Song of the Week - WEEK 227 Voting/WEEK 228 Nominating
 

Song of the Week. 225 Weeks and counting.
Week 227 Voting is closed.
Week 228 Nominating is closed.

Results:
1). [17] Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu
2). [12/8.5] Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die
3). [12/8.5] Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains
4). [8] Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip) - Battle Theme #3
5). [7] beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack - Freezing atmosphere (long version)
6). [6] The House of the Dead: Overkill (Game Rip) - Special Kinda Love (Instrumental)
7). [5/4] Nox (Game Rip) - Lands of Nox 3
8). [5/3.5] Clock Tower 3 Original Soundtrack - The Time of Confrontation

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack - Freezing atmosphere (long version)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Clock Tower 3 Original Soundtrack - The Time of Confrontation
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Heroes of Might and Magic II - The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip) - Battle Theme 3
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Nox (Game Rip) - Lands of Nox 3
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: The House of the Dead - Overkill (Game Rip) - Special Kinda Love (Instrumental)

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

Alright, so these were the First Annual Theme Week Poll results:

We've already done the top three. There's a nice big gap between the top five and the rest, so I was thinking we could run through those and then do another poll afterward with some fresh ideas (and maybe the ideas that didn't cut the mustard too). Sound good?

Also, Jap Bitch Can't Sing Weak sequel? We had one extra nomination, and a couple of other people said they had potential noms. Are enough people interested that we can fill another batch of eight?

Yes. I support this.

I agree that we should go through the 4th- and 5th-placed theme week ideas, too. I have somehow won two of the three theme weeks we've had from that list, so I'm eager to test out how much of a fluke it's really been.

I could toss in an entry or two for a Jap Bitch Can't Sing week.

Jap Bitch Can't Sing: The Weakquel.

I like the sound of that.

Did we ever do a Spooky Theme Week? With Halloween in a month it might be worth considering. Of course, the idea's so obvious it's probably been done before.

Another mediocre week. Nothing that gave me wood.

(2 points) Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die: This is Amiga? Wow. I admit it lacks substance, but it's very purdy and exceeds what I was expecting to hear.

(2 points) Heroes of Might and Magic II - The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip) - Battle Theme 3: A nice fantasy battle theme. I can get behind it.

(1 point) The House of the Dead - Overkill (Game Rip) - Special Kinda Love (Instrumental): If we're giving out points, sure. Though given the 70s-exploitation nature of the game, I was hoping for more funk than Silent Hill-lite.

(1 point) Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains: Standard but decent epic film stock.

3 points - Clock Tower 3 Original Soundtrack - The Time of Confrontation
1 point - The House of the Dead - Overkill (Game Rip) - Special Kinda Love (Instrumental)
1 point - Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu
1 point - beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack - Freezing atmosphere (long version)

3 points: Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu
1 point: Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains
1 point: Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die
1 point: Nox (Game Rip) - Lands of Nox 3
Bonus point for a bassline that reminds me of Waiting For Romero To Play (or actually Pantera - This Love): Special Kinda Love (Instrumental)

I suppose we could do a Jap Bitch Can't Sing Weak sequel next. I could provide a nomination for that.


Nomination:

• Album: Xenon 2: Megablast (Amiga Game Rip)
• Artist: David Whittaker
• Composer: Bomb the Bass (Tim Simenon)
• Track Title: Title
• Year: 1989
• Source: Xenon 2: Megablast Amiga - HOL database, Xenon 2 - Megablast - ExoticA

(3 points) Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die
(2 points) Heroes of Might and Magic II - The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip) - Battle Theme 3
(1 point) Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu

Nomination:

Album: Formula Nippon '99 (Redbook Audio)
Artist: Kenji Hikita
Track Title: Race Theme 1
Year: 1999

Next nomination:

Album: Dawn Metropolis
Artist: Anamanaguchi
Track numer: 1
Track Title: Blackout City
Year: 2009
Additional info: It looks like anamanaguchi are the composers of the Scott Pilgrim game, and this was taken from their only LP. Anamanaguchi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Votes coming soon.

3 points: Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu
1 point: beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack - Freezing atmosphere (long version)
1 point: Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip) - Battle Theme #3
1 point: Nox (Game Rip) - Lands of Nox 3

I was unbelievably close to nominating the stage 6 theme from Project S-11, which is more engaging and would probably do better, but I like the menu theme more, and my preference always takes precedence. It's really textural for a Game Boy piece, and a good solo never hurts.

I had a really hard time coming up with the points for this week, because most of the tracks weren't really my thing. Some very pretty music this week, though.

Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains AoC has a good, if not terribly original, sound and everything with the soloist is really fantastic.

beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack - Freezing atmosphere (long version) Another week, another Beatmania. While I have *not* been looking for this for a thousand years, it has its moments (mostly in the first half); the girl who keeps talking over the music seriously needs to clam the hell up.

Clock Tower 3 Original Soundtrack - The Time of Confrontation I was kind of hoping for something as unique as the game's premise, but sadly this is pretty stock stuff with only a whiff of organ (hur hur) to add any flavor.

Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die A bit more upbeat and melodic than you'd expect, given the title.

Heroes of Might and Magic II - The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip) - Battle Theme 3 Good rhythm line, but the slight melody isn't enough to hold interest through the entire piece.

Nox (Game Rip) - Lands of Nox 3 I'm not normally one for Frank Klepacki, but he certainly nails a serviceable Celtic sound here.

Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu Pure sonic pain. I could hear stuff that might have had promise in another setting, but the way this song is synthed it was like nails on a chalkboard.

