Song of the Week - WEEK 161 Voting/WEEK 162 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 150 Weeks and counting.
Week 161 Voting is closed.
Week 162 Nominating is restricted.

Results:
1). [29] Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
2). [18] PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -
3). [14] Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2
4). [12] 1st GIG #Awake - The theme of Arcueid
5). [9] Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE)
6). [5/3] Hermina and Culus ~Atelier Lilie Another Story~ Original Soundtrack - Culus' Big Adventure
7). [5/2.5] Detana!! Twinbee - World of the Mold (Stage 4 BGM)
8). [4] Momotaro Denchiku II Best Classics - Hudson Soft Orchestra - Wing of Dawn ~ Riding on the Firebird

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: 1st GIG #Awake - The theme of Arcueid
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Detana!! Twinbee - World of the Mold (Stage 4 BGM)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Hermina and Culus ~Atelier Lilie Another Story~ Original Soundtrack - Culus' Big Adventure
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Momotaro Denchiku II Best Classics - Hudson Soft Orchestra - Wing of Dawn ~ Riding on the Firebird Goddess
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2

Notes:
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Week 162 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

My new nomination:

* Album Title: Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip)
* Artist: Paul Romero & Kareen Meshagan
* Track Title: City of the Knight
* Source: Game Credits for Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
* File Location: Nominations folder (upcoming)
* Disc Number: NA
* Track Number: 2
* Catalogue Number: NA
* Year: 1996
* Note: Vocals by Kareen Meshagan. The nomination is from Rimo's rip of the game (thanks a bunch for ripping the music!).

The vocals (which have a somewhat campy/over-the-top quality) will probably put people off. :P

Sure, I'll be the first. The only drama for me this week was determining who got third place.

(3 points) Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
(2 points) 1st GIG #Awake - The theme of Arcueid
(1 point) Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE)

Nomination #14

Composer: ZIZZ STUDIO
Album Title: Tre donne crudeli NITROPLUS MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
Track Title: Bounty Hunting
Track Number: 7
Year: 2007
Catalog Number: HBN-312

AKA "Into the Wilderness II". or: "Into the FTP"~

1st GIG #Awake - The theme of Arcueid It's been established by now that, no matter which GIG it is from, this stuff isn't for me. This is the sort of rock that fails to make an impact on me at any level, frankly.

Detana!! Twinbee - World of the Mold (Stage 4 BGM) Interesting piece, a sort of cutesy-rock. It's a little all over the place and disorganized, but has a nice sound and a good beat.

Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War This reminded me of a low-key, jazzy rendition of Uematsu's classic JENOVA theme--stripped of its uncanny menace. It's fun, a little scattershot and melodically weak but never boring.

Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE) +1 for sitar, -1 for random talking. This one is just too bizarre; Asian instruments, soul singers, synth, and random dialogue make for a completely disjointed song.

Hermina and Culus ~Atelier Lilie Another Story~ Original Soundtrack - Culus' Big Adventure Reminds me very heavily of Shimomura's SMRPG in places, but very charming with a rustic feel and a nice melody.

Momotaro Denchiku II Best Classics - Hudson Soft Orchestra - Wing of Dawn ~ Riding on the Firebird Goddess Interesting stuff--but, as is all too often the case, the orchestral arrangement is thin and otherwise piss-poor, mauling good music near death. It's a shame, as a competent arrangement and performance could really have made the piece shine.

PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix - Got a nice rhythm and beats, no doubt. Takes a while for the main synths to catch up, but when they do, it's a nice dose of chiptune jazz funk.

Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2 Some really neat vocorder effects in this one. They of course have to mix in some hideous record-scratch effects to puke things up later on, though. Fun but flawed.

The Point Spread
Me and My Little War - 2 pts.
Culus' Big Adventure - 2 pts.
Volcano - 2 pts.

3pts - Hermina and Culus ~Atelier Lilie Another Story~ Original Soundtrack - Culus' Big Adventure
1pt - 1st GIG #Awake - The theme of Arcueid
1 pt - Detana!! Twinbee - World of the Mold (Stage 4 BGM)

That's only five points, BZ, care to give one of those track 2 points or give 1 to another track?

3 points: Me and My Little War
1 point: The theme of Arcueid
1 point: Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -
1 point: Level 2

2 Points: Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
2 Points: Hermina and Culus ~Atelier Lilie Another Story~ Original Soundtrack - Culus' Big Adventure
2 Points: PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -

3 points: Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2
1 point: Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
1 point: Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE)
1 point: PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -

2 points - Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
2 points - PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -
1 point - Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE)
1 point - Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2

3 points - Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
2 points - Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2
1 point - 1st GIG #Awake - The theme of Arcueid

I'm always pleased with MintJam, even if it is just to a limited extent. 1st GIG #Awake - The theme of Arcueid, while not providing any outstanding riffs or melodies, still manages to keep me entertained. Solid~

A bumbling cataclysm of cutesy rock stylings, Detana!! Twinbee - World of the Mold (Stage 4 BGM) doesn't really do anything for me. I usually love cute, upbeat pieces such as this but I need more melody and/or cohesion (which this piece severely lacks).

Hmm, I wonder where most of my points will be going this week. I've been listening to the Elebits gamerip a lot recently, and I absolutely love it. Kind of similar to Opoona. Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War is a solid mission theme (though not one of my favourites) with a charming sense of melody and bounciness; and everything's tied nicely together with some rather sophisticated rhythms and developments. Grade A stuff.

Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE) isn't my favourite from Yack's musical library, that's for sure. A bit too jumbled and cheesy for my liking. Yup, I'll leave it at that.

