[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 238 Voting/WEEK 239 Nominating

Song of the Week. 225 Weeks and counting.
Week 238 Voting is closed.
Week 239 Nominating is closed.

Results:
1). [13/9] Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic (Game Rip) - Boss Theme 2
2). [13/7] zOMG! The Original Soundtrack - The Village Greens
3). [12] Kaleidoscope Original Soundtrack - Old Oddities (Nostalgic Heights)
4). [8] Final Fight 2 (Game Rip) - Carve a Dragon Wood
5-t). [7/4] a boy and his blob - Shaded Plains
5-t). [7/4] La-Mulana (Game Rip) - Grand History
7-t). [3/2] Oni Soundtrack - Trailer
7-t). [3/2] Ridge Racer Revolution (Red Book Audio) - Attract

Tracks:
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: a boy and his blob - Shaded Plains
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Final Fight 2 (Game Rip) - Carve a Dragon Wood
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic (Game Rip) - Boss Theme 2
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Kaleidoscope Original Soundtrack - Old Oddities (Nostalgic Heights)
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: La-Mulana (Game Rip) - Grand History
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Oni Soundtrack - Trailer
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: Ridge Racer Revolution (Red Book Audio) - Attract
Get the Flash Player to play this audio file: zOMG! The Original Soundtrack - The Village Greens

Notes:
A looping lower-quality version of Shaded Plains is available in the extras folder for those who demand looping.

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:

Spoiler:

"Traditional"
Song1 - 3 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 1 pt.

"Even Stevens"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 2 pts.

"Tough Decision"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 2 pts.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.

"Nomination Bias"
Song1 - 3 pts.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.

"Indecisive"
Song1 - 2 pts.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.
Song5 - 1 pt.

"Shotgun Spread"
Song1 - 1 pt.
Song2 - 1 pt.
Song3 - 1 pt.
Song4 - 1 pt.
Song5 - 1 pt.
Song6 - 1 pt.

Notes:
Please remember to upload your nominations to the SotW server! Uploaded noms mean a faster, smoother SotW experience for everyone. Server information:

Spoiler:

* Host: ftp.sotw.info
* Username: nominations@sotw.info (that is the actual username; not an e-mail address)
* Password: gff
* Port: 21

Week 239 Nominating:
The Nominations Queue can be found here.
The rules for nominating can be found here.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

First to vote once more

a boy and his blob - Shaded Plains The new ABAHB has a really charming and melodic soundtrack that even includes some remixes; this little charmer is the pick of the lot for me. The only downside is that it's cut far too short, though I managed to fix that albeit in craptacular quality.

Final Fight 2 (Game Rip) - Carve a Dragon Wood Must...avoid...obvious...joke. As beat 'em up (bemup?) music from a chippier age goes, it's not bad. There just isn't much of a hook to hang onto until she's almost over.

Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic (Game Rip) - Boss Theme 2 That's an interesting name for a game right there. The music's interesting too: compulsively jazzy and riddled with some great sax lixx.

Kaleidoscope Original Soundtrack - Old Oddities (Nostalgic Heights) Nifty spacey-sounding chiptune(?) hits all the right buttons for an impressive finish.

La-Mulana (Game Rip) - Grand History Vaguely Asian-sounding SNESish tune has an impressive sound and some nice moments but doesn't really bring it all together.

Oni Soundtrack - Trailer High hopes for this, since O'Donnell/Salvatori and Power of Seven are both awesome, and both together should be double awesome, right? Not really. I can see how this would work with a movie of a ninja from the future, but as a stand-along it just can't cut the mustard.

Ridge Racer Revolution (Red Book Audio) - Attract Mostly too 70's for my taste, and its synth sax is put to shame by the one above.

zOMG! The Original Soundtrack - The Village Greens Apparently zOMG expanded Soule's fanbase to include 13-year-old girls and people interested in becoming 13-year-old girls (remember when Mitsuda was rumored for the assignment?). Joshing aside, it's a good effort, though this is one of the tracks that has Soule most in his quasi-ambient comfort zone.

The Point Spread
Shaded Plains - 3 pts.
Boss Theme 2 - 2 pts.
Old Oddities - 1 pt.
Village Greens - 1 nonbinding honorary spirit pt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The nom queue is starved and emaciated to the point that a nomination will probably be a fatal shock to its system. Nevertheless:

Album: Michigan Original Sound Track
Artist: Masafumi Takada
Disc #: 1
Track #: 1
Track Title: Chicago Skyline In The Fog
Catalog Number: SCDC-00378
Year: 2004
Source: VGMdb
Notes: If this does not get last place, I officially give up trying to guess SotW voting patterns forever.

Also, I will be traveling and most likely out of internet contact all next week. If we go for two weeks again (as seems likely ) it's no prob, but if there is a votefrenzy and we wind up running Week 239, I'll most likely be sitting it out (Translation: CHz will have to make his own dang thread).

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