The House of the Dead - Overkill (Game Rip) - Special Kinda Love (Instrumental) Serviceable funk, but it seems like something's missing, like they made the instrumental version by simply stripping out the vocals.

The Point Spread
Conan - 3 pts.
Nox - 2 pts.
Hiemdall - 1 pt.

Nom
Album: The Oil Blue
Artist: Jonathan Greer
Track Number: 5
Track Title: Reclaiming the Island

3 points: Heroes of Might and Magic II - The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip) - Battle Theme 3
2 points: beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack - Freezing atmosphere (long version)
1 point: Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains

"Battle Theme 3" is surprisingly beautiful, what a great track. I struggled when it came to distributing my final point; this week isn't one of my favourites. =/

My next nomination:

Album: The Dig
Composer: Michael Land
Track: Underwater Cavern
Track #: 05
Catalog #: CDQ-724355556721
Year: 1996
Source: CDQ-724355556721 | The Dig Soundtrack - VGMdb
Additional Info: Only 160kb/s CBR sadly. Uploading to FTP shortly.

1 points
Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains
beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack - Freezing atmosphere (long version)
Clock Tower 3 Original Soundtrack - The Time of Confrontation
Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die
Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu
The House of the Dead - Overkill (Game Rip) - Special Kinda Love (Instrumental)

2 points ~ Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains
1 point ~ Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die
1 point ~ Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu
2 points ~ The House of the Dead - Overkill (Game Rip) - Special Kinda Love (Instrumental)

Well, it works superb ingame, where you don't really know that there exists a vocal version of it (and dont care about the lack of content too).

Not the greatest week...

<<3 Points>> Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu
<<1 Point>> Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains
<<1 Point>> Clock Tower 3 Original Soundtrack - The Time of Confrontation
<<1 Point>> Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die

3 points: Menu
1 point: Special Kinda Love (Instrumental)
1 point: Lands of Nox 3
1 point: Freezing atmosphere (long version)

I was hoping I wouldn't have to give Menu even 2 points because Eeben's tracks don't hold even 1/8th of a candle to Valtonen's tracks, but wow I did not like this week at all.

"monuntains" lol

Nice week.
[02] Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains: scores for great captivating atmosphere
[01] beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack - Freezing atmosphere (long version)
[02] Points - Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die: this track just fits
[01] Point - Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu

For "Jap bitch apparently doesn't seem to be able to make the cuckoo", I can contribute an entry.

We currently have seven nominations in the queue, so anyone who doesn't want to see a six-track batch next week may want to nominate something. :)

DOUBLE NOMINATION!!

Regular Nomination

• Arranger: Takeshi Sato
• Composer: doors
• Album: Friends ~The Radiance of Youth~ Acoustic Arrange Version
• Track Title: Shizuka's Theme
• Track Number: 11
• Year: 1999
• Catalog Number: KICA-5024

Vocal Theme Week Nomination

• Artist: Akiko Tatsumi (Suara)
• Arranger: Junpei Fujita
• Composer: Naoya Shimokawa
• Album: Pure -Aquaplus Legend of Acoustics-
• Track Title: POWDER SNOW
• Track Number: 6
• Year: 2007
• Catalog Number: KICA-1450

Additional Info: Acoustic all the way, baby.

Am make nomination

Game/Album: Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
Artist: Jonathan Dunn
Track Title: Attic
Track # 3
Year: 1992
Source: The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt Release Information for SNES - GameFAQs
Game profile: Addams Family, The: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt ~ SNESmusic.org

Oh completely missed the call for Vocal noms. Yeah, I got one:

Game: Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild (gamerip)
Artist: Jose Fontanez
Composer: Dave Lowmiller
Track: Ancient King of Bling
Track #: n/a
Catalog #: n/a
Year: 2003
Sources: Game Credits for Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild, GameFAQs: Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild (PS2) FAQ by Bertimus Ra (for track title, located at bottom of unlockables section)
Additional Info: Got no access to the game right now, and I cannot find video credits anywhere (as apparently only 4 people in the universe have played this game), but I'm damn near certain that the composer and artist information is correct. The game features some licensed music for the stunt courses, as well as cinematic music for the main "attraction" courses composed by Lowmiller, but this bonus tune that's usually grouped with the licensed music was done in house, for the game.

I'll upload to the FTP anyway.

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

There was a tie between the second and third place tracks, and I don't really want to hold this week open any longer. Another set of votes will neither change the winner nor knock either of those tracks out of placing, so I'm going to cast a tiebreaker vote for the Heimdall II track. Just pretend I changed my votes to give it a point instead of something else (doesn't matter what).

1). [17] Project S-11 (Game Rip) - Menu
2). [12/8.5] Heimdall II (Amiga CD32 Red Book Audio) - To Die
3). [12/8.5] Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Soundtrack - Nighttime Journey Through the Eiglophian Monuntains
4). [8] Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (PC Game Rip) - Battle Theme #3
5). [7] beatmania IIDX 10th style Original Soundtrack - Freezing atmosphere (long version)
6). [6] The House of the Dead: Overkill (Game Rip) - Special Kinda Love (Instrumental)
7). [5/4] Nox (Game Rip) - Lands of Nox 3
8). [5/3.5] Clock Tower 3 Original Soundtrack - The Time of Confrontation


Yeah, that's because I didn't actually put one out yet. :confused:

Anyway next week we will run nominations for both a new theme week, Epic Proportions, and a vocal week sequel, to be run at some undefined time in the future. Maybe both before the next battle, we'll see.