Song of the Week - WEEK 189 Voting/WEEK 190 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 175 Weeks and counting.
Week 189 Voting is shut down like downtown.
Week 190 Nominating is closed like a chastity belt in a nunnery.

Results:
1). [20] Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"
2). [18] Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy
3). [10] TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport
4). [8] G.T.R. - Wendy touch
5). [7] Coded Soul: Uke Keigareshi Idea (Game Rip) - Gail's Theme
6). [6] Bomberman Hero (Game Rip) - Action Scene B
7). [5] Silent Scope Trilogy Original Soundtrack - DEADLY INVITATION
8). [4] Little Samson (Game Rip) - Lickle's Theme

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Bomberman Hero (Game Rip) - Action Scene B
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Coded Soul: Uke Keigareshi Idea (Game Rip) - Gail's Theme
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: G.T.R. - Wendy touch
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Little Samson (Game Rip) - Lickle's Theme
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Silent Scope Trilogy Original Soundtrack - DEADLY INVITATION
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport

Voting Rules:
Voters must distribute 6 points among the 8 nominees, giving points to at least 3 songs, giving no song more than 3 points, and giving no more than one of their choices 3 points. Possible ways of voting include:

Notes:
Please remember to upload your nominations to the SotW server! Uploaded noms mean a faster, smoother SotW experience for everyone. Server information:

Week 189 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

I'll try to be back with finalized versions of the tracks by today or tomorrow.

No rush. And hey, by posting you've made it possible for me to vote without it getting automerged into the first post!

Bomberman Hero (Game Rip) - Action Scene B A decent beat, but there's just not enough going on to maintain interest.

Coded Soul Uke Keigareshi Idea - Gail's Theme A mixture of the sentimental piano character theme with a generous amount of new age atmosphere. Love the melody and the overall atmosphere.

G.T.R. - Wendy touch Is it just me or does "Wendy touch" sound like something out of hardcore hentai? Then again, maybe that's exactly where this song is from. That aside, this is a decent piece all around, if a little cheesy at times.

Little Samson (NES Game Rip) - Lickle's Theme This reminds me of MM4 in that it has the NES sound down cold and all the right ingredients, but never quite manages to come together in a really interesting way.

Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy As Alone on the Dark showed, if there's one composer that knows his way around a choir, it's Olivier Deriviere. This piece combines vocals and dark Yamaoka-esque atmospherics to good effect. A few nasty electronic squeals in the background are the only real minus.

Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula" This synthpop sound is probably the last thing I'd associate with Vlad Dracul, but once that cognitive dissonance is overcome it's actually quite excellent. The violin melody is especially nice,

Silent Scope Trilogy Original Soundtrack - DEADLY INVITATION I've seen this game at dozens of arcades but never actually played it (maybe if there were more hot girl powerups I'd have ventured a quarter on it). The music is fine, if not particularly memorable.

Timesplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport While the trance sound is appropriately spacey, the song lasts a geologic age and never really does anything noteworthy (a lot like your garden variety trance track, come to think of it).

The Point Spread
Gail's Theme – 3 pts.
Corruption w/ a side of Rage & Melancholy sauce – 2 pts.
Theme from LoD – 1 pt.

Nom nom nom
Composer: Kunihiko Ryo, In-Roh Joo
Album: Aion (gamerip)
Track Title: The Still, Sad World
Year: 2008
Additional Information: Ripped as an ogg from the game's files and converted.

It's actually from an original works album. Got Sakimoto on it too!
TTRC-0004: G.T.R. - VGMdb

Voting:
3 Points: Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy
2 Points: Timesplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport
1 Point: Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"

Nominating something from a game that's been out for one year in a single country but has been introduced to the rest of the world only one month ago is rather sneaky, it complies with the written rules but those are only approximations to a principle which would not appreciate such a nomination i think. It's not that i would have anything against it, i don't even really support that obscurity rule itself.
It just feels kind of unfair that you get to nominate something from a new game while i am still waiting for two nominations to reach the age of consent so to speak.

