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile
(1 point) Week 150: R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title

I forgot there was a battle this week too. :(

On the plus side, when next week rolls around, you can just re-open the voting thread I already created! No fuss, no muss :D

Rare for me in these battles that I find such a clear divide between the top three and the rest.

(3 points) Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
(2 points) Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile
(1 point) Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)

Uhh this is the first time I'm nominating, so I hope this is the right thread. :D

Artist/Composer: Yoshitaka Hirota
Album title: Shadow Hearts 2 Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
Track Title: The Fate ~ Cluster Amaryllis
Track Title: 24
Year: 2004
Source: Um, my iToones library
Link: http://savick.eu/24%20The%20Fate%20~...0Amaryllis.mp3

Welcome!

I'd suggest checking here for a list of all songs that have been nominated. Here is a list of Nomination Phase Rules. I don't see anything that prevents nominated songs that didn't place from being renominated (I could have overlooked it), but I'd advise against it personally.

Ziggy is correct. Songs that didn't place may be nominated again, though this isn't generally done very often. In the interests of welcoming a new nominator, I'd be more than willing to let the issue slide.

3pts - Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile
1pt - Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
1pt - Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)
1pt - R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title

Oh and I didnt see the thread at soundtrack central. It links to the forum anyway.

The link goes to the game music forum by default until the voting thread over there is live.

Though I notice that there wasn't a thread last week(s). Has SotW abandoned STC, CHz?

Gonna try something new and put in some actual Battle Comments this week.

Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version) Pretty "meh" about this one. I don't hear anything that hasn't been done in any half-decent rock arrangement before.

Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track) Still relaxing, still mostly ambient. A lot more boring than I remember, at least in the first half.

Sonic the Hedgehog Remix - Dr."Gigglymen" Not exactly a favorite from that week, but it has some funky charm. I liked the singing then, not so keen on it now--odd.

Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile I gave this an "honorary nonbinding sympathy point" in its week. It's aged rather well, with an attractive violin part (the strings all too often undermine Eastern arranged tracks) and those electronics. Still kinda repetitive though.

Heavy Metal FAKK2 Promo Soundtrack - Eden Suite Yeah, this one's mine, and the first in a Battle in a dog's age. I was honestly shocked that it won, but I've had good luck with this OST in general.

R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title I've figured out that I'm just not wired to appriciate C64 sidtunes. Some people can't stomach NES songs, others SNES; with me, it's C64. Everything about the sound irritates me on a primal level, even if (as here) the composition is solid.

Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe This one takes a while to really get started, but oh man does it ever get started. I gave this one co-first place and was glad to see it win.

GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.- Huh, we had a little cosmic theme going there the last two weeks. Absolutely nothing Galaxylike about this one, though, and I found it pretty boring and unremarkable.

A pretty middle of the road bunch of winners, I suppose. None were outright bad, but quite a few were rather meh. But the point distribution is a breeze, at least.

The Point Spread
Eden Suite - 3 pts.
Starfighting Across the Universe - 2 pts.
Truth of Guile - 1 binding nonsympathy point

2 points: Sonic the Hedgehog Remix - Dr."Gigglymen"
2 points: R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title
1 point: Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile
1 point: Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe

2 points: R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title
2 points: Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
1 point: Heavy Metal FAKK2 Promo Soundtrack - Eden Suite
1 point: Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
5th: GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-
6th: Sonic the Hedgehog Remix - Dr."Gigglymen"
7th: Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)
8th: Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile

I had 4 of these saved to my computer, and I gave these four tracks points. The remaining 4 still haven't warmed to me, especially "Truth of Guile", which I find tremendously boring. Below-average Battle Week, overall.

2 Points: Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile
2 Points: R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title
1 Point: Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
1 Point: Sonic the Hedgehog Remix - Dr."Gigglymen"
#5: Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
#6: GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-
#7: Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)
#8: Heavy Metal FAKK2 Promo Soundtrack - Eden Suite

I felt this was a rather good selection of winners; it was difficult to decide if any deserved a full three points, and then which ones had to go unloved. Even Eden Suite is halfway decent.

Currently listening/rating/mulling. For now, a nomination:

Game: Chaos Seed: Feng Shui Kairouki
Artist: Yasunori Shiono, Katsuyoshi Hayashi, Yukio Nakajima
Title: Friends 2
Track Number: 40
Source: Game profile: Chaos Seed: Feng Shui Kairouki ~ SNESmusic.org



Okay, here we go. Good selection this time around, though I'd expect that from a BATTLE.
2 points: Dr. "Gigglymen"
2 points: Title
1 point: Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)
1 point: Starfighting Across the Universe
Close: Beyond the Galaxy

I voted for a majority of the winners in this set of songs, so I just broke it down to which ones I liked the most.

2 points: Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
2 points: GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-
2 points: Heavy Metal FAKK2 Promo Soundtrack - Eden Suite

Another battle week rolls around where I only gave 3 songs a combined 4 points, so now I must find a way to hand out points where I didn't before.

3 points - R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title
2 points - Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
1 point - GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-

(2 points) Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
(2 points) GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-
(1 point) Heavy Metal FAKK2 Promo Soundtrack - Eden Suite
(1 point) R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title

(3 Points) GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-
(2 Points) Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
(1 Point) Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)

NOMINATION:
Artist: Toshiya Yamanaka
Album: Arsys Best Selection
Track Title: 遥かな宇宙へ (translation: "To the distant cosmos")
Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
Track Number: 41
Catalog Number: PSCX-1016
Year: 1990
Source: http://vgmdb.net/album/5601

I have just been neglectful in my duties. :(

(also somewhat unmotivated to create a thread that only two people vote in, but I will next week, super duper promise)

Also while I am here:

2 points: Week 151: Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
2 points: Week 152: GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-
1 point: Week 147: Sonic the Hedgehog Remix - Dr."Gigglymen"
1 point: Week 148: Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile

2-2-1-1 point spreads everywhere this battle!

2 points: Beyond the Galaxy
2 points: Dr. Gigglymen
1 points: Title
1 point: Starfighting across the Universe

The amount of new voters we get over at STC are rare, but they do exist. I do think we should consider closing up shop over there in the near future if the lack of newcomers continue. I'm really reluctant to say this because we do get new voters at times, but the amount is teetering between the bare minimum and completely nonexistent. Also it just feels odd to see multiple threads where the only voters are CHz and I, not because it's just two of us, but because we're there only for support.

Voting is closed and nominations are actually restricted this time!

1). [17] R-Type (C64 Game Rip) - Title
2). [15/9.5] Onimusha 2 Orchestra Album ~Taro Iwasiro Selection~ - Chapter VII Truth of Guile
3). [15/9] Super Stardust HD (Game Rip) - StarFighting Across The Universe
4). [14] Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
5). [12] GALAXY FORCE II & Thunder Blade ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - Beyond The Galaxy -[H.] Arrange Ver.-
6). [11] Sonic the Hedgehog Remix - Dr."Gigglymen"
7). [8] Heavy Metal FAKK2 Promo Soundtrack - Eden Suite
8). [4] Fighting Layer / Arika - Tetsuo Kato (Fighting Layer Arrange Version)

I had no idea this track was nominated to SotW before. Cool. Awesome track, I'm in favor of its renomination.

That's exactly what I'd be saying if it hadn't made it to the bracket finals of the 2006 BSC. For reference, that's round 5, the round at which a track becomes ineligible for future BSC nominations. Discuss.

Congrats Ed Bellis. Nice track. :)