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

(3 points) Toshinden Retake & Remix - Duke's Theme
Instant bliss. This track is right down my alley with the upbeat synth, the kick-ass guitar solos and the cool sax solo at the end. Sure, the sax is no Masato Honda (Former T-Square sax player) but it was still very enjoyable and didn't detract from the piece in any way. Not since week 48's first place finisher (DDR - Soul House) have I come across a track new to me that I have taken such a liking to. This one definitely gains the



Other tracks to have gained that honour include week 40's "Apidya - The Pond" and week 13's "Bio Hazard Special End Title". Not many but that's partly because many of the other top-notch tracks weren't new to me.

(2 points) Nobunaga's Ambition: Haouden - Blue Whitecaps
I've heard this track before from "The Best of KOEI Vol. 5" which is a great collection of KOEI tracks that I would recommend to anyone else who enjoyed this piece. This track has a nice melody, lots of variety in terms of instrumentation and it all flows so well together. My favourite part was the jazzy guitar section in the middle. The only other stand-out track this week.

(1 point) Mushihimesama Original Sound Track - Like the Night of the Falling Stars - Stage 4
I really liked the spaced out feel from the first minute of this track. The synth, bass and drums do a decent job of carrying on the melody from there but then it just loops again. Like many other tracks, this one could have been so much better if developed further. The arranged version of this track from the same album was slightly better as it was faster paced and had a bit more to it than two loops. I liked MintJam's arrangement of this track the most but even it was average by MintJam standards.

The rest of the entries were all average aside from monkey island which wasn't really a serious nomination.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Week 54 is almost over and if the queue stays the way it is, I'm due for another nomination next week so I might as well toss another track into the mix. Kind of absurred since it would be my second nomination in three weeks but I see some regulars ahead of me that have yet to nominate so I don't expect that to happen.

* Artist: Ikuro "Amadeus" Fujiwara and the Xanadu Rockalight Orchestra
* Album/Game Title: All Over Xanadu
* Track Title: The Resurrection of Dragon
* Source: http://www.gmronline.com/info.asp?CatNumber=BY30-5170
* Composer: Takahito Abe
* Disc Number: 01
* Track Number: 02
* Catalog Number: BY30-5170
* Year: 1987

I'll upload it and update the wiki.

There's nowhere I can't reach.