Song of the Week - WEEK 79 Voting/WEEK 80 Nominating

Week 79 Voting is closed.
Week 80 Nominating is restricted.

Week 79 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results:
1). [36] Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme
2). [27] The Lost Vikings (SNES Game Rip) - Factory Beat
3). [18] Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain
4). [17] LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA
5). [16] Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Bomb Factory
6). [15/10] Devil May Cry 3 Original Soundtrack - Vergil Battle 2
7). [15/9.5] pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2
8). [0] Capcom VS. SNK Millenium Fight 2000 Original Soundtrack - Bonus Track 2

Tracks:
Capcom VS. SNK Millenium Fight 2000 Original Soundtrack - Bonus Track 2
Devil May Cry 3 Original Soundtrack - Vergil Battle 2
Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain
LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA
Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Bomb Factory
Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme
pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2
The Lost Vikings (SNES Game Rip) - Factory Beat

Notes:
If you are a member at more than one of the forums which this event is being held at, please nominate and vote in only ONE of the forums. You may, however, comment in the threads at any of the other forums.

Week 80 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Here are the links to the corresponding threads at the other forums:
- Soundtrack Central
- Chudah's Corner

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If you haven't already, consider nominating in the upcoming "Best Chiptune Contest!" Discussion and nomination threads are already up.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh my god. Charles Deenan is so much <3

3 points: FACTORY BEAT
2 points: Vergil Battle 2
1 point: Bomb Factory

Not too fond of this week, and the point distribution was easy as hell. Some might be surprised to find me voting for Bomb Factory, and it's true, the song has no musical merit whatsoever. If this is what Jack Wall sounds like, then the man is a hack.

Still, there's something really awesome about the Bass and Clarinet parts right at 1:29-1:42, and that's more than I can say for the rest of the songs.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Meh week...Not as bad as it COULD have been, considering two of my least favorite musical franchises are represented, but the Myst track was borderline respectable and the CvS track wasn't anywhere near as bad as the rest of the soundtrack. Still, picking winners was almost too easy...

3 Pts - Plok Main Theme
2 Pts - Vergil Battle 2
1 Pts - Megalomania

Plok was the livliest of the bunch and kind of refreshing. Vergil is some smooth technostra-rock (yes, I made that up) that I like. And Megalomania is...well, Megalomania. I think I can readily hear similarities to Shimomura's Legend of Mana battle tracks in there.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Capcom VS. SNK Millenium Fight 2000 Original Soundtrack - Bonus Track 2 this sort of Street Fighter tuneage that keeps popping up like a bad penny has never done much for me. This track is a fairly meh jazz/lounge piece that takes far too long to get rolling, and goes nowhere once it's started.

Devil May Cry 3 Original Soundtrack - Vergil Battle 2 The nominator was right; this isn't too similar to the Vergil Battles that popped up in the BSC. It's missing much the gothic grandeaur I liked about its sibling songs, although there is a nice, if understated, choral section. The electric guitar loopery that comprised the main body of the track was less appealing, though.

Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain Not a bad piece of atmosphere. A little repetitive for my taste, but attractively presented with a nice melody.

LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA Definitely a piece that was influential in Shimomura's career, with a clear kinship to some of her later work. That said, it's missing a crucial piece--the melody! It's as if that part was neatly lifted out and disposed with, leaving watered-down backing to do its stuff. And from a strong melodist like Shimomura, I find that disappointing.

Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Bomb Factory I've always had a soft spot for Myst music, though it never seems to get any respect in the BSC or elsewhere. This track's a little more percussive and quirky than some of the series' more ambient and/or ethereal fare, but is still reasonably interesting.

Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme Infectious. I can't resist a finely tuned harmonica, or a well-turned folksy rhythm. This piece is bouncy and fun--just the thing this week needs. Could we have a winner?

pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2 More percussive quirkiness--I suppose "poppin" might be an apt descriptor. There's some potential there, methinks, but it could have been developed better. And that middle section? Positively whiny.

The Lost Vikings (SNES Game Rip) - Factory Beat Some cute chantish stuff in this piece, combined with a jazzy backbeat and some decent synthiness. Didn't blow me away (after several good weeks, I started to feel entitled to this), but good.

A pretty "meh" lot overall, but that just makes point allocation all the easier.

