[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 209 Voting/WEEK 210 Nominating

This week is S++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1 point: Okapi
1 point: Opening Theme
1 point: Stage 1
1 point: Sea of Frozen Crystals (Stage 2)
1 point: Underwater
1 point: PARTY IN THEIR NEST (Imperial Underground)
Barely Missed: Genesis -celtic arrange-, TAKING OFF ~ SOLE WARRIOR ~ PROGRESSION


Every song here is so good, every last one

Though to be honest, I'm already familiar with 3 of these tunes, all of which I love dearly. Contra Force's Stage 1 is an old nom of mine that didn't make it out of the BSC'06 prelims. As awkward as the game was, I always thought the game had much better music than that of the original and Super C.

Sea of Frozen Crystals is an arrangement of... an old nom of mine that didn't make it out of the BSC'07 prelims. Shimomura does a splendid job, though the best part is that she managed to get the chords correct (seeing as the original is by Kimihiro Abe, that is some monstrous feat)

All these years of neglecting the SMB soundtrack for the superior SMB2 soundtrack caught up to me; I don't remember Underwater being this good. Guess I'll have to revisit the first game's soundtrack again.

The new tunes were also great, especially Okapi (I don't care if ripping off John Williams is double redundant), and the PS2 Gradius III+IV opening theme (WTFFFFFFFF HOW HAVE I NOT HEARD THIS). Best part of the entire week though was the break at 2:27 of the Insector tune, it made perfect sense in every way.

Even the non-pointers were highlights: the last minute of Genesis -celtic arrange- is gold, and while the Final Soldier suite is probably my least favorite tune, it's far from bad; the part where the dude just hates on the keyboard at 1:50 for a split second was cool.

So yeah, definitely one of my favorite weeks. Great job everyone!

Jam it back in, in the dark.