The music has been available for over a year; hell, my gamerip is from 2008. I didn't even know the game had a western release, frankly.
Nominate them then! I doubt anyone would even notice unless you call attention to it. Plus fast and loose is the new watchword here at SotW.

But now we do know and will think to check.

Stalky tipped his hand too early, I'm afraid.

I also doubt that the number of people who even know the games will dramatically increase over those three month, since both are indie titles. Even though one has to say that over Steam they get quite some exposure.
Titles in question would be "Madballs in ... Babo: Invasion" and "Machinarium", everyone should check out their soundtracks really.

Snap!

The tracks are finally finalized. There may be slightly higher quality versions of some tracks available now.

Also, CHz, if you read this, I have updated the TagScanner and MP3Gain settings here:
Staff resources - SotW Wiki

I want to stop using Disc.Track in the ID3v2 & APE track field. It's not good form and iTunes won't properly read the tag. Most media players now support the disc field, so we should use it. I'd also prefer to include the disc count, but this is optional. Disc number will still be grouped into the album field for ID3v1.

2 points: TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport
1 point: Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy
1 point: Bomberman Hero (Game Rip) - Action Scene B
1 point: Little Samson (Game Rip) - Lickle's Theme
1 point: Coded Soul: Uke Keigareshi Idea (Game Rip) - Gail's Theme

Well I hate to be a stick in the mud, but I didn't like this week at all. Some tracks were passable enough to get points, but on the whole, nothing stuck out nor truly entertained.

(2 points) G.T.R. - Wendy touch
Very nice overall, with great solos. A bit cheesy at times however.
(2 points) Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy
Beautiful and haunting at the same time. Love the violin + vocal synergy. Somewhat simple melody.
(1 point) Little Samson (Game Rip) - Lickle's Theme
I still remember it from all those years ago! Certainly catchy, although its shortness drags it a bit down.
(1 point) TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport
Nothing spectacular, yet it's good standard trance.

Nomination (going back to my last nom before I did the Halloween special switch):

Album: Neotokyo
Artist: Ed Harrison
Disc #: 1
Track #: 1
Track Title: Annul
Catalogue Number: N/A
Year: 2009 (March 5)
Additional Info: Neotokyo is a Half-Life 2 mod.
Source: VGMdb

Nice week. Am I the only one who thinks the Coded Soul track sounds rather like Enya's Watermark piano and vocal piece? Pity the melody isn't quite as good.

(2 points) Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy

(2 points) Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from ''The Legend of Dracula''

(1 point) Bomberman Hero (Game Rip) - Action Scene B

(1 point) Coded Soul Uke Keigareshi Idea (Game Rip) - Gail's Theme

Special mentions to Silent Scope. It has some cool parts but the others didn't quite standout for me.

(3 points) Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula": Hardly what I'd expect from track that has the phrase "Perfect Selection Dracula", but hey, that violin works swell.
(2 points) Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy: I agree -- total Silent Hill vibe here. Introduces its many elements at a judicious pace.
(1 point) Silent Scope Trilogy Original Soundtrack - DEADLY INVITATION: Has enough action and urgency to make it compelling.

As for the rest of a decent week:

I enjoyed Spaceport very much when I heard it in-game, but even I agree it falls under boilerplate techno (which I happen to like often). Gail's Theme is lovely in sound but missing something compositionally. The vibe of Wendy Touch has definitely been mirrored in other SotW selections -- the jazzy/synth vibe -- and it's ultimately not too bad. I have no real complaints for Action Scene B either. Lickle's Theme has the NES sound downpat but never does anything unique with it.

<<2 points>> Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy
<<2 points>> Silent Scope Trilogy Original Soundtrack - DEADLY INVITATION
<<1 point>> Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from ''The Legend of Dracula''
<<1 point>> G.T.R. - Wendy touch


Nom coming!

• Album: The Legend of Heroes Piano Collection
• Artist: Falcom Sound Team J.D.K., Tomohiko Kishimoto
• Track Title: Dragon
• Track Number: 9
• Year: 1996
• Catalogue Number: KICA-1194
• Additional Info: Too many time without nominating something from Falcom and this album deserves some attention.

