Song of the Week - WEEK 223 Voting/WEEK 224 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 200 Weeks and counting.
Week 223 Voting is დახურულია.
Week 224 Nominating is დახურულია.

Results:
1). [17/10.5] Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
2). [17/9] S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
3). [9] Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria
4). [8] Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
5-t). [7/5] Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay
5-t). [7/5] Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2
7). [6] Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)
8). [1] Outlaws (Red Book Audio) - The Shack

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Outlaws (Red Book Audio) - The Shack
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2
Use the download link for Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria

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

Here is a NOMINATION:

• Album: Kingyo Chuuihou! Tobidase! Game Gakuen (Game Rip)
• Artist: Yasuyuki Suzuki
• Track #: 17
• Track Title: Tetris
• Year: 1994
• Additional Info: Yasuyuki Suzuki, huh? Interesting.
• Source: Game profile: Kingyo Chuuihou! Tobidase Game Gakuen ~ SNESmusic.org

What's up with the Flash Player on the Aero and Yoshi tracks?

Just choking on apostrophes again. They, along with ampersands, always give it major gas.

It's fixed now, though if you're really serious about listening the download links are always there as a backup.

Nice work. =}

Now for another nomination in a loose series of tracks found through a 7-year-old attempt at listening through all SPC sets in alphabetical order. One of these days I'll get back into that, though with greater organization.

=== Kaleb.G ===
* Album: Accele Brid (Game Rip)
* Artist: Haruhiko Kuroiwa
* Track #: 04 (of 16, on SPC Set)
* Track Title: G. Bowman Circuit
* Year: 1993
* Additional Info: Game is sometimes titled without the space as "Accelebrid".
* Source: Game profile: Accelebrid ~ SNESmusic.org
* File Location: I'll upload it tonight.

UPDATE
FYI, my nomination is uploaded.

Also, there are slight hiccups in the Star Fox Assault track. I uploaded it, so I don't think those are in the original file. Maybe I'm wrong.

Does this mean we should look out for a Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel nomination in June 2015?
It's a flash player problem. Probably because the rip was done at a nonstandard bitrate (those damn Nintendo rips are always guilty of that). The download link is fine and I have put up a big red signpost to it.

Oops, just realised inconsistencies with how I tagged the title of the Sonny track. It should be "Zone Theme 2".

In any case, quick votes:

(2 points) Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2

(2 points) Sega Rally Pc Version - Desert Replay

(1 point) Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)

(1 point) Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)

Was tempted to give Rolling Thunder 2 points but Yoshi's Story was hard to pass up.

Hahaha! I actually tend to jump to other sets that share the same composers as sets I like. I've already heard the Zero soundtrack since it was done by the same team as Aero 2 (which just so happens to have a track nominated this week). Aero 2 has the best music out of Aero 1, 2, and Zero, in my opinion.

IN OTHER NEWS

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2 points - Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
2 points - Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2
2 points - Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria

Here are my votes:
3 points - Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria
2 points - Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)
1 point - Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)

"Sauria" caught me with my pants down and gave me a reminder I need to grab a rip of Star Fox Assault. Very, very nice.

Would have liked to give Aero a double pointer, but couldn't happen.

Best week I've heard in some time. If I had more points to spread, I would.

(3 points) S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
(2 points) Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
(1 point) Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay

2 points: Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
2 points: S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
1 point: Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
1 point: Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)
Just missed: The Shack

^This


Nomination:

• Album: Yo! Joe! (Game Rip)
• Artist: Michael Bialas
• Track Title: Newyork-levelmusik5
• Year: 1993
• Additional Info: The game is alternatively known as Yo! Joe! Beat the Ghosts.
• Source: Yo! Joe! Amiga - HOL database, Game Credits for Yo! Joe! Beat the Ghosts

Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2) Some very nice textures, but they never really go anywhere.

Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix) Whee big band jazz! I have gained a bit more appreciation for this form of late, and this is pretty good at what it does.

Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno) The Yoshi voice samples in this are like a thousand bloody shards of glass in my eardrum, and pretty much ruin an otherwise decent song.

Outlaws (Red Book Audio) - The Shack Perhaps the weakest song in Outlaws, all Wild West atmosphere and sound effects without any kind of central thread or melody.

S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music When something's called "In-Game Music" you know it's gonna be long and possibly C64. This actually bucks both trends, and is pretty cool for it.

Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay The melody line's kind of all over the place, which is too bad since a strong melody was just what the piece needed.

Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2 Definitely sounds like a zone of some sort. It's really just a sci-fi version of the Outlaws track, with the same weaknesses.

Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria Finally, a Star Fox song that isn't held back by poor-ass synths. It's held back by weak orchestration instead. But hey, improvement is improvement.

The Point Spread
Rolling Thunder 2 - 3 pts.
In-Game Music - 2 pts.
Sauria - 1 pt.

2 points: S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
1 point: Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
1 point: Outlaws (Red Book Audio) - The Shack
1 point: Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay
1 point: Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2

I was all set to ask why it was necessary to ruin my precious Yoshi's Story soundtrack, but this is just a decent original groove track with voice clips inexplicably layered on top of it, so there really isn't any room for ruination per se.

Naofumi Hataya being Naofumi Hataya is alright with me any day of the week. Oh yeah 1:00-1:14 you are definitely getting a point mister.

Speaking of being what I'm talking about, Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix) is definitely what I'm talking about. Negishi, you did good, son (also Saso for providing the A+ original soundtrack).

Thumbs up to the atmospheric tracks of the week, by the way, both Zone Theme 2 and The Shack are great for incredibly different reasons.

1 Point - Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
1 Point - Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
2 Points - S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
1 Point - Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay
1 Point - Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2

3 points - S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
2 points - Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
1 point - Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2

Sorry, haven't had the time to listen to the tracks as I've been super busy these last couple of days. If it's still open tonight I may may be able to listen and vote, but I'm not asking for an extension, so don't keep it open on my account.

3 points: Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
2 points: S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
1 point: Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)

Most of these songs sounded like they were composed by Westerners (at least to me)! Overall an OK week. Huge props to the nominator of "Rolling Thunder" though, it's a great find.

Keep this thread open! Just in the nick of time.

(3 points) Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria
(2 points) Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
(1 point) S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [17/10.5] Namco Video Game Graffiti Volume 9 - Rolling Thunder 2 (Jazz Mix)
2). [17/9] S.C.Out (Game Rip) - In-Game Music
3). [9] Star Fox Assault (Game Rip) - Mission 6 - Sauria
4). [8] Aero the Acrobat 2 (SNES Game Rip) - Performer's Dungeon (Act 2)
5-t). [7/5] Sega Rally Championship (Saturn/PC Game Rip) - Desert Replay
5-t). [7/5] Sonny (Game Rip) - Zone Theme 2
7). [6] Nintendo Sound Adventures - Yoshi's Story (Breakbeat Inferno)
8). [1] Outlaws (Red Book Audio) - The Shack

orion got the perfect point spread. ^5

orion is ON FIRE!



(wowowow tight result, kinda)

I know, I'm scared too :D

-2 weeks late-

This week is fantastic. Thankfully, my point spread would not have altered the results whatsoever, except probably make the race for top position less nail-biting:

The Rolling Thunder 2 arrange was especially good not because of the top quality big band performance, but because it spends a good amount of time on View of Dynamism, which is the Stage 5 theme and a potential nom of mine. Too bad I can't nominate it now.

Also I should be happy that Sauria came in 3rd, but it only got points from 4 people how does that even happen

lol 1 point, that's 1 point more than I was expecting. Also I have never played Outlaws