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

Quick reviews, one or two lines each, as I've got things to do for the next several evenings.

Cromlech Court - Decent synths, although nothing unexpected. The melody's a little nonexistent, relying upon some trance effects for substance, which leaves me on the unsatisfied side.

Tiberian Sun Map Theme - I've found a collective term for pieces of this nature: "Campaign" tracks. As I've said before, I'm not much on militaristic music, so this doesn't do much for me.

Like the Night of the Falling Stars - Stage 4 - Light and a little fluffy. It's got a lot of atmospheric goodness but I think the repetition causes it to fall slightly toward being average.

Blue Whitecaps - I. LOVE. THIS. TRACK. For me, this ranks alongside such personal SotW favorites as "Quiero Voar", "Amaranth", "The Future (Voyage)", "Pop Station - Track 4" and "Freedom", which is the highest praise I can offer. It's wonderful.

Ruins - The SNES usually sounds kinda tinny, but this track avoids the curse somehow, making it one of the best SNES tracks I've ever heard. The melody is clean and catchy. A good track.

Forest Law - Tekken music has always come off as being quite genre-generic to me, the ultimate achievement in background tempo filler. "Forest Law" has more personality than most Tekken tracks, but this isn't really saying a whole lot.

"A Pirate I Was Meant to Be" - It's funny and I enjoy a good sea shanty as much as the next guy, but within the context of SotW, this comes off as something of a novelty nomination, one that I have a hard time taking seriously. The mitigating factor here is that, if you remove the voices, there's not a whole lot underneath.

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

Bonus points to anyone who identifies Haggis McMutton's voice.

I'm guessing that you mean the one with the Scottish accent, no? I don't know names, but, bless me bagpipes, that's definitely "Uncle Scrooge McDuck"'s voice actor.

Duke's Theme - Not too bad. Reminds me somewhat of 80's power ballads at times but this isn't necessarily bad. At least the guitar doesn't become overly self-indulgent and is rather interesting at most times. But the saxophone desperately needs some tuning and that's gonna keep it from earning more than one point.

6 Points 3 Points - Nobunaga's Ambition - Haouden - Blue Whitecaps
2 Points - Spanky's Quest (SNES Game Rip) - Ruins
1 Point - Toshinden Retake & Remix - Duke's Theme

An average week, but at least I got one song I absolutely love and a couple which are solid enough to keep.

Jam it back in, in the dark.