The Point Spread
Plok! - 3 pts.
Genso Sangokushi - 2 pts.
Lost Vikings - 1 pt.

--+Nomination+--
Title: Strange Encounter
Album: Rudra no Hihou OSV
Artist: Ryuji Sasai
Track: 27
Year: 1996
Notes: I will upload my personal version of this song, since the OST version doesn't loop, and I would, well, prefer a looped song.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Kind of boring week, I have to say... I like how on even really boring days, everyone has completely different ideas on what represents the "best" of boring tracks =)

I'll post my rationale later:

2 pts to Vergil Battle 2, Bomb Factory, and Tong Guan Waterway

I was speaking idiomatically.

Heh, I seem to be becoming something of an anti-conformist where SotW is concerned. I actually thought this week was far from boring... in fact, I'll go so far as to say that if any of these songs had been nominated in one of the previous two weeks, they would have received at least a point or two from me.

Capcom VS. SNK Millenium Fight 2000 Original Soundtrack - Bonus Track 2 - 50 seconds is a long time to wait for a song to get moving, and the sections of melody that I enjoyed were too brief. Those little sections are enough to boost my opinion of the song, however. If it had just been a little more focused...

Devil May Cry 3 Original Soundtrack - Vergil Battle 2 - Pretty entertaining (if not breathtaking), for the first third of the song... after that it begins to wear a little thin. Still, other than the exaggerated length, no glaring flaws; bass, rhythm, melody, are all well implemented.

Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain - A pretty little song that catches my attention. The simplicity of the song itself makes it appealing. I have no real complaints.

LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA - I liked it a lot. It doesn't really have a fault... other than it could use something to make it stand out more. I enjoyed the instruments used, and the nice concise length.

Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Bomb Factory - Hmmm... the percussion used here is fairly impressive. Subtle enough not to be distracting, it nevertheless comprises a driving force of the song. It doesn't quite manage to become really impressive, but certainly enjoyable. Somewhat borderline, for me.

Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme - My nom, and quite a nostalgic tune; I liked the song enough that I'd just turn on my snes and listen to it loop for a while. The harmonica is particularly striking, the melody memorable... overall, it's something that represents the high points of the snes era. It's quite fascinating what Follin was able to do with a mere eight channels.

pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2 Very, very nice things going until about 1:30... the instrument implemented at that point is admittedly bad. Well, maybe more than just bad. Regardless, this song is quality - the overall effect of the melody/counter melodies and rhythm is very nice. Too bad for that one bad instrument - without that, I would have honestly given it 3 points, even above my own nom.

The Lost Vikings (SNES Game Rip) - Factory Beat - I never really considered the music of Lost Vikings to be good enough for nomination, but if I had to pick one, it would probably be this. The mechanical whirrings and clickings used occasionally for percussion, the above-par voice samples, and interesting melody pull this song above the level of mediocrity... but that's not quite enough to earn it a point.

~*Point Distribution*~
3 points - Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme
2 points - Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain
1 point - LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA


-Nomination-
Album: Phantom Kingdom Arrange Album
Title: Transition of soul
Track: 07
Artist: Hiroto Saitoh
Year: 2005
Catalog Number: SCDC-00434
Source: http://www.gmronline.com/info.asp?CatNumber=SCDC-00434

It was between this song and Darkness Darkness, of the same album. It's possible I'll change my nomination, but not terribly likely.

Edit: See my post on the next page for my new nomination

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Nomination:

Track Name: Illusion
Album: Ys IV Perfect Collection Vol. 3
Track #: 4
Year: 1994
Artist: Falcom Sound Team JDK (Composition), Ryo Yonemitsu (Arrange)
Cat. #: KICA-1144

Oldie, but a good one.

FELIPE NO

I'm back, and here to fuck with ya!

Track Title: Illusion
Album: F-Zero Climax (GSF Rip)
Artist: Kenji Hikita
Track #: 15
Year: 2004
Source: GSF Rip

I'll upload later tonight.

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Hmm, an "Illusion" theme week perhaps?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm back too. For how long? Who knows. Here's my nomination:

Track Title: Staff Credit Game
Album: Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (Wii gamerip)
Year: 2006

Will upload shortly.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Alright, my first week in this, lets see what I spit out.

