Song of the Week - WEEK 181 Voting/WEEK 182 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 175 Weeks and counting.
Week 181 Voting is sealed yea unto one thousand years.
Week 182 Nominating is closed until the return of the Deep Ones.

Results:
1). [19] Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
2). [14] Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom
3). [12/7.5] Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)
4). [12/6.5] Crash Twinsanity (Game Rip) - Totem Hokum, Pt II (River Rollerbrawl Area)
5). [11] Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! - Pearls
6). [10] Magna Carta Sound Track - Battle theme I
7-t). [9/6.5] Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles (Game Rip) - Theme de Cyprien
7-t). [9/6.5] MELT - Nothing Special

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! - Pearls
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Crash Twinsanity (Game Rip) - Totem Hokum, Pt II (River Rollerbrawl Area)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles (Game Rip) - Theme de Cyprien
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Magna Carta Sound Track - Battle theme I
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: MELT - Nothing Special
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom

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Week 182 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

My take on the songs (no offense to anybody):

Atelier Viorate - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village: This is a nice song. Nice melody, nice arrangement.

Cowboy Bebop - Pearls: Maybe it's like being torn to three direction? Creppy ... jazzy ... dramatic? What else?

Crash Twinsanity - Totum Hokum Pt II: It begins as a funny song, too much repetition though. 4 min is too long for this song. Don' t like the way it ends too.


Evil Twin - Theme of Cyprien: I got bored with the beginning. Middle. And the end.

Magna Carta - Battle Theme: okay song. Hate the ending. Again.

Melt - Nothing special: It's a nice song, easy listening.

Thunder Force VI - Bio Flame: nice to listen to, however it missing the omph. Don' t like the fading ending. Never like fading end.

Ys V - Lost Kingdom: Love the melody, love love love the arrangement. However, I have to say that I am biased. I love grandious stuff and it's my nom. 'Nough said.

My vote:
Hard week to decide ... 3 different direction of songs
1 Points: Atelier Viorate - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
2 Point: Cowboy Bebop - Pearls
3 Points: Ys V - Lost Kingdom


Honorable mention:
Thunder Foce VI - Bio Flame. It's the end that caused this song a vote.
Melt - Nothing Special. Almost make it. It's the end too that caused this song a vote too.

Average week. =/

(2 points) Magna Carta Sound Track - Battle theme I
(2 points) Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
(1 point) Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)
(1 point) Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom

Okay, I guess this is a nomination.

Album: Rise of the Triad (Game Rip)
Artist: Bobby Prince, Lee Jackson
Track Title: Fastway
Track Number: 11
Year: 1994
Source: Game music base - database of Games, Games music and soundtracks
Additional Info: I've seen the title for this song also called "Goin' Down the Fast Way". I have no idea which is right or wrong. Also, the game's music is in midi format.

3 points: Crash Twinsanity (Game Rip) - Totem Hokum, Pt II (River Rollerbrawl Area)
2 points: MELT - Nothing Special
1 point: Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom

Goin' Down the Fast Way is the full title of the song, either's okay though. The soundtrack in OGG format can be found here. Great nomination, by the way.

Seconded! Also, the composer for this one is Lee Jackson. Here's an MP3 of it, recorded by Jdevlin: http://www.sendspace.com/file/n0v67f


(3 points) MELT - Nothing Special
(2 points) Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
(1 point) Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles (Game Rip) - Theme de Cyprien

3 points - Magna Carta Sound Track - Battle theme I
2 points - Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom
1 point - Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village

Close but no cigar: Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)

3 Points: Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
2 Points: Magna Carta Sound Track - Battle theme I
1 Point: Crash Twinsanity (Game Rip) - Totem Hokum, Pt II (River Rollerbrawl Area)

3 points: Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)
2 points: Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! - Pearls
1 point: MELT - Nothing Special

The Crash Twinsanity track was very close to getting that last point. Man that soundtrack is so silly.

So very silly.

There's a lot of gold to be found on the Viorate soundtrack (still kicking myself for having not nominated "The Afternoon of the Supersonic Hydro Catfish" yet), and while I wouldn't put Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village in the top tier, it's still a very nice, more-than-decent tune. Shows that the Gust sound team can have some coherence and direction when they try the slower stuff (which, usually, they're not that great at).

I am not familiar with any of Kanno's Cowboy Bebop works, which is something I should fix. Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! - Pearls features the gorgeous vocals of Ilaria Graziano, which manage to galvanise Kanno's melodies every single time they appear, with graceful harmony and pitch-perfect delivery. It's a testament to Kanno's greatness as a composer that while I think this is far from her best, it's still a stunning piece of music.

First and foremost, I must encourage everyone to listen to the entire soundtrack to Crash Twinsanity by Spiralmouth---Dubble did a really great rip. The a capella style of the music, particularly as featured in Crash Twinsanity (Game Rip) - Totem Hokum, Pt II (River Rollerbrawl Area), is just flat-out nonsensical fun, and surely people who don't like it are aliens devoid of spirit and soul. Awesome Fat Albert cameo, too!

Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles (Game Rip) - Theme de Cyprien intrigued me from the start and really never had me lose interest throughout. Nice to see that a track from a game with "Evil" and "Chronicles" in its title isn't predominantly orchestral or oppressive in sound or tone. What we get instead is a really sweet flighty number with an amicable sense of charm and some uplifting developments. Very nice!

I've really struggled in the past to get into the soundtracks to the Magna Carta games, which is exceptionally odd given the composer(s) behind them. Magna Carta Sound Track - Battle theme I, following the unfortunate trend, doesn't do anything for me. It seems to lack character, and substance. This is about as generic and unremarkable as (battle) tracks get for me.

