Song of the Week - WEEK 219 Voting/WEEK 220 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 200 Weeks and counting.
Week 219 Voting is закрытый.
Week 220 Nominating is закрытый.

Normal Week
There is absolutely nothing remarkable about this week.

Results:
1). [16/10.5] Galaxy Robo (Game Rip) - Scramble Attack
2). [16/10] GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)
3). [12] SkyRoads (Game Rip) - Twilight Zone
4). [11] Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Game Arrange Soundtrack - Sunlight
5). [9/7] Sakura Wars V ~So Long, My Love~ Vocal Collection New York Complete Song Works - Shining Constellation
6). [9/5] Darwin the Monkey (Game Rip) - Darwin's Spirit
7). [8] Mickey's Speedway USA (N64 Game Rip) - Battle Mode - Steamboat
8). [3] Yakusoku no Hi ni wa Kimi to Futari de ~ Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e - Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e (Original Ver.)

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Darwin the Monkey (Game Rip) - Darwin's Spirit
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Galaxy Robo (Game Rip) - Scramble Attack
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Game Arrange Soundtrack - Sunlight
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Mickey's Speedway USA (N64 Game Rip) - Battle Mode - Steamboat
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sakura Wars V ~So Long, My Love~ Vocal Collection New York Complete Song Works - Shining Constellation
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: SkyRoads (Game Rip) - Twilight Zone
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Yakusoku no Hi ni wa Kimi to Futari de ~ Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e - Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e (Original Ver.)

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:
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Week 220 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Nomination #46

Composer: Jun Maeda
Album: 5 Sound Album "yukar"
Track Title: soldiers
Track Number: 1-15
Year: 2009
Catalog Number: RMCD-09071~3
Additional Information: can't wait for rewrite

marching to the ftp

Darwin the Monkey (Game Rip) - Darwin's Spirit Nifty world-music vibe , something that doesn't seem to crop up as much as it should around here. Very impressive.

Galaxy Robo (Game Rip) - Scramble Attack Reminds me a bit of Dynamite Headdy, with a similar overall vie and great melody/rhythm. Nice!

GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3) Whenever cherry blossoms pop up in track titles I fear the music will be all ehru and taiko. This piece has a definite slant in that direction, but it's more focused on being all ambient, electronic, and vaguely mysterious. Has its moments, but seems a little bloated.

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Game Arrange Soundtrack - Sunlight Very 1980's sitcom in its use of sax and guitar. Pure cheddar, but not all bad.

Mickey's Speedway USA (N64 Game Rip) - Battle Mode - Steamboat Looks like someone followed through on their BSC threat! Sadly, this song just doesn't measure up with a lot of bongo beats and not much else.

Sakura Wars V ~So Long, My Love~ Vocal Collection New York Complete Song Works - Shining Constellation Jap Bitch Can't Sing Weak was last week, pal! Way to miss the boat :) In all seriousness, this is a pretty standard species of moon song: the light romantic ballad. Not much to distinguish it from the light romantic ballads attached to hundreds of other JRPG's.

SkyRoads (Game Rip) - Twilight Zone Decent chiptunage, though a stronger melody would have helped make the best of its rather unique soundscape.

Yakusoku no Hi ni wa Kimi to Futari de ~ Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e - Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e (Original Ver.) More moon language in a slightly more poppish vein, lasting forever and ever. Meh.

This week has almost as much singing as last week, and there's a vast chasm of quality between the tops and bottoms.

The Point Spread
Darwin's Spirit - 3 pts.
Scramble Attack - 2 pts.
Twilight Zone - 1 pt.

Quoted for truth. I even have time for comments, but frankly I can't muster up the enthusiasm for it.


