Song of the Week - WEEK 59 Voting/WEEK 60 Nominating

(3 points) Street Fighter EX2 - PRECIOUS HEART (Sakura)
With my final nomination, I wanted to select something I enjoyed with a somewhat appropriate title. CHz's suggestion of Matrimelee March was cool but I thought the tune would be too well known. Precious Heart contains all the elements which I enjoy in a musical piece. It's upbeat, has a great melody, employs enough small solos which fit in well without meandering and uses quality instrumentation between the guitar and sax which don't sound cheezy in the least bit. No need to sit there and analyze it through multiple listens - this one is pure enjoyment from the get-go.

(2 point) Cool Cool Toon Sound Track - Yussa Yussa You (Nice Body Yussa)
This is the nicest new track I've heard on SotW in weeks. Great melody with a nice little solo to wind things down. I wish it had another section or two to it to really round it out but it's still a very enjoyable and upbeat track to listen to.

(1 point) Batman (NES Game Rip) - Stages 1 & 5 - Gotham City & Cathedral
Very nice melody contained in this chiptune which is just screaming for an arrangement. Reminds me of music from the Castlevania series. I can just picture wailing guitars playing out the main tune with some solos thrown in.

The rest in order of preference:

Like Life Original Soundtrack - Decoy
A nice laid-back track with a decent sounding violin for the melody but doesn't pack quite the punch as the Batman track. Just missed out on a point.

Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers (N64 Game Rip) - Tower of Lakmir:
Every time someone nominates a track from the N64, the quality is marred by the choice of samples used in the track. This track also suffered from a poor melody which sounded off-key at times though that was probably done by design to fit the game.

Darwinia (Game Rip) - Impact of Silence
I can't appreciate stuff like this. Not much happening in the first minute and when stuff finally starts to happen, it suffers from Truth syndrome as the main melody consists of four notes slowly being repeated. Some variation in the piano near the end but really, I just couldn't get into it.

Gyakuten Saiban Yomigaeru Gyakuten Original Soundtrack - Ryuichi Naruhodo ~ Objection! 2001
Another track suffering from Truth syndrome. There's some very subtle variations in the background layers but again, it's lacking in a good melody and variety. Aside from fanboyism, I don't see how anyone can seriously place it higher than half the other tracks this week as it is seriously lacking. I guess the closest track this week you can compare it to in terms of instrumentation is the Batman which completely blows Objection away with a simple yet catchy melody which actually goes somewhere.

Kyusai no Giho (Technique of Relief) - Mother
It has singing.

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And that marks the end of my participation in SotW and probably these forums for quite a while due to my wedding which is almost a week away. I'd like to thank all who have wished me well, the staff members who have kept this event running smoothly for over a year and of course all the participants who have kept things lively with their colourful comments. I know I've been harsh in some of my reviews but it was all in good fun. I'm sure some of you will be happy to see no more of the jazzy 1970's/80's style nominations from me while others will miss them...who knows, maybe I'll stop by one day and drop in a surprise nomination
Until then, I hope someone keeps the ROCKIN' and JAZZIN' alive!

Jam it back in, in the dark.