Capcom-although it's mostly boring, it has a nice, smooth feel to it that reminds me of Command and Conquer: Renegade (of which I love). Unfortunately, the melody goes nowhere fast and feels like wasted potential.

Devil May Cry-With a nice beat and a great choice of instruments, it felt like a good track, until the uninspired themes came in and blew it. Another miss.

Genso-Too perky to let itself not move forward. If it was a progressive song, it might have stood a chance.

Live A Live-Possibly my favorite this week, it's perky and catchy, but not annoying-like-Spice Girls kind of thing. The bass was very well developed, as well.

Myst-Atmospheric and not at all intended for single listening.

Plok-XD in music form. My runner up, it holds nice, jolly tones while pulling off a cheesy-on-purpose set. Perhaps being too happy dragged it down.

Dragon Dance-The sequel to Myst's song. It just isn't made for a soundtrack, it's made for a game.

Factory Beat-Closing in on full out hilarious, it gets third just for mimicing 90's rap style in SNES terms.


Live a Live-3 points
Plok-2 Points
Factory Beat-1 point

Nice. I'm doing this till I die.

Nomination:

Title: Training Ground
Album: Timesplitters 2 (Ripped)
Artist: Graeme Norgate
Year: 2001/2002
Source: http://www.tsmusicbox.com/
Notes: Love this track, it's cowboy epic in an awesome way. Not a fan of the trumpet, but the rest more thasn makes up for it.
Song link (if I need it): http://www.uploading.com/files/79K93...round.mp3.html

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by _DH_

I'm back too. For how long? Who knows.

=O

Welcome back!

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Originally Posted by Sceptre X

Alright, my first week in this, lets see what I spit out.

It really doesn't matter how you vote, so long as you do. Welcome to SotW! We hope to see you here regularly.

Quote:

Nomination:

Title: Training Ground
Album: Timesplitters 2 (Ripped)
Artist: Graeme Norgate
Year: 2001/2002
Source: http://www.tsmusicbox.com/
Notes: Love this track, it's cowboy epic in an awesome way. Not a fan of the trumpet, but the rest more thasn makes up for it.
Song link (if I need it): http://www.uploading.com/files/79K93...round.mp3.html

I've heard this one before, and I agree, it is pretty cool. Good luck with your first nomination.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Thank you Crash, I probably will come back. This is one of the busiest weeks of my life, and I'm making time to do it. Suck it, Father Time! This forum is too much fun, and I think I will be downloading from the SotW website for years.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by _DH_

I'm back too. For how long? Who knows.

JAZZIN'!

Welcome back. How've you been?

And welcome to SotW, Sceptre X.

FELIPE NO

A mediocre week. A lot of the nominations felt rather bland. I'm just gonna dole out points, since my criticisms of everything else are pretty much the same, and I don't feel like typing it all out each time.

2 Points - Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme
2 Points - The Lost Vikings (SNES Game Rip) - Factory Beat
2 Points - Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain

I think Plok!'s finally got a chance at placing. S'bout time.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

NOM

Superfrog <Allister Brimble> - [Gamerip] Ancient Pyramid (World 4)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

2 points - Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme

2 points - Devil May Cry 3 Original Soundtrack - Vergil Battle 2

1 point - Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway: Rain on the Mountain

1 point - Myst IV: Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Bomb Factory

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Man, what is it with this week and people coming back out of nowhere?

Not that I'm complaining, of course.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

From what I remember, last week got quite a few positive comments on it. It was mostly middle of the road quality for me. Figures this week gets branded as mediocre. I want to hug it and pet it and call it George.

I mean, this week, it's good.

Really good.

I'd rank it among the best we've had.

What the hell is wrong with you people.

2 points - pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2
1 point - Devil May Cry 3 Original Soundtrack - Vergil Battle 2
1 point - Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain
1 point - Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Bomb Factory
1 point - Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by CHz

Man, what is it with this week and people coming back out of nowhere?

Not that I'm complaining, of course.

It's the Christmas spirit.

I was speaking idiomatically.