(3 points) Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Game Arrange Soundtrack - Sunlight
(2 points) GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)
(1 point) Galaxy Robo (Game Rip) - Scramble Attack

Nomination for what I can assume will be week 221:

=== Kaleb.G ===
* Album: Hyper Zone (Game Rip)
* Artist: Jun Ishikawa
* Track #: 08 (of 14 in the SPC set)
* Track Title: Neo Megalopolis
* Year: 1991
* Additional Info: Sometimes the game title is spelled "HyperZone".
* Source: Game profile: Hyper Zone ~ SNESmusic.org, and also checked Wikipedia, GameFAQs, and Moby Games
* File Location: I will upload this later tonight.

It's uploaded now.

Additional Spam:
Also, here are my votes:

3 points - Galaxy Robo (Game Rip) - Scramble Attack
2 points - GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)
1 point - Sakura Wars V ~So Long, My Love~ Vocal Collection New York Complete Song Works - Shining Constellation

Next nomination:

* Album: Time Trax (Unrealeased Genesis version)
* Artist: Tim Follin
* Track #: 1/1
* Track Title: Title
* Source: Youtube. I couldn't find anything about it in Project 2612, so I took the sound directly from the web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR_xsuLYZRI
* File Location: MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

Here's a new nomination:

* Album Title: Nice Life as Wife
* Artist: Hiroki Kikuta
* Track Title: Mischief
* Source: NSLCD-0009 | NICE LIFE AS WIFE - VGMdb
* File Location: Nomination folder
* Disc Number: 01
* Track Number: 12
* Catalogue Number: NSLCD-0009
* Year: 2008

2 points ~GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)
1 point ~ Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Game Arrange Soundtrack - Sunlight
2 points ~ SkyRoads (Game Rip) - Twilight Zone
1 point ~ Yakusoku no Hi ni wa Kimi to Futari de ~ Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e - Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e (Original Ver.)

Oh I noticed how my music taste is starting to heavily diverge from you guys, haha. A bit of a pity, had more people understood the absurdity of japs can't sing weak in a completely normal weak following directly the official one, that would have been lol.

| GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)
|| Sakura Wars V ~So Long, My Love~ Vocal Collection New York Complete Song Works - Shining Constellation
|| SkyRoads (Game Rip) - Twilight Zone
| Yakusoku no Hi ni wa Kimi to Futari de ~ Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e - Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e (Original Ver.)

POINTS ARE HERE

TWO DARWIN'S SPIRIT
DOS SCRAMBLE ATTACK
ONE BATTLE MODE STEAMBOAT
UNO SHINING CONSTELLATION

Nomination to come soon. I stopped updating my list of "songs to nom" and I can't remember if a few songs have been nominated and did lackluster, or if I just assumed they would and skipped them.

3 points: SkyRoads (Game Rip) - Twilight Zone
1 point: Galaxy Robo (Game Rip) - Scramble Attack
1 point: Mickey's Speedway USA (N64 Game Rip) - Battle Mode - Steamboat
1 point: Sakura Wars V ~So Long, My Love~ Vocal Collection New York Complete Song Works - Shining Constellation


Nomination:

• Album: Akumajo Dracula Best 2
• Artist: Konami Kukeiha Club
• Disc #: 2 (of 2)
• Track #: 24
• Track Title: Praying Hands
• Catalogue Number: KICA-7902~3
• Year: 1998
• Additional Info: Music from the Game Boy game, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge.
• Source: KICA-7902~3 | Akumajo Dracula Best 2 - VGMdb, Game Credits for Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

Finally, an average week.

3 points: Battle Mode - Steamboat
2 points: Scramble Attack
1 point: Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)
Just Missed: Darwin's Spirit, those two vocal tunes

Rofl at the vocal spillover from the previous week. Most likely wouldn't have given either Shining Constellation or Kono Subarashiki points had they appeared last week, though they're still solid, if a bit generic. What was up with that abrupt shift at the beginning of Kono Subarashiki, though? I'll probably never know.

I was 80% certain that Sunlight was going to be another vocal when it started up. And, to be honest, I probably would've liked it better if it was that, instead of the sax-infused pop fusion we got here.

