Song of the Fortnight - FORTNIGHT 244/FORTNIGHT 245 Nominating
 

Song of the Three Weeks. 75 Three Weeks and counting.
Three Weeks 244 Voting is close-diddly-closed.
Three Weeks 245 Nominating is closed.

Results:
1). [12] Megalomachia2 - SUPER-REFLEX
2). [10] Liquisity 2 - Gameplay 1
3). [09] Stahlfeder - Mission 3 - Sky Base
4). [08] Bad Dudes - BGM 2
5). [06] NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~ Original Soundtrack - Al-Di-La - Lavender Ver.
6). [05/5]Virgin Games Greatest Hits - Volume One - Victory (Robocop vs. The Terminator)
7-t). [05/3.5]PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX Original Soundtrack - Pac Rainbow
7-t). [05/3.5]Sekai no Subete instrumental album "pf pianoforte" - Daybreak

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Bad Dudes - BGM 2
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Liquisity 2 - Gameplay 1
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Megalomachia2 - SUPER-REFLEX
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~ Original Soundtrack - Al-Di-La - Lavender Ver.
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX Original Soundtrack - Pac Rainbow
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Sekai no Subete instrumental album "pf pianoforte" - Daybreak
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Stahlfeder - Mission 3 - Sky Base
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Virgin Games Greatest Hits - Volume One - Victory (Robocop vs. The Terminator)

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:

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Three Weeks 245 Nominating:
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Nomination #65

Composer: wight
Album: High-Tension Princess Comedy Special Disc Set HIMEHAJIME BOX
Track Title: A Princess, Running
Track Number: 22
Year: 2007
Catalog Number: N/A
Additional Information: wight needs to compose more; screw the lyrics

A Song, Exhilarating

Bad Dudes - BGM 2 I can never predict how chippy songs will do, other than the fact that my taste in them seems 180 degrees out of sync. So the fact that I think it is pretty decent is probably a death knell.

Liquisity 2 - Gameplay 1 Another Bandcamp find, this one pure quirky fun from the composer of the Oil Blue, if any of you remember that long-ago nom. Check out the full OST.

Megalomachia2 - SUPER-REFLEX Bright, busy, and calorie-free. Like a SNES racer or Mega Man X track.

NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~ Original Soundtrack - Al-Di-La - Lavender Ver. I really dig a few tracks from Nights, but a lot of the rest seem to be lacking a certain "dreamlike" quality that the best ones have. The plinky instruments and wordless vocals do a good job of providing the latter, even if the piece meanders a bit.

PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX Original Soundtrack - Pac Rainbow There are some really neat electronic textures here, even if they're not developed as much as they could be. The piece drags in places, especially near the beginning, but improves as more layers are added.

Sekai no Subete instrumental album "pf pianoforte" - Daybreak I generally like piano pieces, but this sounds a little bit too much like chamber music in places for my taste, especially when the Melodrama Violin is in full swing. Still, some nice bits.

Stahlfeder - Mission 3 - Sky Base Shmup song is shmuppy.

Virgin Games Greatest Hits - Volume One - Victory (Robocop vs. The Terminator) A little disappointing that none of the badassery from Robocop or Terminator seems to carry over into this relatively mild piece. Maybe it's the synths, but everything seems dialed way back, and there isn't much of a melodic hook.

The Point Spread
Gameplay 1 - 3 pts.
BGM 2 - 1 pt.
Lavender Ver. - 1 pt.
Pac - 1 pt.

Nom
Composer: Nathan Allen Pinard
Album: Gemini Rue
Track Title: Bonus - Credits
Track Number: 26
Year: 2010
Additional Information: Gemini Rue Original Soundtrack - VGMdb

Any objections to me nominating something from Advance Wars: Days of Ruin? I recall there being some tracks in the last BSC (or possibly the one before it), but don't recall how high they ranked.

If I recall, the consensus was the music was good but they sounded like ass due to a terrible rip or terrible synth. Don't think any made it particularly far, and I'd be down with them being nominated, especially if the whole 'sounding like ass' problem has been fixed.

