Song of the Week - WEEK 55 Voting/WEEK 56 Nominating

I didn't really enjoy most of the tracks this week. For whatever reason, most seemed to feature solos, melodies, or insturmentation that sounded badly performed/composed , which really hurt their standing in the point spread.
3 Points - Lode Runner - The Legend Returns (Red Book Audio) - Abandoned Mines ~ Music

When I first nominated a track from this album at the start of SoTW, this was my original choice. For whatever reason I felt ("Crystal Caverns") was the stronger offering, but have come to appreciate this track just as much. Having listened to this album quite extensively I would say this is the most well composed and engaging offering from this album. The layers of percussion and how they were structured throughout really is impressive in my opinion. And unlike a majority of other Lode Runner TLR tracks this features a decently developed melody/rhythm with roughly three separate verses before looping. Having listened to the rest, I must say this is a breath of fresh air.

2 Points - All Over Xanadu - The Resurrection of Dragon: A really impressive piece that combines several contrasting instruments (electric guitar, synth and strings) into something that ends up sounding quite wonderful. Solidly done and enjoyable to listen to, especially the string solos toward the end.

1 Point - Battle Arena Toshinden 4 (Game Rip) - Track 21 A decent synth action piece with an enjoyable melody that is engaging the whole way through. A bit inconstant but easily better than the rest in terms of overall quality.

Runner Up:

Metal Gear - Solid Snake Music Compilation of Hideo Kojima - Red Disc - Sneaking Mission

Jam it back in, in the dark.