Darwin's Spirit: I like the earthy tribal feel here. Cool choral work too. But arghhh why is it so short? This tune sets itself up for tons of development and doesn't deliver, a huge shame.

Twilight Zone: Sounds like one of those tunes that play during one of those "psychological thriller"-type indie games that exist everywhere on the internet. What, and why.

I'll admit, I haven't heard this GUWANGE Arrange album yet (there's 4 of them, right), so Underworld Cherry Blossoms is new to me. Surprisingly nice piano work, especially in the beginning, and nice percussive noise throughout. Melody sounds a bit different, though that's a non-issue, I'm very pleased with this arrangement.

Best tune this week by far by far (that isn't my nom) is Scramble Attack. I've listened to this like 30+ times it is so awesome oh my god

So yeah, not the best week, though previous weeks have set my standards ridiculously high.

3 points: Darwin the Monkey (Game Rip) - Darwin's Spirit
2 points: Mickey's Speedway USA (N64 Game Rip) - Battle Mode - Steamboat
1 point: Galaxy Robo (Game Rip) - Scramble Attack

Yeah, a pretty average week compared to the last few. Still, some nice discoveries as usual, specifically the delightfully zany "Steamboat" and the ohgodawesome yet somewhat repetitive "Scramble Attack". I happen to think "Darwin's Spirit" retains a nice sense of simplicity by being so short, but I agree that it would have been interesting had the composition been developed more.

It was interesting hearing an arrangement of one of my first ever SotW discoveries ("Underworld Cherry Blossoms"), but I ultimately prefer the original. and re. "Sunlight": the 'terrible choice of nom from an otherwise awesome album' award goes to..*vicious drumroll*

Okay, now I have a nom.

Album: Landing Gear/Side By Side
Artist: Shu. (Shuichiro Nakazawa)
Track Title: Touch Down!
Track number: 5
Year: 1997
Catalog: ZTTL-0006
Source: ZTTL-0006 | Landing Gear / Side by Side - VGMdb

2 points: Galaxy Robo (Game Rip) - Scramble Attack
2 points: Sakura Wars V ~So Long, My Love~ Vocal Collection New York Complete Song Works - Shining Constellation
1 point: GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)
1 point: Mickey's Speedway USA (N64 Game Rip) - Battle Mode - Steamboat

3 points: Underworld Cherry Blossoms
1 point: Scramble Attack
1 point: Darwin's Spirit
1 point: Sunlight

(3 points) Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Game Arrange Soundtrack - Sunlight
(2 points) SkyRoads (Game Rip) - Twilight Zone
(1 point) Sakura Wars V ~So Long, My Love~ Vocal Collection New York Complete Song Works - Shining Constellation

Quick votes:

(3 points) GUWANGE Arrange Album plus Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)

(2 points) SkyRoads (Game Rip) - Twilight Zone

(1 point) Yakusoku no Hi ni wa Kimi to Futari de ~ Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e - Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e (Original Ver.)

Voting is closed and nominations are closed

1). [16/10.5] Galaxy Robo (Game Rip) - Scramble Attack
2). [16/10] GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track - Underworld Cherry Blossoms (Stage 3)
3). [12] SkyRoads (Game Rip) - Twilight Zone
4). [11] Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Game Arrange Soundtrack - Sunlight
5). [9/7] Sakura Wars V ~So Long, My Love~ Vocal Collection New York Complete Song Works - Shining Constellation
6). [9/5] Darwin the Monkey (Game Rip) - Darwin's Spirit
7). [8] Mickey's Speedway USA (N64 Game Rip) - Battle Mode - Steamboat
8). [3] Yakusoku no Hi ni wa Kimi to Futari de ~ Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e - Kono Subarashiki Fukaku Sekai e (Original Ver.)

I thought Scramble Attack would be too repetitive, but it came out on top! Guess it pays to nominate these obscure SNES tunes.