Song of the Week - WEEK 74 Voting/WEEK 75 Nominating

Compared to last week, this week is super. All the tracks were good and OMG I'm first to vote.

AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet - Track 5
Love the melody here, plus the orchestration with the different strings & brass. Sounds quite epic, like John Williams-epic.

an cinniùint - Battle with the Devil
It's Mitsuda, and with a good deal of instrumentation and celtic elements. A pity it doesn't go a whole lot of places.

Dark Chronicle (Game Rip) - Rainbow Butterfly Wood
Great. Another beautiful, haunting melody about wooded areas. Just my thing. Though short and doesn't have much of a variety, it's still a fine mood piece.

SEGA Touring Car Championship - Sonic Drive
Shifting gears into a faster-paced, techno track. Decent but pretty run-of-the-mill techno. I liked Floodlight heaps more, btw.

Serious Sam II (PC Game Rip) - Continuous
Slowly builds up some tension and kicks in halfway through. I guess it works well within the game, but still an ok listen.

Symphonic Poem Argos no Senshi Original Soundtrack - Wish
For a bit there, I thought Tarja Turunen were at the vocals. It does sound like her. Anyways, this a beautiful vocal piece, even it hardly does anything that hasn't been done before.

The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Saxophone Storm 2 (Yagami Team Theme)
Oh yeah, I remember this tune! From years ago, spending long hours at arcades. And this sax arrange makes it even groovier. Awesome sax+guitar noodle combo as well.

Wild Arms Music the Best -rocking heart- - Battle Force
This has a very chiptune quality to it. I felt it deserved a point at least, but it went and started looping.


Points Spread

(2 points) AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet - Track 5
(2 points) The King of Fighters '96 Arrange Sound Trax - Saxophone Storm 2 (Yagami Team Theme)
(1 point) an cinniùint - Battle with the Devil
(1 point) Dark Chronicle (Game Rip) - Rainbow Butterfly Wood

Quote:

Christ people, the beauty behind the selection is the many variations it makes on a battle theme the was 48 seconds long in game. There is NO LOOP in the song. The bombastic introduction makes return appearances that lead into more variation. Pay attention.

My bad. Well, maybe "looping" was a poor choice for words. I did note the variations before, even though they were quite minor. The track was wholly repetitive for me, as the same intro and other passages were being repeated over the course of it. Still, it's a good track that I went back to listen to more than once. Unfortunately, as Crash Landon said, this is a good week with some strong competition.


Regarding my next nomination (and with all the discussion going on about what is considered nom-worthy), I went and took a closer look at the rules and it said something about doujins and such not being qualified. Well, the game my nom's from is an amateur/fan game. Does it still qualify? Just wanted to make sure.