Song of the Week - WEEK 54 Voting/WEEK 55 Nominating

Tough week. Many songs I like and not enough points.

(3 points) Mushihimesama Original Sound Track - Like the Night of the Falling Stars - Stage 4
My first shooter nomination and a personal favourite from the soundtrack. Many thanks to whoever nominated "The One Who Is Always In the Forest" during one of the BSEs. "Shinju Heading to the Forest" and aforementioned track from the same album would probably have been better choices but I like my current nomination too much. Maybe next time. Unlike most other shooter tracks I've heard, "Like the Night of the Falling Stars" struck me as being rather refreshing due to its atmosopheric stylings and interesting choice of instruments. The percussion was a big draw for me for instance. While the "melody" might be a bit on the slow side in the beginning, it's one of my favourite aspects of the song.

(1 point) Nobunaga's Ambition - Haouden - Blue Whitecaps
It took several listens to warm up to this but it paid off. Great for easy listening.

(1 point) Toshinden Retake & Remix - Duke's Theme
I like how this manages to retain the stylings of music so often associated with samurais and stuff. Overall a very nifty track.

(1 point) Command & Conquer - Tiberian Sun (Game Rip) - Tiberian Sun Map Theme
The percussion is definitely reminiscent of Dune2000 and Emperor: Battle for Dune, which isn't surprising since Klepacki worked on those games as well. The melody is good but it doesn't get the chance to develop sufficiently.

And the rest...

The Curse of Monkey Island (Game Rip) - 'A Pirate I Was Meant to Be'
Very, very tempted to give this a point. The lyrics were definitely humorous and entertaining. Also liked the whimsical melody. Which reminds me, maybe I should finally nominate that somewhat off-key vocal song I've been saving up. "Well, gee, I feel a little guilty now."

Tekken 3 arcade soundtrack 001 ex - Forest Law
Not a bad song but somewhat overshadowed by other songs this week. Nice use of electronics.

Blast Corps (Game Rip) - Cromlech Court
A pretty nice track. I liked a good number of sections but some were a bit out of place, I felt.

Spanky's Quest (SNES Game Rip) - Ruins
Very, very tempted to award this points as well. The melody is rather good and full of quirky goodness.

And my next nomination:

Album/Game Title: Discworld: Noir (PC Game Rip)
Track Title: When You Met Her
Artists: Samael the Vampire
Composer: Paul Weir
Year: 1999
Source:http://www.mobygames.com/game/window...d-noir/credits
Miscellaneous information: This was originally from Grawl's rip. The original track from the rip was longer but was essentially made up of two separate songs (one vocal and one instrumental) so I decided to split the two. There's also a German version of the song.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by CHz

There's an OST of Discworld Noir, and it has this song as a standalone track. I don't know how it compares with the game rip since I don't have the rip (the CD track's length is 1:22), but I can upload it somewhere for you to compare and see if you want to nominate it instead.

There's an official soundtrack?!?! Okay, I need to get the entire album from you. Will send you a PM to try to make some sort of arrangement. There's probably not much difference between the rip and OST versions of "When You Met Her" (track length seems about right) unless the OST is a German release.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Uploaded "When You Met Her" yesterday. Personally, I wish I had more time to play Taiwanese games (they're quite popular over here). Some of them have pretty good in-game music (at least the traditional and strategy RPGs) and would certainly make interesting SotW entries. I'm thinking of nominating one after "When You Met Her" has had a chance to take a beating. :P

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

Ah, so we'll be having an official themed week. This could be interesting. Somewhat surprised Mushihimesama actually managed to place. Go giant beetle thing!

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