[SotW] Song of the Fortnight - FORTNIGHT 249 Voting/FORTNIGHT 250 Nominating

Wow, this week deserves props for being one of the zaniest weeks yet. Maybe we should have a Week of the Weird in the future.

(2 points) 360 Degree Sharks - The Plummet
Great easy listening piece. Very smooth and quite sublime. Also digging the rythmic sections.

(2 points) The Sword of Xuan Yuan Side Story - Billows of the Bleak Music Collection - Millennial Destiny
I'm a sucker for melodrama, especially when it's done well in a game (but none of that whiny emo stuff, please). "Millennial Destiny" is no exception, embodying some of the incredibly tragic events in the game.

(1 point) Monster Hunter Hunting Music Collection ~ 3rd Anniversary Commemorative Best Track ~ - (pawprints)
The ultimate weird track, no contest. I've heard cat mewing sounds being used in songs before but not quite to the extent of this track. And what's the name of this track again?! It shows up as "???" in my player.

(1 point) Quantum of Solace (Game Rip) - When Nobody Loves You
It's a pretty cool James Bond tune. Not the greatest I've heard (hello, GoldenEye) but a competent piece with some nice Bjork-like warbling.

I'm not terribly familiar with many tracks by Umemoto and I guess Yu-No has already been nominated. But here's one that caught my ear:

* Album Title: Mushihimesama Double Arrange Album
* Artist: Ryu Umemoto
* Composer: Manabu Namiki
* Track Title: We Did It! <Stage Clear>
* Source: CVAS-003 | Mushihimesama Double Arrange Album - VGMdb
* File Location: Nominations folder
* Disc Number: 2 (of 2)
* Track Number: 4
* Catalogue Number: CVAS-003
* Year: 2009

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Er, if you don't mind accepting multiple noms from the same nominator, I chanced upon a Umemoto track on YouTube that sucked me in. Had no luck tracing the apparently uber rare but very promising album it comes from (anybody has it?!).

Anyways, here's a rip of the audio from the YouTube vid of the Groundseed shop demo movie. Edited out long periods of silence.

If having more than one nomination per nominator is an issue, I'd like to replace my previous nom with the Groundseed one.

* Album Title: Groundseed (Game Rip)
* Artist: Ryu Umemoto
* Track Title: Groundseed Shop Demo
* Source: EMCX-0002 | GROUNSEED "THE ORIGIN" - Ryu Umemoto & Ryu Takami Rare... - VGMdb ; Ground Seed Shop Demo - YouTube ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG0Sh...eature=related
* File Location: Nominations folder
* Disc Number: NA
* Track Number: NA
* Catalogue Number: NA
* Year: 1996 (according to intro movie of the game from the YouTube video)

How ya doing, buddy?