Song of the Week - WEEK 51 Voting/WEEK 52 Nominations

Awesome week.

My song is totally out of place with it's low quality synths, it has no chance

Jam it back in, in the dark.

MERI+DIA ~Maria Diana~ Original Sound Track - All Charges
Hey, some cool instrumentation here. Of the ONLY TWO synth tracks in this entire week, this one easily has higher quality sounds. Some of the horns sound MIDI POWER, but everything is very solid. But, and I'm sorry to say this, but the composition is disgusting. Every other measure at the beginning to 00:40 uses the same 4 note melody, and while that can work in few cases, it dosen't work here. Chord progression is alright, but downright ugly at parts. Especially at the end of the first phrase that's like a major 5th chord(2nd inv) to a WTF MINOR 5th and then the resolution to tonic. I almost threw up.

Wander and the Colossus ~Roar of the Earth~ Original Soundtrack - Revived Power ~Battle With the olossus~
You want my honest opinion? This song is overrated. It's not bad per se, but people are going about how this is the best album and how this song just so happens to be the best in the album, and it must've been the hype, but when I listened to it, I wasn't that pleased. It's nice and epic. But that's all it really has going for it. I do like the part at 0:35, though. The song does get better as it progresses (now that I listen to it more), some questionable chords as well in this song too. One thing I truly hated was the ending. It comes out of nowhere, I was like WTF when it happened.

Phantasy Star Online Original Soundtrack - After the Story Part 2
Yeah, now we're getting somewhere. I don't really remember this song at all, but now that I listen to it, it's great. It has a subtle melody and an AWESOME backbone. The chord progressions are GOOD, this time. Still, it could've been more melodic all over, especially between the slight emptiness at 0:46 - 1:21. Right after a very nice, but also subtle percussion line comes in, adding to the drama. That one Cymbal ride was kinda weird, though. Problems: Unfortunately yes; this song is too subtle for it's own good, it needs more spine chilling bits for effect. The intro was the best part.

Jak X - Combat Racing (Game Rip) - Track 5
Hmm... what do we have here? Ambient Rocking track? There's not much to say about this one (sorry), it takes TOO LONG to develop. Apparently the main song starts at 1:03, and the song opens up pretty nicely. Everything seems simple, almost like a 4 channel track. There isn't enough to keep me interested. I bet it works wonders in game, though.

Orchestral Game Concert 3 - Hanjuku Hero 'Divertissement ~ The Fourth Movement'
YAY FUN BOUNCY YES SONG. The instant the song started I started bopping up and down for some reason. It reminds me of all those old musical movies that aren't funny and the only funny song is just there for comic relief. Usually goes with hilariously serious vocals. The song itself is good, but I didn't like the direction taken at 1:03, it could've turned into something sad and mellow, but it was alright. Then at 2:20 HAPPY BOUNCY TIME YAY. Then 2:56 is drastic change done the right way: I was laughing at 3:14 came back with OMFG LET US SKIP MERRILY WHILE BOUNCING TIME. 4:14 was the best part, though, signifying a very pretty with nice chords as well. FUNNY BOUNCY HAPPY YES SONG. Climax was kinda odd, though.

Clockwork Knight ~ Pepperouchau's Adventure - Never Say Die!
YES!!!!! This is HARDCORE DESERT ISLAND MUSIC RIGHT HERE. It's SUPER JAZZ of the crazy variety. During the main parts, while the trumpet is doing it's awesome thing, the chord progressions only go through major development every 16 measures, which could be considered lacking. However, the walking bass turns into a running bass which is very cool. The part at 0:41 actually disgusted me the first time, I thought teh bazz was off key or something, but I'm pretty sure it's intentional. Solos are great with power vigor force, and how they were able to play in the off key section was impressive. Fantastic song this is.

Peter Jackson's King Kong - The Official Game of the Movie (Game Rip) - Ann's Theme
Holy hindenburg on a stick, I think I finally got the joke in Orion's Mini SOTW thing he did way back when with this and another song . Anyway, this song is great. Full of emotion, with awesome everything. It sounds like a song that came out of of 60's epic movie something. Development, well it just repeats the same phrase over and varies it, but the phrase is so good that WIN. The best part is the very first part with the strings, as I felt it fully developed the phrase properly.

Armed Police Batrider (Game Rip) - ST5 Chasing Gang's Need Speed
This is a song from a game.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Over at STC

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

My next nomination comes STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART

ALBUM: Hansei Zaru Jiro kun no Daibouken(Snes Rip)
ARTISTS: Kyohei Sada, Inata, Ootera, Toyo
TRACK TITLE: STAGE 5 RUINS
TRACK NUMBER: 7
YEAR: 1991 <--- OMFG
SOURCE: http://snesmusic.org/v2/profile.php?...selected=14373
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This song comes straight from the heart. This is probably the first game whose soundtrack I loved EVER. EVER EVER EVER. I WAS 4 FREAKIN YEARS OLD WHEN I LIKED THIS MUSIC. If you don't like it, you are basically dissin my childhood. (Bah, I don't expect this to come any higher then 5th to be realistic, just want others to know what kind of music I listened to as a kid)

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

Well that was depressing. Oh well. Congratulations on "Never Say Die!" for 2nd place! ... I guess.

I was speaking idiomatically.