Song of the Week - WEEK 222 Voting/WEEK 223 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 200 Weeks and counting.
Week 222 Voting is बंद.
Week 223 Nominating is बंद.

Results:
1). [17] SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -
2). [15] BioShock 2 (Game Rip) - Eleanor's Lullabye
3). [12/8.5] RUNABOUT-2 - Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)
4). [12/7.5] Lost Saga (Game Rip) - Cube
5). [10/6.5] Excitebots: Trick Racing (Game Rip) - China
6). [10/6] Acrobat Mission (SNES Game Rip) - Countryside
7). [7/4.5] Drakan: Order of the Flame (Red Book Audio) - Track 8
8). [7/3.5] good-cool / crazy operation - Wana ~ Long Version

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Acrobat Mission (SNES Game Rip) - Countryside
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: BioShock 2 (Game Rip) - Eleanor's Lullabye
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Drakan: Order of the Flame (Red Book Audio) - Track 8
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Excitebots: Trick Racing (Game Rip) - China
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: good-cool / crazy operation - Wana ~ Long Version
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Lost Saga (Game Rip) - Cube
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: RUNABOUT-2 - Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -

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

I'm up again? Wow, we sure are LOW ON NOMINATIONS.

Artist: Junko Tamiya
Album: Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (Game Rip)
Track Title: Planet 1, Area 3
Track #: 14
Year: 1990
Source: mobygames for composer info, zophar's domain for the nsf rip
Additional info: Lord is this game is hard

Artist: Naofumi Hataya
Album: Sega Rally (PC version rip, but it doesn't matter in this case)
Track Title: Desert Replay
Track #: 4
Year: 1996

Link

Nomination:

Artist: Hiroto Saitoh
Album: S-MODE
Track Title: Vermilion View
Track Number: 6
Year: 2010 (May)
Source: S-MODE - VGMdb

Will upload to the FTP in the future.

Nomination:

=== Nominator's Name ===
* Album: Nintendo Sound Adventures
* Artist: Acoustic Department
* Composer: Kazumi Totaka
* Disc #: 1 (of 1)
* Track #: 02 (of 15)
* Track Title: Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)
* Catalogue Number: 8110009
* Year: 1998
* Additional Info: I'd really like to actually hear this on the dancefloor.
* Source: Nintendo Sound Adventures - VGMdb, N64Y2K Millennium Trax - VGMdb
* File Location: forthcoming, unless someone else can upload it before me

Just a heads up, the currently existing rip of Excitebots is absolutely terrible, so that part at the very end of China where the volume drops and then the track just cuts off, that's not just you.

Let me make this larger for you:

Wow, we sure are LOW ON NOMINATIONS.

• Album: S.C.Out (Game Rip)
• Artist: Frédéric Motte
• Track Title: In-Game Music
• Year: 1992
• Additional Info: I feel terrible that I forgot this game had music until I started replaying it. You'd think I'd have remembered a tune this badass. (fuck yes Frédéric Motte is the man)
• Source: Game Credits for S.C.Out

This might be the first time in several years (if ever) that I'm the first person to vote.

3 points - Acrobat Mission (SNES Game Rip) - Countryside
1 point - RUNABOUT-2 - Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)
1 point - Excitebots: Trick Racing (Game Rip) - China
1 point - SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -

Nom bias, yes. But I also just wasn't really feeling any other tracks this week.

2 points ~ Lost Saga (Game Rip) - Cube
2 points ~ RUNABOUT-2 - Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)
2 points ~ SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -

I wanted to give good-cool a point, but I couldn't take it from any of these ^^U

(3 points) BioShock 2 (Game Rip) - Eleanor's Lullabye
(2 points) Acrobat Mission (SNES Game Rip) - Countryside
(1 point) Drakan: Order of the Flame (Red Book Audio) - Track 8

Edit:

I hope this nomination flies. No pun intended.

Artist: Yoshie Arakawa & Yoshinori Kawamoto
Album: Star Fox Assault
Track Title: Mission 6 - Sauria
Track Number: 14
Year: 2005

Nomination #48

Composer: Tomáš Dvořák
Album: Samorost2 Soundtrack
Track Title: Tuleni
Track Number: 11
Year: 2006
Catalog Number: N/A
Additional Information: Possibly the most underrated album game ever.

Chill chant ch-ftp.

I uploaded my nomination, but I kinda found it as a random track. If anyone can find this track as part of a good, legit rip of the album, it would be appreciated if that were used instead.

3 points - good-cool / crazy operation - Wana ~ Long Version
2 points - SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -
1 point - RUNABOUT-2 - Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)

(3 points) RUNABOUT-2 - Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)
(2 points) Lost Saga (Game Rip) - Cube
(1 point) Drakan: Order of the Flame (Red Book Audio) - Track 8

Nomination:

Album: Rmuzik0
Artist: C.C.Catch (Kenny Chou)
Track Title: Track 2
Year: 1993
Additional Info: This is a Demoscene song. Kenny Chou composed music for a few games including Kaeon, Zone 66, One Must Fall 2097 and Xixit.

QFT

Draconis nominated the Drakan track? Wow, I thought I was the only person who liked that soundtrack.

3 points: Drakan: Order of the Flame (Red Book Audio) - Track 8
2 points: SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -
1 point: Lost Saga (Game Rip) - Cube

No time for comments today, sadly. I'm sure you're all devastated by this news :)

Eleanor's Lullabye - 3 pts.
Cube - 2 pts.
Countryside - 1 pt.