3 points - pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2
2 points - The Lost Vikings (SNES Game Rip) - Factory Beat
1 point - Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme

I'll come up with a nomination once I get my Best Chiptune Contest nominations sorted out more.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Sup guys =p

Capcom VS. SNK Millenium Fight 2000 Original Soundtrack - Bonus Track 2
This is really the kind of tracks that does nothing to me. I'm not too big on electro already, but this kind of ambient lounge stuff really leaves me cold. =/

Devil May Cry 3 Original Soundtrack - Vergil Battle 2
This could have been great if it hasnt been drown in it's technoish stoner basis. Takes away all the porwerful, to me.

Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain
There was a single track I truly liked on Genso 2, and it wasnt that one. It's pretty representative of the boredom that is this OST, in my opinion. =s

LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA
Wouldnt have chosen that one from that game, but it's still a cool track. Reminds me I should play that game again.

Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme
Amazing sound quality and samples for a SNES track, but it's Follin so heh. The melody itself aint anything great, but the technical prowess is still here.

pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2
Oh God some psyche electro again ... Not too bad as this one actually delivers some atmosphere, but meh ...

The Lost Vikings (SNES Game Rip) - Factory Beat
After I found out Deneen composed the music for the old LOTR game, I tried to listen to his other work. Lost Vikings was one of the disapointment I had. GB2 Kriss Kross or something ... =/

3 points: LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA
2 points: Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme
1 point: pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2

Sorry for being so harsh on my first time actually participating, but i read it was a bad week anyway ... ^_^;

Nomination:

Title: Stage 3-2 - Enter Secretly
Game: Genocide 2 (X68K Game Recording)
Artist: Geya Hideyuki, Naoyuki Kimura
>> Download

I was so frustrated I couldnt nominate it for Best Chiptune because of the MIDI percussion that I'm nominating it here. BEHOLD, one of my most cherished obscure gems ~ XD

FELIPE NO

SOTW gets some life this week, a rather "subjective" week.

Capcom VS. SNK Millenium Fight 2000 Original Soundtrack - Bonus Track 2
A fine listen while it lasted. I just find it hard to memorize it when it's done. Maybe some parts are a bit too quiet.

Devil May Cry 3 Original Soundtrack - Vergil Battle 2
Another memory problem here. I got quite some action and some parts are well-done, yet it is still mehblah. If I were to pick faulty parts, I couldn't though.

Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain
It's a bit plain and simplistic, but not without purpose. There were some nice rhythm and "drop" effects. But I can see how this could be total boringness to others.

LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA
Like with this case. I have heard this one before. The only track from this week I can honestly say I didn't like at all, EVER. It's so megalomanic, I guess.

Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Bomb Factory
From now on, the good stack continues. For some reason it's the same music and all, but this one sounds quite deep at some parts (1:20++). While not setting a remarkable end it drags itself out not without dignity.

Plok! (SNES Game Rip) - Main Theme
I like this track moderately, it was never boring. It's hard to pinpoint the details, but the sound palette could be more diverse. Perhaps more "round", "bubbly" sounds.

pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2
What I probably like best about this track are the sound samples. Not something you hear frequently. There were some nice distortions around the melody + some background streaming. The short poignant sounds created an interestin contrast as well. ok.

The Lost Vikings (SNES Game Rip) - Factory Beat
Another good track for the end. I actually remember playing this game, one of the few ones I borrowed from the library. I think the musical style fits perfectly to the game. The music is like "walkin' everywhere I want, smashin' everythin' I like", so was the game.

Point Spread:

2 Points - Genso Sangokushi II Original Sound Track - Tong Guan Waterway - Rain on the Mountain
2 Points - pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2
1 Point - The Occasionally Limbless Guy
1 Point - Mobbing Music

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Except for a few tracks, this week is quite good actually.

I'm giving the preference to one of my favorite 16-bit tunes ever, one which I was also thinking about nominating in a future SotW. Deenan is the absolute win for me this week. On the other hand, Plok! is looking to be this week's winner, its western folk style is hardly anything I can enjoy listening to.

- Point Spread -

2 points: The Lost Vikings (SNES Game Rip) - Factory Beat
1 point: Devil May Cry 3 Original Soundtrack - Vergil Battle 2
1 point: LIVE A LIVE Original Sound Version - MEGALOMANIA
1 point: Myst IV Revelation (PC Game Rip) - Bomb Factory
1 point: pop'n music Inst Best - DRAGON DANCE revision-2