Let me just sneak in here with some

• Album: Suiheisen Made Nan Mile? Sound Track
• Artist: Yack. (Yasuhisa Watanabe)
• Disc #: 1 (of 2)
• Track #: 4
• Track Title: Where the Sun Shines
• Catalogue Number: ABCD-0003~4
• Year: 2008
• Additional Info: Typical Yack H-game music (sup Muzza visual novel week let's do this)
• Source: ABCD-0003~4 | Suiheisen Made Nan Mile? Sound Track - VGMdb

I'm pretty sure that's simply the result of attempting to use really high quality samples to compose the music and then compress them to hell when placed on the DS. I own the game, and that seems about right. I'd very much like to see some form of upgrade myself.

In the meantime, I can probably think of something more obscure needing attention.

Votes:

3 points - Stahlfeder - Mission 3 - Sky Base
2 points - Bad Dudes - BGM 2
1 point - Virgin Games Greatest Hits - Volume One - Victory (Robocop vs. The Terminator)

Additional Spam:
I still love "Reclaiming the Island". This track, not nearly as much. But now that you mention Oil Blue, I should actually go listen to the entire album.

Liking these Bandcamp finds, as much pleasure as sticking myself with a flute. (Which is supposed to be pleasurable. Seriously. Damnit, it's a movie reference, get off my back.)

(2 points) Bad Dudes - BGM 2
(1 point) Liquisity 2 - Gameplay 1
(1 point) NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~ Original Soundtrack - Al-Di-La - Lavender Ver.
(1 point) Stahlfeder - Mission 3 - Sky Base
(1 point) Megalomachia2 - SUPER-REFLEX

=== Kaleb.G ===
* Album: Music Contest 4 (The Hornet Archive)
* Artist: Siren (Alexander Brandon)
* Track Title: Universe Electric
* Year: 1996
* Additional Info: One of Alex's classic tracks from the Demo Scene days. He went by "Siren" at that time. I actually first heard this track back when "Carpe Diem" graced SotW, but for some reason I didn't think to nominate it until now.
* Source: ftp://ftp.scene.org/mirrors/hornet/m...s/mc4/veteran/ AND ftp://ftp.scene.org/mirrors/hornet/m...n/m4v-univ.zip
* File Location: SotW FTP for MP3

Before I forget, here are my votes.

(2 points) NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~ Original Soundtrack - Al-Di-La - Lavender Ver.

(2 points) Liquisity 2 - Gameplay 1

(1 point) Virgin Games Greatest Hits - Volume One - Victory (Robocop vs. The Terminator)

(1 point) Stahlfeder - Mission 3 - Sky Base

Have a request: Does anyone still have Week 243's tracks? I forgot to save them. :(

Yikes, we need more voters, stat! As I said before, the English language doesn't contain a word for "three week period", unless we want to round up and have it be "Song of the Month."

3 points: SUPER-REFLEX
2 points: Mission 3 - Sky Base
1 point: Victory (Robocop vs. The Terminator)
Just Missed: Pac Rainbow, Gameplay 1, BGM 2,


Liquisity 2... isn't out yet. Where did this come from? Very nice tune.

Holy crappppppppppppp SUPER-REFLEX. That groove at 1:28 is the best thing. Haven't heard Megalomachia2 yet but I was really disappointed with much of the first one, including Yasui's. (That last tune made up for everything, though. EVERYTHING)

Holy crappppppppppppp Sky Base. That transition at 0:43 that came out of nowhere, so cool. It loops way too quickly, though.

Awesome week, though some questionable noms, like the Journey of Dreams nom (OF ALL THE)

(Nom coming shortly!)

Additional Spam:
My next nom:

Album: Ninja Blade Original Soundtrack
Composer: Takahiro Izutani
Track: Searching
Track #: 1-14
Catalog #: XQEF-1003~4
Year: 2009
Source: XQEF-1003~4 | Ninja Blade Original Soundtrack - VGMdb
Additional Information: I've never played this game :cool:. Uploading to the FTP shortly.