Nom
Album: The Misadventures of P. B. Winterbottom
Artist: David Stanton
Track Title: Savory Salutations
Year: 2010
Additional Info: Looped for your pleasure.

Here's a new nomination:

* Album Title: Sonny (Game Rip)
* Artist: David Orr
* Track Title: Zone Theme 2
* Source: Sonny | Armor Games ; Music | The Music Of David Orr
* File Location: Nomination folder
* Disc Number: NA
* Track Number: NA
* Catalogue Number: NA
* Year: 2007

Quick votes:

(3 points) Acrobat Mission (SNES Game Rip) - Countryside

(2 points) good-cool - crazy operation - Wana ~ Long Version

(1 point) Lost Saga (Game Rip) - Cube

Speedking would have got a point (it has some really cool parts) if not for my pre-occupation with Countryside.

3 points: S.I.D - sex initial drive -
2 points: China
1 point: Countryside

2 points: Drakan: Order of the Flame (Red Book Audio) - Track 8
2 points: RUNABOUT-2 - Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)
2 points: SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -
Honorable mentions: Wana ~ Long Version

I would give these 3 points each if I could, so this spread was the closest thing.

Also ^5, Bigblah.


Nomination:

• Album: Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (SNES Game Rip)
• Artist: Fox Productions
• Track #: 17
• Track Title: Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
• Year: 1994
• Source: Game profile: Aero the Acro-Bat 2 ~ SNESmusic.org, Game Credits for Aero the Acrobat 2

Aero 2 has some tight tracks. Good choice.

And I thought last week was strange.

2 points: China
2 points: Eleanor’s Lullaby
1 point: S.I.D. –sex initial drive-
1 point: Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)
Just Missed: Wana ~ Long Version, Cube

So here I was, all prepared to make a scathing comment on how this China pales in comparison to my Excite Truck China, which was a potential nom of mine*. Only to find out that this China is awesome. Also apparently you can throw giant super sandwiches at other cars why haven’t I played this game yet.

Blow Mind (Castle Gate City) is standout if only for the intro: The “wo-work your body” sounds not like a result of digital sampling, but rather like someone actually recorded someone saying “wo-work your body”, with the stutter and everything. This is the best thing. Oh yeah, rest of the song is good too.

Cube: Decent funk tune, though lacks that little special something that would give it the edge over the competition.

Track 8: huh.

Wana ~ Long Version: Killer intro. Was very, very disappointed when the vocal came in right after, moreso than most vocal tunes I’ve listened to in the past. I’d love to hear an instrumental if one exists.

S.I.D. –sex initial drive-: Chiptunes have come a long way, haven’t they? I know nothing about the current scene but damn if there isn’t some talent in it. Great song.

Oh man Acrobat Mission, I remember this game. I never liked it :(. Not big on the soundtrack either, including Countryside, sorry. Death animation was pretty hilarious, though.

Eleanor’s Lullaby: Wow. Beautiful piece. Schyman seems to be the real deal, though I hesitate to find out by listening to soundtracks/rips without playing the Bioshock games first, as I’ve heard that you won’t get nearly half the effect without experiencing the music in context or something. Gotta give credit where it’s due, though.

Next nom coming up shortly!

*Was? Still is. Nobody touch it

3 points: Excitebots: Trick Sandwichmaking (Game Rip) - ChinaAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
1 point: BioShock 2 (Game Rip) - Eleanor's Lullabye
1 point: RUNABOUT-2 - Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)
1 point: SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -

I fell in love with Schyman for his creative musical horrorscapes, but he's just as adept at making absolutely gorgeous music. Amazing, amazing talent.

Excitebots' soundtrack, while great, isn't quite as good as Excite Truck's, but it has the added benefit of not making any sense in any context. Just like the game itself.

3 points: Lost Saga (Game Rip) - Cube
2 points: BioShock 2 (Game Rip) - Eleanor's Lullabye
1 point: Excitebots: Trick Racing (Game Rip) - China

I was expecting/hoping for some surf music in the Runabout track. :( And I was disappointed when that cliche note was left out at 2:33 in the BioShock track.

Also it's painful how generic "China" is, but at least it's still enjoyable.

2 points - good-cool / crazy operation - Wana ~ Long Version
2 points - SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -
1 point - BioShock 2 (Game Rip) - Eleanor's Lullabye
1 point - Excitebots: Trick Racing (Game Rip) - China

China was quite the something.

<<3 points>> BioShock 2 (Game Rip) - Eleanor's Lullabye
<<1 point>> RUNABOUT-2 - Blow Mind (Castle Gate City)
<<1 point>> Lost Saga (Game Rip) - Cube
<<1 point>> SPEEDKING PRESENTS 8bit RAVE - S.I.D - sex initial drive -

Nomination

• Arranger: Takayuki Negishi
• Composer: Ayako Saso
• Album: Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9
• Track Title: Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
• Track Number: 55
• Disc: 1 (of 1)
• Year: 1993
• Source: VICL-8089 | Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - VGMdb
• Additional Info: I have been delaying this nom for far too long

My next nom:

Album: Outlaws PC Soundtrack (red book?)
Composer: Clint Bajakian
Track: The Shack
Track #: 03
Catalog #: n/a
Year: 1997
Source: Untitled Document
Additional info: I like this song :)

Uploading to FTP. Although, the track from the site is encoded only in 160 cbr. If a higher quality version exists, feel free to use that, provided it’s not the version from this album,which cuts out more than a minute of music from the track (I think).