I was willing to give MELT - Nothing Special the benefit of the doubt after the first minute, as even though I don't like these kind of vocals particularly in a down tempo electronica environment, I thought the track would shape up to something in its 6 minute runtime. But nah, I didn't like it in the end. Too much meandering, not enough direction. The shimmering effect of the vocals was an extra turnoff.

I really didn't expect such a cool, chilled track from a THUNDER FORCE game. Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A) is easy to listen to and makes for nice background music, but I don't think it engages me nor intrigues me enough to consider it in the point distribution.

Wait, a track from Ys V Orchestra Version was allowed? 'K. Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom is of course very pretty, very moving stuff. It doesn't enthrall me as much as it used to, but that's kinda expected considering my usual track record with Ys tracks (my interest usually wanes over time). There are exceptions of course (see: The Oath in Felghana soundtrack), but this one just hasn't stood the test of time, despite still having an affecting sound.

and so the WALL OF MINDLESS VGM JUDGING ended with a mere POINT or three

3 points: Crash Twinsanity (Game Rip) - Totem Hokum, Pt II (River Rollerbrawl Area)
2 points: Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles (Game Rip) - Theme de Cyprien
1 point: Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! - Pearls
4th: Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
5th: Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)
6th: Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom
7th: Magna Carta Sound Track - Battle theme I
8th: MELT - Nothing Special

Pretty good week. Only two which I absolutely couldn't get into. The rest had their own individual highlights which is always good to see/hear. :)

To tell you the truth, I was wondering about that as I nominated it. But I thought I saw another Ys was nominated before and since it wasn't in the forbidden list and it has no 'Final' and 'Fantasy' in the title ... :D.

BTW: thanks for the Oath in Felghana info!

<<3 Points>> Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom
<<2 Points>> Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! - Pearls
<<1 Point>> MELT - Nothing Special


Nomination

• Album: Keys of the City
• Artist: Yoshihisa Tomabechi (Composer), Mark Soskin (Arranger)
• Track Title: The Diver
• Track Number: 10
• Year: 1990
• Catalog Number: KECH-1006
• Source: KECH-1006: Keys of the City - VGMdb

This was a good week:

1 point ~ Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles (Game Rip) - Theme de Cyprien
2 points ~ Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! - Pearls
2 points ~ Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
1 point ~ MELT - Nothing Special

Very ambivalent about this week. Couldn't even get behind "Row, Row Your Boat," as much as I wanted to.

(3 points) Magna Carta Sound Track - Battle theme I
(2 points) Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
(1 point) Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)

It's always good when people can make up for my lack of knowledge/searching success with songs and help me out. Thanks Draconis, Rimo.

Oh and here's votes. One track this week I really enjoyed, and some tracks that were decent enough to get a point.

3 points - Crash Twinsanity (Game Rip) - Totem Hokum, Pt II (River Rollerbrawl Area)
1 point - MELT - Nothing Special
1 point - Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)
1 point - Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom

3 points: Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
2 points: Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)
1 point: Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! - Pearls

Nomination #24

Composer: MANYO
Album: Karanoshojo Original Sound Track "Azure"
Track Title: Fairy's dance
Track Number: 1-06
Year: 2008
Catalog Number: GUN-0009
Additional Information: This is arguably the manliest track I've ever nominated, yo.

Frolicking to the FTP :3:

Hope this isn't too popular for SotW:

Game: Maniac Mansion (NES Gamerip)
Title: "Flashbulb Funk" (Michael's Theme)
Composer: David Warhol
Year: 1990

You know, it was a coin flip between Mudship and Supersonic Hydro Catfish. Both have been on my "to be nominated" list for a couple years now.

2 points: BIO FLAME (Stage02-A)
2 points: Totem Hokum, Pt. II (River Rollerbrawl Area)
1 point: Pearls
1 point: Theme de Cyprien

Pearls would've been a stronger contender if it ditched that unnecessary 50 seconds of fluff at the end of the tune. I want to say it's only a very minor complaint as the song in itself is still very good, as it is very good, but man

I thought that this sole Twinsanity track was just a novelty track when I first heard it earlier this week, but evidently the entire soundtrack is like this. If this is true, we've struck solid gold.

My greatest shame, as of August 31, 2009, is that I still have yet to play Raycrisis II Thunder Force VI.

I knew I forgot something. Quick points:

Theme de Cyprien - 3 pts.
The Mudship Sinks etc. - 2 pts.
Lost Kingdom - 1 pt.

Ugh, nearly forgot to vote...

(2 points) Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)
Great track. Reminds me of some of Zuntata's other awesome music.

(2 points) Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom
I'm somehow very charmed by this understated piece. I like how it lingers on its bitter sweet melody, never straying to any extreme. The track is also rather steady and nicely paced.

(1 point) Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
Very pleasant.

(1 point) Evil Twin - Cyprien's Chronicles (Game Rip) - Theme de Cyprien
Strangely mesmerizing.

"Pearls" nearly got a point.

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [19] Atelier Viorate Original Soundtrack - The Mudship Sinks at Karotte Village
2). [14] Ys V Orchestra Version - Lost Kingdom
3). [12/7.5] Thunder Force VI (Game Rip) - BIO FLAME (STAGE02-A)
4). [12/6.5] Crash Twinsanity (Game Rip) - Totem Hokum, Pt II (River Rollerbrawl Area)
5). [11] Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST! - Pearls
6). [10] Magna Carta Sound Track - Battle theme I
7-t). [9/6.5] Evil Twin: Cyprien's Chronicles (Game Rip) - Theme de Cyprien
7-t). [9/6.5] MELT - Nothing Special

Folks be silly a capella haters.