Average week. =/

(2 points) Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"
(2 points) TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport
(1 point) Bomberman Hero (Game Rip) - Action Scene B
(1 point) G.T.R. - Wendy touch

3 Points - G.T.R. - Wendy touch: This is supposed to be cheesy? I really love it, has many interesting solos and just sounds like a funny sunny downstreet stroll while kicking around garbage cans. Still, what is a Wendy touch? Like Frog touch?

2 Points - Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula": haha what is this? Half-sentimental, half-atmospheric and the "blobs" are so out of place it's awesome. Very weird song.

1 Point - Little Samson (Game Rip) - Lickle's Theme: oh god the beatline is so Zunesque lol, it's louder than the melody. Catchy song still.

Great week for me.

2 points: Action Scene B
2 points: DEADLY INVITATION
1 point: Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"
1 point: Wendy Touch
Just Missed: Corruption with Rage and Melancholy, Spaceport

Alright guys, about to listen to the Future Perfect soundtrack, see you in 6 months

I always liked how, even though Redial (Action Scene B) repeates 2 measure motives over and over again, it still manages to be a captivating listen. Same for the rest of the soundtrack. Of course, maybe the fact that Bomberman Hero is one of my most played games of all time helped a bit.

Also, DEADLY INVITATION marks the first time I've nominated a total of 3 tracks from a single game/album! You all should totally check out the Silent Scope Trilogy soundtrack, it rules (it does).

Additional Spam:
Oh yeah, also, I highly recommend that you folks give the Silent Scope Trilogy soundtrack a listen, it's really good.

Still deciding. Might change these votes, but here's what I have for now:

3 points - Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"
2 points - Bomberman Hero (Game Rip) - Action Scene B
1 point - Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy

I've had New Classic on my computer for a while but only recently did I appreciate this track to such a high level. Came up randomly and I loved it. Great melody and nice atmosphere. Some things could have been changed for the better, but I still think it's excellent.

• Album: The Sketches of Moondays ~We Kept Our Promise To You~
• Artist: Dioramic Phono Odor (Hirofumi Taniguchi)
• Disc #: 2 (of 3)
• Track #: 4
• Track Title: BLUE
• Catalogue Number: STF-0006~8
• Year: 2002
• Additional Info: essentially a four and a half minute recording of a synthesizer farting
• Source: STF-0006~8: The Sketches of Moondays ~We Kept Our Promise To You~ - VGMdb

I'm going to leave voting open for an extra day because we're kind of low on votes and there are several regular voters who haven't put any votes in yet. :disappointed glare:

(look, I had an excuse, what about you)

2 points: Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"
2 points: Coded Soul Uke Keigareshi Idea (Game Rip) - Gail's Theme
2 points: Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy

I only start downloading and listening to the tracks after they've been finalized, and that's been like 2 days ago. So that's my excuse.

2 points: Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"
2 points: TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport
1 point: Little Samson (Game Rip) - Lickle's Theme
1 point: Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy

New votes here:
3 points - Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"
1 point - Bomberman Hero (Game Rip) - Action Scene B
1 point - Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy
1 point - TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport

Close, no cigar: DEADLY INVITATION

Nomination!

Album: Max Payne (Game Rip)
Artist(s): Kartsy Hatakka, Kimmo Kajasto
Track Number: 09
Track Title: Killer Suits
Year: 2001

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [20] Perfect Selection Dracula ~New Classic~ - Theme from "The Legend of Dracula"
2). [18] Obscure 2 - Corruption with Rage and Melancholy
3). [10] TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (Game Rip) - Spaceport
4). [8] G.T.R. - Wendy touch
5). [7] Coded Soul: Uke Keigareshi Idea (Game Rip) - Gail's Theme
6). [6] Bomberman Hero (Game Rip) - Action Scene B
7). [5] Silent Scope Trilogy Original Soundtrack - DEADLY INVITATION
8). [4] Little Samson (Game Rip) - Lickle's Theme

Oh crap.

I glanced through the thread and didn't think there was enough votes to close out. I was gonna listen and vote tomorrow when I was more likely to be in the mood.

Oh well. First one I've missed in a year, and the last one was only due to surgery.