[SotW] Song of the Week - WEEK 146 Voting/WEEK 147 Nominating

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Nomination!
Album: Wangan Midnight Soundtrack
Track Title: Keiichi Aizawa's Theme
Composer: Yuzo Kushiro
Track Number: 06
Year: 2002
Catalog Number: SCDC-00188
Source: GMR Online

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Enemy Zero - While it's not unlistenable, this track doesn't really do much to hold my attention. The staccato violins throughout are quite monotonous.

Rain (Bonus Track) - Quite atmospheric, nicely layered, though a lot of it sounds displaced from some undiscovered 80s synthpop album. That's not a bad thing, however.

Title - A strong melody with maybe a little too much repetition in places. Some of the backing instruments were rather weak, particularly the drums. The pacing, however, was very smooth.

Tiny Town - Good: the deep background synths. Not so good: the shrill tone of the lead synth. I would've preferred a softer, warmer sample for the lead. It would've befit the otherwise solid melody better.

Riot Bluster - Complexly layered and wildly frenetic, this track definitely delivers the goods. I'm a total sucker for exotic synth effects and electric guitar. As has been said, Tenpei Sato can be hit and miss, but when he's on, he's on. ZiggyGo sent me the Schell Bullet album some time ago and this was one of the highlights. Nice pick!

SNOW08 - Haha, how often does SotW feature a reggae beat? This may be a first. Though I've known about this track for several years, it still has yet to lose its smooth charms. Gospel organs and wah-wah guitars totally rock. I probably should've nominated this one sooner.

Tight Time (mission 15) - A serviceable melody becomes marred by the awkward juxtapositioning of an overly loud bassline and a muffled top layer. I know this would be a very pleasing tune in any other circumstance but the SNES sound card doesn't grant it justice.

Dreamland - Not at all what I expected, and not at the level of instrument quality that I expected either. I should've noted "N64" before downloading, and that's why it sounds so different than the PSX gamerip ("Slick Clyde" ). But it is what it is, a sorta bouncy, sorta okay melody that didn't receive any benefit from being strapped alongside Nintendo's stubborn refusal to move beyond 1993.

Point Things

3 Points: Tiny Tank (Game Rip) - SNOW08
1 Point: Schell Bullet ~Thanaphs68~ - Riot Bluster
1 Point: Immortal 2 - Rain (Bonus Track)
1 Point: Kingsley's Adventure (Red Book Audio) - Title

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

I move that, based on voting patterns, we herewith and immediately rename this event "Song of the Sunday Night" (SotSN)

But a last minute sprint makes for exciting times!

How ya doing, buddy?