Song of the Week - WEEK 226 Voting/WEEK 227 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 225 Weeks and counting.
Week 226 Voting is closed.
Week 227 Nominating is restricted.

Results:
1). [14] PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run
2). [13] Cartagra Original Sound Track Manie - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
3). [12/9.5] Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip) - Aridia
4). [12/8] Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle
5). [10] Mabinogi Original Soundtrack - Grandmother Told Us a Story of the Olden Days (Generation 2 ~ Generation 3 Login Screen)
6). [9] Red Faction II (Game Rip) - light02
7). [8] Bully Original Soundtrack - School's Out
8). [6] Hikari no Valusia -What a beautiful hopes- Original Soundtrack - Tystrya

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Bully Original Soundtrack - School's Out
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Cartagra Original Sound Track ''Manie'' - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Hikari no Valusia -What a beautiful hopes- Original Soundtrack - Tystrya
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Mabinogi Original Soundtrack - Grandmother Told Us a Story of the Olden Days (Generation 2 ~ Generation 3 Login Screen)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip) - Aridia
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Red Faction II (Game Rip) - light02

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

Indecisive, indeed.

(2 points) Cartagra Original Sound Track ''Manie'' - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version): Somehow this is the one I like the most this week, and yet it's the hardest to write about.

(1 point) Bully Original Soundtrack - School's Out: In retrospect, the first half could be a little stronger, but it's got a fun, summertime groove to it. Second half really comes on strong.

(1 point) Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip) - Aridia: I like every Ratchet & Clank track I hear, though I worry it's going to disappear into a haze of sameness if I listen to a whole album.

(1 point) Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle: Pretty apt title. Asian underpinnings, but it's really got the mysterious jungle sound down pat.

(1 point) Mabinogi Original Soundtrack - Grandmother Told Us a Story of the Olden Days (Generation 2 ~ Generation 3 Login Screen): It's good enough for a point.

Nomination:
=== Kaleb.G ===
* Album: Clock Tower 3 Original Soundtrack
* Artist: Norihito Kudo
* Disc #: 1 (of 1)
* Track #: 13 (of 48)
* Track Title: The Time of Confrontation
* Catalogue Number: CPCA-1071
* Year: 2003
* Additional Info: Cozy Kubo is the album artist. It is unclear whether he had a role in the creation of this track.
* Source: CPCA-1071 | Clock Tower 3 Original Soundtrack - VGMdb, #gamemp3s
* File Location: nom folder

Additional Spam:
Votes:
3 points - Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip) - Aridia
2 points - Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle
1 point - Red Faction II (Game Rip) - light02

My nomination aside, this week simply didn't interest me. "Indochinese Jungle" is mildly entertaining though.

What's going on in here, some kind of video game music contest? Cool, I will participate.

• Album: Project S-11 (Game Rip)
• Artist: Jonne Valtonen, Aleksi Eeben
• Track #: 1
• Track Title: Menu
• Year: 2000
• Source: VGM Rush - Project S-11, Project S-11 Release Information for Game Boy Color - GameFAQs

...wow, how strange: I made a thread in Audio Requests asking if anyone had the rip of Project S-11 about a week and a half ago. Can't find it anywhere. Are you in possession of said rip, good sir?

(3 points) PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run
(1 point) Bully Original Soundtrack - School's Out
(1 point) Cartagra Original Sound Track ''Manie'' - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
(1 point) Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip) - Aridia

2 points: Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle
2 points: Cartagra Original Sound Track ''Manie'' - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
2 points: PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run
Just missed: Aridia

It's nice to be able to vote without having a nomination in the way every once in a while.

Speaking of which, I would like to point out that there were at least three extra nominations from last week (mine included) that got purged from the queue.

Some rather interesting atmospheric tracks this weeks.

(2 points) Mabinogi Original Soundtrack - Grandmother Told Us a Story of the Olden Days (Generation 2 ~ Generation 3 Login Screen)

(2 points) Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle

(1 point) Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip) - Aridia

(1 point) Red Faction II (Game Rip) - light02

Nomination:
* Album: House of the dead overkill gamerip
* Artist: Circling crows
* Disc #: 1 (of 1)
* Track #: 7
* Track Title: Warden's mother (ruff?) / Special kind of love (instrumental version)
* Download link: MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

Votes:

1 point ~ Cartagra Original Sound Track ''Manie'' - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
2 points ~ Mabinogi Original Soundtrack - Grandmother Told Us a Story of the Olden Days (Generation 2 ~ Generation 3 Login Screen)
3 points ~ PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run

Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle Jungly enough, but sounds a little thin especially in the melody dept.

Bully Original Soundtrack - School's Out Reminds me a little bit of Earthbound, but lacks a real melodic hook.

Cartagra Original Sound Track ''Manie'' - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version) Some nice ambiance and acoustic guitar licks, but not much melody (a recurring theme this week so far).

Hikari no Valusia -What a beautiful hopes- Original Soundtrack - Tystrya Crazy gypsy music with Japanese singing and some weird echoplex effects. Not without its charms.

Mabinogi Original Soundtrack - Grandmother Told Us a Story of the Olden Days (Generation 2 ~ Generation 3 Login Screen) I guess I expected something a little less electronic from the title...it's kind of all over the place and never really seems to come together.

PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run Vaguely Latin with electric instead of acoustic guitars. Not bad, but not much to write home about either.

Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip) - Aridia R&C usually has good presentation and synth but rarely boasts much of substance. Sadly this continues the trend by coming strong out of the gate but failing to present much of a hook.

Red Faction II (Game Rip) - light02 Can't say I recall much from RF2 aside from the opening tune with the angry speech over it (well, and the fact that it has nothing in common with RF1 aside from the title). Establishes a vague feel of unsettled urgency but not much else, though the pulse that eventually kicks in adds a tiny bit of spice.

I'm with Kaleb on this week. Too much atmosphere, not enough substance.

The Point Spread
1 point each to:
School's Out
Glass Moon
Tystrya
Grandmother
Aridia
light02

Nom
Album: Age of Conan: Hyperborean Adventures
Artist: Knut Avenstroup Haugen
Disc #: 1 (of 2)
Track #: 6
Track Title: Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Mountains
Year: 2008

2 points: Cartagra Original Sound Track ''Manie'' - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
1 point: Bully Original Soundtrack - School's Out
1 point: Hikari no Valusia -What a beautiful hopes- Original Soundtrack - Tystrya
1 point: PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run
1 point: Red Faction II (Game Rip) - light02

I generally don't like the instrumental versions of songs as much as the full versions, because the vocal melody is usually an important part of the composition. Cartagra's ending theme is an exception, because I really don't like breathy vocal styles like the one Haruka Shimotsuki delivers this piece in, and also because this is one of my favorite instrumentals by MANYO, even without the melody. And by all that what I really mean is DUELING SOLOS

That Mabinogi piece is very silly. How is it a login theme? Is the login screen a shmup and you have to shoot the letters in your username and password while avoiding enemies?

2 points: Hikari no Valusia -What a beautiful hopes- Original Soundtrack - Tystrya
1 point: Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle
1 point: Cartagra Original Sound Track ''Manie'' - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
1 point: Bully Original Soundtrack - School's Out
1 point: Mabinogi Original Soundtrack - Grandmother Told Us a Story of the Olden Days (Generation 2 ~ Generation 3 Login Screen)

This is indeed a 'lite' week. I enjoyed it though, but nothing stood out (other than the wonderfully over-the-top Arabian drama that is "Tystrya" <3 great instrumentation) making my point spread ultimately indecisive. I really don't like Ratchet & Clank music though - never have, most likely never will. Also wild grandma on speed, trippin' out, what

Nomination #51

Composer: Matt Gray
Album: Last Ninja 2 Music Collection
Track Title: Central Park in-game
Track Number: 2
Year: 2007
Catalog Number: CZCD 009
Additional Information: Muzza nominates a non-h-game track, and it's a chiptune! The audience gasps.

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2 points - Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle
2 points - Red Faction II (Game Rip) - light02
1 point - Hikari no Valusia -What a beautiful hopes- Original Soundtrack - Tystrya
1 point - PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run

SORRY ORION IT'S FIXED

3 points: light02
1 point: Aridia
1 point: School's Out
1 point: Indochinese Jungle
just missed: Glass Moon (Instrumental Version), Tystrya

I'm actually late for something right now (Great week)

1 point: Indochinese Jungle
1 point: School's Out
1 point: Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
1 point: Tystria
1 point: Grandma Told Us a Story of the Olden Days
1 point: Aridia

Solid week.

So did you intend to gave Brutal 3 points? Or was something else supposed to get that one point?

I am in approval of this week.

1 Point - Cartagra Original Sound Track ''Manie'' - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
2 Points - Mabinogi Original Soundtrack - Grandmother Told Us a Story of the Olden Days (Generation 2 ~ Generation 3 Login Screen)
2 Points - PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run
1 Point Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip) - Aridia

I will close voting around lunchtime CST (i.e. about 3 hours). Vote 'em if you got 'em.

New nomination:

* Album Title: Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip)
* Artist: Robert King & Steve Baca
* Track Title: Battle Theme #3
* Source: Game Credits for Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
* File Location: Nomination folder
* Disc Number: N/A
* Track Number: 10
* Catalogue Number: N/A
* Year: 1996

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [14] PERFECT SELECTION Sound Racing History - Turn On The Run
2). [13] Cartagra Original Sound Track Manie - Glass Moon (Instrumental Version)
3). [12/9.5] Ratchet & Clank - Up Your Arsenal (Game Rip) - Aridia
4). [12/8] Brutal - Paws of Fury (SNES Game Rip) - Indochinese Jungle
5). [10] Mabinogi Original Soundtrack - Grandmother Told Us a Story of the Olden Days (Generation 2 ~ Generation 3 Login Screen)
6). [9] Red Faction II (Game Rip) - light02
7). [8] Bully Original Soundtrack - School's Out
8). [6] Hikari no Valusia -What a beautiful hopes- Original Soundtrack - Tystrya

Definitely one of the closest weeks I can remember thanks to the unusually high number of indecisive and shotgun votes; if Indochinese Jungle had gotten one less vote and Tystrya one more we would have had a Royal SotW Flush (14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7 instead of 14-13-12-12-10-9-8-6). I guess if that ever happens we win the internet or something.

As usual, I'll wait a few hours before uploading the winners to the Hallowed Servers to allow you to check my math.

Looks good, I updated the site for you.

Next week's tracks coming up in a little bit, and then we can talk about the next theme week(s).

lol wow people really didn't like the Arabic Jap bitch singing track. My third ever last place. :'(