[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 116 Voting/WEEK 117 Nominating

Azel ~ Panzer Dragoon RPG - Wandering: The pseudo-Asian thing isn't working for me in this track. The rest of the piece isn't strong enough to overcome the displeasure I get from the somber tone.

Barbie Super Model (SNES Game Rip) - Stage 1: For such a short track, it should have a larger impact. Also, the SNES sound ain't helping.

I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma: This is acceptable, in the sense that I don't mind industrialized techno beatz. However, I'll point out that it's very stereotypical of its genre.

MARIO SPORTS CD THE BEST - Tournament 1st & 2nd Match: Melody: good. Sound selection: not so good. Get behind someone who can engineer synthesized music better and this would be pretty nice.

Minna no Golf 5 Original Soundtrack - Iris Field C.C.: It's happy and I approve of that. But let's not overlook the fact that it's essentially a one-minute track that's set to loop. The potential is cut short by the composer's lack of ambition.

Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4: I could listen to this numerous times and probably find something new during each listen. That makes it interesting to me. So far this week, that's a distinct advantage over the rest.

UNDER17 Best Album 1 ~Bishoujo Game Song Ni Ai Wo !!~ - Kotae: This image track commits the cardinal VGM sin of both being sung in a foreign language and by a girl attempting to sound as if she's four years old. Wasn't there a karaoke version of this available? The instrumentation is competent but the voice makes me want to break something with my face. No thanks.

ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G: I have no idea what's going on in this track. Seriously, was this a collaborative effort with some post-modern 80s group like "Vox" or "Art of Noise"? It's not bad, but it's definitely all over the musical spectrum. I'll probably throw it a point for originality at least.


Pointyness Levels:

2 Points: Super DX-Ball (Game Rip) - Board #4
2 Points: ZUNTATA LIVE 1997 ~CINETEQUE RAVE~ (AUDIO FILE) - G
1 Point: I/O perfect Audiotracks - gamma
1 Point: MARIO SPORTS CD THE BEST - Tournament 1st & 2nd Match

Kind of a modified shotgun spread there. Nothing knocked me out with awesome but a couple were pretty interesting in their approach, while the others that received points did so on technical merits: engineering and melody, respectively.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Honestly, I didn't know Napple Tale had been represented when I put the Volume 2 nomination up several weeks ago. I simply knew that "Wild Wind" was a damned fine track. I almost never check the nomination history; I figure that if something has become too popular for inclusion, or if it was nominated long ago, somebody will speak up.

Originally Posted by Bigblah

Yoko Kanno is essentially a free pass to a top placing =/

In theory, so are several other composers/groups: Sakimoto, Hulsbeck, "Yack", Kukeiha Club - they all have excellent performance records in SotW as well. Despite their obvious consistency, however, I just can't bring myself to even considering a ban on any particular composer. Not that it was suggested here, but the insinuations could've been interpreted in that direction.

I think SotW has merely reinforced the fact that these people are prolific composers and perhaps they deserve repeated honors for being so excellent.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by KyleDunamis

Some composers I wonder about though. Follin is probably the #1 that I'd consider if, in fact, SotW decided to blanket ban composers. Has a Follin track in SotW ever NOT placed (5 of the 8 Follin Week tracks nonwithstanding.)

Originally Posted by CHz

"Main Theme" from Solstice placed 6th in Week 70

Not to mention five other Follin tracks failing to earn placement in Week 56. Yes, it was "Follin Week", so something had to fall by the wayside but I still scratch my head over the fact that "Solstice - Title Theme" didn't crack the Top 3.

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