[SotW] Song of the Week - BATTLE 15 Voting/WEEK 122 Nominating

Song of the Week. 100 Weeks and counting.
Battle 15 Voting is closed.
Week 122 Nominating is restricted.

Battle 15 Voting
The rules for voting can be found here.

Results:
1). [21] huelsbeck dot com - Timeless Passion
2). [13/9] Progression - Metroplex
3). [13/7] HEADHUNTER: REDEMPTION / HEADHUNTER Original Soundtrack Recording - Ramirez At Bay
4). [10] 20th anniversary a TRIBUTE to GAME-sounds for music-CD - Always On Target (Xevious)
5). [9] Kukeiha Club pro-fusion ~Salamander~ - SENSATION
6). [8] R: Racing Evolution (Game Rip) - Mars Landing
7). [5/3.5] Persona 2 Batsu Punitive Dance - Akachochin Shiraishi ~Burn With Passion~
8). [5/2.5] ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G

Tracks:
Week 113: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: HEADHUNTER: REDEMPTION / HEADHUNTER Original Soundtrack Recording - Ramirez At Bay
Week 114: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Persona 2 Batsu Punitive Dance - Akachochin Shiraishi ~Burn With Passion~
Week 115: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Kukeiha Club pro-fusion ~Salamander~ - SENSATION
Week 116: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G
Week 117: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: huelsbeck dot com - Timeless Passion
Week 118: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Progression - Metroplex
Week 119: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: R: Racing Evolution (Game Rip) - Mars Landing
Week 120: Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: 20th anniversary a TRIBUTE to GAME-sounds for music-CD - Always On Target (Xevious)

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

Week 122 Nominating
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Here is the link to the corresponding thread in the other forum:
- Soundtrack Central

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Bleh. Every time I pop up out of nowhere with a nom, a BATTLE gets in the way. Well, since I don't see it in the Queue, here's my nom post:

http://www.gamingforce.org/forums/ge...tml#post572331

I'll vote later.

How ya doing, buddy?

Nice batch, although I didn't care much for the other half (3/4 I didn't even award a single point to during their respective weeks.) Hülsbeck FTW!

3 points: www.huelsbeck.com - Timeless Passion
1 point: 20th anniversary a TRIBUTE to GAME-sounds for music-CD - Always On Target (Xevious)
1 point: Persona 2 Batsu Punitive Dance - Akachochin Shiraishi ~Burn With Passion~
1 point: Progression - Metroplex

I was surprised by which tracks I favored amongst this bunch. Perhaps my musical biases are loosening their grasp.

3 Points: Persona 2 Batsu Punitive Dance - Akachochin Shiraishi ~Burn With Passion~
2 Points: HEADHUNTER: REDEMPTION / HEADHUNTER Original Soundtrack Recording - Ramirez At Bay
1 Point: huelsbeck dot com - Timeless Passion

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

(3 points) Progression - Metroplex
(2 points) huelsbeck dot com - Timeless Passion
(1 point) R: Racing Evolution (Game Rip) - Mars Landing

I was speaking idiomatically.

Apparently I've missed a bunch of the past weeks. But overall, the voters have done their job -- just one track (Zuntata) that I didn't care for.

3 points: huelsbeck.com - Chris Huelsbeck's official Website - Timeless Passion
2 Points: HEADHUNTER: REDEMPTION / HEADHUNTER Original Soundtrack Recording - Ramirez At Bay
1 point: Progression - Metroplex

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

3 points - ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G
2 points - huelsbeck dot com - Timeless Passion
1 point - Persona 2 Batsu Punitive Dance - Akachochin Shiraishi ~Burn With Passion~

FELIPE NO

Okay, let's see here.

Originally Posted by CHz

Referencing this discussion from Week 115, ZTS's official game compositions are: Parhelia (half the soundtrack, or 8 tracks), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (4 tracks), and DJMAX Portable 2 (2 tracks). Pointing this out before the track goes to vote this time so that anyone who objects to ZTS's status as a VGM composer can actually, well, object.

This was posted in the Week 119 voting thread. I've said before that I'd honestly be fine with letting in ZTS's arrangements, but I'm pretty sure this would be on the other side of the border for some people. Catching this one before it goes to voting this time! (although I forgot to bring it up again in the Week 121 thread)

Originally Posted by CHz

Journey of Dreams has been out for two months (soundtrack for one).

This was posted in the Week 121 voting thread. There's still nothing official about how long something must be out before it's good to go, besides however long it takes for the music to have had a reasonable chance to get around, whatever that means ("novelty is not obscurity," etc.). orion_mk3's holding off on Opoona, but this still needs to be taken care of. I'm thinking no.

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

So I guess ZTS is another arranger-turned-composer? Seems like it'd be more in the spirit of the contest to just nominate one of his game tracks.

How ya doing, buddy?