I remember listening to the Hermina... soundtrack a couple of times, but nothing in particular stuck. Hermina and Culus ~Atelier Lilie Another Story~ Original Soundtrack - Culus' Big Adventure is rather charming, though, if a bit fluffy and unmemorable. My overall opinion of the piece is positive, however.

I was really bored by Momotaro Denchiku II Best Classics - Hudson Soft Orchestra - Wing of Dawn ~ Riding on the Firebird Goddess---a complete lack of cohesion and compositional creativity. I'll just leave it there!

PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix - was (moderately) fun. Nice tempo and engaging pace. Not much to say in terms of melody, but overall I think this piece is decent.

Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2 has some awesome beats and some great effects. Catchy, fun and very enjoyable. =)

a P-T-N-O-I lacking cohesion~

3 points: Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
2 points: Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2
1 point: 1st GIG #Awake - The theme of Arcueid
4th: Hermina and Culus ~Atelier Lilie Another Story~ Original Soundtrack - Culus' Big Adventure
5th: PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -
6th: Detana!! Twinbee - World of the Mold (Stage 4 BGM)
7th: Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE)
8th: Momotaro Denchiku II Best Classics - Hudson Soft Orchestra - Wing of Dawn ~ Riding on the Firebird Goddess

Pretty lame week. I only made one good discovery, and some of the tracks were just not pleasant to listen to! (sub]IMO[sub])

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Copy-paste voting
(2 points) 1st GIG #Awake - The theme of Arcueid
Me and My Little War - 2 pts.
Volcano - 2 pts.

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EDIT: I also deleted some old revisions. Check the SotW Wiki Discussion.

<<2 points>> Momotaro Denchiku II Best Classics - Hudson Soft Orchestra - Wing of Dawn ~ Riding on the Firebird Goddess
<<2 points>> PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -
<<1 point>> Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
<<1 point>> Hermina and Culus ~Atelier Lilie Another Story~ Original Soundtrack - Culus' Big Adventure


I didn't think my nom was that bad

Artists: Kyoko Natsume, NAON
Composer: naoto
Album Title: Shooting Love 2007 Soundtrack CD
Track Title: Eternal Traveler
Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
Track Number: 33
Catalog Number: INCD-E0109
Year: 2007
Source: INCD-E0109: Shooting Love 2007 Soundtrack CD - VGMdb

This week seemed standard enough.

There's an obvious point spread staring me in the face right from the start, and I knew it was gonna take something special for me to alter it. Who knows, the quality of past weeks have been stellar, we'll see.

To be honest, I haven't heard much of anything Twinbee outside of Pop'n for the SNES, except Yahho!, which, while catchy, doesn't come close. World of the Mold could've been great if everything didn't happen so fast; blink and it's over.

Not much else to say, really. There's a rock tune which is alright I guess, an orchestral arrangement with an insipid main theme, and a town theme that probably doesn't even play in a town, I don't know.

This week seemed standard enough. Then I listened to the Savage track.

There's a fine line between novelty and Jesus Christ What, and Level 2 clearly surpasses it. I couldn't believe it. How the hell is this in-game music? I needed to know. I quickly found this demonstration run, and during the first 8 minutes, my life changed forever.

2 points: Level 2
2 points: Ancient City -koto- (Kaede's STAGE)
1 point: Mission 27 - Me and my Little War
1 point: Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -

Level 2 gets 2 points simply by association with the stage 1 theme.

(The entire soundtrack consists of only 4 tunes and they all kick ass. 3 of them are in the demonstration vid without sound effects, and the title theme can be found here. WARNING: After hearing these, you may never listen to another song ever again)

(Also interesting enough, "Level 2" doesn't even play during a gameplay segment according to the video)

Ok, have uploaded my nomination to the SotW ftp.

Quick votes below. Elebits was surprisingly good.

(3 points) Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27 - Me and My Little War

(2 points) Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE)

(1 point) 1st GIG Awake - The theme of Arcueid

Special mentions for Psyvariar.

2 points: Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
2 points: Fighters' Impact - Ancient City -Koto- (Kaede's STAGE)
1 point: PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -
1 point: Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2

Thought I knew how I was going to give out points this week but Elebits out of nowhere with the awesome, wow.

Pretty shocked I'm not giving any points to MintJam, but Savage is an experience.

2 points: Detana!! Twinbee - World of the Mold (Stage 4 BGM)
1 point: Savage (Amiga Game Rip) - Level 2
1 point: Elebits (Game Rip) - Mission 27: Me and My Little War
1 point: PSYVARIAR "THE MIX" - Volcano - Kamishimo X68000 mix -
1 point: Momotaro Denchiku II Best Classics - Hudson Soft Orchestra - Wing of Dawn ~ Riding on the Firebird Goddess

Not a bad week, but not particularly striking. As such, I've decided to give a semi-shotgun spread. I really enjoyed the Twinbee track the most.

SAVAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!
 

Like Darkcomet72, after first discovering the Savage soundtrack, I could barely listen to anything else for a good while. True story.

Also, you should have seen what the magazine ads were like, which were just as zany.


Here's my next nomination:

• Album Title: GOD TRACKS!
• Artist: Masafumi Takada
• Track Title: Battery Size D
• Source: N/A: GOD TRACKS! - VGMdb
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 16
• Catalogue Number: N/A
• Year: 2006

Alright, I guess it's time to nominate something...

Artist: Nathan Boddy
Album/Game Title: GRID (Game Rip)
Track Title: Vintage Warmer
Year: The game was released 2008, track could be older though, I coulnd't find a release date on it

Uploaded it to the FTP.

Trying another song from Doshin the Giant; maybe this one will be better received:

Album: In the wake of Doshin, the GIANT
Artist: Tatsuhiko Asano
Track Title: Yellow Giant
Track #: 02
Catalog #: ZMCX-1055
Year: 2000
Source: VGMDB