1 point: Liquisity 2 - Gameplay 1
1 point: Bad Dudes - BGM 2
1 point: PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX Original Soundtrack - Pac Rainbow
1 point: Megalomachia2 - SUPER-REFLEX
1 point: NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~ Original Soundtrack - Al-Di-La - Lavender Ver.
1 point: Sekai no Subete instrumental album "pf pianoforte" - Daybreak

I was really not enjoying this week because I was liking every track and panicking over how I would distribute my points. However I wasn't a fan of the last two tracks, thankfully. So here's my shotgun spread, including my own nom. One of the best fortnights in a long time (quality of this edition is better than 2x normal edition)!

2 points: Bad Dudes - BGM 2
2 points: Megalomachia2 - SUPER-REFLEX
1 point: Sekai no Subete instrumental album "pf pianoforte" - Daybreak
1 point: Virgin Games Greatest Hits - Volume One - Victory (Robocop vs. The Terminator)
Just missed: Al-Di-La - Lavender Ver., Mission 3 - Sky Base, Gameplay 1

Good stuff this week!


Nomination:

• Album: Enduro Racer (Arcade Game Rip)
• Artist: Hiroshi Kawaguchi
• Track #: 2
• Track Title: Main Theme
• Year: 1986
• Source: 28XA-108 | Sega Game Music Vol.2 - VGMdb, Enduro Racer Release Information for Arcade Games - GameFAQs

Quick votes:

3 Points: PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX Original Soundtrack - Pac Rainbow
2 Points: Liquisity 2 - Gameplay 1
1 Point: NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~ Original Soundtrack - Al-Di-La - Lavender Ver.

WHERE ARE YOU PEOPLE

Also I am back so here are some point things:

3 points: Megalomachia2 - SUPER-REFLEX
2 point: Stahlfeder - Mission 3 - Sky Base
1 point: Liquisity 2 - Gameplay 1

I was a bit underwhelmed by the two Megalomachia albums, although my expectations for them were probably unreasonably high for them in the first place. Yasui's SUPER-REFLEX single-handedly redeemed both albums though, even the one it wasn't on. That middle section is a 500 carat diamond surrounded by solid gold.

Nice week.

First SotW website code update in like 5 years (seriously). The massive string of links for week navigation has been bugging me for years. Finally got around to replacing it with a selection box. If you're not using Javascript, you're screwed, but then again, what decade are you living in?

Okay, so it seems that CHz has abandoned the faithful, probably as an elaborate joke. While he is off laughing in his undisclosed location, I'll close voting here in a few.

Additional Spam:
Voting is at long last closed

1). [12] Megalomachia2 - SUPER-REFLEX
2). [10] Liquisity 2 - Gameplay 1
3). [09] Stahlfeder - Mission 3 - Sky Base
4). [08] Bad Dudes - BGM 2
5). [06] NiGHTS ~Journey of Dreams~ Original Soundtrack - Al-Di-La - Lavender Ver.
6). [05/5]Virgin Games Greatest Hits - Volume One - Victory (Robocop vs. The Terminator)
7-t). [05/3.5]PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX Original Soundtrack - Pac Rainbow
7-t). [05/3.5]Sekai no Subete instrumental album "pf pianoforte" - Daybreak

Oh, and we only have six songs for next week...YOU GUYS HAD THREE WEEKS AND THIS IS THE BEST YOU COULD DO.

Best 'nom it up before we have to go with a crippled week.

In that case, have some ambience/danger/battle music.

Nomination:

Album/Game Title: Freelancer Original Soundtrack
Artist: Visual Music (Tom Seufert, Dean Grinsfelder, Osamu Kitajima, Cato, Tim Kelly)
Composer: Visual Music (Tom Seufert, Dean Grinsfelder, Osamu Kitajima, Cato, Tim Kelly)
Track Number: 02
Track Title: Bretonia Space Suite
Year: 2003
Source: SE-2008-2 | Freelancer Original Soundtrack - VGMdb

Oops, I keep forgetting to put in my nom. ^^;

* Album Title: Radiant Historia Original Soundtrack
* Artist: Yoko Shimomura
* Track Title: Mechanical Kingdom
* Source: KDSD-00408 | Radiant Historia Original Soundtrack - VGMdb
* File Location: Nomination folder
* Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
* Track Number: 2
* Catalogue Number: KDSD-00408
* Year: 2010

All right, that's the 8 we needed! Now we can move forward and let the healing process begin.

Who's in charge of uploading this week's tracks?