One more credit for ZTS (came out after I made that original list): Umineko no Naku Koro ni episode2 - Turn of the golden witch. He did 11 tracks out of 65.

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Impressive...but you are not a Jedi MUSIC COMPOSAH yet.

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

Let's spread some points:
2 points: huelsbeck.com - Chris Huelsbeck's official Website - Timeless Passion
2 points: R: Racing Evolution (Game Rip) - Mars Landing
1 Point: HEADHUNTER: REDEMPTION / HEADHUNTER Original Soundtrack Recording - Ramirez At Bay
1 point: Progression - Metroplex

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

3 points: Kukeiha Club pro-fusion ~Salamander~ - SENSATION
2 points: huelsbeck dot com - Timeless Passion
1 point: R: Racing Evolution (Game Rip) - Mars Landing
4th: 20th anniversary a TRIBUTE to GAME-sounds for music-CD - Always On Target (Xevious)
5th: HEADHUNTER: REDEMPTION / HEADHUNTER Original Soundtrack Recording - Ramirez At Bay
6th: Persona 2 Batsu Punitive Dance - Akachochin Shiraishi ~Burn With Passion~
7th: ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G
8th: Progression - Metroplex

Good battle all around. Wasn't feeling 6th-8th as much, but nothing stuck out as poor. Still dunno how Metroplex won its week though. The composition was great, but the sequencing was so choppy, it just underminded the writing quality.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Interesting Battle Week. Assigning points was harder than I thought.

(2 points) huelsbeck.com - Chris Huelsbeck's official Website - Timeless Passion

(2 points) R - Racing Evolution (Game Rip) - Mars Landing

(2 points) HEADHUNTER REDEMPTION HEADHUNTER Original Soundtrack Recording - Ramirez At Bay

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

3 pts. - Always on Target
2 pts. - Sensation - Its chorus (if you will) melody is so feel-good.
1 pt. - Progression

FELIPE NO

(2 points) REDEMPTION / HEADHUNTER Original Soundtrack Recording - Ramirez At Bay
(2 points) 20th anniversary a TRIBUTE to GAME-sounds for music-CD - Always On Target (Xevious)
(1 point) huelsbeck dot com - Timeless Passion
(1 point) Progression - Metroplex

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

3 pts. - Timeless Passion
2 pts. - Ramirez at Bay
1 pt. - Salamander Sensation

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Voting is closed and nominations are restricted!

1). [21] huelsbeck dot com - Timeless Passion
2). [13/9] Progression - Metroplex
3). [13/7] HEADHUNTER: REDEMPTION / HEADHUNTER Original Soundtrack Recording - Ramirez At Bay
4). [10] 20th anniversary a TRIBUTE to GAME-sounds for music-CD - Always On Target (Xevious)
5). [9] Kukeiha Club pro-fusion ~Salamander~ - SENSATION
6). [8] R: Racing Evolution (Game Rip) - Mars Landing
7). [5/3.5] Persona 2 Batsu Punitive Dance - Akachochin Shiraishi ~Burn With Passion~
8). [5/2.5] ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G

It seems that no one really cares about surasshu's nomination so I'll just say no and bring it back in a couple of months. No one really cares about Djinova's either but since it's a 67-33% split on that (giving Djinova an implied vote) I guess I'll make a poll on that or something. Hopefully that will get more than three votes!

How ya doing, buddy?

Wow, nobody saw that result coming weeks ago. I knew it was gonna take the battle as soon as I heard it.

It's a fine piece. No doubt there.

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

I'll say no to NiGHTS if it makes you feel any better, CHz.

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

I'm glad that Timeless Passion won this battle. It was my first winning nomination after 30 or so long weeks, and it'll also be my first gold medal. Mars Landing did it's job really well, considering that this kind of tracks usually don't provide the best results in contests.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I've come... and this is proof of it.

• Composer/Arranger: Kentaro Haneda
• Album: Game Music Concert 2 ~The Best Selection~
• Track Title: WPCL-709
• Disc Number: 1 (of 1)
• Track Number: 10
• Catalog Number: Wizardry V "Opening"
• Year: 1992
• Additional Information: It MUST place
• Source: WPCL-709: Game Music Concert 2 ~ The Best Selection - VGMdb

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Dhsu

I'll say no to NiGHTS if it makes you feel any better, CHz.

I actually missed voting on this (not that it matters since the top 2 is exactly what I'd hoped), cause I wanted to put up an alternate nomination because of this. Somebody should put up some rule for when it's okay to nominate something, though.

Game: Magical Tetris Hippie Conjunction Fuzz Extravaganza... I mean Challenge
Song: Versus Donald
Composer: Masato Kouda
Company: Capcom
Year: 1999
Source: USF game rip thingie
Download link

If this isn't eligible I'll start shaking my fist, I swear!

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